War on Drugs my ass

I'll paint a picture for ya: A man commits a "drug-offense" 28 years ago...escapes from a now-closed prison less than 4 months into his term. The man who has escaped prison has led a generally clean life since, and he is busted by law enforcement officials, 28 years later after he admits he is the man in a prison picture from 1979 when approached by several agencies at his home...how stupid is that? True story.

Seriously? The man escaped prison, yeah. For a MINOR drug offense, and then he kept his nose clean for 28 years. 28 years of staying out of trouble, only to be finally busted 28 years later?...give the man a pardon on his term, and close the case.

Our prisons aren't overcrowded enough, and we have all the money in the world to spend. It's not like we're in a war or anything... The money spent by these agencies to track this dude down, could have been spent better elsewhere I imagine.

Common Argument

TV Causes Violence in Kids. Typical argument we have been hearing for year among several politicians, including from some Democrats I really like.

I've always thought that the argument was flawed, despite the research. Well, here's more research that was done over the span of 20 years and 35,000 children. I tend to buy the results and believe there's more to children being violent more than television.

Children don't suddenly become violent by watching tv, it's not an osmosis thing. Children become violent because they are frustrated, angry about something and they lack the skills to express that anger properly with words, pictures, or controlling it in some other way. TV just shows them many ways to express that anger, but I don't think that's enough to call TV executives on the carpet. I have always been, and will always be, a believer in PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY!!! If you don't want to take the time to raise your spawn appropriately, don't bother having them.

MY BOSOX DID IT!!!

After beating the MFY 4 straight in '04 to win the ALCS...we come back to beat Cleveland after going down 1 game to 3 in the best of 7 series. Holy fucking hell.

BRING ON THE ROCKIES!!!!!!!!

Bush Supidocracy (cont'd)

For Dubya to joke, and he did joke in some sense, about WWIII, is so beyond the pale of irresponsibility of a sitting US President, it's amazing. He was smiling when he said it, and I am thoroughly disgusted by him as a human being.

The administration has a history of fanatical claims that never hold up. First, it was the whole "mushroom cloud" quote that was subtle, but clearly dropped into a random discussion. Now, this BLATANT WWIII reference. There is a lot of steps that would need to be taken, to get to WWIII from where we are now, diplomatically speaking and militarily. To not understand that OR to disregard those steps are pathetic and tragic.

Certainly, getting a blow job from an intern is more impeachable than a blatant reference about starting WWIII. What the fuck was I thinking??!!

My Sox are a losin'

3 years ago the Sox went down to the MFY (Mother-Fuckin' Yankees) 0-3 and won 4 straight. This year we are down to Cleveland 1-3. We only need to win 3 in a row. My boy Beckett is back tomorrow, and I predict this series will go 7 games.

They may win, they may lose, but if nothing else, this is going fucking 7 games. Mark it.

The squander hierarchy

"Squander" - in baseball this usually refers to a situation where the team batting has several men on base and has a chance to score some runs with one base hit, so usually there's people on 2nd and 3rd base.

There should be a hierarchy of squanders for each level of game, in my view.

A "squander" - should refer to this happening during the first nine-tenths of the regular season games.

A "big squander" - should refer to this happening during the last tenth of the regular season games.

A "huge squander" - should refer to this happening during the Divisional Series during the post season games.

A "colossal squander" - should refer to this happening during the Championship Series during the post season games.

And, an "epic squander" - should refer to this happening during the World Series.

Right now, my Boston Red Sox have had several colossal squanders in the past 3 games...and boy has it hurt like a mo-fo.

Time Mag needs to get a clue

I was walking in a local mall today, and stopped in the bookstore. As I perused the news stand I see Time magazine has this cover with the question: "Does the Supreme Court Still Matter?"

To which, I was disgusted. Of course the SC matters, even if I hate the right-wing, constructionist view they are turning towards in recent years, they do matter. Even if you believe, as I have argued on one or more occasions, that the Court could still decide a case/issue, it doesn't mean they are RIGHT on the issue. It just means they basically have final say on the matter.

The Court matters, as it shapes public policy and jurisprudence. For Time to even posit the question on it cover sends the wrong message to dumb-ass Americans who don't know any better. To ask the question is to diminish the Court's important and significance.

Look, I love the contrarian argument as much as the next guy, and I encourage all people and publications to take that tact more frequently. But, please do that inside the pages, and pick a different title for the piece, which no doubt, is probably a great piece. I just object to the headline writer in this case, the editor.

Next time choose a better/different headline. May I suggest something like, "What is the role of the Supreme Court today?" Too long to fit on your front cover?...fine, I'll make it shorter. How about, "Supreme Court and it's role."

Sick and Tired of this Shit

Again?!?! Today we have yet another former military commander who is speaking out against the war he helped run before he retired.

Gen. Sanchez, who if you recall some of the scandals, seems to be a bit of whack-job in his own right, has come out swinging saying the war is "a nightmare with no end in sight."

One of the reasons I wouldn't make it in the military is the mentality. Newsflash fuckwits, you don't serve your unit, you don't even serve the President...you serve this fucking country and the citizens therein.

Wanna be a true soldier, how bout being a good soldier for your country and speaking up when your actually in power enough to make a difference. Instead of being a fuckwit, coward-ass pussy and talking smack AFTER you retire, sack up and speak for the country and save some of our men and women.

A TRUE patriot, a TRUE soldier speaks the truth to power, and says the shit stinks when it stinks. A TRUE soldier doesn't sit idly by while people die for a moronic decision. I don't respect people because of their title, this is where me and the military part ways. I am not getting down and sucking you cock just because you out-rank me. If your a fuckwit, your a fuckwit and I'll treat you as such. I just don't give a good, god damn.

So, shut up Sanchez, and join the crowded field of former "soldiers" who have "served" their country by keeping their mouth shut when they had the power, and were too much of a pussy to put it on the line for their troops. While your there, say hello to Colin Powell, that piece of shit panty-waist.

The Bush Idiotcy continues!

The Bush White House, having given a secret advance copy of the next Osama Bin Laden videotape through a private firm who had cracked into the secret, highly insular Al Queda terrorist network, leaked the tape to Fox Snooze. Effectively, eliminating the "in" that this private company had developed through YEARS of hard work. That channel of counter-terrorism is now closed thanks to the need for Dubya to make himself look good.

Yet another secret intelligence official(s) who have been outed in order to make the Resident look good. Pathetic.

Teachers' lack of rights?

It has become something of a national joke, a veritable laundry list of female teachers who have been busted for having consensual sex with their male or female students. It is clear that some of these boys are colossally stupid by allowing evidence to linger of their relationship only for their mothers to find out through spying on their text messages, or e-mail. I have virtually no problem with the majority of these women, and I would have gladly had an illicit affair with a few of my teachers.

However, the lasted scandal of sorts, is concerning a young woman who apparently had some naughty/topless pictures of her taken at some party and she posted them herself on her Myspace page (I do seem to remember another teacher getting in trouble from pictures that were taken of her, and then put on the web without her knowledge or consent as well). The elementary teacher in this case, has taken heat from the public, but thank goodness the administration (so far) has refused to take her out.

As a teacher, I'm tired of this shit. Adults have the right to do what they want. Teachers should not be treated so harshly just for having some pictures of their bosom, vagina, or penis, posted on the web. Parents are insane, whiny bastards. NEWSFLASH: You chose to have the spawn. I only teach your kiddo about reading, writing, and arithmetic, and in some cases, other basic subjects including health.

My teaching ability should not be question because of something so trivial. As a teacher I would never put that shit up, especially if I taught the upper grades where they were online savvy, as I wouldn't want to deal with that crap.

Specifically, in this case, the public clearly has no right to whine. The teacher who is teaching freakin' elementary students, is not likely to have one of her students find her naked breasts on that website, and if they do...guess what...that's your fault as a shitty parent, not her fault.

If you don't want to accept a large portion of parental responsibility, don't have the fucking kids! DUH!

AEP - Wowsers!

MSNBC is reporting that AEP (American Electric Power) has accepted a record $4.6 billion fine for pollution of the Northeast. Ouch! Frankly, these kinds of fines should happen more often, and I hope other companies see this and take notice.

A fantastic, final resolution...

As I creep, ever so slowly, now to my 29th birthday, I have made a decision. A quite simple one really. A decision that perhaps I had already subconsciously made long ago, yet fought a losing battle to not give into. But now, the white towel, is now being tossed into the ring.

This fearless blogger has a disorder, not a life-threatening disorder, but a disorder nontheless. I have a physical look about me because of the disorder, that isn't awful, it's stark. However, it is slightly off kilter that I have always gotten "looks." I remember starting to see it and really feel the effects of it during middle school and high school, which was perhaps why I still think of those years as absolute fucking hell (despite meeting the few friends I still have during the later years of hs).

At the time, I attributed it to bullshit teenage crap, but as I got older, I realized it was actually BS people crap. Thus, I have always been a loner-type; partly because I despise small talk in general, and partly because of the social isolation that was effectively imposed upon me. I was never physically off-putting enough to get those sympathy chicks, nor did I have the personality to be fucking fawned upon. I have the look the says, something is wrong with him, but I'm not sure what. And we know from sociological studies that people fear what they don't know. Women to this date give me "the look." I now as a teacher have noticed that when I'm walking around a store shopping, a woman alone with her spawn will reach toward her kid as I come strolling by, as if I were going to steal the little shit. AS IF, I want a freakin' kid to care for, oy!

Ergo, I have never dated much. I didn't do bars, don't do bars. I don't do clubs, because I can't drink. "But, you don't have to drink," you say. Yeah, well what if I wanted to. That's like saying to a crack addict in rehab, go party with Lindsay Lohan, but don't do any crack. Not possible. I never have been an alcoholic, but my disorder doesn't allow me to drink without murdering my already fragile liver.

The past 2-3 years, with a move to a new part of the country, I thought I could attempt a fresh start. Well, not so much. I have invested some hefty cash (a solid grand) on numerous ventures to try and meet someone to spend time with. All that has led to...zilch.

The last lady I met with, I had been speaking with on the phone and via e-mail messages for a month, and when we met Monday night, we had a great 2 hour dinner, with some great conversation. Which, for me, is a fuckin' rarity, to find someone who has some of the same interests in the world as I. So, I finally hear back after 2 days, and she is going in another direction. This is fine. Sucks for me, but 'tis fine.

Perhaps it's me projecting, but there comes a point when one can no longer ignore what he sees with his own eyes. I am convinced that despite seeing several current pictures of me, the person-to-person appearance proved too much.

Therefore, as of today, Wednesday, October 3, 2007...I am ending all activities in relation to meeting/finding a woman to spend time with. I have been alone here for...29 years, I will move on. The search, has officially fucking ended...so, blow me world. Blow me hardcore.

Justice Thomas

The interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last night on 60 Minutes with Steve Croft, was an interesting, and insightful look on the pathology of a man who has written some opinions on behalf of the Court that one could argue, defy logic. I have no doubts about how he was portrayed, as an affable gent, one of the most well liked Court members. But, to hear about the man and hear him tell the history of his life, it's easy to see that he's one who cannot see the forest to save the trees. He doesn't see, refuses to acknowledge, the silent, powerful hands that have played a role in his fast acsention to this place of power. Moreover, he doesn't grasp the lack of opportunity of people of his ilk in today's inner-city America, and the despair of hopelessness that grips the system. And he fails to recognize the remedies that could provide some glimmer of hope for those people. I respect a good stand on principle, but not when that principle is so short-sighted as to a strict interpretation of a Constitution that was written in a time when things we deal with today couldn't even be imagined, even by the great (but, flawed) men that wrote that fine document.