One gay man's grain of salt observations about the world and we who live and dream in it
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Oil is Your Friend
The oil companies are not just linning their pockets with gross profits, they are now going to spend a mere $30 million for a public relations campaign or what they call “educational outreach” to convince us how hard it is to make gas and that windfall profits are just the man behind the curtain we should ignore. I have some possible ideas for a slogan.
Your income belong to us
Billion dollars earned
Got oil stocks? Too bad.
It's not easy being greedy.
Sure, were profitable but dont blame us, we dont make the stuff, we just sell it.
Any other suggestions?
http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042606/news2.html
Thursday, April 20, 2006
25 Signs The You Have Grown Up
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel for fun.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweat shirt no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those fucking kids next door won't turn down "that noise."
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You need antacid tablets, more often than you need condoms.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh no, what the #$%* happened?"
25: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorr y old ass.
Bush Stops Turning His Head?
Finally the federal governement is going after the parties responcible for creating the illegal immigration problem in this country... the busniess owners. There are federal laws on the books against hiring illegal citizens, and finally the Bush administration has decided to apply them. Take away the work and we take away their resaon to come here. It's that simple. Now the question is, is this change in policy enforcement a new standard or is Bush trying to look like he's doing something other than turning his head so that his donor base can continue to reap the benefits of cheap (slave) labor? We shall see.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_go_ot/immigration_raids
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_go_ot/immigration_raids
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Mexicans...Get Some Cojones!
Being a proud 2nd generation US born Mexican-American who has seen this problem with ILLEGAL immigration (not "undocumented workers" - called it what is really is) explode over the past ten years, I am still grateful that I live in a country where even the people who are not here legally have the right to protest and raise their voices.
Maybe if these temporary workers candidates had more "cojones" to stand up against their own oligarchic government, they would not be here searching for a better life, they would be in Mexico demanding it. (1776, America did not become America by protestors matching through England!)
I do not fault Mexican immigrants for wanting a better life but when did it become our responsibility to provide it and not Mexico's. Our neighbors to the North got it. Canadians are not selling gum in their streets to survive. When I see all those protestors, I see people who are mad at the wrong political administration. Mexicans need to look at the failures of their own government and demand changes from it.
To my Latino bretheren- You and your children deserve a wonderful life; the USA is not denying that from you…your own Mexican leaders are! Fight them... not us!
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