You're Kidding, Right??

OK, as of today, I am officially pissed off! I have been watching this Israeli "Pull Out" from the Gaza Strip. You know, the "settlers"(squatters), who were never really authorized to "settle" there. The people have actually brought in folks who DO NOT LIVE THERE to help them resist the Isreali Army!! Folks who have NO BUSINESS there, getting help from other folks who have NO BUSINESS there!

                This just helps to further my idea that the Isrealis are behind most of the problems in that area. Did you know that the U. S. provides two BILLION dollars in aid(monetary) EVERY YEAR to these people?? We just give it to them. It isn't a loan, it falls under "foreign aid". Now, they say they will need an EXTRA TWO BILLION this year, to help with the "resettlement" plan!

              I say no more. For Isreal,  and for any other country that currently recieves "aid" from the U.S. People seem to think that if Isreal falls to the Muslims(palestineians), that God is coming to put an end to mankind. It will be the end of the world.....I don't think so. Where is their "God" when suicide bombers are killing their people by the bus-load? Is it His design? Maybe these people were "sinners", so they had to die?? Is it just me, or does ANY of this shit sound stupid to you, also??

                  We have children HERE, IN AMERICA, that go hungry. Some even sleep on the streets. I live in Mississippi, I KNOW what poverty looks like. I have seen it, and have lived it. Hell, I am living it right now!! Quit giving OUR money away, and saying there isn't any money for our schools, or for free clinics, or for drug treatment centers, pregnant women's centers, abused women and children's shelters, places for the homeless....the list goes on and on!!

              Now we have members of the United Nations pressuring the larger countries to just "forgive" the TRILLIONS of dollars owed by poor nations. This will "magically" lift these nations out of poverty.....BULLSHIT!! We also have "Rock Stars" doing this "Live 8" bullshit, to try to raise MONEY for world poverty......yeah, right.

                   I go by the old adage, "If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. But, if you teach that man to catch fish, you feed him for a lifetime."  Quit throwing money at these stupid people. The only ones who get the "aid" are the crooked assholes in the gov't of these countries. What should we do, just forgive their debts, then loan them MORE MONEY, so that we can come back in ten years, just to "forgive" them again??  Teach these people to fish!!!(metaphorically, anyway).

 

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Flashback!!

  Well, I was having a few beers, and it suddenly hit me; I was back as a teenager, having a good time, and getting smashed. I could see very clearly. All of my biker friends, even the ones who never made it this far into the future, were there. I remember them all, good and bad. It seems like everyone and their cousin wants  to be a biker nowadays. Hell, even I have softened up on the folks who don't ride Harleys. The way I see it, at least they are riding!!

               I was a biker when it wasn't cool to be one. We were the most hated people on the face of the earth, save for the Russians! Sometimes, I drink too much, and then I get to thinking---a very bad combination for someone like me. I get to longing for the "old times". I know that I can never go back. But I do have my memories, and maybe that's all that I need for now.

                    I am sure that I will see some of the old bikers in another time, and another place. Let's just hope it isn't too hot there!! Like Jimi Hendrix used to say, "Castles Made of Sand"....

 

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Freaks???

              So, there I was with my wife, my youngest girl, and one of her little friends, out for the day, and at a nice restaurant. Now, clearly, I certainly did not fit in with the usual Sunday crowd. This was just this past Sunday. This place gets mostly the "after church" crowd. These people always stare at me the most. Conservatives, what can I say??

                  So, the stage is set. The players are all here, let the play begin! We were already seated, and I need to make one thing perfectly clear; if you don't laugh while eating out with me, then I have been drugged, or gagged! I hate crowds of people, so I use humor to mask my nervousness. And I can be a funny SOB at times like that! The people who work at this dining establishment know us, we go every Sunday. They KNOW they can expect me to cut up some, I think they even encourage it, sometimes.

               So, we were doing just fine, when in comes a man and his wife, with three boys ranging from about six years old, to maybe eleven. They take a table right next to our reserved table,(that's how well the employees know us!). The mom looks completely strung out...a four Valuim a day habit showing on her face. The husband, completely in command, everyone listens to him...pure obedience. He is balding on top, so he wears a baseball cap to hide it....it does NOT go with his Sunday suit!

              It isn't too long before his attention is directed to our table. Seems there was entirely too much laughter coming from us! I am sure that he doesn't like me, it shows very plainly. One would think that I would stop goofing around because of his icy stare.....one would be very wrong. His wife puts her head down, not wanting to get involved. I stare back at him. He knows he won't actually say anything to me. The worst part of it? I know he won't say anything, too.

               He finally turns back to his wife, and whispers....freaks. I wonder, just who the freaks were this day? My family and a friend just having some fun, or his drug-addicted, totally obedient wife, and his three silent children? Oh, and by the way, when his youngest son said, "I love you, dad", he just rolled his eyes, and walked away from him.  Freaks, indeed!!

 

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All Is Quiet On The Southern Front....

 Today marks another turning point in my squalid little life; the house is quiet, no one is here except for me...and two cats. My youngest girl is at school, as well as my grand-daughter. My little grandson is at a day-care center. All last week he was lonely without the "girls" to play with. All he did was stay glued to me all day. His mother and I talked, and we both decided that he needs to interact with other kids his age. I think it is a good idea, as it hopefully will teach him how to deal with other people in the long run. I can honestly say that I enjoy the peace and quiet. Caring for three children everyday was running me ragged!! But, keep this in mind; I can think of nothing that I would have traded this summer's experience with them for. Nothing.

                     Now, having said all that, let me address another "problem". I told some of you a while back that I was having some problems with my liver. After extensive testing, a lot of needles, and some very NASTY tasting things, I appear to be ok; sort of. After having given up nearly ALL my vices over the years,(drugs, smoking, hard liquor, etc.), I was told to give up my BEER!! I only drink a few in the summer. And before this summer, I have had NOTHING to drink for several years, not even beer. So, now that has to go, too. Well, it being summer, and living in a "dry" county, I sort of 'stocked up' on the precious golden brew. I guess I will just have to pour it all out......yeah, right! I will just pour it down me!!

 

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Parent By Proxy---

        Today, my little grand-daughter started kindergarten. I kept her little brother here at my home, and she went off on this "big adventure".  When she got back here this afternoon, there was plenty to tell me!! Seems she made three new friends just today! She got to play outside on the new playground. And she had breakfast, AND lunch at school!!

               To see the wonder and excitement in her eyes was just the same as when my girls started school. To hear her breathlessly tell me all the things she did today, and to see, and  hear the intensity in her telling of it, I was taken back in time. This is truly something you remember forever.

          When her mother came to pick her up, she told me that this morning, when she left her little girl at school, that little girl stood up, and kissed and hugged her goodbye. She said she felt like she was on top of the world!! She told me it is something you just can't describe.

             I know, I felt the same thing 17 years ago, one August morning, when a little girl started kindergarten at five years old........................

 

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I Tried to Warn Her---

  About a year ago, my wife said she wanted a tattoo. No big deal for me, I have them, and I always try to let her do what she wants. After all, I married her, but she isn't my "property", I don't own her. So, we go to my favorite "inker", and on her maiden voyage, she ends up with TWO tattoos, not one.

              At this point, I tried to warn her that tattoos were addictive. Sort of like "Lay's Potato Chips"....you can't get just one!  Well, she figures that is about enough for her. Within a few months, she got another one, a big one, on her back. That one hurt a little more than the others, she stated she was definitely finished getting tattoos. Untill this past Saturday, that is.

                  She went to get a "small" rose on her leg. Yeah, whatever. Her "small" rose turned out to be about five inches tall, and VERY NOTICEABLE!! She said "that is it, no more". Yeah, right. By the time we had gotten home, she was already talking about another rose on the other leg...to "keep things in balance".  Yeah, and she only wanted ONE!!!

 

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I Love These Assholes---

  So, after reading that last letter yesterday, I decided to write this guy back, and tell him what I thought about HIS THOUGHTS on the Harry Potter books; here is the actual letter that I sent to him.....

     

In a message dated 7/31/2005 4:23:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Shirleen1962 writes:

HastenTogether@aol.com    My wife sent me this letter of your's. You DO REALIZE that you are an IDIOT, right??

       Being the "good christian" that this guy is, he promptly responded to my inquiry.......

         

Why would you wife send you an email that I sent to her?  Sounds very crazy to me. I won't argue with you, call your names, or question your sanity.  If you didn't like the message, why didn't you just delete it?   I don't know either of you, so I'm blocking your names from my mailbox.  In that way we won't have to exchange emails again. Blessings to you.   Hasten Together ==================================================================          In response to his response, I wrote one more letter to him.....              Thank you for your quick and timely response. My apologies to you, sir. I should have known that anyone who believes so strongly in a "God" that does not exist would also believe in such foolish things as "witchcraft". As for your "blessings" on me? Keep them. Your "God" has seen fit to only "bless" me with pain and suffering for most of my pathetic existence on this piece of rock. Thank You, and good day, sir.            Excuse me?? Where is all of his compassion that the church teaches? What happened to "turn the other cheek"? Maybe reaching out to your fellow man?? I'll tell you what happened. These shit-heads preach all of that crap, but only practice it when it suits their needs. This person is clearly NO CHRISTIAN.          These assholes are all alike...only do for others when it makes YOU look good! They all suck eggs. Maybe now you will understand just WHY I call them "little monkeys". They follow something blindly, but only use the teachings of what they are following when it suits them. Shame, shame. I really feel badly for idiots like this. The blind leading the blind.           Pray for something? If you only pray for things, you would go naked and hungry into the world. "God" does not provide for you, only YOU can do that, by the sweat of your brow! "But 'God' put life into you". No he didn't, two people had sex, and you were concieved! Give me a break!!!!   Holla' If You Hear Me!!!