Sighs.

Evening.

I’m not posting this on Craigslist because they can suck my cock. And I’m not really putting any effort into it either. Henceforth, this will mainly just be an archive of my top FB posts.

A few updates, though.

Megean is a bitch and I’m never speaking to her again.
Angelina and I now speak almost daily and follow each other on Twitter.
I’m lonely AF and sick and tired of it.
I made good money this week.

YAY for me.

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Thoughts Galore

// War… What Is It Good For!?

So on Morning Joe they're talking about the guy who killed those Afghans. He was basically a stellar human being. He had an exemplary military record, he was married with kids and he even apparently used to help out disabled kids in HS whom others would pick on. But the stress of being deployed over and over again finally led him to snap. This is not an excuse for his actions, and he still deserves full punishment, but it is definitely another argument against the war.

I really feel McCain, because I too believe we can eventually stabilize Afghanistan if we stay long enough, but I can't really argue this point anymore because of the effect it's having on the soldiers. They frankly deserve better. And so do the innocent people of Afghanistan. Ultimately, we're in their country and not the other way around. We invade their country and now our soldiers snap and kill their wives and children? That's f**ked up.

\\ There Must Be Justice

Hmm. IDK. With kids acting worse and worse these days, I'm much more tempted to slam them with harsh sentences than go lightly on them. It's not even that I want such sentences to serve as a deterrent, because they don't. It's just justice.

This comment kind of sums up my attitude on the whole issue:

[Sorry but murder is murder regardless of age and a teenager who committs it deserves the same punishment as someone twice their age. Lock them up or put them down. My daughter managed to get through her teen years without beating, killing or robbing anyone as did all her friends. Don't yammer on about giving these animals a break because they're young. I don't want to hear it.]

It's just very hard to forgive the ruthless murder of another human being. And what with kids being taught to "not snitch," "respect gangsters" and "evade the law," I just don't give enough of a f**k to cut them any slack. But, lucky for kids, I'm not a prosecutor or judge, haha.

I can forgive robberies, burglaries and other relatively "petty" crimes, but murder, rape and molestation are just unforgivable to me. I know that if I were murdered, I'd want the perpetrator, however young, to pay the ultimate price, point blank.

// Nighttime Blues

Alright. Going to bed with a deep thought / rant (I know this is getting REALLY OLD, but I can't help it, lol!)

When I was a kid, teachers bullshitted me with the whole "You're so special" garbage. When I became an adult, I discovered a completely opposite world -- one that believes I'm inferior and must change to fit its standards, however screwed-up they may be. Thus, I've been taught all my adult life that I must change. And Lord knows I have changed in leaps and bounds over the years. But I'm done changing, and from henceforth I'm demanding that the world changes instead!

Cognitive thinkers would have us believe that all our problems must be internalized, because that's where they apparently emanate from. I couldn't disagree more with this mumbo jumbo garbage. Other than for my temper, which certainly could use quite a bit of work, I have no qualms with myself. I'm a smart, funny, sweet, principled, hard-working and compassionate man with deep aspirations, strong moral convictions and plenty to offer any good woman.

And yet I've never been good enough. Not when I was a 13-year-old asking out my first crush, a 16-year-old writing his first-ever love letter or even a 19-year-old who fell in love with a girl as ugly as him because he saw through to her inner personality, only to be rudely rejected for being ugly in turn. Not when I asked out a girl at the gym in my 20s. Not when I met a girl with AS on TC. Not when I met a girl who desires a simple life like me.

The only time I was good enough was when I had 30K in student loans in my bank account and I met Erica. I guess I'm just not good enough without boatloads of cash? Or better yet, it's my fault because I refuse to learn how to become a shallow, superficial dirt bag that values nothing and practices the art of 'game'? Wrong. It's these women who have proven that they're not good enough for me. That they outright refuse to give me a semblance of a chance and look deep to see the beauty within speaks epic volumes about them.

Sighs. What was my point again?

Yeah, I’m not changing to meet the standards of women or society in general. If it means I am destined to die a lonely, bitter old man, then so be it, because I will not, under any circumstance, sacrifice my values for “a piece of ass,” point blank.

//

Alright. Thanks for reading. And this is not a rant against women in general (because I got some TERRIFIC women friends on FB), but against every single bloody woman who has rejected me and every other “lame” / “ugly” guy out there for not being good enough. Let’s meet up again in 20 years and see who has a fatter bank account.

Night!

\\ Paul Ryan, Part 1

So House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan revealed the GOP's 2012 budget. The path proposed by Ryan and crew will turn Medicaid into a block grant program, cut food-stamps and other domestic programs, undo cuts to the Pentagon and reform the tax code by basically empowering the rich with even more tax deductions and cuts.

Sighs.

The basic premise is to pay to empower the wealthy by cutting all the programs that benefit the poor, all while bumping up the military industrial complex with billions of more bucks to waste.

Charming.

GREAT COMMENT:

[The standard Republican Plan:

1. Tax cuts for the rich.

2. Paid for by cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

3. And delivered up with a promise to the ignorant hicks that the benefits to the rich will some day trickle down to them.

Does the Republican Party think we're all Fox News goobers and dumb enough to buy this?]

// Paul Ryan, Part 2

Here's the deal. I'm not very good with financial stuff. So when it comes to numbers like this, I like the charts and graphs provided by financier Steven Rattner, as they help me make sense of what is otherwise mumbo jumbo.

Obama>>>

Increase revenue by $1.4T over 10 years via increased taxes.

Cut spending by $0.2T over 10 years.

Ryan>>>

Decrease revenue by $4.1T over 10 years via reduced taxes. He has mentioned using "tax expenditures" to bring the loss back to $0, but he hasn't specified any specific expenditures yet.

Cut spending by $3.5T over 10 years by reducing civilian/military pensions, veterans' pensions, disability compensation, food stamps, unemployment compensation, earned income / child tax credits and family support & child nutrition programs.

///

Which plan makes more sense? Personally, I think making the rich pay slightly more and making moderate spending cuts makes far greater sense.

Mind you, I think Obama needs to up his spending cuts, because $0.2T over 10 years is a joke. He could do this without hurting nearly as many Americans by cutting military expenses and tightening entitlement eligibility requirements, for a start. Meanwhile, Paul Ryan needs to stop targeting the poor and disadvantaged and learn the fucking meaning of shared sacrifice!

Meh....

\\ Humility Isn’t A Sin

Great article where LZ Granderson compares Obama to Franklin D. Roosevelt, citing a 1945 speech Roosevelt made to Congress in which he said, “The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation, it cannot be just an American peace, or British peace, or a Russian, or a French or a Chinese peace. It cannot be a peace of large nations--or of small nations. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world."

Granderson goes on to express gratitude to Obama apologizing for America's mistakes: "testing syphilis on unsuspecting Guatemalans in the 1960s," "reneging on the promises made to the Filipino veterans who helped us fight in World War II" and apologizing "for the unintentional burning of the Qurans in Afghanistan."

And somewhere amid all that, Granderson chastises Rich Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for maintaining a "no apology theme" for the sake of a few "misguided cheers" from their base.

The point is that America resides in a globally connected world where other nation’ feelings and viewpoints must be respected, even when said nations refuse to show us the same courtesy. Ironically, this is the exact difference between a child and a grown-up. In this case, however, it’s the difference between an undeveloped nation and a civilized one.

People ask why we must be so courteous when the Afghanis don’t show us the same courtesy. Well, that’s why we’re the #1 nation in the world, partna’! Because we’re above the fray!

"Our light as a nation shines brightest not when we tout our greatness but when we behave selflessly. The core of our character is epitomized by our willingness to fight injustices beyond our borders. But all that is undermined when we ignore the injustices -- intentional or not -- that America commits. Acknowledging that we [ourselves] are not above reproach only adds to our credibility." / Granderson

American Exceptionalism, Biatch! (haha)

Mind you, GREAT comment by a guy named Sid:

["American exceptionalism" is fine with me. But when you confuse it with "American perfection," you prove yourself a weak-minded arrogant fool.]

// Reproductive McCarthyism

My God...

If passed, the Life Defense Act of 2012 would require the state of Tennessee to publish the names and information of abortion doctors and their patients on a public forum accessible by the type of people who might harm them -- much like they harmed Dr. George Tiller in 2009 by killing him!

In particular, any chick who gets an abortion would have her age, race, county, marital status, education level and pregnancy record listed on a public forum.

WTF? This is the biggest invasion of privacy and infringement upon freedom from religion that I have ever witnessed in my entire life. They're basically trying to shove their Christian doctrines down everybody else's throats.

SMH...

\\ The Never-ending Stalemate

Here's the deal. I'm not very good with financial stuff. So when it comes to numbers like this, I like the charts and graphs provided by financier Steven Rattner, as they help me make sense of what is otherwise mumbo jumbo.

Obama>>>

Increase revenue by $1.4T over 10 years via increased taxes.

Cut spending by $0.2T over 10 years.

Ryan>>>

Decrease revenue by $4.1T over 10 years via reduced taxes. He has mentioned using "tax expenditures" to bring the loss back to $0, but he hasn't specified any specific expenditures yet.

Cut spending by $3.5T over 10 years by reducing civilian/military pensions, veterans' pensions, disability compensation, food stamps, unemployment compensation, earned income / child tax credits and family support & child nutrition programs.

///

Which plan makes more sense? Personally, I think making the rich pay slightly more and making moderate spending cuts makes far greater sense.

Mind you, I think Obama needs to up his spending cuts, because $0.2T over 10 years is a joke. He could do this without hurting nearly as many Americans by cutting military expenses and tightening entitlement eligibility requirements, for a start. Meanwhile, Paul Ryan needs to stop targeting the poor and disadvantaged and learn the fucking meaning of shared sacrifice!

Meh....

// Still-Blue Balls

Alright. About to hit the sack, but first I shall enlighten ya’ll with three things I know:

#1. I know that I need to clean my desk because I’m tired as all hell of seeing a GOT DAMN ANT pop up on my desk every FRIGGEN 2 MINUTES! What the hell, man!? Does this look like a picnic table? It’s because I have this stupid window fan, and the little bastards keep crawling in here. Ya’ll just better pray I don’t find your Queen, because I will so crush her tiny little head with my pinky finger, bitches!

#2. I know that I greatly miss my Saudi Arabian friend who loves to spend hundreds of dollars on e-cigarettes each month. Where are you, pal, BFF, boo boo? I miss ya, man! Hahah. 4 real, though! Come on, now! Show Daddy some love. I know you want to! I’m just being jokey jokey, of course, though you’re more than welcome to make another purchase or just donate directly to SaxenasSuperPAC@yahoo.com.

#3. I know that I will never work for love again. When I work my muscles, they get bigger. When I work work, I get paid. But every single time I work for love — ask a chick a lot of questions, get to know her, listen to her stupid-ass problems and start to give a flying fudge popsicle about her — I get hurt. I’m done, son! 30 years of experience and endless heartbreak are enough for me. I quit!

PS – This doesn’t mean I’m becoming gay, you stupid asses! (SMFH!)

Night.

\\ Trayvon

RIP Trayvon, but I am glad of one thing... that Americans from all backgrounds are coming together to share their disgust at this whole situation. I'm seeing and hearing anger, frustration and outright disgust from everywhere. While this country has its issues, it's good to see most folks outraged at the travesty that occurred here. It shows a level of humanity that sometimes I feel is missing from this world.

Here is a kind of rebuttal, though, courtesy of my good and very brilliant friend Stephen McMickens. Let me tell you a bit about him. He came up from the hood. This man has literally had other people die in his arms. I talk all hood sometimes, but Stephen is the real deal. Now, I'm not voicing an opinion in favor of or against what he's saying. I'm just sharing it. Though I have some black in me, this is too deep for me too comment. So for the time being, I'm just the Asian messenger boy carrying a bag of curry chicken and egg rolls, lol. Daps, though, at Stephen for thinking critically.

[*~R.I.P to all the Trayvons out there who died innocently, & whose cases have gone unsolved/without justice~* It bothers me that we all can come together & take a stand when another race kills 1 of us outrageously, but can't stand up & fight when our own people are killing each other over nothing. Even kids & babies have been killed, mother, grandmothers, aunties, uncles, dads, & cousins. What about them? Who's fightig for them? Who's fighting for their justice? Think of all the people hit by tray bullets or targeted over someone else. More people have been killed in Black on Black violence than any over 3 World Wars. #Let'sBeReal #WiseUp]

\\ Will You Marry Me, Bill Maher? – No Homo

Bill Maher is the man!

[When did we get it in our heads that we have the right to never hear anything we don’t like? If you see or hear something you don’t like in the media, just go on with your life. Turn the page or flip the dial or pick up your roll of quarters and leave the booth.

The answer to whenever another human being annoys you is not “make them go away forever.” We need to learn to coexist, and it’s actually pretty easy to do. When the lady at Costco gives you a free sample of its new ham pudding and you don’t like it, you spit it into a napkin and keep shopping. You don’t declare a holy war on ham.

I don’t want to live in a country where no one ever says anything that offends anyone. That’s why we have Canada. That’s not us. If we sand down our rough edges and drain all the color, emotion and spontaneity out of our discourse, we’ll end up with political candidates who never say anything but the safest, blandest, emptiest, most unctuous focus-grouped platitudes and cant. In other words, we’ll get Mitt Romney.]

HAHAHAHA @ "That’s why we have Canada."

My motto is this: If you're offended by somebody, instead of asking for an apology, just talk some good ol' fashioned shit about them. It’s the real American way, bitches!

// The Return Of The Lewis

The man is back with a plan, Stan! Jason Lewis delivered a thought-provoking show today. Even the music was good, save of course for the über-corny opening theme song.

Anyway. Uh… he talked about so much shit that I’ve forgotten half of it by now.

#1. The Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments regarding “Obamacare” come Monday. Lewis went on and on about how it’s unconstitutional to force citizens to purchase health insurance.

Here’s the deal, pal. I’ll gladly remove that portion of “Obamacare” if and only if you allow me to introduce a public option to the people. You always talk about giving people a choice. So why not allow them have the choice of a public option?

#2. Jason also spoke about how he dislikes when the federal court imposes rules on state courts, such as is the case with mandatory sentences. I kind of agree. For instance, I think all sentencing should lie strictly in the hands of our duly elected local officials, i.e., our judges and prosecutors.

However, unlike Mr. Lewis, I don’t view federalism as some big bad wolf. If nothing else, federalism prevents out-of-control states who enacting laws that are outrageous. If a state were to decide that dwarves cannot visit strip clubs, for instance, I would have no qualms with the federal government intervening. I know that’s a weird example…

#3. Jason knocked the ball out of the park with a comment regarding al-Qaeda. He decreed that al-Qaeda is nothing more than a group of wannabe potentates who trick weak-minded, mentally disturbed individuals into committing “Jihad” (public suicide) under the guise of religious principle. That was by far the most brilliant thing I’ve ever heard the man say. Kudos, Jason.

\\ Traditional Family Programming!

p for a bit. Because Seinfeld has been getting preempted lately for basketball, I've been watching House of Payne instead. And I gotta tell you... it's a really positive show. It's admittedly not that funny, but it has more moral fiber, class and character than 90% of the garbage on ABC and NBC (Cougarville, Dickville, Penisville, Bachelorville, etc.). And it has interesting story lines. Unfortunately, most people dislike it because it's not obsessed with wee-wees and hoo-hoos.

I'm reading reviews on IMBD right now and it just disgusts me how people rip into this show.

// Who’s The Socialist Now, Bitch?

This is an interesting editorial. The writer, a William J. Bennett, argues that providing more and more federal aid only causes tuition rates to keep rising. Why? According to Bennett, and free-market ideology, in fact, "much like the effects of subsidies on health care and the house market, increasing student aid" insulates colleges from having to pursue cost-cutting measures like "improving productivity or efficiency."

Thus, an increase in financial aid leads to higher costs, which in turn requires another round of student loans. Mind you, federal aid itself isn't solely responsible for college price inflation. Other factors such as "alumni donations, the expansions of institutional services and the ever-increasing demand for higher education" also play a role.

But the point is that increasing aid certainly isn't making the situation any better. It doesn't help either that "institutional performance" isn't keeping up, what with the six-year graduation rate of bachelor's students going from 52% in 1997 to only 56% in 2009. Consider also that the total in student loan debt is 23% higher than the total in credit card debt!

He ends by praising Obama for saying the following:

"We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition. So let me put colleges and universities on notice. If you can't stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down."

Exactly. Force the universities to cut costs by taking away federal aid.

My God... an instance in which free-market ideology actually works. And the irony is that it's being carried out by Mr. Socialist himself :-).

// Final Thoughts

I think Seth MacFarlane reads my shit. If you do, thanks for putting me onto Fringe! I LOVE that show now. Just got done 2nite with the ep where Olivia learns about Peter being from the other universe. #SWAG!