Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, Readings, tagged work, blood, family, money, society, treasure, sentiment, war, life, government, car, House, America, mortgage, frost, black, burn, read, lie, cheat, global, fear, freedom, liberty, policy, internet, hungry, tax, dollar, floor, goodness, consequence, man, cry, planet, credit, value, stand, garden, fight, damage, wind, H. L., Mencken, hoist, flag, slit, throat, word, normal, caution, pirate, abandon, spoils, tempt, meaning, rally, warning, call to arms, action, risk, plunder, context, see, trust, conclusion, victor, bust, payoff, investment, flip, company, Bernie, Madoff, steal, employer, fellow, construction, build, profit, structural integrity, structure, business, joist, basement, wallboard, drywall, booty, insurance, pay, claim, useless, worthless, chest, flood, wave, hurricane, payment, generous, storm surge, sales, Wall Street, American Dream, something, nothing, corporation, grade school, lose, future, job, unemployed, homeless, Darwin, Charles, evolution, treatise, survival, fact, want, need, utopia, grace, desire, city on a hill, pacifism, conscientious object, reality, theory, weed, animal, drought, sword on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is a quote from H. L. Mencken that reads, “Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.” Since first reading it, I’ve been struck by those words and have remembered them. Every normal man must sometimes want [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, tagged work, signs, money, Atlanta, news, parking, government, car, judge, attorney, lawyer, story, article, letter, funds, fee, greed, terrorist, terrorism, abuse, citizen, law enforcement, ticket, freedom, legitimate, Department of Homeland Security, Texas, Seattle, Washington D.C., veteran, law, exception, conspiracy, vehicle, dollar, authority, country, camera, man, budget, cost, Jericho, police, illegal, court, dismiss, fight, charge, statistic, numbers, law breaking, reprimand, city, violation, New York City, revenue, infraction, mayor, Michael Bloomberg, traffic enforcement agent, meter, maid, fine, citation, shift, MSNBC, piggy bank, extreme, super-agent, Black Friday, Boston, visitor, resident, increase, curb, crosswalk, Sacremento, shortfall, intention, system, collect, Colorado, Denver, Louisville, Kentucky, boot, Montgomery County, Maryland, Baltimore, cell, phone, convenience, New Orleans, agent, scan, license, violator, legal, text message, electronic, machine, productivity, double-park, driver, alternate-side, Bronx, accuse, false, New York Times, bus zone, penalty, authorities, registration, confusing, damage, illegible, missing, muni-meter, sanction, mugging, unlawful, mass-ticket, harrassment, Columbus, Ohio, Santa Monica, California, Fort Worth, Portland, Oregon, trend, goal, Chicago, bogus, holy, unreasonable, tenuous, unpleasant, push, decency, common sense, courtesy, extortion, populace, idiocy, innocent, ruin, taxes, IRS, prison, drug-related, payroll, seize, activity, sale on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Let me preface this statistic-rich post by noting the following: 1) most of these numbers were derived from two online sources, so if they were incorrect then I am also; and 2) if you are caught genuinely breaking a law, you deserve to be fined, ticketed, booted, or otherwise reprimanded as defined by local [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Music, Personal Insights, tagged 50 Cent, 9 to 5, ABC, Academy Award, album, American Recordings, Arista, award, Barbara Walters, Best Original Song, Billboard, Broadway, cash cow, Cher, Columbia, country music, Country Music Hall of Fame, dividend, Dolly Parton, Dolly Records, Fifty Cent, George Jones, Grammy, Grand Ole Opry, greed, Hanson, Jane Fonda, Joan Rivers, Johnny Cash, Jonas Brothers, Joy Behar, label, legend, Lily Tomlin, Loretta Lynn, Madonna, Michael Jackson, money, musical, Nine to Five, P. Diddy, petty, Porter Wagoner, Pussycat Dolls, radio, record companies, record labels, Rick Rubin, royalty, sign, Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, Spice Girls, The View, Whoopi Goldberg on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning I accidentally caught part of ABC’s morning show The View, whose hostesses including Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters. I’m not a big fan, even of the network itself, but I happened to see Dolly Parton on the couch while channel surfing and stopped to see what she had to say. Apparently [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, tagged advertising, aid, babysitter, background, bills, card, child, child care, Christmas, clothing, club, commercialization, couch, coverage, dental, dinner, dollar, expendable, expensive, family, father, Father's Day, federal, flowers, food, fool, garage, gender, gift, golf, goofy, grill, holiday, household, hungry, idiot, income, indicator, internet, jewelry, law, lawnmower, leafblower, local, lust, maintanence, marginalize, maternal, medical, Memorial Day, men, money, mortgage, mother, Mother's Day, movies, newspaper, offspring, optometry, parent, paternal, paycheck, quaint, race, regulation, rent, repair, restriction, role, rude, school, selfish, shoes, single father, single mother, society, socks, stamps, state, subsidy, summer, supplement, supplies, tax, television, tie, transport, utility, vacation, vehicle, women, work, wrench on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After visiting a friend’s blog, I discovered that I had completely forgotten Mother’s Day. I’m not a mother myself, and have no mother or maternal relations, so I often forget. But I think fathers are getting a raw deal.
Mother’s Day gets splashed all over the television, newspapers, and internet advertising like a second [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Personal Insights, tagged abuse, advocate, agencies, airport, airport security, Al Qaeda, American, answer, anti-abortionist, AP, arrest, Bob Barr, border, Campaign For Liberty, candidate, cash, cell phone, China, Christian, Chuck Baldwin, citizen, civil, compliant, condemn, condescension, confidential, Connecticut, conservative, convention, DEA, delineations, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Public Safety, detain, DHS, document, DPS, drug, economic, explanation, FAA, Fairfield, FBI, federal, fly, freedom, Germany, Good Morning America, government, Hitler, identification, indivisible, injustice, insignificant, Jews, law enforcement, legitimate, liberty, lieutenant governor, local, mafia, Magna Cum Laude, mainstream, Mao, marginalize, memory, merchandise, MIAC, middle eastern, Missouri, Missouri Information Analysis Center, Modern Militia Movement, money, news, non-profit, paraphenalia, pattern, persecute, Peter Kinder, plane, pocketknife, policy, polite, political, privacy, prohibited, public safety, question, record, regulations, release, report, rescind, response, retract, rights, Rome, Ron Paul, Rueters, rules, Russia, Sacred Heart University, scary, screwdriver, search, seatbelt, secret, serious, St. Louis, Stalin, state, Steve Bierfeldt, stripped, substantial, suspect, terrorism, terrorist, Texas, threat, ticket, transaction, travesty, TSA, underworld, Virginia, witch hunt on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Terrorist profiling isn’t just for Middle Easterners anymore.
A young whitebread American professional was recently held by TSA agents in the St. Louis airport. Did he mistakenly leave a screwdrivier in his carry-on? A pocketknife in his suit pants? He did verbally threaten someone or carry prohibited substances? No. Nothing of [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Personal Insights, tagged America, Americans, bank, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, candidate, cheat, China, Communist, consequences, corporate, corruption, council, cowardice, crazy, Dark Ages, death, deception, Democratic, destruction, dishonor, economy, election, electoral college, executive, facet, fiat, George W. Bush, global, government, greed, hell, infiltrate, inflation, judicial, legislative, lie, local, millions, money, national, nonsense, parallel dimension, perception, platform, politicians, politics, president, representative, Rip Van Winkle, Robert Heinlein, saviour, spending, state, Stranger In A Strange Land, trillions, uncontrolled, understanding, vote, Washington, worldwide, wrong on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My fellow Americans, and other readers from around the world, I believe something very strange has happened to us. An author named Robert Heinlein once wrote a book called Stranger in a Strange Land, and while I’ve never read said book I feel the title is all too accurate in describing my little corner [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, General Mischief, Readings, tagged bank, Bernie Madoff, campaign, Capitol Hill, CEO, Congress, constituent, credit card, crime, Democrat, election, excess, executive, fee, golden parachute, grandstand, Jeff Clark, letter, loan, Maxine Waters, money, mortgage, politics, Ponzi, rate, Republican, taxpayer, television on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is part of a letter from Jeff Clark, an author and economic advisor. I thought it most befitting. Enjoy.
“The CEOs of our nation’s largest banks were ‘invited’ to impersonate a bunch of piñatas before Congress yesterday and testify about how they’ve been spending the government’s money. Unlike the auto company CEOs, [...]
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In case you haven’t heard, Detroit’s in trouble. Or at least it’s major industries are, the great and terrible Auto-Makers of America. If you’ve been paying any attention at all then you know they’ve been in trouble for years and this bailout plea is no surprise. Really, I’m kind of surprised they’ve held on this [...]
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Enough seriousness … here’s a bit of nonsense to lighten up your evening.
7 Signs You Are Flat Broke
1. American Express calls and says: ”Leave home without it!”
2. You clean your house hoping to find change.
3. You think of a lottery ticket as an investment.
4. At communion you go back for seconds.
5. You wash your toilet paper.
6. You [...]
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