Goose's Latest Semi-Political Musings (523 hits)
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Submitted by Goose <goosehkr at hotmail dot com> (View user info) at 2005-08-15 10:56:29 EDT
So, I've got a couple of things I've been wondering about lately.
First, has the massive gay marriage debate reached a conclusion yet? I know there was that amendment to the constitution floating around for awhile, but I'm assuming it failed, since no one really talks about it much any more. I'm still not entirely sure what the big deal is. Gay people want to marry. So? As far as I can tell (and I might be wrong, since I'm currently in school working on a political science degree, I tend to take the summer off), people are arguing it takes away from the sanctity of marriage. If that was true, then, why are so many people getting divorced? Last I heard, the divorce rate was over 50%, so I don't think everyone is taking it quite as seriously as we might hope. In the last six months, three of my friends, as well as my parents, have begun divorce proceedings. As my dear old uncle Pat used to say, "Hell, let 'em get married - then they can be just as miserable as the rest of us."
On a side note, why are we still trying to keep homosexual couples from adopting? Doesn't it seem as if two gay parents would be better then none at all? I can think of plenty of straight couples who shouldn't have any kids, and nobody seems to worry too much about them. Incidentally, and I don't know if this is something that people are worried about, but the vast majority of pedophiles identify themselves as straight. Just so you know.
Secondly, how does anyone justify voting for a cut in school budgets? I mean, seriously. Besides all of that "children are the future" crap, everyone is aware there are generations coming after us, right? I don't plan on working my entire life, and it would be nice to have some educated people around to take over after awhile. How does having an entire group of stupid-ass kids who can't read, write, or do simple arithmetic seem like a good idea? If anything, schools should be getting more money.
Which reminds me - I'm sick and tired of people constantly bitching about taxes. Granted, it hurts to see that high of a percentage taken out of my paycheck every two weeks, but I enjoy using things like roads, and schools, and public parks, and I wouldn't mind having an ambulance, fire truck, or police officer around should the circumstances ever warrant their appearance.
Why do vegetarians feel the need to try and make me feel bad about eating meat? If I'm not mistaken, humans have been consuming the flesh of other animals since, oh, the dawn of our species. Doesn't it seem, after all that time, we would continue eating animals because their flesh provides us certain nutrients and chemicals our bodies need? I think that may be why I've never seen a healthy vegetarian, although to be fair, I've never seen one with a fat ass, either.
As far as I can tell, there are three types of vegetarians. The first are people who legitimately don't like the taste of meat, for whatever reason, and so they just don't eat it out of preference. It turns out, however, that after a long night of drinking, this kind of vegetarian will still eat bacon, so good for them. The second type are the ones who refuse to eat all of the cute animals, but fish and other seafood is ok. These are the ones who "tsk" and roll their eyes when you order a hamburger, even though I didn't say shit about them getting the celery sampler platter, or whatever it is that they got. The third kind of vegetarians are the ones that don't eat any animal products, don't wear leather, and look like they would blow away in a stiff wind. They extol the virtues of soy and harp on people about animals being tortured. There's no reasoning with these people.
While spraying hairspray into the eyes of puppies is horrible, sure, aren't there more important things to worry about? I mean, the spotted owl, or whatever endangered animal it is this month, is important, but I would think that the millions of starving people in this world might take precedence. If you want to understand suffering, work at a soup kitchen in one of the major cities up north for a couple of weeks during the winter, and then you can concern yourself with saving the native slink weasel of tropical Madagascar. I mean, an animal being tortured is really awful, but a person being tortured is really awful too, and for me, people are always going to be more important.
Why are people still racist? Are we really still at that point where we make decisions based on the color of people's skin? Prejudice based on the tan our ancestors had seems a little silly. Why hate people because of color; I can come up with plenty of reasons to dislike individuals based completely on factors completely under their control. I'm what you would call an equal opportunity hater.
As a side note, long ago we were all black, and Jesus was a Jew. Just so you know.
Finally, the last thing I've been wondering about lately is the popularity of karaoke. I was under the impression that singing badly to modern rock songs was something you did in the car on your way home from work, but it seems as though I was wrong. It wouldn't really even bother me, except that as of this moment, there is one bar (ONE) in my area that doesn't have karaoke at least one night of the week. Do they realize that most of them sound really awful? Even more worrying - don't these people have friends who love them enough to tell them that they're awful, and to stop embarrassing themselves singing "Sweet Child 'O Mine" by G&R after three or four Long Island iced teas? They do have other songs, you know.
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Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-17 09:37:09 EDT (#)
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I'm telling you - try apple scrapple. When you've cut a slice off of the scrapple brick (for lack of a better term) and start frying it up, throw some apple peelings in with it. Then, top with some maple syrup and enjoy. Its particularly good with a kraft single (no real cheese for me) and paybe some egg on an english muffin. <drool>
I thought I had left scrapple behind when I moved down here, but thank God there's a diner that makes a a damn fine scrapple egg and cheese sandwhich. Tastes like home. And filth. Mostly filth.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-08-16 23:07:16 EDT (#)
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Scrapple: A sticky, pasty, gray mass of all the parts of the pig that no one will eat. Even when it's cooked, it's not solid.
It's nasty, unhealthy, and I cannot maintain my femininity while eating it.
Alas, it is DELICIOUS. So if only once or twice a year, in my fight against the obesity epidemic, horrible domestication practices, and eating one of the most intelligent animals on the planet, scrapple wins.
Damn you, delicious innards.
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-16 14:27:38 EDT (#)
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My passionate response is just a relex - I could go either way, when it comes down to it. Really, though, and I know this will sound heretical, I prefer my own over any at a cheesesteak place, 'cause its so hard to get the onions the way I want them. Ah, memories.
It reminds me of that old Fresh Prince moment, when Ice Tray or whatever the friends name was comes to town, and he brings 'steaks, and you can tell they're legit because the grease has made the bad see-through. The real question, though, is where you stand on scrapple, or my own personal favorite, apple scrapple.
You need more than luck in Camden - you need body armor.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-08-16 12:58:03 EDT (#)
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Ahh, the perpetual cheesesteak argument- sure to evoke a passionate response, right? My Dad took me to Pat's once before a Phillies game as a kid, and I got not so much a cheesesteak as a gristle sandwich. I've preferred Geno's ever since.
I'm on my way to Camden for a show on Sat, wish me luck!
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-16 09:13:08 EDT (#)
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Don't get me wrong, I love Philly - it's home. As such, however, I can recognize that the part I lived in is an absolute rat hole. It may be complete crap, but at least its OUR complete crap.
I left and, after moving all over for a bit, I now live in northern Virginia, which has plenty of its own problems. None of these problems revolve around being awakened by gunfire at three in the morning, so I cope.
Geno's!?!? Geno's?!?! You dare blaspheme against the wonder that it Pat's? Tsk tsk tsk. Thankfully I'm still close enough to drive up there periodically and grab a 'steak, although if I'm up for a real adventure I'll head into Camden (America's new most dangerous city, if I'm not mistaken) and scrounge up some panzerottis.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2005-08-15 22:58:46 EDT (#)
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+2 for Philly, even if it wasn't a compliment
-1 for leaving and not mentioning the 'better' place you left for
-1 for making me crave Geno's right now
+2 for being more articulate and socially aware than a lot of people in South Philly.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-08-15 19:39:37 EDT (#)
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yes
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 14:57:24 EDT (#)
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Danka. I hate to disappoint, I am actually a poli sci major, although if that screws up your world a little too much, I'll probably be one for the rest of my life - for the first three years of college, I took the classes I wanted to take, as opposed to the classes I should have taken, so I'm still two and a half years away from a degree.
So, not completely intelligent. I managed to misspell "marriage" the first time through, as well, a couple of times.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2005-08-15 14:33:55 EDT (#)
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You can't be a poly-sci major... This was actually intelligent
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 13:48:01 EDT (#)
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Well, to be fair, it all depends. Are they cute puppies?
Oh, and, scum isn't a race. Well done though.
Wow - 48 hrs in bed? Nicely done. I'm turning green with envy here, over my sixth cup of coffee for the day. Damn that educational tv - as soon as one Mythbusters was over, the history channel would play another "We Were Soldiers"
Submitted by a_reader (user info) at 2005-08-15 13:36:59 EDT (#)
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"While spraying hairspray into the eyes of puppies is horrible, sure"
Says who?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:46:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:38:44 (#)
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I guess I'm just racist against scum.
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Nope your a dyed in the wool racist, I wouldn't worry about it though. Racism is the new black.
See, when a man is as pissed of as you are (for what I'm sure are very good and understandable reasons) you lose all sense of perspective. You'll lay down damning critisicm of poor, ethnic communities whilst trying to neither help nor undedrstand their plight.
It's become something greater for you, it's become a keystone of your self identity. Like that Tom Sorrell charachter and baseball.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:38:44 EDT (#)
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I guess I'm just racist against scum.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:36:24 EDT (#)
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I slept for 48 hours. In a bed.
I've never been so happy.
*cries tears of pure bliss*
Submitted by spamtrap50 (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:24:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:08:38 EDT (#)
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Well, thank you and good morning, Berty. I must say, it's always refreshing to check the ratings on my post and see my name in all caps all the way across the screen.
Since we seem to always be off on such a good footing, how was your weekend?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-15 12:02:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:47:23 (#)
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Ok, I read the article. It said most, not all. And fine, hate them for being lazy, or being bums, because they arguably had a choice in that matter. Hating them simply because they're black is silly and, once again, ignorant. The fact that it seems as though there are more poor homeless black people than poor homeless white people has no direct connection to their race - its not as though they are poor and homeless because they're black. It's like saying that someone is an accountant because they're white - no, they're a white guy who is also an accountant.
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He's right you know.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:58:41 EDT (#)
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:47:23 EDT (#)
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Ok, I read the article. It said most, not all. And fine, hate them for being lazy, or being bums, because they arguably had a choice in that matter. Hating them simply because they're black is silly and, once again, ignorant. The fact that it seems as though there are more poor homeless black people than poor homeless white people has no direct connection to their race - its not as though they are poor and homeless because they're black. It's like saying that someone is an accountant because they're white - no, they're a white guy who is also an accountant.
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:42:00 EDT (#)
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Yeah, it was a blast. There's a reason I moved the hell OUT of Philly as soon as I could. It really can be awful there - the level of poverty is simply astounding.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:41:25 EDT (#)
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/15/atlanta.panhandling.ap/index.html
Here ya go. read the last few lines.
Try NOT being racist about that. Lazy bums complaining for a living. What a joke.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:38:25 EDT (#)
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Super.
Just like one big happy family then?
Submitted by goose (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:10:42 EDT (#)
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Well, no, you ignorant fuck, I grew up as one of seven white people for six blocks in any direction in south Philly. I had plenty of reasons to not get along with a number of the people I lived near, but it had nothing to do with the color of their skin, and more to do with the fact that they were assholes, albeit heavily-armed assholes.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-08-15 11:09:46 EDT (#)
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solid
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-08-15 10:57:28 EDT (#)
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"Why are people still racist?"
You obvioulsy don't live near any dirty niggers.