The Quotidian Bleat

Party Problems? It Just Does Not Matter

2012-01-13T12:29:00.000-08:00

So why, for the love of God and happiness, do we spit acidity at people based on political affiliation? I'm still baffled at the contradictions within each party. All the political magic aside, because that's all it is: a spectacle, we laborers are being used by both parties because we all hold some level of idealism about human nature. The idealism can manifest in the thought that their are

Dear Family Practitioner,

2011-12-11T12:06:00.000-08:00

Dear Family Doctor, I am a fat woman. I need you to understand that being fat does not mean that I am lazy. I'm a Navy veteran, a college graduate, a volunteer, gardener, and veggie eater. I also need you to have an open mind regarding what I eat. Before you start giving me some advice, let me tell you what I know. I know that soda pop is liquid candy, so if I want to lose weight, I should

Why I support Buddy Roemer For President!

2011-12-09T17:14:00.000-08:00

I'm Green, but I'm not deluded by commercial tactics to force green living on people. I'm growing more conservative, nearly libertarian in some respects. I mean, politics is more than just bipartisan. It's bipolar. What if you believe that abortion is horrible, but you're afraid of the government imposing on a woman's right to save her own life through abortion? What if she's abused? I'm

George Carlin, Work Ethic, and Occupy Wall Street

2011-12-07T19:16:00.000-08:00

I got one of those meme links from a Canadian friend on Facebook (you know, where the Occupy movement actually started. Who knew?), and it was a video of George Carlin. He said, so eloquantly, what I tried to say in the Big Work Ethic Lie blog.

Mitt Romney and the Job Creators

2011-12-04T13:43:00.000-08:00

If you make a stupid plastic toy that no one needs, but find a way to push it into fast food buckets, dollar shops and fairs so that toddlers beg their families to buy crap that will only deplete the Earth of petroleum and land space, then you might be more important then 99% of us. Mitt Romney lauds the job creators as though what they do means we all owe our existence to them. They are our

What Does the NRA and OWS Have in Common?

2011-12-02T19:16:00.000-08:00

When I was about 21, I asked a fellow sailor (I was in the Navy, thank you very much), why he was so concerned about gun laws that restricted the types of weapons people could buy and who could buy them. He told me that it was our right as citizens to protect ourselves, and that every law that restricted our right to gun ownership weakened that right. He said that if the government were to ever

Rocky Anderson and the Justice Party

2011-12-02T06:32:00.000-08:00

Rocky Anderson is one of those fringe folks that tries to squeeze some emotional flavor into the political turkey. He's a former Mayor of Salt Lake City Utah who has formed a new political party, the Justice Party. He is also a presidential candidate. He is also... The Executive Director of High Road for Human Rights A former Lawyer A Global Climate Change Activist A former Democrat Try to

The Big Work Ethic Lie: A Gen-X'er Point of View

2011-12-01T19:12:00.000-08:00

There is a moral divide between conservatives and liberals in the way tax dollars help the poor. The divide springs from one ideology where people can try all they may, but they just don't have the same advantage as other. The other is that if one works hard enough, he can be successful. Mantras such as "small businesses are the job creators," perpetuate the reasoning behind the notion that,

The Fat Deal

2011-12-01T14:13:00.000-08:00

Being fat is great fun when you want to observe then natural tendency for people to stroke themselves like happy monkeys about how wonderful they are. If you are fat, then you are too lazy to care for yourself. It's that simple, right? It's that simple for the simple-minded, but being simple minded is not as unattractive as being fat. I digress. Anyway, my mom made a comment about the notion

Newt Gingrich and the Welfare Change of 1996

2011-11-23T00:02:00.000-08:00

In 1996, the Democratic President, Bill Clinton, signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act which changed the face of Welfare as we knew it. Newt Gingrich did not introduce the bill, but he pushed for considerable change in the way the Federal government administered Welfare. The new bill: Ended welfare as an entitlement program; Required recipients to begin

Fox News Watchers Uninformed

2011-11-22T21:15:00.000-08:00

I watch the Fox News channel frequently. One of my favorite shows to watch is Stossel's Take. While Stossel seems whiny, he makes some good points. I digress. I also watch MSNBC. I like Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow. Oh, and I watch Current TV, and CNN and HLN, PBS, C-Span, and the local news. I read Yahoo news, the Washington Post news articles, and I read whatever people post from The

Occupy Wall Street Going Away

2011-11-19T17:37:00.000-08:00

Bill O'Reilly said, "So the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is dead, finished as a legitimate political force in this country. And that's a good thing." I'm not sure that the movement is that dead, in this country or any other country. Google "Occupy Canada." Google "Occupy UK." Google "Occupy New Zealand." The Occupy movement is global. It's not just some jobless hippies camping out in

Pizza as a Vegetable and the Occupy Movement

2011-11-19T06:47:00.000-08:00

How is pizza related to the Occupy Wall Street movement? Thousands of protesters are filling the byways of New York in hopes of changing the dynamics of the American Ruling class. They are fighting because people with money have power in congress and people with power in congress have money. Why else would congress allow schools to serve pizza as a serving of vegetable in school? As Kristin

Occupy Wall Street and Lazy People

2011-11-18T15:48:00.000-08:00

The Occupy Wall Street movement is not about what some people believe it is about. It's about the working people. It's about us vs. them. Who is "Them?" Them be the one percent people. If you are born into a wealthy family, statistically speaking, you have a better chance at being wealthy then say, a poor guy. It has less to do with merit and work ethic and creativity then it does with time

Internet ID

2011-11-17T21:52:00.000-08:00

We don't have to risk public privacy to initiate some Internet Identification program. Imagine a scan disk card with identification information coded into it being used to connect to the Internet. Imagine random road-checks, or Internet interruptions when the ISP checks for the ID but cannot find the ID card. An ID card can be issued by a Library, an ISP or possibly a school. Why not? There

Baby Lisa Irwin and the Disappearance of Debate

2011-11-16T01:55:00.000-08:00

A little beautiful 10 month old baby went missing on October 4th, 2011. The Internet buzz is that mom is guilty. Mom was drinking. Dad was supposed to be home at 10:30, but didn't get home until 4am, at which point, he came home, found baby missing, woke mom up, then everyone panicked, then parents called the police. People want to start vigilante groups. She's just a bad mom for drinking on

Satanism and Ayn Rand's Objectivism

2011-11-16T01:35:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure that either dominant political party has the interest of the people at the forefront of their agenda; however, I think the conservative ideology presses a little too tightly on my gag reflex. Why? Because Christianity is at the core of conservative ideology. While some might be a little less than thrilled to hear someone associate Christianity with gagging, I have to protest the

Stupid Blog Video

2011-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:00

How do people not feel stupid doing You Tube videos? I would like to try, but I'd feel like I was talking to myself without worrying about the weirdness of talking with no actual people in the room. I did that on occasion when I was a child. Perhaps that's an only-child thing. I catch my kid doing that. She's not an only child, but there's an 8 year age difference between her and her

Undernews: How to outflank the Tea Party (and Barack Obama)

2011-09-24T16:13:00.000-07:00

I was wondering why the Democrats haven't mobilized an anti-tea party movement, then I realized there was a liberal movement: the Green Party!The Green Party is anti-tea in that it:1. Believes in corporate responsibility2. Acknowledges global warming3. Fights for social justice in general4. Believes in Democracy vs. RepublicYou can't get more anti-tea than pro-earth. Green people should

Ayn Rand, and the Libertarian Liberalism

2011-08-28T13:12:00.000-07:00

Selfishness is not a virtue I admire, but I kind of admire Ayn Rand. I'm not sure she was serious. I think she may have been using hyperbolic realism to shock people into understanding an ugly truth that clings to the word "we." In order to develop ourselves, each of us needs to be able to see life with clarity. We've got to do things without the socio-psychological pin-pricks of "we."

Rick Perry's Bleat...

2011-08-19T01:37:00.000-07:00

He said, "We’re dismayed at the injustice that nearly half of all Americans don’t even pay any income tax." (Forbes.com) If unemployment is at a little over 9%, then 30% of Americans are working low-wage jobs. That sucks. Pay more taxes, you low-wage working fools. Tax, tax, tax. Then again, I thought folks like Rick Perry didn't like taxes? So confusing.

I Wanna be a Small Business Owner

2011-08-16T22:21:00.000-07:00

I want a used bookstore. I have a niche-leaning in mind. It would be grand, spiffy, and dreamy! I want to do it because I don't want to be rich. I want to be around bibliophiles all day. I also love cats, espresso, and chocolate, but... I don't come from business folk. I don't come from normal college educated folk, either, but like my mom, I got a latent college degree with which I didn't

Closet Republican or Political Outcast

2011-08-11T22:15:00.000-07:00

When you have a great idea, you can rest well knowing you're not the only one in the world with that idea. With that said, I think I know what the problem is in our political system. It doesn't make sense! I'm not a Republican. I don't think. You see, the only reason I've been a liberal is because I have this worldly ideal that "stuff" isn't the end-all, save-all to life. And, when it comes

Convince Me to Switch Parties: I'm a Democrat

2011-08-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

You know that tight stomach feeling you get when someone says something that goes against your moral compass? You get it because it is futile to engage in a debate with most people because no one is willing to change their minds.I am. I am past the age where my mind is an oyster, yet I follow what makes the most sense. I keep following that same direction because it satisfies me, and the other

Back to Basics

2011-08-05T22:49:00.000-07:00

Many Americans are getting savvy to all the useless consumerism we've been suckered into for the sake of convenience. With a bit of higher pay, we could minimize the need for dual income households if one household member was incredibly thrifty! Being conservative in the household is as much an art as it is a livelihood. Anyway, I found this old book at my city library, and I definitely want