Category: politics

This morning I came across an article that spoke to me on a few different levels. The first level was, wow, he doesn’t seem to mind using curse words in his writing. Second, I wish I had done the same just two days ago when I saw a crazy lazy chewing out a cashier at Target. And lastly the one that hit home the most. And I quote:

And while I was pleased to learn that this particular manager wasn’t going to fire the new girl based on the whim of some fat ass piece of trailer trash, I was disappointed that he rewarded said trash’s temper tantrum with free food. I long for the day a manager walks up to a table and says, “How dare you treat my employee this way. Get out now.”

This hit home because I remember a time when I was working at Spencer Gifts back in Leesburg when my manager did just that. I had a customer who was asking for one of those stupid dog puppets from pets.com and we had put them into storage for the season. I was told by my management that I was not allowed to sell anything that was in the back room because it was so busy in the store. The customer was furious when I told him that I wasn’t allowed to go get the puppet, and my manager over hearing said customer chew me out, basically told the man to get out of the store and stop harassing me. So John if you are out there, thanks for being such a good guy.

Recently I have become overwhelmed by the hatred for anyone who has any religious affiliation on the internet. Or atleast on the websites that I frequent like digg.com. However this morning I saw a refreshing link on the homepage none the less. It is a parady of the Get A Mac commercials put out by Apple. They are a little longer than there apple counterparts but send an interesting message. When I saw it I immediately thought of my good friend Steve. I included one below and if you want to see all check out this link to youtube. Thanks to Think Christian for putting these up.

I was just reading this article about how Creationalist are Morons. I like to read these from time to time to make sure I am grounded in my beliefs, and not becoming irrational or crazy. The person’s main point is very valid. Most people who reject evolution and accept creationalism are nut jobs. They ignore hard evidence in front of their face. I don’t think God ever asked us to be idiots and ignore what we see with our eyes. He just asked us to not need to see everything with our eyes to believe it. That being said the reason why I am writing this post is because of the last statement the author made. It seems the point of his argument, and I am sure the point of the debate between evoution and crationalism, is that creationalism should not be taught in public schools. Here is what I have to say to that. I am tired of living my life by the rules of the lowest common denominator. You know what it offends me that you can’t accept the fact that I do believe in God, and I do have faith, and I do believe in evolution, and I do believe God can exist in all of this. But I keep my mouth shut, because I try not to be like you. The lowest common denominator. I accept that people have different perspective and different beliefs. When I am in a group I go along with the majority, unless it is against some core value of mine. For instance if they are going to do some illegal drug. I will not join in the festivities, but I do not stop the masses because of my convictions. Yes I believe it is wrong, but most people want to do it. If I don’t like it I will find somehwere else to hang out or go. Does this mean I do not pull my close friends aside and talk to them about how I feel, no. Does this mean I am ignoring my duty to evangilize and spread the gospel, no I don’t think so.

Now let us apply this logic to public schools. If in a particular community the vast majority of people believe in God, or Jesus, or Allah, or Buddah, I say go for it. Teach it in the school. Who said we have to teach facts. Is art a fact, is physical education a fact. No, but people believe and and want there children to believe in whatever creation story they have faith in. The truth of the matter is that no one really knows how it all began. Maybe one day we will and we will be either right or wrong. But until then, let the believers believe, and go through life that way. Somehwere along the line we have got it in our heads that we have the right to dictact what other people do, because we are some how more important.

I point your attention at this article about breast feeding in public in particular on airplanes. Breast feeding is a very natural thing, that should not be something a mother is ashmed of doing. Now I realize this opens me up to the argument that urinating is also natural and we go into a private room to do that. Yes, I realize I have my boundaries, and would be a little creeped out if someone started urinating around me. But honestly if they were modest about it, as most breast feeding mothers are, I don’t think I would mind if a guy jumped behind a bush to releave himself. Sometimes I wonder if our culture is suffering from 1st world syndrome. What I mean by that is that, we are so far away from the 3rd world problems, we have to create artificial problems to satisfies are appetite.

I apologize if anyone who reads this post is offended, but I had to vent. I just don’t understand why people get so bent out of shape over what other people decide to do with their family, friends, neighbors, and/or community. We have the different levels of government for a reason. At the local level we decide what is right for us, at the city level we decide what is right for us, at the state level we decide what is right. As we go up the chain the rules should be more vague, and overseeing, and at the local level should be more detailed and specifc. Why should someone in Los Angelos, CA tell me what to do here in Orlando, FL. We live in different worlds and should be treated as such.

It seems that lately I have enjoyed posting about polictics instead of tech/family stuff. I guess sometimes I tend to get all wired up about a topic, and usually I have no outlet to express my frustration, but now with my blog I do. That being said my topic of annoyance is some comments made by the Dennis Hastert, speaker of the house. These points seem to have good intentions however I have a big problem with this quote

???Another bill, offered by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), would put filters in schools and libraries so that kids can be protected from websites and tools that predators use online. We???ve all heard stories of children on some of these social websites meeting up with dangerous predators. This legislation adds another layer of protection.

So why stop there, lets stop allowing children to go to parks because predators use this as a way to interact and take advantage of children. What ridiculous logic this is, anything can be used by a predator. I understand that these sites can be used by predators, and can trick them into potentionally meeting them or whatever these predators do, but seriously do you thinks the kids using the school computers and the library computers are the ones getting caught up in this. Think about the last time you were in the library. Who was using the computer for personal use, now think to yourself, do those people look like the target demographic for predators. No because they are street smart. The people who hang out at the library and use the computer for entertainment would be too much work for a predator. The predators are going after children who are at home on there computer in a place where they can meet alone.

I can be way off her, but I think this is just a fluff bill to make it seem like republicans, no politicians are doing something about the family. Well in my humble opinion. Get your nose out of my family’s affairs. It is MY responsiblity to raise MY children the way I see fit. I will obey the established laws but seriously, lets take some responsiblity as human beings for our actions. If children are going places they shouldn’t, talking to people they shouldn’t, saying and doing things they shouldn’t it is THE PARENTS FAULT. Stop trying to place the blame on other things. When has it ever helped to just simply remove the object of the crime. The criminal will find another way to commit a crime. If you take away MySpace they start downloading music. If you block that they will start drawing dirty images in paint, or writing swear words in big bold font in word. Kids will find ways to be destructive taking away one way of commiting a crime solves NOTHING. Children must be talked to, punished, rewarded paided attention to.

I feel that I always leave these posts half way through but it is because I realize I have complained too much already, and no one really cares what I think for the most part. So I stop whenever I feel I have vented sufficient steam. And that point is now. Bottom line parents start taking responsiblity for your children. You are raising them, not babysitting them. Believe it or not you play some role in they childhood.

I don’t know if I really agree with that statement, but I atleast admire his ability to say what he thinks. I don’t know if anyone else out there in internet land enjoys watching This Week as much as I do, but I very much enjoy the format of the show as well as George Snufolupogas’ ability to direct the conversations and produce quality discussion.

This week they were talking about gas. Here is my two cents on the topic. I have heard a few different arguments and the proponents of the higher price claim it is supply and demand. Here is my answer to that. Gas is not an optional item in our country. Gas is much like electricity and water. And since the gas companies are not moderating themselves by competition I believe the government should step in and regulate. If the big oil companies claim it takes so much money to do drilling and refining that is fine. Then you no longer have to compete you just have to provide fair and reasonable prices, like the electric company. Secondly I believe that when you are showing record profits that means you can drop your prices. The American economy was hit very hard by this in my opinion. I know that if the prices were 3 dollars 2 years ago when I was still in college, there is no way I could afford to visit my girlfriend at the time…now wife Jennifer. Fortunately I am no longer in a situation where having to pay $50 to fill up my gas tank is crippling, but that is not to say that I couldn’t better spend that money. I am to the point where I am actually keeping tabs on mileage to work so once I have Kye potty trained, I will possibly ride my bike instead.

The other big political issue this week is the Illegal Alien Protest. Okay take a second…. tell me what is wrong with that. Illegal Aliens HAVE NO RIGHTS, they are not citizens. That being said I did have a revelation this morning as I was running this insanity through my head. They don’t have rights, by definition. However females and blacks did not have rights at one point, and they protested and now they do. That being said, I think this situation is similar but different. For one, when major advocates of the illegal alien cause is claiming that the term ‘illegal alien’ is comparable to calling an african american the ‘n word’, I have to seriously question whether these are the types of people we want to have as citizens. I mean Illegal alien is a description for a person who is illegally residing in a foreign country. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING. The n word is a poor transliteration of a name of a country in Africa; intented to be derogatory. Illegal Alien applies to ANYONE whether they are Latino, Irish, or Russian. I agree that there needs to be some way for these people to become citizens. Not knowing how the current system works I can’t provide a good solution, but some sort of temporary work visa while paperwork is processed seems reasonable.

Okay well I think I cut this short, but I think I have been on my soap box long enough tonight.