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FullMetal Alchemist
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"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only truth."
31. "Liberal" is no excuse for being a Dumbass
Monday, 19 June 2006

News came out a couple of Thursday’s ago about the death of a terrorist leader.
Before I go any further, anyone who knows who Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is, doesn't have to read any further. (unless you need entertainment)


I like to follow the news, weather for ill or good, I enjoy knowing what's going on in my community/state/country and my country's kinsmen sent to fight the war in the middle east. Wheather you believe in it or not, this country is at war right now, and any news coming out of that war is important to understand.
I asked a co-worker if he had heard the news about the bombing that killed al-Zarqawi, he said "no, who's that? The PM of Iraq?" I never in all my life wanted to beat this guy in the head as much as I did at that moment. I kept my cool however and said, "No, al-Zarqawi is the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq" to which he responded "Oh, well, I'm Liberal so, I didn't know" (???) I thought to myself; (what the hell does "being Liberal" have to do with not knowing the big names in the world theatre?) To those little bastards that think the world begins in California and ends in Florida; NO, big names do NOT include that damn redneck Brittney Spears, or the latest Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt/Jennifer Aniston news.
You're not allowed to vomit up a political party name, but then have no idea what political news is going on in the world. And before you think it: The answer is "NO" it doesn't count when you regurgitate what some damn loser uneducated celebrity coughs up when they have an open forum on Leno, or Larry King. Their actual influence on the world is as effective as the cup of hot noodles I had for lunch today, addressing the UN:
This is just as effective:

as this:



HOWEVER, I should say that it was a good cup of noodles, and in the last picture, a cup of noodles that size could probably feed hundreds, Two of them could feed maybe close to 1 thousand in Mogadishu or another country in need, so maybe it WOULD have more influence on the world than a Celebrity. I have no problem trash talking celebrities. The first time one of them surrenders their "fortunes" to make someone's life better (and I'm talking about people like the homeless, not their damn dog or their spoiled alcoholic kids) MAYBE I'll give them some credit.
In closing; if you're going to spout out a political affiliation as an excuse to political ignorance, JUST DON’T DO IT! Say something like "oh, OK, I don't follow world events" don't say: "oh, well, I'm a Liberal" Suggesting that the unsaid is: "because I'm a liberal I have no idea who you're talking about, ergo, have no knowledge of anyone of consequence in the world" 2 things:

1. you're insulting millions of liberals out there who are intelligent and know who these people are, and
2. you look like a dumbass.

Vomiting up a political affiliation is no excuse for being ignorant. Being A DUMBASS is a good excuse for being ignorant.
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32. still not working!
Wednesday, 14 June 2006

I thought it was fixed because my test messages are gone,

but nope! still not working!
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33. GRRR......
Tuesday, 13 June 2006

HTML Editing is not working on this damn site again! GRRRRRRR

And i have some great pictures this time!
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34. Hang up the phone and DRIVE DAMMIT!
Thursday, 01 June 2006

I hate it when I see people get in their car, and before they put the key in the ignition, before they put on their seatbelt or adjust their mirrors or ANYTHING having to do with driving, out comes the damn cellphone. Question: Who the hell do you have to talk to that you can\'t wait at most an hour to talk to them? (granting an hour for driving time to get home of course)

It drives me up the wall when I\'m trying to merge onto I-25 and I have some pinhead in front of me on a cellphone going too damn slow. (seriously going like 50.) 2 things:
1.You\'re merging onto a MAJOR highway where everyone around you is going 75 or HIGHER. . .MOVE IT!
2.I can\'t imagine the crisis you\'re having that you must speak with someone on your cellphone RIGHT HERE AND NOW!
The ONLY one allowed to be on their phone while in a car is Jack Bauer because usually it has to do with national security or he\'s telling Chloe to move a satellite to find a nest of badguys AND he\'s speeding!
Lets not mention the fact that he has at least a gun if not, MANY guns with witch to kill/injure \"persons of interest\"

I think there should be cellphone jamming towers all aloing the highways so that even if you tried, you couldn\'t talk to ANYONE and you\'d be FORCED to focus on what you\'re there to do: DRIVE!
I know what you\'re going to say next: \"Well what about 911, what about emergencies, etc.\" Dammit people what did you do before the invention of the cellular phone? there\'s this other invention called a PAYPHONE, or hey, what about those handy police CALLBOXES that come up every few miles. I think that along with the jamming towers more callboxes could be installed at every mile interval so that you can continue to talk to whoever the hell you talk to now with minimal interruption.(except to pull over and get out of the damn car)
Which brings up another point; if people understood how important it was to drive in the first place we would have less accidents on I-25 on the hill before the 34 exit making me late to work! I liken driving to flying a plane. You\'re responsible for making sure your plane is in good working order. You\'re responsible for knowing what\'s going on around your plane, anything else is a distraction and could cause you to crash your plane. would you be talking on a damn cellphone while flying a plane? I don\'t think so! Along with the Highway, lets put jamming towers in Churches, Movie Theatres and restaurants. AAAAAH that\'s better, now I don\'t have to hear \"can\'t talk I\'m in a movie\" while I\'m trying to watch X-Men 3. (and/or Ghostrider)
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35. Those Stupid AIG Commercials
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I have a rant. . .I really hate those AIG insurance commercials. You know the ones: your TV screen suddenly turns blue and this lady starts reading to you what's on the screen with this aire of arrogance that can only be equaled to the attitude of the company presenting the commercial:

Not only are the commercials boring, bland, and have 0% imagination behind them, but I feel like I was just talked down to by my TV! Then to make matters worse, when the "auto teleprompter" is done, they flash each individual letter in their corporate logo and in the middle of the flash for the "G" you hear "A-I-G." As if we didn't fricken know, as if the corporate logo wasn't there for the ENTIRE DAMN COMMERCIAL!


Is it just me, or do these commercials sound absolutely stupid? I could understand the concept of paying attention to the commercial so that you can read it, I can also understand a voice telling you why you should pay attention, but both? I remember having that done to me in pre-school! I remember having to do that when learning to read in Kindergarten! When I'm thinking of insurance, or investments, or loans, I think it should be assumed that I have the capacity to think at LEAST at an 8th grade level (for even BASIC business understanding!)I think AIG has crossed that line where they BELIEVE everyone is an idiot to that place where they, in all their belligerent arrogance KNOW for a fact that everyone is an idiot.
I can just imagine the interview with their VP of advertising; "well, we wanted to come up with a commercial that appeals to older adults ready for retirement or that next big purchase" OK, so now you're saying older Adults may not be able to hear, but they can read, or are blind but can hear fine so you're going to cover both bases eh? There's this thing that came out in the 80's called CLOSED CAPTIONING! Even if people can't afford the extra device subscription, Most new TV's have it, and I'll be damned if it doesn't work 100% of the time! Here's what I imagine AIG would do to their corporate HQ if they had the same mentality as their Ad department: (Google it, this is their corporate HQ)


Every time I see my TV Screen go to that blue background with AIG in the middle I feel compelled to bash my head against the wall till I knock myself unconscious. In PC-land, when you see a blue screen like that, it's usually because of a Memory dump. I wish that's what would happen to me every time I saw the AIG logo. "A-I-G. . .wait, what was that? ah, nevermind probably wasn't important."
I HATE COMMERCIALS THAT READ TO ME! The text is there, I can read it myself, thanks for having 0 faith in your potential customers by thinking you need to hire a professional voice to teach us not only how to read it and pronounce your damn company name, but at exactly what pace we should be reading it. Oh yea, and with that aire of arrogance where we're trying to sound confident, but instead come off sounding like a wise-ass. Honestly, people get punched in the face for that.
I want to meet the group responsible for coming up with these "clever" snippets of junk I have to sit through while watching "24" and have this blog entry blown up and displayed on an overhead projector while I read to them word-for-word how completely stupid their commercials are so they can see how it feels!


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