Cut costs? Seriously?

I'm continually amazed at the stupidity that is the current American administration. Our esteemed president (and that is said tongue-in-cheek) sees no problem with tossing a trillion dollars to businesses who DESERVE to fail. he's now asking his 'cabinet', to cut $100M. He says 'we need to regain the people's trust'. Is he serious? The only way that could happen is if he takes back the trillion he's handed to companies like AIG.

I just cannot believe the nerve and arrogance of this man. I've tried really hard to think he can do the right things for America. I had 'hope'. Damn, was I wrong. He's put our country in so much debt that if we pay back 1 million dollars a DAY, we're closer to the birth of Christ than we are to paying this bailout off. He's so shortsighted, he wants immediate changes and it doesn't happen that way. He wants to confirm his next term and nothing more. I swear, I'll do my best to keep his dumb ass off the ballot in 4 years. He's an embarrassment to us. The world laughs at the 'stupid Americans' and with his election we've only reinforced that view.

When are we gonna learn?

When will the intelligent people in America say they've had enough? When will we rise up and smite that jackasses and idiots who vote this stupid corrupt bastards into office? Where is our breaking point?

We're sitting here watching these MORONS hand over BILLIONS of dollars to companies that have REPEATEDLY shown they can't handle money. AIG and the bonuses. JPMorganChase and the new corporate jets. The only change I've seen is the corruption is more out in the open now that dumbass Obama is running things. I won't call him president. He's not, anymore than I am. This man is beyond a joke. We're in the worst economic crisis possibly in history and the dipshits in America who just want a handout voted this dumbass in. And YOU SEE WHAT YOU ELECTED DICKHEADS?

How's that HOPE and CHANGE working out for ya? Huh?

It is time for the American people to put their foot down and tell the government enough is enough. They won't relinquish power. Anyone with a usable brain cell knows that, we'll have to take it from them. We can't vote them out, they spread like roaches.

I know, it's a pipe dream. Americans are too goddamn lazy to revolt. Fucking idiots.

All I can say is, if we don't impeach Obama we're screwed. I've never seen a more incompetent bumbler.

Utter Insanity

Anyone who knows me knows I love books. Especially Science Fiction and Fantasy. I've also been reading a lot of History lately and am continually disturbed at the parallels between the late Roman Republic and contemporary America.

But that's not what I think is insane. As I said, I'm a huge SciFi fan. I'm totally hooked on Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth books. The Night's Dawn Trilogy and the latest ones 'The Dreaming Void' and 'The Temporal Void' (which I haven't read yet). My point here is that, being a SciFi fan (and a nerd) I really enjoy SciFi TV shows. Okay, some of them. Star Trek and Buck Rogers (for old school fans) and Stargate (SG-1 more than Atlantis although my daughter loves Atlantis). I'm a big Dr. Who fan as well. Of the shows still on the air (I think) I love Eureka. That show kills me sometimes.

So anyway, the point is, I have spent quite a bit of time watching the SciFi channel. And I read on slashdot that they are changing the name to 'SyFy'. What the FUCK? Seriously? Sounds short for syphilis instead of science fiction. I swear I'm sick to death of marketing majors and 'branding'. In the press release for the channel they talk about 'it's all about the brand'. Bullshit it is. It's about SCIENCE FICTION, not about wrestling or hunting ghosts. (Is it me or is Ghost Hunters the stupidest show on TV?)

Since Stargate is off the air I've watched less and less of the channel. Eureka had 8 episodes of Season 3 shown late last year and I've found no news anywhere about when the rest of the season (or Season 4) will be aired. Of course when a channel produces and airs 'Mansquito', high brow entertainment like Eureka is not considered good TV.

If the channel (and I'll never call it 'SyFy') wants to broaden their appeal, then find a name that doesn't suck. If you want to be NBC2, then call it that. That name is insulting to the core audience (geeks) and is too stupid to appeal to anyone else to attract new viewers.

I'd love to launch every marketing exec (and major) into space.

Stimulus? What stimulus?

Yeah, I know. ANOTHER post about politics. But seriously, SOMEONE has got to speak up for realism and practicality, not leprechauns and chasing rainbows as most people in America are doing right now.

Sadly, most Americans are too shortsighted to see the fact that our economic crisis needs a long term approach and not a knee-jerk reaction that we have been getting. Everyone wants it fixed and fix yesterday. It doesn't work that way. Not this time. And of course, the Feds make it worse by spending billions on useless shit under the guise of 'economic stimulus'. $30 Million to save a mouse? Really? How does that stimulate anything?

It's become more clear as time time goes by that Obama is beyond incompetent. That his 'change' was nothing but an empty statement designed to get him elected. I know every politician does that, but people really believed him. You know who else believed so strongly in their leader?

What we're seeing is the collapse of the American Empire into economic chaos and corruption. History has shown time and again this happening and yet all of you stupid voters turned a blind eye to that very fact in the hope of easy money and guarantees. In this 'Information Age' we're still not using the incrdible amounts of data available to us in order to NOT make the mistakes history has shown us have been made in the past.

I was proud to be an American. Until now. The idiocy of the average citizen and the sheer greed of our so-called 'leaders' disgusts me. Watching my beloved country dissolving into chaos before my eyes makes me sick to my stomach. I thought the USA of the future would be better, I wanted my kids to live in a safer, more stable place. And now, sometimes, I question whether I should have even had kids in this time. I love my kids, but the world is falling into entropy.

Yeah, I can hear people saying 'we've heard this all before Chicken Little'. And that's as may be. But look around you. Was there ever a time before where kids were murdering dozens of students in a HS or a University? Was there ever more instances of parents murdering their own children? Was there ever a time where discipline has become a joke and 'time out' is the preferred method?

Was there ever a time when you couldn't send your kids out to play all day? Was there ever a time when your kids were more of a target from child predators and perverts?

NO! Never. Look at it closely. THINK about it. Use your brain, people. Times have changed. I get that. But have they changed for the better? I think not.

I used to get thrown out of my house on Saturday morning after chores and told to not come back until dark. Yet, in this age of GPS enabled phones would you do the same with YOUR kids? Hell no. It's too dangerous, even when you know exactly where your kids are.

I've grown tired of watching the collapse, like a flan in a cupboard. Slowly, painfully and yet unable to stop it. We're watching our own elected officials grab every dime they can in a time when every dime matters. The avarice of Congress is out of control.

When LOBBYISTS get a copy of the final stimulus bill BEFORE the rest of Congress does, it's time for a change. A REAL change, not the bullshit Obama blithely promised.

Books, books and more books

You know, I love books. I figure I've ranted enough about the Bullshit that is the Obama Administration (I use the term 'administration' loosely. So far, it looks like a train wreck.) and concentrate on something that is good.

Books.

I spend a LOT of time reading. I cut off my cable access for it. Well, I cut it off primarily because Charter sucks and is too busy screwing us to actually make anything work. But, I got rid of the TV since, really, there's not a damn thing on worth watching. I have a couple of things I enjoy, Midsomer Murders, Leverage, Burn Notice and Psych, but why pay $60/month for 3 shows (Midsomer Murders isn't shown in America anymore)? I mean it's a joke what they push off as 'entertainment' these days. So, I told Charter to fuck off and have been TV free for over a year now.

This has given me (and my kids) plenty of time to read and trust me, it's a much more enjoyable pastime than sitting in front of the idiot box. While other kids are turning their minds to mush watching Ghost Hunters or some stupid reality show, mine are reading about History, and Science. Fantasy is much better when you use your own imagination. Not to mention the fact that they love to read and can read on a much higher level than most adults I know.

Sadly, the intellectual level of America is in the toilet. There's no interest in reading, just mind numbing repetitiveness on the TV. I'd rather read a book than bar hop. Or go clubbing. Although, I do go sometimes just to watch the idiot white boys who can't tell what color their skin is and the skanky hoes who think their shit don't stink and laugh my ass off at them. Pathetic losers, all of them.

Sadly, literature is a fading commodity. GOOD books are hard to find nowadays. Anyone with 5 minutes (not even 15) of fame writes a book that's poorly designed and executed. And really, what the fuck does Oprah know about literature? Nothing. How many 'authors' of hers has turned out to have made their stories up? Tow? Three? I mean can she really be trusted.

Not to mention, I tend not to read about contemporary items. I live in the present. I don't much like it, actually, why would I want to read more about it?

I much prefer history. It's amazing how the bullshit going on now has been repeated dozens of times in the past. And yet, you idiots out there continue to do that SAME DAMN THINGS your ancestors did. Usually with the same sad results. I get a kick out of that as well. It's funny watching my beloved America collapse like a flan in a cupboard the way the Byzantines, or the Romans or the Ottomans, The Franks, you name it, fell in their turn.

And the less people read, the more mistakes of that kind they will make. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad and I knew that my kids would have to deal with the fallout of idiot leaders who can't look past their immediate future.

It's the same old shit, different administration

I know it seems like this has become a political blog only, but I feel very strongly about pointing out the total fallacy of the Obama administration. I intend on proving that his presidency will be like all the rest, same old shit, different day. Take this for example. In is campaign Obama declared against lobbyists and lobbying as an evil in our government. He's right, but that didn't stop him from lying about not hiring lobbyists for his administration. He's even requested exemption from HIS OWN FUCKING RULE to allow the appointment.

Does anyone see CHANGE in this? No. It's the same story as every other administration since Teddy Roosevelt. Obama is nothing but a well spoken conman who lied cheated and stole to get to be president. He said the right things at the right time, but will that be good for America?

NO!

His stimulus plan will fail, just like Bush's failed. Instead of spending MORE of our money for us, how about not taking so fucking much out of our pockets instead? But no, the Feds know what's best for us stupid Americans. They much prefer filtering it through THEIR wallets first then give us back what's left over. Which, in this day and age, is virtually nothing.

I'm sick to death of this goverment ripping me off. I"m sick of MY money being handed to greedy CEOs who destroyed the companies they were supposed to improve only to have the money go into their pockets as 'bonuses'. How can the government sit there and do nothing? Simple, those same companies bribed our officials to do just that.

It's disgusting. It's a joke. And it needs to stop. When will all of us intelligent people rise up and smite those fuckers in Washington? It'll only take one nuke on DC when congress is in session to put a stop to this nonsense.

When the power base is this firmly entrenched only revolution can replace it. It'll be bloody, it'll be hard. But IT HAS TO BE DONE or America is finished. We can't go on like this. It's that damn simple.

1-20-2013

Obama's last day in office. I'm counting down the days. Sadly this will happen after the end of the latest Mayan cycle (which will be late December 2012), but maybe there's something to that after all. This man will go down in history as the last President of a decadent and corrupt civilization the likes of which make the Romans all look like saints. Never in history has such a small group of people exerted so much control over so large a population as our Federal government has over us. They are not here to serve us, they are our Masters. I don't understand why everyone can't see that. They serve only themselves and to further their own (and the parties) interests and nothing more. How else would they be allowed to spend 700 BILLION dollars on a handful of really large corporations 'to help them out of financial crisis' and not do the same for the small business owners and families?

Is that right at all? Is that morally responsible? HELL NO. And while our Congressmen can continue to be bribed by lobbyists (and it's a bribe, let's not mince words here) then the ones with the money will continue to benefit from the bribes and the common people get NOTHING.

I'm sorry, but this country needs to be cleansed of all of that. Starting at the top. Term limits for EVERYONE, and once a Congressman's term is over, he CANNOT run for the same office again. NO LOBBYING. The greatest evil this country has. And the line item veto for the president. Without that we'll collapse under the weight of our own debt.

I fear for this country. It's not the strong nation it was 20 years ago. It's on the verge of a collapse more swift and sudden that the Western Empire in AD 476. And people the world over are drolling over the carcass as we speak.

Is that what everyone wants? Is that what the American people want? It must be since they continue to let things go the way they are. Every American citizen is FAT, LAZY and STUPID for allowing this to happen. It all your own damn fault and you can't see beyond your own petty needs to look long term.

Idiots. Every one of you.

Respect?

You know, I hear this a lot. 'Even if you don't like the president, respect the OFFICE.' Uh no. I'm sorry, I hate to be the bad guy here, but that's impossible. Look at GW and the absolute total lack of respect he received over the last couple of years. That's not respecting the office. to respect the office, you almost have to respect the office holder. And that's something I won't do with Obama. Notice, I'll never capitalize the 'P' and I'll never add his name to it either. I have NO respect for a man who never finished his first term as Senator, and as Senator voted more than 200 times 'present' instead of Yay or Nay. This man is a complete joke and will go down in history as such once everyone realizes that voting for him 'because it was history in the making' was a REALLY BAD IDEA (TM).

I love the media

I just LOVE watching the media fellate Obama (or should I say Christ?) they way that they do. Check this out. And this.

America, wake up. Why does everyone think HIS stimulus plan is any better or any more effective than GW'S? Seriously? I swear I think CNN et al, think he's the Second Coming. And I cannot wait to see what happens when his cunning plan gets us no farther along than W's did.

Idiots and assholes. That's the media. They will bend over, grab their ankles and spell run for Obama. Why? Do they REALLY think he'll change anything? No. Take a look at his choice for the DOJ. He was one of the RIAA's biggest bloodhounds and is going to kill the ability of the consumer to watch any copyrighted content, much less own it. Does this sound like his policy from earlier of Net Neutrality and Copyright changes? No.

It's like watching a train wreck. I love it.

Why is this news?

I'm REALLY sick to death of the media. Why on earth is this or this even NEWS? I mean really, this is just ridiculous. Both of those articles were on the FRONT PAGE of CNN. Hey, dumbasses, we're having the worst economy in God knows how long and THIS is news? Are you people insane?

This just proves that the media will prostitute themselves to that dumbass we have taking power in a month or so. What the fuck do I care what Michelle Obama wears? What the fuck do I care if she's 'urban chic' or 'baglady suave'?

Yeah, I know I go on about Obama, but really, America, take a look at the coverage he gets and think about it. It's ridiculous. I mean you know who else had a cult of personality like this? And was what HE did good for his country? No.

I swear someone needs to beat some sense into America.

You know what's so funny.....?

Men,we really need to unite and put a stop to the bullshit the women put us through. They really think that because we like having sex with them, that they can control our lives. Sorry, but it doesn't work that way. At least for me. So, you've got a vagina. Big deal. You aren't the only one with a vagina. And there is NO law that says I can't find another one out there.

Stop 'being in love' and just hit it. Get over the emotional crap and screw 'em and change them like socks. The love part is nothing more than a way for a woman to THINK she can control you by controlling the poon. No more. I'll not put up with it, nor will I let some stupid, halfwit female bully me with it. You can't stop me because you don't know where I'm getting it from.

So there.

Ladies, get a grip. Sure sex is great. And it's a decent weapon to use, but trying to use will only make us look elsewhere. There is absolutely no way around that fact. Try talking to us, not dictating terms like Hitler to the Poles. And you know who I'm talking to, don't you?

Obama's an idiot.

He says he has had NO contact with Gov. Blowjobovich? Right. What a dipshit. Now I know why he's brown. He's totally full of shit. When will the world learn Obama shouldn't even be cleaning windows muchless run this country? I mean look at how corrupt Illiois is? Are you kidding me?

Well, I gotta say, you idiots voted his stupid ass in, not me. Once my countdown timer is done, I'm going to add a new one for how long it takes before we're either attacked by terrorists, he attacks someone else, or he gets his ass impeached. :)

What is it with women?

I mean really, what is it with them? It's insane how they act. I am having surgery on Friday, and the only person I want at the surgery is my mother. No, not because I'm a Momma's Boy (Although I am to a point, I love my mother. I was there when she needed me most.), but because I will need someone to drive me home afterwards since I'm having my feet operated on to fix some bone spurs.

Now, my girlfriend gets ALL cheesed off because I 'didn't want her there'. Which isn't true. I do want her there. But, then again, I don't. I just want to have the surgery and then get the hell out of dodge. So, for the last 2 days she's been griping at me about this. I told all my family to stay away too. I don't like being hounded right after surgery, so let me resst and get over it and then come ask me how I"m doing. Not just AFTER the fact. Damn. What's so hard about that? No one is happy about it, but they understand. Except for the gf. So, after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I relent. And guess what, NOW she says she doesn't want to go! What the fuck? Are you serious? You bitch and moan about it and then DON'T go when I say you can? Why bother? Just because you're a damn woman and you think you can get away with it? I think not, dear.

This isn't how the game is played in my world. I've had my fill of psychotics and bitches, so you can hop the next bus outta Dodge if you are going to be that way. I don't need that bullshit. Not now, not ever. If you are mad, be mad, the get the FUCK over it. Don't hound me about 'why don't you want me there?' when I tell you time and again, I don't want anyone there, and then tell me you don't want to go anyway. Obviously, some women are convinced that we'll put up with almost anything for a piece of ass, but I gotta tell ya. Not this one. I can use my hand. It won't piss me off, or pull some bullshit stunt like yesterday. AND I don't have to take it out for dinner just to get some.

So, dear, take it elsewhere. Find some other schmuck you can con. I have lived without a woman in my life before, I can do it again. And at this stage in my life, I'm not sure that's a BAD thing.

Yeah, I've had enough....

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how that IDIOT Obama gets a nice neat little placard in front of his podium for the 5 million press conferences he has (I hear he's doing one the next time he takes a dump) that says 'OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT'. Are you SHITTING ME? There's no such office, he's not EVEN the President-elect yet. Not until the Electoral College do their thing next week.

My God, this is ridiculous. The media coverage is beyond HYPE, it's outta control. Seriously. No one should take this man seriously if he stands up there with that stupid placard on his podium. What kind of insufferably arrogant egomaniac does that? This just proves that someone has given this man a God complex. Sadly, the American people are the ones that will suffer for his arrogance. He's NOT the second coming of Christ, he WILL NOT change the world as he claims. He WILL NOT even change America. It will be the same old shit in Washington, only, I believe the hype is SO high for this dimwit, that when the American people wake up from this illusion, they will turn on him (and all politicians) and do what is necessary for America to be strong again.

Americans are INSANE!

I gotta tell you, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU who call yourselves 'Americans' ought to be ashamed. I just read this: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/one.party.poll/index.html and simply cannot believe how fucking STUPID America has become.

62 PERCENT say they like having the Democrats in control? Are you fucking kidding me? Hey America! If you would get your head out of your ass for 30 seconds you'd realize the Democrats have been in control for 2 years now. CONGRESS runs America not the President. Does ANYONE remember Communist one party rule?

I thought we were screwed before, now I know it. But what's so funny is watching the so-called smart 'American Public' (otherwise known as 'THE MOB') turn on the Democrats once they realize Obama isn't the second coming of Christ and the economy will not magically right itself because his pathetic ass is in office. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion, appalling yet oddly fascinating.

As it is, I will NEVER call Obama president. I will NOT debase myself to that level. And no, not because he's mulatto (I love that even the media claims he's the first 'African American' president. HEY DICKHEADS, his momma was WHITE!) but because he's a fucking idiot.

You know who else was an eloquent speaker and carried the masses to such hysteria? (Give you a hint, he LOVED swastikas.)

I'm ashamed of this country. I'm disgusted with the entire group of in-bred cretins and dimwits who think Obama can magically wave his hand and fix everything. I'm even more disgusted at every business and company begging for MY money.

Personally, I wouldn't give a FIG is someone nuked DC while Congress was in session. Serve those fuckers right.

What an Obama-nation!

I can't believe I ever thought I would say this. I'm DISGUSTED to be an American today. I'm disheartened. I cannot believe the idiot people of America voted in a non-voting Senator as President and a bootlicking scumbag as VP. We are officially witnessing the death throes of the United States of America.

Look back, everyone, to the Roman Republic. Look at the pandering to the lowest common denominator, look at the 'grain dole'. Look at the fact that hardworking honest people were being taxed to death to support the thousands, tens of thousands getting free food in the city of Rome. Look at the economy as the taxpayers become paupers and have to go on the dole, leaving more mouths to feed and less to TAX. This is the death knell of America. Oh, it may be 50 years before utter collapse, but it WILL happen. No one in the last 2,000 years has learned a damn thing from other civilizations mistakes.

I hate to say this, because I was brought up to respect the President. Not this one. Not now, not ever. This will be like watching a train wreck in slow motion, you can't watch because it's gruesome, but you can't look away because it's gruesome. I can honesly say now that the majority is stupid, since they will believe anything, including electing a useless President.

Good luck with that. I'm hoping I have nleft from my paycheck to maybe by a pack of gum at the end of the month.

$700 Billion?

Are you kidding me? How is it that the big banks and investment houses get my freaking tax payer money and yet the bloody government doesn't 'bail out' the people stuck in disadvantageous mortgages? This is disgusting and immoral. Let those idiots fall on their asses. They knew the risk, they took it. It bit them IN THE ASS. And yet they do not have to pay for it? That's absurd. But yet another notch in the Nanny State this country is becoming.

And would SOMEONE please shut Obama and Biden up? Are those two idiots still at it? Nationalized health care is NOT FREE, dumbasses. WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. But now, we're stuck with morons like Heath Shuler deciding how to pay it.

Can someone please wipe these dickheads off the map and put some real people in there? I'm sick of this crap.

About a month eh?

Time flies when you are having fun. Or not. There've been a lot of changes in my life in the last month or so. Good ones and bad ones. The biggest one Ithink is the stabbing in the back of someone I thought a friend of mine. I either am the worst at seeing someone's character or people nowadays are just plain evil. Maybe a little of both perhaps, but I've always thought I had good judgment of character. It does call for a rethink I guess. Mostly, people now just piss me off. They are either stupid or selfish, or both. In this past case, I would say both. I've been betrayed before, but never so clumsily. It's kinda sad that someone in their 30s would pull a stunt that didn't work even in middle school.

Let me expound, I've a former friend who thought they could air our argument (which wasn't really an argument) to all her 'friends' on MySpace, remove me as a friend so I couldn't see it, and expect me not to find out. Is that not the most childish thing you've ever heard? I know even my 12 year old daughter went 'What?' when I told her.

It all stated because I was unable to answer the dozens of IMs she sent me throughout a couple of days. I mean I WAS at work, and I wasn't at my computer at the time. Yet, instead of getting no response to the first and figuring I was busy, she kept at it. Like a rabid woodpecker. As if the more the IM'd my empty cube, the more likely it was going to answer. If my cube ever shows that kind of sentience, I'll put it to work. :)

SO, the next morning, I get an IM saying 'So is this how you say goodbye to a friend?' I snapped. I made it clear that I was busy. And that if I didn't reply I most likely wasn't even at my desk. She needed to get a grip and that I would IM her when I had a chance.

Granted I used harsher language but there was no name calling, I just said she needed to get a grip. So, she posts ONLY the part of the log that made me look like an idiot to get sympathy and to be the 'victim'. I found out about it and ripped her a new one and told her she needed to stay away from me until she grew the hell up.

Now, I know I wasn't wrong. This isn't about that. This is just me getting out my frustration over my horrible judgment of her character. I must be losing it as I get older or something.

Oh well. Life goes on.

The Politics of America

I've really tried to do my best to stay out of American politics. Mainly because I get really irritated at the fact that no matter how much the candidates talk, they really don't SAY anything. Listen to them, sure Obama says he'll introduce 'change', or be a motivator of 'change'. But what does that REALLY mean? If you look deep enough, he doesn't know. The Democratic party doesn't really know. It's all just WORDS without a hint of PLANS because he thinks most Americans are fed up with the status quo and want something different.

Maybe that's true, but without some sort of concrete ideas, or thoughts about WHAT he wants done, I'm not buying it. Different isn't always better. To me, the Democrats are virtually open Socialists. Let's let the government take over health care. Let's provide money to live on for people who won't get a freaking job, but are quite capable of doing so. Don't mistake me for downplaying the economy, but even in the best economy you have people who simply WON'T work and expect the government to support their sorry asses. The Dems want to keep feeding them, and I want my tax dollars to go somewhere that will actually make sense and will do someone some good.

This is why, more than anything else, I'm voting Republican. And why McCain is a better man, than Obama. The Dems have never had ANY ideas of their own, they just say the exact opposite of the Republicans and call it a platform. Sorry, but that doesn't work for me. And it shouldn't work for a majority of Americans who stop to THINK about things.



End of discussion.

The sadness that is America.

I want to take a couple of minutes and berate a few pathetic government officials who a) think they know more about technology than us geeks do, and b) who think they know more about education than the teachers themselves do.

Let me start with that giant moron, the Attorney General of New York Andrew Cuomo. I saw an interview on one of the news channels last night and I must say, he HAS to be the most ignorant human being on the planet. Does he really think the telcos can a) block ALL child porn? and b) not block legitimate websites/data at the same time. He's currently my front runner to 'Delusional Man of the Year'. Mr. Cuomo, I say to you, IT WILL NEVER WORK. No matter how hard you try. No matter how much money Verizon, et al invests in filtering technology, the distributed nature of the internet and the cleverness of people will render it moot. Not to mention your pushing the boundaries of constitutionality by trying it. Your methods border on extortion and I"m amazed the big telcos didn't smack you for pulling this.

Believe me, I am not advocating child porn. I have 4 kids of my own, so there's no way I would want that. I'm only going over the truth of the matter. That it's impossible to stop with filters. It won't work. Those of you who are naysayers, try it yourself. Setup CyberNanny or some such and see what you can and cannot get to online. IT DOES NOT WORK. I beg of you Mr. Cuomo, get your head out of your ass. Anyone with any tech savvy will tell you it won't work. Listen to them instead of promoting yourself. Idiot.

Now on to the Educational system, specifically in America, but something I read yesterday from Australia is rather telling how the 1st World is coming to a screeching halt in every way culturally. There's a report coming from Australia that says one of the biggest school systems in that country are looking to DROP ENGLISH as a subject because 'it's too hard' and the kid aren't 'intellectually able to handle it'.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ENGLISH? TO HARD? IN A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY?

Un-fucking-believable. I'm astonished. Really. If English is too hard for those prats, what about Calculus? Or Chemistry? They'll be next.

I also read a report from the UK that said one of the top Governmental Education Ministers is wanting to drop the 'middle class mandated curriculum' and start teaching 'civic duty' classes. You know, all those good things that will help you pay your bills and stuff. He says the current curriculum is all about making money and that is just plain wrong. What is this world coming to? I mean seriously.

Have we all lost our senses? I know a lot of teachers. Was married to one. They know what they are doing, now let them do it. Stop putting these nutters who haven't seen the inside of a classroom for 30 years in charge of curriculum, and testing. The tests don't work. The curriculum is TOO EASY, and this current generation of students need to suck it up and realize LIFE IS A BITCH. The workplace is a nasty cage match and if you aren't prepared mentally, intellectually and emotionally, you'll never make it.

I should start writing a book, like Gibbon, called The Decline and Fall of the American Empire. Because it will need to be written, sadly sooner rather than later.