6.28.2004
Oh, Melissa...
...I'm speaking about Melissa Auf Der Maur...former bassist of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins! Thank god she has a solo album out...she's an amazing rock bassist who unfortunately was in bands with singers with super-overinflated egos!(That means you Courtney, and Billy) Followed the Waves is an awesome rock song (I've been humming it all day!) It's got pretty catchy hooks, guitar lines and she makes playing the bass sexy looking (Something I don't do...see photo below!) I was glad to see that she was able to make good rock music on her own terms, good music that sounds nothing like the bands she played for.
6.23.2004
...............
I found a little skate park not far from my house. It's nothing huge, just a small street course setup...but it's awesome! It's an add on to an existing neighborhood park, so you don't need to pay to enter (I feel this was a great use of my tax dollars!) So, I'm thinking I might take my son out there, and let him blade around for a bit, he'll love it! Oh, I'l also going to the Warped Tour on the 4th of July, my daughter and I will hangout and listen to some pretty good bands out there, I can't wait to check out Bad Religion! They're such a great band, they've always put on a great show!
6.22.2004
Today...
...I should have scheduled as a blue day. Nothing in particular is wrong, I just feel icky. I know I can use a better word than "icky", however in my quest to let folks know how I'm feeling today...icky kinda sums it up! I just want to lay in bed and sleep the day away. I'm really not motivated to do anything today, not even an amazing game of Unreal Tournament 2004 could make me do anything...and if you know me, that's a big deal!
Before I go, I was reading about Kim Sun-Il, the South Korean who was recently beheadded. This didn't help my day any. My prayers go out to all of the families of the victims of these gruesome acts. Check out CNN to read more about it.
"Please get out of here. I don't want to die. ... Your life is important, but my life is important." -Kim Sun-Il
Before I go, I was reading about Kim Sun-Il, the South Korean who was recently beheadded. This didn't help my day any. My prayers go out to all of the families of the victims of these gruesome acts. Check out CNN to read more about it.
"Please get out of here. I don't want to die. ... Your life is important, but my life is important." -Kim Sun-Il
6.21.2004
...they drew first blood, not me...
I just finished watching First Blood, the awesome flick with Sly Stallone, before the Rambo movies got out of control. He plays a Vietnam vet, a green beret uber-soldier, back from the war and wandering through life. He strolls through a one horse town, looking for something to eat. Well, the local sheriff wants to be a prick and not let Rambo go through his town, so he's arrested and shuttled off to jail. This is where it gets fun, during his incarceration, he begins to have flashbacks about Vietnam and all hell breaks loose!
In the process, he takes out the police dept, evades the National Guard, gets back at the sheriff and destroys the town!
The morale of the story is "dont mess with people", you just never know who or what you're dealing with! All he wanted was something to eat, and look what happened...
In the process, he takes out the police dept, evades the National Guard, gets back at the sheriff and destroys the town!
The morale of the story is "dont mess with people", you just never know who or what you're dealing with! All he wanted was something to eat, and look what happened...
What the F&@%!
American Ignorance
We’ve all seen the photographs of the Iraqi prisoners, and the U.S. troops plastered all over the idiot box. When those pictures were first aired, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing; this is an atrocity I couldn’t believe I was bearing witness to. My wife broke into tears, asking me, how people could do such a horrible and disgusting act.
As the days passed, I tried to wrestle with that question, and unfortunately, I can’t seem to bring myself to an answer that sounds at all feasible. How ‘bout this…they’re fucking idiots! For a while, I was embarrassed to be an American. To think that the “great saint” of all nations, would be reduced to common perverted street thugs. By taking those pictures, whether the victims were prisoners or otherwise, that showed the whole world that Americans can lower themselves to the lowest common denominator.
What would make these soldiers do such an act? Were they so bored that this was their only source of entertainment? I understand this is wart time, however; the Geneva Convention should apply to this instance. If you’re unaware of what I’m talking about…here’s a sample that applies to this subject…
Article 3
In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:
1. Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.
To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
(b) Taking of hostages;
(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
Now is it me…or this was forgotten and fucked over recently.
And to make matters worse…GeeDub acted like this was a small infraction that will be “kinda” dealt with and forgotten! That was the impression I got!
Once again, I was embarrassed to be an American, for the troops, and the victims.
We’ve all seen the photographs of the Iraqi prisoners, and the U.S. troops plastered all over the idiot box. When those pictures were first aired, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing; this is an atrocity I couldn’t believe I was bearing witness to. My wife broke into tears, asking me, how people could do such a horrible and disgusting act.
As the days passed, I tried to wrestle with that question, and unfortunately, I can’t seem to bring myself to an answer that sounds at all feasible. How ‘bout this…they’re fucking idiots! For a while, I was embarrassed to be an American. To think that the “great saint” of all nations, would be reduced to common perverted street thugs. By taking those pictures, whether the victims were prisoners or otherwise, that showed the whole world that Americans can lower themselves to the lowest common denominator.
What would make these soldiers do such an act? Were they so bored that this was their only source of entertainment? I understand this is wart time, however; the Geneva Convention should apply to this instance. If you’re unaware of what I’m talking about…here’s a sample that applies to this subject…
Article 3
In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:
1. Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.
To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
(b) Taking of hostages;
(c) Outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
Now is it me…or this was forgotten and fucked over recently.
And to make matters worse…GeeDub acted like this was a small infraction that will be “kinda” dealt with and forgotten! That was the impression I got!
Once again, I was embarrassed to be an American, for the troops, and the victims.
Free Speech
This is a bit old, however I haven't had a forum to place this, so I will be adding my old rants from time to time.
Incarcerated “Free” Speech
O.K., as we all know, the first amendment is for freedom of speech…in case you forgot it, here goes…
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So; can someone please explain to me why in the hell is GeeDub; in coordination with the Secret Service and local law enforcement making these “Free Speech Zones”, whenever he darkens the skies in your town?
Quite simply put, it’s a holding pen for those who have a difference of opinion with our President. These “zones” can be up to half a mile away, and out of the view of the President’s delicate eyesight. In this day and age expressing your views, peacefully against our President is an act of “dissent”, go figure. Now, here’s where it gets fun…for some odd reason you just happen to get arrested while quietly protesting outside of a “free speech zone” you can be changed with the following; a petty misdemeanor, entering a restricted area around the President of the United States of America, or endangering the President of the United States of America. The latter offense is of course a terrorist act, since it is illegal to endanger the President, and it’s against the Patriot Act, Title VIII, Section 802.
Now, I’m not going to get onto a soapbox and preach about removing G.W.B. from the highest office in the land. However, if you’re a free thinking person, who doesn’t want their civil liberties tampered with, then next election, you know what to do! Who does this man think he is, censoring the very people who put his ass in office to begin with? Is it just me, or is this a big violation of the first amendment, and civil liberties? I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s just shady, bad politics, poor judgment… just plain wrong.
Y’know, Ice-T said it best “…freedom of speech, just watch what you say”
Incarcerated “Free” Speech
O.K., as we all know, the first amendment is for freedom of speech…in case you forgot it, here goes…
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
So; can someone please explain to me why in the hell is GeeDub; in coordination with the Secret Service and local law enforcement making these “Free Speech Zones”, whenever he darkens the skies in your town?
Quite simply put, it’s a holding pen for those who have a difference of opinion with our President. These “zones” can be up to half a mile away, and out of the view of the President’s delicate eyesight. In this day and age expressing your views, peacefully against our President is an act of “dissent”, go figure. Now, here’s where it gets fun…for some odd reason you just happen to get arrested while quietly protesting outside of a “free speech zone” you can be changed with the following; a petty misdemeanor, entering a restricted area around the President of the United States of America, or endangering the President of the United States of America. The latter offense is of course a terrorist act, since it is illegal to endanger the President, and it’s against the Patriot Act, Title VIII, Section 802.
Now, I’m not going to get onto a soapbox and preach about removing G.W.B. from the highest office in the land. However, if you’re a free thinking person, who doesn’t want their civil liberties tampered with, then next election, you know what to do! Who does this man think he is, censoring the very people who put his ass in office to begin with? Is it just me, or is this a big violation of the first amendment, and civil liberties? I don’t know about you, but to me, that’s just shady, bad politics, poor judgment… just plain wrong.
Y’know, Ice-T said it best “…freedom of speech, just watch what you say”
Father's Day
Greetings everyone!
This is my first blog, as I get better at it, it'll become more indept and the ramblng will be more incessant! But first...
Father's Day was today, since I have 2 kids, that I take care of...this means that I qualify for this pseudo holiday. What special treat or event did Dad want to do? Well, I decided to spend forty dollars to check out Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! Very good flick, but hell, $40.00!! That's for a matinee also! That was admission for myself and my two brats, also popcorn, soda and candy...forty f#$*ing dollars! Wow! Next time, just wear a mask and whip out a gun...it won't hurt as much! Then, the entire family went out for mexican cuisine, then it was home and relaxing in front of my keyboard, playing Neverwinter Nights! That damn game will be the death of me! But, it's now off to bed, and I will see you tomorrow!
This is my first blog, as I get better at it, it'll become more indept and the ramblng will be more incessant! But first...
Father's Day was today, since I have 2 kids, that I take care of...this means that I qualify for this pseudo holiday. What special treat or event did Dad want to do? Well, I decided to spend forty dollars to check out Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! Very good flick, but hell, $40.00!! That's for a matinee also! That was admission for myself and my two brats, also popcorn, soda and candy...forty f#$*ing dollars! Wow! Next time, just wear a mask and whip out a gun...it won't hurt as much! Then, the entire family went out for mexican cuisine, then it was home and relaxing in front of my keyboard, playing Neverwinter Nights! That damn game will be the death of me! But, it's now off to bed, and I will see you tomorrow!
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