Monday, November 30, 2009

Black Friday - Further Proof that People are Idiots



Sure. With this economy we need any push we can get.

Buy stuff. Buy stuff. Buy stuff!!!

Who doesn't like a good deal? I know I do. These days money is tight and many of us are questioning whether we really need that latte this morning or should I buy the store brand gallon of milk to save 60 cents.

BUT WHO ARE THESE RETARDS who are getting to the stores at midnight so that they can save $50 on a $800 flatscreen or be guaranteed that you get the hot Elmo-Jerks-Himself-Off for your two year-old who'd be happy playing with an empty box?

Come on. I had a couple friends call me to let me know of their Black Friday Adventures. How they got there, found what they needed in the first twenty minutes then spent 2-3 hours in the checkout line. I'm certain there are worse places to be, but for me, I would have to compare it to something out of Dante's Inferno.

Now for those of you who partake in Cyber Monday: Right On.

In fact, do it while you're at work. Stick it to the man! Make money while you save money.

Just don't tell us about how awesome it was.

No one cares.


-Darth

Thursday, November 19, 2009

HATE IS GOOD


Hatred.
What can be said about it?
It's in all of us. Where does it stem from?
How much is too much?
We have an "Angry" contributor on this site and I can relate to it. I'm angry at times but I try not to let it get to me.
But Hatred. That's different.
Do you ever say to yourself "I hate that cock sucker" or "I hate when these assholes don't know how to drive"?I had the unpleasant experience a year ago to lose my job. I saw it coming as I clashed with a new coworker who I just didn't see eye to eye with. In fact, no one did. This guy was, and is, what you would call a total jerk-off. Sure, he could do his job but he was power hungry and made it his mission to weasel his way into being the company owner's new pet. This is how I knew my day would come.
So when that day finally came I was OK with it at first. A little relieved actually. All that stress from the job was gone. I'd be OK. I'd find another job less stressful. Not as much money of course. Then we went into the worst recession we've seen in our lifetime.Every week I got more and more depressed and, of course, pissed off. I'd be driving and I'd would just start thinking about this dude who had to show me who's boss and I'd just start seething with hatred. I would start thinking about how I'd love for something bad to happen to him. Not just your run of the mill something bad. We're talking BAD. Like I hope one of his kids gets a disease and he has to watch that kid deteriorate ultimately resulting in his wife leaving him and so on.
Then I thought to myself: I am one sick fuck.
What is wrong with me?
Am I bereft of all things human?Then I had my buddy come over the other night so I could help him with his resume.
Guess what? He lost his job too. From dealing with the same prick. The big difference was that this guy was fired by him. He had clawed his way up to being everyone's boss.
I told him of my angst I've been feeling and the hatred I hold for this guy.
He went on to tell me, in detail, how he hoped and prayed that the bastard would have to watch as horrible things were done to his wife and kids while he was helpless to do anything about it. I can't go into detail. The Chief would shit a brick if I retold the fantasy verbatim.
But trust me. It was some nasty, horrible stuff. My jaw dropped and I told him, "Jesus, dude. That's fuuuucked up!"But deep inside. I related.
And then I thought: That would be awesome. Especially if it made the news.
Ah. I feel so much better.
Hate is good.
-Darth

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Ever Notice - Look At Me Assholes

I don't begrudge anyone the desire to stand out, to be heard above the din, to be less ordinary. There are many ways we can make our marks and raise our heads above the sea of the boring, mindless conformist that fill the elementary school lobbies and shopping mall, however few are genuine and unique enough to be successful. The level of failure varies with geography and demographics but there are a few that seem to permeate nearly every level of society.

The Noise Makers 





Loudness = Coolness, right? No, wrong. Completely and utterly fucking wrong. The fact that you deliberately modified your vehicle to produce more noise than was designed in order to get the innocent people that your piece of shit disturbed to turn their heads in your direction is proof enough that you are officially a douche bag does not go unnoticed.

There are numerous iteration of this prime example of Look-At-Me Assholes like The Biker otherwise known as the Weekend Harley Douche, The Drifter otherwise known as Rice Dick and The Monster Truck / Hot Rod Diesel Owner or as I like to call him Big Loud Pickup BOY. These guys all have one thing in common, if they had one more inch they'd be king, one less they'd be queens. Length challenged or as the medical community refers to it Micropenis.

Sorry guys, loud cars or bikes does not make girls think you have a big dick, they are all in on the joke and laughing at you as you pass.

As subset of these particular group is the Hummer Owner. If there was every another vehicle designed by and for people with Micropenis that more loudly screamed "Look at me, I paid $70,000 for a fucking Chevy Tahoe clad is queer plastic!", I can't think of it.


The 80's Called and They Want Their Mohawk Back







There is no reason to ever walk around sporting this look unless you just stepped out of a time machine and didn't know that the punk movement ended, 20 years ago or you're go to a Halloween party. These dipshits like many Look-At-Me Assholes think that by looking like some kind of sideshow freak they strike fear in to the hearts of everyone that unfortunately sets eyes on them. Truth is ass-face, that we all know that you can't fight, you still drive your mom's car and you really don't like that shit scream metal that you listen to.

You really should give this look up because it just draws attention to what a complete fucking waste of organic material you are. We'll come see you at the local record store, twenty years from now.  Loser.

And by the way don't get all bent up and confrontational when people look at you, isn't that what you wanted?


Surgery Queens





Men like tits.
We like them a lot.
Some of us like a handful, others more, few less.
No one likes tits so big that they have their own gravity, except maybe other women with similar emotional problems.

These sad bitches are probably the worst of the lot. Typically they are or were decent looking women but somewhere in their past they were looked over for a chick with a better set which, sets off years of mammary envy. Eventually they get up the money/nerve to get an enhancement and fall prey to additional insecurity by mistaking "bigger is better" is valuable and valid advise from their equally pathetic boyfriend who is typically 20 years their senior.

Big is good.
Humongous is just ridiculous and a complete turn off.

You could have just grocery shopped naked, if you wanted everyone that you walk passed to stop and stare. If you really think that the other moms at soccer practice are jealous you're as delusional as you are whorey because its not jealousy the brings the whispers and the sideways glances, its awe. The kind of awe that makes traffic come to a complete stop when a semi crashes into a loaded school bus on the opposite side of the highway.

I could go on, and perhaps one day I will. If you see anyone this idiots out don't fall into their trap. Don't look at them and surely they will wither and die like the social vampires they are.

With all due respect,
The Chief

Real Review - The LG FX-1 Multimedia HDD

I recently decided to purchase a multimedia control unit for my wife to use. While I was fine hooking up my Mac to the LCD TV and plugging in my terabyte HD to that to watch movies, it was not the most user friendly experience.
I did my homework. I got to see some of my buddies media centers in action. I priced units and decided on two models that would probably work for us. We went to Worst Buy and started looking. Immediately, we were approached by someone that could possibly be of service. After some discussion with the "expert",  he convinced me to purchase the LG FX-1 Multimedia HDD. This sounded great! It was supposedly capable of reading virtually all needed files, including the ever-so important subtitle files, SRT's, etc. The bonus being that unlike its competitors, it has a 500 gig HD built in! This is important because it was the same price as the non-HD units I was considering. It also said "Mac compatible".
Eagerly we drive home to set up our new gadget. I unpack the unit, making sure all is there. The first sign something may be amiss was seeing one of those mini-cd/rom's in the box and no hardcopy owners manual. 
The paperwork that did come with it told me I could go straight to LG's site for further assistance. I decided to fire it up plugged into the Mac. As I suspected, the HD was formatted NTFS. 
No worries, the Mac has a nifty little program called Disk Utility in which I can format any drive into just about any conceivable format. This includes FAT-ass 32 and NTFS (NoTFuckingSafe).
I format the mounted volume to Mac OS Extended(Journaled), and drug some files over to test. Things go down hill from here.


Attaching the FX-1 to the TV, I turn the unit on and then the television. The FX-1 immediately informs me it is formatting itself... I start to frown a bit. It finishes. I check for my files. Gone! The FX-1 gets unplugged. I plug it back into my Mac. Disk Utility reports as I had feared, NTFS format! I repeat the steps. To no avail...
To those of you that know Mac's, they are very forgiving. They can read FAT and NTFS files like a champ! The same is not true of FAT and NTFS! Hence my need to make this FX-1's HD Mac OS compatible. NO DAMN DICE!!


Here's where the teeth gnashing and hair pulling session come in. I'm not about to stick that miniature cd of death into my laptop, so I go to LG's website, per the instructions given in what little paperwork I had. 
UHHHHH.... LG's website has never heard of this product. I even tried typing in it's fucking serial number, to no avail. I tried LG's over-sea's sites. NADA!
At this point I'm relegated to looking for a pdf of the owners manual. Nothing on RapidShare or like sites. Nothing on Bitorrent. Nothing on sites that reviewed the damn thing!! ZERO!
I calmly wrapped the piece of stinking, poorly engineered, shit up and returned it the next day!
 I considered loosing my cool to a manager at Worst Buy, telling him/her about my wasted gas, wasted time, and the employee that recommended this contraption, knowing full well I asked about its Mac compatibility. I did not this time, for fear my anger may get the best of me.
I haven't given a rating for anything yet on this site, so I have no guideline. So how about this... I'll call them ANGRY YELLS. The order being 1 Angry Yell being the best and 10 being the worst. This steaming hunk of wasted time gets 7 ANGRY YELLS.

LG has FAILED!!!


DO NOT BUY!!
P.S.   Just today while writing this I found the damn thing on LG's site dedicated to it's junk. Try sitting through the "flash fest" that is it's site and tell me if you still have the nerve...
On another note--- I got the Western Digital TV Live. Works like a damn champ!!




ANGRY BRADY

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Wasting Tax Dollars for Public Safety?!?!

My wife and I were traversing our fair city's streets this weekend when I noticed something that struck me as rather peculiar and asinine. At the corner of the intersection of a well traveled thoroughfare, was a sign that read "Vision Impaired Person Crossing". This being an intersection with no known 'Homes' for the disabled, or to my knowledge, anyone remotely ever exhibiting blindness crossing this intersection. I cross this street day and night and in all days of the week. There are actually several signs in close proximity to each other, and they don't look as though they've been there for years or anything. This is all well and good, except that it got me thinking about a few things. UHH-OH....


First off, why the expenditure for all the signs for 'fantom' blind people? If there are any, I am convinced they would be better served by a sign stating something like, "LOOK-the-FUCK-OUT for the 14,000 potholes your about to drive over, cause it's St. Louis" type sign. Drivers would possibly pay a bit more attention to the stray blind guy or gal aimlessly zig-zagging through busy intersections! Probably not though, 'cause everyone I see here in The 'LOU is too busy yacking on their cell phones, while eating fried food, putting on mascara, and generally looking dour. It's as if most of them are looking for any reason to plow into you to teach you and your ancestors and offspring a lesson! That's another story though...



Secondly, why not make up about 13 more signs? Things like: Auditory  Impaired/ Mentally Impaired/ Melanin Impaired/ Chromosome-nally  Impaired/ Money Impaired/ Caring Impaired/ Age Impaired/ Male Impaired/ Pet Impaired/ Car Impaired/ Sexually Impaired/ Alcohol Impaired/ Lear-Jet Impaired. Why leave anyone out?!? I thought our society was all P.C. and shit!! I feel discriminated against dammit!! Maybe I've got grounds for a Civil Rights lawsuit against the city for being left out of the warning sign pie! 


Thirdly, as my wife so keenly pointed out, the sign is rather vague anyhow!! Hell!! Everyone is visually impaired dependent upon who is being judged and against whose standards! To a Peregrine Falcon we're all as near-sighted as a shrew!


Fourthly, the mere act of putting up so many signs expressing

the same thing and with such bright colors, would seem to constitute a public safety hazard .Thereby impeding commuters from displaying the proper attention to the act of driving, thereby endangering not only the visually impaired, but all others too, rendering said commuter "Visually Impaired" also! 




Anyone else have any bright or dumb ideas on this matter???


ANgry BrAdy

No, we don’t need healthcare reform (a cautionary tale) EDITED FOR A SOFTER GENTLER WEB EXPERIENCE


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I thought I would relate my personal experience with “The World’s Best Healthcare System”.

I provide this information for the reader’s consideration.
How about some background first. I have had many different insurers from United Healthcare and Blue Cross, to the West Coast version of GHP, called Group Health Cooperative, including GHP Midwest. All of these insurers have their good and bad points. 

  The reason for my posting today stems from the insurance I have now. It is called “Fundamentals”, and it is provided by, provided is a misnomer, CIGNA. This “insurance” is quite possibly THE WORST, MOST ILL-CONCEIVED, ORWELLIAN, PILE OF UTTER RUBBISH KNOWN TO ME!!!

This plan, so very graciously offers 5 whole trips to the doctor per calendar year! $25 copays. 70% of x-rays, lab tests, urgent care visits, chemotherapy, ambulance benefits, and emergency room visits. After a $500 dollar deductible (which doesn’t sound too bad). It has $15/50%/25% prescriptions. Hospitalization---100% up to $750 a day and ICU 100% up to $2000 a day So what’s the major malfunction Angry?!?!?!


The FINE PRINT is the beef here. The fine print being things like, $25,000 policy year maximum, a LIFE TIME BENEFIT amount of guess....... $50,000!!!! $ 50 mother-f**kin’ thousand!! That’s right. That could be done in one serious trip to the hospital!!! Wanna know what else?! In amongst a veritable laundry list of exclusions and limitations is this doozy, and this is verbatim, The treatment of mental or nervous disorders, alcoholism, or any form of substance abuse, except as specifically provided. WTF!!! That sounds like blatant discrimination!! F**K THAT!! IT IS BLATANT DISCRIMINATION!!! Mental Problems, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and the like are some of THE MOST problematic and serious public health problems in ALL of society!!!!!!! That’s not my thinking, check out the W.H.O.’s website, or the N.I.H.’s website. More societal problems stem from the big three than from Cancer, AIDS, and Diabetes com-f**king-bined!!! It could be argued those diseases directly, in part, stem from the prior!  

Wanna know what else?? I get all of this for a mere $40 per paycheck!! That’s a lot of G0ddamn money for this crumby excuse of a health insurance policy!! To top it off.... If I’m not mistaken, the C.E.O. of CIGNA was one of the highest paid C.E.O. of ALL insurance companies!!!!!!!!!!! $9,478,634 to be exact!  

One of the other big benefits I receive... I get a letter at least every three weeks asking me to PROVE I need whatever treatment I got and a continual SNAFU at Walgreens any time a prescription needs filled!! 
Yeah!! F**K H/C REFORM THATS F**KING PINK-O SOCIALISM!! LET’S KEEP THIS FREE MARKET THING ‘CAUSE IF NOT THOSE G0DDAMN COMMIE FREE-THINKER TYPES WILL WRECK OUR ENTIRE SOCIAL FABRIC!!! AND MAY HURT EDWARD HANWAY’S AND HIS ILK’S BOTTOM LINE!! MAYBE MR. HANWAY SHOULD TRY FORGOING HIS SALARY AND JUMP ON HIS “FUNDAMENTALS” PLAN WITH HIS WIFE AND KIDS, SEE HOW WELL THEY FAIR!! BTW, If I wanted to include my wife on this ROCKIN’ plan she would be $357 a month extra! 

I’m not saying Uncle Sam would be the best guardian of a new system, but we need change like f**king NOW!!

ANGRY BRADY



Saturday, November 14, 2009

Ever Notice - People in Waco are Really Creative

Waco, Texas.

Home of David Koresh and his Branch Davidians and Trista Joy Lathern.

Trista faked having breast cancer and told people that she was on chemotherapy.

She went as far a shaving her head and putting out fliers all over Waco for a fundraiser in her honor to help pay for her bullshit-treatments because "her health insurance had run out".

Hundreds of apparent suckers showed up at the event that hosted four bands a raffle and a bake sale. Upwards of $10,000 was raised for Trista's titty fund.

Titty Fund? Yes!

Trista used the money to get breast implants.

I have to admit this is the most creative way I've ever heard of someone raising for my implants.

It almost worked too, except as creative as Trista was, she's not real bright. She went to a plastic surgeon in Waco that HAD SEEN THE FLIERS FOR THE FUNDRAISER.

Needless to say the doc was suspicous and called the cops when Trista brought over 3 grand in cash for the down payment on the surgery.

The best part is that her husband was fouled as well. He maintains that he did not know that she didn't have cancer until the police came to question her.

Trista was arrested on November 4th for theft by deception and was released on bond two days later. The same day in fact that her husband filed for an annulment of their 7 month marriage. He also requested custody of their two son's ages 3 and 5.

Ages 3 and 5? 7 month marriage? Well its Texas after all. At least she's not 14.

Trista was re-arrested on the 9th because the Waco PD found a warrant for her on check fraud charges from 2007. Obviously the Waco PD is really on the ball. Aren't they the ones that freaked out on the Davidians and called in the AFT?

With all due respect,
The Chief


When They Tell You To Put Your Hands Up, Put Them Up!

If you check Youtube or Failblog or any number of other sites you can find hundreds if not thousands of videos of idiots being Tasered. The ridiculous thing about all these videos is the the police tell these shit-heads at least 30 times to comply and they just don't.

People, what is it about a cop yelling "lay down on the ground or we will taser you!" that you don't understand? Why would anyone ignore a cop screaming at you while holding a fucking thing that looks like a phaser from a 80's scifi TV show? I just don't get it.

Actually I do get it. People are idiots and cannot be expected to properly respond to even the simplest orders. Take this guy, Utah's Bruce Harper for example.



The Davis County officers are being sued now, because they tasered this dipshit 6 times after they asked him 60 times to stay in the car or to get on the ground. Now granted maybe tasings #3,4,5 and 6 were excessive, but this ass-wipe deserved1&2.

Even more idiotic though is that this jerk was pulled over for a crooked license plate and didn't just stay in the goddamn car, he wasn't even inebriated.

Just Stupid.

One of the best examples of "idiots that get tasered because their stupid" is the case of 72 year old Kathryn Winkfein in Travis County Texas. She is pulled over by a Travis County cop for 60 in a 45. She then refuses to accept or sign the ticket which is required by law in Texas and results in arrest if you refuse. She then gets out of her car to argue with the officer. He tells her to get back in her car and to step back away from him or that she will be tased to which she stupidly replie "I dare ya". Just watch.



Why did she get out of the car?

What the fuck is wrong with people?

I seem to remember a my father telling me when I was about 12, "Son, pick your battles and know when to shut up." Not like he ever did, and I certainly failed to remember this sage advise a time or two myself but really when they tell you to put your hands up, put them up because like my grandfather who was a high school principal once told me, "Do you know what the bullies in school grow up and become? Gym couches and cops." My grandfather also gave me this jewel as well, "the average IQ in this country is 80. Most of the bullies in my school have below average intellegence."

Do you think he was trying to tell me something?

With all due respect,
The Chief

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The State of Bigotry in America 2009


Sure. We have a black President and we've come a long way from the 50s and 60s. Racism has calmed down. It's definitely still there but not to the point where it's a national concern. Bigotry, however, is alive and well. I would say thriving.

Before you ask, there is a difference between Racism and Bigotry. As much as you'd like to say you're not a bigot I want to ask you a few questions. Has any of the similar to the following ever happened to you?

• Have you ever been stuck in line at a store behind a Middle Eastern guy and his wife? Was he stern and difficult with the checkout lady, questioning every other item's price when it rang up, all the while his wife stood there obediently? Was he purchasing 20 2-liter bottles of Pepsi and 10 cases of Mountain Dew? Can you make bombs with this shit?

• How about being in a different neighborhood buying beer on Sunday, taking a break from football, with your buddy and in front of you in the checkout lane you spot MC Hammer. He's wearing sunglasses inside and about 10 different chains with a brand new fancy shirt and sneakers. You laugh as your buddy points out that he's paying with WIK vouchers. Whaa?

• How about traveling out to Jefferson County and getting gas and having to lock the car when you're out of it because everyone seems to be smoking meth?

• How surprised were you when you heard about the Fort Hood shootings only to find out that the shooter was named Nidal Malik Hasan? And, get this, a Muslim. Shocker!

• Don't you love waiting at a stop light and you avoid eye contact with the loser who's panhandling a couple cars ahead? Don't you think to yourself how hard you just worked to earn the money in your pocket?

• Are you aggravated every time you use an ATM and have to choose English or Spanish? And you live in the Midwest?


Is it me or do we have a long way to go?

I'm sure it's me.


-Darth

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Smoking Bans? How about something a little stronger?




You may remember I little piece I did a few weeks ago called "Ever Notice - Smokers Are Retarded?" wherein I touch on a few of the idiotic behavioral nuances of the typical smoker. Thing like not smoking in their own house because it stinks the place up or not wanting to smoke while they eat. All things that smokers do to make the average non-smoker chuckle and the astute non-smoker write about them. As you might have guessed, I am not a smoker, never have been, never will be and I freely admit that if given the option of spending the evening in a smoky bar or at a funeral I'd opt for the casket duty.

This week the voters in St. Louis voted for a smoking ban in the St. Louis City and County. This ban prohibits smoking in business that do not generate the majority of their revenue from the sale of alcohol, so basically bars and casino get a pass. Not a problem for me because most bars and casinos are filled with idiots that can't hold their liquor or the money anyway so let 'em smoke up. They might as well put themselves out of my misery as quickly as possible.

The ban also does not go into effect until 2011 so we'll have to dodge these idiots at the front door of Target and Lowes for another year. This timeframe is something that I don't understand however, why wait? Are we trying to give all the smokers time to go out and smoke themselves silly at insert your favorite restaurant here?  Or is the local government hoping that they will all shut up and forget about it long enough to quietly expand it? I can only hope.

The one thing that this new law does which really strikes me as lame is it sets up a fine structure that just to me isn't adequately punitive. For the offense of smoking in a banned place you are fined $50. The owner or manager of then establishment that allowed you to smoke is fine $100 for the first offense, $200 for the second and $500 for the the third plus offenses.

$50? $100?

Thats ridiculous, especially when you consider smokers must have a lot of money, right? On average St. Louis County area smokers smoke 125 packs a year and at an average cost of $5 a pack, they spend $650 a year to poison themselves, so I figure hit them with a fine that they'll remember.

A nice round number like $500 would make them think twice before they light up again.

But I have an even better idea. I think we should relook at the whole ban and beef it up a bit. Instead of a ban on smoking in business and government places, how about a new hunting season for the Missouri Yellow Toothed Smoker. It could be a year long season and could incorporate bow as well as rifle subseasons. The county could issue licenses to hunters at a cost.

I mean lets be honest they're killing themselves anyway.

With all due respect,
The Chief

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Hey Morons! Start decorating!!


So, one of the most excellent holidays of the year, Halloween, is over.

What's next?

Thanksgiving?

Nope. Sorry. Let's just move onto Christmas.

I'm at Lowe's this morning to buy some leaf bags (because it's fall) and guess what is everywhere the minute you walk into the home improvement store?

Christmas shit.

Those obnoxious inflatable front yard decorations and numerous other crap for those people who have nothing better to spend their money on.

Don't get me wrong. I love Christmas and I love Christmas decorations.

I just don't like them on November 1st!

Why does it get earlier every year? It's ridiculous.

How early is it going to be next year? The day after Labor Day?

It's going to get earlier and earlier if we (you) don't stop buying this crap.

Since we're on the subject of Christmas. It's Christmas. Not some generic Season's Greetings bullshit so that we don't offend the Jews, Muslims and those 5 people that celebrate Kwanzaa.

Kwanzaa. Wasn't that one of Jabba's guards in Return of the Jedi?

I need to stop writing about Christmas already. It's only November.

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