Another Lesson in Differences

OK, the election is finally over, and the American sheeple at least showed a bit of common sense for a change. Although I still don't feel Obama is the best man for the job, he was certainly the best choice we were presented with. I happen to agree with the thought that the man who wants the job the least deserves it most. Hopefully Obama can live up to his obvious promise, but (almost) anyone would be an improvement over a semi-retarded evangelical cunt like Bush.
I just couldn't imagine the Antichrist as VP, either. Just the fact that she thinks we're in the end times and would do everything in her power to accelerate the coming Apocalypse is more than enough reason to vote against the Republicunts. I feel that people like Palin & Mike Huckabee should be excluded from holding any meaningful elected office just to enforce the separation of church & State anyway. I am so fucking sick of narrow-minded ignorant fuckstains making decisions that affect my life.

Anyway, that's not really the purpose of this post. I really want to educate & inform people of important differences between what they think about certain things. As a previous post dealt with the differences between Rights and Privileges, this post will deal with the difference between Nationalism and Patriotism.

Let's start with Nationalism. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, nationalism is: loyalty and devotion to a nation ; especially : a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups. That's definition #1, and will suffice for the purpose of this post.
That is what most people in Amerika consider patriotic: unwavering support for their country & its leaders, regardless of what those "leaders" think, do or say. A bunch of drunk fratboys bleating out chants of "U S A" & "We're Number One" while certainly embarrassing, is neither true or patriotic. Blind faith in anything just means you're willing to abdicate responsibility for your actions to someone you don't even know. That doesn't make you anything but a fucking sheep, which explains the repetitive bleating.

I can't put it more succinctly than that. Of course, the corporate media that spoon feeds most Amerikans their misinformed opinions on everything these days wouldn't dare make such a proclamation, the FCC would shut them down for disagreeing with the powers that be.
Rampant nationalism is also what allowed a fucking animal like Hitler to come to power in Germany, and he wasn't even fucking German! The same mob-mentality that brought us the Nuremburg rallies and the Holocaust has brought this once-great nation to a morally and intellectually bankrupt state. Not to mention having the Patriot Act crammed up our asses, the systematic elimination of our basic rights, and the institution in all but name of a Police State in what's supposed to be the most free country on the planet. Don't take my word for it, visit any of these links & see for yourself:

1:Looking Back in Disgust

2:Information Liberation

3:CQ.com

So the next time you're feeling Patriotic, try submitting a Freedom of Information Act request on what's really happening in Iraq or Afghanistan, waterboarding or other forms of torture carried out by the CIA & others, or any of the myriad Bill of Rights violations perpetrated by the worst presidency in history. Then let everyone know how that works out for you until the Goon Squad serves you with a no-knock warrant & "accidentally" kills you at 3 A.M.

Another Unsettling Trend

Let me admit to one of my many human foibles. I have a "thing" about hypodermic needles. And by "thing" I mean deep-seated hatred. Call it a fear, call it a phobia, call it a fucking toaster oven for all I care, just keep that fucking thing the fuck away from me. Fuck. That's one of the main reasons I never became a drug-addict, that and the fact I wanted to actually make something of myself that didn't involve ponderous amounts of BO and blowing a complete stranger for a fix.
That being said, I can pretty much tell you why I hate needles, and it goes back a very long way. You see, before I was even in elementary school I loved monster movies. They didn't even have to be very good, just somewhat scary. Well, there was this old 50's SciFi movie about aliens that had needles that came out of their fingertips and that pretty much fucked me up for life.

So you can probably understand my outrage when I read the following:

Are Forced Injections the New Taser?

What. The. Fuck. Now I know that paramedics, EMTs, phlebotomists and other folks in medicine-related fields all know how to give injections, because they're trained to, so I don't know about the rest of you fucking sheeple, but I'm sorry Officer Mengele, you come near me with a needle, I'm fucking drawing down on your ass. Seriously. Get the fuck away from me with that shit.
Another salient point would be the drug they're using, Midazolam, and the possibly harmful effects it could have if someone were allergic to it. I'm not talking I-touched-my-face-after-petting-a-cat-and-now-my-eyes-are-itchy-and-watery allergic, I'm talking ER-in-ten-minutes-or-you're-going-to-fucking-die allergic. Ask anyone who's allergic to penicillin how cavalier their attitude towards a dose of that is.

All Too Common

It's been a while since I've posted anything, but I do have a job. At one point in my life I had actually contemplated a career in law enforcement. That's right, a cop. As things stand now, I'm glad I didn't, because I'd be associated with these gems of today's Fascist society:

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=oid:58248

I hope if this guy's married they showed these pictures to his wife. First of all, only the worst and most cowardly of cunts hit women. On top of that, where does the "Serve and Protect" part cover beating the shit out of any prisoner, let alone a handcuffed woman? Your Mom sure would be proud to see this, once the swelling around her eyes goes down enough for her to see anything at all. I guess those dishes aren't going to do themselves, are they? At least your Dad will have something to talk about when he's forcing himself on some teenage boy at that "one" rest area on the interstate right by his house. A quick search on Youtube will net you some graphic video. What a dick.

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=oid:58248

I'm sure this skilled officer is much better at threat assessment than me, because a NINE FUCKING YEAR OLD MENTALLY RETARDED GIRL could certainly be easily underestimated. I'm sure she brought it upon herself, though, being all small and "slow" and unpredictable. I can't even fathom the cowardice of anyone who witnessed this not at least saying something to this fucking thug hiding behind a badge. If I saw anyone else but a cop doing something this mortifying I would feel obligated to try to stop them any way I could. See that picture of me at the top of the page? That's a good choice for what they call an "appropriate response."

I sincerely hope these assholes lose their jobs at the very least. I also hope the inevitable (and completely justified) lawsuits bankrupt both of these departments. Fuck them, it's what they deserve for putting badges on these cocksuckers.

Not Far Off The Mark

There are three kinds of people in this world that I despise: Thieves, Liars and Bullies, and the RIAA is all three in one convenient, easy-to-loathe package.
I'm old enough to have owned (and nostalgic enough to still own) vinyl LPs and cassette tapes. My friends and I shared all our albums with each other by taking the time to record them onto cassettes, and we all had piles of homemade cassette tapes. Some of them were even labeled as well. Why did we do this? It's called "sharing" and it's how we were raised. Also because it saved us money because we didn't have to buy that particular LP. I'm sure the music industry lost money from us doing that, but twenty or thirty years ago the government wasn't completely bought and paid for by big business.
File sharing is just like spending a rainy afternoon at a friend's house turning a stack of records into a stack of tapes. It wasn't called stealing then and it's no different now, it just doesn't take as long. I now have stacks of CDs and a CD recorder, and I will gladly copy anything I have for someone.
Do I make 1000 copies of a CD and sell them? No, because that is pirating, and I have no issue with arresting someone doing that. But when the RIAA sues some little kid for a ridiculous amount of money for downloading her favorite songs I have a huge problem with that. Way to take the moral high ground and make an example out of a hardened criminal! If you are savvy enough to not have to pay for your music, awesome! If your favorite band comes to town, pay for a ticket to see them live, because at least they'll make more than a dollar from each ticket, unlike their latest CD, which, even though it still costs $18, made the record company fifteen times as much money as the artist. And why do CDs cost as much now as when they first came out over 20 years ago? Especially when you consider the cost of a CD player started out at around three grand, and now you couldn't give one away because DVD players are so inexpensive now?
I know someone who worked in a CD factory 8-10 years ago, and they told me that, including the packaging, it cost about a buck and a half to make a CD. Even taking into consideration the cost of shipping, advertising, paying the wage slaves to move it from one point to another in the store, and what the artist is being paid (minus the advance they already got, thank you), the price of a CD should be under five bucks. The only reason, and please correct me if I'm wrong, that Cds cost as much as they do is corporate greed.
So share your files with your friends, neighbors, acquaintances, online friends, even complete strangers, as long as you're sharing and not making money off of someone else's work.

"It Can't Happen Here"

If you think, say, hear or believe this phrase, you're in for a rude awakening. Ever heard of Eminent Domain? That's what it's called when the Government does it, when anyone else does it, it's called extortion. You or I would go to prison for agreeing to attempt it. That part is called "conspiracy to commit ( insert charge here)", and it's usually thrown in for good measure when someone is charged with various crimes.
Do you like the house you live in? You better hope some developer doesn't see it as the perfect place for a strip mall or Starbucks, because you will lose your home and get nothing for it. Take a look at this news item from New York. Just because some asshole has friends in City Hall, you can be unceremoniously thrown into the street when they steal your property.
These are elected officials, people! If you knowingly support a candidate that supports government-sanctioned extortion and theft, then you are part of the problem, not to mention a cocksucker of the highest order. If you don't know where a candidate stands on this issue, find out. Every item they vote on is a matter of public record, so if you don't have the balls to ask them, you can find out by going through their files.