Oct
28
2011
Have no idea if this is true… But I’d like it to be!!!!
i got pulled over for playing this song too loud in my car the other day and i told the cop i was? blasting AC/DC and he didnt give me a ticket because he said thats the only way to listen to ACDC…it was great! š
I thought this was kind of funny.
where is? bon scott these days? Haven’t seen him since his interview on Jimmy Kimmel 5 years ago. He was involved in making movies. He did robin hood with russell crowe. I hope he quits movies and rejoins ACDC. These white guys are getting old.
OR this:
This band is my fucking cocaine.
Yep!
Oct
27
2011
I am a libertarian leaning independent, so I really really don’t like aggressive government interference. With that in mind, I relate this bit of news to you.
Remember the story about the parents who had their kids taken away from them after the world found out they gave their children Nazi names? Adolf Hitler? Aryan Nation? There were also reports of possible abuse in the home.
Well, it looks like the parents have cleared a hurdle… Maybe. Apparently a judge has ruled there was no abuse in the house. I say “maybe” and “apparently” because that is what the mother of the kids is saying. The court hasn’t issued a statement as of yet.
I think I know how this is going to go down. Given the couples past history of distortion and previous contempt for a judges gag order, these people are still not supposed to say anything, and are displaying once again, as the article above puts it, their “parental incompetence”.
Just for the heck of it, ignoring the fact that these parents were inane enough to name their kids Hitler and Aryan Nation, if there is no abuse proven in this household, as the mother says, what should be done here.
- (A) Ā Ā Ā By virtue of giving the kids the names they did, the parents should absolutely NOT be given custody of the kids, and their names should be changed.
- (B) Ā Ā Ā The children should be given back under the condition that their names must be changed to something more palatable, John and Sarah, and not, say, Sirhan Sirhan or Charles Manson or Lizzy Borden, or
- (C)Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Since there is no abuse found, the kids go back to the parent under no further conditional requirements.
Now, after some internal struggle I’ve come to a conclusion of what I would prefer to happen. But I’m not going to tip my hat any more than I have until I’ve let this go out for a few days and see what other people think. For some, this will be easy. Remember though, we’re operating under the conclusion that there is no abuse to be found in the home.
Have fun!
Oct
27
2011
When do Conservative news outlets shy away from covering a news story? What if it’s a Marine, participating in something you don’t approve of????
The Conservative news circuit loves to note, sometimes rightfully so, that when a Democrat does something stupid or shameful, they are treated with kid gloves in the main stream media when compared to coverage of Republicans or Conservatives that get caught doing the same thing. Well, the shoe is on the other foot it appears. Some of the biggest media critics are as of this moment completely silent concerning the Marine who was severely wounded during the police crackdown on protesters at the Occupy Oakland protest.
Nothing to be seen on Drudge.
Nothing to be seen on Instapundit.
No mention of the injured Marine on either site.
Why?
At least FOX News is covering it. Nice lengthy coverage too! Headline:
Outrage Grows Over Marine Mistreatment…
…at Oakland Airport?
WTF?
Oh, here it is:
Marine Mistreatment at Oakland Airport Unacceptable
No… Crap. That is still the old story.
OK. OK. I found it. Sort of. It’s not FOX News, but a link from FOX Nation, which features video from the local Fox affiliate.
Note: If they have covered this as extensively as they did the Oakland Airport incident, I will update and modify this post accordingly.
PS. Just to be sure no one confuses me for a liberal, which has been happening quite a bit lately, I am on record also blasting the media for its biased coverage against Conservatives. But, I believe fair is fair, and Conservatives should be held to account for displaying the same biases in their coverage, or in this case, non-coverage of news events.
Oct
27
2011
I don’t always agree with your methods; I don’t always agree with some of the more extreme views on display; and I can’t stand the whole bused-in and paid-for bodies that are there mixed in the crowd. But, that said, I absolutely understand why many of you truly feel betrayed by the system.
Here are lyrics I wrote last week for my duo project Taylor Martin. It’s not quite complete, there will be a few changes as we mate the words to the tune, as this is not quite a finished project.
Thanks For Nothing
♫ Been working this dead-end job, for too many a year
Got nothing but an empty wallet, and a fist full of tears
You think theyād be grateful for the hard work Iāve put in
Thought they were, now Iām out on my rearIāve slaved and Iāve cried
And Iāve bled for the firm
Instead of a gold watch
I got nothinā in returnYou play by the rules, like they taught you in school
Paid all my taxes, they collected my dues
Yet here I am in the unemployment line
Man, Iām the consummate foolCome into work
But the factoryās closed down
Here I thought I was swimming
But it turns out Iām drownedIn an ocean of debt, not a lifeguard around
And the Riverboat Wall Street with my investments ran ground
My financial house was solid and sound
Till they foolishly broke it all downNow my eyes are wide open, finally I see
It pays to be dishonest, to lie and deceive
Some thins in life, are just what they seem
So much for the American Dream
So much for the American Dream
Say goodbye to the American Dream
Say goodbye to the American Dream ♫
Oct
26
2011
In response to someone calling me a liberal and Truther for saying the Star Trek DS9 episode “In the Pale Moonlight” is somewhat analogous to the Global war on Terror concerning torture and Gitmo. I was on another thread issued this challenge:
Hey, sf ā You could rewrite it to touch upon your crypto-Troofer beliefs and āBoooshitler tortured!!1!ā canards. Then, when people point out the indecency of it, you can say thereās no point in discussing it ā as if you hadnāt been the one to introduce the subject š
To which I replied thusly:
Don’t Label Me Bro!
♫ I sure wish you would understand,
that some things are not hand in hand
you misrepresent what I believe
and go on to twist and to deceiveThe facts that normally are so clear
are distorted based on a thin veneer
of over zealous patriotic zeal
Iāll set you straight hereās the dealI donāt believe that George Bush lied
or is happy that some people died
I donāt believe that Cheneyās bad
though he often seems to be quite madThe Truther guys well theyāre insane
Mohammed Atta flew that plane
it was islamofascist asshat clowns
that brought those two great buildings downIām not a lib not even close
that accusation is quite gross
If you want some written proof
Itās on my blog and thatās the truthOn water-boarding I hold fast
my opinionās derived from the past
From Nam, Korea, and way back when
Tāwas considered torture and has always beenIf Iran were to catch a guy
and turns out heās an American spy
Then they went and did the same
your collective heads would be aflame!Listen carefully to my words
Pidgeon-holing is for the birds
to stereotype me itās just plain wrong
the folly of blind ideologues!!! ♫
Keep in mind I wrote this on the fly when challenged this morning. I’ve become a lyric-writing machine!!!!!
Oct
26
2011
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Today, I am pleased to submit to the Congress the enclosed legislative proposal, the “American Jobs Act of 2011,” together with a section-by-section analysis of the legislation.
The American people understand that the economic crisis and the deep recession were not created overnight and will not be solved overnight. The economic security of the middle class has been under attack for decades. That is why I believe we need to do more than just recover from this economic crisis — we need to rebuild the economy the American way, based on balance, fairness, and the same set of rules for everyone from Wall Street to Main Street. We can work together to create the jobs of the future by helping small business entrepreneurs, by investing in education, and by making things the world buys.
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Oct
25
2011
Answer:
Here.
and
Here.
The Volcker Rule, inserted into the Frank-Dodd financial regulations bill, as it turns out, did not have a definition attached to it. It was, as so much legislation has been over the last few year, incomplete and ill-defined. Now, the banks and financial institutions that are supposed to be held in check by this rule are effectively writing the parameters to the rule. The result:
The draft of the Volcker rule released by the four agencies last week runs close to 300 pages and includes the word “exemption” more than 400 times.
This is what happens when it becomes more important to pass something… Anything, to show you’re doing something, than to put your political ass on the line and make tough decisions! They did this with the Patriot Act, the Healthcare bill, and now this. Our “leaders” are more concerned about upsetting their financial donors and winning elections than they are about doing what is right and only voting for legislation that is complete and defined and workable. How many times do we have to hear a legislator or a President tell us “we passed this great bill, and though it is flawed, we’ll fix it later” before we wise up and tell them “NO!”?
And don’t be fooled, with the exception of Ron Paul, if a Republicans wins in 2012, this gets turned up to 12… We’re already at eleven.
Oct
23
2011
Andrew Sullivan has a link to a Subaru commercial that plays on the emotional connection of marriage and the ideals of the adventure of a honeymoon. Having not been on a honeymoon myself, I have no idea what they are like. But something like the one portrayed in the commercial is what we all would like, or something fanciful and adventurous like it.
But that got me thinking, Subaru has a long history of making lifestyle a part of the brand.
Because they have been featuring 4 wheel or All Wheel Drive as long as any other car manufacturer on the market, they have been able to market themselves as something just a little different. That philosophy of not being the same as the typical cookie cutter car, of occupying a niche market in the automotive world has also allowed the company to branch out and target demographic groups that were passed over by other car manufacturers. They pioneered the practice of advertizing to the gay demographic.
“Subaru has always recognized the importance of speaking to all their customers,” says Subaru brand spokesperson, John Nash. “In the early nineties, market research indicated that many lesbians and gay men had a strong loyalty for the brand, based on the reliability of the vehicles. The company made the decision to speak to their G&L [gay and lesbian] customers in the first person, in the magazines and newspapers they read, with custom creative. Seemingly a simple and smart decision, but given the time period, certainly a farsighted and courageous one.”
They’ve been traveling down this road for almost 20 years. A number of the ads in the early 2000’s featured Martina Navratilova .
They produced a few TV commercials for the gay market as well.
Subaru has succeed in this market because they are a smaller company, and have never thought of themselves as being part of the mainstream. That gave them the freedom to go after this previously neglected demographic in the auto advertizing world. Remember, when Ford tried the same strategy, to cash in on the growing income trend of gay America, they got their hands slapped by the “traditional” American crowd, they were boycotted and ended up pulling the ads. Months later, Ford reversed it’s decision and resumed advertising in gay media.
This was a major step, and today you see many companies now feel free to try and attract business from the gay segment of the population without too much backlash.
A couple of oldies but goodies.
Wish this commercial was of better quality
Now this is some serious OLD SCHOOL!!!!!
Oct
20
2011
Through all our lives, we, as both general consumers and musicians, have been using and adjusting an EQ on one gadget or another. It seems like such an easy concept – you turn the treble down, yuo turn the bass up….
OK – Most normal people do that… But I’m a bass player! I’m not normal!!!!
Anyway, there is a lot more to EQing than meets the eye. Here is an article that explain the in’s and out’s of EQ’s.