Thursday, July 28, 2005
i ran
i went for a run today after work. i can't remember when the last time i went for a after work. i came home. took off my work boots, and put on my running shoes. cherry was heading out the door for her run when i arrived home from work. so it was her that inspired me to do the run/jog. we ran to the beach. we ran home. on the way hme we had a 100 meter race on the grass where there must have been a track meet earlier in the week as the course was all chalked out. we both sprinted. i think i hurt myself. i am home and definitely sore. i will do it again. i just need to allow my body to recover first. regardless, i feel good.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
paranoia will destroy ya
alright. i got this forwarded survey, and we all know how much i love forwarded junk emails. but this one really ticked me off. i will add a few of the lines here.
before you read on, i ask you to consider who writes this shit? who is that fucked up in the head to promote such racist, closed minded, ignorant crap, that only adds fuel to a fire? after all isn't fox news overly sensationalized already?
> 1. In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
> a. Superman
> b. Jay Leno
> c. Harry Potter
> d. Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40
>
> 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and
> massacred by:
> a. Olga Corbett
> b. Sitting Bull
> c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
> a. Lost Norwegians
> b. Elvis
> c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
> by:
> a. John Dillinger
> b. The King of Sweden
> c. The Boy Scouts
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
> a. A pizza delivery boy
> b. Pee Wee Herman
> c. Geraldo Rivera
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year
old
> American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his
> wheelchair by:
> a. The Smurfs
> b. Davy Jones
> c. The Little Mermaid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver
> trying to
> rescue passengers was murdered by:
> a. Captain Kidd
> b. Charles Lindberg
> c. Mother Teresa
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
> a. Scooby Doo
> b. The Tooth Fairy
> c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
> a. Richard Simmons
> b. Grandma Moses
> c. Michael Jordan
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
> a. Mr. Rogers
> b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women
> problems
> c. The World Wrestling Federation
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as
> missiles to take
> out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one
> crashed into the
> U.S. Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the
> passengers.
> Thousands of people were killed by:
> a. Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
> b. The Supreme Court of Florida
> c. Mr. Bean
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
there may be a pattern here, but only one side of the on going eye for an eye sort of nonesense being perpetrated by both sides. i am curious to know what is on the list of western atrocities upon the muslim world. i have come up witha few of my own that would surely piss me off: supplying iraq and saddam hussein with the same weapons of mass destruction the u.s. government was looking for a few years ago, CIA training of people like bin laden, backing of corrupt muslim governments in iran, indonesia, etc. or the displacement of the palestinian people off their own land post ww2. it is no wonder some of these people are pissed off! so instead of contributing to the ongoing paradox of pointing the finger of blame and increasing the kill count on both sides, don't you think it would be more productive to view things from a different angle? perhaps we should be promoting peace and friendship rather than spreading fear.
i find the above list of questions totally out of line and racist to the core. if we must seek justification for going to war over an action that was committed against "our nation" surely we must seek justification for the original action. why did people feel compelled to fly planes into the world trade center? why do people feel this is the only way they can be heard?
there is a better way to all of this nonesense. name calling and fighting don't solve anything. to get things accomplished we must have a dialogue and share ideas and be prepared to listen to others. i learned that is elementary school. it seems like common knowledge to most intelligent people. personally, i think folks like donald, tony, john, dick, and bush need to be spanked, hard, and sent to their rooms to reflect on what they have done. then they should be reminded that fighting solves nothing.
before you read on, i ask you to consider who writes this shit? who is that fucked up in the head to promote such racist, closed minded, ignorant crap, that only adds fuel to a fire? after all isn't fox news overly sensationalized already?
> 1. In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
> a. Superman
> b. Jay Leno
> c. Harry Potter
> d. Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40
>
> 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and
> massacred by:
> a. Olga Corbett
> b. Sitting Bull
> c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
> a. Lost Norwegians
> b. Elvis
> c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
> by:
> a. John Dillinger
> b. The King of Sweden
> c. The Boy Scouts
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
> a. A pizza delivery boy
> b. Pee Wee Herman
> c. Geraldo Rivera
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year
old
> American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his
> wheelchair by:
> a. The Smurfs
> b. Davy Jones
> c. The Little Mermaid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver
> trying to
> rescue passengers was murdered by:
> a. Captain Kidd
> b. Charles Lindberg
> c. Mother Teresa
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
> a. Scooby Doo
> b. The Tooth Fairy
> c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
> a. Richard Simmons
> b. Grandma Moses
> c. Michael Jordan
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
> a. Mr. Rogers
> b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women
> problems
> c. The World Wrestling Federation
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as
> missiles to take
> out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one
> crashed into the
> U.S. Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the
> passengers.
> Thousands of people were killed by:
> a. Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
> b. The Supreme Court of Florida
> c. Mr. Bean
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
there may be a pattern here, but only one side of the on going eye for an eye sort of nonesense being perpetrated by both sides. i am curious to know what is on the list of western atrocities upon the muslim world. i have come up witha few of my own that would surely piss me off: supplying iraq and saddam hussein with the same weapons of mass destruction the u.s. government was looking for a few years ago, CIA training of people like bin laden, backing of corrupt muslim governments in iran, indonesia, etc. or the displacement of the palestinian people off their own land post ww2. it is no wonder some of these people are pissed off! so instead of contributing to the ongoing paradox of pointing the finger of blame and increasing the kill count on both sides, don't you think it would be more productive to view things from a different angle? perhaps we should be promoting peace and friendship rather than spreading fear.
i find the above list of questions totally out of line and racist to the core. if we must seek justification for going to war over an action that was committed against "our nation" surely we must seek justification for the original action. why did people feel compelled to fly planes into the world trade center? why do people feel this is the only way they can be heard?
there is a better way to all of this nonesense. name calling and fighting don't solve anything. to get things accomplished we must have a dialogue and share ideas and be prepared to listen to others. i learned that is elementary school. it seems like common knowledge to most intelligent people. personally, i think folks like donald, tony, john, dick, and bush need to be spanked, hard, and sent to their rooms to reflect on what they have done. then they should be reminded that fighting solves nothing.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
life provides its own meaning
i read a quote on a sign on the way home from work today. it said: "he who owns nothing and no one, walks through life and owns all things." it made we want to give up material possesions and sort of made me feel better (as i was slightly in the dumps). in my life, i try not to put so much emphasis on "things." i know they are just things, and they really have no bearing or meaning on my life, truly. i can let them have an affect on me, but that is my doing, not the thing. i put meaning where meaning does not exist. that is what makes me human, because that is what humans do- assign meaning to things. no matter how many things i may fool myself into believing i own, they will not matter one bit in the end. when i die, i will die alone, leaving my things behind. preferably, i would like to die naked. the same way i came into the world. you know without the armani watch.
sticks and stones may break some bones but guns will surely kill
whose bright idea was it to give guns to the police in england? what a joke! seriously, what were they thinking? the coppers used to be refered to as "bobby's" now they are just boobies. i can understand that people are on edge after the bombs that went off a few weeks ago. however, now is a time for patience and tranquility to regain thought and composure. now is not the time to be promoting mass hysteria and excitability through a "shoot to kill policy and we will ask questions later." afterall, everyone knows it is easier to interrogate a dead man...
if we begin to look back in hindsight, and start to connect the dots over the past 10 years, in regards to terrorism and counter-terrorism, a pattern begins to form and once again racism is showing its ugly head. yes, racism- pure, ugly, small-minded, uninformed, hatred of fellow human beings based on no reason other than the apparent physical characteristics of a person. anyone can draw these parralels for themselves. yet, in this latest example by the british police on how not to win friends and influence others, there is one dead brazilian national. why is he dead? because he had dark skin and dark hair. if he was fair skinned, blonde, and blue-eyed, surely the police would have let him pass by, perhaps with even a pat on the back. but this guy looked different. he looked like a terrorist. and he was running from a train (because he was late for work, in an attempt to be as punctual as possible).
now this makes me wonder, what does a terrorist look like? as far as the london police are concerned, a terrorist is any one who is dark skinned, dark haired, perhaps multi-lingual, running, and perhaps a bit sweaty (because of the inner guilt they carry around as opposed to the sudden burst of exercise). so now that we have that description of a terrorist, we can determine through deductive reasoning that nerly 3/4 of the earth's population are terrorists. doesn't this sort of method of reasoning sound an aweful lot like, let's say, someone like- donald rumsfeld and his whacked theory that "behind every bush is a terrorist!"
dead men tell no tales. the london police have just verified this statement. they shot an innocent man 8 times before stopping to ask him questions. seven of those bullets were head shots, the eighth was in the shoulder. it makes it kind of difficult to talk with a bullet in the head. i for one think the world is in more danger from the london police having guns, rather than a few terrorists with bombs. the london police should give up the guns, and go back to whalloping people with sticks, afterall it is something they were good at. even the LAPD took lessons from the british cops, in how to subdue innocent suspects, like rodney king.
if we begin to look back in hindsight, and start to connect the dots over the past 10 years, in regards to terrorism and counter-terrorism, a pattern begins to form and once again racism is showing its ugly head. yes, racism- pure, ugly, small-minded, uninformed, hatred of fellow human beings based on no reason other than the apparent physical characteristics of a person. anyone can draw these parralels for themselves. yet, in this latest example by the british police on how not to win friends and influence others, there is one dead brazilian national. why is he dead? because he had dark skin and dark hair. if he was fair skinned, blonde, and blue-eyed, surely the police would have let him pass by, perhaps with even a pat on the back. but this guy looked different. he looked like a terrorist. and he was running from a train (because he was late for work, in an attempt to be as punctual as possible).
now this makes me wonder, what does a terrorist look like? as far as the london police are concerned, a terrorist is any one who is dark skinned, dark haired, perhaps multi-lingual, running, and perhaps a bit sweaty (because of the inner guilt they carry around as opposed to the sudden burst of exercise). so now that we have that description of a terrorist, we can determine through deductive reasoning that nerly 3/4 of the earth's population are terrorists. doesn't this sort of method of reasoning sound an aweful lot like, let's say, someone like- donald rumsfeld and his whacked theory that "behind every bush is a terrorist!"
dead men tell no tales. the london police have just verified this statement. they shot an innocent man 8 times before stopping to ask him questions. seven of those bullets were head shots, the eighth was in the shoulder. it makes it kind of difficult to talk with a bullet in the head. i for one think the world is in more danger from the london police having guns, rather than a few terrorists with bombs. the london police should give up the guns, and go back to whalloping people with sticks, afterall it is something they were good at. even the LAPD took lessons from the british cops, in how to subdue innocent suspects, like rodney king.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
there is no terrorist in my neighborhood
so what? more people are blown up and dead. who cares? should i care? do you care? i am sitting here in my quaint suburban home so far away from any of this terrorism crap that goes on in those other places. i feel safe and protected in my gated community. i don't know anyone of those people who were blown up. i am a good guy. i go to church on sunday. i give. the only time i am affected by another terrorist attack, is when i go to put gas in my car. it seems i must spend another 2 dollars to fill up the tank. now that pisses me off. what did i ever do to them? nothing. i am sick of hearing about it on the news. i am tired of all the special news bulletins about another bombing in some third world country. i don't know those people. so what? i just want to go back to watching desperate housewives and eating chocolate. after i finish my bourbon on the rocks i will go to bed. in the morning i have to get up early and drive my over priced car 50 minutes to work, so i can pay off the 1/2 million dollar loan on the house i bought three years ago. i hate my desk job. i hate my boss. i smoke cigarettes. i think i may have diabetes. man, have i got problems. so why should i care if a few more people are dead in some desert somewhere else?
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
can it get any more sick?
this past few days, john howard, the prime minister of australia has been in washington d.c. rubbing elbows with the big wigs of america. the truth is he is bending over and taking it up the back side from men like donald, dick, and bush (it almost sounds like a disney comic). what exactly are these morons doing? one may wonder such things... really they are planning new ways to fuck up the planet, alienate and disenfranchise human beings from one another, annihilate cultures of people different from their own boring bland white regime, put the blame on everyone else for all the crap they get up to, and to justify all their bullshit actions through idiot religious rhetoric that is so completely fucking wrong (and hypocritical) that the whole charade ends up mocking the rest of the intelligent world. in other words, they are pissing in each others pockets. however, what i really love about it is the complete fool john howard makes himself out to be, with no outside assistance. he is so easily dazzled and mesmerized by the big lights, in the big city. ladies and gentlemen of the world, this mental midget is the prime minister down under. can you take him seriously?
Monday, July 18, 2005
not another suicide bomber
so why are there no suicide bombers blowing themselves up in helsinki? why is there no terrorist attack occuring in belgium? does anyone else wonder these things???
there seems to be a lot of eye for an eye retribution going around lately. certainly, the victims are mostly innocent. the instigators seem to always walk away to plan another murder, on all sides. the whole finger pointing, name calling, and responsibility sloughing that goes around with it is absurd too. everyone involved is to blame. those people who pretend to ignore it is happening and turn their backs, are to blame. they, we, us are all to blame. the world political movement has turned into a farcical western movie where everyone has guns, and everyone is shooting in all directions at once, but with real blood shed! there is no dialogue, there is only guns.
it is time for dialogue. people, nations, cultures, and religions must talk with one another, with the maturity, respect, tolerance, patience, and open mindedness that anyone would expect. it is common sense. it is simple. just talk. it would be a whole lot easier and more pleasant that killing people.
there seems to be a lot of eye for an eye retribution going around lately. certainly, the victims are mostly innocent. the instigators seem to always walk away to plan another murder, on all sides. the whole finger pointing, name calling, and responsibility sloughing that goes around with it is absurd too. everyone involved is to blame. those people who pretend to ignore it is happening and turn their backs, are to blame. they, we, us are all to blame. the world political movement has turned into a farcical western movie where everyone has guns, and everyone is shooting in all directions at once, but with real blood shed! there is no dialogue, there is only guns.
it is time for dialogue. people, nations, cultures, and religions must talk with one another, with the maturity, respect, tolerance, patience, and open mindedness that anyone would expect. it is common sense. it is simple. just talk. it would be a whole lot easier and more pleasant that killing people.
Sunday, July 17, 2005
one blogger to another
my response to the the question of- does anyone ever gets really tired of being argumentative? (in regards to politics and news reporters in the US)
i can see your point. but if the politicos stop being argumentative then we are all truly fucked. some sneaky bastard will just have their way with everything and that will be that. the disagreement and discussion is good. however, the can of whoop ass has been done. consider the sumner vs. brooks incident on the floor of the US senate. it helped to spark the civil war. are these people sick of the negative complaining all the time? probably. how do they deal with it? lots of illicit drugs and/or alcohol. you mentioned teddy kennedy, that shit caused him to flip a car and kill a woman, but didn't seem to phase him too much. other wonderful leaders of american politics- marion barry, enough said. clinton never inhaled (yeah right) but monica probably inhaled some of what didn't land on the blue dress. and bush jr. put enough blow up his own nose to supply a small nation for a year, and that was before he was governor of texas. can't imagine what he does now that he's president. however, that silly its-not-my-thing attitude runs in the family. look at the bush girls.
i can see your point. but if the politicos stop being argumentative then we are all truly fucked. some sneaky bastard will just have their way with everything and that will be that. the disagreement and discussion is good. however, the can of whoop ass has been done. consider the sumner vs. brooks incident on the floor of the US senate. it helped to spark the civil war. are these people sick of the negative complaining all the time? probably. how do they deal with it? lots of illicit drugs and/or alcohol. you mentioned teddy kennedy, that shit caused him to flip a car and kill a woman, but didn't seem to phase him too much. other wonderful leaders of american politics- marion barry, enough said. clinton never inhaled (yeah right) but monica probably inhaled some of what didn't land on the blue dress. and bush jr. put enough blow up his own nose to supply a small nation for a year, and that was before he was governor of texas. can't imagine what he does now that he's president. however, that silly its-not-my-thing attitude runs in the family. look at the bush girls.
the weekend comes and goes
sunday afternoon and chilling. spent the morning doing more work in the yard. it is ridiculously satisfying. it is beyond me as to why, at times, but really i know. been working in the yard for about the last 8 days straight, mostly clearing out the shitty plants we did not want and transplanting the ones we did want to the areas we want them in. it is all starting to take better shape. this afternoon i have given to physical recovery. i am just needing to relax and rest. tomorrow i will be back out in the yard going hard.
why won't i be at work? i am wondering the same thing as well, as i have not had work for nearly 12 days. some of it i can reason was due to the rain we had last week, and that is fair enough for landscaping. however, the boof-head boss has been quite slack and i was beginning to look for more work, but the jobs i had organized interviews for were paying way way way less than i was willing to settle for and in the end, got the call from boof-head that there was plenty of work next week and beyond. all that starts tuesday.
rather than sit around crying over it all , i have spent most of my time and days working in our own yard. i was paul bunyan one day, when i rented a chainsaw and cut down a lot of the trees and other stuff that needed to go. cherry played the part of my blue ox, babe, and carried out and stacked the branches on the side of the street for the chippers. then it has been on to digging up stumps and transplanting and planting (new plants) in the yards, and planning what to do next and where we will move the close line and put the vegie garden, etc. etc. it never seems to end. that is the whole conundrum of the house. and for some sick reason we are both totally enjoying it. there has been something to do everyday, that i have been off work for the other job, in fact i think i have been working harder here at home. go figure.
now i am going to sign off and watch a australian film called- sunday, too far away. i had seen it several years ago. it is about being a sheep shearer in australia about 40 years ago. today sunday can't be any closer. peace out.
why won't i be at work? i am wondering the same thing as well, as i have not had work for nearly 12 days. some of it i can reason was due to the rain we had last week, and that is fair enough for landscaping. however, the boof-head boss has been quite slack and i was beginning to look for more work, but the jobs i had organized interviews for were paying way way way less than i was willing to settle for and in the end, got the call from boof-head that there was plenty of work next week and beyond. all that starts tuesday.
rather than sit around crying over it all , i have spent most of my time and days working in our own yard. i was paul bunyan one day, when i rented a chainsaw and cut down a lot of the trees and other stuff that needed to go. cherry played the part of my blue ox, babe, and carried out and stacked the branches on the side of the street for the chippers. then it has been on to digging up stumps and transplanting and planting (new plants) in the yards, and planning what to do next and where we will move the close line and put the vegie garden, etc. etc. it never seems to end. that is the whole conundrum of the house. and for some sick reason we are both totally enjoying it. there has been something to do everyday, that i have been off work for the other job, in fact i think i have been working harder here at home. go figure.
now i am going to sign off and watch a australian film called- sunday, too far away. i had seen it several years ago. it is about being a sheep shearer in australia about 40 years ago. today sunday can't be any closer. peace out.
Friday, July 15, 2005
hot apple pie
it is friday night and the feeling's right. just had dinner with my beautiful wife, whom i am in love with all the time. we had a meal of tapas- breads, chips, dips, cheese, salami, olives, figs and a few other miscelaneous items along with a bottle of wine and some good time music to set the vibe. let's just say that everything was perfect even the conversation. now the woman is passed out on the couch still chilling to the music and i, still determined to finish the bottle and wanting more, decided to prepare and bake an apple pie. currently the pie is baking in the oven. it should be ready in about 30 minutes. so anyone is welcome to come over and have a slice of homemade apple pie, with or without ice cream. this offer is valid until the end of the evening from whence this blog is published. everything exprires at midnight tonight. if you arrive and the apple pie is already devoured, then that is your tough luck, you will not even be invited in because we do not enjoy entertaining people who arrive late. punctuality is important. do not hesitate in this once only offer. i guarantee the pie will be out of this world. i for one can hardly wait. i am considering eating the whole thing myself and letting the girl continue to sleep.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
boom! goes london
a day after london was celebrating it's appointment to host the 2012 olympic games, a few bombs go off on the underground and one on a bus. people were killed. yes, it was a tragedy. it came as a surprise to me when i heard the news, but i cannot say that i was shocked. however, i was hugely irritated by the news reporting on the event- what complete shit it was.
the whole news coverage of the "terrorist attack" in london was so over dramatic and way over done. the whole thing was grossly and inappropriately portrayed as an unjustified and horrific sort of event. "how could they do this to us?" i heard several people asking the television camera. well let me explain: your country is dropping bombs on people all around the world and has been doing so for the past 400 years. they may not have been falling from planes, but certainly blowing people up. so is it really any wonder why someone has retaliated and blown up a few people in england? i am not in any way promoting violence. i am just pointing out that it is ridiculous to be walking around this world in total ignorance of what is really going on. all parties involved in blowing people up believe in the philosophy of an eye for an eye. so there you have it. you blow someone up, they blow someone up. the whole thing has become this insane paradox.
i am sorry to hear that people were killed. but i was even more outraged at all the bullshit oversensitivity the media has put on it. allow me to give the following example: for three days the only news coverage was about this bombing in london. there were 40 people got killed! no wait, make that 52 people killed. no wait, make that 56 people killed and 17 still unaccounted for. oh the misery. and on a side note another suicide bombing took place outside a police recruitment center in baghdad, 35 people were killed. this was the fourth consecutive day of such attacks, now on to sports where the canadian national curling team has won another world championship... blah blah blah.
if there is so much outrage over a few miserable poms being blown to bits in the london tube, where is all the media coverage of citizen outrage when 13 iraqis are killed by a misguided american "smart bomb?"
am i the only person seeing through this media hype? i wonder, because i see so many people around me overly worked up by the sensationalism in the news. come on world. wake the fuck up.
the whole news coverage of the "terrorist attack" in london was so over dramatic and way over done. the whole thing was grossly and inappropriately portrayed as an unjustified and horrific sort of event. "how could they do this to us?" i heard several people asking the television camera. well let me explain: your country is dropping bombs on people all around the world and has been doing so for the past 400 years. they may not have been falling from planes, but certainly blowing people up. so is it really any wonder why someone has retaliated and blown up a few people in england? i am not in any way promoting violence. i am just pointing out that it is ridiculous to be walking around this world in total ignorance of what is really going on. all parties involved in blowing people up believe in the philosophy of an eye for an eye. so there you have it. you blow someone up, they blow someone up. the whole thing has become this insane paradox.
i am sorry to hear that people were killed. but i was even more outraged at all the bullshit oversensitivity the media has put on it. allow me to give the following example: for three days the only news coverage was about this bombing in london. there were 40 people got killed! no wait, make that 52 people killed. no wait, make that 56 people killed and 17 still unaccounted for. oh the misery. and on a side note another suicide bombing took place outside a police recruitment center in baghdad, 35 people were killed. this was the fourth consecutive day of such attacks, now on to sports where the canadian national curling team has won another world championship... blah blah blah.
if there is so much outrage over a few miserable poms being blown to bits in the london tube, where is all the media coverage of citizen outrage when 13 iraqis are killed by a misguided american "smart bomb?"
am i the only person seeing through this media hype? i wonder, because i see so many people around me overly worked up by the sensationalism in the news. come on world. wake the fuck up.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
forward this...
when will people quit sending me these bullshit forwarded emails? i am not interested. i don't want my luck to improve 100 fold if i pass the message on to 15 people within the next five minutes. i am not interested in the cute animal photos, they do not make me laugh. the suedo-porn photos are all the same. the forwards that tell me to smile and have a better day, actually make my day worse, because of the disappointment of receiving them has let me down greatly, when i was expecting a written note.
the funny thing is when people are first introduced to the internet, they think it is the greatest invention since the wheel. it is, but for the rest of the world who has known about email for many years now, and been using it successfully, the novelty has certainly worn off. it is a device for communication. not a devise for sending advertisement and useless cartoon messages that have zero relevance.
if you are one of those people that keep sending that crap to me or other people, then stop. get yourself a blog. then you can generate all the useless bullshit you feel like and people can choose to visit that site when they feel like it. rather than be bombarded by the junk emails that seem to fill up you "inbox." spam is one thing, but when friends are contributing to the same thing and the stupid forwards slip through the email filters, then it is an issue.
do i sounds pissed off to you? good. (i am not that angry really)
the funny thing is when people are first introduced to the internet, they think it is the greatest invention since the wheel. it is, but for the rest of the world who has known about email for many years now, and been using it successfully, the novelty has certainly worn off. it is a device for communication. not a devise for sending advertisement and useless cartoon messages that have zero relevance.
if you are one of those people that keep sending that crap to me or other people, then stop. get yourself a blog. then you can generate all the useless bullshit you feel like and people can choose to visit that site when they feel like it. rather than be bombarded by the junk emails that seem to fill up you "inbox." spam is one thing, but when friends are contributing to the same thing and the stupid forwards slip through the email filters, then it is an issue.
do i sounds pissed off to you? good. (i am not that angry really)
