Because as an American, I can!

Why this was not played during the USA-England world cup soccer game I don’t know, but it should have been.

A good little video here, I think I posted it on my facebook status once, but here it is again.

I am in DC for the first time in my life.  Never before have I felt so patriotic, we are living in a great society, food is plentiful, we have blue skies, green grass, a stable economy (in comparison to many other nations) I can put gas in my car at any time.  Things are great.  Then I watched the US House of Representatives for 30 minutes from the gallery.  That’s all it took to make me so upset with our government I had to leave.  Never before have I been so convinced that democrats are truly ruining this great country.  The source of my anger lies in the introduction of Amendment 13 (PDF Link) of the  H.R. 5136, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. The overshadowing subject of this bill is revision to the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy.  But this is what not upsets me.

When I think of H.R. 5136 is about one thing: National Defense.  Everything and anything belonging within this bill should directly relate to the security and defense of this great country.  Treatment of our soldiers, new planes, ships, the naming of destroyers, new medical treatments for GIs, Benifits for GIs’ families, Free lunches for public schools.  Wait…. what? What does subsidized school lunches for America’s poor children have to do with National Defense?  Well according to Amendment 13, a lot.  The on the floor arguments mentioned that these children are subjected to eating filling but unhealthy high calorie foods as they are too poor to eat finer foods, as such, fat children are too fat to serve in the military, a major issue towards our national security.

This is what is wrong with Democrats.  They choose to throw $1,000,000 WE DON’T HAVE towards an already failing school system which provides fattening lunches to our children, all while they kill PE classes which teaches children to be healthy.   A few comments in bullet points, as I am so angry right now I can’t form coherent sentences:

1. Fast food restaurants need to stop taking SNAP (AKA Food Stamps).  Everyone knows that it is cheaper to cook at home than to eat out.  Perhaps we should teach these poor people how to cook rice.  We have plenty of food at the super market, it just needs to be cooked!  Also here’s another tip: the leftovers can be sent with the child to school the next day for lunch.
2. I love how in the context of Amendment 13, they also made the case that before WWII many of the recruits were undernourished… AKA “We can’t cut this failing program because it is making our kids to fat, if we do that, we will have undernourished kids! Let’s just throw more money at it!”
3. I mourned Reagan when he died, I still remember where I was when I saw the news.  I’ll never mourn Carter.  I hate that asshole, he’s a pansy peanut farmer with no balls who let Iran trample all over us.  Did I mention he is responsible for the creation of the Department of Education?  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO PART IN THE FUNDING OR OVERSIGHT OF EDUCATION. IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STATES.
4. I am just pissed about the sneakiness of the system.  Yesterday I saw a $1,000,000.00 amendment get folded into a larger bill that was a shoe in for the democrats. There were no more than 10 representatives on the floor.  I would have never known about it if I had not sat there and watched it for myself.
5. If republicans can’t beat the democrats in a majority vote for the overall bill, I think they need to make an effort show up in force and  block every single amendment within that bill that is nominated by the democrats.  Two outcomes are possible: A) The democrats will never show as all democrats are lazy or B) The democrats will show up and we will finally have a congress which is active and has to vote on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE.

Cops and municipalities frequently defend the use of taser guns as a “non-lethal” alternative.  Today I read the Smoking Gun Article about a pair of women whom attacked a Wendy’s fast food employee with a stun gun.  This resulted in their being “charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony”, while the alternative would be assault, a second degree misdemeanor.  I am in no way defending the actions of the women, and after reading the police report in it’s entirety I personally hope that these women see jail time.  However I also believe in being fair and balanced.  Is assault with a deadly weapon the correct charge when police frequently defend taser guns as a non-lethal alternative?

I think that the county prosecutor needs to tread lightly when considering how to pursue charges against these individuals.

According to Jon H. Gutmacher, Esq., a criminal defense attorney in Orlando, an assault in Florida is a second degree misdemeanor. [Florida Statute 784.011]. An aggravated assault is an assault committed with a deadly weapon. An aggravated assault is a third degree felony punishable by up to five years in the state prison system, but it is subject to severe mandatory sentencing enhancements that can more than triple that time. [Florida Statute 784.021]. Where the deadly weapon is a firearm or destructive device, the crime or its attempt carries a mandatory minimum prison sentence of three (3) years. Where the firearm or destructive device is also discharged during the crime the mandatory minimum sentence is twenty (20) years.

What are your thoughts?

Like 99.99% of Americans I pay taxes (Obama’s appointees kill any shot of a 100% there), however unlike 99% of them I have a little joy in my life called Tourette Syndrome (it is estimated 1/100 of Americans have some form of TS).  After I learned I owe the “Savior” money… and lots of it… in early April I have been under some fiscal stress and as a result I’ve been having quite the little flair up of my TS.

I must say I am blessed in my life that I have one of the most mild cases of TS as they are often not present.  Tics have ranged from heavy blinking, to a little grunt in the throat.  The tics typically flair up when I am extremely stressed, tired or inebriated, rarely lasting longer than a week, often 48 hours.  Sleep, a relaxing weekend often does the trick just fine.  For some reason it’s just taking me a bit longer this time round than usual to get over it.

So please bear with me, feel free to point it out, have a little fun with it, I don’t mind, just don’t think I’m some crazy weirdo.  And remember, at least I’ve got a Golden Ticket

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

I have a boss, chances you have a boss to report to. If you don’t have a boss, you are unemployed, or you are self employed, which means you answer to clients. News broke earlier this month about Howard Dean, a retired NY State Department of Correctional Services’ Food Production Center in Rome, NY. Mr. Dean, a hard working civil servant took off every Friday for 17 years. He just got caught. But not by a supervisor, Dean retired in August 2008 at the age of 63. The full article can be read here.

What worries me the most here, is the failure of the Government to hold accountable Dean’s Boss.  I would guess over the course of 17 years Dean has had several individuals come and go as his supervisor.  Yet each one has the same responsibilities, inducing  make sure your employee does their job, and approve expense reports.

If I were a resident of the State of NY I would be outraged at the lack of accountability.  Whom are these supervisors?  Where are they now?

On a tangent, it should be noted that since Mr. Dean can sufficiently run a food processing center working only four days a week, and he has proven to be an individual with a low work ethic, can it be then assumed that Mr. Dean’s replacement is overpaid for a job lacking in stress and high demand?

I watched this about three times I was in such shock.  I understand a good host willingness to put on some songs that get the ladies into the spirit, but they way these “guys” sing along and dance is just beyond me.

Ever since I was a little kid I always enjoyed raiding the supplies closet at my dad’s engineering firm and stealing the super expensive (as in like <$8) .05 mechanical pencils. I remember my mom would always get upset with me because I would press down to hard and break the lead.

Well now I am all grown up, and I still break lead like Evel Knievel broke bones. At least my employer provides me with unlimited refills.

The point is, I love using 0.5 mechanical pencils, they bring joy to my every day life.