21 January 2008
in response to an email I received... but, in general what I believe
Many Americans have an inadequate education as a result of our government run education system. The government is not good at running things. WE are good at running things and competition is good at providing excellence and weeding out apathetic results produced by things like tenure. Fire and EMS are defensive insitutions in my mind and I am supportive of the idea. But holy crap, man. Are you happy with what you're being paid? I'm an EMT. There's no chance in hell's half acre that you'll find me working as one though. I gotta make money to support myself and being an EMT ain't gonna cut it. I'm all for helping people, too. But you should be paid more for what you do. I'd gladly pay more taxes to increase your pay, but a general tax increase will not pass and it's because there is too much waste in big government. We do need progress. It won't come from ANY party. Left or Right, Green or Pink... It doesn't matter. We need for more people to realize what you have defined as progress and take it back into our own hands - into our own marketplace for the consumer to decide. Our economy is suffering because FDR did the stupidest thing ever - divorced our money from any logical value system. Our economy is also suffering because we have bent over and allowed ourselves to be bought time and time again by China. Poverty is related to our continued social allowances for stupid decisions. We are in a moral depression and it's being compensated for by big government. It can't continue because no government can maintain that expenditure and survive. I don't believe that alienation is a bad thing. I also don't believe that a large amount of the people receiving government assistance need to. I agree that some people need help. I don't believe that the government should be their first line of defense. However, I do believe our government can be a last line of defense. When we accomodate people that are too willing to take handouts, we create a second/lower class. That fault lies with big government AND the individual taking the handout. The Nixon "solution" was the lesser of 3 evils. And I'm not for it. But had Kennedy or big labor won out, we'd be even worse off than we already are. The reason that the insurance and pharm companies are raking in so much money is due to the whores we elect to office. The Dems aren't any better or worse (please don't hit me, Mom) than the Republicans. The ins/pharm companies are pulling in huge profits because the government has regulated their industries. With lobbying comes regulation; with regulation, the government defines a power distribution; when that happens you and I pay more and get less because the government is too slow to adapt to ineptitude and the market cannot function as a free market should. You are correct. We need progress. We simply don't agree on how to attain our mutual goal.
18 January 2008
It sucks that people that UNDERSTOOD the basic logic of, "Gee, I don't have that kind of money," and didn't buy a house are getting a bit of a shaft. Wouldn't you think so? I mean these morons that got in over their heads still get to keep their houses and here we are - still renters - and because of their financial stupidity, we can't get a loan since the lending companies got their panties all twisted. ...Ah well such is life.
04 January 2008
Fox Reported; I Decided... They're Jerks, too.
I hate FOX News! OK not really, but close... They’re just as bad as anybody else! I went to their site because last night they would barley acknowledge that Ron Paul got 10% while Roolyomamma only got 4% - they skirted it all night! This morning, on their site they lined the names up so that Rudyanna’s name is on top line while Paul’s is on the bottom of the two rows. 
And then if you go down the screen, 
they have a picture labeled ‘GOP front runners’… Yeah… No sign of Paul, but for some reason Mr. 4% is there. Jerks.
And then if you go down the screen, 
they have a picture labeled ‘GOP front runners’… Yeah… No sign of Paul, but for some reason Mr. 4% is there. Jerks.
03 January 2008
Nuh UH!!!
You’re a Liberal? Are you kidding??? No you’re not. You’re a right wing nut job. Admit it. At least try and get used to it and here’s why. Eventually (after years of bludgeoning you) this is going to explain why you’re really not a liberal even if you think you are. Trust me.
Dear Liberals,
When was the last time you thought, “Gee, isn’t it great that we get to pay all these taxes?” Never. Don’t lie. That’s the first thing you’re going to have to stop doing. Right wingers, TRUE right wingers, don’t lie and you shouldn’t either. Taxes suck. Think about why we have all these taxes. THINK! That’s something thing you’re going to have to start doing.
Wait. I can see this isn’t going to be of any help to a liberal. They’ll be offended by now and have moved on. So, you, oh fellow right winger, YOU must read this as a liberal would and then go out and convert all of your liberal friends. This is your mission and this here fancy blog space will help. Maybe. Or not. We’ll see. So let’s start over.
The first thing we’re going to have to do when we convert our liberal friends is to understand that they’re not really liberals. They’re not. There’s only a few true liberals in this country and they’re incredibly rich and probably in some type of government job. Our friends that think they’re liberals fall into a few categories (and probably more than one):
1. They think it’s cool to be liberal because their friends are.
2. They have big hearts and think the government can solve problems.
3. They like the phrase “I’m ok, you’re ok.”
4. They think Bill Clinton balanced the budget when he was president.
5. They think Rudy Giulianna is a right winger.
6. They don’t know that Al Gore said he helped create the internet.
7. They like Al Gore.
8. They like today’s unions.
9. They don’t understand the difference between today’s unions and the unions of yesteryear.
10. They're dirt poor and fantasize that the government can save them because politicians keep telling them that.
11. They're rich or well off and think the government must save everyone that's not as rich as them that they feel sorry for and for some reason don't believe the "lesser folk" can do anything without the government.
Um it just occurred to me that our friends have too many categories for me to list right now. I have to wash dishes. This will be enough to start with, though…
Dear Liberals,
When was the last time you thought, “Gee, isn’t it great that we get to pay all these taxes?” Never. Don’t lie. That’s the first thing you’re going to have to stop doing. Right wingers, TRUE right wingers, don’t lie and you shouldn’t either. Taxes suck. Think about why we have all these taxes. THINK! That’s something thing you’re going to have to start doing.
Wait. I can see this isn’t going to be of any help to a liberal. They’ll be offended by now and have moved on. So, you, oh fellow right winger, YOU must read this as a liberal would and then go out and convert all of your liberal friends. This is your mission and this here fancy blog space will help. Maybe. Or not. We’ll see. So let’s start over.
The first thing we’re going to have to do when we convert our liberal friends is to understand that they’re not really liberals. They’re not. There’s only a few true liberals in this country and they’re incredibly rich and probably in some type of government job. Our friends that think they’re liberals fall into a few categories (and probably more than one):
1. They think it’s cool to be liberal because their friends are.
2. They have big hearts and think the government can solve problems.
3. They like the phrase “I’m ok, you’re ok.”
4. They think Bill Clinton balanced the budget when he was president.
5. They think Rudy Giulianna is a right winger.
6. They don’t know that Al Gore said he helped create the internet.
7. They like Al Gore.
8. They like today’s unions.
9. They don’t understand the difference between today’s unions and the unions of yesteryear.
10. They're dirt poor and fantasize that the government can save them because politicians keep telling them that.
11. They're rich or well off and think the government must save everyone that's not as rich as them that they feel sorry for and for some reason don't believe the "lesser folk" can do anything without the government.
Um it just occurred to me that our friends have too many categories for me to list right now. I have to wash dishes. This will be enough to start with, though…
Beethoven’s Brother
I’m neither. Or none. I’m just not. Firstly, I am Mindi and am no one’s brother. Secondly, although my brothers are quite talented and smart, they’re not Beethoven. So I am none of the above; but I like the alliteration – and it has the right je ne sais quoi. (Don’t be fooled – I had to look up how to spell that. My ethnocentric view of the Frenchies leads me to this conclusion: The French spell things in very strange ways.)
I wonder how I ever came to be part of this family I’m in. There are brilliant people in my family. There are birders and cooks and peeps that read books. See? And then there’s me. I can come up with a Dr. Seuss spin off every now and then. Oh well. I simply make myself laugh. And I find it to be an exceptionally good day if I can make others laugh along with me.
Sometimes I get to thinking I can be smart, too. No such luck. Well really – no such ambition. I am not driven to be brilliant. Example: On the days that I do have ambition, my ambition leans towards getting As rather than retaining brilliance. The two are not the same. I would love to be brilliant – occasionally. Not nearly enough to be taken seriously, though. And perhaps the brilliant people are simply brilliant and aren’t driven to it. Jerks. And since I have a lack luster ambition for this brilliance that I seek and simply am not, it generally escapes me.
Lucky for me, I have family to remind me of my drastic bent for comic relief in the stead of brilliance. This brings me back down to the reality that my ladle was hardly dipped into the same genetic pool from where my relatives seemed to have sprung forth. Either that or mine was an extremely shallow dip and they are filled with the marvelous nutrients found only deeper in the pool.
Be I from a shallow dip or nearby toxic runoff; no matter. I enjoy this string of primordial ooze lined up oh so swimmingly (Ha!) to form me. I am not that either; an evolutionist as defined in most circles. I am a creationist that has no problem at all with micro evolution. Macro evolution, though, is as fairy tale-ish as a universal health care plan, but I digress – a lot…
I wonder how I ever came to be part of this family I’m in. There are brilliant people in my family. There are birders and cooks and peeps that read books. See? And then there’s me. I can come up with a Dr. Seuss spin off every now and then. Oh well. I simply make myself laugh. And I find it to be an exceptionally good day if I can make others laugh along with me.
Sometimes I get to thinking I can be smart, too. No such luck. Well really – no such ambition. I am not driven to be brilliant. Example: On the days that I do have ambition, my ambition leans towards getting As rather than retaining brilliance. The two are not the same. I would love to be brilliant – occasionally. Not nearly enough to be taken seriously, though. And perhaps the brilliant people are simply brilliant and aren’t driven to it. Jerks. And since I have a lack luster ambition for this brilliance that I seek and simply am not, it generally escapes me.
Lucky for me, I have family to remind me of my drastic bent for comic relief in the stead of brilliance. This brings me back down to the reality that my ladle was hardly dipped into the same genetic pool from where my relatives seemed to have sprung forth. Either that or mine was an extremely shallow dip and they are filled with the marvelous nutrients found only deeper in the pool.
Be I from a shallow dip or nearby toxic runoff; no matter. I enjoy this string of primordial ooze lined up oh so swimmingly (Ha!) to form me. I am not that either; an evolutionist as defined in most circles. I am a creationist that has no problem at all with micro evolution. Macro evolution, though, is as fairy tale-ish as a universal health care plan, but I digress – a lot…
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