Things I learnt listenin to the radio

This morning on my way into work I learned two things I had not known before- I learned that being shot in a drug deal gone south and then having your body burned in a house fire to cover up the crime “could happen to anyone” and the other thing is too long and drawn out to sum up in a sentence.

 

Back to the first issue- a very sad story, and  I not trying to make fun of what happened, merely what was said about it.  Apparently one of the morning shows around here had interviewed some girl who was an “escort”.  They found out over the weekend that this lady’s body was found in a house fire.  The investigators have ruled it a homicide, as the bodies were shot and then the house set on fire to try to cover up the crime.  They had an acquaintance of this lady on to see if there were any new developments, and in the course of the conversation, the acquaintence mentioned that because this happened to her friend, it just goes to show that it “could happen to anyone”.  I suppose that is technically true, but I imagine you drastically lessen your odds this happening by taking certain small measures, such as not dating a drug dealer.  As I said, this is an unfortunate story, and no one deserves this fate, regardless of what your life is like, it was the flippant way in which the chuckleheads on the radio discussed this as if it was a car accident, rather than a homicide.

 

Minutes after this story, the shock jocks had George Carlin’s daughter on, who is promoting the last book Carlin wrote before passing.  If we all remember correctly, George Carlin was Rufus on “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, to others he was the comic who became famous in the 70’s for his bit about the F-word.  He was quite the social commentator, much the way Bill Maher is now, always pointing out the sheer ignorance and stupidity of religion and capitalism.  As his daughter related, he was always trying to point out our ignorance, and he happened to do it through comedy.  Ok- so they were discussing his disdain for capitalism, and his awe of socialism, and then all of a sudden the conversation turned to how he made millions and millions in the 70’s, and didn’t pay taxes on it, so the IRS came in and cleaned him out, forcing him to work well into his later years, all the wealth gone, just making ends meet. Now, Isn’t there a certain irony to someone who abhors those “selfish” capitalists, sings the praises of a socialized everything, yet neglects to pay his taxes?

 

Bryan's 80's musings...

A funny thing happened this morning...

Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and Yasser Arafat (I know he’s dead, but pretend he is alive so this will be funny) were sitting around the Super Friends headquarters when they received a cryptic message from Oslo, Norway.  The message told of an old legend regarding their Noble Peace Prize medals.  The spirit of Nobel had forged three Medals in the fires of Mount Obtuse.  This gave the medals great power, to someday be able to summon a star child, who would unite a world fallen in shambles from the great evil triumvirate- Religion, Capitalism, and Personal Responsibility.  The message went on to state that now was the time to summon the Star Child.  Universal Healthcare was on the verge of collapse, US Troops are on the brink of not being killed in Afghanistan by being reinforced, and people everywhere were beginning to complain about enormous government programs.  Only the Star Child could bring hope and peace, and change of hope and peace to an otherwise lost world.  The three medals of legend were now with three chosen for their different virtues- Carter, the Peace Maker, Gore, the Protectorate of the Environment, and Arafat, the Killer of Jews.  “Unite the medals!  Unite! For the time of the Star Child is at hand!”

Carter, Arafat and Gore stood and thrust forth their medals- “I bring the spirit of peace!”  “ I bring the spirit of the environment!”  “I bring the spirit of Jew hating!”  “With our powers combined we get…”           Well, you know the rest of the story.  (if you stop playing online poker and read the news!)

PWN'D

Looks like Obamamamama just got pwnd by the rest of the world. Or, perhaps it is much more like Glenn Beck described it- EPIC FAIL. Whatever it was, I am filled with warm fuzzies inside at the thought of how all the media was just so sure, so giddy, that Chicago was to win. After all, it only could be a slam dunk since the Ego-in-Chief flew over there. And then, to come in the very last place- why not even in the top two. I guess the media got pwnd, too. Either way- I laughed out loud, and then laughed some more. Do you think SNL will make fun of this?

Hilarious

"I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!"

News flash!  Apparently as long as you win an Academy award, it is ok to drug and rape and sodomize a 13 year old, or so thinks the “finger on the pulse of everyday Americans” Hollywood Mafioso.  Hasn’t he suffered enough- living in Paris as a free man for 30 years, making movies, making money, living in the lap of luxury?  Don’t we all feel the same as actress Debra Winger, who said “We stand by him and await his release and his next masterpiece.”?

 

I never thought I would see the day- even the New York Times and NPR don’t agree with Hollywood.  They have both come out in support of the arrest.  I am truly baffled that anyone, ANYONE, would think what he did isn’t a big enough deal to warrant punishment.  I can make two conclusions out of all of this- that most of Hollywood have zero morals- as long as you make “masterpieces” such as the satanic “Rosemary’s Baby”, or Harvey Weinstein and the rest of Hollywood dream of the day when they can do the same to a 13 year old and get away with it.

Deep thoughts

“Now obviously, the worst thing that can happen to a Socialist is to have himself openly identified with the work of the Communists who are generally feared and despised.  The Socialists know they cannot seize property and power by “due process of law” unless they are politically popular, therefore, they try desperately to avoid the taint of the Communists and present their program so that it appears “moral,” “democratic,” “peaceful,” and so “gradual” that people will not resist it.” – Ezra Taft Benson Church News 12/23/1961

 

“History teaches that when individuals have given up looking after their own economic needs and transferred a large share of that responsibility to the government, both they and the government have failed.  At least twenty great civilizations have disappeared.  The pattern is shockingly similar.  All, before their collapse, showed a decline in spiritual values, in moral stamina, and in the freedom and responsibility for their citizens.  They showed such symptoms as deficit spending, excessive taxation, bloated bureaucracy, government paternalism, and generally a rather elaborate set of supports, controls and regulations, affecting prices, wages, productions, and consumption.”  - Ezra Taft Benson, BYU 2/28/1962