Idiot Politics Fact Check - Health Care Reform

In case you didn't know our Government is trying to decide whether or not and the how to fix our nations health care system. Right now there are campaigns running in all media formats to sway your opinion to one side or the other. The Right wants you to be terrified of government run health care and "death panels" while the Left is trying to make you believe that socialized health care will lead to a utopian existance and it will be to no cost to you. The President has even gotten in the game by standing before Congress and attempting to demystify the situation.
The problem is THEY'RE ALL POLICITIANS and that means they are all FULL OF SHIT. So I bring you this, a relatively unbiased look at the various propositions and objections and where the lay in the Fact-Spectrum.

1) What does it cost and how are we paying for it? Probably the biggest question people ask or should be asking is "What is the new health care system going to cost and how is going to pay for it?" There are a couple of facets to the answer to this questions, all of which warrent discussion. The President said during is national address before Congress a few weeks ago that "I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits. Period." Additionallly early estimates by both parties and houses of Congress showed the price tag to be somewhere between $1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion) to $1.1 trillion over 10 years. The President did a bit price evasion when during the same address he said that the cost would be roughly $900,000,000 over 10 years.
The Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisian group tasked at analyzing the true cost of proposed and ratified spending says that the cost will be at least $1 trillion over 10 years. So somehow the President shaved off $100 billion. No big deal though right, its just money.
Bear in mind though that the cost of the new plan is to be paid for by savings that the new system will create. Wait, huh?
Isn't that kind of like buying a $100 shirt on sale for $50 and say that you saved $50? Or like spending $6,000 extra on a new hybrid car to save $14 a week in gas. Sorry, I said this was semi-unbiased.
The new plan promises huge savings by elimating medicare wastes, unnecessary testing, controlling the cost of recordkeeping and controlling drug costs. Personally I think this part is long over due and kicks ass, but not many expert believe it will work. We are looking for $50-60 billion in savings to be used to fund the program.
A group known as the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget another bipartisan group led by people like Maya MacGuineas (Dem), William Frenzel (Rep), Timothy Penny (Rep) and Stephen Stockholm (Dem) say this about the cost/saving issue.
"More access and broader coverage do not save money, however. Greater coverage will increase health spending. Unless major changes are successfully implemented in health care delivery and payment systems, costs will continue to rise from a larger base at a rapid pace. Moreover, potential savings are speculative, while costs are far more certain. That imbalance suggests that unless there is broad popular support for the measures that will be required to achieve savings, the nation’s health care bill could become that much more unaffordable."
Not exactly a warm-fuzzy feeling that is created by this statement, more like an icy finger in the arse.

Others, particularly those cheeky fellows of the Political Right say that this health care plan is a prelude to socialism through heavy taxation. But many fellow Lefties feel the same way. Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D) has criticized the President's health-care plan as "the mother of all unfunded mandates," saying it will force states to massively raise taxes or run big deficits. Earlier, one of Obama’s own economic advisers said his health-care plan would explode the federal budget deficit and lead to "crippling deficits" and "higher taxes." Now this piece is not intended to be an Obama-bashing party. I really do like the guy, but I'm not buying the "pay for the program by saving money elsewhere" bit. Are you? And by the way, what does it cost up front to get this whole thing going? Have you noticed that no one is talking about that. Even if the saves materialize, they won't on day 1, which means we will have to spend money that we don't have to get started.
Deficit-neutral? Hmm I don't think so.


2) Death Panels and Care Rationing Come on! Really? Do people really believe that Congress and the President would get together and create a plan that would outline law to set up panels or committees that decided whether little 2 year old Jane with a bad heart gets to have surgery to save her life but old 73 year old Mary can't get the same surgery because she's almost dead anyway? Isn't that pushing it a little too far Sarah? You may not like their politics, but can the Right really make a case that the Left wants to sit in judgement over who gets to live? Actually if there were going to be death panels and rationing, I would rather have Barak and his crew than this guy.

This question is ridiculous, but if you really must be shown proof there is not one line in the entire H.R.3200 that creates any such panels, but a section starting on page 30 sets up a “private-public advisory committee” headed by the U.S. surgeon general and made up of mostly private sector “medical and other experts” selected by the president and the comptroller general. The advisory committee would have only the power “to recommend” what benefits are included in basic, enhanced and premium insurance plans. It would have no power to decide what treatments anybody will get. Its recommendations on benefits might or might not be adopted. Again this question is ridiculous.


3) Will the new plan provide free health care to illegal immigrants? Yeah, this one I think should be really looked at, because lets face it you may like the guys that cut your grass or do your concrete work but do you really want to pay for their medical expenses?
I don't and I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but the reality is that money only goes so far and if we have to water down the coverage or raise taxes to pay for care for people that don't pay any taxes themselves then this plan is doomed. The President said during his national address "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false – the reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," towit Joe Wilson shouted "You Lie".
In fact Joe Wilson is a fucktard because the The House bill says in section 246 which is titled "NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS," "nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States." Republicans complaint though that this is too loose and that there needs to be more specific language and controls preventing illiegals from accessing the system, and I have to agree.
A rep from the American Immigration Lawyers Association is on record saying that attempting to get a health care credit would have legal repercussions. "Making a fraudulent claim to an entitlement program when you’re not actually entitled to it would have serious consequences for any person," the spokesperson said, "but especially if it’s considered a false claim to citizenship, that would have serious immigration consequences that could ultimately lead to deportation."
Republican Rep. Dean Heller of Nevada proposed an change to the House billl that would have required the use of the SAVE system (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements)to check the citizenship of anyone applying for federal coverage.SAVE is used by Medicaid and similar entitlement programs. The Democrats shot it down in a vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. Figures, again POLITICIANS ARE IDIOTS.
Well there are lots of other complaints and questions, but I know the average reader has a 11 minute attention span so...
If you want to dig into this further check out www.FactCheck.org.

With All Due Respect,
The Chief

Google Anal-itics

GOOGLE ADS ON THE SITE

Well I know that we're gonna have to cough up money to someone in the near future for funniest story, etc. What better way to pay that someone than to post Google sponsored ads on the site!

The biggest gripe I have is how utterly inappropriate they are given the context of the particular page one may be viewing. Consider this. I just logged on to check the other flurry of meanderings I posted, only to be given the opportunity to contact 3 different law firms. Mostly the kind you contact when you really don't have that good of a case in the first place, but you're told you could probably get 25 bazillion dollars cause you inserted that thermos of coffee up your ass and the lid came off while firmly positioned near your upper intestine. Ya' you'll prolly be told that if the thermos manufacturer had spent a little more time considering the preferences of it's consumer, and that, obviously no thought was given to design; well Hell!! You got a case!!! The funny thing is, my post had nothing about Law, Suing, Suits, Legal, or any other shit for that matter about The Law!!Google, considering the time and money they spend on their 'analytics', ought to check shit out a little more... Or maybeeee their tryin' to tell Angry somethin'???

angry BRADY

The Great Scam

THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE IS BULLSHIT!!!

I've pondered this situation for quite some time, this whole private/public healthcare debate.
I've come to many conclusions.
First of all, to all of those, " Get government out of our lives, let the free market decide everything." types; FUCK OFF!! To the ultra-Liberal, " Government only wants the best for us and we need to be governed." types; A SUPER SWANK FUCK THE FUCK OFF!! You're BOTH wrong! Why does it always have to be a matter of debilitating, Polar extremes?? You know why? 'Cause most of you are Sheeple! Zealots on either side tell us what to think and believe, and people buy into their melarchy

Idiots We Can't Stand - The Drinking / Wining Edition

Since this is the cover page I had to truncate the title due to filtering. You get the gist.

After spending a weekend "out of town" I encountered more than my share of douchebags.
The wife and I (sorry ladies, I'm taken) took a winery trip with 7 other couples and I've made a few observations while getting drunk.

Here's the short list:

Douchebag Bartender

Who hasn't ran into one of these idiots?
You know who I'm talking about. This is the guy who's way too cool to be popping caps off your bottle.
And then taking your money.
This weekend I was at a winery (some of them are serving micro brews.) and my buddies and I move up to the bar and order our overpriced beers and the guy could care less.
My buddy, Mr. Affliction, pays for a round with his plastic. The bartender runs his card, turns around and flings it onto the bar then slaps the receipt and the pen loudly on the bar. WTF?
So I call him out for being an asshole and he just tells us he loves his job.
Guess what dude. You're a fucking bartender. Get my beer, pop the top, take my money and get lost.
Better yet, get that hot piece of ass bartender to serve our swill.

Somewhat Hot Bartender

First off. Let's not confuse this bartender with the cute bartender that you get in Soulard who's fun and will show her tits and give you free drinks and is good for a laugh.
These are the ones that, like the douchebag, are way too important to be there serving you drinks. She's kinda cute but made cuter by serving you alcohol.
You know how when you see a cute girl out and she's with a total tool? Here's where they are when their jobless Camaro-with-T-Tops-driving boyfriend is home playing Xbox.
I'm just there to get buzzed and hang out. Be nice. Not everyone is trying to get in your pants.
Oh yeah, if you have to tell her how to make a drink and she says "I'm not stupid, you know..." that's a sign that she is, indeed, stupid.

Pretentious Wine Connoisseur

Who hasn't waited at the tasting bar of a winery behind or next to this guy?
Wine is complex. I get it.
I just like a dry, leggy wine that I can enjoy while hanging with friends while having an interesting conversation.
But this guy has to take forever plunging his nose into the glass, swishing the wine as he tastes it and makes all those asinine comments about balance, bouquet and finish. I'm betting this guy thinks he is Paul Giamatti from Sideways.
You know what, come during the week and get out the way. It's obvious you don't work anymore.

20-Something Drinkers at Wineries

This is Douchey McDouche with the backwards (or slightly off-kilter) baseball cap who should not be at the Wine Garden.
He is typically drinking from the wine bottle and referring to his frat-boy buddies as "bro."
You can typically catch this guy at your local winery during Octoberfest.

And then there's this guy:

What more needs to be said.

-Darth Taco

Observations on Sports

I like sports. I do not love sports.
It's football season and I dig it.
I was thinking about how much I like football and then started to analyze how and why I feel the way I do about it.

How much do I know about football? I know it's not that complicated but every season I have to ask the dude I'm watching it with the same questions: Do they kick off at the half or start off where they left off? Why not go for the 2 point conversion? Why do they run the ball right through the middle only to get swatted down two yards in?

So then I came to a conclusion. I like sitting on my ass on the couch drinking beer, eating wings and hanging out doing nothing.

I can admit it. I'm sure there's plenty of guys out there who live and breathe football.
You've got the nuts who go overboard with the fantasy football to the point where they should be embarrassed about it. You've got the face painting cretins who show up at the games.

Granted, I love seeing those dudes.
They are 1 step under the LARPers (Live Action Role Players).

When it comes to actually watching football I'm pretty casual about it. I choose what teams I'm rooting for based on my own absurd criteria. i.e., what team is from a city I like to visit, who beat my team in the last Super Bowl, who did I lose money on when I randomly picked them in the office pool.
When the game is on I look for turnovers, hard hits and missed field goals.
Just like if I'm somewhere and Nascar is on I'm just watching it for the potential wrecks.

This Sunday when watching the noon games my buddy would switch over to Nascar. Wow. I could write an entire article on this "sport" alone. Granted, it is interesting to learn how the cars are made, what they do in the pit stops and the technology that goes into everything. Plus, it looks pretty good in HD. But, after 10 minutes I was bored. No wrecks.
Here's how it can be improved:
Too many laps. Cut down the laps and add obstacles; Ramps, Hot Wheel-style loops, weapons.
That would make it much more watchable.

I do appreciate how the drivers bad mouth each other after the race. I think they should put them in a room right after the finish and get that on film. That would be awesome.

I guess in the end I'm just a fair-weather fan who will lose interest in the football season at week 3 and not really give a shit. That is, until the Super Bowl, which I'll DVR and fast forward to the good stuff. You know, the commercials and the half-time show!

-Darth

And the award for the biggest Asshole goes to...

Oh Thank God for Kanye West!

What an abominable idiot! I only wish he would have knocked Taylor Swift on her ass taking the mic from her. Only that could have made this better.

More than likely you are already sick of reading, hearing or seeing crap on this story, but we could not pass it up. How often do you get someone so completely self absorbed on stage, in front of millions of people who has the audacity to bully a little girl and he's not on a realty tv show?

Kanye West is truly a great big friggin' idiot and will be at the top of our Idiots of the Year Poll this winter. (Be sure to send in your recommendations in case we've missed someone).

The thing that really bothers me though is the pity party that he tried to throw for himself on Jay Leno the next evening. Basically saying that he was going to have to take some time off and really think about what he had done and how he was going to move passed it.

Putting himself in a time-out. Utter bullsh!t.

What does Kanye West do all day that he has to take time out from so that he can reflect on what a complete ass-wipe he is? Nothing. The guy does nothing.

Well that's not true, he does have to shave retarded looking crap in his hair and write songs with one chord and the same seven words repeated over and over again. He also needs time to steal music from lesser known rappers, lift jazz musicians' riffs and entire melodies, pretend to be a hip-hop artist while selling bubblegum techno and break paparazzi cameras at LAX.

Oh I almost forget ,he need time to cry about his momma too.

All in all he probably is too busy to sit down and think about what an
a$shole he is.

People stop buying is crap, would ya?

All of this was enough to make a great story and to feed our hate machine, but the proverbial cherry on top was this delicious bit:

Even the President thinks Kanye is an ass, um jackass that is. But of course he's an ass for saying it, right Rush?

In a related story, Kanye's mother's grave was recently seen turning over.

A Catering Story - By Dirty Darril

Okay folks, this week I am going to back off of my soapbox so to speak and go back to telling a story from my past. So this week, I think that I will to share my short career in the catering business.

First let me say that I have always wanted to be a chef. I just got caught up in a different field and never pursued it. So when I met my now good friend that owned a catering business it was no problem to help out when he needed extra people.

Not to mention he paid cash.

My first few jobs with them were easy stuff. The roast beef carver at the carving station during the christmas parties, the hamburger patty maker at the small company picnics, etc. I was the shrimp cocktail maker at the private rooftop party for General Motors during the riverfront 4th of July fireworks display in Detroit. I know, I know, awesome huh? Eat your hearts out.

Now as much fun as I was having as shrimp boy, I was getting tired of these highly skilled tasks and needed more. Something with more action. The only problem was that I wasn't a full-time employee and they had the good jobs. So I stayed with what I could get, had alot of fun with it but the night that I knew if I didn't get better jobs then I was done was this one...

It was the black tie award night for junior hockey. I know, it doesnt sound like much but this is Detroit and those people are nuts over hockey. So anyway, this is a two hundred or so sit down dinner and we are set up in the back of this arena with an assembly line of people each of which had one item of food to place on each plate. I was green been boy. I had to take five green beans and stand them on end propped up by the chicken or pork or whatever the fuck they had. This night was all about the green beans for me. I can honestly say that this task sucked ass. On top of trying to make beans stand on end, there was this jack-off of a guy who thought he was a drill sergeant yelling "move it people", "get these plates out", etc. A real ass, but I guess he was needed looking back on it.

After the event I spoke to my friend and told him that this wasn't my gig. Yes people, Dirty Darril was broke down by green beans...don't judge, you weren't there and have know idea of the misery I went through. I told him that if it was real important and he couldn't find anybody else call me but I wanted better jobs.

A few month's later my friend calls me and asked me if I was interested in working a beer stand at an upcoming event. Being that I had plenty of time to get over the green bean event, I agreed. This event was to be held on the grounds of Northwestern University. I can't recall who the party was for but it was a big deal. Huey Lewis and the News were playing and the outside events were really all out.

When I arrived, my friend told me that the beer and wine stand was further away from the food tents. The party started at the food tents with some speakers and such then afterwards moved down by me and the after dinner entertainment. I guess I was about 100 yards from the food area. Now for this event people who ran the stands had headsets that were all on the same channel and even some of the other companies that supplied services to make this party were on the same channel.

After stocking the beer, wine, and ice me and the kid helping me had about an hour to kill. So we people watched and shot the shit. As we were talking, one of the hottest women I have ever seen came walking by and I proceed to tell this kid how she is so hot and he is talking about her tits and ass. Guy stuff, you know. I start saying how I would love to tongue-jack her shit box and we go on and on. All of a sudden I see my friend that I am working for running his ass off. We thought somebody must be hurt or something until he slightly rounded a table and made a b-line for my stand. It was then that I got up from the stool I was sitting on and no longer was leaning back on the beer cases that I heard DARRIL..DARRIL...Your headset is on!!!! He made it to the stand and took my headset. I had been leaning on the talk button the entire time.

He sent me home.

We are still friends.

He doesn't ask me to help out anymore though.

Has Google Changed It's Tune?? (smirk, nod, wink)

Anyone out there heard of the Data Liberation Front? Sounds pretty Anarchistic, maybe Leftist, possibly even violent or dangerous!! Hell!! with a logo like this one above, one may very probably think somehow that they're Commies! Notice the little Google logo inside the main.... Has the big G turned a new leaf?? Has there been some sort of Coup? Nope...

If you were to go to the site and start looking around, you may think that somehow the Goog's are being really unselfish! WRONG!!

The only thing that gets liberated is the expectation that your shit is really yours!! "Liberating", in their definition seems to be the exact same fucking thing you could always do with things like, your email account!!! I've always been able to collect my mail for Gmail through my built-in mail program on my 'puter.... This of course does not 'liberate', truly, ones email or anything else for that matter!! THE POINT IS, THE GODDAMN, MUTHAFUCKIN', CONTENT I PRODUCE IS STILL ON THEIR SERVERS............IN-FUCKING-DEFINATELY!!! AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN.

I even emailed them, and commented on they're neo-Commie site. To no avail. This doesn't surprise me. Try giving them a call sometime at corporate, see where you get.

Go ahead give it a try. angrybrady

Monster Ex-Wives and Dead Beat Moms

So here's a hot topic.

Everyone is or knows someone who's divorced and has kids.
How often do the parents come to some peaceful, equally-agreed understanding concerning child support and visitation?
Not that often.

Today I'm going to comment (go off) on the drastic imbalances of being a divorced parent.

Before I go any further I'm going to let you know that I am not one of those bitter dads who only gets to see his kids every other weekend. I'm one of the lucky ones who has custody of his kid and has a friendly relationship with his ex.

I used to think I was the exception to the standard "mom-gets-the-kid" situation. As I start thinking about my friends and family, I know a total of 3 guys who have custody of their kids and two couples who share equal time with their kids.

How many deadbeat dads do you know?
I happen to know one.

Now, how many mothers do you know who rake the father over the coals with unfair child support and ultra-limited visitation?
I know 3 of these people personally.

They are the most despicable criminals out there. Do we see their faces on a billboard? Of course not. They continue to get away with their blatant, immoral behavior.

In case you don't know the kind of person I'm talking about, here are a number of their tricks:

1. Escalate Child Support to unreasonable levels in order to supplement their income.
2. Not letting the kid talk to dad during the week.
3. Moving 50+ miles away and making dad drive both ways every time.
4. Making up false allegations of spousal abuse, child abuse.
5. Denial of rightful visitation.
6. Leaving the kids by themselves while they go galavanting around because they missed out on their 20s.
7. Being promiscuous (slutty) while the kids are present. i.e., bringing strange dudes around where the kids can witness your debauchery.
AND MY FAVORITE:
8. Supplanting boyfriends/husbands as Daddy. This is the practice of teaching the kids to call another man "Daddy". Big No No.
9. Locking kid away from dad in a crawl-space for 2 years.

I want to start seeing these bitches' faces on billboards. I want them to be taken to court and reprimanded for these abuses. Most of all, I want to see the fathers getting custody of their kids and the mothers paying child support. Because if one these above practices are being used then they most likely don't need to be with their manipulative bitch mothers.

Sorry to be so serious this week. I usually leave the serious, angry stuff to Angry Brady.

I promise, next time, to be back to ripping on celebretards and pointing out stupid people.

-Darth

TV. Don't You Just Love It?

Television is awful.
You know it is. But we keep watching it though.
It's full of total drivel.
There are a few exceptions; Lost, Rescue Me, 30 Rock and shows on HBO and Showtime.

Other than that our TVs are filled with bullshit like Catching Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, For The Love of Ray J, Survivor Season 147 and all the countless reality dating shows.
Are people's lives so empty that they have to fill it with these (mostly filthy rich) people's boring exploits? Christ! WTF People?
Who gives a shit about Kim Kardashian (unless it's her porn) and Tori Spellings challenges (?) in life?
It makes me wish I could travel back in time to blow up the first The Real World house. They're the fuckers who started it all, aren't they?
MTV and VH1 don't even play anything music-related anymore. They're just full of reality crap.

OK. Before reality TV we were limited to sitcoms and 60 minute dramas and the occasional variety show. Before that we could only watch 5-6 channels. I'm not wishing for that shit to come back. I just want to line up everyone who loves Paris Hilton and all the Kardashians and have them shot. Of course, along with Paris Hilton and all the Kardashians.
Reality TV doesn't have writers. It has editors and angles.

TV's getting worse. Without a DVR you're fucked. We first bought the things to get through the commercials now we have them to get through the majority of the crap that's out there. Try to watch Hell's Kitchen without a DVR.

Even History Channel is going to Hell. Pawn Stars: a reality show about pawn shop owners. What does this have to do with history?
How about Biography Channel? Ghostly Encounters. Psychic Investigators. Urban Legends. What's worse than reality shit? Fake reality shit. Here's a listing of actual Biography episodes this week: Valerie Bertinelli, Melissa Gilbert, Mackenzie Phillips, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner (together), Vanilla Ice, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Kurt Cobain. Shit. That's just through Thursday.
What insight can we gain through the lives of TV and music stars? Don't do drugs? That's it.
Everyone is too obsessed with celebrity.

Don't get me wrong. I love my TV, as awful as it is. I just try to be more selective.
There is no integrity in TV. Probably never was. Even the news is reduced to soundbites, overbearing opinions and celebrity updates.

Fuck it. I gotta go. Don't want to miss Survivor.

-Darth

Hey kids, Free Houses!!!

Hey people, I'm back once again to give you a view into what goes on in my mind.

I have been watching the Jaycee Lee Dugard coverage and after a few days it has seemed to disappear. Why? Maybe it is still going on in California, but it has faded from our news here in the midwest. I am sure that as soon as they start giving her family homes and cars and money that it will be right back on top of the news. This reminds me of another story that I feel got too much coverage but still finds it's way into the news every couple months or so....Shawn Hornbeck.

Now let me start off by saying I feel terrible for these people, especially the children.... But, why do they get free thing handed to them?
Why did Shawn Hornbeck's family get a new home? Did they downsize while he was gone and now he didn't have a room? There are lots of families that don't have room for their kids and don't get a house. Maybe, just maybe, giving to someone in need doesn't get your company name on the news. Maybe companies don't feel as compassionate giving to poor kids as they do kids that have gone through hell and by giving publicly will keep the hell they went through on the news even longer. Some extra torment for my free advertising if you will.

Now, as for Shawn Hornbeck I have to say this is the most over-rated bullshit I have ever heard. You self-centered pussies and bleeding hearts that cry over what everyone else is talking about at the time but wouldn't care as much if it wasn't in your own back yard. FUCK OFF!

Am I the only one who thinks this whole story is fucked up? I agree that it was sad that Michael Devlin was a bad man that deserves to be behind bars. Shawn's story just has to many holes in it for me to believe that he didn't, after a while, want to stay with Devlin. Could this have been a kid that was upset with his broken family and didn't want to go home? Could Devlin have possibly driven by and talked to Shawn (with the intention of abduction) and Shawn thought of this as a way of leaving his broken and unhappy home? I know you are thinking I am wrong but did you hear Shawn's story?

Shawn said that his biggest fear was not seeing his family again. Well he had plenty of times that he could have left and not returned.
Shawn has also said that death did not scare him, so what was the reason he stayed? The kid had freedom, could ride his bike around and spend the night at his friends' houses. If you're not scared of death then why not run to avoid your "biggest fear"?

My other reasoning is that Shawn doesn't seem to be a dumb kid. He stated that when Devlin went to abduct Ben that he figured that his days were numbered. "The days got slimmer. 'Cause it's a replacement. When you get a new car, what do you usually do with the old one? You usually get rid of it, right?" Does that quote sound like a kid that wasn't smart enough to tell or run away?

The main thing Shawn won't talk about is why he never identified himself. He says that it was to protect his family. From what, Shawn? The fact that you didn't want to come home? We want to know Shawn. You and your family did get a free house out of the deal. Poor Jaycee Lee Dugard just got two kids from her abductor out of her deal. Of course that case isn't over with yet so I am sure I and everyone else will pay for free schooling and housing and people will give give give to people that should be paid out of what they call a crime victims fund. This whole system is a joke as is most people and media sources.

This is all I have to say about this and if you hate me, so be it.....you're probably one of the pussies that cried over Princess Diana...that gold-digging cunt.

-Dirty Darril

DJ AM - Final Destination 5?

First, in case you don't know who DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) is, he's this guy, Nicole Richie's ex-boyfriend, moderately famous club owner and DJ.

Last year he and Travis Barker, the tattooed up little freak of a drummer for Blink-182 and reality TV douche from the show "Meet the Barkers", crashed in a private Learjet on 9/19/08 (timing is everything people) near Columbia South Carolina. The crash occurred due to poor maintenance and operation, as described in the lawsuit against Goodyear Tire and the company that was maintaining the plane.

The tires were screwed up and no one noticed. Makes you feel really good about air travel.

In any case, the plane slide off the runway, crashed into an embankment and burned to the frigging ground. Travis and DJ AM managed to escape with their lives, a little burned up, but the other four people were crisped. I have to admit, prior to the aforementioned accident I had no idea who DJ AM was.

DJ AM's injuries were substantially worst than Barker's who spent only a few days in the hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his hands. DJ AM was in the hospital far longer. Dealing with the loss of friends and colleagues in the crash DJ AM, had to fight the urge to drown his pain (physical and emotional) with the prescription pain killer of choice for all the idiots in the Hollywood, OxyCotin.

According to reports DJ AM had been clean for a few years after kicking a serious crack habit and had lost over 60 pounds, but DEATH WILL NOT BE CHEATED

Death let DJ AM slip away the first time when he lost the weight and then again when he kicked crack, then yet again in the plane crash but he knew the old standard of over-dose was an easy way to get DJ AM and on August 28th Death got him. Still worse, Death may have been handing him the pills. They found 8 undigested OxyCotins in his stomach and one in his mouth.

It is unfortunate, but I smell the makings of a new reality TV show. "Death Stalks the Barkers".

Travis has got to be nervous.

-The Chief

One Dry But Obsessive Read

In an effort to lessen the banality of Angry's work life, and possibly do something other than bust my knuckles for a living; I have been studying Mac OS X Support Essentials, which is not all that dull. The dullness I have discovered is a byproduct of the Console App. I've found that from an enjoyment to read standpoint, the Console logs are as dry as dehydrated water stored in packing desiccant! On the other hand, I find myself obsessed with the Goddamn thing! So much so that I have wasted literally 10's of hours on a couple of logs that I'm none to sure what is actually going on with my system. While I understand there are all kinds of errors that occur that I can disregard, it isn't those that fluster and consume my time. It happens to be process logs, etc. that I can't even get a clear answer from the Apple Knowledge Base, posts, other websites, you name it! ( Fuck! I can't even believe I'm writing about this shit!! Although, if someone read and commented on my last rant, anything can happen...) The Console acts as an info application for all events that have occurred from boot-up to shutdown. Hundreds if not thousands of 'events' get logged. For the typical admin. of a computer this is quite informative. For a freak of nature as myself, these logs can be a nightmare! They are definitely useful to me, yet I've had a difficult time leaving these little fuckers alone! Even people in the know have said, " As long as your Mac is operating correctly; Don't worry about them." I don't know.... I just want to know what makes things tick, obviously to my detriment. I'm not sure if it's 'cause I'm getting older, or that the more I think I learn the less I feel I know. I've left the Console alone now and again, only to be sucked back in after having to view some other legitimate process. Is there a 12 step program for Console? My advise to anyone else.... Don't even look at that damn thing! Unless you're an Uber-Unix-Geek. If that's the case, Angry could sure use some comfort on this front. It's either that Console or the information out there about certain processes is a bitch-devil-whore!! At least I don't see shit like this anymore! Winblows... Now that really IS a nightmare! ANGRY BRadY