The Cranky Monkey

Washington State Republicans Love Santorum

2012-02-23T12:14:00.008-08:00

With the Republican primaries working their way to Washington, Rick Santorum is surging over Romney. That's right, Republican voters in this state enjoy Santorum more and more.

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Teen Forces School to Remove Prayer, Religious Nuts Get Mad

2012-02-22T11:35:00.002-08:00

"grant us each day the desire to do our best, to grow mentally and morally as well as physically, to be kind and helpful"

In a town in Rhode Island, a girl, and a few others felt this prayer this was excerpted from violated the constitution of the United States by not separating church and state. The court system agreed and asked that it be removed from the school it is painted on the wall in.

Personally, I could go either way on keeping it or removing it, what makes me cranky about this story, though, is that the religious right and conservatives in the town and around the country have started calling a 16 year old girl names, threatening her, refusing her service at stores, and basically doing everything that the religious in this country have become

Read all about it here.. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46160046/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/

Sound Transit Reduced Route Ridiculousness

2012-02-21T10:06:00.001-08:00

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As of yesterday, community/sound transit has revised a large number of routes. And by revised, I mean, canceled a large number of routes. One of the canceled routes is the 414 which I used to take. Instead of taking that, now I have to catch a bus at my park a ride, take it to another park and ride, transfer to a bus that is totally crammed full of people, and add about 20 minutes to my commute.

As usual, when they cancel routes they use the excuse of not enough money. I'm not sure how canceling routes helps though, as they are now not making money from those riders, and forcing people to use cars which increases congestion on the roads.

How about this sound transit! Three easy steps to gaining revenue instead of cutting costs:

Fix the Orca card readers so that they consistently work and charge people.
Get rid of the free ride zone in downtown Seattle. If someone wants to take the bus, they can pay for it.
Start charging people to ride the South Lake Union Trolley and the Light Rail. Thousands of people rides these each day, and using the honor system for payments doesn't work. You would be creating jobs by having someone work the system to verify people are paying and have enough left over to bring back my bus route that was usually full.

If I get pulled over in my car without a seatbelt I'll get a ticket. Yet it is perfectly legal to cram a ton of people on a bus so that they are standing in the isles.

Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act

2012-02-20T15:05:00.001-08:00

Booty Call 101

2012-02-14T16:44:00.000-08:00

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For my valentines day post…

I found out this last weekend from a girls text at arranging a booty call with me, that not everyone knows the booty call rules. So, for those of you who are new to setting up booty calls, here are the basics to a booty call.

Out with friends, family, or just hanging out at home and you decide you would like to get some action? It used to involve a few phone calls, but thanks to text messaging you can pull out the phone and send a text message or two.

The message can be pretty short, such as: "Booty Call?" or, "Got plans for later?" or, "What you up to tonight, feel like some action?"

If the person you are sending it, doesn't already have plans or is interesting in the booty call, they will usually respond with a "yes" or "your place or mine." Although it is usually implied that the person out, or who initiated the booty call will go to the other persons place.

If the person does have plans or just wants to go to sleep, don't stress about it, just accept it and move on to the next person on the list.

Once the booty call has been arranged a quick text about what time should happen. If it won't be until really late, give the person the opportunity to back out, as they might not want to stay up late waiting. Or give them the option to leave the door unlocked and you can wake them up with your mouth in an appropriate area.

After the booty call has been setup, don't spend the rest of the night texting that person, or changing your mind back and forth about where, when, or if you might show or not. It's a booty call, not a complicated dating ritual by some birds in the Amazon.

Booty Call?
Your place or mine?
What time?

And that's all there is to it.

Washington State Legalizes Gay Marriage

2012-02-13T14:05:00.000-08:00

Washington State legalized gay marriage today, and big surprise the world didn't end and the state didn't fall into the ocean. In fact, doesn't really changed much at all except for gay people are now allowed the pleasure and misery of marriage, just like the rest of us.

Read more here…

Silver Sky Imports

2012-02-08T11:47:00.000-08:00

Are you looking for some unique handcrafted imports from countries like Tibet and Nepal? If so, check out Silver Sky Imports where you can find beautiful items such as Singing Bowls and Gourmet Himalayan Salts. The singing bowls range in size from 3 to 22 inches, including 15 and 17 inch spouting water bowls.

Items are reasonably priced and they offer a full refund on any purchases returned within 30 days. So if you are looking for incense or other uniquely imported products for your home check out Silver Sky Imports for good prices and quality imported products for your home or as a thoughtful gift.

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The Muppets Respond to Fox

2012-01-30T10:48:00.000-08:00

A while back Eric Bolling of Fox Pseudo-News complained that the liberal Muppets were brainwashing the youth with their anti-oil communist propaganda. Well, at least the Muppets get the opportunity to respond.

Backroom Abortions on the Rise

2012-01-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

To all you conservative nutcases you feel you should be allowed to tell a woman what to do with her body, and that abortions should be illegal.

Here is report about a new study that shows unsafe abortions are on the rise. Because the thing you don't seem to understand with your religious nonsense is banning abortions isn't going to go away. It's only going to make women go to backroom doctors. Which I'm sure you wouldn't mind as it's okay to kill anyone as long as it's not an unborn child. But the backroom abortions also kill the child.

Read about the study here...

Obama Grows A Pair

2012-01-19T14:57:00.000-08:00

Holy crap, it took him almost his whole first term, but President Obama has finally gown some balls. He ahs done two good things that involve standing up to big oil and coming out against Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).
The Obama administration rejected the Keystone oil sands pipeline that would have been an environmental disaster and only resulted in making large oil companies more money.

And the SOPA and PIPA bills would have make it easier for record or other entertainment industries to shut down websites or blogs, like this one, if they disagreed with the contact that was being posted.

Good job Obama, nice that you finally started to remember who voted for you in the first place.

Paul Shin And Same Sex Marriage

2012-01-18T11:05:00.000-08:00

In Washington State there is an attempt to legalize gay marriage via the legislature. As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am not gay, but I do support equal rights for all regardless if the debate is over race, gender, or sexual preference.

I've also posted in the past on my opinion of my state district 21 representative Paul Shin. Supposedly he is a Democrat, although I find that hard to believe based on the environmental damage he causes through all the pointless mailers he sends out. Whenever he is up for re-election I attempt to persuade voters to vote for his opponent, whoever that opponent might be.

According to The Stranger the legislature has 23 yes votes, 20 no votes, and 6 undecided or unknown. One of the unknown is my representative Paul Shin. I use the term representative loosely, as I've generally found him lacking in his representation of my political beliefs.

I've already e-mailed him urging him to vote in favor of gay marriage as I believe everyone should have the right to subject themselves equally to the misery of marriage.

I would like to urge others to do the same.

Paull Shin, D-21
Contact: 360-786-7640
paull.shin@leg.wa.gov

Romney Pay 15% in Taxes… The Poor Guy

2012-01-17T12:52:00.000-08:00

I can see why all the republicans and tea-baggers don't want to increase taxes on the rich. After all it must be tough for people like Mitt Romney to pay a big old whopping 15% taxes while the rest of us pay up to 30%.

According to the republican mantra by reducing taxes on the rich it flows downhill to the rest of us. And when it comes to Mitt Romney flowing things downhill, it usually means outsourcing jobs overseas. And as anyone who has been on unemployment knows, you don't pay a lot in taxes out of your unemployment check.

Read more about Romney's taxes here…

Mitt Gets a Shine

2012-01-13T17:36:00.000-08:00

Proving how he is just like one of us, Mitt Romney gets his shoes shined on the tarmac before boarding his jet. I can totally relate, because when I fly on my private jet, I like to have my overpriced leather shoes shined by some dude as well.

Unlike the rest of you, who are waiting in line to get a full body scan so you can cram yourself into seats next to screaming babies and rude airline employees.

Suckers!

When Mitt Came to Town

2012-01-12T13:50:00.000-08:00

A Country Without the EPA

2012-01-06T16:09:00.000-08:00

With the budget debates, many Republican congressman have attempted to strip the EPA of it's funding, while others have tried to get rid of the EPA all together.

Note: For the anti-EPA Republicans. The EPA was actually signed into law by a Republican president.

According to an article in the New York Times, 100 freelance photographers roamed the country in 1972 with a goal of "documenting 'the environmental happenings and non-happenings' of the decade."

So for the anti-environment people out there, here is some photographic evidence of why we still need the EPA and what would happen without government regulation of industry.

A view of Cleveland captured in 1973 by the photographer Frank Aleksandrowicz

The city dump in Moab, Utah, in 1972

Burning Discarded Automobile Batteries, 07/1972

Warning of Polluted Water at Staten Island Beach Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Background 06/1973

To view some more of these DOCUMERICA photos visit flickr

Santorum is #2 in GOP Race

2012-01-04T13:38:00.000-08:00

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In remarkable news of the GOP race to be president, Rick Santorum is now taking his turn in the spotlight. I've personally stayed out of the debate because republican politicians spend to much time catering to extreme right-wing nuts. But now that Santorum has a worked his way to the top 3, we have the potential for all the rest of the states to nominate him in the primaries as well.

Which we should do!

Thanks to equal rights activist Dan Savage, santorum is now a word to describe "The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex" and how awesome would it be to have the by-product of anal sex running as the Republican nominee for president.

Gunman

2012-01-02T12:22:00.000-08:00

I wonder if the NRA loving gun nuts ever wonder why some people view them negatively? Could it have something to do with pictures like this?

Rainier ranger killer...

Overrated Movie List

2011-12-29T14:23:00.000-08:00

Some movies deserve the hype they receive, while others just show that some people are idiots.

Avatar:
Yes the special effects were cool. But come on short attention span generation, the one dimensional characters, the predictable storyline, the cheese ball love story, this movie does not deserve to be the top grossing movie of all time. I'd rather watch Titanic again.

Moonstruck:
This Academy Award winning film is the best remedy for insomnia. I've attempted to watch it three times, and have fallen asleep every time.

Scarface:
People love this film for reasons I will never understand. Overacted, unbelievable, and totally overrated. Just like Al Pacino's career.

Lost in Translation:
I did actually like this movie, but I didn't love it. And I've talked to many people who just loved it. Anytime anyone says it is their favorite movie of all time, I kind of want to kick them in the twat.

The Kings Speech:
Yawn! Need I say more.

Unforgiven:
This is another one that I liked, but couldn't force myself to watch again. When the movie came out, people were talking about how it was going to revive the western, and how it was Eastwood's best movie, and the Academy Awards were all about this movie that year. I love a good western, and this was not a good western.

District 9:
I like the idea of this movie, and everyone else liked the movie. But come on, Aliens with super awesome technology that they don't use on us because they are addicted to cat food and end up living in a South African ghetto.

Dances With Wolves:
Excluding Field of Dreams and Bull Durham, has Kevin Costner ever done a decent movie? No, yet he has a career which included a film of him hanging out doing nothing.

2001: A Space Odyssey:
Another snore fest. Apparently the angry chimps at the beginning are the same who actually always talk about how this is a fantastic, intellectual, well made sci-fi flick .

Fargo:
Liked it, didn't love it. Don't feel the need to parody the accent after watching it, and for sure, don't want to watch it again.

With White Chicken

2011-12-27T17:06:00.000-08:00

I'd prefer made with Caucasian chicken, thank you very much.

Police Academy Dropouts

2011-12-21T18:19:00.000-08:00

More proof as to the uselessness of the Police Department. While responding to a call of a jogging man who was hit by a truck, cops make fun of the man and the truck driver.

Fox News Makes You Dumber

2011-12-20T18:02:00.000-08:00

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A new study done by the Fairleigh Dickinson University, polled 612 people to find out that people who watch Fox "pseudo" News actually know less than people who don't watch the news at all. Yes that's right, Fox News actually makes people dumber. And all this time I thought people watched Fox because they were already dumb. This could also explain why people in this country are getting dumber as well, since Fox is the most watched cable news channel.

The poll showed that people who watched Sunday morning news were the most informed with people who listen to NPR being the second most informed.

Republicans Vote to Raise Taxes for Middle Americans

2011-12-20T14:42:00.001-08:00

They refuse to raise taxes for the richest 1% of Americans, because that is the group they are members, and who donates to their campaigns. But the Republicans don't seem to have any problems raising taxes for middle and lower class people in this country.

Read about the vote on MSNBC…

Rush Limbaugh: Climate Change Misinformer of the Year

2011-12-19T11:02:00.000-08:00

In 1994 Rush Limbaugh declared, "There is no global warming going on," adding that scientists "admit" they "may need 20 years more data to prove it." Since then, Limbaugh has managed to shield his brain from 18 years of mounting evidence that humans are changing the climate.

Read the full story at Media Matters...

Lame Football Penalties

2011-12-14T09:53:00.000-08:00

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I was watching Monday night football this week and watched one of the players get a penalty for taunting. Maybe I don't watch enough football but that was the first time I witnessed someone get a penalty for taunting, which made us watching the game that football has to many lame ass penalties.

I can understand penalties such as unnecessary roughness and other ones that might cause injury, but come on taunting!?! That's part of the fun of playing sports is taunting your opponent.

Some Other Lame Penalties:

Equipment violations - If they want to play without a mouthpiece, let them.
Running Into the Kicker - Come on! It's football, the point is to hit people.
Illegal Celebration - The players don't mind it, the fans don't mind it, in fact the only people who have a problem with it are the ones who made the rule.

Not Hot Geek Girls

2011-12-09T09:07:00.000-08:00

Why is it that there are no hot geeky girls? Just because a girl is hot throughout high school, why does she have to be a dumb cheerleader instead of a hot chess club girl?

These are questions I've pondered recently after a co-worker sent this dating site to a few people- Geek to Geek.

I'm not looking, but figured I'd go check out the site anyway. I found in Seattle, between 25 to 35 that all geeky women spend most of there time sitting at home playing video games eating chips and ice cream. I shouldn't say all, because there were a couple that looked good, but for the most part, spending all night sitting in front of your computer isn't good for the hips. Now, I'm sure this post will offend a few out there, but it's true. Of the profiles I looked through the girls were overweight, ugly, or both. Mostly both.

And unfortunately this has been my experience personally as well. When I'm out meeting women, the hot ones tend to be so uninteresting that I can barely stand to talk to them long enough to take them home for the night, let alone have a relationship longer than one night with them. And the geeky girls, unfortunately, just the opposite. Super interesting to talk to, but I have a hard time finding myself desiring them even with the lights off.

So geeky ugly people out there, a dating site had been created just for you so check it out. And if there are any actual geeky and hot girls out there, let me know ; )