Ok, everyone seems all up in arms about the “Obamacare” thing. So, here’s my shortly stated opinion. Anyone who thinks guaranteeing their children will be able to receive the medical treatment they need in spite of their own financial situation is a bad thing…. Well, let’s just say you really haven’t completely thought it through, have you? Oh, and let’s not forget that the government, which controls what drugs are legal, made, etc, and so on through the use of the FDA, is not about to pay “top dollar,” so the government paid for health care will drive the cost down of ALL healthcare in the country because those still independent industries that you seem to think actually don’t tell you what doctors to see or what pills to take (they do by the way…), because the “free market” must still compete with the government for customers. Here’s another kicker you did not think about. New government run healthcare (insurance really) will need staff, and a lot of it, in order to function. So, it will create jobs!!!!
Oh, you complain… “I don’t want my tax dollars paying for abortions!!” or “I don’t want to be forced to help pay for someone else’s medical bills!” To that I say, “Shut up, stupid!” First, tax dollars, or federally run health insurance would never cover elective procedures or surgeries, ever! Not even the hated “liberals” would want that, in spite of what Faux News tells you. Second, if you think of it as “your” tax dollars, then why the hell are the rest of us paying taxes?! Listen you arrogant shit, most who say this earn probably somewhere along the lines of $30k-$50k a year or so. You pay MAYBE $12k-$23k a year in taxes (and that’s a big maybe because I’m sure most of you earn less then $30k a year, I was just estimating high). Compare that to the near $1.3 TRILLION in tax money collected for 2011 federal tax year…so far (don’t forget those the IRS will go after)(Source: http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/year_revenue_2011USbn_13bs1n#usgs302). How the hell are you going to even assume 100% financial responsibility when you paid, at most, so little percentage wise that you most likely do not own the type of calculator needed to figure out what exact percentage you actually did pay!? (side note, neither do I…).
Finally, there is the argument that it will drive taxes up. Well, if it does, I’d be surprised if it was enough for us to even feel it. Why is that you say? Because my simple minded friend, YOUR NOT PAYING FOR INSURANCE FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY ANYMORE! Well, if you take the government option anyway, you’ll save money there. You see, the pretax money you pay to the insurance company (pretax if you’re smart anyway) with every paycheck will no longer be needed. Now, even if you just break even, you are still better off because once again, you can now guarantee your children that they will be able to get healthcare treatment they may need in spite of global economic conditions. Can some of you say that now? I’m sure there are a few who are unemployed and/or uninsured with kids right now. Do you love them enough to put ignorance aside? Do you love them enough to say “I don’t care if the media labels it “socialism” because its good for my kids now, and in the future. It’ll be good for my grandkids, and great grandkids. Why? Because instead of listening to partisan rhetoric spawned from a need to kill anything that may threaten corporate profit, you chose to just stop and think about it for half a damn second.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
10 Thing Men Wish Women Knew
This post is in response the the article posted here:
http://yahoo.match.com/y/article.aspxarticleid=11865&TrackingID=526103&BannerID=1338500
I found this article to be, well, stupid. So I responded to it with my own list. Best if you read the original first, then mine. That way you will see that each numbered one of mine, responds directly to the identically numbered one of the original article.
1. We play the “waiting game” because you send mixed messages. If we call too soon, you think us desperate, if we don’t call soon enough, you think we are uninterested or playing a game. Here’s the deal women, you play games, men usually just do what interests them at the time. You want us to think of you when you’re not around or want us to call you sooner, how about you call us? How about you stop playing the “waiting for him to call” game. We are not phone people in general, so when you call, don’t sit there and expect us to want to chat; make plans with us and we will chat when we are together.
2. If you want to date casually, or are looking for a relationship, don’t wait for us to tell you what we are looking for, we won’t do that. Like I said, if we are with you and spending time with you, that means we have interest in you. Stop blaming us every time YOU get a mixed message when half the time messages are NOT being sent by us. Most of the time, we mean what we say. We are logical human beings, so stop interpreting what we say to mean something other then what we have said, that’s just stupid.
3. We do not give two shits about fashion, for the most part. All we care about is if it comfortable or appropriate for the situation. The ONLY men who care are douche bags who dress up to go clubbing trying to get laid. Strangely enough, those are the men you go home with…wanna talk about sending mixed signals still?
4. We do not always want to spend our hard earned money on you. We like to spend it on ourselves too. So if you call us cheap because we don’t buy you things, get a job and buy your own crap. On a date, we will pay, which means ladies, you don’t get a say so on where we eat or what we do. Most of the time we will do ok, beside women, I thought you wanted to get to know us, not our wallets.
5. Women, we just want to be left alone if we are not doing something together. And we know that pisses you off. Here’s what you really need to know here: We think that if we do not spend every waking hour we can attending to your desires, you will go bat shit crazy on us with your over emotional nonsense. Here’s the kicker; a lot of the times, we are right about that. You want your independence, but for some reason get all pissy if we leave you alone for too long.
6. You are not as smart or intuitive as you think. Again, you read signals where there aren’t any. You think we are as emotionally complex as you. We are not. We lie because that is human nature, so get off your high horses and pedestals you have put yourself on and admit you lie just as much, if not more then men.
7. We don’t want you to be our mother. It is YOU who almost always wants to assume that role. You see flaws in us and start playing mother on your own. This is actually really annoying to men. It makes us wanna choke you. So stop doing it, especially seeing you claim you don’t want to.
8. We don’t give a shit about the little things. You want us to notice them, point them out at the time. We will remember them…hopefully, come time to “impress” you.
9. Men are not “quick” to end relationships. We actually think about it before we even show “signs” that we are considering it. Again, we do not “signal” the end, we just end it. Its practical and more efficient that way, and if it hurts your little ol’ feelings, get over it. That’s life. Do not lose respect for us for doing this, that’s stupid. Lose respect for the man who drags on relationships long after they lose interest, only to make it harder on you later when they actually do end it.
10. We think you live by a double standard, and we are just dealing with that as best we can. We know, “we need to talk” means you wanna bitch about us to us. We know that in order to make you feel loved by us, that we need to show it. We know all the crap on the article that spawned this blog. Unfortunately for you, you think that because we ignore some of your stupid “things to know” we do not know. Sometimes its just that we don’t care enough about the relationship to follow your standards.
http://yahoo.match.com/y/article.aspxarticleid=11865&TrackingID=526103&BannerID=1338500
I found this article to be, well, stupid. So I responded to it with my own list. Best if you read the original first, then mine. That way you will see that each numbered one of mine, responds directly to the identically numbered one of the original article.
1. We play the “waiting game” because you send mixed messages. If we call too soon, you think us desperate, if we don’t call soon enough, you think we are uninterested or playing a game. Here’s the deal women, you play games, men usually just do what interests them at the time. You want us to think of you when you’re not around or want us to call you sooner, how about you call us? How about you stop playing the “waiting for him to call” game. We are not phone people in general, so when you call, don’t sit there and expect us to want to chat; make plans with us and we will chat when we are together.
2. If you want to date casually, or are looking for a relationship, don’t wait for us to tell you what we are looking for, we won’t do that. Like I said, if we are with you and spending time with you, that means we have interest in you. Stop blaming us every time YOU get a mixed message when half the time messages are NOT being sent by us. Most of the time, we mean what we say. We are logical human beings, so stop interpreting what we say to mean something other then what we have said, that’s just stupid.
3. We do not give two shits about fashion, for the most part. All we care about is if it comfortable or appropriate for the situation. The ONLY men who care are douche bags who dress up to go clubbing trying to get laid. Strangely enough, those are the men you go home with…wanna talk about sending mixed signals still?
4. We do not always want to spend our hard earned money on you. We like to spend it on ourselves too. So if you call us cheap because we don’t buy you things, get a job and buy your own crap. On a date, we will pay, which means ladies, you don’t get a say so on where we eat or what we do. Most of the time we will do ok, beside women, I thought you wanted to get to know us, not our wallets.
5. Women, we just want to be left alone if we are not doing something together. And we know that pisses you off. Here’s what you really need to know here: We think that if we do not spend every waking hour we can attending to your desires, you will go bat shit crazy on us with your over emotional nonsense. Here’s the kicker; a lot of the times, we are right about that. You want your independence, but for some reason get all pissy if we leave you alone for too long.
6. You are not as smart or intuitive as you think. Again, you read signals where there aren’t any. You think we are as emotionally complex as you. We are not. We lie because that is human nature, so get off your high horses and pedestals you have put yourself on and admit you lie just as much, if not more then men.
7. We don’t want you to be our mother. It is YOU who almost always wants to assume that role. You see flaws in us and start playing mother on your own. This is actually really annoying to men. It makes us wanna choke you. So stop doing it, especially seeing you claim you don’t want to.
8. We don’t give a shit about the little things. You want us to notice them, point them out at the time. We will remember them…hopefully, come time to “impress” you.
9. Men are not “quick” to end relationships. We actually think about it before we even show “signs” that we are considering it. Again, we do not “signal” the end, we just end it. Its practical and more efficient that way, and if it hurts your little ol’ feelings, get over it. That’s life. Do not lose respect for us for doing this, that’s stupid. Lose respect for the man who drags on relationships long after they lose interest, only to make it harder on you later when they actually do end it.
10. We think you live by a double standard, and we are just dealing with that as best we can. We know, “we need to talk” means you wanna bitch about us to us. We know that in order to make you feel loved by us, that we need to show it. We know all the crap on the article that spawned this blog. Unfortunately for you, you think that because we ignore some of your stupid “things to know” we do not know. Sometimes its just that we don’t care enough about the relationship to follow your standards.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
A Stoner’s Guide to Politics.
A Stoner’s Guide to Politics.
This is a short, bulleted guide to politics as a stoner might see it. I wrote it for fun; I hope you like it. Yes, it is supposed to be funny….
• Legalize it!
o Of course this would have to be first. Any stoner would think it ideal to be able to purchase and smoke weed, to get high, legally. However their misguided motives might be, they do have a point. Hemp, used to be legal. The only reason it was made illegal is because when Mexican immigrants came up many, many, many years ago and showed that you can also smoke it and get high, the white folks found it distasteful… ‘cause the dirty Mexicans were doing it. So, to keep little white kids from doing it, they made the, oh so reactionary and stupid decision to make the entire plant illegal in the US. <<< that’s a fact, look it up.
Why it remains illegal is a mystery. I think its because the plant, that can be used for many things would quickly put out of business, many other whole industries because of its easily grown and processed nature. (It fricken grows anywhere!). The many reasons it should be legal are that very thing, as well as its medicinal and recreational uses. Yes, if it were legal…. No, it can’t single handedly save the economy, but it is the one thing that can even come close to that kind of economic potential!
• Um……
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