My Smart-Ass Attempt at Activism

OK, let's see how far we can push the envelope...

I, the Great and Wise King Bulldog23A, being bored with the status quo, and having nothing else worthwhile to do at this very moment, do officially declare that on October 22nd, 2011 no person who is a citizen of the United States, and who has been dissatisfied with the government of the United States, will show up to nor call in to work.

This I decree in the name of all smart-ass Americans, and also my wife, the aforementioned newly declared holiday being our 17th wedding anniversary.

Somebody write this up in nice talk and e-mail it around. If we get three hundred thousand people to commit to it, I'll actually run for Governor of Arkansas on my own dime.

Pursuit

I just watched The Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith. The film is based on a true story, and I highly recommend that all of you watch it. The story embodies all that was once great(and still can be) about this country. The idea is that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. If you have ever felt the pressure of trying to keep a family afloat, you will be touched by this movie.

I grew up poor, and as an adult I have very rarely felt like I was on top of things financially. I have often wondered if I would ever get it together, whatever "it" is. I am happy to say that I am finally doing fine, and thanks to God and a good woman for that.

So my interests have turned outward, to see what other evils I might rail against for the sake of God and Country and, of course, my children. I am afraid that my worries have only grown...

The word is insidious. The foolish pride on which most of us base our sense of America is shadowed only by our idiotic and repetitious political failure. We are allowing the most amoral and incompetent group of people on the planet to run our government right into the ground. We allow ourselves to be seduced by the idea of security, while we are really just being inconvenienced by the appearance of said security.

For instance: Have you heard about the guy with the drug resistant tuberculosis whose picture has been posted at every point of entry into the United States? This guy has flown into, out of, and back into the United States before being caught. Turns out your Homeland Security force was too busy catching a case of ass over your hair gel to identify this disease-ridden asshole. In the meantime, the most drug resistant strain of tuberculosis so far has taken a joy ride on three (count 'em-3) international flights. Good job Homeland Security, I bet his fucking hair gel was in a two-quart ziplock.

Let's talk about securing our borders for a minute (again, Randy). Does this really seem like such a difficult issue? We have somewhere between 9 and 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. Do we act on this info? No. We start calling them "Undocumented Workers" so it doesn't sound like an invasion. Then we let four pinkos and a bunch of fags start talking about tolerance. In the meantime, Blue Collar Joe gets the shaft. While all of the American working class is trying to figure out the health-care situation, the wetbacks get pretty much any care they need for free.

Let's talk about our presidential hopefuls for a moment. Are any of them worth voting for, or do they just look good standing next to Bush? Have you heard the stupid shit that rolls out of their mouths? Obama wants to increase the quality and affordability of health care in this country by increasing the availability of aparticular type (or should I say brand?) of insurance. He also wants to increase the stats kept by hospitals. Two issues-1. The insurance company in question has a very strong lobby. 2. Asking hospitals to report their "quality stats" is only going to lead to deception for the sake of a dollar.
Edwards wants to remove all of the "combat troops" from Iraq, leaving only the "support troops". Do I really have to go into that?
McCain is flip-flopping on almost every issue, and Huckabee wants to run your spiritual life much more than any government official should.
Hillary is leading the pack, not because of her great qualifications, but because she hasn't looked like a complete asshole so far.

Public opinion is spun and slanted by a (very small) group of liberal media fags, until it seems like everyone in America is a raving fruit-loop. The reality is that most of us are holed up in our respective castles thinking the rest of the country has gone nuts.

The problem with America is that We, the People, have been fooled into believing that we don't run this country. CNN, Fox News, Congress, the President, and even the Judicial branch need us much more than we need them.

There is no greater truth to America right now than this: We still hold the power to make changes here. Stop believing everything these idiots keep trying to sell you. Stand on your convictions, and I whole-heartedly believe that you will be surprised by those who will agree with you.

If I'm wrong, things will continue as they have. If I'm right, maybe things get better.

In other words, we got nothing left to lose, America...

Still Here

Had a great weekend. Nursing wife and children with terrible sunburns. Will post new stuff around 9pm.

Later.

American Logic

I've said it before and I'll say it again-

A choice between a Republican candidate and a Democratic candidate is as encouraging as the choice between Airline food and Hospital food.

I was wondering why we were so mired down in the immigration issue (sorry, Randy) when I read an article by a moron on the Capitol Hill Pundit's blog. He was suggesting that the Republicans should get behind amnesty so they could get the big Hispanic "swing vote" after they all get legalized.

Its about votes. Its about keeping a cushy ass job so they can keep on trucking with their failing fiscal policies and their out-of-touch approach to domestic issues. Our country is being handed over to a group of criminals in order to insure the job security of those whose job it is to secure the peace and insure domestic tranquility...(or is that ensure?)

I say we just embrace the change. Hell, my kids will all get pinatas for birthdays from here on out. In 2011, when I have to sneak into, say, China to make a living, I'll just promise to support whoever doesn't want to have me drawn and quartered, and I'm sure we can find someone who is perfectly willing to sell their country up the river.

I was going to say that perhaps Congress wanted some more idiots to vote for them, but we obviously already had enough suckers to get the job done.

Problem #1 Part II

The irreconsilable differences divorce can be traced as the ultimate cause of the problems we face today in these United States.

First, let me define the irreconsilable differences divorce.

Basically, you have two people who won't stop fighting, who happen to be married. They decide that compromise and mutual respect is less important than having their own way, so they get divorced. If there are children in the picture, the fight continues, resulting in a court-enforced family schedule. Sometimes one person decides that it would be easier to just give up the children rather than deal with the other person's BS any longer.

This gives children the impression that convenience is more important than, well, just about anything. This leads to justification of heinous behavior, like abortion, all in the name of convenience.

You see, the real problem in America is the lack of conflict resolution. We learned from our parents (not all, but quite a few) that there really doesn't have to be any sort of conflict resolution, because if things get too difficult, we can just run away from the problem.

Now, I know, this is starting to sound all touchy-feely, but it isn't so.

We are OK with letting problems get out of control, because we have learned that we can simply turn away from a problem when it becomes uncomfortable or inconvenient. Divorce has also taught us to be uncompromising, because compromise is inconvenient, and we can't have that.

Let's apply this theory to, say, illegal immigration.

OK, on the one hand, you have people who are absolutely OK with letting illegal immigrants have amnesty, citizenship, free health care, whatever. On the other hand, you have people who are absolutely against illegals, because they are a burden on our economy, they bring in drugs, they segregate themselves culturally, whatever.

This is where we are on the problem, and it has been this way for decades, because people do not know how to resolve a conflict in this country.

Now, a quick lesson in conflict resolution.

Group A (the amnesty people) wants to give these people citizenship, or at least the right to be here. Why?
Because of cultural sensitivity, sympathy for the impoverished, and the need for cheap labor.

Group B (the anti-illegal immigration no matter what group) wants to send them all home and secure the border. Why?
Because of the burden on the taxpayer, concerns about security, and a sense of nationalism.

We could sit here for decades and argue over which side has more merit (and we have).

So we obviously need to try a different appraoch to the problem.

We ask ourselves a few questions...
What is the root cause of the problem?

What can be changed at the source in order to keep the problem from getting worse?

Can a solution at the source (ie remove the problem) be accomplished?

How much of a compromise on either side would be required to remove the problem altogether, and would that much compromise be practical to suggest to people on either side of the issue?

Now its test time...simply answer the questions honestly, without blaming the "other side" of the issue, and lets see what you can come up with.

Problem #1

My brother-in-law is a pretty smart guy (for a youngster), and he once mentioned a theory to me, which I have developed into something worth stealing and at least partially taking credit for.

The end of America as we know it began with the widespread acceptance (by judges, etc.) of the irreconcilable differences divorce.

Just take a moment to think that over...

I can trace every one of the United States' current problems to the irreconcilable divorce.

Go ahead, test me...

Why Can't Johnny Read?

Because Johnny's parents don't give a shit.

Because Johnny's teacher has been teaching for thirty years and she's jaded,

or

Because Johnny's teacher just graduated from college (657th in his/her class) and wants a job with summers off.

Because Johnny has an XBox, a GameBoy Advance, and 36 million dollars worth of electronic distraction in his home so he can't focus on homework.

If we aren't careful, we will raise a generation of morons who, while technologically advanced, will believe any damn thing their government tells them (like WMDs, Global Warming, immigration laws should be more liberal, etc.).

For the love of Mike (hi mike), teach your kids to think, and please take an interest in their education.

Fair Trade

I was in Wal Mart the other day, when I saw a guy, obviously illegal, with his wife and kids. He was standing by a buggy full of groceries with this dumb look on his face. As I watched him, I realized that he was dumbfounded by the amount of food he was purchasing. He smiled this weird smile and put his hand on his kids' heads with tears in his eyes.

I felt guilty about my illegal immigration stance for about three minutes until some tweaked out wetback nearly ran me over in the parking lot.

You see, we miss a lot because the good and decent hard-working illegals are usually busy working when we run into their asshole counterparts. Imagine what it would take for you to sneak across our Northern border so you could provide for your family. Life here is way better for a working-class family man than it ever could be in Mexico.

No, I'm not getting soft, I'm getting pissed.

Why is it that we can condemn some Haji dictator for being a monster ten thousand miles away and at the same time support a political and economic totalitarianist regime right out our back door?

Because there's money in it.

There are lots of good and decent people in Mexico who deserve better than they are getting. Just like there are anywhere else. What I don't understand is why they don't do something about it.

While I am no pacifist, I am hesitant to promote violence as a means of political change. It doesn't usually work out like people hope that it will. But damn, how much are these people going to take?

Oh, wait, they don't have to, do they? They can just stroll across our border and get a decent job.

Let's make a deal...

Here's fair trade for you-I'll trade every POS drug dealer, dope feind, and pedophile to Mexico in exchange for all of their hard-working blue collar types. Better yet, I'll throw in Congress and almost all of the press, too. They can get together down in Mexico and throw a little chaos party, while we can hire a whole new breed of Spanish speaking Border Agents who have definately taken all of the crap they care to.

Just a Few Thoughts...

First, that car is the new Shelby. It will run you about 60k, but it sho looks sweet.

Now to the wonderful lunatic fanaticism that you came for...


I was in Iraq for around nine months last time. I saw a lot of things that I had never seen before. I got to wade in sewage (good times!), some people tried to blow me up (repeatedly), I got shot at (once or twice), and I got to know the guys in my company better than we ever wanted to know each other.

I came home a little wigged out, and I still have nightmares on occasion. To the day I die, the sound of a car horn will piss me off (ask any OIF vet). I'm a little twitchy when it comes to unexpected loud noises, but I'm getting better every day.

I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

I feel like I came home with a new attitude towards the truth, and a very low tolerance for BS. Don't get me wrong, I'm still full of it. I just don't think that my president or congressman should be full of it.

You see, the word politician has become synonymous with liar, or disappointment. In the meantime the word citizen has become synonymous with fool, or sheep. I put up with it, you put up with it, it is just the way it is...

In Iraq, most of the civilians were kind of resigned to the fact that they had no control over what was happening around them. They had no pride in their national heritage. They had no faith in their government (past or present). They were caught up in silly tribal conflicts, wrapped up in differences of faith, and bogged down in the details of everyday life.

In other words, they are just like us.

The difference is that we still have the ability to make things change-without the use of RPGs and IEDs. We can raise hell, get involved, blah, blah, blah...

Here's the thing, though: most of us have limited our involvement to occasionally posting a comment on a blog like this, or just agreeing with some jerk who isn't being brilliant so much as he is pointing out what should be obvious. The time has come to stop acting like sheep. It is one thing to actually recognize the appropriate time to act, another entirely to take the necessary action.

At this point, the necessary action is mostly about sending the right message to our illustrious leaders.

I would love to hear what all (three) of you think about it.