Time for some good thoughts...
The top news this morning is still the multi-billion dollar bailout fiasco Congressleeches want to impose on us. I think everything that needed to be said about it has been said. I hate it. A large number of taxpayers hates it. Anyone with half a brain realizes that this IS socialism, no matter how Bernanke and Paulson try to justify it, and that the free market is officially dead in America (Rachel's boyfriend Rupert imparted that bit of knowledge the other day, she told me in an email, and I'm shamelessly stealing the quote, because it's true).
We're headed for a train wreck no matter who gets elected, be it the petrified morsel of socialist dung on the so-called "right," or the slightly fresher, smellier variety on the left. So instead of being angry and miserable this morning, I thought I'd just toss some sunshine and optimism your way.
First of all... Rachel believes she kicked ass on her chem exam, and I'm SO proud of her! I think she'll be fantastic!
Second of all... Rachel is going to kick ass in her bio exam tomorrow as well. Send some good thoughts her way, will ye?
Third of all... it's nice and cool outside, which signifies that fall is actually here. I won't be spending $300 per month to keep my house air conditioned. I will go with the much cheaper option of simply opening windows and not suffocating from the humidity. (The downside of this is that somewhere down the street a sewage line apparently burst, and every once in a while I get a whiff of foulness. Luckily it's not that close, so I don't get a constant odor of raw sewage infiltrating my house.)
Fourth... I had a great sleepover this weekend with my friend Tara. We lounged around in my bed, watching Dead Like Me, which is one of the best shows ever written, and which also means that it didn't last long, because the vast majority of the American public has the intelligence of a rock with lips. (Thanks, Sgt. Major, for that expression!) We also talked late into the night, and she made me realize a few things:
Sixth... These heroes need to be commended! I remember how appalled I was a few months ago when the story broke about the cowardly pieces of fetid crap who stood by and watched a man trample and beat his toddler to death by the side of the road. This restores my faith in humanity just a little.
As for the second story... any bets that this clerk will be fired?
I'm hoping that the "authorities" in these two cases realize these guys need to be commended and rewarded for taking out two pieces of crap and making the world just a little bit safer. Their actions give me warm fuzzies.
We're headed for a train wreck no matter who gets elected, be it the petrified morsel of socialist dung on the so-called "right," or the slightly fresher, smellier variety on the left. So instead of being angry and miserable this morning, I thought I'd just toss some sunshine and optimism your way.
First of all... Rachel believes she kicked ass on her chem exam, and I'm SO proud of her! I think she'll be fantastic!
Second of all... Rachel is going to kick ass in her bio exam tomorrow as well. Send some good thoughts her way, will ye?
Third of all... it's nice and cool outside, which signifies that fall is actually here. I won't be spending $300 per month to keep my house air conditioned. I will go with the much cheaper option of simply opening windows and not suffocating from the humidity. (The downside of this is that somewhere down the street a sewage line apparently burst, and every once in a while I get a whiff of foulness. Luckily it's not that close, so I don't get a constant odor of raw sewage infiltrating my house.)
Fourth... I had a great sleepover this weekend with my friend Tara. We lounged around in my bed, watching Dead Like Me, which is one of the best shows ever written, and which also means that it didn't last long, because the vast majority of the American public has the intelligence of a rock with lips. (Thanks, Sgt. Major, for that expression!) We also talked late into the night, and she made me realize a few things:
- I need to get toxic influences out of my life and out of my soul. I have done that, and what I'm left with is a small group of incredible friends, whom I wouldn't trade for the world!
- I have two amazing little (to medium sized) munchkins, who make life that much more special.
- My obese lab is dumb. (Well, OK, I knew that a while back, but he proved his mental retardation this weekend, when he ardently licked the bandages I put on his paws and SATURATED with bitter, disgusting stuff that's supposed to keep your dog from not just licking or chewing, but coming anywhere near what you're trying to protect. Not my dog. Gilbert decided the incredibly bitter stuff tasted no worse than the shoe he chewed up last week or the rodent he feasted on outside a few weeks ago.) But he's such a sweet and gentle animal, his dumbassery is much overshadowed by his sheer, unadulterated, unconditional love for his humans!
Sixth... These heroes need to be commended! I remember how appalled I was a few months ago when the story broke about the cowardly pieces of fetid crap who stood by and watched a man trample and beat his toddler to death by the side of the road. This restores my faith in humanity just a little.
Officials said the bus carrying 21 students from North Marion Middle School and North Marion High School was struck by a big rig Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 301 at 155th Street near Citra.Seventh... These two should be given medals, but instead, the first man is named as a "suspect," and his firearm was seized.
As flames began to overwhelm the bus, four motorists stopped and began pulling the trapped students out of the flames.
...65-year-old Lawrence Hanson was awakened by the sound of someone breaking into an attached section of his house. When he went downstairs to investigate, he saw signs that his house was being burglarized.A 65 year old man calls the police, who obviously weren't around when the scumbag who broke into his house decided to move toward him, despite gun banners' calls to rely on police to protect you. He shoots the assailant, and HE is the suspect, and HIS property is confiscated? Someone in the Cleveland Police Department want to explain this one to me?
Hanson returned upstairs, got dressed and grabbed his gun. Upon returning downstairs, Hanson confronted the burglar who fled on foot into the fenced in yard.
Hanson followed and tried to stop the burglar. Once in the yard the burglar turned and began to move toward the home owner. Hanson told detectives that he repeatedly told the burglar to stop and that he was armed.
Hanson stated that he feared for his life as the burglar closed in on him. When the suspect got approximately five feet away he shot him.
As for the second story... any bets that this clerk will be fired?
The clerk told police that a man approached the counter of Tony’s Market about 2:25 p.m. and asked for a pack of cigarettes. As the clerk turned to grab the cigarettes, he saw the man pulling a gun from his waistband, he told police.
The clerk grabbed a gun he had hidden near the cigarettes and fired at the man, hitting him in the chest, according to the police.
I'm hoping that the "authorities" in these two cases realize these guys need to be commended and rewarded for taking out two pieces of crap and making the world just a little bit safer. Their actions give me warm fuzzies.
This post is just chock-full of awesome.
First of all, thank you for the well wishes! You are THE BEST. I'm studying my ass off today for biology. It's plant biology so I am bored with it, but whatever. I shall master it!
Second of all, your friend Tara sounds like a wise and lovely person. She's right about everything. Toxic people are NOT WORTH IT. We've talked about this in email so you know what I mean. My brother always had a term for it: "Scrape them off." Like the parasitic life-suckers they are.
Third, the Cleveland police are assholes.
Fourth, I'm even more pissed about the bailout today than I was yesterday when I ranted at you in email. Someone sent me an article about how they've also thrown student loans, credit card debt, and car loans in there. I swear my head is going to explode.
Love ya, chica!
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You KNOW you are the master, sister! I don't even have to tell you that!
Yeah... bailout... read the post above this one?
I'm stroking out here!!!! Literally.
And yes, you and Tara are both right about toxic people. I have scraped. There are bits and pieces left here and there, but overall, my shoes are mostly clean!
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"Someone sent me an article about how they've also thrown student loans, credit card debt, and car loans in there."
The FUCK you say?????
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Yeah. Heather, my love, you might want to read the blog post above this one. It'll make your blood boil.
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Nicki,
"and that the free market is officially dead in America"
Rupert forgot to add that it was sodomized, quartered and headpiked as a warning to the rest of the world prior to its untimely demise.
Just saying.
1. I HEARD! Awesome.
2. Botany. Phhbbbtt. HEH!
3. My house is a happy place. Youth hunt was last weekend, and Becs brought home three pheasants. Heaven, I tell you. On the flip side, I had to scrape my car windows yesterday and today.
4. Family.
5. http://pages.prodigy.net/ehammer/pepe.jpg
6. I'm trained as a First Responder, and running into a burning anything scares the shit out of me. Good on them.
7. Go ahead. Arrest me. I need the vacation. Goddam fascist fucknuts.
Nice post, Nicki. I needed to read that.
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Hey Nicki,
1. Yay Rachel!!!!
2. My condolences.
3. We have had windows open on and off all summer. Renea and I have been sleeping better that way.
4. Getting azimuth checks from those you respect is usually a good thing. I know Tara and she has provided you with some great wisdom. Good for you that you recognize that. (You are welcome for the quote.)
5. Yep skunks in the road....bad!
6. I agree. Those folks that pulled the students from that burning bus are heroes!
7. I really hope the burlar victim will be treated as such. The store clerk should get a raise!
Finally, this whole bail out thing has still got me seeing RED. I jsut find it hard to believe that our elected officials are so stupid! My definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. These knuckleheads KNOW that the US Government has the worst management track record yet continue to create these situations.
Ed
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I just sent you a link to today's rant. Want to see red? That ought to do it!
The more I think about it, the more I do want to start working on my PhD! And I want to do a dissertation on the correlation between the use of media hype and an increase in government power. Something Michael Chrichton wrote about a couple of years ago in State of Fear.
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I think you should go for your PhD. Who knows...in a couple of years, you will be one of the "talking heads" interviewed by the media on our screwed up national economic policies. Then you may have an impact on, not only what many of us think, but maybe impact what the knuckleheads in Congress do about it.
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Hmmmm.... I never thought of myself as able to have an impact. These assclowns won't listen to anyone.
So... I wonder... where to Congressleeches fall on our idiot chart from Kosovo? Somewhere AFTER oxygen thief in uniform, I gather?
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