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November 8, 2004:
Rabble:
Most Americans are so stupid, if they had an original Van Gogh
they would trade it even up for an original Kincaid.
Anger:
It does not bother me to make people angry. I wish I could do
it to more people. I'm too old to be afraid of what they might
do. It is interesting that none of my relatives read what I write.
If they did, many of them would be quite angry with me. They
might even shout at me. That's okay. Still it is interesting.
My website gets between 1000 and 1500 visitors every week. So
far as I know, all but one of those is a complete stranger to
me. That one is my best friend. Remember what Aldous Huxley told
us about that. "One of the principle functions of a friend
is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments
that we should like, but are unable, to inflict upon our enemies."
Thanks friend!
Politicians:
People in power would rather pretend they have all the answers
that to try to learn the answers. It is impossible to learn those
things we pretend we already know. Still it is part of the American
male psyche to make the pretense. That is the blustering, strutting,
posturing, can't-be-wrong macho male behavior pattern. Sadly
enough, some of our female politicians have acquired the same
behavior pattern. Me thinks it does not bode well for democracy.
Don't Answer:
After the political campaign, we have to get used to answering
the telephone again. While that sewage was flowing over America
about 95 percent of the calls were harangues from political hacks.
Most of those were recorded messages. Does that really convince
anyone? If I had to listen to them, all they would do is alienate
me. What we did was let the fools put their bull on our answering
machine. Then we deleted it. The folks who had legitimate reasons
to call us understand. They would leave a legitimate message.
Robert Merrill Died:
He was one of the only two people I know of who could sing our
National Anthem. The other was Fat Bob Taylor of Detroit. They
sang it with vigor and pride as an anthem of triumph, power,
and courage. Most of the so called singers who sing it now make
it sound like a dirge. Those who do not make it into a dirge
sing it as though it were a pop ditty written for them to showcase
their lack of talent. I don't know which is worse.
Big Time Spenders:
The candied dates urinated away about 4 billion bucks on this
last campaign. What a gross waste. Think what that money could
have done to feed starving people in the third world. Think how
much it could have provided. Party affiliation does not matter.
Politicians are swine.
Greenhouse Gases:
America is the largest generator of greenhouse gases in the world
and is the one remaining country that has not agreed to the Kyoto
accord. Even Russia has signed on.
Reformers:
Most attempts at reform are too focused to do any good. They
do not take a broad enough view. Reformers simply do not seem
to realize the tiny piece they are trying to change is an interdependent
part of a enormously larger entity. This huge entity is our socioeconomic
machine which resists all change. Education is a classic example
of this problem of reformers. It takes enormous energy to cause
any movement at all. Then, as soon as the pressure lets up, the
machine restores itself. Business as usual resumes. To prevent
this, it is necessary to change or replace the entire machine.
Revolution:
Well the feminist revolution is almost over, so now my wife decides
she's going to be a feminist. She has taken to doing man kind
of things, like leaving the toilet seat up. Don't ask me why.
I get up in the middle of the night, kind of woozy and end up
sitting there in the water, wondering what I ought to do next.
District Attorneys:
The biggest problem with these people is they are politicians
first and officers of the court second, if at all. They go after
name making activities rather than enforcing the law. The don't
want to be bothered with the small stuff. Then when the small
stuff grows and gets out of hand, they deplore the state of our
culture. What hypocritic bums they are. When a petty offender
who they have refused to deal with finally commits a felony they
want to execute him. It was the DA's dereliction in the early
stages that let the offenders believe they could continue to
get away with it.
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