……..what the fuck is up with these kids that expect me to give them candy when they don’t even bother to dress up for Halloween.
Not to sound elitist (or some other description that eludes me right now), but do they think they are gonna become awash in sweets when they are too damn lazy to entertain me?
STEP OFF BEETCHES…………
oh and another thing………why is LJ giving me constant errors all of a sudden.
Happen to read this discussion on slashdot earlier and thought it was a fairly good discussion, so I decided to post a sample of what one person said so eloquently:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/1810233
So this is what it has come to, has it?You quit.
That’s it?
It’s over?
You’re going to let your country expire because you’re too lazy to get up off your asses and take it back? The US is (or was) the perfect example of a country. You were oppressed by some ruling class that wanted to tax you with representing you, take away your rights, and treat you like the lousy commoners you are. Instead of leaving to go to other countries, your ancestors said, “Hey, that’s not right. We can do a better job.” You overthrew the government and made the biggest, roughest, smartest country that the world has ever known. You invented electric lights, developed flight, split the atom, and you walked on the fucking moon. You showed the world, “This is what we are capable of as human beings when we work together. Man and woman, rich and poor, white and black, side by side.”
Yeah, you’ve had some rough times. A few dickheads have metagamed and bent the rules towards their own sociopathic ends. It’s hard to stage a revolt and take back your country when there are laws preventing you from doing so.
But you know what? There were laws against revolting from England, too. I’m sure that your founding fathers would have been hanged (lethal injection not being around at the time) or sent to The Tower (Gitmo not being around at the time either). Yeah, you might die. You might have to go to war. You’ve done that before – twice, and internally! – so that the side of freedom would prevail.
I am not an American. I think that for the most part, you’re a bunch of arrogant assholes. But you know what? You deserve to be arrogant. A large part of the hostility you get from foreigners is jealousy. Yes, jealousy. You’re a young country. You’re less than 300 years old. How does that make a 3000 year old country look when you completely surpass their technology, human rights, and standard of living? Yeah, they’d look stupid for just sitting around in the desert when they could have been using the tools that were just lying around. You are the most powerful nation in the history of the planet. There is nothing in this universe that you cannot do. All you require is the will to do it.
If you leave, if you give up, that jealousy will turn to hatred – hatred that you threw out one of the best things that’s happened to the world. And you are. Yeah, sometimes the US is a belligerent force. You’ve made some mistakes – and we all know what they are. But when there are earthquakes, the US is there. When there is starvation, the US is there. When there are floods, tsunamis, or hurricanes the US is there. Sometimes you go to the wrong places or have misguided or corrupt leaders. For the most part, you are a force for good. At least, you try to be.
We all make mistakes. Mistakes can be forgiven.
Don’t give up.
If you don’t like what’s happening to your country, then don’t quit it. Fight it. Fight to keep your country safe and secure. The only threat to your country comes from within.
Be strong. Stay and fight.
Move? This is exactly what ‘they’ want. Down the road ‘they’ won’t have to worry about you if push comes to shove.
Instead, stay and ‘fight’ for what you believe to be right, no matter if it KILLS you. There have been those who have lived, long before you (or I), that have died to uphold the ideals our founding fathers enshrined.
Is it better to give up, or be held in high-esteem for holding to principles that reflect the foundations of what this country was created upon?
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/23/getting_out_your_gui.html
This auction is for an:
American DJ Audio PROformer Series 420W RMS per channel (Bridged Mono) V1000 Professional Stereo Amplifier. This amp has been tested and functions like new. Unit was rack mounted and has very small scuff marks consistent with such. This amp is very clean, was well taken care of (in a smoke-free environment) and looks and plays like brand new! (package also includes manual & power cord.)
Selling this power amplifier if anyone is interested (on ebay), as I upgraded to a far more powerful amplifier.
Give me a better deal and I could delist this baby and have it in your hands in a jif!!
Click to go the Ebay Auction and read a detailed description
this weekend the kiddies will cower in fright as they look upon thy……………
note:
…..doesn’t this mask sorta look like the one they utilize in Blade 2, in one of the initial fighting scenes?
(keep to yourself comments relating to the fact that i took shitty pictures of the TV screen while playing a VHS tape……or the fact that what they are wearing isn’t exactly a mask…..fofl. I COULDN’T FIND ANY MOVIE STILLS ONLINE!)
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…and in totally unrelated news and causes
[those in support of this ban pay particular attention]
Here are my thoughts on the re-emergence of the consideration for this ban…….which has gotten me and many others in an uproar. (Take special note that I personally don’t smoke.)
This controversy has little to do with public ‘air’ rights or the ethics of smoking. (i.e., or I could take the “Don’t lecture me about smoking when you’re stuffing that Big Mac down your windpipe, polluting the ozone with your SUV and dumping 10 bags of garbage a week” route, but now is not the time.)
It’s not a question of smokers vs. non-smokers anymore. That’s not the issue, even if it’s a powerful enough issue for brothers and sisters to demonize each other, all the while letting our emotions and irrationality override the true issue.
It’s about the principles of the rights of business owners (private or otherwise) to choose what happens (within the realms of legality) within their own dwellings. There is no easy answer, but history has shown us time and time again that the easy answer isn’t always the best answer, nor why collective public ownership of something, something that belongs TO ME, is not what can be called democracy.
Do you wish to circumvent the rights of a property owner simply because of your personal preferences and beliefs……..whether or not second-hand smoke is deadly, nor whether or not non-smokers ‘have’ more rights than smokers?
If that doesn’t matter much to you please don’t let me hear you crying or claiming “democracy” and the “voice of the people” when you choose not to flinch when something like this comes up.
Some points to consider:
Anyone who believes in forcing private business owners to ban smoking supports something along the lines of a mild form of despotism; yes it’s that serious. Next thing you know, you’ll all be wanting to ban alcohol (bad for you), red meat (bad for you), refined sugar (bad for you), salt (bad for you), and everything else that causes a MINIMAL amount of harm. Alcohol is DIRECTLY responsible for far more deaths each year than second-hand smoke (if it isn’t simply junk-science), but no one is seriously proposing to ban alcohol. Therefore, why do you care so much whether people smoke in a bar, especially if all present patrons have consented to being exposed to cigarette smoke?
In conclusion let me break it down for some of you guys/gals who might not grasp or be prepared for the reality of personal property rights.
(property rights being an integral part of what this country was founded upon)
[begin story]
There is this guy Audiomind who decides to renovate and reopen a club named ‘ShakeDatAzz’ on E. 4th St. as a brand new nightclub under a different name.Audiomind decides to purchase the building and utilize the space much like how it was utilized before; as a club/bar, occasionally ‘leased’ to other promoters who book artists, DJs, performing acts.
Audiomind, solely, pays for the rent, utilities, sound, lighting, bar essentials, cleaning/security staff, accessories, etc, and is most certainly always open to suggestion by the patrons who attend HIS club.
Audiomind is nice enough to allow (unlike some establishments) others to smoke within HIS club, even though it pisses him off that people love to put them out on the floor. Noted is one complaint he has received from some puritan nanny city council member who shall not be named.
Ms. Puritanical Nanny Pants decides to rise above Audiomind, ‘the peon’ & ‘the ignorant’; and alone becomes fixated on commanding him (and every other business owner within county limits) on what should be allowed within mine own establishment (within legality, of course). She helps pass a city ordinance commanding him (along with everyone else) to cease allowing law-abiding, free-willing patrons to smoke within his building, even against his own personal wishes for HIS business.
Essentially, not only has Ms. Puritanical Nanny Pants taken free-will away from the smokers (& non-smokers alike) who come to HIS club, but she has single-handedly decided that the public, including herself, have a (non-existant, non-binding) vested interest (and ownership) in HIS property, property that HE purchased with HIS hard-earned dollar. Basically, or so it seems, Audiomind simply pays taxes on his property only to be dictated to by city council on what he can or cannot do within his building, even if those actions are within the realm of legality.
Audiomind then becomes curious how long before Ms. Puritanical Nanny Pants turns into a complete despot and finally begins to dictate to him & his family what he can or cannot do within his own home, primarily based upon her own personal preferences. I mean it his for his own good, correct?
However, if Audiomind is allowed to do as he wishes, within the bounds of the law and within the walls of his place of business, and happens to receive enough complaints about the smoking, he might find it in his own best (financial and/or otherwise) interests to desist allowing smoking in HIS club any longer.
[end story]
Now, I say again, what gives you the audacity to assume that you (the non-smoker in support of this draconian ordinance…think NYC & SF) have more rights (whether it be property and/or supposed ‘air’ rights), above & beyond that of a property owner of an establishment that YOU PERSONALLY MAKE THE CHOICE to enter?
Hopefully, this should clear up any misconceptions about who has the upper hand in this debate…….and that it makes clear that your clean air rights stop at the door of my property rights!
