Politically Incorrect Guy - P.I.G. (Oink, Oink, M_____F_____)
By day, a heads-down, hardworking family man
By night, a heads-up, hard-drinking Family Guy fan
About me
3/31/08
I was buying some silver the other day; it's the kind of 'collapse of civilization' thinking that occasionally visits my noggin. The guy behind the counter made a pitch to me about buying coins and boullion (sp?) which I didn't really need, seeing as how I was already there in his buzzer-protected shop, but I let him whale (wail?) about stuff for a few. He reminded me that 'core' inflation does not include food and energy. So your compound interest doesn't really cover the spread, I guess. Pretty depressing, but I guess somehow we muddle through. It is interesting to remember that the 'Fed' is a bunch of private banks, and no, I'm not 'going there' with the whole international banker conspiracy thing. The way I see it, J.P. Morgan bailed us out back in the day, and the main difference is now it's official that private money helps to stabilize us. But that does not mean that the little guy will ever have the same early warnings about problems in the financial markets. I mean, c'mon, these derivatives and 'instruments' are concocted by these brainiacs, and it's like a house of cards; the same kind of artificial structures crop up every couple of decades, and the law catches up, then the brainiacs concoct some more, etc. Like I said, gold and silver, but mainly pray the big guys don't fuck up big time.
3/30/08
Here's a relevant quote I heard the other day from Lily Tomlin: "No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up". Amen sister.
3/3/08
Sop up that ozone! Let your freak flag fly (arcane reference to H__r, from a Boomer)
2/28/08
Awright, so I've been lazy with the web site stuff; sorrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy. Anyway, here's a cool campaign video for a guy in Oregon.
2/4/08
I dreamt that the word "IF" had not been invented, and all the programmers were out of work;
I dreamt that the word "EXCITED" had not been invented, and all the PR flaks and marketing executives were out of work;
I dreamt of a world where everybody was slightly coffee-colored, and it was a lot harder to hate each other (inspired by reading some Vonnegut last nite)
Yeah, I'm a dreamer. (Still politically incorrect, though---I'll prove it with later posts)
1/20/08
I don't know how many people have noticed that the Superbowl is being played at the University of Phoenix stadium. We're not talkin' ASU (Sun Devils) or UA (in Tucson anyway), but the online guys. They have been doing a lot of business over the years, and I guess some folks actually get some good edumication outta them. Maybe the sports writers can truly 'phone it in', and the defensive directors can 'dial back' their pass rush. (I know, people don't use dialup much anymore; I have a cold, as Monty Python would say in defense).
1/17/08
WTF is the deal with Giuliani's eyes? If you don't know what I'm talking about, you don't wanna find out. Freaky-deaky, bruh.
1/7/08
High School Drinking Buddies Bilk US Taxpayers
People ask me, since I'm in IT, why I don't trust web sites and computer systems in general with my personal info.
Put these assholes in jail, soonest!! Fuck no-bid contracts. Reform the system that gives contracts. And take a nap.
12/11/07
Stop yer animated gyrations, ya annoying @&$%!~%!!!!
I'm gonna:
Learn Adobe Flash
Build a little animated gal
Infest that LowerMyBills website
Have her slap the shit outta these two, and any who come to their aid
11/22/07
I don't know about 9/11 but I have a suspicion about JFK/RFK. Yeah, it's that anniversary again, and like a lotta people my age who experienced the JFK assassination and woke up to hear about his brother, I am scarred by those events, and the killing of MLK as well. I mean, I've moved on, and lately the info about JFK and his drug dependency and treatment of women, esp. his wife, have brought him down in my eyes. Anywho, I wanted to put my little voice out there about the killings. I don't know who actually did the killings, and maybe the killings are not related, but for Christ's sake, there was something sordid there. The military unit which usually would guard the Prez was told to stand down, the Secret Service had their behavior changed, the car slowed down when he was hit, on and on. And how about the really bad one, with Manchurian Candidate Sirhan Sirhan, the body guard of RKF, the bullets (yeah plural) in the wood in the kitchen? (Look these up if interested, but it won't make a damned bit of good). The only takeaway for me now is that this is the kind of stuff that 'rulers' do among their little 'special' circle, just like court and Papal intrigues, with their poisonings, and such. The 'little' people like me just go on with their lives, as all this stuff happens over their heads, like the weather. Oh well.
11/7/07
I used to want to go to Asia. Now Asia's coming to me. I work in Central Jersey, and the immigrant story is way big there. You got your Chinese and Japanese, lots of Filipinos too. We not only have Indians, but Pakistanis and Sri Lankans. I guess the Bengladeshis are not far behind, especially as their country is so close to sea level that they are gonna have a HUGE migration out of necessity soon, thanks to rising sea levels. One upshot of this is that you have a lot of restaurants to sample, if you are adventurous enough, and I am, not having any allergies and such. I also like hot spices. I remember reading that one reason a lot of the tropical countries have such spicy hot food is that it keeps the parasites in check, and that eating a jalapeño or its local equivalent makes you sweat, which actually helps cool you down. Chillin' wit da chillies, bro. There are a lot of Koreans where I'm working, and boy, the cigarette companies did a GREAT job marketing those coffin nails. They cluster around the back door (seems like every half hour), and the smoke blows into the building. It's funny how they don't seem to like the cold, cuz I thought that country was a COLD place. Gettin' soft, Americanos?
10/27/07
I keep getting email offering to: a.) increase my you-know-what size, both in thickness and length AND b.) sell me watches; guess I can put the watch you-know-where. Why am I bringing this up? Because for grins I actually try to think of who is sending that spam. There are the automated systems, sure, but there are probably legions of simple-minded people who have paid, I dunno, $29 or something to tap into some 'great opportunity' to sell from the comfort of their home, something that's certainly in the range of possibilities in this crazy old world. Now think of how the actual subject line has to be obfuscated to get them past filters (yeah, I learned that word from being a programmer, LOL). For example, you put hyphens or underscores in key words , or use $ or @ or what-not. Imagine the gradual drift downward of rationalizations they go through to explain to themselves that they're actually doing honorable or at least value-neutral work, just fighting heartless or thoughtless security provisions, to get the message through to people that really need to know how to change their dick size (guess that includes 'downsizing' too), and/or sneak money out of Country X, or buy watches or whatever. What the hey.
10/23/07
Remember Sam Kinison? He did a non-PC rant many years ago about people starving in Africa where he ended up yelling "You're living in a DESERT!. There's NO WATER THERE! AHHHH, AHHH", or whatever his sound was. Well, friends and water drinkers, I have always shook my head at the waste of water in the Western US, with Las Vegas taking the cake. Yeah, I mean YOU Bellagio, and that place with the freakin' PIRATE LAGOON, and on and on, swimming pools, lawns, all that stuff. People from the East move to these desert regions and they want to bring their damn LAWNS with them. Well, the day of reckoning is fast approaching. There is a major drought out there, and it looks like a long-term problem. Wonder what THAT is going to do for the Red State/Blue State balance.
10/22/07
Surveillance Society? Hey, it's here.
I see cameras all over New York, and I guess we have heard about how common they are in London. In my opinion, they are not going away. I know some people are very opposed to this but, sorry people, if you're not doing anything wrong, you should have nothing to fear. I long ago learned from my Mom that I should not pick my nose or grab my crotch in public, so I guess I'm schooled already. Yes, I know some guys are gonna look down some gal's cleavage, the voyage of the voyeur. They do anyway; a little supervision and auditing of the tapes can address that, so it's a management, training and QA problem, imho. Maybe we can use shut-ins to sit at those cameras; high bandwidth connection, comfy seat, and they can just sit at home. What a cool way to give them honorable employment. Or maybe the people among us who are mildly autistic, and would definitely 'pay attention' (and I'm not being mean here, seriously).
What do I fear about this? Just watch 'Enemy of the State', and think of how the operatives (the Jack Black character) were unaware of who they were surveilling; they were 'innocent', but were complicit in messing with some innocent guy's life. It's the abuse of the technology by people with an agenda that is the danger. I do not know how we handle this, but we have to recognize it's here, people, and you can't undo it; all we can do is have good people controlling it and monitoring the monitors.
10/19/07
Here's another reason to love computers: I get a new Vista-installed PC, fine, very pretty, etc. I get used to being asked to continue certain processes for my own security (cannot make a screen shot of the annoying prompt, incidentally). I then try to use the new Email that comes with Vista, and it has lots of problems with McAfee. Nice. Whose fault is the incompatibility? McAfee? Gateway for selling the combo? Long experience tells me it's not worth finding out, so I go out to the forums and look for patches. Blah blah, nothing new. Same ol', same ol'. Problems addressed by partilly uninstalling some of the McAfee suite. Again, not surprising. Here's the fun part: The trial subscription runs out for McAfee; I choose not to renew-can ya blame me? REGARDLESS of this, just now, funcking McAfee BLOCKS an email I tried to send. You should be DEAD and GONE, MUTHERFICKERRRR. Whatever; work around, yet another one. Stupid, rush-to-market crap.
Follow-up:
I completely uninstall McAfee, and reboot. Windows tells me I'm not protected from virus, fine, so I follow their suggestion to get me some, and guess who one of their recommended vendors is:
10/14/07
Been kinda glum lately, what with the flu, and humdrum job, and internal customers who don't get it. What people should understand is that techies are end-users too, when you get down to it. We don't know everything, and don't care to know it either, for that matter. Who can keep up? Well, that's not that interesting, so 'nuff said. Enjoying the football season, with it's weekly upsets? Thanks, Cincinnati for beating Rutgers early in the year this time, so I don't hold my breath so long about undefeated. (Jeez, I'm STILL glum). Try again. Back to jogging again, which helps the old mood a lot. I remember being on vacation in the Canary Islands long time ago, and jogging, and people had NO idea what I was doing; I mean, I'd job by, and the heads would swivel. There was a time not so long ago when it was considered wierd. Runner's high, good stuff.
10/3/07
Death penalty? I think that sometimes, some people, they get really twisted, you know? A lot of it is abuse when their kids, but then they carry on the pattern and abuse and kill kids, so I say stop the syndrome. If you kill a child, or mess 'em up really bad, you must die, say I. Other crimes also 'earn' you the honor. Terrorist, though? No, because they want to be a martyr. Keep them alive, tucked away in one of those soul-less maximum security places. I don't care if they want to volunteer for medical experiments, but do not give these fuckers a ticket to the 70 virgins. (And by the way, what's so grand about busting a cherry? Kinda messy, she's not comfortable, etc.)
9/28/07
Seeing all those sandals and 'flipflops' left lonely on the streets of Burma the other day, following that shooting, I can't help but remember how people had to run through the streets on Sept 11, 2001. This led me to reflect on how 'silly' it is to wear that footwear in a CITY, if you have to run for your life. Hey, I'm a bottom-line guy, and I am ALWAYS thinking of that possibility. But I go to the Big Apple and sure enough, all those fashionistas and youngsters are walking around with that flimsy footwear. Go figure.
9/22/07
Woke up early--again. Have to go to work, even tho it's weekend. Oh well. Wish the trains run on weekends - I work in Hoboken, home of Old Blue Eyes (well, Old Dead Eyes now, lol), and home of the funky Clam Broth House, ALSO DEAD, hmmmm is there a pattern here?.
Anyway, it's probably 60° out this time of the A.M. (that's Fahrenheit btw, for my potentially millions of overseas fans), as we slink into Fall. Maybe I'm gonna be the Fall Guy. (Don't know why I even say/type some of these things, but I'm gonna just 'let it flow, mofo', mebbe you will find some of it funny, but its all the same to me). The reason I bring this up is that some of the houses I walk past have their AIR CONDITIONING ON. Kinda clueless, I think. Disconnected from nature, or just trying to produce white noise to keep the city sounds out? Both? Neither? Who knows? But that's pissing away money, imho, bro. (and sis, don't ferget the fair sex, altho I don't know where that lable comes from, as they aren't any fairer, from what I have seen).
Hmmm. This isn't so bad, this 'blog' thing. Do you know what a petcock is? (Keep your mind out of the gutter, now, kidz). It's an escape valve thingie, for when pressure builds up in an otherwise sealed container. The pressure burps or 'farts' out. Look up the origin of the word, it's a giggle; if you know some Spanish, you might recognize that 'pedo' is related. Well, I think this webpage is serving as a petcock for lil' ol' me (I'm not THAT old, btw). I have met the guy who does 'My Montclair' page, and he's pretty mellow compared to me; maybe one day I'll get there but meantime this helps.
Anyway, I wanted to start writing because I think I have something worth reading in the area of politics and life in general in these United States. I rillllllly like the Internet for this function. Chip in to the gigantic chit-chat.
I'll have more to say later, but I have to actually type for a living now.
Peace out, everyhuman.
I joined this website because they promised anonymity (and help with spellcheck, lol). I am politically incorrect, but not a racist or real jerk. It's just that where I live, there's a liberal mind meld you hafta share, or your shunned. I can't deal with constantly having to 'splain myself, as Ricky Ricardo used to say on "I Love Lucy", and I think those people have minds that are as closed as anyone else, so I rant and rave (in a mellow kinda way) through this 'blog'.
I like forties music, big band especially, with Ella and Sinatra, Mills Brothers and Satchmo. I like Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Manhattan Transfer, Maria Muldaur, early Bob Dylan, Frampton Live, Fleetwood Mac, man, I could go on and on. Don't listen to much new music, altho I did enjoy a lot of the Outkast album a couple years back; bought it in fact. Pretty funny, but not entirely to my liking, esp. when one of the songs ended with variations on calling a woman bitch. (Oh, sorry, the 'B'-word, for you PC pipples).
I have lived in a lot of parts of this big country, and I can truly say I understand the feelings of people who love 'Okie from Muskogee' and 'Fightin' Side of Me'. That does not mean I have a lot in common with them, tho.
I am libertarian, but think unions have their place, esp. when you get to 'stick it to the Man'. I try not to cross picketlines.
I love my country, but fear (and often scorn) my government; this feeling goes way back, btw. It's because of FBI abuses like Waco, and the increasing SWAT-ization of police forces that I am definitely OK with owning a gun, not to mention the true fact that YES sometimes gun-wielding citizens PREVENT crime, and YES I know that kids shoot themselves with their daddy's guns, but that is a gun safety issue.
I wish life had a 'Ctrl/Z' feature.