November 8, 2006
written by Ann Coulter
from www.anncoulter.com
History was made this week! For the first time in four election cycles, Democrats are not attacking the Diebold Corp. the day after the election, accusing it of rigging its voting machines. I guess Diebold has finally been vindicated.
So the left won the House and also Nicaragua. They've had a good week. At least they don't have their finger on the atom bomb yet.
Democrats support surrender in Iraq, higher taxes and the impeachment of President Bush. They just won an election by pretending to be against all three.
Jon Tester, Bob Casey Jr., Heath Shuler, possibly Jim Webb — I've never seen so much raw testosterone in my life. The smell of sweaty jockstraps from the "new Democrats" is overwhelming.
Having predicted this paltry Democrat win, my next prediction is how long it will take all these new "gun totin' Democrats" to be fitted for leotards.
Now that they've won their elections and don't have to deal with the hicks anymore, Tester can cut lose the infernal buzz cut, Casey can start taking "Emily's List" money, and Webb can go back to writing more incestuously homoerotic fiction ... and just in time for Christmas!
But according to the media, this week's election results are a mandate for pulling out of Iraq (except in Connecticut where pro-war Joe Lieberman walloped anti-war "Ned the Red" Lamont).
In fact, if the Democrats' pathetic gains in a sixth-year election are a statement about the war in Iraq, Americans must love the war! As Roll Call put it back when Clinton was president: "Simply put, the party controlling the White House nearly always loses House seats in midterm elections" — especially in the sixth year.
In Franklin D. Roosevelt's sixth year in 1938, Democrats lost 71 seats in the House and six in the Senate.
In Dwight Eisenhower's sixth year in 1958, Republicans lost 47 House seats, 13 in the Senate.
In John F. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson's sixth year, Democrats lost 47 seats in the House and three in the Senate.
In Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford's sixth year in office in 1974, Republicans lost 43 House seats and three Senate seats.
Even America's greatest president, Ronald Reagan, lost five House seats and eight Senate seats in his sixth year in office.
But in the middle of what the media tell us is a massively unpopular war, the Democrats picked up about 30 House seats and five to six Senate seats in a sixth-year election, with lots of seats still too close to call. Only for half-brights with absolutely no concept of yesterday is this a "tsunami" — as MSNBC calls it — rather than the death throes of a dying party.
During eight years of Clinton — the man Democrats tell us was the greatest campaigner ever, a political genius, a heartthrob, Elvis! — Republicans picked up a total of 49 House seats and nine Senate seats in two midterm elections. Also, when Clinton won the presidency in 1992, his party actually lost 10 seats in the House — only the second time in the 20th century that a party won the White House but lost seats in the House.
Meanwhile, the Democrats' epic victory this week, about which songs will be sung for generations, means that in two midterm elections Democrats were only able to pick up about 30 seats in the House and four seats in the Senate — and that's assuming they pick up every seat that is currently too close to call. (The Democrats' total gain is less than this week's gain because Bush won six House and two Senate seats in the first midterm election.)
So however you cut it, this midterm proves that the Iraq war is at least more popular than Bill Clinton was.
In a choice between Republicans' "Stay until we win" Iraq policy or the Democrats' "Stay, leave ... stay for a while then leave ... redeploy and then come back ... leave and stay ... cut and run ... win, lose or draw policy," I guess Americans prefer the Republican policy.
The Democrats say we need a "new direction" in Iraq. Yeah, it's called "reverse." Democrats keep talking about a new military strategy in Iraq. How exactly is cut-and-run a new strategy? The French have been doing it for years. The Democrats are calling their new plan for Iraq "Operation Somalia."
The Democrats certainly have their work cut out for them. They have only two years to release as many terrorists as possible and lock up as many Republicans as they can. Republicans better get that body armor for the troops the Democrats are always carping about — and fast. The troops are going to need it for their backs.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Get a Damned Job!!!
So, it's currently 1:37 AM, and I have to be up at 8am. I should be asleep correct? Yes. But I can't seem to bring myself to do it. Instead, I write. Prepare thineself. Of course, you're probably asking yourself, "I wonder what this sick bastard is writing?" Well, I can't answer that for you. Because I don't know yet. I'm just going to write, and eventually, something will come of it I'm sure. I mean, there's so much I want to talk about! I really should invest in a laptop, or get the net at my apartment so I can write whenever I want. Things pop into my head all the time, but I'm never around a computer where I can write it out, and it sucks.
I mean, I would sit in the hospital with Angela when she was in there, and things would just pop into my mind, but there was nowhere to record it. Of course, I hate writing on paper, so I would have had to find a computer. Or when I'm at Kroger, brilliant ideas and rants pop in and out of my mind, yet I can't record them. Another good instance is when I'm driving. I always think of topics and rants when I'm in my car. If I had a laptop, I would seriously pull over and type them out. One of these days I'll get one, I'm sure. O, and if you've never heard me rant in person, you haven't lived. I can talk, and boy when I talk, let me tell you, it's a thing of beauty. It's just this uncontrollable gift, and when I finally stop to breathe, the people around me are either visibly impressed, or horribly offended. I can get quite colorful in my speeches, regardless of the topic. The hypocrisy of the Christian Church, the endless circle that our government is in, the futility of explainign things to women. Ever heard me talk about the welfare system, and those that rely on it? It's a beautiful thing. But, that's not a topic I can easily sit down and write. Someone would have to get me fired up about it, and just record everything I say as I rant. It just comes to me.
I mean, let's be honest. Probably 70% of the people on welfare, don't actually need it. they just do it because they're lazy peices of human waste that figure "Why should they work, when the government buys their food for them?" It's one thing if they were working 40+ a week, and still not making enough to pull it off. But I get so heated when I'm at work aroudn the first of the month, and I see these fools walk into the store at 3pm in their PJ's and sandals, getting snotty with me because we're out of 2% milk, T-bones, pepsi 24 packs, 1 gallon buckets of ice cream, or Family Sized Oreos.. I just want to throw them to the ground and let loose. The governments money will still be on that little card tommorow! It's not going anywhere. I mean honestly. Why the hell can people get half the crap they get with food stamps anyways?! Shouldn't they be limited to essentials? Bread, milk, cereal, peanut butter, vegetables, and soups? Why the hell are they using my tax money to eat better than I do? What have they done special? They're not in poverty. They just can't keep it in their pants, and refuse to get a job. I mean, I've never been for abortion, but hell, if someone is gonna have a kid, and they don't have a job, isn't it our civil duty to NOT bring that child into the hell of a life it would have?
Ya know, you hear about school test scores dropping, and they blame it on teachers. (even though I've seen about 100 teachers get cut from our city schools in the past 2 years.) But it's not the teachers. It's the parents. Lazy, ignorant people are breeding, and their offspring are being raised to be lazy and ignorant as well. What the hell else do you expect? If 2 French have a kid, and raise him in France, chances are... he'll speak French, know the French lifestyle, and probably be a wimp, like the other French. He's not gonna pop out and start singing the Star Spangled Banner, speaking English, and have any testicular fortitude. That's just simple logic. So if you have 2 people who've been dependent on the welfare system, and have adapted to the amazingly plush lifestyle of not working, or even attempting to get a job, then they will raise someone in the same mindset. Why should he try hard in school? His parents didn't try and they have everything they need. Much like the character "Jigsaw" speaks of in the Saw Trilogy, people have lost the will to survive.
"John: The jigsaw piece that I cut from my subjects was only ever meant to be a symbol that that subject was missing something. A vital piece of the human puzzle. The survival instinct."
Of course, there will be exceptions. There always are. It's called evolution. No, I'm not saying I agree with a theory that says we all used to be monkeys.
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I'm saying that people adapt, and there are always anomalies. Out of all the crap that comes out of our society, somethign great will happen from time to time. Someone will be born who has higher expectations, and wants to make something out of themselves, and they will strive to acheive. And by something better I don't mean a football player, or a rap star, or anything like that. The majority of kids I went to school with were either "rappers" or sports players who were gonna "go pro." I'm talking about scientists, doctors, nurses, things like that. Even just a decent citizen. Someone that gives to squirts about other people, and about themselves. So, I guess this is my rant. I guess somethign did come out of just sitting down and writing. I feel much better. The moral of this article is... Get a damned job! For me, get a damned job. And maybe some birth control pills.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Ann coulter lays the smack down again
I dedicate this column to John Murtha, the reason soldiers invented fragging.
In response to the arguments of my opponents, I say: Waaaaaaaaaah! Boo hoo hoo!
If you're upset about what I said about the Witches of East Brunswick, try turning the page. Surely, I must have offended more than those four harpies. Wait 'til you get a load of what I say about liberals in the rest of the book! You haven't seen the half of it.
For snarling victims, my book is Christmas in July. Hey — where's Max the grenade-dropper? Let's keep this diaper-fest going all summer.
How about these pungent points:
— No liberal cause is defended with more dishonesty than abortion. No matter what else they pretend to care about from time to time — undermining national security, aiding terrorists, oppressing the middle class, freeing violent criminals — the single most important item on the Democrats' agenda is abortion. Indeed, abortion is the one issue the Democratic Party is willing to go to war over — except in the Muslim world, which is jam-packed with prohibitions on abortion, but going to war against a Muslim nation might also serve America's national security objectives. Liberals don't care about women. They care about destroying human life. To them, 2,200 military deaths in the entire course of a war in Iraq is unconscionable, but 1.3 million aborted babies in America every year is something to celebrate.
— Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court was known for shouting obscenities from the bench and identifying undercover policemen in open court. Bill Clinton nominated Massiah-Jackson to be a federal district court judge in 1997. Among other notable rulings, Judge Massiah-Jackson sentenced the brutal rapist of a 10-year-old girl to the statutory minimum and apologized to the rapist, saying: "I just don't think the five to 10 years is appropriate in this case even assuming you were found guilty." She refused to allow the district attorney to present a pre-sentence report or victim impact statement, saying: "What would be the point of that?" After his release, the defendant was rearrested for raping a 9-year-old boy.
Massiah-Jackson wasn't some random nut nominated by Clinton by accident, likeJanet Reno or Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a liberal heroine. The New York Times was in high dudgeon when Massiah-Jackson withdrew — and not because Massiah-Jackson had sneered atAIDS victims and rape victims ... The Times was in a snit because of the "judicial mugging" the Senate had put her through. Massiah-Jackson, the Times said, "now returns to the state bench, battered but with her honor intact. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the Senate."
— Liberals were afraid of a book that told the truth about IQ ("The Bell Curve") because they are godless secularists who do not believe humans are in God's image. Christians have no fear of hearing facts about genetic differences in IQ because we don't think humans are special because they are smart. There may be some advantages to being intelligent, but a lot of liberals appear to have high IQs, so, really, what's the point? After Hitler carried the secularists' philosophy to its grisly conclusion, liberals are terrified of making any comment that seems to acknowledge that there are any differences among groups of people — especially racial groups. It's difficult to have a simple conversation — much less engage in free-ranging, open scientific inquiry — when liberals are constantly rushing in with their rule book about what can and cannot be said.
— While gays were being decimated by the AIDS virus, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was more interested in not "stigmatizing" them than in saving their lives. See, where I come from, being dead also carries a certain type of stigma. Instead of distributing condoms in gay bars and at productions of the play "Rent," where they might have done some good, Koop insisted on distributing condoms in kindergarten classes, in order to emphasize the point that AIDS does not discriminate, which it does.
In 1987, New York Times reporter Maureen Dowd — before she was elevated to the cartoon pages — wrote a heroic portrait of the man. Dr. Koop, she said "fiercely wants to strip AIDS of its stigma," and for that reason, he talks "about making an animated educational video that would feature two condoms 'with little eyes on them' chatting, and about the need for 'gentle, nonmystifying' sex education for students, starting in kindergarten." I would pay quite a bit of money to hear someone describe anal sex — oh hell, make it any kind of sodomy — to a 5-year-old in a gentle, nonmystifying way.
Finally, a word to those of you out there who have yet to be offended by something I have written or said: Please be patient. I am working as fast as I can.
In response to the arguments of my opponents, I say: Waaaaaaaaaah! Boo hoo hoo!
If you're upset about what I said about the Witches of East Brunswick, try turning the page. Surely, I must have offended more than those four harpies. Wait 'til you get a load of what I say about liberals in the rest of the book! You haven't seen the half of it.
For snarling victims, my book is Christmas in July. Hey — where's Max the grenade-dropper? Let's keep this diaper-fest going all summer.
How about these pungent points:
— No liberal cause is defended with more dishonesty than abortion. No matter what else they pretend to care about from time to time — undermining national security, aiding terrorists, oppressing the middle class, freeing violent criminals — the single most important item on the Democrats' agenda is abortion. Indeed, abortion is the one issue the Democratic Party is willing to go to war over — except in the Muslim world, which is jam-packed with prohibitions on abortion, but going to war against a Muslim nation might also serve America's national security objectives. Liberals don't care about women. They care about destroying human life. To them, 2,200 military deaths in the entire course of a war in Iraq is unconscionable, but 1.3 million aborted babies in America every year is something to celebrate.
— Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court was known for shouting obscenities from the bench and identifying undercover policemen in open court. Bill Clinton nominated Massiah-Jackson to be a federal district court judge in 1997. Among other notable rulings, Judge Massiah-Jackson sentenced the brutal rapist of a 10-year-old girl to the statutory minimum and apologized to the rapist, saying: "I just don't think the five to 10 years is appropriate in this case even assuming you were found guilty." She refused to allow the district attorney to present a pre-sentence report or victim impact statement, saying: "What would be the point of that?" After his release, the defendant was rearrested for raping a 9-year-old boy.
Massiah-Jackson wasn't some random nut nominated by Clinton by accident, likeJanet Reno or Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a liberal heroine. The New York Times was in high dudgeon when Massiah-Jackson withdrew — and not because Massiah-Jackson had sneered atAIDS victims and rape victims ... The Times was in a snit because of the "judicial mugging" the Senate had put her through. Massiah-Jackson, the Times said, "now returns to the state bench, battered but with her honor intact. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the Senate."
— Liberals were afraid of a book that told the truth about IQ ("The Bell Curve") because they are godless secularists who do not believe humans are in God's image. Christians have no fear of hearing facts about genetic differences in IQ because we don't think humans are special because they are smart. There may be some advantages to being intelligent, but a lot of liberals appear to have high IQs, so, really, what's the point? After Hitler carried the secularists' philosophy to its grisly conclusion, liberals are terrified of making any comment that seems to acknowledge that there are any differences among groups of people — especially racial groups. It's difficult to have a simple conversation — much less engage in free-ranging, open scientific inquiry — when liberals are constantly rushing in with their rule book about what can and cannot be said.
— While gays were being decimated by the AIDS virus, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was more interested in not "stigmatizing" them than in saving their lives. See, where I come from, being dead also carries a certain type of stigma. Instead of distributing condoms in gay bars and at productions of the play "Rent," where they might have done some good, Koop insisted on distributing condoms in kindergarten classes, in order to emphasize the point that AIDS does not discriminate, which it does.
In 1987, New York Times reporter Maureen Dowd — before she was elevated to the cartoon pages — wrote a heroic portrait of the man. Dr. Koop, she said "fiercely wants to strip AIDS of its stigma," and for that reason, he talks "about making an animated educational video that would feature two condoms 'with little eyes on them' chatting, and about the need for 'gentle, nonmystifying' sex education for students, starting in kindergarten." I would pay quite a bit of money to hear someone describe anal sex — oh hell, make it any kind of sodomy — to a 5-year-old in a gentle, nonmystifying way.
Finally, a word to those of you out there who have yet to be offended by something I have written or said: Please be patient. I am working as fast as I can.
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Game Informer talks smack!
The video game world has a few games that are held above all others as paragons of brillian design and compelling gameplay. Even years after their release, these titles continue to be praised by fans and the press alike as timeless classics. So, why do all these game ssuck so much? Really, is it too much to ask that the greatest examples of our artform not be hampered with incomprehensible stories, sloppy gameplay, and god-awful graphics? Read on to find out why your favorite game just arent very good. Oh, and just to make sure weve made absolutely everyone mad, heres a list of other things that suck: Star Wars, anime, Arrested Development, puppy dogs, gummi bears, Lord of the Rings, ninjas, comic books, D & D, Kevin Smith movies, and pizza. Yuck!
Video games have long helped us escape the drudgery of our boring existence by allowing us to enter amazing worlds of fantasy. For example, what child doesnt dream of someday stepping into the shoes of... an overweight plumber with a gay cop mustache! for crap's sake, we at least expect our gaming avatars to have more exciting jobs than we do in real life. Yep, Mario sure is a great character, and so is Luigi, who is totally distinguishable from Mario because he wears different colored clothes. The save the princess storyline is trite, and even worse because you spend most of your time saving some weird guy named Toad instead. The levels are extremely simplistic and so is the gameplay, which largely revolves around bonking your head on bricks. Well say one thing for this game, at list its short; if you're good and you know your warp pipes, you can cruise thorugh it in under an hour. And did those underwater levels really suck that much when we were kids/ Answer: yes, they did; we just didnt know any better. So, yea, we respect the hell out of Super Mario Bros., as long as we dont actually have to play the damned thing.
Final Fantasy 7 is not your high school sweetheart. Just because it was the first one to break your heart doesnt mean that better games wont come along. In fact, FF VII's major lasting contribution to gaming (besides making nerds cry) is the prettiest male villain in history. Seriously, youd think the FF gang was dressed entirely in clothes left over from Duran Durans 1984 world tour. And what is Cloud doing while the fashionable yet feminine Sephiroth is destorying the world? Decorating weapons with jewelry, talking to a stuffed animal, and making birds do it. HEy, you can trush heroism... especially when your most powerful magic attacks clock in at a full minute. Its a sad day when watching a metallic space-dragon incinerate an entire hemisphere is just boring. Oh, and "One winged angel" is a Carmina Burana rip off. Deal with it.
Metal Gear Solid proves that to be considered a classic, all you need is a plot so convoluted that people are embarressed to dmit they don't understand it. Recessive genes? Ear pulling? Cyborg Ninjas? Throw it all in. The more jumbled the story, the harder it is to realize that you just snuick by a guard while wearing a cardboard box. It's a good thing the hobos down by the docks arent involved in nuclear politics; they've got more cardboard boxes than you can count. And if that doesn't sell it, the character names taken from an erectile dysfunction informational pamphlet will seal the deal. How does Solid Snake firmly defeat his flaccid counterpart? With the seemingly boundless military aresenal in his patns. Hey, Snake! Is that a nikita missle launcher in your pocket or are you just happy to see us? The only thing that could make thi sgame worse is a hero whose haircut make him look like the weird dude in your high school in the megadeth jean jacket who always hung out at the convenience store... oops!
Halo completely revolutionized the first person shooter genre. Or, thats what you might think if youd had your head shoved up your butt for the past 10 years and hadnt touched a PC game since the original doom. Heres yet another game that proves that greatness is more a matter of opinion. Sure compared to blodwake or any other of microsofts dreadful early xbox entries, this was a masterpiece, but the fact remains that haol is perhaps the most overrated game of all time. Hey do you like those levels? Good because your going to hgave to go back to them all again because Bungie couldnt manage to actually make a complete game. Halo also earns our ire for introducing the needler, the lamest and most useless weapon since the spitwad. On the plus side, halos whicles are a great way to experience what drunk driving feels like without risking your life on the freeway. Still not convinced? Lets not fail to mention master chief, a facelss game hero so free of charisma that he makes Vice President Dick Cheney seem like David Lee Roth by comparison, or the story, which is insipid scifi boilerplay not fit for the script to an episode of Cleopatra 2525.
Ah yes, the game that changed the world! Brilliant, mind blowing, visionary, and kind of crappy when you come right down to it. GTA 3 Proves that if you cant do one thing right, just do a whole bunch of stuff poorly. Combining mediocre racing, mediocre action, and a load of banal gangster movie cliches that comone probably scraped off the bottom of Martin Scorcese's italian loafers, GTA 3 offers a heaping helping of lukewarm gameplay to meathead jocks the world over. It's like the old country buffet of video games; you'll definitely get your fill, but the bad aftertaste left by the shoddy mechanics leave you with little more than regreats and a gut ache when you're done. Lets not even get into the tedious objectives - its not for nothing that this game resulted in the coining of the term "pizza delivery mission." Sadly, a lot of the 80 hours you spend in Liberty City arent much more exciting than working the night shift at Dominoes, but without the tips. In its defense, it does have a lot of swearing, which seem to be enough for the millions of unemployted 19 year olds in pit stained Eminem shirts that make up this game's target audience.
Video games have long helped us escape the drudgery of our boring existence by allowing us to enter amazing worlds of fantasy. For example, what child doesnt dream of someday stepping into the shoes of... an overweight plumber with a gay cop mustache! for crap's sake, we at least expect our gaming avatars to have more exciting jobs than we do in real life. Yep, Mario sure is a great character, and so is Luigi, who is totally distinguishable from Mario because he wears different colored clothes. The save the princess storyline is trite, and even worse because you spend most of your time saving some weird guy named Toad instead. The levels are extremely simplistic and so is the gameplay, which largely revolves around bonking your head on bricks. Well say one thing for this game, at list its short; if you're good and you know your warp pipes, you can cruise thorugh it in under an hour. And did those underwater levels really suck that much when we were kids/ Answer: yes, they did; we just didnt know any better. So, yea, we respect the hell out of Super Mario Bros., as long as we dont actually have to play the damned thing.
Final Fantasy 7 is not your high school sweetheart. Just because it was the first one to break your heart doesnt mean that better games wont come along. In fact, FF VII's major lasting contribution to gaming (besides making nerds cry) is the prettiest male villain in history. Seriously, youd think the FF gang was dressed entirely in clothes left over from Duran Durans 1984 world tour. And what is Cloud doing while the fashionable yet feminine Sephiroth is destorying the world? Decorating weapons with jewelry, talking to a stuffed animal, and making birds do it. HEy, you can trush heroism... especially when your most powerful magic attacks clock in at a full minute. Its a sad day when watching a metallic space-dragon incinerate an entire hemisphere is just boring. Oh, and "One winged angel" is a Carmina Burana rip off. Deal with it.
Metal Gear Solid proves that to be considered a classic, all you need is a plot so convoluted that people are embarressed to dmit they don't understand it. Recessive genes? Ear pulling? Cyborg Ninjas? Throw it all in. The more jumbled the story, the harder it is to realize that you just snuick by a guard while wearing a cardboard box. It's a good thing the hobos down by the docks arent involved in nuclear politics; they've got more cardboard boxes than you can count. And if that doesn't sell it, the character names taken from an erectile dysfunction informational pamphlet will seal the deal. How does Solid Snake firmly defeat his flaccid counterpart? With the seemingly boundless military aresenal in his patns. Hey, Snake! Is that a nikita missle launcher in your pocket or are you just happy to see us? The only thing that could make thi sgame worse is a hero whose haircut make him look like the weird dude in your high school in the megadeth jean jacket who always hung out at the convenience store... oops!
Halo completely revolutionized the first person shooter genre. Or, thats what you might think if youd had your head shoved up your butt for the past 10 years and hadnt touched a PC game since the original doom. Heres yet another game that proves that greatness is more a matter of opinion. Sure compared to blodwake or any other of microsofts dreadful early xbox entries, this was a masterpiece, but the fact remains that haol is perhaps the most overrated game of all time. Hey do you like those levels? Good because your going to hgave to go back to them all again because Bungie couldnt manage to actually make a complete game. Halo also earns our ire for introducing the needler, the lamest and most useless weapon since the spitwad. On the plus side, halos whicles are a great way to experience what drunk driving feels like without risking your life on the freeway. Still not convinced? Lets not fail to mention master chief, a facelss game hero so free of charisma that he makes Vice President Dick Cheney seem like David Lee Roth by comparison, or the story, which is insipid scifi boilerplay not fit for the script to an episode of Cleopatra 2525.
Ah yes, the game that changed the world! Brilliant, mind blowing, visionary, and kind of crappy when you come right down to it. GTA 3 Proves that if you cant do one thing right, just do a whole bunch of stuff poorly. Combining mediocre racing, mediocre action, and a load of banal gangster movie cliches that comone probably scraped off the bottom of Martin Scorcese's italian loafers, GTA 3 offers a heaping helping of lukewarm gameplay to meathead jocks the world over. It's like the old country buffet of video games; you'll definitely get your fill, but the bad aftertaste left by the shoddy mechanics leave you with little more than regreats and a gut ache when you're done. Lets not even get into the tedious objectives - its not for nothing that this game resulted in the coining of the term "pizza delivery mission." Sadly, a lot of the 80 hours you spend in Liberty City arent much more exciting than working the night shift at Dominoes, but without the tips. In its defense, it does have a lot of swearing, which seem to be enough for the millions of unemployted 19 year olds in pit stained Eminem shirts that make up this game's target audience.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Charlton Heston Share's His Wisdom
Some wisdom from Heston that I picked up while reading "In The Arena," his autobiography. Enjoy. I may come back with some love from Ann Coulter from her books, "Slander" and "Treason."
"Looking back now, trying to sum things up, I find it more puzzling than it used to be. "Whats it about charlie," indeed. A generation ago, though we were in a fierce inflationary spiral and the depths of the Cold War, it was unthinkable that a respected and intelligent head of a giant conglomerate would defend the marketing of a record celebrating the sexual abuse of young girls and the murder of policemen. Now the hcildren of that generation have grown up in the ruins of what was once the best system of public education on earth--barely literate, many of them hardly English-capable, too many more raised in fatherless welfare families.
Our borders are awash in immigrants, a large portion of them illegal, but all nonetheless qualified for the fruits of out welfare state, entitled to generous benefits, including not only voting in our elections on ballots in the language of their choice, but the education of their progeny in that language. This last is the most colossal blunder of the many made in supposed support of the young: to deliberately deny children, at any age when they learn most quickly, access to full command of th elanguage that can best offer them a chance at productive employment anywhere in the world in the twenty-first century can only be described as cruelty to children.
Multiculturalism is not only perceived as a virtue but a goal. I actually heard a young woman at an arts fund-raiser say, 'Well that's the motto on the U.S. currency, isn't it? ""E pluribus unum."" From one, many.'
"Actually you've got it backward," I said. The correct translation is 'From many, one.' As in one country."
No kidding? she said. "Well, whatever."
A columnist described the childhood of a welfare kid with brutal honesty: "first felony arrest at fourteen, becomes an absent father at sixteen, out of school at seventeen if he gets that far, with a diploma he can't read."
The senate chaplain, the Reverend Richard Halvorse, put it more fully: "We now demand freedom without restraint, rights without responsibility, choice without consequences, pleasure without pain. In our narcissistic, hedonictic, masochistic, valueless preoccupation, we are becoming a people dominated by lust, avarice, and greed." (Isn't it odd that th eCongress has a full-time chaplain who opens every session with a prayer-- which is forbidden in schools? How did we get to that?)
How did we get, for that matter, to the point where the ethical foundations of western civilization are now in question? The LA Times reported not long ago that some geneticists have advanced the possibility that much of what we've understood for thousands of years as failing in the human condition are in fact genetically imprinted in us at birth. Wife beating, obesity, alcoholism, murder... none of these our fault. Just think how that frees us! We are now responsible for nothing! There is no good nor evil; man is no longer burdened with free will. Old Thomas Jefferson's comment serves her, I think: "Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
Charlton Heston
"Looking back now, trying to sum things up, I find it more puzzling than it used to be. "Whats it about charlie," indeed. A generation ago, though we were in a fierce inflationary spiral and the depths of the Cold War, it was unthinkable that a respected and intelligent head of a giant conglomerate would defend the marketing of a record celebrating the sexual abuse of young girls and the murder of policemen. Now the hcildren of that generation have grown up in the ruins of what was once the best system of public education on earth--barely literate, many of them hardly English-capable, too many more raised in fatherless welfare families.
Our borders are awash in immigrants, a large portion of them illegal, but all nonetheless qualified for the fruits of out welfare state, entitled to generous benefits, including not only voting in our elections on ballots in the language of their choice, but the education of their progeny in that language. This last is the most colossal blunder of the many made in supposed support of the young: to deliberately deny children, at any age when they learn most quickly, access to full command of th elanguage that can best offer them a chance at productive employment anywhere in the world in the twenty-first century can only be described as cruelty to children.
Multiculturalism is not only perceived as a virtue but a goal. I actually heard a young woman at an arts fund-raiser say, 'Well that's the motto on the U.S. currency, isn't it? ""E pluribus unum."" From one, many.'
"Actually you've got it backward," I said. The correct translation is 'From many, one.' As in one country."
No kidding? she said. "Well, whatever."
A columnist described the childhood of a welfare kid with brutal honesty: "first felony arrest at fourteen, becomes an absent father at sixteen, out of school at seventeen if he gets that far, with a diploma he can't read."
The senate chaplain, the Reverend Richard Halvorse, put it more fully: "We now demand freedom without restraint, rights without responsibility, choice without consequences, pleasure without pain. In our narcissistic, hedonictic, masochistic, valueless preoccupation, we are becoming a people dominated by lust, avarice, and greed." (Isn't it odd that th eCongress has a full-time chaplain who opens every session with a prayer-- which is forbidden in schools? How did we get to that?)
How did we get, for that matter, to the point where the ethical foundations of western civilization are now in question? The LA Times reported not long ago that some geneticists have advanced the possibility that much of what we've understood for thousands of years as failing in the human condition are in fact genetically imprinted in us at birth. Wife beating, obesity, alcoholism, murder... none of these our fault. Just think how that frees us! We are now responsible for nothing! There is no good nor evil; man is no longer burdened with free will. Old Thomas Jefferson's comment serves her, I think: "Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
Charlton Heston
Monday, November 7, 2005
Darth Mark & Count Diane
Time for an update.
So as The Captain would say... i learned something of IMPORT a few days back. But i waited until i had a backup confession of someone trustworthy to unveil it.
Guess who tried to get at least 2 people to beat me up?
Youll never guess.
Stop trying.
cmon... do u think u really know?
ok, so ill tell you.
Mark and Diane. Thats right. The proverbial egg donor and wannabe sperm donor. My ex-mother and step-father. Yea. David told me that. He said they tried to get him to, and they tried to get louie to, and that both said no. I didnt beleive him. So i asked Louie today. And louie goes, "Yea, they said u had an attitude problem and wanted me to 'fix' it."
Love works in mysterious ways?
I just want all my friends to know... that Im going to have someone jump you... because i care about you, and thats what u do when u care about people.
I'm no longer at marcias. So ill only be online when i hit the library.
Peace, love, and jump your loved ones!
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Desperate Mothers & Pathetic Excuses of Human Beings
So I talk to a friend of mine today. She informs me that Diane is not happy with just destroying her family and her relationship with her firstborn son. I guess Diane had to do it to someone else.
I dont feel like explaining the details. That mixed with not knowing alot of them, is going to make this a fairly short post.
And look at the time.. I have to go. I will continue later on.
I dont feel like explaining the details. That mixed with not knowing alot of them, is going to make this a fairly short post.
And look at the time.. I have to go. I will continue later on.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Top 25
As October draws to a close, I feel the need to remind people that in December I will release my top 25 of '05. To bring it all back to mind, i will repost the lists from 2003, and 2004.
2003-
1. Election 04
2. Getting Kicked out of the house
3. Tubin Down Mad River
4. Homecoming
5. 17 Birthday Party
6. SOCOM II
7. Kill Bill
8. Superbowl 04
9. Protesting Kerry rally
10. Ichthus 04: Mission in the Mud
11. Troy (all 3 times)
12. Bengals vs. Giants
13. Gold Bond
14. Traders World
15. Midnight Bowling
16. Brandie
17. Halo 2
18. Smallville Season 4
19. Passion of the Christ
20. Jaimie
21. Xanga
22. Red Vs. Blue
23. Bush Rally in Springfield
24. Amber
25. Jessica
Keep an Eye out for the upcoming 2005 list.
2003-
1. Kristina's coat, Brandon's pina coloda
2. Thanksgiving Convo with my dad. (Dad-)Don't F*ck with me! (uncle orv-) Hey kenny, F*ck with him.
3. Saddam Hussien caught.
4. Holidae In
5. Jay-Z's retirement announcment
6. LOTR: Return of the King
7. 2003 North Vs South Football Game
8. Antho-"knee" problem
9. The Matrix Revolutions Disappointment
10. Madonna & Britney
11. Madonna & Christina
12. Ichthus 2003
13. Michael Jackson
14. We as Americans- Eminem
15. The Oreo
16. R. Kelly
17. The Cell Phone
18. Getting a job at Krogers
19. Freddy Vs. Jason
20. Ruben Studdard
21. Jedi's Last Hope
22. The Camel Toe song from Bob and Tom
23. Grand theft auto going to X-box
24. In da Club/Get Rich or Die Tryin'
25. The Kroger Hobbit, T- Baggins
2004-1. Election 04
2. Getting Kicked out of the house
3. Tubin Down Mad River
4. Homecoming
5. 17 Birthday Party
6. SOCOM II
7. Kill Bill
8. Superbowl 04
9. Protesting Kerry rally
10. Ichthus 04: Mission in the Mud
11. Troy (all 3 times)
12. Bengals vs. Giants
13. Gold Bond
14. Traders World
15. Midnight Bowling
16. Brandie
17. Halo 2
18. Smallville Season 4
19. Passion of the Christ
20. Jaimie
21. Xanga
22. Red Vs. Blue
23. Bush Rally in Springfield
24. Amber
25. Jessica
Keep an Eye out for the upcoming 2005 list.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
I've been drafted
You read the title right. I'm informing everyone that I received a letter in the mail today telling me that I was drafted into the Marines. I cried for almost two hours. I know theyre going to push me through boot camp and then send me right over to Iraq. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.
I apologize. Everyone was right in November when they said that if President Bush got another term, he would bring back the draft, and you were right. I just wish I would have listened to you all. Everyone told me that if he won in November, the draft would start before summer ended and I guess it has. You were all correct and I sadly admit that I was wrong.
Except I'm not. Because I'm NOT being drafted into the Marines. Or the Army for that matter. In fact, here it is, closing on the month of October and BEHOLD... no draft. A year has passed, and you were all wrong so far. Don't you all feel like asses now?
I apologize. Everyone was right in November when they said that if President Bush got another term, he would bring back the draft, and you were right. I just wish I would have listened to you all. Everyone told me that if he won in November, the draft would start before summer ended and I guess it has. You were all correct and I sadly admit that I was wrong.
Except I'm not. Because I'm NOT being drafted into the Marines. Or the Army for that matter. In fact, here it is, closing on the month of October and BEHOLD... no draft. A year has passed, and you were all wrong so far. Don't you all feel like asses now?
Sunday, April 3, 2005
Star Wars LEGO
Finally a combination of 2 of the greatest things ever made, Legos and Star Wars. In this game you play as the lego incarnations of yoru favorite star wars characters and play through the storylines of Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. You should def. play it. It is beast.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Three-toed Christians
So I was sitting here, bored, and browsing xangas when I think I finally had enough. I've read through all these xangas of people in my area, or people on my subscriptions. I began to get really upset while readign through them. Hypocrites. All of them are. I know I have no room to talk, but im gonna make room and im gonna talk.
I know were only human but damn. One post I hear about how great there life is and yada yada yada and then the next post is like " I was at church..." or "I was praying..." or w/e and then they continue with how God knew exactly what they needed or God really spoke to them. It kills me because my biggest problem is knowing that I'm unworthy for forgiveness, hence making it a little difficult for me to accept that I can be and AM forgiven. I know I've fucked up and I know im unworthy so I need to be humble. And until I become humble before him, how can I really be forgiven by him? Its not important for God to know exactly what I "NEED." It's important for ME to know what God wants from ME. Not what I want from him. They write posts about it in their blog's like its getting a allowance from your parents. I mean DAMN... someone DIED to give us this gift so shouldn't we be a little slower to just go up, take it, and walk back to the life thats behind us?
I know the things i say and whatnot are a little unorthodox but im a realist. On top of being a realist.... im a pessimist. I inadvertantly focus on the negative simply because... its part of me. I know from talking to other people my age and through searching my own mind that 90% of what they show is an act. Its funny too because... one of the girls that runs in these circles and talks about how great God is to her and whatnot, is the same girl that goes out with my friend who came up to me one day in idle chit chat and informed me of thier... sexual... endeavors. They met at church, she goes to a christian school, she runs in the christian groups, she comes to the alter calls, she buys the Jesus clothes and such.. and he informs me (in all honesty) that not more than a 3 days before he had his hands up her shirt. I mean... WHAT is that? Thats just one example. The hypocrisy of people that call themselves followers of Christ is appalling. Personally, I think that if Jesus just showed up one day and started from going house to house, hed start flipping tables in houses and churches across the nation. What have we become? We are supposedly followers of the One True God Jehovah, His son Jesus, and The Holy Spirit yet we know nothing more than rituals and stories out of a 2000 year old book.
Jesus is not our church. Jesus is not our pastor. Jesus is not our christian concerts with our church vans and matching christian shirts. Jesus is not merchandise. People will not find nor share Jesus in thier pews on Sunday. Sunday christians are nothign more than fools trying to assure themselves that heaven is waiting on them. Jesus is kid sitting at the lunch table all alone. Jesus is the lady sitting on a bench downtown surrounded by 3 plastic bags of clothes. Jesus IS NOT your youth group.
Its all fine and dandy to go to church and get the gospel and chill with your christian homies, but Sunday should not be about going somewhere to make yourself feel better about yourself. When you "give your heart to Jesus" your giving your life to a life of service. Being christian doesnt mean go to church on Sunday and be really nice to people the rest of the week.
I read the LEft Behind series and I think the books interpret the bible fairly well, but what it lacks in is the projection of the world. See, they say "millions" of people dissappearing at the rapture. No, I think not. I think its more like thousands of people. I think we will be sadly dissappointed at the rapture and the return of christ as very few people we know dissappear. Then further into the books... they talk about the mark of the beast being given to people and such. Sadly enough... I doubt there will be much resistance to that. If it buys them the new cd, some food, or gets them to a concert, people will get it. Most people will get it.
True Christians are the three-toed sloths of todays world. They're on the way out. Harder to find than a decent radio station.
I know were only human but damn. One post I hear about how great there life is and yada yada yada and then the next post is like " I was at church..." or "I was praying..." or w/e and then they continue with how God knew exactly what they needed or God really spoke to them. It kills me because my biggest problem is knowing that I'm unworthy for forgiveness, hence making it a little difficult for me to accept that I can be and AM forgiven. I know I've fucked up and I know im unworthy so I need to be humble. And until I become humble before him, how can I really be forgiven by him? Its not important for God to know exactly what I "NEED." It's important for ME to know what God wants from ME. Not what I want from him. They write posts about it in their blog's like its getting a allowance from your parents. I mean DAMN... someone DIED to give us this gift so shouldn't we be a little slower to just go up, take it, and walk back to the life thats behind us?
I know the things i say and whatnot are a little unorthodox but im a realist. On top of being a realist.... im a pessimist. I inadvertantly focus on the negative simply because... its part of me. I know from talking to other people my age and through searching my own mind that 90% of what they show is an act. Its funny too because... one of the girls that runs in these circles and talks about how great God is to her and whatnot, is the same girl that goes out with my friend who came up to me one day in idle chit chat and informed me of thier... sexual... endeavors. They met at church, she goes to a christian school, she runs in the christian groups, she comes to the alter calls, she buys the Jesus clothes and such.. and he informs me (in all honesty) that not more than a 3 days before he had his hands up her shirt. I mean... WHAT is that? Thats just one example. The hypocrisy of people that call themselves followers of Christ is appalling. Personally, I think that if Jesus just showed up one day and started from going house to house, hed start flipping tables in houses and churches across the nation. What have we become? We are supposedly followers of the One True God Jehovah, His son Jesus, and The Holy Spirit yet we know nothing more than rituals and stories out of a 2000 year old book.
Jesus is not our church. Jesus is not our pastor. Jesus is not our christian concerts with our church vans and matching christian shirts. Jesus is not merchandise. People will not find nor share Jesus in thier pews on Sunday. Sunday christians are nothign more than fools trying to assure themselves that heaven is waiting on them. Jesus is kid sitting at the lunch table all alone. Jesus is the lady sitting on a bench downtown surrounded by 3 plastic bags of clothes. Jesus IS NOT your youth group.
Its all fine and dandy to go to church and get the gospel and chill with your christian homies, but Sunday should not be about going somewhere to make yourself feel better about yourself. When you "give your heart to Jesus" your giving your life to a life of service. Being christian doesnt mean go to church on Sunday and be really nice to people the rest of the week.
I read the LEft Behind series and I think the books interpret the bible fairly well, but what it lacks in is the projection of the world. See, they say "millions" of people dissappearing at the rapture. No, I think not. I think its more like thousands of people. I think we will be sadly dissappointed at the rapture and the return of christ as very few people we know dissappear. Then further into the books... they talk about the mark of the beast being given to people and such. Sadly enough... I doubt there will be much resistance to that. If it buys them the new cd, some food, or gets them to a concert, people will get it. Most people will get it.
True Christians are the three-toed sloths of todays world. They're on the way out. Harder to find than a decent radio station.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Valentines Hell... I mean Day
Working at a retail store, I see the fruits that businesses reap from this "great" day. Its pathetic if you ask me. Guys desperately running through the stores buying flowers, candy and stuffed animals for thier females in an attempt to show them thier feelings or just to try to get a peice of ass. Its rather gross. A friend of mine over on xanga (www.xanga.com/KamaSutra) Talks a bit about marketing and whatnot of V-day.
So on this holiday, instead of buying a ton of crap for your female interest (or male depending on your flavor) stay home and chill. Watch some Howard Stern, some cartoon network, or pop in a good DVD. Thats what I'll be doing.
So on this holiday, instead of buying a ton of crap for your female interest (or male depending on your flavor) stay home and chill. Watch some Howard Stern, some cartoon network, or pop in a good DVD. Thats what I'll be doing.
Thursday, January 20, 2005
LAP: Liberals Against Progress
I swear.....
I watched the Inauguration today. It was rather interesting. The first one I've watched that I've actually understood. Bush's speech was nice. He skillfully dodged the middle east in his delivery, but in general it was a well written, and spoken, speech. But what killed me wasn't the avoiding of debatable subjects, but the protesters.
I can understand, and sympathize, protesting DURING the race. I mean hell... I protested Kerry when he came by the Heritage Center. During the race, your protesting MIGHT have an affect on undecided voters. But the race is over. It has been recounted, recounted, recounted again, debated, debated again, and it was decided that, whether the liberals like it or not, Bush won the election. Bush WILL BE the President of the United States for 4 more years. Standing outside dressed in black, shouting, and throwing snowballs won't change that fact. No matter how much you protest, it won't change the election results. I specifically remember Kerry spouting "It's time for a change" when he was on the campaign trail. I also remember hearing him speak of "progress" and "uniting america" when he was dumping those hot air tanks of his. To support a candidate means that you are behind them. Well for any normal or sensible human being, you wouldn't support someone if you don't beleive in what they preach. So where is their support for Kerry's values and beleifs now? How are we uniting and progressing if we're screaming and throwing things at the Inauguration ceremonies? It just doesn't match up for some reason.
A recent editorial by Ann Coulter summed up alot of what is on my mind. She titled it:
It's Our Party, You Can Cry If You Want To
Dead serious when I say that you need to go check that article at. It's so funny. Almost as good as her one titled: Liberals Love America Like OJ Loved Nicole. She is an excellent writer. Check her out at www.anncoulter.com
But moving on. In my stupid teenage mind, it doesn't seem to click that 2 months ago they were bitching about progress and change, and now that they lost, suddenly those values are unimportant. I'm beginning to realize how John Kerry appealed to them. Thier values change almost as much as his do. But seriously, it's over now. Kerry isn't president. Shouting and bitching won't make it so. So instead of pouting and complaining, how about you work with him. How about the liberals in America admit that Kerry lost, and move on. Don't worry, the chance will be back in just under 4 years for the bitching and complaining to start again. But until then, how about you dust your shoulders off and get in the game with the rest of us. This country needs healing, and throwing snowballs and trash at fences and cops is NOT gonna do a damn thing.
I watched the Inauguration today. It was rather interesting. The first one I've watched that I've actually understood. Bush's speech was nice. He skillfully dodged the middle east in his delivery, but in general it was a well written, and spoken, speech. But what killed me wasn't the avoiding of debatable subjects, but the protesters.
I can understand, and sympathize, protesting DURING the race. I mean hell... I protested Kerry when he came by the Heritage Center. During the race, your protesting MIGHT have an affect on undecided voters. But the race is over. It has been recounted, recounted, recounted again, debated, debated again, and it was decided that, whether the liberals like it or not, Bush won the election. Bush WILL BE the President of the United States for 4 more years. Standing outside dressed in black, shouting, and throwing snowballs won't change that fact. No matter how much you protest, it won't change the election results. I specifically remember Kerry spouting "It's time for a change" when he was on the campaign trail. I also remember hearing him speak of "progress" and "uniting america" when he was dumping those hot air tanks of his. To support a candidate means that you are behind them. Well for any normal or sensible human being, you wouldn't support someone if you don't beleive in what they preach. So where is their support for Kerry's values and beleifs now? How are we uniting and progressing if we're screaming and throwing things at the Inauguration ceremonies? It just doesn't match up for some reason.
A recent editorial by Ann Coulter summed up alot of what is on my mind. She titled it:
It's Our Party, You Can Cry If You Want To
Dead serious when I say that you need to go check that article at. It's so funny. Almost as good as her one titled: Liberals Love America Like OJ Loved Nicole. She is an excellent writer. Check her out at www.anncoulter.com
But moving on. In my stupid teenage mind, it doesn't seem to click that 2 months ago they were bitching about progress and change, and now that they lost, suddenly those values are unimportant. I'm beginning to realize how John Kerry appealed to them. Thier values change almost as much as his do. But seriously, it's over now. Kerry isn't president. Shouting and bitching won't make it so. So instead of pouting and complaining, how about you work with him. How about the liberals in America admit that Kerry lost, and move on. Don't worry, the chance will be back in just under 4 years for the bitching and complaining to start again. But until then, how about you dust your shoulders off and get in the game with the rest of us. This country needs healing, and throwing snowballs and trash at fences and cops is NOT gonna do a damn thing.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Losing Childhood
Don't let your kids get a job. Ive come to realize while the money is nice, it takes away from other things they would otherwise have. It takes away from extracirricular activities, daily energy, friend time, family time, and is a distraction from the world they used to know. Dont get me wrong, I'm not going to quit my job or anything.. I'm just saying that I personally am missing out on alot because of my job. Example: I work 2-10 today. I wanted to go to the Gun Show in Dayton with my parents, but I can't, because they wouldnt have been back by 2. Another example is Thanksgiving break from school. I am off wed.- Sun. and right now, i work wed, fri, and sat, and more than likely sunday too. I will get ONE of my FIVE days off off. So I will miss out on things i wouldnt have if i was jobless. This happens all the time, and so many of my friends can't do things cause they have to work. The money is nice... but is it worth it?
Monday, November 15, 2004
Somehow this will be Bush's fault too.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime reaped over $21 billion from kickbacks and smuggling before and during the now-defunct U.N. oil-for-food program, twice as much as previous estimates, according to a U.S. Senate probe on Monday.
The monies flowed between 1991 and 2003 through oil surcharges, kickbacks on civilian goods and smuggling directly to willing governments, Senate investigators said at a hearing.
"How was the world so blind to this massive amount of influence-peddling?" asked Republican Sen. Norm Coleman (news, bio, voting record), head of the investigations subcommittee.
Coleman made public more documents he said were evidence of bigger kickbacks and payments than what was previously known, including 2003 data previously not reviewed.
The new Senate figure is about double the amount estimated by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which had pegged it at $10.1 billion. Charles Duelfer, the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq (news - web sites), had estimated about the same amount based on Iraqi documents, with $2 billion through the U.N. program and $8 billion in smuggling by road or sea or in direct illegal agreements with governments.
The oil-for-food program began in December 1996 to alleviate the impact on ordinary Iraqis of sanctions, imposed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990. The U.N. Security Council allowed Iraq to sell oil and buy food, medicine and other goods and let Baghdad draw up its own contracts.
This left room for abuse in the $64 billion program, administered by the United Nations (news - web sites) and monitored by a U.N. Security Council panel, including the United States, according to investigators.
Oil smuggling alone netted Saddam's regime about $9.7 billion, with other funds flowing from switching substandard goods with top-grade ones, as well as exploiting food and medicine shipments to the Kurds in Iraq's north.
Panel investigators also echoed the findings by Duelfer, head of the CIA (news - web sites)-led Iraq Survey Group, that Saddam's regime gave lucrative contracts to buy Iraqi oil to high-ranking officials in Russia, France and other nations.
On the list of 270 individuals, businesses and political parties was the head of the U.N. oil-for-food program, Benon Sevan, who has vigorously denied the charges.
Other recipients include Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his Russian Liberal Democrat Party. The Senate panel released a document signed by Zhirinovsky in January 1999 that invited a U.S. oil company to Moscow to negotiate to buy the oil voucher. The name of the U.S. company was withheld because of pending investigations, panel staff said.
In Russian press statements, Zhirinovsky has denied taking bribes from Saddam's regime, though he admitted meeting with the former Iraqi president during trips to Baghdad.
Senior Iraqi officials like former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz were also personally involved in oil talks, Senate panel investigators said.
In each case, Saddam's regime awarded a certificate that allowed the holder to sell the right to buy Iraqi oil at below-market prices.
The certificate holder would charge a per-barrel commission to transfer the rights to an oil buyer. Per-barrel fees were usually less than $1 per barrel but racked up big dollar amounts because allocations upward of 1 million barrels were routine.
The United Nations has refused to hand over documents to a U.S. congressional committee or allow Sevan to appear before a panel while its own investigation is under way, led by Paul Volcker, the former U.S. Federal Reserve (news - web sites) chairman.
U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said in New York that Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) had telephoned Coleman and Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, "to assure them we are not being obstructionist" following an angry letter last week from the two senators.
ISNT THAT BLOODY LOVELY? WHAT WAS THAT YEAR AGAIN? OOO YEA. 1996. LEMME THINK BACK. YES, CLINTON WAS PRESIDENT. ALMIGHTY CLINTON. BUT NO DOUBT THE LIBERAL WEINERS WILL SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO TURN THIS AROUND AND MAKE IT BUSH'S FAULT. THEY ALWAYS DO.
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
"Lord Vader?" "Yes Master?" "Riiiiiiise."
"Lord Vader?" "Yes Master?" "Riiiiiiise."
When I heard those words this evening, I got the chills. When the entire screen went black, and then after words were spoken, it came to a room with fog. Then you hear the deep breath, and see Darth Vader strapped to an operating table. I went nuts. Where did I hear those words? Where did I experience this awe at? At www.starwars.com on the Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith trailer.
Step by step:
00:07 - 20th Century Fox Logo
00:09 - Lucasfilm Logo
00:14 - "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
00:19 - Luke Skywalker in ANH walks out to view the binary sunset on Tatooine.
00:23 - Obi-Wan Kenobi in ANH speaks to Luke about the Jedi.
00:26 - Qui-Gon Jinn in TPM brandishes his saber before the final duel with Darth Maul.
00:27 - Shot from AOTC of the Clonetroopers walking into the transport.
00:29 - Shot from AOTC of the Clonetroopers at the end of the movie with transports lifting off in the background.
00:23 - Obi-Wan and Anakin with their backs toward the camera, walking up to a window during the day.
00:36 - AOTC shot of Anakin looking evil just before the Tusken slaughter.
00:38 - AOTC shot of Anakin riding the Swoop on Tatooine.
00:41 - ANH Obi-Wan continues his voice-over.
00:42 - A hooded Anakin turns to the camera with red and yellow eyes much like Darth Maul's.
00:50 - Shot of erupting volcanoes on Mustafar.
00:56 - Geonosians ride giant beetles in a Mustafar lava field.
00:58 - Black screen- "Lord Vader?" "Yes Master?" "Riiiiise".
01:04 - Darth Vader, strapped to a table, begins to rise.
01:05 - A hooded Obi-Wan looks up.
01:06 - Palpatine turns to look at the camera.
01:07 - Vader continues to rise.
01:08 - R2D2 on the Tantive IV.
01:08 - C3PO on the Tantive IV.
01:09 - Padme turns to look at Obi-Wan with a terrified look on her face.
01:09 - Mace Windu raises his saber above his head.
01:10 - Vader continues to rise.
01:11 - Chewbacca and Tarfful.
01:12 - Yoda opens his cloak to reveal his saber.
01:13 - Vader finishes his rise and locks into frame.
01:17 - Two starfighters speed past the camera.
01:18 - Anakin kisses Padme.
01:19 - Yoda pulls out his ignited saber and points with it.
01:19 - A starfighter speeds along the hull of a capitol ship towards the camera.
01:20 - Mace Windu fights against a red lightsaber.
01:20 - A large Wookiee army cheers on the Kashyyyk beach. Republic walkers and troop transports can be seen in the background.
01:21 - Tion Meddon snarls at Obi-Wan.
01:22 - Flaming capitol ship heads into Coruscant with a fire ship spraying water on it.
01:22 - A very angry Anakin does an overhead slash with his saber.
01:23 - R2D2 in a grimy area.
01:24 - Padme, with a ANH Leia haircut, hugs Anakin.
01:24 - A small Naboo cruiser flies away from Mustafar.
01:25 - Obi-Wan and Anakin, both with blue sabers, fight on Mustafar as lava erupts around them.
01:26 - Capitol ships fire on each other above Coruscant.
01:27 - Anakin grab's Obi-Wan's neck with his robotic arm.
01:27 - A "Tri-fighter" flies toward the camera.
01:28 - Obi-Wan held near the ground by Anakin, who appears to be trying to behead him with his own saber.
01:30 - A starship hanger door slams shut.
01:30 - A very angry Darth Sidious swings his red lightsaber.
01:31 - A large explosion on a capitol ship above Coruscant.
01:36 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith logo.
Sure it could have been better. They could have had no mushy stuff, and probably no droids either, but the droids at least has a place. The kissing and hugging had none. Sure, Natalie Portman is hott, but it is all out of place in the teaser. But it's all good. I eagerly await more Star Wars goodies.
When I heard those words this evening, I got the chills. When the entire screen went black, and then after words were spoken, it came to a room with fog. Then you hear the deep breath, and see Darth Vader strapped to an operating table. I went nuts. Where did I hear those words? Where did I experience this awe at? At www.starwars.com on the Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith trailer.
Step by step:
00:07 - 20th Century Fox Logo
00:09 - Lucasfilm Logo
00:14 - "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
00:19 - Luke Skywalker in ANH walks out to view the binary sunset on Tatooine.
00:23 - Obi-Wan Kenobi in ANH speaks to Luke about the Jedi.
00:26 - Qui-Gon Jinn in TPM brandishes his saber before the final duel with Darth Maul.
00:27 - Shot from AOTC of the Clonetroopers walking into the transport.
00:29 - Shot from AOTC of the Clonetroopers at the end of the movie with transports lifting off in the background.
00:23 - Obi-Wan and Anakin with their backs toward the camera, walking up to a window during the day.
00:36 - AOTC shot of Anakin looking evil just before the Tusken slaughter.
00:38 - AOTC shot of Anakin riding the Swoop on Tatooine.
00:41 - ANH Obi-Wan continues his voice-over.
00:42 - A hooded Anakin turns to the camera with red and yellow eyes much like Darth Maul's.
00:50 - Shot of erupting volcanoes on Mustafar.
00:56 - Geonosians ride giant beetles in a Mustafar lava field.
00:58 - Black screen- "Lord Vader?" "Yes Master?" "Riiiiise".
01:04 - Darth Vader, strapped to a table, begins to rise.
01:05 - A hooded Obi-Wan looks up.
01:06 - Palpatine turns to look at the camera.
01:07 - Vader continues to rise.
01:08 - R2D2 on the Tantive IV.
01:08 - C3PO on the Tantive IV.
01:09 - Padme turns to look at Obi-Wan with a terrified look on her face.
01:09 - Mace Windu raises his saber above his head.
01:10 - Vader continues to rise.
01:11 - Chewbacca and Tarfful.
01:12 - Yoda opens his cloak to reveal his saber.
01:13 - Vader finishes his rise and locks into frame.
01:17 - Two starfighters speed past the camera.
01:18 - Anakin kisses Padme.
01:19 - Yoda pulls out his ignited saber and points with it.
01:19 - A starfighter speeds along the hull of a capitol ship towards the camera.
01:20 - Mace Windu fights against a red lightsaber.
01:20 - A large Wookiee army cheers on the Kashyyyk beach. Republic walkers and troop transports can be seen in the background.
01:21 - Tion Meddon snarls at Obi-Wan.
01:22 - Flaming capitol ship heads into Coruscant with a fire ship spraying water on it.
01:22 - A very angry Anakin does an overhead slash with his saber.
01:23 - R2D2 in a grimy area.
01:24 - Padme, with a ANH Leia haircut, hugs Anakin.
01:24 - A small Naboo cruiser flies away from Mustafar.
01:25 - Obi-Wan and Anakin, both with blue sabers, fight on Mustafar as lava erupts around them.
01:26 - Capitol ships fire on each other above Coruscant.
01:27 - Anakin grab's Obi-Wan's neck with his robotic arm.
01:27 - A "Tri-fighter" flies toward the camera.
01:28 - Obi-Wan held near the ground by Anakin, who appears to be trying to behead him with his own saber.
01:30 - A starship hanger door slams shut.
01:30 - A very angry Darth Sidious swings his red lightsaber.
01:31 - A large explosion on a capitol ship above Coruscant.
01:36 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith logo.
Sure it could have been better. They could have had no mushy stuff, and probably no droids either, but the droids at least has a place. The kissing and hugging had none. Sure, Natalie Portman is hott, but it is all out of place in the teaser. But it's all good. I eagerly await more Star Wars goodies.
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Election Outcomes
Hey Osama, we rejected your little truce so you might want to look into buying four more years worth of subscription to "Better Holes & Caves" magazine.
It looks like George W. Bush has caused some unemployment since the Kerry campaign staff and John Edwards are now unemployed.
-Antijohnkerry.blogspot.com
It looks like George W. Bush has caused some unemployment since the Kerry campaign staff and John Edwards are now unemployed.
-Antijohnkerry.blogspot.com
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
We emerged victorious
I may be a teenage thumping racist bigot who doesnt know anything, (Cincinnati Blog, scroll down to Axinar's Universe Lays Down the Law- Oct. 31st.) but my president got reelected yesterday.
Monday, November 1, 2004
Enough with the damned politics
Quite frankly I will be extremely happy when Indecision 2004 is over. The Damnocrats and Republicunts are both pushing my patience beyond what it has ever been pushed before. I mean sure, it was fun getting those pictures of Bush at the Fairgrounds rally (www.picturetrail.com/bushinspringfield) and it was fun protesting at the Kerry/Edwards rally at the Heritage Center. That was all fun, but now it's getting old. The mudballing is disgusting and the hate among Republicunts, Damnocrats, and Indumbpendents is just too repetitive. Why can't we just vote, keep our opinions to ourselves, and move on with life? And WTF is up with all these damn TV ads? I can't watch anything anymore without someone having a political ad. It is simply disgusting.
I understand how touchy this election is, and how much is at stake, but DAMN. Seriously. Its about 18 hours long, and its been about 3 months of non-stop crap. I was even personally going to go sign snatching, but I cancelled those plans because I just got sick of the whole thing. People even turned that into a hate game. Instead of moving them or knocking them over, people are burning them, peeing on them, or even stealing them. It's gruesomely disgusting.
People will say, "But Kenny, this election is too big," or "there is too much to lose." Trust me. I know all this fully. Bush has fucked us over. Our country is in shambles both economically and socially, even though jobs are coming back into the country they arent coming in fast enough to replace the ones we lost, our troops are over in Iraq with no plan of coming home, and rumors are circulating that if we don't pull out soon they will have no choice but to instate the draft because we dont have enough troops to sustain that country. I am almost 18, and I will be one of those draft candidates if it comes to that.
Then we also have Kerry. To some he is a savior. He comes in a troubled time, looking like a light in the darkness. But the problem with that is, we dont know if he's a blue light, a green light, a red light, a white light, or what. Because he keeps changing his colors. He is for gun control, at least until he goes hunting the next morning. He voted for and supported the war in Iraq, until shit went sour, and then it became "The wrong war, at the wrong time, in the wrong place." But for most it's simply because, "He's not Bush."
Finally we come to our third party candidates. Mainly Nader, Badnarik, and Cobb. But there are others also, there always will be. While they may seem nice to some, the majority of Americans find then TOO liberal or TOO radical for them, so they dont get enough votes to even show up in the percentages.
As Axinar likes to remind everyone so often, I am a "thumper," and I am proud of it. And that influences many of my views. I disagree with homosexual relationships, I am Pro-Life, I am anti-war, I am against Capital Punishment, pro-education, I agree that "gun control is being able to hit your target," and I don't particularly like a government all up in my business. If i could chose anyone to be president, it would probably be Badnarik, BUT he doesnt seem to being too hott, so I would need to throw my support between one of the two main candidates. George "Wrong" Bush, or John "Flip Flop" Kerry. Honestly, I may not agree with everything he has done, but at least I know what Bush stands for. So i threw my support behind him. Obviously Ive had some rough times being in a mainly democratic county and that's to be expected. But i am seriously just gettin sick of it. Isn't there a new cd droppin, or a new movie coming out that we can talk about? Screw Iraq, screw politics, and screw Amerikka. I am getting disgusted with the way our country is presenting itself.
I understand how touchy this election is, and how much is at stake, but DAMN. Seriously. Its about 18 hours long, and its been about 3 months of non-stop crap. I was even personally going to go sign snatching, but I cancelled those plans because I just got sick of the whole thing. People even turned that into a hate game. Instead of moving them or knocking them over, people are burning them, peeing on them, or even stealing them. It's gruesomely disgusting.
People will say, "But Kenny, this election is too big," or "there is too much to lose." Trust me. I know all this fully. Bush has fucked us over. Our country is in shambles both economically and socially, even though jobs are coming back into the country they arent coming in fast enough to replace the ones we lost, our troops are over in Iraq with no plan of coming home, and rumors are circulating that if we don't pull out soon they will have no choice but to instate the draft because we dont have enough troops to sustain that country. I am almost 18, and I will be one of those draft candidates if it comes to that.
Then we also have Kerry. To some he is a savior. He comes in a troubled time, looking like a light in the darkness. But the problem with that is, we dont know if he's a blue light, a green light, a red light, a white light, or what. Because he keeps changing his colors. He is for gun control, at least until he goes hunting the next morning. He voted for and supported the war in Iraq, until shit went sour, and then it became "The wrong war, at the wrong time, in the wrong place." But for most it's simply because, "He's not Bush."
Finally we come to our third party candidates. Mainly Nader, Badnarik, and Cobb. But there are others also, there always will be. While they may seem nice to some, the majority of Americans find then TOO liberal or TOO radical for them, so they dont get enough votes to even show up in the percentages.
As Axinar likes to remind everyone so often, I am a "thumper," and I am proud of it. And that influences many of my views. I disagree with homosexual relationships, I am Pro-Life, I am anti-war, I am against Capital Punishment, pro-education, I agree that "gun control is being able to hit your target," and I don't particularly like a government all up in my business. If i could chose anyone to be president, it would probably be Badnarik, BUT he doesnt seem to being too hott, so I would need to throw my support between one of the two main candidates. George "Wrong" Bush, or John "Flip Flop" Kerry. Honestly, I may not agree with everything he has done, but at least I know what Bush stands for. So i threw my support behind him. Obviously Ive had some rough times being in a mainly democratic county and that's to be expected. But i am seriously just gettin sick of it. Isn't there a new cd droppin, or a new movie coming out that we can talk about? Screw Iraq, screw politics, and screw Amerikka. I am getting disgusted with the way our country is presenting itself.
Friday, October 29, 2004
Racism: More Rampant Now Than in the Past
When people hear the word “racism,” they think usually one of 3 things:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Black People
KKK
To support this theory, I asked some people:
M******ffy: KKK and black people
M******ffy: but most importantly...black people
Xsoxha****rex: kkk
**** Ezekiel 1: not liking black people
ax****: pete Bronson
dscotty****: blacks
MiZz ArC ****: black
You see, people are so close-minded these days, they don’t even realize that racism has grown into more of a beast now, than it ever has been. First off, black is not the only other race besides white. But when asked what the first thing that came to mind was, the younger the person that was asked, then the more their answer was focused on blacks. That’s do to the portrayal of race in our world today. Racism reaches beyond the dislike, or unfair treating of darker skinned people. It also reaches into the realms of Whites, Mexicans, Orientals, Europeans, and most apparent in today’s Divided States of America--Middle Easterners.
When a black man is killed or robbed in your town and the cops are called to respond to the situation, they say a 25 yr. old African-American male was killed. But if it was a white guy, they would say a 25 yr. male was killed. Are they suggesting that white is the norm? Isn’t that racism? What about the United Negro College Fund? IF we are as unified as our douche-bag leaders say we are, then why isn’t it the United College Fund? Because our world went to the extreme in equality. It was originally that blacks were being treated differently (worse) than white folk, so we made laws and reforms to change that. Now it is to the point where being African-American isn’t a curse anymore or an up and coming section of society being oppressed, but it is now a gift. In our world of equality, we have BET, (Black Entertainment Television) The United Negro College Fund, www.blackpeoplemeet.com, www.black-collegian.com, www.blackvoices.com, www.blackenterprises.com, African American History Month, and many, many more to be found.
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