I took my wife and children to the Hogal Zoo today. Not a strange statement if your kids are, oh, I don't know. Under 10 years old? Mine are 23 and 15. But this was one of those, "I want to SEE this again while I can still SEE" trips for the Blind Woman I'm married to. And she wanted her kids to go with her. So, we made it happen.
My daughter is Autistic. She had a great time. But she's always going to be 10 years old. That's just something we have come to accept, and I'm glad she had a good time.
The 15 year old and his father didn't enjoy it so much. But for different reasons.
He would have rather been hanging out with his friends. As any 15 year old would have. He did this for his mother, and I applaud him for it. He did yeoman duty in the heat and the crowds, and he did it for his mother. He should get a medal. Most 15 year olds faced with the same situation would have made a stink about it. But because of his mothers situation, he keeps his mouth shut, and helps her walk through dark buildings. He is a hero.
Me? Not so much. I kept my mouth shut and did enjoy the nostalgia of going to the zoo I've been going to since I was a kid in the 60's. But I have to admit, I didn't like it much.
First off, they were out of bottled water. Must have been a busy weekend to be out of bottled water on a Monday. I don't drink soft drinks as much as I used to, and I really didn't feel like a Diet Coke. And the only alternative was some kind of sugary goo in an animal shaped bottle. Deb finally asked about some water and they were gracious enough to give you a medium drink sized cup full of water and ice for no charge. Thanks for that. It would have been a very long, dehydrating day if not for their legress.
But the other reason I was not happy to be there, was the condition of the animals. I used to be real excited to see the animals. Now, I'm kind of disappointed at the conditions that some of them live in.
I'm no PETA member by a long shot. But with the exceptions of some of the newer, "habitats", most of the places they were in just sucked! Monkeys can NOT be happy in Plexiglas rooms. With fake trees to climb.
And the animals that were in outside exhibits were usually hiding in some corner of it. I don't remember it being like this when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure it's not the animals that have changed. It's my awareness of what's going on.
The reptile and small animal building was so awful, I had to go outside. I couldn't take it anymore. Scared animals, hiding in the highest spots in their Plexiglas rooms. And the snakes for crying out loud! How do you put a HUGE snake in a small room, so small that it can't possibly, ever stretch out all the way, and expect it to have any kind of a life?
How much of a life does a snake have? Well, that's open to debate. But it is alive, and I'm pretty sure that in that environment, it can't be happy.
The first time we went to Isal Mujeres we went to the islands, "zoo". They had some rare local animals, but only a few, because there are not a lot of animals native to this tiny island. And the one most people want to see is the sea turtle. And they have those in abundance at what they call, "The Tortuga Ranch" on the west side of the island, about in the middle of it. These folks are serious conservationists. They round up as many sea turtles every spring as they can, and keep them in safe lagoons until they are old enough to fend for themselves, and not become someone elses dinner, and then return them to the sea.
But at the islands zoo, next to the house of the, "Pirate Mondaca" they had one cage with an Iguana in it. This island is literally, "CRAWLING" with Iguanas. They are everywhere. In your hotel court yard, running across the road in front of your golf cart. On the beaches, in the restaurants. And, silly enough all over the zoo! Yet they put ONE in a cage.
The poor bastard has to be sitting in there all day saying, "Why ME? All my friends are right OUTSIDE, why am I in here?"
At Tulume, they actually appear to pose for pictures for you. If there is one animal you can always get a good look at in this part of Mexico, it's an Iguana. It's like a Starling in Utah. They are everywhere. You don't need to lock one up to slow him down to get a good look at him on Isla Mujeres.
And I kind of got that feeling today at the zoo. We might need to reconsider the way we lock up our animals.
Now, I'm not anti-zoo. I realize the good work they do in animal research, and keeping species alive. And I'm glad that many people get to see animals up close and personal, that they would NEVER be able to afford to see in the natural habitat they live in. I'm OK with zoos. I'm not that crazy about some of the situations OUR zoo puts animals in.
After 23 years in law enforcement, it really did remind me of a prison cell. A nice prison cell, but a cell none the less. It represents what you lived in, but it's not big enough, or bright enough, or natural enough. And there is too much concrete and Plexiglas.
The Gorillas have it pretty good. As does the Lepord. The new Elephant habitat is great. But much of the rest of it? Leaves me cold.
I had a bigger pool growing up at Three Fountains than the Crocodiles have up there. And I wasn't 12 feet long.
The Camels have no shade. Yeah, yeah, I know, desert animals. But for crying out loud, so are WE who live in Utah, desert animals. We like a little shade once in a while, don't we?
The Rhino's have a VERY small area to live in for an animal that weighs a ton. I'd have a hard time backing my Audi around in their pen, and they are expected to spend their lives there. And both of them weigh more than my car.
And the Giraffes? Well, I know that there are scientists, and Veterinarians who have determined this stuff, so I'm probably over reacting. But my son and I watched the male Giraffe trying to eat leaves off of a tree branch that had been suspended from the roof of the Giraffe house, on a chain. And it kept spinning out of his way every time he'd try to go get a leaf. His tongue was huge, and he'd try to corral this spinning branch. But he kept failing. Was this by design? I guess it's to mimic the swaying of a tree? But even a tree branch can only sway so far. Not all the way around.
So this was an eye opener for me. This trip to the zoo. I don't think I'll ever make another one. I didn't enjoy it. But I'm glad, Deb got to see it again.
And truth be known? If I'm ever blessed with Grandchildren, I'm going to do it again. It's required, isn't it?
But if I could offer one piece of advice to any zoo? It would be don't ever put a snake (or any other animal) in a cage it can't fully stretch out in. I think that would make it a better zoo.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hypocrisy: Stage LEFT!
I stick by my assertion that I will call it like I see it. Good bad or indifferent. Right or Left wing stupidity, I'm all over it. So I'd like to share the picture above with you.
This is the content of an envelop received the other day from the, Sierra Club. Described in their own literature as, "the most effective environmental organization in the country- over 1.4 million strong! With your help, we can successfully preserve our Nation's precious environment."
In light of what they sent me, I don't know if I should send them a check or plant a freakin' TREE! No less than 12 pieces of paper came in that envelope. The map is turned over so you can't see it, but it's basically a HIGHWAY map!
Take a HIKE? Are you kidding me!
And this is not the FIRST time I've been the recipient of such from this conservation organization. This is the THIRD time in a year, I have received the EXACT SAME MAILING!
And it gets better. Well better if you're, Jon Stewart. Much worse if you really are the kind of tree hugger they are trying to get to support them.
It included a picture, suitable for framing I guess, if I had a really narrow 7 1/2 inch high frame. And thought any of my friends were dumb enough to believe this was an original PRINT. It was Teddy Roosevelt standing next to John Muir. If we Liberals are supposed to be the smart ones, how does an organization who relies on us for it's funding figure we're dumb enough to fall for this?
I was in all kinds of trailers in West Valley City over the years with pictures on the wall framed, and showing an autograph, of Ronald Reagan. I just expected it out there. But I didn't believe it. I'm sure the folks who put them up THOUGHT I would. After all, they live in a trailer and voted for Ronald Reagan! Not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Next is a lovely sticker for inside my car window of a backpacker with, "SIERRA CLUB" on the bottom. Can't even imagine the amount of energy and oil products that go into the production of this. But I think I'll put it RIGHT in the middle of the back widow of the Camaro. So that while I'm blasting down the freeway at 100 miles an hour through Nevada, pushing 406 Break Horse Power and getting 8 miles to the gallon, you will know as I blow past you, that I support conservation.
If I join today, I get an official Sierra Club 1892 Rucksack. I assumed shipped to me in a cardboard box? And they make sure I know it comes with a cell phone pouch. This ad goes even further to make me feel better. It says it's printed on Recyclable paper, and uses soy-based ink.
The Camaro runs on, "Oxygen based combustion". Just a fact. Look it up. No oxygen, no combustion.
Next is a petition to Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. Asking for my signature to help prevent logging in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Sounds like a great idea. But if you conservationists are going to keep sending me a pound of paper three times a year, we might need it to print books about people who lose sight of their goal in life, while trying to raise money to support it.
And last but not least, the Business Reply Mail envelope in which they hope I will send my contribution, makes one last, totally inappropriate, and penny pinching plea close to the, "No Postage Necessary If Mailed In The United States" printing on the upper right hand corner. "Your first-class stamp will save much needed funds."
I kind of wish this envelope had come to, Lewis Black instead of me. I would have loved to hear what he'd have done with it. It would have been a thing of beauty.
I always thought I was a tree hugger of the highest order. But I guess I'm just falling a little short. I mean, I'd rather actually save trees than send out a bunch of paper asking people to save trees! What is WRONG with me?
While we're at it? The Southern Poverty Law Center? Stop it. Just stop it. I support your work, you do the right thing. But I only have so much money and to keep offering me, again at least three times a year, a special certificate honoring me as someone who fights racism? Hell, I spent 20+ years actually FIGHTING RACISM BY GETTING INTO FIGHTS WITH RACIST'S!
While a Probation/Parole Agent in Utah for more than 20 years, I locked up more Skin Heads than all the jails in Idaho on a Klan Rally Weekend!
So I guess the bottom line is this. If I support your cause, I will give you money. Money for your magazine. Money for your cause. I like my ACLU card every year. I keep in my wallet right next to my Concealed Carry Permit. Which is SOMETIMES close to wear I'm wearing my concealed handgun.
I'll support causes with one time checks. I'll support Democrats with checks every year.
But please, stop wasting resources, paper, postage and most of all space in my mailbox with your repeated requests for my money! Does no one at the Sierra Club know about email? And when they do figure it out? If you don't have my email address, it's because I don't WANT you too! Take a hint.
I think I'm going to start labeling all the Liberal requests for money, "return to sender" and just leave them in the mailbox.
But the ones I get from Mitt Romney and the Republicans that I get just because they assume since I live in Utah, I'm a Mormon and a conservative since they haven't done their homework? I take the Business Reply Envelop out, and mail it back to them empty. That way they have to pay the postage. Makes me feel better.
Hope the Sierra Club feels good about the fact that I always recycle their shit. Every time I get it. Every, single, stinking, time, I get, the, same, stinking pile of paper. It gets recycled.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Think The Economy Is Junk And It's The Presidents Fault? Nope. Blame Rich People.
The right wing is falling all over it's self to blame President, "Black Socialist Guy" for the failed economy. Especially the lack of jobs. It has to be his fault, right?
Pay attention. And try to find out where Sara Palin and Michelle Bachman keep their caves full of batshit.
All of the numbers I'm going to give you come from the July/August issue of, Mother Jones Magazine. And they are all from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Congressional Budget Office, Economic Policy Institute, The Census Bureau. All non-partisan, Government agencies, that are where we get our FACTS in this country.
If you have never seen or heard of Mother Jones Magazine? I'm not surprised. They have been around since the 70's and are named after a Union supporting woman in West Virginia who supported the miners fight to Unionize. The magazine is unassailable in it's reliability and truth, since it doesn't rely on advertisers to stay in business. It's like NPR. It can tell the truth because it doesn't have to rely on companies to pay them for ads.
The economy in this country, for guys like me, is GREAT! Corporate profits are up 22%! According to the Economic Policy Institute, 22%! For guys like ME that's great! I own stock in MacDonald's, Coca Cola, Exxon/Mobile, Raytheon, Pittsburgh Paint And Glass... Hell, I'm farting through silk!
The change in the GDP vs. pre-recession peak? Less than ONE percent! If I have to explain the GDP to you? Please read another blog. I don't have time to go from where I'm at to, "See Dick run..." You're not paying attention and you vote for Republicans even though you WORK for a living.
What this means is that the productivity of the country is way, way up. More stuff is being made by less and less people. How does this happen? Well, I can explain this, too.
Rich people who have gotten all the tax cuts in the world for the last ten years are not using it to hire more people. They are banking it, and making the workers they do have, do more, for less money while working more hours!
That, "Trickle Down" stuff? Means they are pissing on your back, and telling you it's raining.
To quote, Mother Jones, "Productivity has surged, but income and wages have stagnated for most Americans. If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970 it would now be nearly $92K, not $50K". Productivity has gone up 80%. Average overall income has gone up less than 10%. But the average income of the top 1% of earners has gone up more than 240%! So if you're really rich? Things are all tits and beer right now!
Why is that? Well, because Republicans have gutted the Unions who brought us the Middle Class and passed tax breaks for the rich that put all the burden of actually running the country on the poor!
The median yearly earnings of Union workers in this country is $47,684. Of non-Union workers? $37,284. The share of Union workers in this country in the mid 50's was almost 35%. Today? Less than 15%. Why do you think that is?
Is it because we have a Democrat for a President? Is it because government hurts business with regulation? Is it because we have a minimum wage (which by the way pays a person $15,080 dollars a year when the amount of income required for a single worker to have economic security is $30,000 a year)?
No. It's because rich people get all the tax breaks, and poor people get screwed! And the economy is NOT the problem. The economy is booming! But business won't hire more people so we have more jobs. They make the people who still work for them work harder, and longer, for less because they are afraid to lose the lousy job they have! And with good reason. Because it's true!
So when someone says to you that the President has ruined the economy, you have to call, "bullshit" on that. The Economy is great. The rich people who are benefiting from it, aren't hiring, so we still have almost 9% unemployment. That is NOT the Presidents fault.
I'm making money hand over fist with my stock in American corporations. Lots and lots of profit is going into my dividends. GDP up 22%? Hell my portfolio is up at LEAST that this year!
If you work for an hourly wage, and still think a national health care plan is a bad idea, and think Unions are ruining America, and vote for Republicans? You need to have your head examined. Because the R's are using you to make themselves rich.
If you don't make at least $250K a year, and vote for R's? You are not paying attention to your own economic self interest.
It's not about guns or abortion. Those issues are all ready decided, and they aren't going to change. It's about your wallet. Pay attention.
Pay attention. And try to find out where Sara Palin and Michelle Bachman keep their caves full of batshit.
All of the numbers I'm going to give you come from the July/August issue of, Mother Jones Magazine. And they are all from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Congressional Budget Office, Economic Policy Institute, The Census Bureau. All non-partisan, Government agencies, that are where we get our FACTS in this country.
If you have never seen or heard of Mother Jones Magazine? I'm not surprised. They have been around since the 70's and are named after a Union supporting woman in West Virginia who supported the miners fight to Unionize. The magazine is unassailable in it's reliability and truth, since it doesn't rely on advertisers to stay in business. It's like NPR. It can tell the truth because it doesn't have to rely on companies to pay them for ads.
The economy in this country, for guys like me, is GREAT! Corporate profits are up 22%! According to the Economic Policy Institute, 22%! For guys like ME that's great! I own stock in MacDonald's, Coca Cola, Exxon/Mobile, Raytheon, Pittsburgh Paint And Glass... Hell, I'm farting through silk!
The change in the GDP vs. pre-recession peak? Less than ONE percent! If I have to explain the GDP to you? Please read another blog. I don't have time to go from where I'm at to, "See Dick run..." You're not paying attention and you vote for Republicans even though you WORK for a living.
What this means is that the productivity of the country is way, way up. More stuff is being made by less and less people. How does this happen? Well, I can explain this, too.
Rich people who have gotten all the tax cuts in the world for the last ten years are not using it to hire more people. They are banking it, and making the workers they do have, do more, for less money while working more hours!
That, "Trickle Down" stuff? Means they are pissing on your back, and telling you it's raining.
To quote, Mother Jones, "Productivity has surged, but income and wages have stagnated for most Americans. If the median household income had kept pace with the economy since 1970 it would now be nearly $92K, not $50K". Productivity has gone up 80%. Average overall income has gone up less than 10%. But the average income of the top 1% of earners has gone up more than 240%! So if you're really rich? Things are all tits and beer right now!
Why is that? Well, because Republicans have gutted the Unions who brought us the Middle Class and passed tax breaks for the rich that put all the burden of actually running the country on the poor!
The median yearly earnings of Union workers in this country is $47,684. Of non-Union workers? $37,284. The share of Union workers in this country in the mid 50's was almost 35%. Today? Less than 15%. Why do you think that is?
Is it because we have a Democrat for a President? Is it because government hurts business with regulation? Is it because we have a minimum wage (which by the way pays a person $15,080 dollars a year when the amount of income required for a single worker to have economic security is $30,000 a year)?
No. It's because rich people get all the tax breaks, and poor people get screwed! And the economy is NOT the problem. The economy is booming! But business won't hire more people so we have more jobs. They make the people who still work for them work harder, and longer, for less because they are afraid to lose the lousy job they have! And with good reason. Because it's true!
So when someone says to you that the President has ruined the economy, you have to call, "bullshit" on that. The Economy is great. The rich people who are benefiting from it, aren't hiring, so we still have almost 9% unemployment. That is NOT the Presidents fault.
I'm making money hand over fist with my stock in American corporations. Lots and lots of profit is going into my dividends. GDP up 22%? Hell my portfolio is up at LEAST that this year!
If you work for an hourly wage, and still think a national health care plan is a bad idea, and think Unions are ruining America, and vote for Republicans? You need to have your head examined. Because the R's are using you to make themselves rich.
If you don't make at least $250K a year, and vote for R's? You are not paying attention to your own economic self interest.
It's not about guns or abortion. Those issues are all ready decided, and they aren't going to change. It's about your wallet. Pay attention.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Monetized Mormons
When you monetize your blog, they tell you they will pay you based on the clicks on the ads they put on your blog. They also tell you they will not pay you for any clicks from your own computer, so don't do it. Even if you're interested in the product they are selling.
I've been a good boy, I've not clicked on any of them. I also, have not received any checks, so that answers my question about whether or not monetizing it would be worth it or not. It's not.
But this week, a strange thing has happened. All the ads on my blog are the, "I'm A Mormon" ads!
Someone is NOT paying attention if they are posting THOSE, HERE. Just sayin...
I make no bones about my utter and complete contempt for the right wing, Republican power structure here in this state, and lets face it. Those guys are all Mormons. Even Conservative Catholics in THIS state vote for Democrats, because the R's are just TOO right wing. And the Catholics like to have a drink once in a while. Like at Communion.
And I don't do a, "Hell" of a lot to hide the fact that I'm an Atheist. So who's doing this ad agency's research? Obviously someone not smart enough to get past, "Utah web site = Mormon".
No one thinks New York City marketing should be targeted only at Gays, Jews, and Puerto Ricans do they? Because if they do, they have never been there. Like they have never been to Utah.
I don't think I'm going to, "UN-monetize" the web site, though. I don't think I'll ever make a dime on it, either. Never thought I would. But it's become a constant source of amusement, to see who Google THINKS is looking at it.
I don't have a lot of followers. But there have been months when literally thousands of folks have looked at it ( I don't check the, "stats" part of the Dashboard often, because I don't care. But I have looked at it. And around last Christmas, lots of folks, "tuned in").
So, if you read this for any reason, and you want to screw with the advertisers who THINK it's a good idea to advertise HERE? Click on all the ads. And click on them a lot.
And I promise you, that any check I get, whether it's for fifty cents, or fifty bucks, I'll give all the money to the Utah Food Bank. After all, I have my own money. I don't need it.
Now, if this check comes to more than a hundred thousand dollars? I'm going to keep some. Just for being so clever. After all, I have to pay for my own health insurance now (thanks again, Republican Legislators who voted mine away, but kept yours).
The chances of THAT happening are about as good as the Legislature NOT Gerrymandering the shit out of Salt Lake County.
I've been a good boy, I've not clicked on any of them. I also, have not received any checks, so that answers my question about whether or not monetizing it would be worth it or not. It's not.
But this week, a strange thing has happened. All the ads on my blog are the, "I'm A Mormon" ads!
Someone is NOT paying attention if they are posting THOSE, HERE. Just sayin...
I make no bones about my utter and complete contempt for the right wing, Republican power structure here in this state, and lets face it. Those guys are all Mormons. Even Conservative Catholics in THIS state vote for Democrats, because the R's are just TOO right wing. And the Catholics like to have a drink once in a while. Like at Communion.
And I don't do a, "Hell" of a lot to hide the fact that I'm an Atheist. So who's doing this ad agency's research? Obviously someone not smart enough to get past, "Utah web site = Mormon".
No one thinks New York City marketing should be targeted only at Gays, Jews, and Puerto Ricans do they? Because if they do, they have never been there. Like they have never been to Utah.
I don't think I'm going to, "UN-monetize" the web site, though. I don't think I'll ever make a dime on it, either. Never thought I would. But it's become a constant source of amusement, to see who Google THINKS is looking at it.
I don't have a lot of followers. But there have been months when literally thousands of folks have looked at it ( I don't check the, "stats" part of the Dashboard often, because I don't care. But I have looked at it. And around last Christmas, lots of folks, "tuned in").
So, if you read this for any reason, and you want to screw with the advertisers who THINK it's a good idea to advertise HERE? Click on all the ads. And click on them a lot.
And I promise you, that any check I get, whether it's for fifty cents, or fifty bucks, I'll give all the money to the Utah Food Bank. After all, I have my own money. I don't need it.
Now, if this check comes to more than a hundred thousand dollars? I'm going to keep some. Just for being so clever. After all, I have to pay for my own health insurance now (thanks again, Republican Legislators who voted mine away, but kept yours).
The chances of THAT happening are about as good as the Legislature NOT Gerrymandering the shit out of Salt Lake County.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Culvers Is Awesome.
You ever heard of Culvers drive in? If you have, you've been in the Midwest. We now have one here in Utah. And it's a good thing.
When we went to Minnesota in the summer of 2006, the night we arrived, our friends, Dennis and Jill took us to Culvers. Their son had a baseball game, so we had only a limited time for dinner, so that meant fast food. But this was GOOD fast food.
This place is mostly noted for their frozen custard treats, but the burgers are awesome. Crinkle cut fries. If they they got as much press as, In N' Out Burger (which, to tell the truth, still makes better burgers than any place but Crown Burger) they would be so popular, you couldn't get near the place.
The last one I was able to have a meal at was in Cheyenne, Wyoming a few years ago when forced to spend a couple nights there to see the Utes play football in Laramie because all the motel rooms there were booked.
The Culvers here is on 7200 South, just west of 700 West in front of that food store where you have to bag your own grocery's. Win Co, or something like that?
I have one complaint with Culvers. They have Pepsi and not Coke. And it's not just because I have Coca Cola stock. Pepsi sucks. The problem with Pepsi? It gets in your MOUTH! And that's a bad experience. Give me my Diet Coke, OK!
But at least this time of year, they have plain ice tea. It's not really good ice tea, but it's OK.
And by the way, I don't mean, "UNSWEETEND Ice Tea". There is NO SUCH THING AS UNSWEETENED ICE TEA! It's ice tea, or it's Sweet Tea. You brew tea. You have to add sugar to make Sweet Tea. PLAIN tea. Live with it. Don't make up words.
I would guess there are other Culvers either open or planned in Utah. I wish I'd been smart enough to get the franchise rights to this state for them. But if you get a chance, try them. Good burgers.
When we went to Minnesota in the summer of 2006, the night we arrived, our friends, Dennis and Jill took us to Culvers. Their son had a baseball game, so we had only a limited time for dinner, so that meant fast food. But this was GOOD fast food.
This place is mostly noted for their frozen custard treats, but the burgers are awesome. Crinkle cut fries. If they they got as much press as, In N' Out Burger (which, to tell the truth, still makes better burgers than any place but Crown Burger) they would be so popular, you couldn't get near the place.
The last one I was able to have a meal at was in Cheyenne, Wyoming a few years ago when forced to spend a couple nights there to see the Utes play football in Laramie because all the motel rooms there were booked.
The Culvers here is on 7200 South, just west of 700 West in front of that food store where you have to bag your own grocery's. Win Co, or something like that?
I have one complaint with Culvers. They have Pepsi and not Coke. And it's not just because I have Coca Cola stock. Pepsi sucks. The problem with Pepsi? It gets in your MOUTH! And that's a bad experience. Give me my Diet Coke, OK!
But at least this time of year, they have plain ice tea. It's not really good ice tea, but it's OK.
And by the way, I don't mean, "UNSWEETEND Ice Tea". There is NO SUCH THING AS UNSWEETENED ICE TEA! It's ice tea, or it's Sweet Tea. You brew tea. You have to add sugar to make Sweet Tea. PLAIN tea. Live with it. Don't make up words.
I would guess there are other Culvers either open or planned in Utah. I wish I'd been smart enough to get the franchise rights to this state for them. But if you get a chance, try them. Good burgers.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Willard "Mitt" Romney vs. Walter "Fritz" Mondale
Mormon's, I'm going to hate to be the one to tell you this, well, not really, but Mitt Romney has no chance in heaven or hell of ever being President of this United States. It just isn't going to happen.
Outside of Utah, and believe me, I've spent plenty of time outside of Utah, no one takes Mormon's seriously. The rest of the country sees you as a cult of crazy people who believe in Golden Plates no one has ever seen, that, "God" lives on Planet Kolob, and you wear, "Magic" under ware. I say this as a man who married a Mormon, who loves her side of the family who is ALL Mormon, but I'm just telling you the truth here because living in Utah, you don't really get the big picture. If you only listen to the local media? You'd think you're perceived just like Catholics in the South or Baptists in the Northeast. A little different, but not too different. Not true. The rest of the country sees you more like, "Moonies" or, "Scientologists".
If you think I'm making this up, watch ANY THING done by, Bill Maher in the last five years.
So that's why Mitt will never be President Mitt. He's going to be more like Walter Mondale.
If you're not a political nut like me, you might not remember, "Fritz" Mondale. He was Vice President under, Jimmy Carter. And, no, I'm not going to defend the Carter Administration. He was a pretty ineffective President. But I will say this. He might have been the last decent, honest, truly, "Christian" person we elected President in this country. He did a lousy job at being President, but he was a good person.
If you remember this joke, you do pay attention to politics. What do Hamilton Jordan and Roselin Carter have in common? They both, "blow a little dope" in the White House.
Fritz was the sacrificial lamb for the Democrats in the 1984 Presidential Election running against Ronald Reagan. An incumbent and, in some quarters, popular President. Just like Mitt is going to be this time.
Even Republicans will have to admit that Obama is popular in some quarters. Like the smart, Liberal, well educated, minority, tolerant, quarters.
Fritz won his home state of Minnesota's electoral votes. That was it. Just Minnesota. He was a popular guy, well liked. But just couldn't get the votes.
Mitt will be the same way. But it won't be his HOME state of Michigan. It won't be the state where he lives and was Governor, Massachusetts. It will be Utah. Mitt will win all five electoral votes from Utah, and none from anywhere else.
What used to be the Democratic, and now is the Conservative, Bible Belt South won't vote for him because he's a Mormon. The Northeast won't vote for him because he's repudiating all the good things he did in Massachusetts to try to win the Conservative vote. He won't get the votes in the Midwest because he doesn't want government to spend any money, and government money is the driving force behind economic recovery. And even though he signed into effect a law mandating it in Massachusetts, he's opposed to a national health care plan. Folks in Michigan and Ohio know that's the only way we can keep making cars there. He won't win the west coast because there are more people in California and West of the mountains in Oregon and Washington than east of them, who are Liberal!
That gives him Utah. Maybe Idaho, Arizona and Montana. Bo Gritz was from Montana. He was popular with the White Supremacists.
And a Mormon.
So please feel free to put your, "MITT" bumper stickers on your Dodge mini van, next to your, B "heart" U sticker. On the opposite side of the back window from your stickers of all your family members, to show that you are just THAT much more Mormon than the family who DOESN'T have five kid stickers. But it's an exercise in futility.
Being a Mitt supporter in Utah, in the big picture, is kind of like pissing your pants in a hockey uniform. It gives you a warm feeling, but nobody, on a national level, notices.
Outside of Utah, and believe me, I've spent plenty of time outside of Utah, no one takes Mormon's seriously. The rest of the country sees you as a cult of crazy people who believe in Golden Plates no one has ever seen, that, "God" lives on Planet Kolob, and you wear, "Magic" under ware. I say this as a man who married a Mormon, who loves her side of the family who is ALL Mormon, but I'm just telling you the truth here because living in Utah, you don't really get the big picture. If you only listen to the local media? You'd think you're perceived just like Catholics in the South or Baptists in the Northeast. A little different, but not too different. Not true. The rest of the country sees you more like, "Moonies" or, "Scientologists".
If you think I'm making this up, watch ANY THING done by, Bill Maher in the last five years.
So that's why Mitt will never be President Mitt. He's going to be more like Walter Mondale.
If you're not a political nut like me, you might not remember, "Fritz" Mondale. He was Vice President under, Jimmy Carter. And, no, I'm not going to defend the Carter Administration. He was a pretty ineffective President. But I will say this. He might have been the last decent, honest, truly, "Christian" person we elected President in this country. He did a lousy job at being President, but he was a good person.
If you remember this joke, you do pay attention to politics. What do Hamilton Jordan and Roselin Carter have in common? They both, "blow a little dope" in the White House.
Fritz was the sacrificial lamb for the Democrats in the 1984 Presidential Election running against Ronald Reagan. An incumbent and, in some quarters, popular President. Just like Mitt is going to be this time.
Even Republicans will have to admit that Obama is popular in some quarters. Like the smart, Liberal, well educated, minority, tolerant, quarters.
Fritz won his home state of Minnesota's electoral votes. That was it. Just Minnesota. He was a popular guy, well liked. But just couldn't get the votes.
Mitt will be the same way. But it won't be his HOME state of Michigan. It won't be the state where he lives and was Governor, Massachusetts. It will be Utah. Mitt will win all five electoral votes from Utah, and none from anywhere else.
What used to be the Democratic, and now is the Conservative, Bible Belt South won't vote for him because he's a Mormon. The Northeast won't vote for him because he's repudiating all the good things he did in Massachusetts to try to win the Conservative vote. He won't get the votes in the Midwest because he doesn't want government to spend any money, and government money is the driving force behind economic recovery. And even though he signed into effect a law mandating it in Massachusetts, he's opposed to a national health care plan. Folks in Michigan and Ohio know that's the only way we can keep making cars there. He won't win the west coast because there are more people in California and West of the mountains in Oregon and Washington than east of them, who are Liberal!
That gives him Utah. Maybe Idaho, Arizona and Montana. Bo Gritz was from Montana. He was popular with the White Supremacists.
And a Mormon.
So please feel free to put your, "MITT" bumper stickers on your Dodge mini van, next to your, B "heart" U sticker. On the opposite side of the back window from your stickers of all your family members, to show that you are just THAT much more Mormon than the family who DOESN'T have five kid stickers. But it's an exercise in futility.
Being a Mitt supporter in Utah, in the big picture, is kind of like pissing your pants in a hockey uniform. It gives you a warm feeling, but nobody, on a national level, notices.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Singing Pigs
It's been a strange week politically for me. I used to really admire Congressman Anthony Weiner as a Liberal stalwart. One of the good guys, who was always on the right side of the issues. Now? Not so much. As Jon Stewart would say. What an idiot. If you're smart enough to get elected to Congress how do you do such dumb things?
Then, I've been engaged in a long running political argument on Facebook with two different guys. One I know, the other I don't. That's not a bad thing, I love that sort of stuff. I love to argue politics.
But only with people who read newspapers, have an education, and don't buy all their books at Costco.
The guy I don't know, gave as good as he got, and he knew what he was talking about. Even could back up his arguments. At least as well as Conservative, right wing, Republican arguments CAN be backed up. I mean, if you hate the thought of a National Health Care Plan, but want your Federal Flood Insurance, and support tax breaks for oil companies, how logical can you be?
And when he uses, "The Washington Times" as his paper of record? Well, that's just crazy. The Washington Post is a paper of record. The Times is run by the, "Moonies", and is a notorious right wing rag. But at least, credit where it's due, he reads newspapers. Unlike Sarah Palin.
I was really disappointed in the arguments from the guy I DO know. Hate to say it, but he's a Murray High alumni. A guy I've known since we were 8 years old.
If I remember correctly, his dad was a dentist. So he came from an educated family. I assume he could have gone to college if he'd wanted to.
But, he doesn't list one on his FB profile. Doesn't mean he didn't go, but if you did, isn't that one of the defining things of a persons life? Where they went to school. If you know nothing else about me, you will know that, "I'm a Utah Man, sir".
And his arguments were all just the Faux News talking points about how, Obama is ruining the county, is responsible for high unemployment, caused the deficit, is going to tax the rich which will make us all poorer, yada, yada, yada...
Every time he would say some of this stuff, I would ask him to back it up. What exactly, freedoms have you lost since 2008? How is this Obama's war/deficit/job's problem since he walked right into it all?
And I'd ask him what his educational background was. I gave him several chances to tell me what makes him an expert. Do you have a degree in Political Science? Sociology? Something that would qualify you to dissect the information you're receiving at give your opinion? He wouldn't answer. Just kept telling me I didn't understand, "cause and effect". Well, I'm trying too. You tell me the cause, and show me the effect, with actual examples, and I'll look at it critically. But he wouldn't.
He just stuck to the party line about, Obama's, "redistribution of wealth". Really? I still have MINE.
He would go on and on about how America in the 50's is what we should all be striving to be living. How other countries just aren't as good as us.
The 50's were a great time to be an American. As long as you weren't a Black, Homosexual, Asian, Female, Hispanic, Poor, Handicapped, American. Life was pretty good. But if you came home with you're new neighbor and he was not exactly, "white and delightsome", well? "Jeez, Beaver. Dad's gonna be sore!"
And I asked him several times which other countries he's visited so he had something to compare us to. He wouldn't answer. Just kept repeating that we were the best, but couldn't explain why he thought that. Except that that was what he was SUPPOSED to believe.
Reading what he was writing, with no back up to anything he said? I finally understood why the rest of the world hates the, "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant when ever we are winning at an international sporting event of any kind. It's really obnoxious, kind of morally superior and just pisses people off. I think we should keep doing it anyway, but I get it.
The last post was a really silly one. He said something to the effect of, go to Democratically controlled states, and see how bad it is there! Well, again, which ones have you been to, and how was it bad? Because I travel a lot, and I'd like to compare notes.
Nothing. But he did suggest if we just had more religion, things would be better. Oh, "God".
How would it be better? More Catholic kids would get abused? More young, polygamist girls would be married to their uncles and drop out of school in the 8th grade? More doctors would get shot for practicing medicine? More Woman's Clinics would be blown up? Sarah Palin would actually have a shot at ever holding another public office? None of those things are a positive for me.
I had to remind him that in Massachusetts, one of the MOST Liberal states, Conservative, Mormon, Mitt Romney, when he was Governor there, signed into law public health care with a MANDATE to buy insurance, and Gay Marriage. I was in that state a year ago this month, and it was not in total anarchy.
I got to the Jimmy Buffett concert, the Red Sox Game, Lexington and Concord and Salem without encountering any road blocks, or needing to show my papers. But I have to admit that those folks are, "Wicked bad dryva's!" But I hear from the locals that this predated, Romney. And even Ted Kennedy.
And at one point, a woman who we both went to school with, pipped in with how much she found political correctness confusing. WTF? Neither of us was being politically correct! We were savaging each others closely held belief's.
But this doesn't surprise me. This woman and I were FB friends for a while, but I asked her to quit sending me, via email, all the, Tea Party/Sarah Palin shit a year or so ago, so she called me a moron and, "defriended" me. So I'm pretty sure she finds MOST things requiring any thought at all, "confusing" to say the least.
So in a week when, Sarah Palin completely blew the story of Paul Revere in front of a national audience, and then when confronted about it, even by one of her, "familiars" (obscure witchcraft/Salem Township/Massachusetts reference here) at Faux News still wouldn't, "Weiner Up" and just tell the truth, no matter how bad it made her look, I have decided to quit arguing politics with Republicans.
I got some advice from a guy I knew in college years ago. Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and annoys the pig. Arguing with Republicans is like trying to teach pigs to sing.
Oh, anyone who knows me, knows I can't stick to that.
Then, I've been engaged in a long running political argument on Facebook with two different guys. One I know, the other I don't. That's not a bad thing, I love that sort of stuff. I love to argue politics.
But only with people who read newspapers, have an education, and don't buy all their books at Costco.
The guy I don't know, gave as good as he got, and he knew what he was talking about. Even could back up his arguments. At least as well as Conservative, right wing, Republican arguments CAN be backed up. I mean, if you hate the thought of a National Health Care Plan, but want your Federal Flood Insurance, and support tax breaks for oil companies, how logical can you be?
And when he uses, "The Washington Times" as his paper of record? Well, that's just crazy. The Washington Post is a paper of record. The Times is run by the, "Moonies", and is a notorious right wing rag. But at least, credit where it's due, he reads newspapers. Unlike Sarah Palin.
I was really disappointed in the arguments from the guy I DO know. Hate to say it, but he's a Murray High alumni. A guy I've known since we were 8 years old.
If I remember correctly, his dad was a dentist. So he came from an educated family. I assume he could have gone to college if he'd wanted to.
But, he doesn't list one on his FB profile. Doesn't mean he didn't go, but if you did, isn't that one of the defining things of a persons life? Where they went to school. If you know nothing else about me, you will know that, "I'm a Utah Man, sir".
And his arguments were all just the Faux News talking points about how, Obama is ruining the county, is responsible for high unemployment, caused the deficit, is going to tax the rich which will make us all poorer, yada, yada, yada...
Every time he would say some of this stuff, I would ask him to back it up. What exactly, freedoms have you lost since 2008? How is this Obama's war/deficit/job's problem since he walked right into it all?
And I'd ask him what his educational background was. I gave him several chances to tell me what makes him an expert. Do you have a degree in Political Science? Sociology? Something that would qualify you to dissect the information you're receiving at give your opinion? He wouldn't answer. Just kept telling me I didn't understand, "cause and effect". Well, I'm trying too. You tell me the cause, and show me the effect, with actual examples, and I'll look at it critically. But he wouldn't.
He just stuck to the party line about, Obama's, "redistribution of wealth". Really? I still have MINE.
He would go on and on about how America in the 50's is what we should all be striving to be living. How other countries just aren't as good as us.
The 50's were a great time to be an American. As long as you weren't a Black, Homosexual, Asian, Female, Hispanic, Poor, Handicapped, American. Life was pretty good. But if you came home with you're new neighbor and he was not exactly, "white and delightsome", well? "Jeez, Beaver. Dad's gonna be sore!"
And I asked him several times which other countries he's visited so he had something to compare us to. He wouldn't answer. Just kept repeating that we were the best, but couldn't explain why he thought that. Except that that was what he was SUPPOSED to believe.
Reading what he was writing, with no back up to anything he said? I finally understood why the rest of the world hates the, "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant when ever we are winning at an international sporting event of any kind. It's really obnoxious, kind of morally superior and just pisses people off. I think we should keep doing it anyway, but I get it.
The last post was a really silly one. He said something to the effect of, go to Democratically controlled states, and see how bad it is there! Well, again, which ones have you been to, and how was it bad? Because I travel a lot, and I'd like to compare notes.
Nothing. But he did suggest if we just had more religion, things would be better. Oh, "God".
How would it be better? More Catholic kids would get abused? More young, polygamist girls would be married to their uncles and drop out of school in the 8th grade? More doctors would get shot for practicing medicine? More Woman's Clinics would be blown up? Sarah Palin would actually have a shot at ever holding another public office? None of those things are a positive for me.
I had to remind him that in Massachusetts, one of the MOST Liberal states, Conservative, Mormon, Mitt Romney, when he was Governor there, signed into law public health care with a MANDATE to buy insurance, and Gay Marriage. I was in that state a year ago this month, and it was not in total anarchy.
I got to the Jimmy Buffett concert, the Red Sox Game, Lexington and Concord and Salem without encountering any road blocks, or needing to show my papers. But I have to admit that those folks are, "Wicked bad dryva's!" But I hear from the locals that this predated, Romney. And even Ted Kennedy.
And at one point, a woman who we both went to school with, pipped in with how much she found political correctness confusing. WTF? Neither of us was being politically correct! We were savaging each others closely held belief's.
But this doesn't surprise me. This woman and I were FB friends for a while, but I asked her to quit sending me, via email, all the, Tea Party/Sarah Palin shit a year or so ago, so she called me a moron and, "defriended" me. So I'm pretty sure she finds MOST things requiring any thought at all, "confusing" to say the least.
So in a week when, Sarah Palin completely blew the story of Paul Revere in front of a national audience, and then when confronted about it, even by one of her, "familiars" (obscure witchcraft/Salem Township/Massachusetts reference here) at Faux News still wouldn't, "Weiner Up" and just tell the truth, no matter how bad it made her look, I have decided to quit arguing politics with Republicans.
I got some advice from a guy I knew in college years ago. Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and annoys the pig. Arguing with Republicans is like trying to teach pigs to sing.
Oh, anyone who knows me, knows I can't stick to that.
Friday, June 3, 2011
You Sure You Want to Write THAT Memo?
Last evening, my son came back in the house, kind of freaked out. He was taking out the garbage cans, as Friday morning is trash day around here, and there was an injured, and VERY pissed off Bat hiding behind one of the garbage cans.
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the common Bat here in the Salt Lake Valley. They are about the size of your average mouse, but they have wings the size of a House Finch and lots of scary looking, sharp teeth. It's good to have them around, they eat mosquito's, and they don't bother people.
But, they have a reputation as transmitters of Rabies. So I told him not to touch it, and I'd call Animal Control to have them come and pick it up, and, "dispose" of it as they thought best.
Put in a call to 911 who assured me they would have Animal Control call me back, and left it at that. I thought about putting a plastic bucket over it to keep it from getting away, but the little sucker was WAY too angry for me to get THAT close to it. I just left it there.
After one missed phone call, I finally got a call back from a Sargent of the Murray Police. I'm not sure I heard his name right, so I won't bungle it here, but he was very nice. He basically told me that this was a, "Circle of life" issue, and they wouldn't send out animal control, and I should let it die and then scoop it up, and put it in the trash. And contrary to what I heard, they don't normally carry rabies, so I could just put on rubber gloves and pick it up when it was dead.
Really? Picking up, "apparently dead" things with lots of teeth, like snakes and bats and crocodiles is ALWAYS bad advice.
I used to play a game with myself when I was working in law enforcement. It was called, "Do you really want to write THAT memo?". And it was played when you were faced with a situation that could go either way on you. Could make you look like a hero, or a total moron.
Like, you were about to arrest a guy who could jump off a balcony and he said something like, "If you come near me, I'm going to jump!" Here's your decision point. Every fiber of your being WANTS to say, "Knock yourself out. You'll just go to prison AFTER the hospital. And I won't have to chase you."
But, do you really want to write THAT memo? I mean, everyone around you HEARD you say that. The guys on your team are thinking the same thing, trust me. But when the bandit's family calls the Department and repeats that to your boss, do you really want to have to put THAT in writing? No. No you don't.
You HAVE to say, "Dude! Don't jump! We can work this out. You don't want to get hurt. And you don't want to hurt anyone on the ground under you do you? You just need to do your time. Be a man and come over here, and let's deal with this, OK?"
And you keep documenting those efforts. "Have a nice fall, asshole!" makes for a bad memo.
So, I was kind of thinking of this while I was listening to this very, noble, well trained Sargent last night on the phone. Assuring me that the animal didn't have rabies, I could just pick it up with my rubber gloves, "circle of life" etc.
I finally, as a former field training officer (FTO) just had to bust in and say, "Hey, Sarge, I gotta ask you, as a guy who spent 23 years in your line of work. You comfortable writing this memo? After all, I'm NOT the kind of guy who's going to call the Mayor's office on Monday and complain, but the Animal Control guys have been out to my house less than a year ago to pick up a sick wild animal. So, "we don't do this" isn't going to stand the test of time.
And you assure me Bat's don't have rabies, but every story you see on the news says they do.
And you're telling me to let this animal die and then shovel it's lifeless body into my trash can. I'm OK with that.
But, what if I was some, PETA member? And I told the Mayor that you told me to let this injured animal die a prolonged, and painful death before unceremoniously, dumping it's lifeless body into a garbage can. you OK with that? Is this your standard policy and procedure? You're OK with this?"
He kind of laughed, which let me know, he knew I was just making sure he was covered, and said, "Yeah, I've written that memo. This is how we do it now."
I thanked him for his time, and told him to be careful out there. He got it.
I used a shovel, cleaned it off with bleach when I was done.
I'm sure that as that poor Bat was coming in for a landing late last night, one of the mice who lives in the wood pile probably woke up it's mother and said, "LOOK, MA, an Angel!"
At least I didn't have to write that memo.
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the common Bat here in the Salt Lake Valley. They are about the size of your average mouse, but they have wings the size of a House Finch and lots of scary looking, sharp teeth. It's good to have them around, they eat mosquito's, and they don't bother people.
But, they have a reputation as transmitters of Rabies. So I told him not to touch it, and I'd call Animal Control to have them come and pick it up, and, "dispose" of it as they thought best.
Put in a call to 911 who assured me they would have Animal Control call me back, and left it at that. I thought about putting a plastic bucket over it to keep it from getting away, but the little sucker was WAY too angry for me to get THAT close to it. I just left it there.
After one missed phone call, I finally got a call back from a Sargent of the Murray Police. I'm not sure I heard his name right, so I won't bungle it here, but he was very nice. He basically told me that this was a, "Circle of life" issue, and they wouldn't send out animal control, and I should let it die and then scoop it up, and put it in the trash. And contrary to what I heard, they don't normally carry rabies, so I could just put on rubber gloves and pick it up when it was dead.
Really? Picking up, "apparently dead" things with lots of teeth, like snakes and bats and crocodiles is ALWAYS bad advice.
I used to play a game with myself when I was working in law enforcement. It was called, "Do you really want to write THAT memo?". And it was played when you were faced with a situation that could go either way on you. Could make you look like a hero, or a total moron.
Like, you were about to arrest a guy who could jump off a balcony and he said something like, "If you come near me, I'm going to jump!" Here's your decision point. Every fiber of your being WANTS to say, "Knock yourself out. You'll just go to prison AFTER the hospital. And I won't have to chase you."
But, do you really want to write THAT memo? I mean, everyone around you HEARD you say that. The guys on your team are thinking the same thing, trust me. But when the bandit's family calls the Department and repeats that to your boss, do you really want to have to put THAT in writing? No. No you don't.
You HAVE to say, "Dude! Don't jump! We can work this out. You don't want to get hurt. And you don't want to hurt anyone on the ground under you do you? You just need to do your time. Be a man and come over here, and let's deal with this, OK?"
And you keep documenting those efforts. "Have a nice fall, asshole!" makes for a bad memo.
So, I was kind of thinking of this while I was listening to this very, noble, well trained Sargent last night on the phone. Assuring me that the animal didn't have rabies, I could just pick it up with my rubber gloves, "circle of life" etc.
I finally, as a former field training officer (FTO) just had to bust in and say, "Hey, Sarge, I gotta ask you, as a guy who spent 23 years in your line of work. You comfortable writing this memo? After all, I'm NOT the kind of guy who's going to call the Mayor's office on Monday and complain, but the Animal Control guys have been out to my house less than a year ago to pick up a sick wild animal. So, "we don't do this" isn't going to stand the test of time.
And you assure me Bat's don't have rabies, but every story you see on the news says they do.
And you're telling me to let this animal die and then shovel it's lifeless body into my trash can. I'm OK with that.
But, what if I was some, PETA member? And I told the Mayor that you told me to let this injured animal die a prolonged, and painful death before unceremoniously, dumping it's lifeless body into a garbage can. you OK with that? Is this your standard policy and procedure? You're OK with this?"
He kind of laughed, which let me know, he knew I was just making sure he was covered, and said, "Yeah, I've written that memo. This is how we do it now."
I thanked him for his time, and told him to be careful out there. He got it.
I used a shovel, cleaned it off with bleach when I was done.
I'm sure that as that poor Bat was coming in for a landing late last night, one of the mice who lives in the wood pile probably woke up it's mother and said, "LOOK, MA, an Angel!"
At least I didn't have to write that memo.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Hyporcrisy
You can't have a public, National, Heath Care Plan. But all those Republican folks who live in a place where you have a National Flood Care Program think THAT'S OK?, but HEALTH CARE IS WRONG? Fuck em.
Hypocrisy: The feigning of beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess.
Hypocrisy: The feigning of beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess.
The NBA gets news. The NHL? Not so much.
Really? This many years years after, Larry Miller, the TOTAL asshole who sold the, Golden Eagles hockey team down the road because he HATED HOCKEY, but didn't understand, filling up his arena, we still have hockey hate in SLC?
Tonight, the Stanley Cup Playoffs started. Boston AT Vancouver. Reported in the Tribune on Page D2. Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m., Ch.5
Oh, BULLSHIT! The game started at six o'clock LOCAL TIME YOU DUMBASS! You bastards cost me TWO HOURS OF HOCKEY! And what will you do about it? Not a fucking thing! You think no one cares, so YOU don't!
Fuck you, Tribune! You report all the NBA stuff. Like any one who doesn't live in Boston, Las Angeles, Cleveland or Miami gives a shit! Dallas is in the finals. How many people in Dallas care? Well, NONE! The NBA is irrelevant to most of the country.
But hockey? You hate it so, it's irrelevant to you.
I know you won't cover any sport team in the Salt Lake Valley, NOT owned by the Miller Family, so the Grizzlies get no coverage, but the BEES get LOTS!
Even at that, could you at least, make the minimal effort, it takes to report the CORRECT time for games, even on sports you hate? Because you sucked ass today.
Tonight, the Stanley Cup Playoffs started. Boston AT Vancouver. Reported in the Tribune on Page D2. Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m., Ch.5
Oh, BULLSHIT! The game started at six o'clock LOCAL TIME YOU DUMBASS! You bastards cost me TWO HOURS OF HOCKEY! And what will you do about it? Not a fucking thing! You think no one cares, so YOU don't!
Fuck you, Tribune! You report all the NBA stuff. Like any one who doesn't live in Boston, Las Angeles, Cleveland or Miami gives a shit! Dallas is in the finals. How many people in Dallas care? Well, NONE! The NBA is irrelevant to most of the country.
But hockey? You hate it so, it's irrelevant to you.
I know you won't cover any sport team in the Salt Lake Valley, NOT owned by the Miller Family, so the Grizzlies get no coverage, but the BEES get LOTS!
Even at that, could you at least, make the minimal effort, it takes to report the CORRECT time for games, even on sports you hate? Because you sucked ass today.
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