Bill Hicks

A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. Do you think when Jesus comes back, he's really going to want to see a fucking cross? Ow! Maybe that's why he hasn't shown up yet...

Janeane Garofalo

Is being an idiot like being high all the time?

Emo Philips

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.

I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."

Steven Wright

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.

Screw this serious moody sh*t, I need to laugh more

Demetri Martin

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.

Zach Galifianakis

You know you're an alcoholic when the bartender knows your name... and you've never been to that bar before.

Roseanne Barr

The fastest way to a man's heart is through his chest.

Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.

Jerry Seinfeld

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

Mitch Hedberg

I bought a doughnut, and they gave me a receipt. There is no need for that, man. I'll just give you the money, you give me the doughnut. End of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this. I cannot imagine a situation in which I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend: "Hey man! Don't even act like I didn't buy that doughnut! I got the documentation right here...damn...I forgot it at home... it's in the filing cabinet...under D...for doughnut."

I like an escalator, man, 'cause an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. There would never be a "Escalator temporarily out of order" sign, only "Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."

No shit, Sherlock

WASHINGTON - The Army general who would carry out President Bush's new war plan urged a skeptical Congress and American public Tuesday to be patient, but acknowledged "the situation in Iraq is dire."

The war in Iraq is illegal, immoral and one that will not be won by anyone. I think GW thought it would be easy, that it would be a repeat of the first Gulf war. I think he thought he would be a hero for knocking out Saddam. He'd throw the army in like gangbusters and the whole thing would be done in a month. It's my belief that he went into this for his own glorification and egomania. What an idiot. I'm sick of seeing Iraqi people dead in the streets. I'm sick of seeing my American brothers and sisters coming home maimed, disabled and in caskets. I am angry at those who voted for this imbecile a second time, despite what harm he had already done to our country. We all know he didn't really win the first time around. To those Americans who helped give this meglomaniac power, this is your fault. You chose this man to run our country and look at what he has done with this power. When you weep for those lost in Iraq remember the blood is on your hands as well. When you voted for GW you told him he was doing a good job, he deserved to keep it. Your vote told him that our country was on the right path. Now I'm sure some of you will comment and give me a bunch of bullshit about my views on this subject. Go ahead and say what you will. No matter how intelligent or tactful your statements you cannot convince me to change my belief. He took us from a period of relative peace into fighting so much that most of our national guard is guarding another nation. Our government went from having a surplus under Clinton to the biggest deficit in history. Government money to programs for healthcare and education are being slashed to give more money to the military. His government allows and sanctions the abuse of prisioners. He has sanctioned torture. He has declared several of our constitutional rights invalid under his authority alone. He says it's ok for the government to listen in on your phone calls and read your email and look at your bank accounts. And he doesn't need any stinking warrants or the approval of anyone. He has used fear and biogtry to get what he wants. GW has taken more power than any other president and we have let him do it. And he really fucked up with the Katrina situation. Yes, the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of LA share the blame. But ultimately it was his responsibility to take care of his people here in America. He has cheated and lied. GW has let us down at every turn. He is speeding the demise of America. We have lost economic strength. We have lost valuable allies in the world. We have lost the respect of other countries. We have lost our integrity by behaving as bad or worse than our enemies. GW has screwed us up the ass a hundred ways. Tonight he will feed the media a bunch of bullshit on tv. I for one will not listen anymore. I'm sick of his speeches and declarations of victory. At this time I am certain he lives in a reality all his own. And one thing I know about the future is that he will not stop. We have to stop him.

As of five pm today I will be on a mental, emotional, and physical vacation. This weekend I will do absolutely nothing and I am so excited to get started. Enjoy your weekend and don't call before noon. I need some sleep.

Child update

Monday was not good. After a nearly constant tug-of-war for power with my two year old all morning, I was hoping the afternoon would be better. Silly silly silly me. I put her in her crib for her nap and spent some lovely quality time with my son. Awhile later I heard her playing and went into her room to get her out of bed. As soon as I walked into the room I wished I had just ignored her for the rest of the day. She had taken her pants and socks and diaper off, wet her sheets and blankets, gotten feces all over herself and rubbed all over her doll. I tried to remain calm I picked her up (very carefully), put her in the bathtub, used baby wipes to clean off the feces and left her in an empty tub while I cleaned up her bed. Mind you, this is NOT the first time she has done this. She knows it is a no-no. A very big no-no. When I went back to give her a proper bath I felt a terrible rage. I knew if I stayed with her that there was a very good chance I would physically harm her. So I had to wake up poor JD, who had worked the night before, to take care of her. He'd had very little sleep and it was difficult to rouse him. But I had to. When he started coming to I explained the situation and told him, "I'm afraid I'm going to hold her head under water if I give her a bath. You have to do it." Being the good man that he is he got up immediately and told me to take as much time as I needed. As he started running the water I just broke down. I couldn't stop crying. I don't know if it was because I felt so guilty for my anger or if I was just feeling like a parent who has absolutely no control or what. Anyway it took a long time to compose myself. I hid in our bedroom for most of the rest of the day.

You all had some good advice on how to deal with her but what it boils down to is this: I believe in discipline and boundaries for children. In our home we have certain rules that we all live by, even the adults. My daughter is old enough to comprehend many of the rules we have but still disregards them. Some things, yes, she is too young to understand and we let those things slide. And she is wonderfully fiesty and I don't want to kill that in her. However, what kind of a parent would I be if I don't teach her that there are lines we don't cross because it is dangerous to ourselves or to other people or because it is just wrong? What I struggle with her on are not negotiable items. I don't care if she wants to wear silly clothes or if she only wants to eat carrots one day. The big problem is the struggle to teach her that it is wrong to pull her brother's hair or take his toy without asking or that climbing on the table is not safe.

I'd like to point out that NO ONE offered to babysit.

I cannot wait for the weekend. Two more days. Two more days.

Violence only begets more violence

Tragic. We are thoughtlesss, senseless, ignorant, hostile, violent creatures and sadly our children imitate what they see...

Several boys die copying Saddam hanging
CAIRO, Egypt - The boys' deaths — scattered in the United States, in Yemen, in Turkey and elsewhere in seemingly isolated horror — had one thing in common: They hanged themselves after watching televised images of Saddam Hussein's execution.

Officials and relatives say the children appeared to be mimicking the former dictator's Dec. 30 hanging, shown both on a sanitized Iraqi government tape and explicit clandestine videos that popped up on Web sites and some TV channels.

The leaked videos, apparently taken by cell phone cameras, set off international outrage over the raucous scene at Saddam's execution, but some experts are more concerned about the images of the deposed Iraqi leader dropping through the gallows floor and his body swinging at the end of a rope.

The experts say such graphic images can severely affect youngsters who do not yet understand the consequences of death and violence — especially because Saddam's death received intense international attention.

"They see how it's done, but they don't think it's horrific, and they're more likely to imitate it," said Hisham Ramy, an associate professor of psychiatry at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

A day after Saddam's execution, a 10-year-old boy in Texas hanged himself from a bunk bed after watching a news report on the execution. Police in the Houston suburb of Webster said the boy, Sergio Pelico, tied a slipknot around his neck while on the bed but had not mean to kill himself.

"I don't think he thought it was real," Julio Gustavo, Sergio's uncle, said afterward. "They showed them putting the noose around his neck and everything. Why show that on TV?"

Something similar occurred in Turkey, where 12-year-old Alisen Akti hanged himself Wednesday from a bunk bed after watching TV footage. His father, Esat Akti, told a newspaper in the southeastern province of Mus that his son had been affected by the televised images.

"After watching Saddam's execution he was constantly asking 'How was Saddam killed?' and 'Did he suffer?'" Akti was quoted as saying. "These television images are responsible for my son's death."

Nine-year-old Mubassahr Ali, from the eastern Pakistan town of Rahim Yar Khan, died hours after Saddam when he also mimicked the ousted leader's execution, local police official Sultan Ahmed Chaudhry said.

"The ill-fated boy used a long piece of cloth, tied it with a ceiling fan and wrapped its other end around his neck. Then he stood on a chair and fell down," Chaudhry said.

In Yemen, at least two young boys died and another was injured in apparent imitations of Saddam's hanging.

One of the cases involved a 13-year-old junior high school student who hanged himself after watching Saddam's execution on television, a Yemeni security official said.

When the boy's family returned to their home outside the capital, San'a, on Wednesday, they found him hanging from a tree wearing a traditional Arab headdress, said the boy's cousin, Yahya al-Hammadi.

In Saudi Arabia, a 12-year-old boy was found by his brother hanging from an iron door with a rope around his neck, the newspaper Okaz reported. The boy, Sultan Abdullah al-Shemmeri, lived with his family in the province of Hafr al-Baten, near the Iraqi border.

"The child was just 12 years old and didn't really know whether the execution of Saddam was something good or bad," a Saudi Interior Ministry official said Saturday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Local media in Algeria and India also have reported other mimicking deaths, but these could not immediately be confirmed.

Ramy, the professor in Egypt, said children are prone to imitating violence they encounter on television, the Internet and movies, but usually they act out against another person. Mimicking a hanging or suicide is unusual, but perhaps in this case it is unsurprising, he said.

Because "some people have said Saddam is a hero and martyr and have glorified his death, this has affected children," Ramy said.

But Jasem Hajia, a child psychologist in Kuwait City, cautioned against placing all the blame on video images. "This is extreme, and I think there were physiological disorders as well with the children," Hajia said.

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Associated Press writers Ahmed al-Haj in Yemen and Khalid Tanveer in Pakistan contributed to this report.

Question: What is the best method of birth control?

Answer: Spending time with the children you already have.

Seriously, my kids are making me crazy. The constant bickering, the whining, the lack of respect for my authority is taking its toll. A friend is taking them for all of next weekend so I can get some time off but I don't know how I'm going to manage to get through this week. I am exhausted and burned out. These two creatures are the greatest gift and the greatest joy in my life. But why is it that right now I can only fantasize about being away from them? I am counting down the days, literally. In all honesty I would love to run away from home today. Doesn't matter where I go as long as it is not here. How awful is that? All the yoga and relaxation breathing in the world cannot make this feel better. Calgon, take me away!

Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly, the Muslim Pat Robertson

Man, it sure is nice to see that idiots roam free all over the world. Shame on us all for giving them any attention whatsoever.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of Australia's top Muslim clerics, who inflamed anti-Muslim sentiment by comparing unveiled women to "uncovered meat", was in trouble again on Friday after saying Muslim Australians had more right to the country than people descended from convicts.

Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly, the mufti of Australia's biggest mosque in Sydney, told Egyptian television in an interview that white Australians originally arrived in convict chains.

"We (Muslims) came as free people. We bought our own tickets. We are entitled to Australia more than they are," he said in comments translated for Australian television networks.

The controversy last year over his 'women as meat' sermon was a conspiracy to "bring the Islamic community to its knees", Hilaly said, calling white Australians the "biggest liars".

Hilaly angered community and political leaders and divided the country's 280,000 Muslims in a Ramadan sermon last September in which he appeared to criticise heavy jail sentences given to a group of convicted gang rapists.

The Egyptian-born cleric said immodestly dressed women were like uncovered meat left out for a cat.

Prime Minister John Howard said Hilaly's latest comments would bring a wry smile to the face of Australians whose ancestors came to the country between 1788 and 1850 among 162,000 convicts sent from England.

"It's almost a badge of honour for many Australians," Howard said.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Hilaly was no longer taken seriously.

"I'm a South Australian. South Australia was never a convict colony, so I'm very relaxed about what people say about convicts," Downer quipped.

Islamic Friendship Association president Keysar Trad, a close friend of Hilaly's, said the cleric's latest comments were "ill-advised", apologising for any offence.

A popular men's magazine this month awarded Hilaly its "Funny Guy of the Year" award for 2006 and compared his meat sermon to an "absurdist comedy" worthy of an "Islamic Seinfeld".

I've been reading several books by Dr. Andrew Weil and I think they are terrific. He has degrees in medicine and botany from Harvard University but is extremely open to alternative medical treatments. He stresses that there really is a link between our mind and our body, that how we feel mentally can affect how we feel physically. I've been doing much soul-searching and introspection on this matter. As I stated in an earlier post, my personal life is a mess. I'm working on it but it is still a major stress in my life. The biggest problem is my relationship with my two-year old daughter. I adore her--she is beautiful and funny and intelligent. But she is also willful, defiant and has no respect for me whatsoever. She listens to her father but disregards me all together. I don't know what to do anymore. I've been caring for children most of my life but none of the tactics I've used before seem to work with her. I try very hard to be consistent, to follow through on discipline and to be loving and fair at the same time. It makes no difference in her behavior. At the end of most days I am so happy and so anxious to put her to bed so I can take a break from her. I feel like I am missing out on this time in her life, that I am not able to enjoy being with her. The other day I did something I am not proud of at all. I got so frustrated with her. She wants to be a big girl and sit on the chair without a booster seat. I'm allowing this, as long as she remains seated. However she repeatedly leaves the chair, stands up, reaches over the table for her brother's food, etc. After several stern warnings I just lost it and gave her a swat on the bottom. She seemed stunned but otherwise didn't really react. I do not believe in physical punishment as a rule and wish I had not done it. But this behavior from her is typical in my house. She breaks a rule, I tell her no, give two warnings, she continues the behavior then I am forced to give her a time out. It's not working. I'm running out of ideas to deal with her behavior. It causes me to feel angry, frustrated, depressed about my parenting skills and overall stressed and impatient. I'm welcoming any suggestions or advice. In fact, I'm asking for it. I love her so much but feel her actions are negatively impacting my mental and physical health. I want to have fun being with her, to enjoy the time we have together, not dread it. Unfortunately she is just as headstrong and stubborn as both of her parents. Suggestions? Anyone? Please?

At a fork in the road

My personal life is a mess. Out of respect for another's wishes I have taken to keeping my personal life quiet, both here on blogger and in real life. I've dramatically cut back on the time I invest here. That is the real reason I am no longer as active in the blogsphere.

When I stop, think and pay attention to my personal life I come to the uncomfortable conclusion that things are not going in a good direction. The only person I talk to about it anymore is my therapist. I don't really have any friends offline anymore. There are two old friends but our friendships have become pretty distant and shallow. For awhile I was using blogger as a place to vent and I think it was a healthy outlet for me. Many times your input and advice were the best medicine. Now I just squash it all down inside and try to save it for the two hours of therapy I have a month. It's not enough. I don't think this is good for my mind or my body.

Things are coming to a head. For the past year I feel like I've been running a marathon. I've been doing a lot of "me" work, trying to become the person I want to be. But more and more I feel like I'm the only one in the race and there is no one cheering me on from the sidelines.

How can you love someone ever so much but be so doubtful of your future together?

I love Pat Robertson

For those who don't know, Pat Robertson is one of America's craziest and best known kooks. He is a zealous Christian who apparently has regular two-sided conversations with God. But best of all, he makes me laugh. I can't believe anyone would take anything this guy says seriously. Anyway...Pat's gift for 2007? More fear-mongering on behalf of the Almighty. Thank God that God didn't say "nuclear". Whew. I'm sure we're all relieved. Read the story and you shall be enlightened. He has a worse track record than the scammers claiming to be psychics.

Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing'

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - In what has become an annual tradition of prognostications, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in "mass killing" late in 2007.

I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."
Robertson said God told him during a recent prayer retreat that major cities and possibly millions of people will be affected by the attack, which should take place sometime after September.

Robertson said God also told him that the U.S. only feigns friendship with
Israel and that U.S. policies are pushing Israel toward "national suicide."
Robertson suggested in January 2006 that God punished then-Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon with a stroke for ceding Israeli-controlled land to the Palestinians.

The broadcaster predicted in January 2004 that President Bush would easily win re-election. Bush won 51 percent of the vote that fall, beating Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.

In 2005, Robertson predicted that Bush would have victory after victory in his second term. He said Social Security reform proposals would be approved and Bush would nominate conservative judges to federal courts. Lawmakers confirmed Bush's 2005 nominations of John Roberts and
Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. But the president's Social Security initiative was stalled.
"I have a relatively good track record," he said. "Sometimes I miss."

In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America's coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring's heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.

Why is it so acceptable to America-bash? If an American were to desparage another culture or country, RACIST IMPERIALIST CAPITALIST PIG HOW DARE YOU!!! Yet it seems many non-Americans find it totally ethical to call us assholes, ignorant, mindless, what have you. I cannot think of one American that I have ever known in my life that would insult another country or culture as quickly and as easily and as thoughtlessly as I read and hear us insulted, my friends. While it is wrong for US to judge a society or country based on a few people or incidents or their government, it is totally okay for them to judge us on any criteria they see fit. Why is that? Oh, so it is alright for you to decide what kind of person I am or what I believe because of where I live, because we are all alike. I see. And who has the small mind? Who is the racist? Who is the xenophobe?

Any foreign visitor who has spent any time here and met real Americans would know that we are compassionate, thoughtful, caring people. We should not be defined by our government's foreign policy or by the entertainment industry. I appreciate the many friends I have made overseas and in the US through this blogging experience. It is through you that I've learned that the US is not universally hated, that not everyone thinks we are all wealthy and arrogant and war-hungry. It is through you that I've learned that the Muslims I see on tv or read about in the papers do not represent you. You have the crazy folk just like we do and no one should be judged by their color or religion or their certifiably insane. When it comes down to it, we are pretty much the same. You have love affairs and heartaches and career worries and concern for your children. You are just trying to live your life, hoping for a better world. Just like us. Some may try to tell us that we are so different. You and I know we are not. Those who try to amplify minor differences are trying to keep us separate because they are insecure in their identities. They need it all to be black and white. Life isn't like that. It may be easier to think that way but it's not reality. The reality is that it's all different shades of grey. I don't believe in Jesus or God or Allah or Buddha but most of you do. And that's ok. I don't need to make you think as I do and you don't need to make me believe as you do. It's ok for us to be different. It's good. It makes life interesting. It's what makes life the adventure that it is. I wouldn't have it any other way. Why would anyone?

Query

Let's have a little informal poll, shall we? At this point and time in America, who is hated most?

1. Homosexuals
2. Illegal Immigrants
3. Muslims

I think it's a pretty tight race between gays and Muslims. But that's just my opinion.

Recently seen bumper stickers

Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam

The problems we face will not be solved by the minds that created them

Sarcasm at its best

Updated and revised
Saw the repeat and here's what she actually said, word for word.

Rosanne Barr on the U.S. military

The world is our bitch and we will bust a cap in her ass if she doesn't do what we say.

I've come to realize something. I dislike many things about myself. I'm fifteen pounds heavier than I'd like, I don't know how to wear make-up and really need to start, my hair is always unstyled, and I haven't a clue as to how to dress fashionably. I am awkward. Truthfully I don't know how I landed Jd. I'm not like other women. I'm not beautiful. When I go out I feel like I stand out and not in a good way. I see the women who look so together, the ones people look at admiringly. I feel like a dork in department stores with the trendy clothes and perfumes. I'm embarrassed of myself. I wear mens shoes. Most of my clothes are hand-me-downs from my sisters and friends so they are a few years dated. I never used to care. I'm starting to. Just once I want to be one of those together women. I grew up in a very very small village. I didn't have a mind or heart for fashion like the other girls. I never cared much for material things. Until I moved to the city I never knew that there was so much to want. Somehow I wish I didn't know this now. I wish I was still unselfconscious and unaware. Please don't read this and try to assure me of my inner beauty. I don't want to hear any nice things about myself. I just want to get these thoughts out of my head.

"We've never ever moved together yet so beautiful." Clouds - Cibo Matto

"There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker."-Charles Shultz

God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain

I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I-ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that's reality

The dream is over
What can I say?
The dream is over
Yesterday
I was the Dreamweaver
But now I'm reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I'm John
And so dear friends
You'll just have to carry on
The dream is over

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Feelin' the love...

You are all so sweet. I have recovered fully from my nerve in neck problem without doctors or drugs. I have been better for a few days but have been caught up in my latest obsession, decluttering and organizing my home. This will be a shocking admission, I'm certain. I am not tidy. Clean, yes. Together and tidy, not so much. I am forever losing important papers, my driver's license, etc. I put something down and it is as if it disappears. It doesn't help that I am also terribly forgetful, partly due to my meds, partly because I always have been. I always forget one thing wherever I go. It never fails. But I am ready to turn over a new leaf. I'm tired of losing things and I'm tired of annoying Jd. I've borrowed several home organizing books from the library for ideas and helpful tips. I've made a little progress. Time will tell if it sticks.

Some random thoughts now.

1. Does it strike any other Americans as odd that gas prices are suddenly dropping so drastically? Hmmm....I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that some big elections are coming up in November. Sure. Right. It's just a coincidence. They must think we are idiots. I have to say that I am pleased that all but one of the candidates I voted for won the recent primary election. Now if I can only convince Jd to vote...He says he served his country for four years, he has the right to choose not to vote. I can't believe I ended up with someone so politically apathetic.

2. I keep seeing this commercial on tv for "New Orleans-style" rice dishes. It's all Mardi Gras and jazz band, "have a taste of New Orleans". I told Jd if they really want a taste of New Orleans they ought to show folks living in flood damaged homes full of mold, without access to running water, electricity, medical care and food. The homicide and suicide rate in New Orleans is going through the roof but nobody seems to care anymore. We've moved on, it's old boring news now. So what if thousands are still homeless and destitute? Have some rice!

3. There's a woman in my neighborhood we call "Meth Mom". Everytime we see her she is always tweaked and dragging two somewhat neglected kids behind her. For those who are lucky enough not to know and see this shit, Meth is one nasty drug. Extremely addictive and extremely destructive. It's made from decongestant, antifreeze, and plenty of other deadly, unsavory ingrediants. Users are sometimes called "tweakers" because when using, they always twitch and fidget. Meth also REALLY rots teeth. Anyways, her older kid goes to the same school as my son. I went to pick him up from school the other day and there she was with her younger one. The kid was in pajamas and barefoot, hair uncombed. It was fifty degrees and windy. Meth mom was in flip-flops, smoking a cigarette and PREGNANT. I feel for her kids...it's not their fault but they are definately paying the price. I want to help but what can I do? Call the cops or childrens' services because I suspect the mother is a meth addict? I don't have any proof, other than her tweaks,bad teeth and the fact that she looks like she hasn't eaten in a year. Yeah, I am willing to put money on it. But is my gut instinct enough to go on? Has anyone else ever been in this kind of position? What did you do? Would you do anything or just hold your tongue?

Wake up American Idol idiots

The media is using 9-11 to get ratings. The government is using 9-11 to further terrify the citizens into complacently giving up their privacy and civil rights, to support an unjustified war, to ignore the billions of dollars spent on war while social programs in the US dry up and die. They use it to control YOU.

As the fifth anniversary of 9-11 grows closer, I am more and more disgusted. I am tired of the damn movies and tv shows reliving it over and over and over again. Don't get me wrong, I am fully aware of what a horrific event is was. The loss of life and the way it was taken is staggering. It was nothing other than evil, cold-blooded mass murder and terrorism by the true definition of the word. What I cannot stomach is seeing this awful tragedy set to a soundtrack like some stupid-ass movie. It's not a movie. It's not tv. It was a real event, those were real people, not Hollywood actors. It has forever scarred us. The media is having a field day with this even five years later. It sickens me. They treat this like a ratings blitz. ENOUGH ALREADY!!! I don't think anyone who was alive will ever forget what happened. We never should. It is now part of American history and should be treated with dignity and honesty. Instead it is made glossy and sensationalized and censored and almost pretty. A tale of good vs. evil, a story of regular people turned into heros. What the media ought to be doing is working every angle trying to uncover every bit of fact, showing it as it truly was--without the use of actors, music clips, and slow motion camera tricks. They should be digging into the causes of that day, of the embarassing impotent failure of the US government on EVERY level. I don't for one minute believe the bullshit the government tries to serve as truth. We've seen time and time again that the current administration of full of liars and thieves.

Here is my statement to the media and to the government: You are gutless, lying, soulless bastards and you ought to go fuck yourselves and try to figure out how you can live with your blatant exploitation of such tragedy. How do you look at yourself in the mirror without a shred of integrity? You make me ashamed to be called an American, even to be a human.
NOT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PACKAGED AND COMMERCIALIZED ASSHOLES.

'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin Killed by Stingray

The first time my best friend and I ever saw this man on tv, we came up with a nickname for him. It's not very catchy but it is appropriate. Good-bye, Fucking Crazy Australian.

Sept. 4, 2006 — Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam near one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.

"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

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On a more personal note, I'd also like to say good-bye to Cary. You always treated me like your own daughter, even taking me on family vacations. You always made me feel welcome. Although I hadn't seen you in years, I never forgot you. I'm sorry I didn't keep in touch with you and your family and I am so sorry for their loss. You were too young to die. I hope you are feeling better now, wherever you are.