Hey I bet I know where Osama Bin Laden is. Try looking in India. By the way, if I were him I would have shaved and left traditional Arabic attire behind. You'd be surprised how easily an Arab can mix in with Indians (not offense intended). It's gonna be hard to find him. Trust me. Like it or not, he is a brilliant man. He knows that the U.S. is looking for him in Afghanistan and isn't stupid enough to travel to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Iran. Pakistan is too close too. The Philippians are too far. He's in India.
Also, in his last speech he mentioned Pentagon records regarding the deaths of American soldiers on the rise. The first question I ask is why mention the Pentagon? He could just as easily have just said that deaths were on the rise without mentioning the Pentagon. In naming a specific source, I am led to believe that he has access to the Internet. It could be just a coincidence, but the way I see it, he has always chosen his words carefully, maybe this time he slipped a bit. Intelligent as I give him credit for, I don't think he's that intelligent. Or maybe it's just a very clever, multi-level ruse and he's really still in a cave somewhere. Who knows.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Ten Things I Would Do to Make America Better
10. Get rid of political correctness. Arguing about language is just petty. How can we expect to solve the big problems if we cannot even agree on the words to describe them.
9. Minimize the trade deficit by levying a heavy tax on imports from China and India. This will also reverse outsourcing and bring industrial jobs back to this country.
8. Pay off the national debt. There's no reason in the present state of society for us to be in debt to Chinese investors. If they were to pull out funds all at once at this point, our nation would go bankrupt.
7. Stop interfering with Microsoft. Technology is one of the few fields that we are capable of leading the world in within the next decade. Don't inhibit companies from making advances with frivolous lawsuits.
6. Repeal the Bush tax cuts and pave the God damned roads. Afterwards, use the money to fund public education.
5. Have democrats retool the No Child Left Behind Act. Let's be serious here, Republicans' priorities don't include the education of our children. It's best for the children to let the liberal institution that is education be governed by liberal standards. It would make everything much easier.
4. Abortion has been set as precedent in the United States Supreme Judicial Court. It has been upheld 32 times. Get over it. If you don't want an abortion don't get one, but stop telling other women what they can and can't do with their bodies.
3. End the war in Iraq. Here's an idea: split the nation into three separate countries and move out. If one of them decides at a later date to "harbor terrorists" then bomb the hell out of them alone and not the other two.
2. Make reparations with countries that we have pissed off. You know, they're people too. We have no right to claim to be better than them. Say you're sorry, mean it, put it in writing, and get the hell out of international affairs. At this critical time in our country's development we cannot afford to be fighting a war on poverty at home and a verbal battle with other countries. In addition, in making reparations, other countries may be more apt to support anti-terrorism legislation coming out of this country.
1. Eliminate the Protection of Marriage Act and Capital Punishment. Our country needs to stand united in its efforts to proliferate peace worldwide. We must first begin on the home front. The United States is years behind the rest of the western world in these areas and it's time we catch up. Without the support of the western world, like it or not, we will not succeed as a nation and certainly not as a super power.
AND JUST BECAUSE THESE 10 THINGS AREN'T HARD ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH...
Cut up every credit card in the United States. Pass a law restricting the use of credit cards on purchases of more than the amount of cash one will make in a given year based on the previous year's tax statement. Raise the minimum payment to 20% of the greatest amount of the debt. Eventually, we must switch from credit cards over to debit cards. In addition, we must restrict credit card companies from giving cards to people with a history of debt or bankruptcies. In draining our pockets paying interest on our debts, we slow the economy far slower than any tax refunds can repay. This goes the same for the national debt. We are bleeding ourselves dry paying interest.
9. Minimize the trade deficit by levying a heavy tax on imports from China and India. This will also reverse outsourcing and bring industrial jobs back to this country.
8. Pay off the national debt. There's no reason in the present state of society for us to be in debt to Chinese investors. If they were to pull out funds all at once at this point, our nation would go bankrupt.
7. Stop interfering with Microsoft. Technology is one of the few fields that we are capable of leading the world in within the next decade. Don't inhibit companies from making advances with frivolous lawsuits.
6. Repeal the Bush tax cuts and pave the God damned roads. Afterwards, use the money to fund public education.
5. Have democrats retool the No Child Left Behind Act. Let's be serious here, Republicans' priorities don't include the education of our children. It's best for the children to let the liberal institution that is education be governed by liberal standards. It would make everything much easier.
4. Abortion has been set as precedent in the United States Supreme Judicial Court. It has been upheld 32 times. Get over it. If you don't want an abortion don't get one, but stop telling other women what they can and can't do with their bodies.
3. End the war in Iraq. Here's an idea: split the nation into three separate countries and move out. If one of them decides at a later date to "harbor terrorists" then bomb the hell out of them alone and not the other two.
2. Make reparations with countries that we have pissed off. You know, they're people too. We have no right to claim to be better than them. Say you're sorry, mean it, put it in writing, and get the hell out of international affairs. At this critical time in our country's development we cannot afford to be fighting a war on poverty at home and a verbal battle with other countries. In addition, in making reparations, other countries may be more apt to support anti-terrorism legislation coming out of this country.
1. Eliminate the Protection of Marriage Act and Capital Punishment. Our country needs to stand united in its efforts to proliferate peace worldwide. We must first begin on the home front. The United States is years behind the rest of the western world in these areas and it's time we catch up. Without the support of the western world, like it or not, we will not succeed as a nation and certainly not as a super power.
AND JUST BECAUSE THESE 10 THINGS AREN'T HARD ENOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH...
Cut up every credit card in the United States. Pass a law restricting the use of credit cards on purchases of more than the amount of cash one will make in a given year based on the previous year's tax statement. Raise the minimum payment to 20% of the greatest amount of the debt. Eventually, we must switch from credit cards over to debit cards. In addition, we must restrict credit card companies from giving cards to people with a history of debt or bankruptcies. In draining our pockets paying interest on our debts, we slow the economy far slower than any tax refunds can repay. This goes the same for the national debt. We are bleeding ourselves dry paying interest.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
It Kept Me Up Last Night
Just a couple of thoughts that have been bugging me...
Isn't it just special that to be right in this country one needs only to be in the majority?
They say that utopia is impossible, but they're wrong. Utopia is just a place or state of ideal perfection. At any given time someone somewhere fits this mold, a good deal of people actually. (Hell, the CEO of Yahoo made 150 million last year.) The reason most "utopias" fail is that they look towards communal existence instead of personal fulfillment.
People tend to drift towards those more attractive than they are. Besides, how many people do you know that date/marry those less attractive than themselves? (Those that do are the real catch.) If attractiveness is subjective how does society choose who is pretty and who isn't? If you can only be prettier or uglier than someone, then 50% of the people you meet are uglier and 50% are prettier than than you on average.
The most popular music in western society describes or personifies suffering.
What do you do if a cop cuts you off in traffic?
Democracy is a selfless act, half the time to the majority and all the time to the minority.
The strongest candidate for the Democratic Party in 2008 is Al Gore.
Politics makes up the largest part of how I judge people. For me, it is my greatest insight into their character. Then why the hell are so many of my friends further to the right than me?
When flipping a coin always pick heads. The tails side is slightly heavier and will fall downwards slightly more often than heads will.
True all countries have racism, classism, sexism, etc. At least in this country we are all equal on paper. That way we're half way there.
A smile is the greatest aphrodisiac. If you not getting any, show some teeth.
If the scale on the map is 1:47,000,000 and I lined up 47,000,000 of them in a square, would I cover the earth? If I lined up every every page of every copy of the Boston Globe tomorrow would I accomplish the same?
The greatest thinkers, musicians, comedians, performers of our time have (on a whole) a past exploration of psychedelic drugs.
More than 50% of all prescriptions written for Prozac and Ritilin are for questionable cases. Allergy drugs are even higher.
Whoever the first person to eat a pineapple was, I bet it was on a dare.
As Americans we preach democracy abroad yet quell it at home in the process.
Just know that when you begin to smell yourself, you've been stinking up everything else for far too long.
The largest consumer of lettuce in the United States is McDonald's.
So long as we're satisfied with gas priced coming back down to a balmy $2.25/gal the oil companies are going to win.
Why did Exxon-Mobil make 9 billion dollar profit last quarter? (P.s. there are four quarters in a year.)
Someone please name a country that we're not angry with. Please?
Someone please name a country who's people aren't angry with the U.S. government. Please?
Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe six billion people worldwide are right and half of our country is wrong?
The greatest music never reaches No. 1.
I bet I can give you a dozen songs that you would directly relate to lighting up.
Who can put Humpty-Dumpty together again?
A great portion of health problems in this country are created by obesity and smoking, both completely preventable.
Who picked 60 watts as the standard level of indoor lighting?
The sky isn't blue, the ocean is. Or was it the other way around?
Porn makes up approximately 27% of the internet.
Just a testament to how simple the human mind really is, the most popular street name in the United States is Main St.
Time moves slower below sea level than it does above it. (Gravity is infinitesimally stronger.) Theoretically you'd live longer on Earth than on Mars.
More to come...
...some other time.
Isn't it just special that to be right in this country one needs only to be in the majority?
They say that utopia is impossible, but they're wrong. Utopia is just a place or state of ideal perfection. At any given time someone somewhere fits this mold, a good deal of people actually. (Hell, the CEO of Yahoo made 150 million last year.) The reason most "utopias" fail is that they look towards communal existence instead of personal fulfillment.
People tend to drift towards those more attractive than they are. Besides, how many people do you know that date/marry those less attractive than themselves? (Those that do are the real catch.) If attractiveness is subjective how does society choose who is pretty and who isn't? If you can only be prettier or uglier than someone, then 50% of the people you meet are uglier and 50% are prettier than than you on average.
The most popular music in western society describes or personifies suffering.
What do you do if a cop cuts you off in traffic?
Democracy is a selfless act, half the time to the majority and all the time to the minority.
The strongest candidate for the Democratic Party in 2008 is Al Gore.
Politics makes up the largest part of how I judge people. For me, it is my greatest insight into their character. Then why the hell are so many of my friends further to the right than me?
When flipping a coin always pick heads. The tails side is slightly heavier and will fall downwards slightly more often than heads will.
True all countries have racism, classism, sexism, etc. At least in this country we are all equal on paper. That way we're half way there.
A smile is the greatest aphrodisiac. If you not getting any, show some teeth.
If the scale on the map is 1:47,000,000 and I lined up 47,000,000 of them in a square, would I cover the earth? If I lined up every every page of every copy of the Boston Globe tomorrow would I accomplish the same?
The greatest thinkers, musicians, comedians, performers of our time have (on a whole) a past exploration of psychedelic drugs.
More than 50% of all prescriptions written for Prozac and Ritilin are for questionable cases. Allergy drugs are even higher.
Whoever the first person to eat a pineapple was, I bet it was on a dare.
As Americans we preach democracy abroad yet quell it at home in the process.
Just know that when you begin to smell yourself, you've been stinking up everything else for far too long.
The largest consumer of lettuce in the United States is McDonald's.
So long as we're satisfied with gas priced coming back down to a balmy $2.25/gal the oil companies are going to win.
Why did Exxon-Mobil make 9 billion dollar profit last quarter? (P.s. there are four quarters in a year.)
Someone please name a country that we're not angry with. Please?
Someone please name a country who's people aren't angry with the U.S. government. Please?
Did anyone ever stop to think that maybe six billion people worldwide are right and half of our country is wrong?
The greatest music never reaches No. 1.
I bet I can give you a dozen songs that you would directly relate to lighting up.
Who can put Humpty-Dumpty together again?
A great portion of health problems in this country are created by obesity and smoking, both completely preventable.
Who picked 60 watts as the standard level of indoor lighting?
The sky isn't blue, the ocean is. Or was it the other way around?
Porn makes up approximately 27% of the internet.
Just a testament to how simple the human mind really is, the most popular street name in the United States is Main St.
Time moves slower below sea level than it does above it. (Gravity is infinitesimally stronger.) Theoretically you'd live longer on Earth than on Mars.
More to come...
...some other time.
Friday, January 13, 2006
A Personal Note
To Whom It May Concern,
Why don't I consider myself a member of the Catholic Church anymore?
Simple.
I don't support organizations that hide the molestations and rapes of children. And until this issue is resolved, I am ending my membership in the organization. True they do do some good things, but I cannot begin to imagine any amount of good that makes up for even one molestation.
I was born Catholic, raised Catholic, Baptized, Confirmed, and have lost all desire to support the values and virtues that they hold true. I don't want their help with my life and I sure as hell don't want to help them with theirs. In truth I'm am disgusted by the Church and it's present course. John Paul II kept me there, he was a genuinely loving man who cared for his people. I had hope that he could turn things around. But now, I have no reason to stay. I'm not going to try and fix their problems. I'm leaving. And I don't know if or when I will come back.
Signed,
B.R.P.S.
(FlyFreeForever)
Peace.
Why don't I consider myself a member of the Catholic Church anymore?
Simple.
I don't support organizations that hide the molestations and rapes of children. And until this issue is resolved, I am ending my membership in the organization. True they do do some good things, but I cannot begin to imagine any amount of good that makes up for even one molestation.
I was born Catholic, raised Catholic, Baptized, Confirmed, and have lost all desire to support the values and virtues that they hold true. I don't want their help with my life and I sure as hell don't want to help them with theirs. In truth I'm am disgusted by the Church and it's present course. John Paul II kept me there, he was a genuinely loving man who cared for his people. I had hope that he could turn things around. But now, I have no reason to stay. I'm not going to try and fix their problems. I'm leaving. And I don't know if or when I will come back.
Signed,
B.R.P.S.
(FlyFreeForever)
Peace.
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