Well, in case anyone is still hanging around and have noticed some changes, I have decided to dust off the ol' keyboard and start posting again... Anyways, check back if you like and to see the exciting things to come... might even get really crazy and redesign the whole blog, time will tell...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Kids these days...
If you are 30, or older, you might think this is hilarious!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their
tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were
growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every
morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways… yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no
way I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about
how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!
But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but
look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it soooo
easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a Utopia!
And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good
you've got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we
wanted to know something, we had to go to the library and look it
up ourselves, in the card catalog!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter -
with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street
and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get
there! Stamps were 10 cents!
Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As
a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had
permission to kick my butt! Nowhere was safe!
There were no MP3's or Napsters or iTunes! If you wanted to steal
music, you had to hitchhike to the record store and shoplift it
yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and
the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and mess it all up!
There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car.. We'd
play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and then the
tape would come undone rendering it useless. Cause, hey, that's
how we rolled, Baby! Dig?
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the
phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!
There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the
house, you just didn't make a call or receive one. You actually
had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOSH !!! Think
of the horror... not being in touch with someone 24/7!!! And then
there's TEXTING. Yeah, right. Please! You kids have no idea how
annoying you are.
And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang,
you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your
parents, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, the collection
agent... you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take
your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-
resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like
'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little
square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there
were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen...
Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting
harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like
LIFE!
You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what
was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had
to get off your butt and walk over to the TV to change the
channel!!! NO REMOTES!!! Oh, no, what's the world coming to?!?!
There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons
on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait
ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-finks!
And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up,
we had to use the stove! Imagine that!
And our parents told us to stay outside and play... all day long.
Oh, no, no electronics to soothe and comfort. And if you came
back inside... you were doing chores!
And car seats - oh, please! Mom threw you in the back seat and
you hung on. If you were luckily, you got the "safety arm" across
the chest at the last moment if she had to stop suddenly, and if
your head hit the dashboard, well that was your fault for calling
"shot gun" in the first place!
See! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have
got it too easy. You're spoiled rotten! You guys wouldn't have
lasted five minutes back in 1980 or any time before!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Nine Year Olds...
THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM
ONE OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS
OF WHY OBAMA WON THE ELECTION
--From a teacher in the Nashville area
"We are worried about 'the cow' when it is all about the 'Ice Cream.'
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year...
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees.. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.
We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.
We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.
I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.
I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.
Jamie went first.
He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
Everyone applauded and he sat down.
Now it was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream."
She surely would say more. She did not have to.
A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.
Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it... She didn't know.
The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream...
Jamie was forgotten.. Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds.
They want ice cream.
The other 48 percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."
This is the ice cream Obama promised us!
Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone --
that they have not first taken away from someone else.
Did you vote for the ice cream?
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Friday, September 11, 2009
Do you still remember?
I still remember that day eight years ago, I still remember where I was when I got the phone call from my cousin, I still remember how I felt, I still remember...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wow...You decide
Va. SPCA exec's dog dies after 4 hours in hot car
| Posted 8/26/2009 3:51 PM ET | |
| |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An executive for an anti-animal cruelty group says her 16-year-old blind and deaf dog died after she accidentally left him in her hot car for four hours.
Robin Starr, the CEO of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, says she didn't realize "Louie" was in the car until noon. Starr's husband, Ed, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch he put the dog in her car as she got ready for work Aug. 19. She often took the dog to work with her.
Robin Starr took the dog to two clinics, but he died of kidney failure.
The National Weather Service says the temperature had reached 91 degrees by noon that day.
The board of the SPCA says it still supports Starr, who has been CEO since 1997 and does not plan to resign. It was unclear whether she would be charged.
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Information from: Richmond Times-Dispatch, http://www.timesdispatch.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Annnd Another lie
The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S.
While 90 percent of the guns traced to the U.S. actually originated in the United States, the percent traced to the U.S. is only about 17 percent of the total number of guns reaching Mexico.
Read the full article here...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Czar of ????
Anyone else wondering about the titles being given to the newly created political positions?
czar
–noun
1. an emperor or king.
2. (often initial capital letter) the former emperor of Russia.
3. an autocratic ruler or leader.
4. any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field: a czar of industry.
Hum, so we are using names for political positions that are derived from Russian History? And people think I am too skeptical about this whole transition to socialism... POSH!
The ONLY way to insite change is be applying pressure of an extended period of time, so unless we start pushing back we all know what we will have...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Handouts...
Dear Congressmen,
Due to years of investment debauches outside of my control my piggy bank has declined in value to the present day value of $0.03; which is not sufficient for me to take my planned vacations this year. Further more, if I am required to take monies out of my paycheck, I will not have enough capital to make any purchases and will have to cut back on many of my daily activities that I have come to regard as something that I deserve to have and not really perks.
If I am not given a bailout payment of $10.2 million I will not be able to enjoy the life I think I am entitled. I will need these funds no later than April 15th so I can pay my taxes (slight accounting error on my part and in no way was it an attempt to shirk my obligations to the IRS).
Sincerely,
Average American
Friday, March 20, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Change that you can count on...
What has the Dow sunk too? Yes we can sink it to an all time low and blame it on factors outside 'our' control. How much does the Government want to hand out to the Democratic Interests? Yes we can pass a budget full of earmarks under the new administration. Who is going to bail out the economy? Yes private industry and citizens can just toss their entire life savings at the problems so CEOs can get huge bonuses. Who is launching a satellite and threatening war? Yes we can show a sign of weakness so our non-allies will contemplate becoming out right enemies. Who has evicted an entire Air Base? Yes we can allow other world powers to control our foreign policy. Who wants the US to turn to socialism? Yes we can consider changing OUR form of government to follow those we have stood our grounds against yesterday. Who are we going to listen to about amending our constitution? Yes we can allow a 'peace keeping' conglomerate to dictate our domestic policy and civil rights. Yes we can, all sit back and allow the 'Yes' man to ruin what America was founded on, and allow our dreams to become something of the past...
Or we can say No Sir, we would rather not just be a 'Yes' man, but we would like to reserve the right to say NO. Sigh...How did that quote go? "Voting for Obama was like volunteering to be a chicken for Col Saunders." I am sad to report that we haven't even come close to knowing the true consequences of allowing the 'Yes Man' to buy his presidential term...I now thank my fellow Americans for forgetting one of the many lessons that we learned in K-12 Education, 'Just Say No!"
America has allowed Socialism to sip iced tea on the porch, has become a Nation where it is the Tax Payers responsiblity to bail out irresponsible corperations, has allowed a Presidential Canidate to buy his four year stay in the White House, has forgotten the principles that the United States of America was founded on and why it was founded, and is allowing our non-allies to bully us in the Global Theater. Makes me wonder how much longer I will be able to enjoy the Freedom of Speech to write this on my Blog; to wonder how much longer until another line item of the Bill of Rights gets vetoed.
I call on all you Americans who have yet to wake up and smell the roses; the roses are dead you are just smelling artifical rose flavored room freshner; the facts are out there, you just need to see them.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My leap...
Alright, I guess I have kept y'all in suspense long enough....
Yeah that is right, 5 Mega Pixel camera in a Cell Phone extraordinaire. The jury is still out whether or not a cell phone (can we even call them cell phones any more?) running windows is a wise choice, but I will see how things go...
Oh another note, did anyone else hear the New Press Secretary's Press Release today? MAN, now if I was the Man in charge, I would have most certainly picked an orator for that job. My college public communications professor would have made him cry for using 'Um' that many times in a row. For those that didn't get to hear the release it went something like this; "Blah blah blah, um, blah, um, Blah Blah, Um, um, Blabbity Blah BLah, Ummmmmm um, Blah Blah blah, um Blah...Thank you very much." Sigh...It is so hard to be a positive blogger with such extreme retarded behavior from those in charge. Might just have to change it up and be rantin' everyday, um, about the um current state of the um country...um...
Now for the economy, party time is over folks, stop celebrating the election of a minority President and start looking at what our Nation's Economy is doing; before you go off and blame it all on Bust..er I mean Bush, read this article...(hint: Notice the graph of the stock market since election and the change of command. For those that don't know better, down is the bad direction.) Our economy is being systematically driven into the ground, Government is getting bigger, socialism is a few more 'stock purchases' away and according to those who "Won" the election 'we need to spend more to get out of debt.' I am not sure how that works, but maybe I will go out and buy a new car, a house, a secondary residence AND a private plane to get me out of debt... *WINK*
Friday, February 27, 2009
Second Ammendment
For those who don't think he will take it away...
"Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent."
Thanks for voting for 'change that you can count on', earmarks are up, spending is up, the deficit is growing, taxes are up, economy is down, retirement accounts are bleeding, constitutional rights are on the line, socialism is around the corner and the goons who elected him are to busy celebrating the huge success to realize what is going on...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Well, I finally did it...
After months of thought, planning and preparation I have finally come to the point of having to jump off the cliff. No more standing there thinking about things. No more pondering the what ifs. No more second guessing every option...No more reading specifications, the time for implementation has arrived... Are you ready for this public announcement???
Monday, February 23, 2009
Yawn!
Is it time to emerge from my long winter nap yet?
Life has been keeping me busy so I haven't blogged much lately, I suppose I should do more of that soon. I have managed to get out coyote hunting this winter, but the sneaky buggers where on vacation that weekend. I did see a little Quill Pig feasting on bark high up in some shrubs.
Check out the snow drift, proof that I am capable of walking on water.
Valentine's day came and went; I spent most of the weekend dealing with a nervous stomach. Still not sure if it was food poisoning, flu or reaction to a new food item. Nothing quite like laying on the couch all weekend, not very romantic I know...
No idea how long before I post again, but I do hope to get some pictured edited and posted soon. But the test comes first and I am running out of study time...Yikes!!!
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