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| Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | | 8:33 pm |
My one & only political post...
Well, I know the vast majority of you have made up your mind as far as the presidential pick, and although I think you're wrong I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise. However, if you don't pay the closest attention to many of the other issues that you'll have in front of you so I'll give you my suggestions & my best guesses as to why. Mind you I'm not a political scholar of any degree, this is just from what I've gathered over the past few weeks and if I'm wrong I'd appreciate anyone to correct me.
Prop 100: I think 1 tax on the property you own is enough. I'm against new taxes on principal, and this isn't going to stop this tax from being imposed if we decided it's needed. It'll only stop the government from sneaking it in without the public’s approval (which as I understand Tucson is trying to do right now, so it's not like there's only a remote possibility of it happening). I vote No.
Prop 101: Health care initiative. This one is too damn complex to my short attention span. I think Yes is the right answer, but if someone can convince me otherwise in the next 12 hours I'm all ears.
Prop 102: Gay Marriage. Everyone has their opinions, I personally think anyone should be free to marry whoever the hell they want to. It's already illegal in the state, this is just stupid shit that comes from the religious end of the party I most closely associate with. I vote No, & in fact if given the choice I'd dump the law that currently prevents it. I believe you should be able to do whatever makes you happy as long as you're not hurting anyone else.
Prop 105: Another one I'm not the best educated on, but I'm going with a Yes on this one unless someone can convince me otherwise. Any rule that makes the government have to get approval from the public before they can raise taxes or fees is a good thing. They should have to learn to live within their budget just like I do.
Prop 200: Payday loans... Ah, legal loan sharking. The commercials you hear on the radio about forcing reforms on the industry sound great. Until you figure out almost EVERY DAMN ONE of them is being paid for by.... the payday loan industry. They're trying to sneak in what this is because a public vote will override the current regulations that are going to basically force them out of business in another 2 years or so. I'm actually very split on this one because although I think they are basically loan sharks, I feel that pretty much any business should be able to charge what the public (no matter how stupid they are) is willing to pay for their services. However their deceptive advertising makes me want to say fuck them & let them go to hell. I'll most likely vote No on this one so that they will be forced out of business & I won't have to look at them anymore. There are 3 of them at our closest cross streets... And I'm tired of looking at them.
Prop 201: blahblahblah relating to homeowners. I hate lawyers. I really do.
Three lines in this really irk me. "Mandating seller to provide ten year warranty of materials and workmanship." So if I sell a house I personally have to warranty the whole damn thing for 10 years?
The next "Permitting lawsuits despite alternative dispute resolution provisions in sales contracts." Ok, so to me this basically says the buyer doesn't have to honor anything in the contract. Does this mean if I sell a house as a fix-r-upper they can decide to sue me for whatever is wrong with it? Sure as hell sounds like that to me.
And the last "Eliminating seller right to receive attorney fees & costs if the seller prevails." Ok, so anyone can come up with any bullshit lawsuit against me for pretty much any reason & if I lose it's still my problem to pay my lawyer. Sounds like an open door for more people to sue over bullshit (pretty much risk free to themselves) to me. I go with No on this one.
Prop 202: Illegal hiring. I haven’t read all the specifics on this one either, but from what I understand it will rewrite the laws that are already on the books that are working against the hiring of illegal workers. I'm going with No on this one.
And now I'll go down the presidential road, not to change your mind as I said before but just to tell you why I'm voting how I am. If you don't want to know just skip this part, it could help our friendships if you don't read it.
First off, I don't want my taxes to go up. I think I pay plenty already. You want to raise taxes, quit giving refunds to people that are higher than what they pay in, in the first place. I don't see why anyone thinks someone that is successful should pay a higher percentage than anyone else. Hell, I bet most every one of you has worked a job right at that limit of taxes where when you worked 10 hours of overtime the taxes jumped & made you wonder why it was worth it to put in the extra time at all. Why would you think someone that has done very well for themselves should pay even that much more?
Keep in mind I'm not one to think I'm entitled to anything. Case in point at work: we had a layoff about 3 months ago, let go of about 30 people. The week after the layoff the president of our division went & bought a brand new Lexus IS-F. Nice fuk'n car let me tell you, about $60k or so. Needless to say there was much animosity around the shop when he drove it in the first time & someone asked me if I thought it was wrong or him to be able to buy it when the shop was letting people go. My first though pretty much was if I wasn't so damn busy going to parties & chasing women 15 years I may have went to school & worked hard like he did & been on my way to that. I'm not going to hold it against him because I decided to fuck off when I should have been in school learning a marketable skill.
Basically I don't deserve anything if I don't earn it. I don't think someone that has done good for themselves should have to 'make up for' my lower level of success.
I especially don't like that Obama thinks the constitution should address the redistribution of wealth. Nothing like mandating punishment for someone for being successful to motivate people.
I also like being able to own and carry as many guns as I want. I can pretty much promise you Obama is going to do his absolute best to take them all away. Ask Australia how well the gun being taken away has worked for them.
I also like my right to own old vehicles. If you truly give someone that'll kiss the ass of the tree huggers as much power as he's bound to walk into with that many democrats in the congress, I really feel my ability to keep my truck that was built in 1993 is going to be tough, much less the ones I have that were built in the 70's. I think it's only inevitable that they're going to push out of circulation anything that doesn't get 30mpg or better. Hell Obama sold his Chrysler 300M when the campaigns started from pressure from the tree huggers. If they won't accept that what do you think they want to do to my 79 Ford F250 getting 9mpg? They'll probably tax me into not being able to afford it any more at the very least.
I could go on and on, but I'm tired & it's time for bed. Goodnight all & I do believe Obama is going to win tomorrow. I truly do hope you're right & he turns out to be as great as you all think he will. But I'm nervous. Very very nervous. Current Mood:  nervous | | Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | | 11:36 pm |
This journal has been hyjacked!
Because he doesn't post NEARLY enough. Apologies for those people that are going to get this one twice! ~the womanz
Thunderstorms in Arizona are as rare as hen's teeth...and twice as appriciated!
So Matt and I took a walk around the neighborhood. Just smelling the clean fresh air. And the lack of dust. You get used to it so much that it's a shock when it's not there.
So anyways there was this one section that smelled almost candy-like sweet but yet organic. We kept walking and bouncing back and forth what it was. It was something we both were familar with and just couldn't place our fingers on it.
So on the second trip around we started walking slower and I noted that the big ol' BIFFY (importaint!) was close to the section that we smelled it in and that's it was probably really close to where the tree or plant was. We were still hoping to identify it.
As we stopped...right next to the BIFFY the smell was the strongest. So we started checking the bushes and the trees in the area...then at the same time we both came to the conclusion...it was the BIFFY! that the smell was coming from!
Matt say: it smells like those big white mints!
He of course used to seeing more urinal mints than I have...my only experience being back in the retail worker days and random concert when the women were just taking WAYYYYYYYY too long. Yes I can pee standing...thanks for asking ;)
But all in all...urinal cakes AREN'T nearly as bad as what we COULD have been smelling. | | Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 | | 8:29 pm |
| | Saturday, April 15th, 2006 | | 2:16 am |
stolen from Spitecandy "Put a X by the movies you've seen. If you get more than 125, you're a movie whore. please note there are 200 movies on this list." As an aside, don't post the whole list in a comment, it won't fit. 1. (x)Napoleon Dynamite 2. ( )Saw 3. ( )White Noise 4. ( )White Oleander 5. (x)Anger Management 6. ( )50 First Dates (HBO) 7. ( )Jason X 8. ( )Scream 9. ( )Scream 2 10. ( )Scream 3 11. (x)Scary Movie 12. (x)Scary Movie 2 13. (x)Scary Movie 3 14. (x)American Pie 15. (x)American Pie 2 16. (x)American Wedding 17. (x)Harry Potter 18. ( )Harry Potter 2 19. ( )Harry Potter 3 20. (x)Resident Evil I 21. (x)Resident Evil 2 22. (x)The Wedding Singer 23. ( )Little Black Book 24. (x)The Village 25. ( )Donnie Darko 26. (x)Lilo & Stitch 27. (x)Finding Nemo 28. ( )Finding Neverland 29. ( )13 Ghosts 30. (x)Signs 31. (x)The Grinch 32. (x)Texas Chainsaw Massacre 33. ( )White Chicks 34. ( )Butterfly Effect 35. ( )Thirteen Going on 30 36. (x)I, Robot 37. (x)Dodgeball 38. (x)Universal Soldier 39. ( )A Series Of Unfortunate Events 40. (x)Along Came A Spider 41. (x)Deep impact 42. (x)Kingpin 43. (x)Never Been Kissed 44. (x)Meet The Parents 45. (x)Meet The Fockers 46. ( )Eight Crazy Nights 47. ( )A Cinderella Story 48. ( )The Terminal 49. ( )The Lizzie McGuire Movie (it was for Mothers Day and she wanted to.) 50. ( )Passport to Paris 51. (x)Dumb & Dumber 52. ( )Dumb & Dumberer 53. ( )Final Destination 54. ( )Final Destination 2 - what, no three? 55. (x)Halloween 56. ( )The Ring 57. ( )The Ring 2 (and the non american ones) 58. (x)Harold & Kumar 59. (x)Practical Magic 60. ( )Chicago 61. ( )Ghost Ship 62. ( )From Hell 63. (x)Hellboy 64. ( )Secret Window 65. ( )I Am Sam 66. (x)The Whole Nine Yards 67. (x)The Whole Ten Yards 68. (x)The Day After Tomorrow 69. (x)Child's Play 70. (x)Bride of Chucky 71. ( )Ten Things I Hate About You (comedy central) 72. ( )Just Married 73. ( )Gothika 74. (x)A Nightmare on Elm Street 75. (x)Sixteen Candles 76. (x)Bad Boys 77. (x)Bad Boys 2 78. (x)Joy Ride 79. (x)Seven (SE7EN) 80. (x)Oceans Eleven 81. (x)Oceans Twelve 82. (x)Identity 83. ( )Lone Star 84. (x)Bedazzled 85. (x)Predator I 86. (x)Predator II 87. ( ) Alien vs. Predator 88. (x)Cujo 89. (x)Independence Day 90. ( )Darkness Falls 91. (x)Christine 92. (x)ET 93. (x)Children of the Corn 94. ( )My Boss's Daughter 95. ( )Maid in Manhattan 96. ( )Frailty 97. ( )Best Bet 98. ( )How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 99. ( )She's All That 100. ( )Calendar Girls 101. ( )Sideways 102. (x)Mars Attacks 103. (x)Event Horizon 104. ( )Ever After 105. (x)Forrest Gump 106. (x)Big Trouble in Little China 107. (x)X-men 1 108. (x)X-men 2 109. ( )Jeepers Creepers 110. ( )Jeepers Creepers 2 111. (x)Catch Me If You Can 112. (x)The Others 113. (x)Freaky Friday -(old one only) 114. ( )Reign of Fire 115. (x)Cruel Intentions 116. ( )PI 117. ( )Swimfan 118. ( )Miracle 119. ( )Old School 120. ( )Ray 121. (x)The Notebook 122. (x)K-Pax 123. ( )Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 124. ( )Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 125. ( )Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 126. ( )A Walk to Remember 127. ( )Boogeyman 128. (x)Hitch 129. (x)Super Troopers 130. (x)South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 131. (x)The Fifth Element 132. (x)Star Wars Episode I 133. (x)Star Wars Episode II 134. (x)Star Wars Episode IV 135. (x)Star Wars Episode V 136. (x)Star Wars Episode VI 137. (x)Starwars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith 138. ( )Swimming with Sharks 139. ( )Trainspotting 140. ( )People Under the Stairs 141. (x)Blue Velvet 142. (x)Sound of Music 143. (x)Parent Trap *with Hailey Mills ----huzzah! Specifics! 144. (x)The Burbs 145. ( )SLC Punk 146. ( )Meet Joe Black 147. ( )Wild Girls 148. ( )A Clockwork Orange 149. ( )The Order 150. (x)Spiderman 151. (x)Spiderman 2 152. ( )Ameile 153. (x)Mean Girls 154. (x)Shrek 155. (x)Shrek 2 156. (x)The Incredibles 157. ( )Collateral 158. (x)The Fast & the Furious 159. (x)2 Fast 2 Furious 160. (x)Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow 161. ( )Closer 162. ( x)The Sixth Sense 163. (x)Artificial Intelligence 164. ( )Love Actually 165. ( )Shutter 166. ( )Ella Enchanted 167. ( )Princess Diaries 168. ( )Princess Diaries 2 169. (x)Constantine 170. (x)Million Dollar Baby 171. ( )Life of David Gale 172. ( )25th hour 173. (x)Vanilla Sky 174. ( )Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind 175. (x)Boogie Nights 176. ( )Braveheart 177. ( )The Anarchist Cook Book 178. ( )My House In Umbria 179. (x)Double Jeopardy 180. (x)Monsters, Inc 181. (x)Moulin Rouge 183. (x)Pirates of the Carribbean 184. ( )The Lords of Dogtown 185. ( )The Grudge 186. (x)The Parent Trap -- huzzah little red haired girl! 187. ( )Hide and Seek 188. ( )Are We There Yet? 189. ( )Coach Carter 190. ( )May 191. ( )Nightmare Before Christmas 192. (x)Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 193. (x)Anchorman 194. ( )Rescuers Down Under 195. (x)Batman 196. (x)Batman Returns 197. (x)Batman and Robin 198. (x)Batman Forever 199. (x)Batman Begins 200. (x)Boondock Saints | | Friday, December 16th, 2005 | | 4:05 am |
So it was my lovely wifes christmas party tonight. Her company rocks next to mine. Filet mignon, chicken, veggies, some kinda crab/shrimp appetizer, etc etc, a couple free drinks, 6 hours in a DAMN nice hotel ballroom & the owner of the company aside from his very entertaining speech gave out at least $50K in cash, + tons of prizes (we didn't win shit, but it is the fact that he is more than willing to share the success of the company that matters to me.) & other stuff amongst the 700ish people I estimate were there (guessing, HR says they're up to 900 employees) I will be recieving a Outback Steakhouse gift certificate, probably around $40-50. This combined with the holiday bullshit they're starting to pull is really killing my morale. Oh well. The striking part is one of her co-workers that caught me staring at her chest about 45 seconds after I was first introduced to her (oops, but she's quite blessed ya know,) I think was flirting with me most of the night (w00t,) & her boss... well she quickly grabbed my arm on the way back to the main dining room after some conversation in the hallway on the way to the restroom in one of those nice, conversational ways, quickly came back for a major feel-up of my upper arm right after the quick grip with a mischevious smile to my wife. Goddamn that was flattering. Ya see, I've been wanting to change the way I live for quite some time, & now with my wife's support I'm seeming able to do it. I've not been too serious, but I have been doing the gym thing on at least a semi-regular basis. I know the wife has been drooling over my arm improvements for a few weeks now, which her appreciation is truly the most important thing in the world to me, but getting a response like that from someone that has nothing to gain from flattering me really shocked me. I do belive in the mirror I've seen improvements in my physique but having pretty much a total stranger just about spin around to go for a second feel really made me realize that I have made quite an improvement. *UNF* wow. damn I feel good about myself right now. w00t. | | Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 | | 11:56 pm |
The Little Red Hen-Modern version Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of wheat. She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?" "Not I," said the cow. "Not I," said the duck. "Not I," said the pig. "Not I," said the goose. "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. And so she did. The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen. "Not I," said the duck. "Out of my classification," said the pig. "I'd lose my seniority," said the cow. "I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose. "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did. At last it came time to bake the bread. "Who will help me bake the bread! ?" asked the little red hen. "That would be overtime for me," said the cow. "I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck. "I'm a dropout & never learned how," said the pig. "If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose. "Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I shall eat all five loaves." "Excess profits!" cried the cow. "Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. "I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. The pig just grunted in disdain. And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities. Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not be so greedy." "But I earned the bread," said the little red hen. "Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle," And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand," But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the "party" and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established. Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared.....as long as there was free bread that "the rich" were paying for. Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs. Hillary got $8 million for hers. That's $20 million for memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything. | | Monday, October 31st, 2005 | | 12:27 am |
| | Saturday, July 30th, 2005 | | 12:04 am |
| | Wednesday, July 20th, 2005 | | 1:57 am |
So some fuk'n polesmoker thought it'd be cool to break 2 windows in my truck last night. Mind you this is my DD, beater, I don't give a fuck about it truck, but I woke up to the drivers door window being totally shattered, about 1/2 of it in the seat, 1/2 of it on the road, and the rear window being fully spiderwebbed, but still where it belongs. Looked like a BB-gun hit to me. I broke the rear window the rest of the way out & threw it away & cleaned up the glass best I could. It's not a major deal, I can get glass for free, or damn close enough to it, but WTF. As bad as I may have been when I was younger I was never disrespectful to other peoples shit. I don't give a fuck how crappy it is. Ugh, just irritating I guess. If this shit happend to our new truck I'd have gone fuk'n postal. | | Sunday, June 19th, 2005 | | 12:41 am |
Tho I should probably be disturbed that 'penis' rated higher than 'face' :-/ Current Mood:  confused | | Friday, March 11th, 2005 | | 12:20 am |
 | You scored as agnosticism. You are an agnostic. You neither believe nor disbelieve in God. You don't believe it is possible to prove the existence of God (nor lack thereof).
Agnosticism is a philosophy that God's existence cannot be proven. Some say it is possible to be agnostic and follow a religion; however, one cannot be a devout believer if he or she does not truly believe.
agnosticism | | 92% | Satanism | | 71% | atheism | | 63% | Islam | | 54% | paganism | | 50% | Buddhism | | 33% | Judaism | | 33% | Christianity | | 25% | Hinduism | | 25% | </td>
Which religion is the right one for you? (new version)
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| | Saturday, December 18th, 2004 | | 7:07 pm |
| | Thursday, November 25th, 2004 | | 12:29 am |
Ok, I know alot of ya around here lean toward the liberal side of things... but do you feel this is taking PC too far? Link HereI mean, I do not belive in God, or any other "supreme being" but where the fuck is this going? No wonder so many people don't have any respect for this country, they're so fucking stuck on PC bullshit that they can't respect where the hell it came from. I mean if you have to accept so many other than what the bulk of this country belives in, why the fuck don't they have to respect your beliefs? You 'have' to accept jewish people, islamic people, athiests, agnostics... but if you're christian you can't say shit & are damn near made to feel that you need to be sorry for being who you are. | | Wednesday, November 24th, 2004 | | 1:17 pm |
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Z - Zodiac sign: Capricorn Y - Yummy food: Seafood X - X-rays you've had: knee, pinky finger, elbow W- Wearing right now: T-shirt, boxers V - Voted for: The guy U - Unknown fact about me: I'm not really an asshole T - Time you wake up: about 10:30 S - Song you last heard: Hell if I remember R - Reason to smile: I'm in love Q - Quote you like: "it's not going to suck it'self" P - Phobia[s]: Heights O - One time accident: Drove my truck off a 5' dropoff on a blind curve in the middle of the desert, but I didn't spill my beer! N - Number of siblings: Zero M - Mom's name: Lynne L - Love to watch this movie over and over again: This would be a long list K - Kindergarten reminds you: Best friends come out of weird events J - Job title: Technician I - Instruments: volts, oil pressure, water temperature, speedometer... H - Home town: Oakdale, PA G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: None of the above F - Favorite song of the moment: I dunno E - Easiest person to talk to: Elizabeth D - Dad's name: Gary C - Career in future: Retired B - Band listening to right now: uhhh, fish tank air pumps A - Age: 29 | | Wednesday, November 17th, 2004 | | 1:32 am |
Ok, how weird is this shit...
Bethy: this is true Blunt: even though you were the roomate I least wanted to kill, not to mention you had longer hair & bigger titties than most of the women I've been with, & were always in the 'Quake & Bake' state of mind... NO!!! jcm: I think you already have :-D pandora: you already did... oh, wait, I was just horny & thought you were cute ;-) drew: uhhh.... nice to know, please no demonstrations :-P stypica: glad you can keep your woman happy like that :-D squid: only for the political arguments, & the anger fed makeup sex that would have to follow :-P teklila: don't feel bad, everyone wants me, just not everybody realizes it yet. shan: I know you're new to my list, but ok... but my g/f get's to hold the keys.... & run the video camera... & do whatever else she wants to do... | | 12:35 am |
Recent additions
I've added a ton of people/groups lately. Hope any of y'all don't mind, but my friends list was kinda short & uneventful day to day, so I've added some of the more interesting things I've found. I still swear I'll start posting here on a more regular basis at some point. | | Friday, November 12th, 2004 | | 2:17 am |
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The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Eigth Level of Hell - the Malebolge!Here is how you matched up against all the levels: Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test | | Saturday, November 6th, 2004 | | 4:19 am |
LMFAO So I'm watching "The Soup" on E! In an interview the chick asks someone "If the economy is so bad under Bush, why is Michael Moore so fat?" |
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