tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112388422024-03-07T12:49:08.113-06:00G-RantDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-47778025336837629842009-01-28T14:33:00.001-06:002009-01-28T14:34:36.214-06:00Greedy Corporate BastardsThese people should be charged with murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-77123406874673903122009-01-10T12:41:00.001-06:002009-01-10T12:41:40.849-06:00Are You Poisoning Your Dog? Part 1<a href=http://www.americanbluelacyassociation.com/blog/?p=60>Are You Poisoning Your Dog? Part 1</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-64340375706132367112008-10-29T09:34:00.003-05:002008-10-29T09:42:02.810-05:00WhateverSo I just spent the last 20 minutes perusing the fabulous <a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Drudge Report</a> for news stories to rant on. The problem is there are just too many. One talks about Obama being a liar, no big surprise there, what politician isn't? Another discusses how Obama's campaign is accepting untraceable donations, an easy way to break the law. I have never been so un-enthusiastic about the presidential election, well since the last presidential election. I am thinking that I am going to vote for Bob Barr or Ron Paul, or even Ralph Nader just to voice my apathy and disappointement at the current political situation.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-69230580227770548802008-10-03T12:09:00.001-05:002008-10-03T12:09:46.675-05:00What?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7Q_7DpuQ3M&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7Q_7DpuQ3M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-4394236421719786682008-09-11T16:30:00.000-05:002008-09-11T16:31:49.393-05:00Joad Cressbeckler for President!<embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="355" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/85698/video&autostart=false&image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/GRIZZLED_MCCAIN_article.jpg&bufferlength=3&embedded=true&title=Old%2C%20Grizzled%20Third-Party%20Candidate%20May%20Steal%20Support%20From%20McCain"></embed><br/><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/old_grizzled_third_party?utm_source=embedded_video">Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain</a>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-34298367107358472132008-08-19T08:50:00.003-05:002008-08-19T09:12:17.346-05:00Rant 26 - What a bunch of retards!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXryUX_R7Qs_kC8bfsD96U2L18GqRih1sW7deqNhtZLV430kd9eiMpXYOjrPXt7EJKd7noDGPIPkbghV1cmuxw48WMVrqFqdIgku6XK8Zpon4cwcEoIjFgLsiQDLZLNJ4FtvM/s1600-h/super-retard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXryUX_R7Qs_kC8bfsD96U2L18GqRih1sW7deqNhtZLV430kd9eiMpXYOjrPXt7EJKd7noDGPIPkbghV1cmuxw48WMVrqFqdIgku6XK8Zpon4cwcEoIjFgLsiQDLZLNJ4FtvM/s320/super-retard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236231416381099698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So <a href="http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080819/OSH0101/808190362/1987/OSHnews">stories like this</a> are all over the news lately. My problem is that retards don't know they are retards. So whats the deal? <a href="http://www.howardstern.com/"> Howard Stern</a> asked 2 of the most famous retards, <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=8064222">Wendy the Retard</a> and <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79930140">Gary the Retard</a> if they wanted the word retard dropped from the collective vocabulary and they both said "No fucking way" I believe Gary even went so far as to threaten violence if the word "retard" was taken away. Thats just what we need is an angry toothless retard running around. I think most of the people are just jumping on the band wagon. How many hundreds of movies have the word "retard" in them?<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://www.howardstern.com/"></a><br />I also saw a news clip last night that had all these regular people, with a bunch of retards protesting. The regular people all had angry looks on their faces, while all the retards were smiling. Shit they were just happy to be out of the house and have their helmets off, they don't have a clue what they are protesting. Why? Because they are retarded.<br /><br />Retards unite! Don't let non-retards tell you what you can and can't be called!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-55799754016685017052008-07-24T09:56:00.002-05:002008-07-24T10:33:36.398-05:00Rant 25 - What the F?<a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080724/D9245OE8A.html">Read this.</a><br /><br /><br />Why don't the legislators take a pay cut? No they have to fuck over the little man. If I was living in California I would be asking what the hell are you doing with my money? California has some of the highest taxes in the country and they can't balance the budget? <span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-65350322405058939422008-07-21T11:38:00.002-05:002008-07-21T11:47:29.992-05:00Rant 24 - John Wiley Price = AssholeI <a href="http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html">heard this</a> on <a href="http://www.howardstern.com">Howard Stern</a> this morning and could believe every word. John Wiley Price has been a thorn in the side of the Dallas City Council since his illiterate constituents elected him to be on the city council. The bigger story here though is the blatant racism displayed by this moron. No one would think twice about opening their mouths if he called some one a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">honky</span>, or whitey, or some other racist remark. Lets examine a few things that would piss off this moron. The game of pool, because a white ball hits a black ball. The stated "black hole" in the article. I'm sure he would be upset about "Angel Food Cake" because it's white, and "Devil's Food Cake" because it's black. Any others?Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-60864459909596886102008-07-14T12:13:00.003-05:002008-07-14T12:23:04.774-05:00Rant 23 - Come on<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44831000/jpg/_44831351_cartoon_ap226b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44831000/jpg/_44831351_cartoon_ap226b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7505953.stm">The key word in this entire article is "cartoon".</a><br /><br />Political cartoons have been a mainstay in American politics for generations. I think Obama and all the other clowns clamoring for an apology need to reacquaint themselves with "A Modest Proposal" and other works of satire.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-78160359595255342302008-07-02T09:12:00.009-05:002008-07-02T09:47:20.640-05:00Rant 22 - An American Hero!<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >Joe Horn is an American hero! That liberal whore <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5291894">Diane Sawyer</a> doesn't understand that this man protected himself from 2 ILLEGAL aliens who rushed at him after breaking into his neighbors house and stealing their property. As far as we know these men might have been terrorists! Since when should innocent people have to sit idly by and do nothing while they or their neighbors are victimized?<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">-Albert Einstein</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" >-Edmund Burke</span>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-24937864479405630382008-07-01T15:41:00.002-05:002008-07-01T15:51:23.052-05:00Rant 21 - I've fallen and I can't get up<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5284151&page=1">This news story</a> is just flat out disgusting. It is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">reminiscent</span> of the story of the old guy who was hit by a car and left in the middle of the road. People just walked past and didn't even bother to help him, cars actually swerved around this guy. The only difference is that this lady was IN THE HOSPITAL. What is this <span style="font-style: italic;">cunt</span>ry coming to when the hospital can't even take care of the people in the waiting room? This old hag was dying for an hour! You gotta love the guy in the text of the article who comes up to her and kicks her with his foot like she was road kill.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-73153483834549450512008-06-27T08:47:00.002-05:002008-06-27T09:16:37.162-05:00Rant 20 - RISD fires, sues employee hit by van on campusYou can read the<a href="http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080626_mo_risdbattle.41e17e37.html"> full story here</a>.<br /><br />I hereby renounce my affiliation with the city of Richardson and <a href="http://www.risd.org/">Richardson ISD.</a> I grew up in Richardson and attended RISD schools and you can see what wonderful schools they are. But after seeing this story on the news last night I am disgusted beyond words. Anyone who has seen <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386032/">"SiCKO"</a> knows the state of health care in the US and by now we have come to expect that Workers Comp in the state of Texas is completely inadequate. What really burns me up about this story though is that the fucking RISD not only fired the guy because he couldn't work due to his injuries, but now they are suing him to recover the cost of his treatment from his work related injuries! What the hell did he pay insurance for? Money came out of his paycheck, as well as thousands of other RISD employees, every month and went to the insurance company. Another thing that pisses me off is when you watch the video of the deposition the scumbag lawyers confuse and harass this guy (who is autistic). You people should be ashamed of yourselves; first for even agreeing to take this case, and second for treating this guy with so little respect.<br />I am astonished that this guy or some other blood sucking lawyer isn't counter suing the RISD and the van driver's insurance, after all he was hit by a car on school property.<br /><br />I think the RISD and the lawyers that work for them deserve the "Shit Head" of the year award.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-7128885777662091562008-06-26T09:42:00.002-05:002008-06-26T10:09:07.862-05:00A momentous occasion!The Supreme Court upheld the Second Amendment today. <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-290.pdf">Read the decision here.</a>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-48632503768936860132008-06-25T09:11:00.003-05:002008-06-25T09:29:17.130-05:00Rant 19 - Boo HooSo after reading <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5238571&page=1">this news story I</a> thought to myself, <span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons">"Boo fucking hoo lady!" What about all of the other paying passengers on that plane? Should they all suffer because of your crying, out of control child? Yes, yes, the child is autistic, and doesn't process information like a normal child, but what fucking two year old hell spawn can process information? Especially in this day and age when it is thought to be more appropriate to coddle and give in to a child's tantrums than to pull out your belt and beat the living daylights out of them. Furthermore, this hag is throwing in the fact that her child is autistic to gain sympathy, plain and simple. <br /><br />Lets face it we are raising a nation of pussies. 20 years from now Iran or North Korea or some other whacked out fundamentalist shit hole country will begin to threaten us and we'll ask them in our nice voice to "Calm down or your going to have to sit in the naughty seat." or "I think you just need a hug" Fuck that, just push the button, thats what its there for.<br /><br /></span>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-3731815489279118542008-06-23T14:36:00.005-05:002008-06-23T15:38:40.838-05:00Rant 18 - Good!Well it's about time that some one stood up and said enough is enough. What I'm curious about is why none of these stars have turned the tables on the paparazzi? If I was famous I would hire a photographer to follow the photographer around. Stand outside of his house and take pictures of his wife and kids, go through his garbage, camp outside of his house for days on end and just generally harass him.<br />The only problem would be that I, and the photographer I hired, would get slapped with a restraining order or arrested for harassment. But these tools get way with it because some bored fucking housewife in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Pierre+SD&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title">Pierre, South Dakota</a>, just has to see what or who, <a href="http://www.wallpapergate.com/data/media/96/Jennifer_Aniston_070.jpg">Jennifer Aniston</a> is fucking this week. So <span style="font-style: italic;">she</span> can fantasize about her life with <a href="http://www.popstarsplus.com/images/BradPittPicture.jpg">Brad</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bubblegoose.com/Poop/poop_06-23-2003.JPG">For all of you George Clooney fans, here is a great candid shot.</a>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-63570587857260772562008-06-16T08:53:00.000-05:002008-06-16T08:57:10.144-05:00WowHoly crap! It has been so long since I posted to this thing! I remember when I started this blog I said "Shit if Al can do it I can do it" Well it looks like it's not as easy as I thought. I just don't do it enough. There are plenty of things that piss me off and I want to spout about them but sometimes it is just too tedious. Any way there is no reason I can't do weekly updates, I really only work 20-30 hours a week at this stupid job, so I have plenty of time.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-48470176974342514192007-06-04T09:15:00.001-05:002008-06-23T15:38:23.900-05:00Rant 17 - Democracy?I am telling people to vote "No" for <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1">Hillary Clinton</a>. We had one term president <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush">George H.W. Bush</a>, then two terms of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, now two more terms from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush">George W. Bush.</a><br />Since when did the United States become an oligarchy? I thought this country was a democracy but I am clearly wrong. In order to become the president of the United States you now have to be related to, or married to a former president. We are one step away from a monarchy. I should actually correct myself we already are an oligarchy, we will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">definitely</span> become an oligarchy if Hillary Clinton becomes president.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong I am all for a female president. There have been some great female leaders in the world. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> of the UK, <a href="http://www.jewwatch.com/jew-leaders-meir.html">Golda Meier</a> of Israel as well as others. But in my opinion we need a break from the Clinton's and the Bush's. I don't care who becomes the President (to some extent) dig up <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html">Mother Theresa</a> for all I care. Just stop the madness!<br /><br />It is bad enough that in order to even be considered a contender for the Office, you have to raise millions upon millions of dollars, and a good egg like Roger Dunn couldn't even get press time because he doesn't have any money!Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-85366289286856271262007-05-20T16:45:00.001-05:002008-06-23T15:38:06.976-05:00Rant 16 - RestlessI think it is a manifestation of my genetic memory. After all our ancestors were hunter-gatherer's so it stands to reason that the code is still there. It is spring time and I just have this feeling that I need to move need to see something different or something familiar. Something that evokes a primal feeling of satisfaction.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-53750456935096609292007-04-20T11:42:00.002-05:002008-06-23T15:37:49.957-05:00Rant 15 - Sparkling Wiggles<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><object height="350" width="425"><param value="http://youtube.com/v/rvT_xwtZUGs" name="movie"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://youtube.com/v/rvT_xwtZUGs" height="350" width="425"></embed></object></p><p>What more can I add to this?</p></div>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-67922927729121787192007-04-20T11:04:00.001-05:002008-06-23T15:37:33.603-05:00Rant 14 - VTI am quite honestly disgusted with the fact that the Media jumped to show the morose ramblings of a seriously disturbed person and granted him the fame and notoriety he so desperately wanted. I have to agree with <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/">this article</a>.<br /><br />The state of our country is disgusting. Political correctness and the fear of hurting other peoples feelings has gotten out of control. There was a news story last night here in Dallas about an elementary school that is in need of a new playground because the equipment is wood and kids are getting splinters, and the ground cover is composed of those little rocks. One parent says that the little rocks are "dangerous because they are hard when the kids fall on them". The fucking ground is hard you dumb bitch! Why don't we just wrap the kids in bubble wrap or line the playground in bubble wrap, heaven forbid that a kid scrapes his knee or gets a splinter while playing and socializing OUTSIDE! The option that was discussed if the school didn't get the money was that the kids would have to have recess inside.<br /><br />What is this country coming to?Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-41278909984362779552007-02-28T14:47:00.001-06:002008-06-23T15:37:13.865-05:00Rant 13 - 30 RockThis has to be one of the funniest shows on TV. I have always wanted to watch it and finally started while at work. You can catch past episodes on line <a href="http://www.nbc.com/30_Rock/">here</a> .Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-77862824093379497942007-02-15T15:35:00.001-06:002008-06-23T15:36:58.164-05:00Rant 12 - Jet Blue Sucks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOlIcB2F8Dsatvjz5PDNM0lsk3QGFua3fgVlS5jlao7ckO9mublY-KX4xrFaLa8_AClJHgF4WK1HwGvkw-y2smD9_Mz8lUieE3As3sWCDsa5qKsejWfxacvXG6rpXg70kYjg/s1600-h/logo.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOlIcB2F8Dsatvjz5PDNM0lsk3QGFua3fgVlS5jlao7ckO9mublY-KX4xrFaLa8_AClJHgF4WK1HwGvkw-y2smD9_Mz8lUieE3As3sWCDsa5qKsejWfxacvXG6rpXg70kYjg/s320/logo.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031881477748232706" border="0" /></a><br />There was another news story similar to this <a href="http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_046052033.html">one</a> few weeks ago were people were stranded on an <a href="http://www.aa.com/">American Airlines</a> plane for 8 or 12 hours. Who do the Airlines think they are? It is equivalent to locking customers in a store and refusing to let them out and refusing to let them use the restroom. Its bullshit! I would be so pissed off that I would just open the fucking door and slide down the goddamn slide. Who cares if I go to the clink, at least I'd get some food and a place to take a shit. Try and keep me on the plane fuckers! I don't know whats worse the Airlines doing this to people or the people letting the airlines get away with it.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-17464629755158400622007-02-15T11:08:00.001-06:002008-06-23T15:36:39.499-05:00Rant 11 - U2 and Rolling Stones, hypocrites<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeninrs6I8cnoAwQoclF-wTAW9hyphenhyphenR8Xnbu5HxLF3OTwwc95d0UevL3VewxMVKzGbI0TN9Q5YkR29XhctrcCeOrjYVHw6Gu5JkedFHgstM5VPKGu6fO0ZXMhryfIvNdoEVB20/s1600-h/Bono.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeninrs6I8cnoAwQoclF-wTAW9hyphenhyphenR8Xnbu5HxLF3OTwwc95d0UevL3VewxMVKzGbI0TN9Q5YkR29XhctrcCeOrjYVHw6Gu5JkedFHgstM5VPKGu6fO0ZXMhryfIvNdoEVB20/s320/Bono.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031820755500601842" border="0" /></a><br />So I found this <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=2874992&page=1">news story</a> today. Rich people will do any thing to make sure they don't do their part to help society out. <a href="http://www.u2.com/">U2</a> made 389 million dollars on their last tour and the <a href="http://www.rollingstones.com/">Rolling Stones</a> made 425 million dollars on their 2006 tour. Using the Netherlands as a Tax shelter they had to pay about 1% in taxes. What really pisses me off is that Bono, who preaches to, and chastises governments all over the world for their lack of funding for AIDS help, could almost single- handedly fund the search for the cure or at least fund medication for those already infected. My favorite part of the story is that <a href="http://www.coca-cola.com/">Coca-Cola</a> pays Coca-Cola to use the name Coca-Cola on its products. All to avoid paying taxes. And we wonder why the world is in the mess that it is.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-26723751396104412042007-02-09T09:19:00.001-06:002008-06-23T15:36:20.440-05:00Rant 10 - Presidential CampaignSo I was Listening to <a href="http://www.npr.org/">NPR</a> this morning and they were discussing the money that would be needed for the candidates to even be considered as possibilities. The interview was with <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/">Hillary Clinton's </a><br />campaign chair, Former Democratic Party Chairman Terry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">McAuliffe</span></span>, he was the Party Chairman during <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/index.htm">Bill Clinton's</a> administration.<br />Any way, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">McAuliff</span></span> stated that to be even a minor contender that one would have to raise $35,000,000 this year; this number does not include the money needed for 2008!. How can any <a href="http://www.nader.org/">independent</a> seriously make an attempt to run for the presidency when you need that sort of cash flow? It just somehow doesn't seem right does it? Our government is supposed to, be of the people, by the people, and for the people. How can that be when a minority "of the people" have so much of the money? There are those of you that will argue that anyone can raise money for a campaign, but you have to keep in mind the old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">adage</span> "you have to spend money to make money". Without a large source of income or winning the lottery how is the average US citizen supposed to procure large sums of cash needed to to get a campaign rolling? Sure, there are plenty of people that run for an elected office without any money but how many actually win? You often hear about the underdog candidate on the news but the story is always presented with such a folksy tone that no-one ends up taking the candidate seriously. Recently Texas had its election for Governor. There were four candidates each with varying amounts in their campaign funds, and the winner was the one with the most money. I should also mention that <a href="http://www.rickperry.org/">Rick Perry</a> who was the winner, was not really wanted as the governor but because the rest of the votes were so split between the other guys, he won. <a href="http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#A2Sec1">Well this is all just an exercise in futility for me because I can never be president anyway.</a><br /><a href="http://www.rickperry.org/"> </a>Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11238842.post-1160098906314986072006-10-05T20:35:00.001-05:002008-06-23T15:36:02.899-05:00Rant 9 - ?I've lost it some how some where I've lost it. Maybe walking the busy streets on New York, or slaving away in a job I thought I loved and was appreciated for. Whats happened? Does it always seem to slip away like this? Un-noticed. Quietly. Slowly. You wake up someday and its gone, and you never know what happened. You spend hours days weeks months years wondering what happened. Everyone around you seems the same but you are somehow different. Skewed. Transitioning from one part of your life to another as seemless as walking through a door and looking back through the glass at what used to be. Unable to get back to where you were.Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561342663992359133noreply@blogger.com3