Friday, July 17, 2009

Some Random Thoughts

It sucks being sick- especially stomach related sickness, as I have had all week.

 

Why do we put up with this, I am not talking liberals or conservatives, but on a whole- why do we tolerate this type of behavior from our elected officials-  apparently the Dems in the House are not allowing debate and forced votes on amendments to occur on this massive budget proposal.  Their reasoning- they don’t want to be forced to vote on one item in the budget- such as handing blow out to junior high school kids- so their vote cannot be used against them in their upcoming elections.  Now to be fair- when the republicans were in charge they tried to do the same thing.  But why do we just let this pass, them basically telling us they don’t want us to know where they stand.  So when they are criticized for voting in the 2009 Coke Distribution Act of 2009, they can lie and tell us that although they didn’t agree with the amendment, the pros of the rest of the bill necessitated a yes vote. (No, there is not an amendment to hand out cocaine to teenagers, but there is an amendment advocating and sanctioning the financial rape of anyone making over $350,000 a year.)(and rape is not too strong of a word to describe what they want to do.)

 

New GI Joe movie?  Looks awful.  And a tell tell sign it will be awful- the only ads I have seen for it are on Nickelodeon, usually the commando hamster trailers follow the GI Joe trailer.  If it was meant for anyone old enough to have actually seen the cartoon and owned the action figures, they would not be advertising it at the beginning of iCarly.  You think they promoted the Dark Knight between bouts of the Penguins of Madagascar and Spongebob?

 

Kurt Russell in “Soldier”- Awesome sci-fi movie.  I know some will disagree.  But I have placed it in my top 5 sci-fi movies.  Intellectual and artsy fartsy alert (Maybe Merilee will be the only one to appreciate this)- Kurt Russell did an awesome job in his character- especially since his character had less than a dozen lines.  Very deep.

 

Reign of Fire- Matthew McCougnahysfyyheyyyysf (too lazy to look the spelling up) in by far his best, pot addled, character ever.  HIS LEATHER BOMBER JACKET GOTS NO SLEEVES!!!!! Truly magnificent- especially in the portrayal of Americans once again having to save the world from imminent destruction.

 

Sons of Provo still makes me laugh like it is the first time I’ve ever seen it.

 

100 round of .45 ammo- $32.00

1,100 rounds of .22lr- $34.00

Shotgun trade for a Sig Mosquito- priceless.

 

I can now shoot way more often.

 

Tendonitis/carpal tunnel sucks big time- now I don’t get to shoot as often.

 

One final thing- and this is a broad statement- not meant to single anyone out, no one take offense please- but you guys who have Facebook accounts- and you know who you are- are in serious jeopardy of losing your man card.  Just sayin. 

 

Peace- I’m out!

3 comments:

TheFirehouse said...

I bet Bryan would tell you that "Soldier" is one of his top faves, too.

Also, does Bryan lose his "man card" for doing Facebook business on my Facebook account rather than having his own? I would think that since he doesn't actually have a Facey-space of his own that he should keep his "man card".

Speaking of guns: the car dealership in Butler is giving away a free AK-47 with the purchase of every truck. This truly is the American heartland: regular Americans cling to their religion and their guns.

Danny said...

HAHAHAHA- Well, I suppose he could keep his man card anyway because he is a firefighter, and knows how to scuba dive. A family facebook account is probably ok, I will consult the man book and find out for sure.

Merilee said...

Sadly, perhaps to you Mark's manliness was always debatable.

I'll have to check out "Soldier." I really like Kurt Russell, or as Mark calls him, the handle-bar mustache guy.