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February 9, 2004:
Democracy:
Democracy is dependant on a free press. I could wish we had a
free press in America. We do not. Our press is enslaved to the
rabble. In desperation for ratings from which they justify their
revenue, they pander to the rabble. Rather than report the news
they give the rabble what they want to hear and avoid any hint
of controversy. They will not take a position or try to exposes
criminals in government. They titillate the news. They cater
to the capricious whims of the mob in exchange for high ratings.
The whole situation has been reversed from what we would wish
for. Instead of the people looking to the media for news, the
media looks to the mob to find out what they want to hear. They
might as well be under the thumb of the a fascist dictator.
Fatsos:
Now, the international health organization or some such is having
their own war on obesity. They want our government to start beating
up on the food industry. What crap? Obesity is a personal choice
not a conspiracy. The corner grocery has everything you need
to avoid obesity and eat healthy. It also has everything you
need to turn into a lard butt. Most good restaurants will serve
you whatever you ask for. It is really up to you and only you.
What the government could do is some honest education about diet.
To do that, they have to get their ducks in a row. It's really
quite simple. The great Buddha said it long ago, "All things
in moderation." No matter how hard we try, we cannot legislate
people into practicing that. People who want to be lard butts
will find a way.
Bullcrap:
The telemarketers are trying to fight the do-not- call registry
on constitutional grounds. That is patently absurd. It's my phone
and I am paying for the telephone service. No one has any right
to use my tools to interrupt my life and harass me. We have freedom
of speech. That is not a license to invade another persons privacy
or use another persons tools.
No Child Left Behind:
This federal act is not helping anyone. It's a disaster. They
are beating up on local schools and discrediting them. How is
that going to help? You cannot help a situation by bullying people.
Discrediting schools is not a solution, it's an additional obstacle.
396 schools in Michigan have been discredited. What do they do
now? What do the kids do? What do the parents do? How is this
a solution? The schools and communities do not need federal thugs
to tell them they are no good. Unless the feds can offer some
constructive ideas and solutions, they should keep their stupid
paws off.
Don't tell us we are wrong. Tell us what to do to get better.
Don't tell us the kids must pass artificial tests. Tell us how
to make the kids interested in discovering the joy of learning.
There is no pleasure in passing a contrived test. The pleasure
is in applying learning to solve real problems in a creative
way. No dull minded federal thug knows how to do that. If they
did, they would not be in government, they would be in industry.
Medicare:
Bush has admitted that his flawed medicare drug plan is going
to cost 140 billion more than he told us. I doubt if that is
true. I suspect it is just the tip of the iceberg. We'll be in
the trillions before it's over and most of that will go to pay
off political pals in the HMO industry.
Adolescents:
One study claims that one in eight of these kids is suffering
from depression. So, guess what? We have a pill to fix that.
We got pills for everything. We got pills for depression, we
got pills for limp dicks, we got pills for obesity, we got pills
for ADHD, we got pills for autism, we got pills for everything.
Never mind trying to find the cause of the problem. Never mind
trying to fix the real problem. Just pop a pill, oh brave new
world.
Ice Bags:
Here is something I discovered that may be useful to others.
If you need to apply ice to your body for any reason and you
cannot find an ice bag, a 1 gallon ziplock bag will serve. Now,
holding an ice bag in place has always been a problem. I have
successfully solved that for some cases by using bungee cords.
These work well for holding an ice bag in place on a leg or arm.
The Disappearing Bee:
There is this story about a wannabe busy-bee who flew in ever
diminishing circles until he finally flew up his own rectum and
disappeared. Now it seems King George is going to attempt a similar
feat. He is going to look up his own hole and investigate himself.
He has appointed his own commission and told them exactly what
and how to investigate to get the answers he wants. In that,
he hopes to make the Iraq weapons controversy disappear. But,
just in case, they are not to report until after the election.
Sure! It don't change much from week to week. Fraud by any other
name would smell as sweet.
The Diva:
I saw Martha on TV today. The media used to call her a Diva.
Of course, they never bothered to look up the meaning of that
term. It sounded good so they used it. Martha did not look like
an operatic prima donna when I saw her. She looked like a tired,
frightened, harried, elderly woman.
Ricin:
By now everyone knows it was found in the Senate building in
Washington. Now the postoffice has a new excuse for their incompetence.
Another Minority Issue Going Ballistic:
We are getting a lot of noise about same sex marriage. It is
really just another minority issue. Get serious. Who cares? Fruits
are in an extreme minority. They get attention by making noise
that is massively disproportionate to their numbers. Why not
just let them do what they want. It is not going to influence
your kids unless you bungled their upbringing. Did you? Is that
what your problem really is? Are your kids vulnerable because
of the titillating attitude, they learned at macho papa's knee?
How many fruit jokes did you tell them? How many sexist jokes
did you tell them? What is their attitude toward women? What
did they learn from you?
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