Prop. 6 Police and law enforcement funding, criminal penelties and laws

Officially asks for:
-requires minimum of 965 million each year to be allocated from state general fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities. Some of this funding will increase in following years according to California Consumer Price Index
-Makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law, many of which cover gang related offenses. Revisions create multiple new crimes and additional penalties, some with she potential for new life sentences
-Increases penalties for violating a gang-related injunction and for felons carrying guns under certain conditions.

argument for:
our government does not do enough to keep us safe from gangs and violent offenders. Returns taxpayer money to local law enforcement. Redirects 1% of California's budget to local law enforcement without raising taxes. keeps our children safe. Every california sheriff and various law enforcement say yes on 7

against:
this year's props are full of proposals that sound good on first reading, but in reality will savage our economy without doing what they promise. prop 6 is a good example. Massive new spending is proposed. wastes money on ineffective programs without any oversight. The bulk of the money goes to "citizens options for public safety" a program reviewed by the state's independent legislative analyst and found to have "no definable goals" and "no identifiable results"

my take:
Raised taxes or not we pay it all. The bulk of this money as I understand it is just a giant piggy bank for random people to pull from. They don't have a specific purpose with it and they don't have to show anything tangible to justify receiving it. It equates to, "here is a billion dollars, I trust you will do good with it. Of course by good I mean nothing specific and I won't be checking to see what is done with it so go buy blow and hookers for all I care. I didn't write the check? FUCKIN' PARTY!!!"

final word:
I shall say NO to 6. I'm tired of these vague claims. Politics is too often reduced to generalized fear inducing statements. It needs to stop. Voting NO on 6 is a way to say clean your shit up and make a real argument and maybe I will consider your side next time.

From the makers of "BACON SALT"

Alaska's largest paper says, "Obama for president"

"Palin's rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand"
the paper had a beautiful point by capturing a thought that more people should put into words.

..Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment.

gorgeous. Say it out loud. If you're an alaskan supporting alaska or a woman supporting women, realize this isn't about her it is about the other unfit candidate next to her.

here is the full article:

http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/567867.html

Prop. 5 Non violent drug offences, sentencing, parole and rehabilitation

Officially asks for:
-allocates 460,000,000 dollars annually to improve and expand treatment programs for those convicted of drug and other offenses
-Limits court authority to incarcerate offenders who commit certain drug offenses, break drug treatment, or violate parole
-decreases parole for certain offenses; increases for violent and serious felonies
-creates 19 member board to direct policy

argument for:
judges make the call as to which non violent offenders get into treatment and which don't. preserves judge's powers and gives new powers to hold offenders accountable during drug treatment.

against:
shortens parole for meth dealers and other drug felons from 3 years to six months! Get out of jail free card for those accused of child abuse, domestic violence, mortgage fraud, identity theft, auto theft, and a host of other crimes, letting them escape criminal prosecution. provides a way to avoid prosecution for those accused of killing innocent victims while driving under the influence. a veiled attempt to cut parole time and funnel the money somewhere else. establishes two new bureaucracies with no accountability which will cost millions to taxpayers. weakens rehab programs by allowing defendants to continue drug use in rehab.

my take:
From what I see this is the definition of an open and shut. the supporting side is completely full of shit and lying through their teeth. and anything supported by the orange county anything has to be bullshit. That is such a bullshit corrupt local government, fuckin' privileged white people. It makes you think it protects first time offenders. Scares you into thinking that if you're pulled over and the cop finds some weed you will go to jail. first time offenders don't go to jail in california for simple drug possession. It's like saying vote for this bill because it will stop elementary school students from being shot in the face if they J-walk. THAT SHIT DOESN'T HAPPEN SO I DON'T NEED PROTECTION FROM IT.

final word:
this one is supported by my mom's union. That means that in the past I would have voted yes but looking at the facts my own opinion is different. Make your own decisions kids! I'll vote NO

Prop. 4 waiting period and parental notification before teen abortion

final word:
I'm not even dignifying this one with a breakdown. The state of parents in this world is horrifying. I bet if an acceptable test was created and administered about .0000012 percent of the world's mothers and fathers would qualify as fit. Therefore they don't deserve this decision. I do think it is a hard choice because it gives kids too easy of a get out of jail free card. This means they fuck without fear of consequence and this on top of poor sex education is a recipe for disaster. The good outweighs the bad though, and if we get rid of bullshit like this and inform the kids to make good mature decisions by telling them the truth about STD's, pregnancy, and parenthood early and often we'll get there slowly. I'll vote no on 4.

Prop. 3 Children's hospital bond act

Officially asks for:
-authorizes 980 million dollars to build, redecorate, remodel, expand, furnish, and equip children's hospitals
-designates that 80% of funds go to hospitals that focus on children with leukemia, heart disease, cancer, etc.
-requires that these hospitals provide care to a high volume of children
-20% is required to go to University of California general acute care hospitals

argument for:
What is more essential then investing in hospitals where over one million times each year California children are treated traumatic injuries and illnesses like cancer, sickle cell anemia, and cystic fibrosis? What is more essential then funding neonatal care and organ transplants for children?

against:
No accountability, this money will go to already rich hospitals in the UC system and others that are benefiting from a previous 750 million dollar proposition that they haven't even finished spending. The bill says it's for children specifically but actually 80% of the money can go to hospitals as long as they also take care of children as patients.

my take:
The wording is so forced that it sounds deceitful. The words children and cancer are mentioned within two words of each other about 99 times in the for argument. It sounds like scare tactics for greedy people with no morels. They say the other argument is wrong but give no reasons why. You won't earn my vote with that bullshit.

final word:
It will probably pass because people are short sighted and once they see child cancer they will vote for it but I will vote no on 3 until they clean up and talk straight.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

FUCKING HOOKERS ... GOD DAMN IT!!
Current mood: irate
Category: Life

OMG I'm sooooooooooooo fucking PISSED the FUUUUCK off right now!!!!!!

So, I'm in Vegas. My friend and I came out here to go stay at our place for a week.

Its Sunday night.. we had nothing to do, so we decided to hang around our favorite hotel (in which I've stayed at PLENTY of times), the Wynn, to go gamble, and play some black jack.

So... we sit at a min 25 dollar bet table (yeah, I'm not that much of a baller where I can sit at anything higher and afford to lose), and we play a few hands. IMMEDIATELY we get carded MORE than once for sitting there.

My dumb (naive to hooker-related business) ass thinks.. oh, they're lookin at our IDs to make sure we're 21... little did I know, they're actually running DL numbers to make sure we have no previous convictions for prostitution. Sorry.. I'm not a hooker, so I don't think like one... Didn't really know what was going on.

Well, thank God, there's NOTHING on my record, so I was fine. I continue to play blackjack, win a few hundred dollars, then we walk in to the little gift shop because my friend doesn't know how to gamble, so we went to go buy one of the little "how to" black jack cards to I can explain to her how it all works.

As soon as we walk in there, two men (in normal street clothes) walk up to us with their IDs and tell us we're under arrest!!!!!

I must have looked like a deer in headlights. I said, "What... ?!?!? HAHAHA... you guys are funny, this must be a joke!!" They pulled out there badges, and zipties (informal handcuffs) and told us to follow them.

So I'm CONFUSED as FUUUUUUUUUUUCK right now. I dont know WHAT the FUCK is going on... and I'm thinkin Candid Camera must be filming some show, and I'm on it. Ha ha.. ok.. Ashton Kutcher.. you punked us... right????

WRONG.

So we're sitting in their little make believe rent-a-cop police station in the Wynn, and they grab both of our purses. THANK GOD I had nothing illegal on me, and THANK GOD I had no condoms or anything associated with prostitution. My purse only had like 600 bucks in it, and my ID and phone were in there as well.

The stupid ASS motherfucking Sgt was such a PIECE OF SHIT. I started getting all teary-eyed, asking him what the FUUUUUUUCK was going on, and he kept on telling me to (literally) shut the fuck up. I told him I know I look like a dumbass here, because I'm asking so many questions... but WHAT THE FUCK am I under arrest for?????

He said I was under arrest for prostitution!!!!

FYI.. My ex is a cop. I've NEVER had anything on my record, and I've NEVER EVER been a hooker. I kept on telling him that, and he kept telling me to shut the fuck up.

I asked him what he was basing his information on, and he said don't worry about it. I said, "Sir, if you watch the security cameras you can see me playing black jack at a min 25 dollar bet table (sorry, hookers hang out at higher bet tables than that) and I was playing with my own money!!!

He was like, yeah, yeah, whatever hooker.

OMG.. I was about to FUCKING kill him.

I sat down with my friend on the stupid little bench he put us on, and watched some other "real hookers" get arrested while we were still sitting there.

He asked me all the probable hooker questions.. where do I live, do I do drugs, do I smoke meth, have I ever had sex for money... lalalala... and everytime I would answer he'd shake his head and say.. uh huhhh.. whatever.

I'm like why the fuck are you asking me these questions if you're not listening!!?!?!?

Fucking PIECE of SHIT motherfucker... UGHHHHHHHHHH I'm so fuckin pissed.

Well thank GOD I never said anythign to any of the undercovers that couldve gotten me in trouble, and I had nothing illegal on me, or anything on my record so they just let me go... but HOLY FUCKIN shit... Just cuz I'm a cute girl and I wanna gamble at the Wynn, I gotta be called a hooker?!?!?!?!?

Fuck you mother fucker!

That's the LAST fucking time I will EVER stay at that fucking hotel. Too bad it WAS my favorite one... Well, Steve Wynn, You just lost ANOTHER customer to the Palazzo's. Horray Mr. Venetian owner.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I'm so pissed!

FUCK!!!!!

Prop. 2 standards for confining farm animals

Officially asks for:
-calves raised for veal, egg laying hens, and pregnant pigs be confined only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn freely
-Exceptions made for transportation, rodeos, fairs, 4-H programs, lawful slaughter, research and veterinary purposes
-Provides misdemeanor penalties, including a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment in jail for up to 180 days

argument for:
stops cruel and inhumane treatment of animals. Promotes food safety and protects environment. agribusiness interests opposing prop 2 masquerading as the deceptively named "Californians for safe food" have a record of duping the public, harming animals, and polluting. calves are tethered by the neck and can barely move, pigs bite the metal bars of their crates, hens get trapped and even impaled in their wire cages. Conditions like this promote the spread of disease as we saw in Chino this year. California family farmers support prop 2 because they believe food quality and safety are enhanced by safe farming practices. Factory farms have devastating effects on the environment, eliminate them and protect our air and water.

against:
Jobs will be lost and egg prices will skyrocket. If this is passed we will only be able to buy eggs trucked in from thousands of miles away. hens are protected in these cages and they have all the space they need. migratory birds can infect them with BIRD FLU!!! It's risky, california law already protects animal safety.

my take:
Both sides leave you with things to question. Biggest argument against is that it will drive the business out of california. Fuck em' though, it's all scare tactics. This will be an example to follow and if enough states support it the egg guys will have nowhere to hide. This is a principle thing and we will make a stand and lead a wave across other states. I can survive without eggs if I have to. If I need to boycott eggs to reinforce my point that's a small sacrifice. Read The Omnivores Dilemma or anything by Michael Pollan, the state of food in this country is really a joke on a lot of fronts, and the joke is on us. We are spoon fed what to think and what to ignore and they do what they want under our noses. It's a McCain/Pailin-Psycho/Nazi-GOP/Fuckhead kind of business as usual mentality and it needs to end. this is a little step but a necessary one.

final word:
I will vote for this proposition. If it raises the cost of eggs I will know the eggs I eat aren't the little concentrated bubbles of pain they are now for the most part. I believe that the emotion, good or bad, becomes a part of the animal and its by-products and if you eat it it's a part of you. If for nothing else do it to be selfish. Yes on 2.

I'm Phillip Allouicious Williams and I approve this message.

R.I.P. Elliott Smith

5 years today. You've kept me going through hard times and I owe you more than I could express even if you were still with us. Rest brother.

Prop. 1 High Speed Rail Bonds

Officially asks for:
-9 billion dollars to build high speed railroad between san francisco and L.A.
-funds rail expansion if money becomes available
-provides 950 million for connections to the high speed railroad and for repairing, modernizing, and improving passenger rail service, including tracks, signals, etc.
-total funding provided is 9.95 billion

argument for:
safe, easy, more affordable and less gas travel alternative to soaring gas prices, freeway congestion, rising airfare and plumeting airline service. relieve 70 million trips a year of congested freeways and clogged airports. Doesn't raise taxes. runs 220 miles an hour, la to san fran in about 2 1/2 hours. stops in san diego, l.a. fresno, san jose, san fran, and sacramento. billion dollars to help "beef up" existing rail like metro or bart in san francisco. Ten years of study and prep already invested. remove c02 equivalent of 1 million cars from air and run cleaner than alternatives. Legal oversight by governor, legislature, attorney general and an independant expert.

against:
will cost at least 40 billion to get something like this working, this 10 is just tip of the iceberg. We are already in a budget crisis and this is too much to spend with bad schools and healthcare underfuded. 58 million already spent on consulting and research trips to europe with nothing to show. 640 million a year for 30 years when you break it down with interest. this is travel statewide we are investing in when we should be investing in local travel improvements to make the metro better to get us to work.

my take:
More than anything this is still research and initial baby steps. Some money has already been applied to it without much to show and the risk is that this money is just padding someone's pocket. I like the basic idea but anyone who has made that trip in a car knows it is a great experience. Alone you get to have six hours with yourself where you are forced to work out your own problems or drown them out with music blaring for five or six hours, alone time like that is so rare today in our quick society. If it's with someone special you can't help but get a lot closer on that drive. Platonic friends or something more, a lot of discussion and maybe even some time to pull over in the middle of nowhere and "go visit grandma" (go see the movie sexdrive in theaters to get that one)

Bottom line, It will be too expensive compared to alternatives. Especially with the push to hybrid vehicles nowadays. It costs about $60 tops round trip for my gas in the civic hybrid. With how much this is costing and how in demand it will be I don't expect round trip tickets to drop under $100. I do wish some more regional focus was in the bill and perhaps in the future there will be. Metro is a mess, at least compared to other systems. It could be so much more.

final word:
I'll vote against with hopes of a better future alternative. Drive to frisco and demand better local rail here at home

Giving you your Props... 1-12

This is the first year I'm really looking at and examining each and every one of the state's propositions. I've always followed the recommendations of a certain group I trust or voted to try and help my mom in her plight as a social worker for the state. These were all basically blind assumptions though and not reflective of my personal feelings necessarily

The format for the propositions explanations from the state are a clearish statement of the bare bones facts (i.e. too boring for anyone to really look at) then comes the good stuff, the arguments for and against. A long page for and a small blurb against. Then, a long page against and a small blurb for.

The groups pick sensationalized names that try to cloud the issue. How can you feel good voting against a group called, justice for murdered children? I think it's a little unfair. the problem with just listing names is that you end up wondering who they are backed by. Then you see the groups they represent and a whole other problem is introduced.

I'm going to try and explain these propositions as I see them. Hopefully one per day for the next 12 days. I'll give the official facts, shortened arguments against and for, and my own take. Hopefully this will help me to understand them better and maybe have a couple of you vote for the issues themselves instead of just the title of the proposition on the actual ballot on election day.

So make your own assumptions or take some of the facts from mine but whatever you do write them down on a sheet of paper or your official voter info guide before you leave for the polls on the 4th and make an informed choice. And please comment, question, or argue with me if you have anything to say about what I have to say. Email if you don't want your feelings in the open. snapz5431@hotmail.com

Happy voting kids, we're a part of history. Pete said it, "kids are gonna sit in class one day and read about our time in their textbooks"

this parrot is no more!

George Carlin is dead. He's at that strip club by the new jersey airport. The great ones are fading fast and we are left with the Dane Cook's of the world. Embrace the great ones while we still have them here.

and now for something completely different... and at the same time obvious, true, and... why the fuck isn't this the script the twenty four hour news networks are following word for word?

WWMD? what would maverick do?

In the last presidential debate tonight, McCain started talking about the relief that Sarah Palin was promoting by drilling for oil in alaska.

I finally realized the sybolism and why she was chosen. All the oil is backed up underneath all that blue water. Needing, wanting, nay, DEMANDING release!!!! and Palin is here to give it to us.

Sarah Palin is gonna give america a handjob and release a beautiful rainbow sea of oil all over every american's face and chest and probably in their hair a little too.

DRILL BABY DRILL!!!

p.s. it's gonna take about ten years to actually get you that satisfaction and it will only relieve about 1% of your problem/urge. If you are voting for Mccain you are a desperate lurking virgin following around an old used up lying but charismatic whore waiting for that point ten years down the line that maybe just maybe she might just touch the tip for a second with the lights off. None of this though before she robs you blind, sets her family and friends up nice and comfy like and then drops dead only after cutting the ribbon on the greatest american hero wing of the memorial library.

congrats on your choice. See you in the bread lines.

the more you leave, the less you lose

I know too many people that are running from a bad smell with shit smeared under their noses.

sorry. the truth is vulgar.

An open letter to this person:
You think that reinventing yourself, changing a job, an apartment, a significant other, what have you, will be a warm safe blanket to catch you and nuzzle the problems away. The problem is you though. You need to stop dragging other people along down your self-obsessed path to self discovery. You need to work on yourself more and let the surrounding work itself out.

If you're a better person you'll get a better chick/guy. In turn you will feel better about yourself and land a better job/promotion. Then maybe you can afford a better place and a move would be necessary and not just you bailing on a lease and leaving your roommate in the fucking lurch. So before you go checking craigslist for your missed connection, new job, and sublet in north hollywood. Run your finger along your upper lip and if you happen to come across some feces... It's because you are full of shit and it has nowhere else to go and is starting to spill out of the holes in your face.

you can't put lipstick on a pig.

seacrest out.

Coca-colonization

I'm being too aggressively advertised to, and it's making me feel... aggressive.

We're all too easily swayed and we have allowed corporations to interweave a web of diversion into our lives. I know what I want and need before I see your fiberglass bucket of chicken or your giant sign tied to the side of a truck parked on a freeway overpass.

They are mostly evil and will destroy you if it makes a dime.

Do you know the soft drink fanta was invented by coca cola so they could still sell soft drinks but not associate the coca cola brand with the nazi party in Germany? They didn't care that the nazis were fucking insane they just cared that if they sold coke to nazis, americans wouldn't want it. So the alternative was born.

http://secretnazifanta.ytmnd.com/

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-food/coca_cola.htm

Your mission and mine: In your everyday lives, remove, deface, or destroy any and all advertising material that sticks out to you. Don't be an ass about it just grab something and do what you will. If you are called out for it just deny it, even if the evidence is in your hands. It works for the government... It should work for us.

Pretty much any fast food restaurant, retail store chain, t.v. channel, whatever it is, is owned by 4 companies at the top. They work hard to make you look and feel fat, lazy, overworked, and defeated.

Make their jobs harder.

as always
hoping we all live to write another day,

-Phil

IN the fake news...

snl touched on the AIG nonsense, you have to skip to the end. Really.

sangría interna

My anger is starting to turn into a bit of reckless abandon. I'm starting to think the things we fear doing aren't things to fear at all but rather necessary. We are domesticated animals bread to stand in lines and show up on time. Fuck any and all socialized reason. Anarchy, but the good kind. Not the in your face look at my anarchy uniform with matching shoes, the more subtle... mostly non violent demonstrations. We have our motivation, the world is ending as we speak. Collapse on all sides and all this in your face corporate theft. Reading the updates on the bottom of my AIG post should make you physically ill I hope. If it does, then get out and express feeling to a crowd of strangers. write, scream, stand on the corner with a sign. Find a busy spot of your town and put up a poster. Spread knowledge like an infection. Give it to people whether they want it or not. public notices, street signs, safety warnings, stoplights. Any and everything is fair game. Be smart, be careful, and in the cover of night make your mark on the world. A bottle of spray paint holds so much knowledge, if you know how to shake it and where to point it. The corporate greed of america is basically shitting on our faces and laughing. They do it repeatedly and in public. Do the same, treat the wal-marts, targets, and electronic stores of the world as libraries (I needed to use a paper shredder so I showed target my "visa" library card and they let me check out a shredder. I shredded my papers, packed it back up and returned it. The guy looked confused when I tipped him two dollars?) Fuck brand loyalty, fuck overdone stereotypes and ways of doing things from a bygone era. Stop giving out free respect, respect is earned and not awarded at a checkpoint every decade. Fuck your parents, fuck your boss, and fuck your future selves if anyone disagrees.

Celebrate the people you love
and subtly destroy those that you don't.

this.is.sparta.

rock the fuck on.

How Racism Works...

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said 'I do' to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards after being in a tragic car crash?

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

What if Obama was in the Air force and recklessly crashed 5 military planes,
one which he was coming back from a football game and visiting a girlfriend with?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.

You are The Boss... which team would you hire?

With America facing historic debt, 2 wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank fore closures, etc.

Educational Background:

Obama:
Columbia University - B.A.
Political Science with a Specialization
in International Relations.

Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Magna Cum Laude

Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History
and B.A. in Political Science.

Syracuse University College of Law -
Juris Doctor (J.D.)


vs.


McCain:
United States Naval Academy -
Class rank: 894 of 899

Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A.
in Journalism

And let’s not forget that when the V.P.
candidates come home to
their spouses and discuss issues,

Biden is talking to

Jill Biden who holds:
Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Delaware.

Master of Arts in English from Villanova University
Master of Education with a specialty in
reading from West Chester University
Doctor of Education in educational leadership
from the University of Delaware

and Palin is talking to...

Todd Palin who “has taken some college
courses but does not have a degree”.

Now, which team are you going to hire?

PS: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter....

I guess if McCain is elected we all will being
crawling onto that Bridge To Nowhere…

credit to Amanda for posting this in Myspace

AIG followup, the story is getting buried

AIG Headquarters
70 Pine St.
New York, NY 10270
Phone: 212-770-7000
Fax: 212-509-9705
Toll Free: 877-638-4244

Lisa Crocker 217-541-7791

I called the direct 212 number, told the call screener I was a concerned customer that needed an explanation and some type of justification on the "Getaway" in Orange County. I was first told... get this, IT WAS ONLY A FOUR DAY TRIP??? Not the eight days reported in the story. Sep. 24th to the 28th. The great part is that she was trying to say that it wasn't that bad because it was only four days but the point I was making was that they spent 25 grand on spa treatments in only eight days. I said,

"In eight days of the retreat.." here she cut me off and told me it was only 4 days, "that just makes it even worse? In only 4 days your company spent 25 grand on spa treatments alone." She paused for a while and it ended up somewhere around, "was this the right time to do this sir......(very long pause).....probably not."

It went on for awhile but nothing could be said really because we both know what this really was. She said it was planned a year prior, I asked was there are least any discussion of scaling it back to the bare bones of the conference or maybe not holding it in one of the most expensive hotels in Orange County? She said she could not really speak to any of that. She did say only 10 of the atendees were actually AIG employees and the rest were independant contractors that sell the insurance. No doubt those 10 were a good chunk of the executive committee.

Please use this resource. She gave me a Direct Phone number

Lisa Crocker 1(217) 541-7791

call her, question this, get angry.

I had to be calm to get some info. and the number but you don't have to. Yell! Question! Get Angry! We are all being taken on a ride to the bottom and we are paying for the tickets, gas, maintenance, and swedish massages for the conductor.

HELP YOURSELVES, HELP ME, HELP.

Above is a copy of the actual hotel bill, this is real people, DO SOMETHING!!!

you can find some good coverage of this on Nancy Pelosi's blog.

http://speaker.house.gov/blog

update: CNN just announced that AIG is getting an additional 38 billion dollars to their bailout. I really have nothing left.

update 2: Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., castigated by the White House, Congress and Barack Obama for hosting a $440,000 conference days after an $85 billion federal bailout, plans to hold another gathering for brokers next week at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA

The time has come the walrus said, to speak of many things.

dear friends...

At a time such as this I think it's important to put your thoughts out there. Your two in the morning, scattered, grammar/ spelling error ridden, so frustrated you make no sense thoughts out and on paper. This is a passionate time in your life and passion begets creativity in some cases. It's better to give it a shot just in case your fingertips vomit genius all over the keyboard.

Where to start.... What the fuck is going on and is or isn't it as bad as they do or don't say it is. “Things never get that bad?” “People worry too much and it's just fear mongering” You want to believe that but then you hear Iceland...as a country...will declare bankruptcy soon? A fucking country will declare bankruptcy? That headline alongside, “Bailout recipient AIG is spending our tax dollars on a half a million dollar retreat at a luxury hotel for it's executives” Days after their 85 billion dollar bailout.... they are celebrating in style spending more than 25 grand in eight days on spa treatments alone. Is this real???? and to top it off and just complete the full time capsule representation of earth today for future generations, the last headline I saw is... “Boyfriend of woman stuck to toilet wins lottery for 2nd time”

Sometimes while driving I realize I wouldn't mind so much if I had a muscle spasm and slammed into a wall, dying instantly and leaving everyone else to deal with the world's collective shame of being. Everything we do in life is designed to keep us in line and keep us tired, hurting, and scared enough to not mount a sufficient opposition to the blanket being put over our heads. At the same time pointing out all of our deficiencies, especially now, is unpatriotic and makes you an easy target as a ranting nut job. It is so easy for any conversation of what's going on today to snowball into the he said/ she said conspiracy theories that are too good to not be true. While we rant, we hesitate. We hesitate because we realize we've been socialized to be almost sickened by this approach to an issue. “radical” “obsessive” “just a mouthpiece for a issue” “far left/right” Whatever your title, breakthrough the built in bias and realize that the truth has gotten to the point that it's more insane than anything a bum could yell at the sky in the middle of traffic.

I realize this a bit vague and droning at times but fuck it, say whatever you can because tomorrow you'll be too tired from your shit job, too drunk off your cheap beer, too sick and unable to wait at or afford the hospital, too nervous that the world will collapse before the sun comes up the next day, or just too busy reading on the internet how to tie a noose and spell checking that suicide note. It's all designed to keep you quiet, it's all designed to make you feel a defeated failure. Don't let “the plan” succeed, I don't care what you think, I fight to ignore what my mind tells me I should think and I look at our situation in the world clearly, unbiased, and as I slowly examine it all I weep.

Thank you for reading and hopefully we'll live to write another day,

Phil