An Escape From Normalcy

Wow

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:29:00 +0000

Hooray for not updating my blog in a year and a half!

This is why I moved to Connecticut....

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:36:00 +0000

because this state is a beacon for moral, law abiding politicians.

Hiring a city contractor to perform $40,000 in home improvements that you have no intention of paying for is illegal? Don't tell that to Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. He was arrested today for that very thing.

Trading political access for more than $100,000 in chartered trips to Las Vegas, vacations in Vermont and repairs to his cottage in Litchfield is a no no?? Ask former CT Governer John Rowland how his 10-month stay in a federal penitentiary was.

Receiving more than $500K in kickbacks and bribes by directing more than $2 million in city contracts is bad??? Yup, former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim served 9 (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9) years. Was it worth it, Joe?

Unbelievable...

Unacceptable...

And yet, par for the course.

an addition to the AEFN family!

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:20:00 +0000

I've started up a YouTube channel for this here blog!

http://www.youtube.com/user/AnEscapeFromNormalcy <--- make sure you click the pretty yellow button that says 'Subscribe'!!!

First post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4LH4Q8KlY

it's my birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:25:00 +0000

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

just a reminder...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:13:00 +0000

Scroll to the bottom of the page and participate in my non-New York Times affiliated poll!

A friend sent me this and I thought I would share it with all (three) of my readers...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:53:00 +0000

BUSH'S RESIGNATION SPEECH

The following 'speech' was written recently by an ordinary Maine-iac [a resident of the People's Republic of Maine]. While satirical in nature, all satire must have a basis in fact to be effective. This is an excellent piece by a person who does not write for a living.

The speech George W. Bush might give:

Normally, I start these things out by saying 'My Fellow Americans.' Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.
I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out.
Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media.

Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this 'blood for oil' thing. If I were trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied...People Died' crap either. If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty.

Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named ' Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?
Now some of you morons want to be led by a junior senator with no understanding of foreign policy or economics, and this nitwit says we should attack Pakistan , a nuclear ally. And then he wants to go to Iran and make peace with a terrorist who says he's going to destroy us. While he's doing that, he wants to give Iraq to al Qaeda, Afghanistan to the Taliban, Israel to the Palestinians, and your money to the IRS so the government can give welfare to illegal aliens, who he will make into citizens, so they can vote to re-elect him. He also thinks it's okay for Iran to have nuclear weapons, and we should stop our foreign aid to Israel. Did you sleep through high school?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to out spend and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you, and the bastards are all over the globe.

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dang it, you might just as well Fed Ex a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times, USA Today, or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol or Dancing with Stars.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching.

I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient hou se down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient for years. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

So that's it. God bless what's left of America.

Some of you know what I mean. The rest of you, kiss off..

PS - You might want to start learning Farsi, and buy a Koran.

On the eve of this historic election...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:36:00 +0000

I've realized something: I'm absolutely terrified of the outcome...regardless of who wins. Here's why...

1. If Obama wins, he will destroy this country by gradually converting us to Socialism and eventually (if he's in office long enough) Communism. Either that or we will get obliterated by Islamofacists because he's a pussy.
2. If McCain wins...I'm too tired to think anymore. The point is, I'm not too thrilled.

Please, to the few people that actually read this blog, think long and hard when you step into that booth tomorrow. The future of this country depends on it...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:13:00 +0000

http://video.nbc6.net/player/?id=797441

If this is the way Obama supporters think, this country is fucked...

wow...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:06:00 +0000

Just...wow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSEaHyzbqTA

i think this is fitting in today's society...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:33:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q

It's about time...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:39:00 +0000

President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S...

read more | digg story

meh...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:53:00 +0000

This whole fucking country is going to hell and the government is driving the bus. Those of us that use our heads for more than just holding our ears apart can only say "wake the fuck up" so many times.

You've made our bed, Washington...I hope you're prepared to lie in it.

happy memorial day (belated)

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:12:00 +0000

I meant to post this yesterday, but I didn't have access to a computer. I want to take this opportunity to express my deep and sincere gratitude to the men and women of the United States Military, active and retired. It is you who make it possible for me to live a life of freedom. It is a debt I can never repay. Thank you Dad. Thank you Will. Thank you Andy.

Have a safe holiday.

lay off my wife, you big meanies!

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:25:00 +0000

Barack Hussein Obama doesn't want people, specifically the Tennessee GOP, picking on his wife. This coming after the TN GOP released an ad that focused on Michelle's "first time" comment. Here's my take on the situation. If you don't want to be picked on, SHUT YOUR MOUTH! You can't honestly think you can say something like that and expect to be immune from criticism. And getting ol' B-HO to get up there and protect you from the Big Bad Right? Classy move, Michelle.

russia? ally? right...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:24:00 +0000

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080509113625.2fytcrew&show_article=1

So today, Russia decided to conduct a military parade. Nukes and all...

Does this raise a red flag (no pun intended) with anyone else? I'll tell you what, America needs to wake the hell up or we're going to get buried under the weight of our own ego. We are NOT the only power on this earth. The government, Democrats especially, needs to realize that cutting funding to the military is the stupidest thing we could do.

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!

For the record...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:14:00 +0000

I <3 Capitalism

now i can't sleep from years of apathy/all because i read a little Noam Chomsky...

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:23:00 +0000

In case you're interested, here is an email exchange I had recently with Noam Chomsky (Whom, oddly enough, shares my birthday). For those who are unfamiliar with Mr. Chomsky he is a noted linguist, author, political activist, as well as a professor at MIT. It's short, but his response is interesting.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bryce Jeffcoat
To: Noam Chomsky
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: Mr. Chomsky, please read this.

Mr. Chomsky,
I am writing this with a mixture of skepticism and intrigue. I am a 24 year old conservative in New Britain, CT. I have heard of your work through friends and colleagues, but I have not read any of it. I have heard it is anti-American, anti-religion, and anti-government. I considered searching the internet for excerpts, articles, etc. However, I would like to find out directly from you. What would you say are your most definitive works and why should I consider reading them? Thank you for your time.

Bryce Jeffcoat

Here is his response:

Can't really answer your questions, I'm afraid. I write about lots of topics. Depends what you are interested in. I suppose you could start with some collections, like a recent one called The Essential Chomsky.

Apart from its silliness, what you've heard is enlightening. Take the notion "anti-American." True, it is widely used, a fact that tells us something about the intellectual culture. The term is clearly borrowed from the lexicon of totalitarianism. In the old USSR, for example, the harshest condemnation of dissidents was that they are "anti-Soviet" or "anti-Russian." That's natural for those who identify state power with the society, the culture, the people, a pure totalitarian view. Where there is a democratic culture, the concept is laughable. Imagine the reaction in the streets of Milan if a critic of Berlusconi were denounced as "anti-Italian" -- though that would be quite possible in the reviving Fascist movements.

NC

Acceptable answer...I guess. He didn't even address me by name. Meh...

sniff sniff...you smell something burning?

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Well gang, it appears Hillary is toast. There are those that believe she still has a chance, and she very well might. She is, after all, a Clinton. However, unless major damage is done to Obama's campaign (again, entirely possible), I don't see much hope.

Political Outlook: Bleak

[It may seem like I am saddened by Clinton's apparent defeat. This is definitely NOT the case, as I don't care much for democrats. Not one bit.]

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:08:00 +0000

So I just got a chance to watch the O'Reilly interview with Sen. Clinton. Here are some observations:

1. She seems more personable than Sen. Obama.
2. She may indeed have a vagina...maybe.
3. She is definitely WRONG for this country.

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:56:00 +0000

As it stands right now, I'm not excited about my choices this election season...at all. If someone new doesn't emerge soon, I will be writing in my candidate. I'm not sure who. Maybe Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal(R). This guy really seems to get it.

Thoughts?

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:51:00 +0000

Anyone else think we should be keeping a closer eye on China?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/1917167/Chinese-build-secret-nuclear-submarine-base.html

noreply@blogger.com (Bryce Jeffcoat) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Just in case anyone needs a refresher course on The United States of America, I give you these:

Declaration of Independance - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
U.S. Constitution - http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
Articles of Confederation - http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html

Also, some supplemental reading for you:

"Give me liberty, or give me death" - http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/henry.shtml