A New Perfume: GOP & Michael Steele: Contradiction. (It Stinks)

It is widely known now that Arlen Specter has left (hehe) his team in order to fully become a yellow-dog democrat. And after Al Franken is named senator in Minnesota, the democrats would have a filibuster-proof senate. Naturally, the conservatives can't lose this battle honorably so for the past few days they have sent their boy-toy Michael Steele, who is the equivalent of Dr. Claw on Inspector Gadget, to circle the media in order to control this disaster. So, Steele has been saying how the loss of Specter doesn't really matter to the GOP because he was always a leftist anyway and always supporter left-side ideologies.

Hmm...that's interesting.

It's interesting because within twenty-four hours, the GOP has decided to come out with ads letting the democrats of Pennsylvania know just how conservative Arlen Specter really is, which, according to them, is very much. They have come out with ads on YouTube highlighting Specter's most conservative statements and viewpoints, trying to make him look like a hypocrite.

So Michael Steele says he's always been a closet democrat. But the GOP says he's always been a strong conservative. But Steele represents the GOP. But the GOP is more powerful than Michael Steele.

Brain....functions*7438*&8381000001110011101101010101000011100001010101010.

Reboot...

Oh, I get it. Conservatives are idiots. Yeah. Now it makes sense.

Who Gives A F*ck About the Swine Flu?

43 people have it in America right now. 43. That's 43 out of 306 million. I have a better chance at sleeping with Megan Fox, Natalie Portman, and Freida Pinto at the same time in a penthouse owned by Donald Trump while we're all listening to my number one single.

Swine flu? Please...

100 Days...

Now Don't Let Eric Holder Mess It Up.

Fox...You So Crazy!

Okay, that picture is a little misleading because I'm not actually talking about Fox News, or as I like to call it, The Noise, and I'm not talking about Fox Business. But apparently, the executives over at the regular Fox Broadcasting Company have decided to not air President Obama's 100 Day Speech tomorrow night. This is a prime time speech that President Obama will give tomorrow night to mark his first 100 days in office.

ABC will be playing it. The show the speech is over is Lost.
NBC will be playing it. The show the speech is over is Law and Order: SVU.
CBS will be playing it. The show the speech is over is...well, they already preempted it.
Fox will be playing...Lie to Me starring Tim Roth. God knows we all want to see a washed up British actor star in a show where in EVERY episode he tries to figure out if people are lying to him...

Wow.

Megan Fox in Jonah Hex

Megan Fox will be playing the sexy love interest in the new Jonah Hex film. For those not so comic book savvy, Jonah Hex is a western hero trademarked by DC Comics. He doesn't really do anything other than that he's just a big western badass. His face is pretty scarred up though. He kind of resembles Two-Face from Batman, only his face is messed up on the other side. But I digress. Today, an official photo from the set was released, and man...

Democrats Are About To Take It

Word has come out that Senator Arlen Specter, a veteran republican, has just switched over the the democratic party.

This means that if Al Franken is determined a senator in Minnesota (which he will, they are just going through a long bureaucratic mess), then the democrats will have a 60-seat filibuster proof in the Senate.

Which is nice.

Boycott Rockstar Energy Drink

If you know who Michael Savage is, then you probably know that I hate him. He is a conservative radio host, but that doesn't even begin to describe it. Conservatives, republicans, the GOP, whoever, should not endorse this man. He is a purely hateful, bigoted, deviant who hates anyone who isn't white and anyone who isn't Christian. He says the dumbest most offensive things possible and it's obvious he only does so for the ratings. Did you know that his real name isn't even Savage? It's Weiner. Now, I don't know how he pronounces, but either way, that's ween-er (like hotdog, or more to the point, DICK), or winer (like cry-baby bitch). It's easy to understand why he would change his name. Here are some of the things he has said:

On homosexuals:

When you hear "human rights," think only one thing: someone who wants to rape your son. And you'll get it just right. OK, you got it, right? When you hear "human rights," think only someone who wants to molest your son, and send you to jail if you defend him.

On autism:

You know what autism is? I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is!

That one pisses me off the most for a particular reason. I don't want to share it on here, but he's a son of a bitch for even suggesting that.

And I just found out that he's the co-founder and part-owner of Rockstar Energy Drink, which makes me more upset because I have bought them before. Well, never again, and you shouldn't either.

RIP Bea Arthur

I know what you're thinking. Is this rugged and manliest of men really going to give an RIP tribute to Bea Arthur? The answer is yes.

Bea Arthur was one of the funniest women of our time. When I was little, my friend's grandmother forced us to watch The Golden Girls with her because it was one of the only television programs she would watch, and, subsequently, let us watch. Because of that, I've grown an affinity for that show for some reason. It really is hilarious and it's no wonder why it has been voted as one of the best shows of the 80's. What's not to love about four older women and their various philosophical, ideological, and sexual escapades? Is it weird that thinking of Blanche makes me all tingly?

Anyway, and seriously, Bea Arthur was hilarious in everything she did, and yes, there are more things than The Golden Girls. Her cameo in A History of the World: Part I was probably one of the funniest bits in the entire film. And of course, you can't forget Maude, which was one of the first shows that actually tackled abortion. And who could forget her appearance on Futurama as the Femputer when Fry is forced to have sex with a planet's larger, Amazonian inhabitants. She could deliver every line she ever spoke so sharply and crass. Her seriousness was what made her so comedic.

I am saddened by her passing. From what I have read she had a long bout with cancer. It seems that her and her co-stars seem to go out tragically. Estelle Getty, who played Bea Arthur's mother on The Golden Girls, passed away from natural causes, but not before having a hard battle with Parkinson's disease. Bea Arthur was a hilarious woman who worked since the business began. I'm sure she will be sorely missed.

G-Note: "Forget To Remeber" by Mudvayne

I've Said Pwned Before. But Seriously, Sean Hannity Got Pwned.

From Countdown with Keith Olbermann:

Olbermann: You'll do it for charity? For the troops families? I'll take you up on that Sean. For every second you last, $1000. Live or on tape provided other networks cameras are there. $1000 a second Sean because this is no game. This is serious stuff. Put your money where your mouth is, and your nose. And I'll double it when you admit you feared for your life. When you admit the horrible truth. Waterboarding, a symbol of the last administration, is torture.

O'Donnell: The reason Sean Hannity thinks torture is a good idea. The reason Sean Hannity thinks it works is because it would work on him. There are two different kinds of people out there in the world. The warriors which are a very, very tiny minority, less than 1% of our population is ever going to face combat and then there's the rest of us.

I am like Sean Hannity, one of those cowards, just like Dick Cheney who has refused throughout my life to enter the military and ever subject myself to anything dangerous occupationally where I might lose a tooth. That is exactly Sean Hannity's approach to life and he has exactly the same cowardly fear that I do of combat or submitting myself to anything of the kind of risk the American military does. And so people who live where Sean Hannity lives and those safe places and the safe Cheney home where no one in the Cheney family would ever submit themselves to military service, ever submit themselves to the risk of torture. They think torture works because it would work on them.

Because they are soft. They are weak people compared to our military service people and they would crack under torture. But al Qaeda, people who have devoted their lives to destroying their enemy, the people are willing to die in their exercises, they were all willing to die on 9-11. Sean Hannity thinks torture is going to work on them because he has never, never known the kind of commitment that those people have and nothing he's done in his life measures that kind of commitment that the American military has or that our enemies have. Our enemies are more committed than Sean Hannity will ever be.

Miss California 2009

This means little to me, but since everyone else is weighing in on this I thought I should too. Just for a little backup if you don't know, Carrie Prejean, who participated in the 2009 Miss USA pageant almost a week ago, was asked by mega-freak Perez Hilton on whether or not she believe in gay marriage. Her response was as follows:

I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anyone out there but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be between a man and a woman.

It was eloquent, charismatic, and most importantly heart felt. Everyone is suggesting that she's a horrible person because she thinks this way. Now, you should probably know how I feel about the whole thing, civil rights and all, but this lady (who is smokin' hot, BTW) said what she thought was right. It was her opinion, and it was in her right to give it. The gay community has to face facts that not everyone thinks like they do and they should realize that, just like not everyone thinks like Christians, Muslims, athiests, or what have you. We're all different, we all have different opinions, and that's what she was doing. She should have been judged on how well she spoke and how articulated she was, not by the ideas in the content as contested against others.

Now that all that's over with, we can look at this...

Oh Hannity. Sometimes I Think You're Dwight From "The Office"

Sean Hannity has come out on his show and said that he would like to waterboarded to show his support for the troops. I love how when anyone wants to do something so fucking stupid all you have to say is "It's for the troops" and that makes it seem okay. The thing about it is, SEAN, is that if you are going to get waterboarded to see how "tough" it is, it's totally different.

1. You would know that it's going to happen versus the prisoners who didn't know which put them in fear for their lives.

2. I'm sure that whoever waterboarded you (and you being a closeted homosexual, it would probably be someone named Bruno in a pink mask with whips and chains) would make sure that it didn't 'hurt too bad.'

3. That's just dumb. I place no higher value on you then those terrorists so you volunteering for something like that proves nothing to me.

Get pwned.

Scorpion Venom Helps Cure Cancer

I just thought this was interesting.

The Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has released a study which found that scorpion venom actually helps kill brain tumors. They maintain that if a doctor/scientist could focus the scorpion venom directly on targeted cancer cells that it is possible to reduce the spread of cancer by 98%. The only problem is that...well...scorpion venom kills everything, not just the cancer cells, which is actually reminiscent of chemotherapy.

The fucked up thing about cancer is that there are all these different ways you can actually kill it, but they just happen to kill you too.

Life is shit.

This is One of the Funniest Things I've Ever Seen

Guess Who Knew!

As you can probably tell I'm all about this big torture controversy and how it should infuriate every American out there. CNN just released some interesting information about some certain individuals who knew that torture was being used, and who even had it authorized and endorsed it. Yep, it was our old pals Darth Cheney and Condi Rice.

I bet we don't hear Bill O'Reilly say anything about that, will we?

Read it here.

I Wish They Would Get This Straight...

So first President Barack Obama basically states that nothing would probably be done with this torture situation involving the Bush administration. I get pissed off. Check.

Rahm Emmanuel comes out and further expresses this by stating that he and the president both believe that we should all look to the future instead of trying to punish those who have made mistakes in the past. I'm more pissed off and ready to kill something. Check.

Then, it turns out that President Obama isn't done with this controversy after all. However, instead of making it a point to investigate the Bush administration, he instead turns the whole thing over to Eric Holder, who hasn't made a statement or any kind of move regarding the whole thing as of yet. Felt better, then got pissed off at the fact that Holder is being too cautious over it when I know, and all of you should know, what clearly needs to be done. Highly infuriated. Check.

Now, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says Congressman, I believe we ought to get to the bottom of this entire matter. I think it is in the best interest of our country and that is what the president believes and that is why he has taken the actions he did. So she is stating that President Obama knows something needs to be done about this and that something will be done. Feeling better. Check.

This fucking circus cannot continue to manipulate the public's feelings on this. Answer this flat out Obama, Emmanuel, Holder, and Clinton: ARE OFFICIALS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED OVER THE EVENTS THAT WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN HAVE TAKEN PLACE?

If not, I'm done with you. If so, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE IT SO I CAN STOP BEING SO ANGRY?

Any time. Really. Any time.

We Can Give Them All the Money, But We Can't Tell Them About Human Rights

The thing about Iraq is that we spend countless amounts of dollars there every single day. I say countless because our government acts like they have an exact figure, but I tend to believe they do not know where a lot of the money is going and so the figures that they release cannot be fully and wholly accurate. What I am trying to get at is that we give them all kinds of money, mostly to help their government establish an American-like democracy that the people there do not even seem to want. So, one would think that after giving them so much money and trying to rebuild their infrastructure, we would have at least a little influence on certain laws and practices they have. Well, guess what.

A new report has been released by International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission about how homosexuals have been treated lately in the country. Apparently, members of the Iraqi military (that we help finance, mind you) having been using a method on homosexuals called Iraqi "gum." Militants capture Iraqi homosexuals and torture them to death by using this "gum," which is actually a high powered glue designed to use on the skin and can only be removed through surgery, to glue their anuses together. Following that, the militants force a drink down their throats which induces diarrhea in them. Since their anuses have been closed off, the diarrhea actually kills the victim from the inside.

And yet, America wants to help this country.

Denying people their civil and human rights leads to things like this. So to all these Christians, conservatives, and Bible-thumping wingnuts who believe that their God says that homosexuals don't have rights, go to hell. Your thoughts, which is exactly the same kinds of thoughts Iraqis had until they took it to the next level, cause this kind of stuff. Give this country a few years of conservative leadership and tell me this stuff won't happen. You can't because it will.

So if you are one of these people, could you do me a favor?

Go fuck yourself.

And of course I could just be naive. How can I expect my government to regulate this kind of stuff in another country we have invaded if we can't even regulate here?

Sick. Cold. Tired.

I don't know what's going on but something is definitely wrong with me. At first I thought it was just allergies because I really don't get sick. I'm serious. I am rarely ill. I never get colds. I never get the flu. I don't even think I've ever had chicken pox. I just don't get it. But all of a sudden I am not feeling so well this week.

Perhaps it's this Kentucky weather. 75 degrees one day. 30 degrees the next. Who can keep track?

Is This Real?

When George W. Bush was president, and now that he is finished, there were and there are many reasons to criticize him. He mishandled the Katrina disaster by hiring fools at FEMA. He turned a huge surplus into an unimaginable deficit. He tortured and used tactics that are completely un-American. He used fear to get what he wanted. All these are good reasons.

So when conservatives want to criticize President Obama, they COULD talk about his current mishandling of the torture allegations. They could talk about the stimulus. But instead, this is the kind of thing they resort to, something that doesn't even come close to anything we criticize George W. Bush for.

From The Shocking Truth by John Marshell:

Fresh off our earlier national humiliation, we just received a note from TPM Reader SR. And SR points out that in the second image of our Obama at the Summit of the Americas slideshow we see President Obama shaking hands with the dog of the President of Mexico. He even seems a bit to be bowing to the dog.

Conservatives. You. Are. Fail.

Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham Asylum

The Tides May Have Changed, But Still...

More information has come about regarding the official announcement that the Bush administration utilized torture on terrorist opponents. If you read my two rants yesterday, you'd know that I am appalled by the entire situation. I beleive that no one should be denied their rights, be it civil, human, or what have you, and doing what we did to these men is the same thing that happened to us in World War II, and we found justice for it.

However, President Obama and Rahm Emmanuel came out stating that the new administration had no plans to act on the information (i.e. prosecuting members of the Bush administration) and decided instead to "move forward." I thought this was most appalling, as well as disgusting. Here we have very high-up politicians/officials getting away with something totally illegal, something that people have made a point to make illegal, so what are we normal folk supposed to think about that? Should politicians be able to just get away with whatever they want without repercussions? Certainly not, and the Bush administration should be investigated. This was flat out wrong, un-American, and sick.

So today, the Obama administration has tweaked what they said, and are instead leaving the investigation in the hands of Attorney General Eric Holder, who has yet to make a statement at what, if anything, will be done. Hopefully Eric Holder will not embarrass himself or his president and actually do what needs to be done. If this doesn't get handled correctly, I don't know what I'm going to think about the Obama administration. I already a little disillusioned that Emmanuel and Obama would come out and say that they really don't think anything should be done, but hopefully putting it in the hands of Eric Holder will redeem them. I hope so.

On a related note, I was watching this O'Reilly guy on The Noise last night and he started discussing how terrible it is that Nancy Pelosi and all these other democrats knew of the torture scandal. Well, that is terrible, but I bet I don't even have to tell you how Darth Cheney, Bush officials, or Bush himself were left out of the piece. Do I?

That's It. I'm Done. Barack Obama, You've Officially Pissed Me Off.

This is more on the story I was discussing earlier. It has now came out, OFFICIALLY, that waterboarding has been used by the United States government during the Bush administration on two suspects at least 266 times. Yeah. Two. Hundred. Sixty. Six. Motherfucking. Times.

I don't care what these criminals did. There are other ways to gain information without making them fear like we are going to take their human life. Death penalty? Sure. But don't make a person miserable their entire life, good or evil. It's not fair. There are these things that are called human rights, and no matter what you are, everyone is entitled to them. Now, especially under supervision of the United States, this kind of act is inexcusable. I could go on all day about the great Satan George W. Bush, who I now wish would burn in the hottest, most fiery ring of hell, and his lackey, Darth Cheney, who deserves it the worst.

But what pisses me off the most, is this:

Mr. Obama said C.I.A. officers who had used waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods with the approval of the Justice Department would not be prosecuted. He has repeatedly suggested that he opposes Congressional proposals for a “truth commission” to examine Bush administration counterterrorism programs, including interrogation and warrantless eavesdropping.

I understand the lowly officials doing what they were ordered. I don't think they should be tried. But damn it, you bet that the top officials should be. And Barack and his little team of fear induced, cowardly Democrats won't budge against the old administration when there is EVERY FUCKING REASON THEY SHOULD.

I understand we need to look towards the future. But we must punish those who broke the law, no matter how high up they are. This makes Obama and his administration just as horrible as the Bush administration. It makes me sick and it completely changes my perspective on things which really upsets me even worse.

For months, years, I have supported this man and tried to tolerate the simplest things. But this is extreme. To not admit that what George W. Bush and his lackeys did was wrong, and to not prosecute them for crimes against humanity is the ultimate form of wrong.

President Obama, you are wrong on this. Your lack of good judgment and your refusal to listen to what the strongest democrats have to say about this makes you look like a fool. Most of all, I feel disappointed, and feel like my president is just like another cookie-cutter politician, whereas throughout this journey, I thought of you as something different. I will go ahead and tell the people that read this here that the mood will change. I know you would say that I can't judge him on this decision alone. But one dumb move begets another. This is just the beginning. We see it all the time in politicians and this is no different. I will continue to follow my liberal beliefs, but this man, Barack Obama, in this form, has proven himself without any kind of strength, without any kind of backbone, and without any kind of sense, which discourages any positive views I may have had.

Shame on him and his administration. This is a horrible decision. They will claim it will never happen again but it will because of Bush and his group of criminals getting away with it. There is a point where America stops becoming America and starts becoming a cliche dominating force that will claim to do anything in the name of safety. There's another word for that, trading freedoms for safeties. And it's called fascism. This is truly and utterly disgusting. But the worst thing of all is that it's disappointing to a figure who I have followed for so long.

The 1st Major Obama Bust

Yes it's true that I like President Barack Obama. I think he is a strong liberal leader who has encouraged over half of the Americans in this country despite all of the negatives that are currently affecting our society today. I constantly brag and keep up with all he is doing. There is no doubt that our stance in the world has improved because of him.

There actually haven't been that many negatives for me. The only one had been his throwaway comments on the legalization of marijuana, an issue that should be taken seriously by all politicians, but one that Obama just made a joke about and moved on. This, I was not a big fan of.

And today I find something else that I am not a big fan of. It has become clear to me that the Obama Administration will not investigate and prosecute any members of the Bush administration even though there are so many reasons to look into it: allegations of torture, breaking basic human ethical treatments, and botching several national disasters. However, Rahm Emmanuel came out today and said that the administration's stance on all that is that we should all look ahead on how to take care of ourselves now instead of looking back and blaming those we think are responsible.

That's complete bullshit. If we let the fucking Bush administration get away with torture, we are not Americans, we are hypocrites. Water boarding is illegal. Flat out. There are no if's, and's, or but's. We prosecuted the Japanese for it after World War 2. There is no reason the Bush administration, including Darth Cheney, shouldn't be prosecuted for it.

The Obama administration look like a bunch of cowards in my view. I think they don't want to move on with it because they fear repercussion from the right and it's not fair.

Grow some balls, Barack.

The Road

I just finished this amazing novel by Cormac McCarthy. For those that don't know, The Road is set in a post-apocalyptic future where the main protagonists are a father and his son who go unnamed throughout the book. We never fully figure out what happened to the world, but we do know that whatever happened has left it barren, desolate, and nearly lifeless. The disaster has destroyed society and there is nothing left of the world the we all know. The main plot of the novel consists of the man taking care of his young son as they travel on a main stretch of road across the country trying to survive, which is seemingly very hard to do. The father and son fight hunger, other survivors who have become crazed during the disaster, and themselves (in the sense that they often think about whether or not they should continue, or if it's just pointless).

The book is...well...simply brilliant. So long has it been that I have read a novel that actually tugged on my heart. I literally felt for the two characters on their journey. I became scared for them when they became frightened. I became joyful when they found something of use or something that would change their journey for the positive. I constantly found myself wishing that the boy had lived earlier in the world that you and I know, instead of this apocalypse he finds himself in now.

The writing is brilliant. It's simple and dark. It's not cluttered with things you do not need to know. What the author seems to excel at is his descriptive writing. Throughout the journey I felt like I was there, that I could taste the cold and the ash leftover from the disaster. I became horrified reading what they author had to say about certain events that the father and son came across. Truly spectacular.

And the ending should have you in tears.

I seriously recommend this book if you are looking for something new to read. What's great about the editing of the book is that it's not divided into chapters so there is no real place to stop. So after a while I found myself reading almost the whole thing within a few hours just because I wasn't regulated by chapters or sections.

Check it out!

G-Note: "Through the Fire and the Flames" by Dragonforce

Life, Philosophy, Religion - My Perspective

Someone told me the other day that they loved coming on here and reading the posts, watching the videos, and getting their overall daily dose. However, what struck me as interesting, though definitely not surprising, was that this person said I was overtly negative most of the time, that I even seemed angry. This comment send my mind wondering and I thought I would share with you a few things about myself to maybe explain why I do seem so negative all the time, even though in real life, if you ever meet me, I think you would think I'm pretty funny and charismatic. Of course I could just be completely full of myself, but these are the kinds of things people tell me. But the truth is, it's mostly for show. If you see me, you might think I'm jovial, animated, and happy. But I think that's just my outward personality and not really I really feel. In reality, I get easily agitated and frustrated. The smallest things seem to set me off and I don't think I find any real joy in life. Yeah, there are happy times. But pure joy? Not for a while.

I'm not sure that I believe in God. I want to believe in God. Really, I do. I would like to know the joy and feeling of emotion that these godly people seem to be, but truly, I believe they are just as miserable as everyone else. I definitely wouldn't consider myself agnostic because the fact is that I simply do not know, and I don't really think anyone else knows either. I don't make judgments and decisions on things that I simply do not know, and I'm not vain enough to claim that I know that God does or does not exist. I simply. Do. Not. Know. In saying this, I would like to express that I do not hate anyone who is faithful, or who believes in something more on this earth. I know a lot of the time it seems like I do, but I don't. What I hate is how people use their religion to spread fear, hate, and bigotry towards those who believe differently, or who may just have a difference of opinion about certain interpretations of it. A great example would be modern Christianity's attitude and hatred toward homosexuals. They claim that this life does not really matter; that it's the afterlife that matters. Yet these same people seem bent on denying the civil rights of people of different lifestyles just because of what their God says. This makes me angry because it's ignorant, bigoted, and hateful. Say what you want. Try to defend it. But that's the very definition of hate.

I haven't seemed to find joy in life for a very long time. I love the friends I have and that family that I belong to. It has nothing to do with them. When I say I haven't found joy, it doesn't mean that I do not love them or blame them for the lack of joy in my life. I think what I truly mean is that I want their to be more to this life then what there has been, and I'm nearly convinced there's not, which is truly depressing, which relieves joy from me. I think. Although sometimes I'm not really sure. But yes. I love Mom, Uncle Tim, Charles Luxmore, Murrel, Liz, Bethany, Austin, Toni, Jordan, Jay, Harry, Bryan, Shalysa, and all the rest. I don't think there are any better people in this world. It's not that I don't get joy from them. It's that I don't seem to derive any from my overall perspective. Maybe I need to change that, but it's hard, especially when I rationally believe that's how things are, which is this:

God does not exist. We are a series of chaotic and irrational transformations and mutations, that just happened to evolve to the point where we could actually think about our own existence. People would then ask me why then are there so many people who do believe, or why there has always seemed to be a religion. My answer to that revolves around the same reasoning. I believe religion is a defense mechanism of the mind, a source for the body to adapt and survive, just like we have through all these years. I believe this because if there was not such a mind mechanism, everyone would realize the meaninglessness of their own existence. If everyone realized there, chances are we would die out, because there really wouldn't be a good reason to live: if there's no reward in the end, why go through all the pain and suffering? Many people answer this question by relieving themselves of this life. I myself couldn't do something like that simply for the people who do love and care about me. However, I have to wonder, if there weren't people who loved and cared about me, would I think differently?

I don't think I'll ever find that out because I always seem to have good friends and family. Now, I don't want you to think that's the dependent reason I am on this earth. If these things weren't true, to tell you truth, I'm just too scared to do something like that. Smile, it's not morbid. It's just the truth.

But I do find it difficult to go from day to day without a sense of purpose, or relief from the pain with finding joy. Maybe it's because of the state of the world, or how my financial situation is right now. Maybe if I had money, things would be different.

This is just how I feel now. So I believe what I do is use fiction, politics, news, information, and this blog as a crutch. Those things make me feel good and purposeful, and I am grateful for them.

I know I just kind of rambled on. I've had a stressful day and just wanted to address what that person said to me. So yes, I am angry. The things that are happening in our society make me angry. Hell, phone calls make me angry. It's easy to make me mad, and I use this to help myself vent. It's therapeutic.

So the next time you see me, don't say a fucking thing about me sounding angry, or I'm going to punch you in the face.

Just kiddin'. ;)

The Intellectuals Corner

My good buddy Toni has a new pod cast over at his site, which you can find here. He had a special guest on last night...me. That's right! Want to hear Vitamin G's slightly feminine yet strangely sexual voice? Well, now you can!

Bane in Batman: Arkham Asylum

Cool.

Glenn Beck Thinks It's Alright To Secede

At what point do we stop letting him on television?

More Spin From the Rush

Rush Limbaugh is at it again, only this time over something you wouldn't expect.

Rush is a conservative. He loves conservative principles. He loves guns. He loves God. He loves war and killing people who threaten the safety of America. Any time there is a war, Rush is for it. Anytime we can kill someone who threatens our way of life, Rush is all for it. Except this time.

When President Obama gave the hit order to eliminate the Somali pirates Rush got mad. He said that they were just kids, that Obama did the wrong thing. Here's part of the transcript:

They were kids. The story is out, I don't know if it's true or not, but apparently the hijackers, these kids, the merchant marine organizers, Muslim kids, were upset, they wanted to just give the captain back and head home because they were running out of food, they were running out of fuel, they were surrounded by all these US Navy ships, big ships, and they just wanted out of there. That's the story, but then when one of them put a gun to the back of the captain, Mr. Phillips, then bam, bam, bam. There you have it, and three teenagers shot on the high seas at the order of President Obama. David "Rodham" Gergen was discussing the ramifications of this last night. Let's go to sound bite eight. We'll use number eight. He was on Anderson Cooper 360 last night. Cooper said, "Does Obama need to move forward in this --" by the way, the Somali merchant marine organizers have hijacked four more ships today, four more ships have been hijacked.

So here's what's happening here. I'm criticizing Rush Limbaugh for criticizing President Obama for committing an act that he normally would not criticize had a conservative politician committed it, even though I should fall under criticism for criticizing Rush Limbaugh for criticizing President Obama because had it been a conservative politician, well, I would have probably criticized him.

What does this tell us?

That what I think and what Rush Limbaugh thinks does not really matter. We are not the president. We do not go through what they go through. But I'm just a kid with a few hits a day and Rush is a man with a cult out there who believes everything he says, even when I just proved his opinion is meaningless.

So it doesn't matter what you say Rush. It doesn't matter if they were kids. The pirates are dead now and we have our captain back. An American lives and three people are dead because of a despicable act they committed.

Let it go.

I Would Make a Lipstick On a Pig Joke...

But I think the actual story speaks for itself. A watchdog group that monitors wasteful pork spending by the government (called Citizens Against Government Waste) has recently produce and published all kinds of information regarding states, government agencies, and even politicians themselves who produce the biggest waste of government monies. What is most interesting to note is the state with the largest amount of wasteful pork spending (according to this group of course): Alaska.

Hmm. I seem to remember a certain Vice-Presidential candidate whose campaign contained a large amount of complaining, bickering, and accusing of those who tend to waste government monies, although I can't quite put my finger on who it was. I believe she also happened to be governor of that state...I think. Although I could be wrong.

I'll give a No-Prize out to anyone who can refresh my memory. Now who was it...

Coincidentally, or maybe to set the universe in balance, Arizona had some of the least wasteful spending out there, and if you remember, a guy on that same team I mentioned earlier was a Senator from Arizona.

Ah fact checking. I love it.

Hypocrisy, though, I'm not so in to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MURREL WISDOM! THE DOUBLE DEUCE!

FARK Headline of the Day

Glenn Beck to begin comedy tour, marking the first time in history that people won't be laughing at him

Al Franken = Victory

Almost.

From Crooks and Liars:

Al Franken really did win the election for U.S. Senate in Minnesota last November. That’s the decision of the three judges who heard former Sen. Norm Coleman’s lawsuit challenging Franken’s recount victory.

“Franken is entitled to receive the certificate of election,” states the order signed by Judges Denise Reilly, Elizabeth Hayden and Kurt Marben.

They have ruled that he won but that does not necessarily mean that this whole thing is over, although it should be. Coleman could still take this to the Supreme Court, and that seems like something he would do. Governor Pawlenty also has to sign off on this and I'm sure he wouldn't do it without a ruling by the Supreme Court.

But we're getting there!

Action Figures Are Getting Scary!

This is the new Joker bust from The Dark Knight. This is almost too real.

Jennifer's Body

This is Megan Fox's upcoming film about a high-school cheerleader who gets possessed by a demon whose mission is to kill all the males on the planet. She begins with the boys at her high school. This is one of the first official pics from the film:

I'm in love.

Random Pass-Out on Glenn Beck

Even the guests can't stand to be there.

Stimulus? I Think So!

Stocks End Higher Than Earnings Report

ACS To Hire 215 Employees

New Plant For Pike County

Car Battery Company To Employ 2,000

Phil's Market

Today for lunch a co-worker accompanied me to a little place across the street called Phil's Market. This had only been the second time I had ever been to the place and I absolutely love it. When you walk in, the first thing you smell is cigarettes and cold concrete. I believe this is so because the owner would rather be fined in a city that says you can't smoke inside than to just walk outside and light up. You see a long dark hallway that leads you into to this rinky-dink eating area. Around the lobby-type area are vending machines, places to get water, pop, and then of course there are shelves with your typical canned goods. The store is small and probably has a lot of items that no one wants. In a glass shelf towards the entrance there is a case full of old-timey items from years past. Things like baseball cards, old women's fishnet stockings, and canned tobacco. Right next to the eating area is where you can place an order to have lunch. Everything there is home made. You wouldn't think such a tiny, seemingly trashy looking place like that could make good food, but let me tell you, it's probably one of the best places in the Lexington area. With a menu that ranges from gyros to grilled chicken salads, I think anyone could be satisfied here.

This is the kind of store all stores should be. It's quiet. Conservative. Modest. It doesn't advertise any big specials or any deals if you buy in bulk. There's not a yellow smiley face hanging above the ceiling tricking me into buying things I don't need. It's just a small store that I halfway wonder cares whether or not you get anything at all.

On your way out, after eating, you can get your cigarettes, gum, or even a money order. If you're in the Lexington area, most notably the UK area, you should definitely check it out.

Oh, they have an Obama burger too.

G-Note: "3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle

Fuck. United. Airlines. They Are Epic Fail.

This is a letter written by a purchaser of a United Airlines ticket to the manager.

From The Consumerist:

Dear Mr. Tilton:

When the employees of large companies discard compassion, respect, and common human decency and instead place their own interests in front of those they are chartered to serve, then they are no longer deserving of the public's trust.

On February 19th, I received a phone call from my girlfriend's father indicating that her mother was close to death, and that-if at all possible-I should try and get his daughter to Portland, Oregon as quickly as I could.

I immediately left my office and began making arrangements to leave San Francisco for Portland, including calling the United Premier Reservation line on my way home to book a flight.

The gentleman on the line provided me with a reservation number, informed me that I could pick up my tickets at the counter, and wished me the best of luck as the timing would be tight.

On our way to the airport, I commented to my girlfriend that our ability to catch the 7:50 flight "would depend on the kindness of strangers."
Little did I know that the only unkind strangers I would encounter would all be wearing United blue.

We arrived at the airport at 7:20, but with very short ticket and security lines I felt that we had a decent chance of making the gate before the doors were closed. I explained to those customers waiting in line that we had a family emergency, and each agreed to let us move to the front.
The first agent to help me indicated that he could not ticket any passengers, and referred me to a different agent at the end of the counter. I approached this new agent, provided her with my record locator number and explained my emergency. I also asked her if there was any way she could contact the gate agent to let them know we were on our way, and perhaps keep the door open a few minutes longer if we were delayed at security.

To my utter amazement, your agent handed me back my record locator number, looked me straight in the eye, and informed me that she couldn't ticket me because "it was time for her to go on her break." I wasn't sure I heard her correctly, so I repeated the nature of our emergency. Again, your agent informed me that it was time for her break, "she had no choice," and that if I had a problem with it, I could talk to her supervisor.

I was absolutely horrified. The only person at the United counter who had the ability to ticket passengers felt that it was more important to go grab a soda than to give me a decent chance at making a flight to be with a dying relative.

I argued with this woman for a good 10 minutes, growing increasingly agitated. Even those passengers who had let me move to the front of the line voiced their objections. She did nothing to assist me, choosing instead to continue to quote company policy. Why she didn't just leave to go on her break is beyond me. Before she finally left, she placed a call to her supervisor and said, in a very sarcastic tone, that there was a customer at the counter "whose mother is sick and dying and who wants to hold a flight and speak with a supervisor." She refused to provide me with her name or employee number.

By the time I was able to find somebody new to help me, it was clear that I would no longer be able to make the 7:50 PM flight. I asked the new ticketing agent if there was any way that he could contact the gate to let them know we were on our way, but he said it was impossible. He booked us on the 10:30 flight.

Upon receiving our tickets, we ran to the security line and quickly made our way to the gate to see if there was still hope of making the 7:50 flight. The plane was still there, but the door was closed and your gate agent was turning other passengers away (including those who had arrived late on a connecting flight). I explained our ordeal to the gate agent, who simply provided me with some "United-style" sympathy: not only could he not re-open the gate, but he told me that he could understand the behavior of the ticketing agent because "management really makes us work some unreasonable schedules."
A perfect keystone ending to the most imperfect, flawed, and horrifying customer experience I have ever had in my life.

I realize that we can't legislate good customer service, and I suspect that no regulations were violated in this noble attempt by your staff to have us "fly the friendly skies." However, given the animosity that your employees seem to have for their management as well as their passengers, I hardly have faith in their ability to serve the public interest in other matters, including those involving passenger safety.

My girlfriend's mother passed away at 2:50 AM, shortly after we arrived in Portland. We will, of course, never know what we might have been able to share with her in the two and a half hours we burned sitting at a gate at SFO.

I certainly hope your agent's break was worth that price.

Easter

You probably already know but I am definitely not the most spiritual person on the planet. In fact, I'm not really even sure that there is a God, although I don't claim to truly know. My belief is that I don't know, and neither do you.

But since it is Good Friday and Easter is coming up, I thought I would share some memories I have of the holiday, even though I don't really think it ends up meaning much to me. But I remember it used to. For me, as a child, Easter was like Christmas. My parents would wake me up early on that morning and there would be plastic, bright colored eggs all over the living room on top of Easter grass and of course your typical basket. Inside the basket were all kinds of candies, toys, and other gifts that I fell in love with. My parents were wonderful like that. We never had much money but they always seemed to find little ways to celebrate with me just to make me happy. My parents weren't very religious and they never tried to impose their views on me. Don't even think about saying that's the reason why I'm not religious because it's not. I have made my decisions. In high school I was saved and then baptized. I was all about God and religion. I read the Bible daily and carried a small version of the New Testament on my person all the time. I even had a cross embedded on my class ring. But as I got older (and I'm only 23 so I don't know how excited I am for the future) God didn't really seem to make since to me. It started to seem like people of faith, who are supposed to be the most kind and accepting, are actually the most bigoted and hate-filled. Then I started doing a thing. You may have heard of it. It's called reading. And at some point, during college, maybe after my father passed away, I lost it.

But I miss those days where toy grass and fake eggs were exciting. I can't seem to get excited over anything as much as I did back then with the little things. The majesty of youth dissipates when we get older, and to speak frankly...it sucks.

I hope everyone out there celebrating the holiday has a good one. I will be travelling back up to Eastern Kentucky to celebrate with a friend of mine and his family. Be safe, especially since there's a tornado headed our way.

HILARIOUS!

Betty Brown Doesn't Thinks Asian-Americans Are...American. Wha?

This is Betty Brown:

Betty Brown is a republican Texas lawmaker.

She is also a bigot. Last week, she said this:

Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese - I understand it’s a rather difficult language - do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here? Can’t you see this is something that would make it a lot easier for you and the people who are poll workers if you could adopt a name just for identification purposes that’s easier for Americans to deal with?

Do you see how she says to make it easier for AMERICANS to deal with. If you use logic, what she is basically saying is that Asian immigrants actually aren't American at all. In fact, she probably believes all non-white Americans are not American.

What's worse here is that she has the gall to ask an entire group of people to get rid of an important part of anyone's culture, all for the sake of convienance.

I work for the University of Kentucky. I deal with all kinds of students from all over the world, and while it can be frustrating, it definitely DOES NOT mean I want them to change anything about themselves just for my own personal convienance.

So the FUCK-YOU OLD BITCH OF THE WEEK goes to Betty Brown, ladies and gentlemen!

This is Sick...

UPDATE

It has recently been discovered via several news agencies that the people in this ad are all fake. The doctor's not a doctor, etc. Not surprising. You would have to find fake, desperate, sick, bigoted individuals to put something like this on.

We Torture? We Don't Torture! But We Do Hire Doctors In Case Our Interrogation...Methods Go Too Far...

From Reuters:

The medical workers, thought to be doctors and psychologists, monitored prisoners while they were mistreated at CIA prisons and advised interrogators whether to continue, adjust or halt the abuse, the ICRC said in a report based on interviews with 14 prisoners in 2007.

So first that fascist administration comes out and say they never torture. Later, when they continue to get pressed about it, they admit that they may have performed some...unique methods of interrogation which may or may not have crossed the line. Now, it's pretty much common knowledge that Darth Cheney definitely had soldiers torture prisoners at Gitmo and of course, nothing is being done about it because evil politicians get away with everything they want. I hope Darth Cheney dies a most horrible and painful death. I hope his innards liquefy. I hope he experiences fear the likes none of us can imagine on the way to the 9th ring of hell where he belongs, right next to Judas.

And the right would argue..."Well at least they had doctors present." Well, dumbass, you shouldn't need a reason for doctors in the first place.

Get pwned, Cheney.

Greatest Country In The World...

Sometimes it's easy to forget.

From MSNBC:

Thanh Nguyen will soon give up the cramped travel trailer that's been her home for more than four years, pack her belongings into an old Toyota Corolla and rely on the kindness of others for a place to live.

She has no choice: The government is taking back the trailer.

"I'm going to pack everything I have in a car and go to my friends' houses and move on and on until I find something I can afford," the Vietnamese immigrant said through a translator. "It's for however long they allow me to stay."

Nguyen is one of nearly 6,000 residents in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama who face a May 1 deadline to leave the government trailers and cottages where they have lived since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita raked the Gulf Coast.

[...] The main barrier is affordability. Following Katrina, rent more than doubled along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Much of the affordable housing stock was destroyed and insurance rates increased. Hundreds of housing units have been replaced within the last year, but "developers can't put it on line at pre-Katrina rates," Carr said.

The state also plans to transform 1,800 so-called Katrina Cottages — billed as a sturdier alternative to trailers — into permanent structures.

Nguyen, 69, lives on a $646 Social Security check, said Danny Le, who works for Boat People SOS, an organization that helps Asian immigrants.

Le said the minimum cost for a one-bedroom apartment in Biloxi is $500. He said Nguyen has applied for public housing, but hasn't received a response.

People of the right would tell you that it's her fault because she's so poor, or because she hasn't worked hard enough while she has been in this country, which is a long time. But the truth is all kinds of people are being faced with this problem, the same type of people who can't afford a new home because that storm took everything they had. It is a damn shame that George W. Bush and his lackeys let that entire situation escalate, but what I find a bigger shame is that President Obama could do something to improve the lives of these people, or put in rules and regulatory movements to help them, as this is obviously a devastating financial and personal hit for them. But instead, we tell them we want their homes back and that they can find somewhere else to live.

Greatest country in the world doesn't mean that it can't get better.

Obviously it can.

Cardboard Solar Box

A lot of politicians will tell you how expensive alternative energies are (mostly wingnuts). I mean, Glenn Beck will surely tell you, every damn day, and he's not a politician! But this was pretty neat, and affordable!

From CNN:

When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven.

Inventor Jon Bohmer with the oven he has made out of a cardboard box.

The ingeniously simple design uses two cardboard boxes, one inside the other, and an acrylic cover that lets in the sun's rays and traps them.

Black paint on the inner box, and silver foil on the outer one, help concentrate the heat. The trapped rays make the inside hot enough to cook casseroles, bake bread and boil water.

(The hot pic of Megan Fox was simply used because I couldn't think of anything else to put on here that would make a solar powered cardboard box interesting. Fail, I know, but damn...)

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Superman Pwns Batman

Not Kumar! Anyone But Kumar!

If you have been reading here for a while, then you know that I love movies. I love all kinds of movies: horrors, action, noir, classics, and the occasional shitty movie (I'm talking about you Fast and Furious). But even a person like me has to have some rules regarding what they like and dislike. For me, I have only two rules that I go by that would prevent me from going and seeing a film, or renting, or whatever:

Vitamin G's Movie Rule #1: If it has Rob Schneider in it, I'm out. I think I have only seen two Adam Sandler films in my life, Big Daddy and Spanglish. The first one I actually enjoyed, which is different, and Mr. Rob wasn't even in the second one. But I hate this guy. He makes me sick to look at. It literally repulses me knowing that he makes more money than I do because he's so terrible. I hate the episode of Seinfeld that he's in. I have never seen and will never see The Animal, Deuce Bigalow, The Benchwarmers, or whatever other piece of crap he has made. He is sickening to watch, and I hope one day he chokes on his own vomit. That's a shame too, because I like Adam Sandler, but unfortunately, I can't see any of his movies because he always casts Rob Schneider as some pointless, dumb, useless character. Shame.

Vitamin G's Movie Rule #2: The same as above, except for Kal Penn, the guy who plays Kumar in the Harold and Kumar series. He's terrible. He was in Epic Movie and I literally wanted to kill myself. I would have rather super glued my package to the next NASA rocket going to space and have it incinerated before I ever watch that again, which I never had set out to do, it was just on HBO.

Which brings me to this from The Huffington Post:

The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Barack Obama's administration and Asian constituents. White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show "House" and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison.

Does this mean I have to hate President Obama now?

Keith Olbermann's Mother - RIP

I am a big fan of Keith Olbermann, both in the sports world and the political world. If you were able to catch his episode last night then you found out that on Saturday, April 4th, his mother, Marie Olbermann, passed away. His number one story was a memorial to her, and as always, but probably most importantly, Olbermann speaks in the most charismatic and eloquent way possible.

He's The Boss

The Right Spreads Fear (Cont.)...

UPDATE

Well, it turns out that I may have been wrong when I said this wasn't all the crazy right's fault.

From the ADL:

This last comment was a reference to popular right-wing conspiracy theories about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-constructed prisons and concentration camps for U.S. citizens. Such conspiracy theories had long been staples of the militia movement, but received a reinvigorating shot in the arm following the election of Barack Obama as president. Almost overnight, right-wing conspiracists across the country revived all of their 1990s militia conspiracy theories about the “New World Order,” planned gun confiscations, and government plots against the citizenry. Once more, wild speculations about SHTF (“s—t hits the fan”) and TEOTWAKI (“the end of the world as we know it”) scenarios became rampant.

Poplawski bought into the SHTF/TEOTWAKI conspiracy theories hook, line and sinker, even posting a link to Stormfront of a YouTube video featuring talk show host Glenn Beck talking about FEMA camps with Congressman Ron Paul.

This means that Poplawski gained some of his dumb, paranoid, hateful viewpoints from Beck himself. So I hope that when Glenn Beck does his crappy little show every day at four, on a time slot that nobody but crazy fascists watch, that these are the kinds of reactions he's hoping for.

I tried to be nice earlier. I tried to say that this isn't Glenn Beck and his God Squad of government haters. But as more evidence surfaces, I keep wondering...

The Right Spreads Fear. Fear Causes Hate. Hate Causes Death.

Recently three police officers were brutally killed by a man named Richard Poplawski in Pittsburgh, PA. The police were there simply because of a domestic disturbance call, nothing more. Poplawski was reportedly a person who believed in fanatical white supremacy. After he lost his job, he began to explain to his friends how much he hated Barack Obama, how he feared that the new administration would infringe upon his rights, and how he was especially afraid of how Barack Obama was going to take all of his guns away.

Now, that last part, that reminds me of something.

Lately, liberals, bloggers, pundits, and whoever else seem to have an opinion about this matter, especially about whether the conservative movement's fear tactics had anything to do with this shooting. How you ask? Well, I guess it can be inferred that after Poplawski saw all of these policemen coming to arrest him for whatever reason, he maybe thought that they were coming to lock him in a communist/FEMA concentration camp and was going to force him to become an atheist, or whatever the hell these Glenn Beck people think the Left are going to do.

So naturally, I thought I would give my opinion, which is simply this:

I believe fear tactics are somewhat responsible, but I do not believe that the right carry all the responsibility. This country is a nation of idiots that will believe anything. We believe that we all need to carry guns for protection and yet we still believe we are the greatest country on the face of the planet. We believe in hope enough to elect a black president and yet we still have people like Poplawski who view anything other than white as an albatross to the country.

Poplawski was a misinformed, dumb, nobody whose views in society were inspired by right wing fear tactics, but just because he was informed by them, doesn't mean it's their fault. While it is true that we have Glenn Beck's out there crying on national television talking about how this country is letting foreigners take over, while on the other hand we have Joe Who Gives A Fuck trying to educate Americans about our travel towards socialism, we can also blame Poplawski for being an idiot. We can blame his home life, his parents, and of course, we can't forget to blame him. He is the scum of this country that continues to fester on the bottom, and will believe anything they want to, whether The Noise says it, or whether MSNBC says it...it doesn't matter.

But people like Glenn Beck should take note of this. When you go on national television and you create paranoia, when you make poor misinformed Americans believe that their rights are about to be taken away, when you constantly use the phrases 'war on Christmas' and 'war on religion,' things that aren't even happening...there's a problem.

Yes, this terrible tragedy may be representative of what's happening with the right. But it's not because of them. But lessons should be learned here. Because one day, a tragedy may occur where it's a direct response to what someone said on television.

Quiet Levi!

Levi Johnston (FYI: the guy who knocked up Bristol Palin) has been in the news of late because he is going on different media outlets discussing his relationship with Bristol, the Palins, and how he supposedly always uses safe sex...except that one time...you know, the one where Bristol got pregnant and they had a child together. He has already appeared on Good Morning America and will be appearing later today on The Tyra Banks Show. And if you haven't already tried to kill yourself while watching The Tyra Banks Show, well, now you will.

IMO: Levi Johnston does not need to be going around discussing these matters. They are of no importance politically, historically, philosophically...they just don't matter. You can't have him preaching on television about practicing safe sex, because obviously he doesn't, so there's another reason not to give a crap about him. He is nothing. He is a nobody. He's some dumb kid who liked how Bristol felt and decided it was too good to get out. Man, that's graphic.

He doesn't need to be on TV. We don't need to hear his opinion. He still has a while to go in life before he matters to anything. He's the new Joe the Plumber: someone who gets all this attention, especially by idiots like Tyra Banks (the show is just God-awful), and it won't matter in the long run.