My dream 2008 presidential election candidates.
Republican; C. Rice
Democrat; H. Clinton
My choice to win: anybody but another rich, white, southern born again asshole. 4 in a row was enough.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Saturday, January 21, 2006
My girlfriend makes farting noises with her mouth.
For the past 28 years I have been an asshole. I speak up when I see a problem, and have a hard time accepting injustice and intolerance.
But that is changing. I am sick of being a poor ideological prick. From now on I will sell my soul to the highest bidder, suck the devils cock and give up on making the world a better place.
Just kidding, continue hating me at your leisure.
But that is changing. I am sick of being a poor ideological prick. From now on I will sell my soul to the highest bidder, suck the devils cock and give up on making the world a better place.
Just kidding, continue hating me at your leisure.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Read previous post first.
Forgot a couple...
All of the American cities whose names are not in English would have to change... and States too! No More Florida, Los Angeles, Syracuse, Illinois, or Oswego. Both North and South Dakota would have to be renamed. (Although considering the scope of the project it would allow Bush to finally claim a net job gain since taking office.)I know nobody is proposing the legislation go this far, but: in for a penny, in for a pound.
Scientists would have to use the common name instead of the scientific one on government documents. Which creates a problem as there are often multiple species with the same common name, or one species under multiple names.
English is a constantly evolving language, absorbing words from other languages, while shedding other ones. Imagine the English language without those influences.. No Marinara, no tortillas, tacos, bratworst, kung pao, etc.
All in all, not worth the headaches. Although one other reason.. a bit more personal.. too many of the people proposing the "English only" switch are just bigots, and I like to piss them off.
All of the American cities whose names are not in English would have to change... and States too! No More Florida, Los Angeles, Syracuse, Illinois, or Oswego. Both North and South Dakota would have to be renamed. (Although considering the scope of the project it would allow Bush to finally claim a net job gain since taking office.)I know nobody is proposing the legislation go this far, but: in for a penny, in for a pound.
Scientists would have to use the common name instead of the scientific one on government documents. Which creates a problem as there are often multiple species with the same common name, or one species under multiple names.
English is a constantly evolving language, absorbing words from other languages, while shedding other ones. Imagine the English language without those influences.. No Marinara, no tortillas, tacos, bratworst, kung pao, etc.
All in all, not worth the headaches. Although one other reason.. a bit more personal.. too many of the people proposing the "English only" switch are just bigots, and I like to piss them off.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
The Third Side
Conservative side: There Should be a law maiking English the ONLY language in America
Liberal Side: We should extend services to Immigrants in their language to help them understand the papers they are signing etc.
My Side: What about Puerto Rico? Guam? Why should natural born American Citizens be forced to deal exclusively in their non-native tongue? In this age and day we don't need to mass produce forms and mail them out, most of the time they are printed in the office at the time you go in. An extra Gig of information per office is not going to be cost prohibitive. it might cost us as a country an extra million a year. Here's my penny, where's my change?
Other thoughts to consider.
Since Marriage is a state as well as a religious institution all wedding ceremonies would have to be in English. No Hebrew, Spanish, or Latin.
Even though somebody might be fluent in English, it might not be their most fluent language. Having properly translated documents available would increase and broaden knowledge and understanding of a particular document, issue, or even ballot initiative. For example a person with a doctorate in French language usage might only have a 3rd grade reading level in English.
Immigrants to this country are already required to learn English in order to take the citizenship test. Read it, write it, speak it, and understand it.Which means an immigrant must show and prove more fluency in English than a natural born citizen does.
An English only amendment such as the ones proposed by groups such as:U.S. English http://www.us-english.org/inc/ , or English First http://www.englishfirst.org/ would also make it more difficult to distribute official AMerican Documents in other countries. Imagine in the aftermath of a Tsunami, Hurricane, earthquake or war people dying because the informational pamphlets that could have saved their lives were in English instead of the native tongue. This is not to say that these amendments would neccessarily cause this, or that the people writing them would desire to see this happen. But it is to say that seeking an exemption for materials distributed in foreign lands, or in Non English speaking American territories would become needlessly complicated. There would simply be too many caveats and loopholes for a law such as this to have any teeth.
As an off topic aside: stop Shooting the illegal immigrants and start shooting the people who hire them. Problem solved.
Liberal Side: We should extend services to Immigrants in their language to help them understand the papers they are signing etc.
My Side: What about Puerto Rico? Guam? Why should natural born American Citizens be forced to deal exclusively in their non-native tongue? In this age and day we don't need to mass produce forms and mail them out, most of the time they are printed in the office at the time you go in. An extra Gig of information per office is not going to be cost prohibitive. it might cost us as a country an extra million a year. Here's my penny, where's my change?
Other thoughts to consider.
Since Marriage is a state as well as a religious institution all wedding ceremonies would have to be in English. No Hebrew, Spanish, or Latin.
Even though somebody might be fluent in English, it might not be their most fluent language. Having properly translated documents available would increase and broaden knowledge and understanding of a particular document, issue, or even ballot initiative. For example a person with a doctorate in French language usage might only have a 3rd grade reading level in English.
Immigrants to this country are already required to learn English in order to take the citizenship test. Read it, write it, speak it, and understand it.Which means an immigrant must show and prove more fluency in English than a natural born citizen does.
An English only amendment such as the ones proposed by groups such as:U.S. English http://www.us-english.org/inc/ , or English First http://www.englishfirst.org/ would also make it more difficult to distribute official AMerican Documents in other countries. Imagine in the aftermath of a Tsunami, Hurricane, earthquake or war people dying because the informational pamphlets that could have saved their lives were in English instead of the native tongue. This is not to say that these amendments would neccessarily cause this, or that the people writing them would desire to see this happen. But it is to say that seeking an exemption for materials distributed in foreign lands, or in Non English speaking American territories would become needlessly complicated. There would simply be too many caveats and loopholes for a law such as this to have any teeth.
As an off topic aside: stop Shooting the illegal immigrants and start shooting the people who hire them. Problem solved.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Stupid people should commit suicide.
(And the nice part about that is, if the person is stupid enough it won't be hard to convince them to do it either.)
Thursday, January 05, 2006
potential conspiracy theorists take note.
is it just me... But I have noticed that many of the Democrats who have been caught up in the Abramoff scandal have had their names bounced around as potential presidential candidates. hmmm.. might he have been planning on getting caught? Mr. Stone.. warm up the camera, we're shooting another movie about Jack.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Just a Quote
"We could still evolve - even at this 11th hour. If I can stop smoking, anything is possible.
-Bill Hicks
-Bill Hicks
predictions
Every year about this time magazines and newspapers ask psychics and other "professionals" about their predictions for the next year. But nobody ever asks those of us who are just plain old cynical assholes. So fuck you, here's MY list of predictions.
Global/ Political:
1) Tom Delay and his associates will off be freed on a "technicality". The GOP will claim a mandate to keep its upper echelons out of jail while the poor rot in holding cells.
2) There will be more confirmed cases of the torture of "enemy combatants" at the hands of the US military. The White House press statements will continue to insist that the US does not torture even with mounting evidence and calls for accountability. Why? Because if you repeat something enough people will buy it. (Remember 911=war on terror=Iraq?...)
3) Iran will buy a nuclear arsenal from Israel, putting millennia of ill will to bed and raising hopes for peace in the Middle East.
4) Osama Bin Ladin will somehow manage to continue to elude the largest manhunt in the history of Western civilization, and not miss a single dialysis appointment.
Entertainment
1) No less than three mid 80's television shows will make it onto the big screen.
2) Somebody will go on Oprah and act crazier than Tom Cruise
3) Dave Chappelle will be back on the air with the new catch phrase "..and you are no Jack Kennedy, biatch"
4) Teen Beat will host an awards show for everyone mentioned in its pages during the past 10 years. The Ultra-suede liberal elite will firebomb the proceedings on general principle.
Science/ Technology/ business
1) Scientists will fail to produce cold fission. (ok, so it’s a ringer.. I deserve one)
2) Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and Moses will appear at the congressional hearings on stem cell research, however they will mysteriously dissapear when the “Intelligent design” debate flares up again.
3) Better picture, better sound, same old crap on TV
4) at least three major corporate scandals with ties to someone in the federal government.
Global/ Political:
1) Tom Delay and his associates will off be freed on a "technicality". The GOP will claim a mandate to keep its upper echelons out of jail while the poor rot in holding cells.
2) There will be more confirmed cases of the torture of "enemy combatants" at the hands of the US military. The White House press statements will continue to insist that the US does not torture even with mounting evidence and calls for accountability. Why? Because if you repeat something enough people will buy it. (Remember 911=war on terror=Iraq?...)
3) Iran will buy a nuclear arsenal from Israel, putting millennia of ill will to bed and raising hopes for peace in the Middle East.
4) Osama Bin Ladin will somehow manage to continue to elude the largest manhunt in the history of Western civilization, and not miss a single dialysis appointment.
Entertainment
1) No less than three mid 80's television shows will make it onto the big screen.
2) Somebody will go on Oprah and act crazier than Tom Cruise
3) Dave Chappelle will be back on the air with the new catch phrase "..and you are no Jack Kennedy, biatch"
4) Teen Beat will host an awards show for everyone mentioned in its pages during the past 10 years. The Ultra-suede liberal elite will firebomb the proceedings on general principle.
Science/ Technology/ business
1) Scientists will fail to produce cold fission. (ok, so it’s a ringer.. I deserve one)
2) Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and Moses will appear at the congressional hearings on stem cell research, however they will mysteriously dissapear when the “Intelligent design” debate flares up again.
3) Better picture, better sound, same old crap on TV
4) at least three major corporate scandals with ties to someone in the federal government.
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