Wow

Looking through my old posts, I noticed I haven't posted any pics of my little man. He's getting so big. We're now on the trailing edge of potty training, he's doing it almost totally on his own now. Thought I'd post some pics from around his 3rd birthday. The pics from the beach were taken down in Galveston on Labor Day weekend, just before Ike came through and turned the island and surrounding areas into a soup sammich.

Sharing the Wealth

For those who don't know me, I don't find myself left real warm & fuzzy about the upcoming election. It could be the lack of choices. Let's see...we have a socialist rat bastard commie Democrat on one side and a RINO Republican on the other. Neither one would get my vote if there was any other viable candidate on the ticket.

But now we've got one of them showing their true colors even before the election has officially begun. And that color, my friends, is RED. A true socialist, talking about redistribution of wealth, trying to make it sound like it's what's best for the country. So you're going to hand out MORE "entitlements"? A proven foible of socialism and communism, is that when you take from the producer and give it to the non-producer, it diminishes the desire of the producer to keep producing. In the end, the producer gives up and says, "Fuck it...I get the same no matter what, so I might as well be a lazy fuck too!" So you're planning to not only raise the taxes on the "rich"(who pay an assload of taxes already), but you'll also be raising the taxes on the "middle class" in order to make sure that the lazy, shiftless assholes who don't wanna work don't have to get off their asses and find a job?

Don't get me wrong. I believe in the Social Security and Medicare programs. The people who are eligible for these benefits should receive them. After all, the majority of the people who receive them have worked all their lives and paid for it. Even the housewives who stayed at home while hubby was at work. They've paid their dues too. What I don't agree with is Medicaid. There needs to be some major review and reform in this department. If a family is truly poor, but at least trying to make it, then I can see them receiving this help. Notice I didn't say "entitlement". Remember, kiddies, welfare was supposed to be "a hand up, not a hand-out".

All of the illegals receiving benefits from social programs...sorry, you've been cut off. Oh, and a team of ICE agents is on their way to pick you up. Don't these programs have something called eligibility requirements? How's about making a fucking greencard a requirement? Or how about if you don't have a bona fide medical condition that prevents you from working, go out and get a motherfuckin' job and be a productive member of society like the rest of us. And I know the fed doesn't run all of the social programs. Some of those are run by the state, and are administered by the fed (like the Food Stamp program). Don't let me get started talking about SCHIP. Basically if you're like that asshole in Maryland that had too many kids and was bitching about how much it'll cost him to insure all of them...well, maybe you should've had less kids.

Back in the day, people had a whole bunch of kids mainly because they were farmers and the kids would help them work the land. My maternal grandfather was one of 13. They didn't latch onto the gummint tit because they couldn't afford if one of their kids got sick. They worked harder, paid it off and didn't whine about it. This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. I don't see anything in there about a government that caters to the people because they're stupid and irresponsible.

And just when you didn't think it could get any worse...it does. Apparently our Congresscritters have realized the error of their ways in the War on Poverty here in the States and want to ramp it up to a global level. Obviously, they still think that the way to fix a problem is to throw money at it. Just great. How much more are my taxes going to go up, assholes? Here's a summary of what it's going to do and cost us.

He's going to turn the whole country into another Chicago. I fucking HATE Chicago. I heard him speak about Chicago in one of his stump speeches. Chicago is a shithole, you fuckin' liar. Not to mention, outside of your pointy-headed little view (just like your buddy Rod Blagojevich), Chicago is not the whole fucking state of Illinois, you dickweed. I grew up in Smalltown, Illinois. Chicago takes up about 10% of the state when you include all of "Chicagoland". What about the rest of the state?

Aww, fuck him. Much to my chagrin, he'll probably get elected. By hook or by crook, I'm sure. There'll be plenty of rat bastard commies Democrats that'll vote early and vote often, just like they do in Chicago. Then the socialism will really start to rear it's ugly head. I forsee a revolution in this country should that happen. Because one of the first thing he'll want to do is strip us of our 2nd Amendment rights. Then the "gun totin'", "bitter" people who "cling to religion" will go Red Dawn on your ass. And there are alot of them. I may not cling to religion, but I damn sure have guns. And the only way you and your little Obama Youth will take them from me is to pry them from my cold, dead fingers.

An excerpt from Reuters about the beach sex trial in Dubai:

If the law changed to suit Westerners, said one Emirati woman, it would be
her who lost her freedom. She already forbids her daughters from going to
Dubai's malls and hotels.
"It is up to the person who comes here to be
informed," said the woman, who like most declined to be named on a topic which
they feel is too sensitive to discuss in public.
"If there is an open trading
system which draws people from all over the world, it is not fair to ask why
they are not free. You have to follow the rules of wherever in the world you
go."

I can't help but be in total agreement with this lady. Wanna know why? This statement right here:

"If there is an open trading system which draws people from all over the
world, it is not fair to ask why they are not free. You have to follow the rules
of wherever in the world you go."

So if this applies to Muslim nations, why wouldn't this same rule apply to all nations? Why do you have immigrants coming into, I dunno, say the UK and asking to have their own laws and courts? Same thing goes for the Jewish "arbitration" courts in the UK. If you cannot abide by the laws of the country that you live in, then maybe you should pack sand back to the 3rd world Shitholestan you came from.

Amen, brother!!!

Denny wrote a helluva post regarding Barack Obama's "SUV" speech. Where Obama basically tells us as Americans what we can and can't do. You know what? Fuck. You. Obama.

Who the fuck do you think you are?! And, god forbid, if you do get elected, will our government actually become the "Nanny State" that you socialists Democrats have dreamed of? Who are you to tell the population of the most powerful and productive country in the world that they can or cannot do something? We pay farmers to NOT produce food fer chrissakes!! Although the trend seems to show that many manufacturers are outsourcing jobs to other countries, many products are still made only in the USA. We have 3% of the world's population and use 25% of its energy? Good!! More than likely it's because we're producing something worthwhile, not like the crap they've been cranking out of China...chock full of lead and made using slave labor. Who would we be saving this energy for anyway? Just for the record, my thermostat doesn't stay on 72 degrees. It stays pretty constant around 75 +/- 2 degrees, depending on how hot/cold I feel.

And if you want to bitch about oil consumption and cost, well, you can shift the blame for that clusterfuck on your Dhimmi-cratic elected officials, since they have rejected ideas for reducing our dependence on foreign oil by drilling in ANWR and off the coasts, and for not allowing any more refineries or nuclear plants to be built. Instead they want to increase the taxes on the folks who refine the oil. Now, I didn't do so hot in Economics class in high school, but businesses aren't in business to give away profits in the form of taxes, so they're going to tack on extra "surcharges" into their prices. And who is going to have to pay that? Oh, yeah...you and me, kids. They might as well pass out condoms at the gas station. Hell the way it's going politically in this country, they may as well give you a condom when you hit the voting booth. 'Cause we're going to be getting a royal fucking either way we go.

Ups and Downs

The average person who happens upon this blog would probably see some of my posts and say, "Mike, you're so negative. All you do is rant and rave about everything." Not true. There are many positive things in my life, but I prefer to vent about stupidity vice talking about things that involve my feelings.


The last couple of years have had their ups and downs. I missed out on buying a house due to my credit being as fucked up as a soup sammich. But that seems to have been a blessing in disguise. With my wife finding a job near where I work, we decided it would be better to move a bit closer to work instead of staying out on the west side, which makes for a helluva commute. I'm glad we didn't get that house, since we'd be stuck out there for 4 more years before we could sell it and try to get out of it what we owe. And the housing market is making a swirlie around the toilet bowl, so we'd have probably ended up getting screwed on that deal. Houston's not near as bad as some parts of the country, but when you're trying to sell something noone wants to buy, it can make life rather difficult.

We did eventually buy a house on the northeast side, which puts my commute at just over 15 miles. Beats the hell out of a 34 mile each way commute. The house we were going to buy was built by Kimball Hill, and they are a good builder. If you ever decide to buy a Kimball Hill home, see if a guy by the name of Jose Cavazos is still working with them. Last I knew he was at Lakes of Bridgewater off Mason Road in Katy. The house we ended up buying was built by David Weekley, another very good builder. The floorplan we chose had everything we wanted: covered porches front & back, study, open...it was an inventory home, so we got it at a good price too. I'll have to post some pics of it sometime. But with buying a new home comes decorating, and that tends to be a pain in the ass as well as the wallet.

My boy is getting huge, and speaking more clearly now, both in English and Spanish. He can count to 10, knows letters and is learning his colors. And he's not even 3 yet. And, like daddy, loves to fish. He has a couple of motorized fishing games and when he catches one will say, "Daddy, look...I caught a fish!" I'll have to post some more photos of him soon too.

My paternal grandfather passed away earlier this year. His death hit me particularly hard because I was rather close to him. I've been in a funk since I found out he was diagnosed with colon cancer, and when he passed away it got worse. I'll probably delve into that more some other time, just because it'll probably be a huge post.

I talked before about changing jobs, and I did. I was offered a position at a different agency for more pay, and the people where I was couldn't match the offer. I miss working with some of the guys over there, but I like the people I work with now too. The majority of us like to fish, and we get along well so there are relatively few problems. Every once in a while tempers can flare, or somebody feels like someone else pissed in their Wheaties, but everything is smoothed out a little while later and we're back to cutting up. The last two jobs I've worked at have been great. I worked at a privately owned company when I lived in Illinois, and that place felt like hell on earth. My friend Doug stayed on with them for about a year and a half after I left, and he moved on elsewhere. I guess he finally got tired of the mangement's bullshit too.

That's about it for now. I'll expand on some of this later and may open a few new cans of worms as well.

Don't use Xoom.com

I'm back, bitches!! Good gawd, it's been over 2 years since my last post. Not that I've had nothing to bitch about, just either been extremely busy or lack of enthusiasm. But I'm irritable as hell today, and I get home to hear my wife complaining about these assholes.

Xoom.com. Supposed to be a money sending service, like Western Union...only cheaper. Here's another example of "you get what you pay for". Shitty customer service and incompetent assholes answering the phones. Perfect example: My wife sends money back to her mom in Colombia for her birthday. She sends it in her aunt's name. Aunt has an issue with her gov't issued ID, since she has a temporary while she's awaiting the arrival of the actual ID. Kinda like what they give you at the DMV/DPS when you make changes to your Driver's License. Wife calls Xoom's customer service and she tries to change the payee name. The incompetent fuck on the other end says she can't do that, only they can. She says fine, change it. To which he replies, we can't. Then he offers her the option of cancelling. She says fine. It isn't until after he cancels the transaction that he informs her that it will be 5-10 business days until the money is credited back into her account. You gotta be fucking kidding me. Which is exactly what I said to the dumb bitch that told me it would be 10 days to return the money to my wife's checking account when I called them to find out wtf the deal was. She got all indignant, and told me not to use profanity. I asked for the supervisor, to which she said she was the supervisor. Good, I'll make sure my wife never uses your shitty service again and I'll make sure I tell everyone I know not to use it either, thank you very little. then I hung up on the bitch.

So in a few words: Fuck Xoom.com.

You motherfuckers will never see another red cent of my money. And if you were the last money sending service on earth, I'd make sure to walk the shit down myself before I'd use your service. I'm half tempted to call back and see if the next assclown that answers the phone is a supervisor too.

Same Shit, Different Pile

Here we go again...more hypocritical whining from the Muslims.

The Saudi-based secretariat of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) said in a statement it was committed to press freedom, but that
journalists should be deterred "from premeditatedly vilifying, defaming and
violating the rights of others."
[...]
It said the
caricatures had insulted "a faith embraced and revered by over one-fifth of the
world population, and a religion that advocates peace, tolerance and moral
virtues."

Peace, tolerance and moral virtues, eh? Is that why you have protests that end in violence, honor killings, death sentences for apostasy, arrests of journalists for printing Mohammed cartoons (and people calling for their death), newspaper shutdowns, raped women being stoned, restrictions on other religions and women having no rights? Need I say more? Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the splodeydopes (thanks to SondraK for that term) in Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan.

Opening the event on Tuesday, OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
said Muslims and their religion had been increasingly stereotyped, defamed,
marginalized, discriminated against and targeted for "hate crimes" in the West
since 9/11 and subsequent terrorist attacks in Madrid and London.

Probably because of your "hate crimes" against the West and Israel. Doesn't do much good for your image when your people are celebrating in the streets after terrorist attacks or glorifying the aforementioned splodeydopes to the world via media outlets, now does it?

Ihsanoglu said the "terrifying stereotyping we suffer from in the first
decade of the 21st century ... is a phenomenon that reminds us of the horrible
experiences of the anti-Semitism of the 1930s."

It's funny...you hate the Jews, yet you compare yourselves to them. You admit there was anti-Semitism, but deny the Holocaust. You people need to get your shit in one sock.

Then there's this asshole:

Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal has defended Palestinian suicide bombings as a
"natural right,"
[...]
"Our enemies ... don't understand that a suicide operation ... is
a natural right,"

Sure, you dumbfucks can kill yourselves all day long. But instead of strapping explosives around your waists and detonating yourselves on a bus full of children and old people, why not just go out on your back patio and eat the business end of a pistol? It's quick and just as effective.

"The United States want to impose their hegemony on countries of the region.
They don't offer relations that are balanced, of mutual interest and respect,"
Meshaal said.

At Camp David in 2000, Clinton pretty much offered the world on a silver platter to Arafat, shy of sucking his dick right there at the negotiating table. Arafat refused, so you can blame him for your problems. Now that I think about it, if Clinton would've offered to suck Arafat's dick, he probably would've accepted. From what I understand he had a little sugar in his gas tank. Amazing that he had to go to Fwantz ( a country that doesn't disclose cause of death) to be treated for his "mysterious illness" whose symptoms were so similar to AIDS that it's uncanny.

Boycott Cinco de Mayo

In response to the "A Day without Gringos" boycott on the annual communist celebration day of May 1st (May Day), I have elected to boycott Mexican goods and services for the month of May. Although I am considered a "gringo" by most Hispanics, and have even referred to myself as such, that does not change the high degree of offensiveness that I felt from the idea of such a thing. Especially coming from a group that, for the most part, shouldn't even be here.

So for the month of May I shall boycott any and all things Mexican. No produce, no beer, no going to Mexican restaurants or any places that I know willingly hire illegal aliens to work there.

And I'll be boycotting Stinko de Mayo as well. I really don't think we as Americans should celebrate a day where the Mexicans defeated the French (Battle of Puebla, 1862). Even though it was probably the last time the Mexicans defeated anybody. Fuck 'em.

My Little Buddy

It's been a while since I've given an update on my boy. He's got his 2 bottom teeth now, and he's working on getting the top ones in. Amazingly enough, he's not been cranky or anything during the whole process. He just slobbers like hell and chews on everything he can get his hands on. He can sit by himself, but can't sit up by himself. He's starting to scoot backwards and he's trying to get his butt up in the air to crawl, but that will come soon. But I have to keep an eye on him, because he can roll. Fast. He'll cross a king-sized bed real quick. He's saying "dada", "mama", I've heard him say "agua" (we speak both languages to him), and "qua qua" (quack quack...he loves his rubber ducky).

Oh, and it looks like we're going to have to buy him some kind of tricycle type thing. The babysitter's grandson has one and he just loves to get up on it. That's about it for now.

Movin' On Up

Well, boys and girls...I'm going to be changing jobs real soon. I was offered a shot as a Senior Tech at a place where a former co-worker now works. I did the interview on the 19th, and things went pretty well. For me, it's a step up since I'll be increasing my yearly salary by over $10,000. With a mortgage payment coming up soon (our house will be finished sometime in May), and with my little boy getting bigger it'll be a big help.

I just hate to feel like I'm fucking anybody over, especially Sergeant Dan and Greg, who's over the security side of the shop. The both of them will probably get stuck with the day-to-day tasks that I normally do. So to make sure everything does go smoothly until the new guy gets here, I'm finishing up all the tasks and projects that I've been trying to accomplish for a while now. It just seems I don't have the time because every time I get started on one thing, someone needs something else and I get dragged off on their little pet project. Maybe time management isn't my strong suit, eh?

So I should be hearing very shortly from the HR Department of my new workplace. I've already heard from the shop supervisor telling me they submitted the package to their HR. So now it's a matter of negotiating my new salary. Anybody have some tips and/or suggestions?

Mike, Where the Hell Have You Been?

It's a long story. Basically I spent a week in the hospital with a range of ailments, some of which they still haven't figured out yet. Diverticulitis, kidney stones, some sort of mystery infection that would cause my temperature to spike to 103 for no reason, and what they think might be mono, a.k.a. mononucleosis. I haven't known anyone with mono since I was in high school. And who the hell have I been sucking face with that I would get it? Uh...nobody. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that while I was in there they decided they might as well operate on an umbilical hernia that I've had for about 4 years or so.

After convalescing at home for a couple of days after my release, I decided it was time to go back to work. My wife wanted to kill me, but if I'm gone too long I get waaaayyy behind. And I can't afford to do that. Well, yesterday I had a follow-up with the surgeon and while I'm driving the 30 miles from my work to the doc's office, about halfway there I get this pain in my back like Andre the Giant has grabbed ahold of my kidney and starts to squeeze. That's right, kids...a kidney stone worked it's way loose and was trying to find its way out and was having alot of trouble hitting the hole I might add. And by the time I reached the doc's office if felt like Andre had an even better grip and was jabbing a knife from my kidneys all the way down through my nads. So they ended up having to wheel me from the doc's office to the ER. Which, luckily, are within the same building complex.

They say that passing a kidney stone for a guy is equivalent to childbirth. Oh really? Do I get a fuckin' epidural too? That might have helped some. It's got to be pretty bad when I'll admit there was pain, but when it's so bad it makes me puke, you know there's a pretty heavy amount of pain involved. When I was in the hospital the first time I was offered Morphine and then Percocet. I refused them both because I didn't want narcotics put into my body. But last night when they offered me a prescription for Vicodin, you know I jumped on that mofo. I took one last night and it didn't do shit really. This morning I started getting those pains again, so I popped 2. I've felt no pain the rest of the day.

Now This Is Cool...

Check this out:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=672422470842718521

Yeah, I'm a dork. Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the link.

Stick to the Subject

By now you've probably heard plenty about the loony leftist liberal loser teacher Jay Bennish and his little tirade comparing Bush to Hitler and condoning the attacks on the WTC. Well, I'm gonna get my $.02 in as well.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm all for free speech and dissent, no problem. However comma there is a time when your opinions should be stifled and that time comes when you're on the job. If someone else pays your salary, then you are entitled to absolutely nothing, save to STFU and do your job. Even more so when the taxpayers' dollar funds your paycheck.

Just for the record, Jay Bennish's comments were made while teaching a Geography class. Not Social Studies, not History, not Government and not Current Events. Geography. That means you teach the kids where stuff is located in the world, not your fucking opinion about how the country is run. Why not save that until after school? At least then you're not trying to indoctrinate today's youth with your communist attitude while the people who actually work pay your wages, asshole. No wonder these kids come out of high school dumber than dirt. You can't even teach the class you were charged with. And look at that photo...that's a pedo-smile* if I ever saw one.

My opinion...he should be fired. Same thing would happen to me if I started spouting off political rhetoric while I was on the job. If I was a parent of a child at this school, that would be a goal. If not possible (because you know the NEA and ACLU will probably be all over this like flies on shit...and of course on the wrong side of it too), pull your kid from the school. Or at the very least make damn sure your kid doesn't take any more classes with Mr. Moonbat. Ever.

*All thanks, hail and praises to Maddox for that one.

Oh, Jeezus!!!

OK, I gotta admit it's funny as hell. But as a male member of the species...ouch, that's gotta hurt!!

Watch the video.

Thanks to SondraK for a good laugh.

More Mohammed Cartoons

This time from D.T. Devareaux at The Study of Revenge. Take some time to scope out his blog. He's got some good ones. And fuck Google, and the pussies who complained that his site is "hateful". Can't take the truth? Quit bitchin' and make some changes to your religion and how it's perceived. That's it. Period. This, this and this don't help your cause much, by the way.

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.

Old News

All right...I've heard quite enough about the Cheney Hunting Accident. I really don't care to hear any more. The Drudge Report has a story about Newsweek and Time covering the story for another week. The liberal types must be happier than a busload of retards on their way to Chucky Cheese.

Personally, I've heard quite enough about it. It's old news. Quit beating a dead horse. It was a hunting accident, plain and simple. Dick apologized. Harry's OK. Done deal.

Now in the spirit of making light of a serious situation, now that everyone's better, PotFry has an exclusive on the immediate aftermath of the accident. Warning: Drinking of beverages while reading this is not advised. Too funny.

Shari'a Law and Nuclear Weapons

You know, it's funny how these people can twist their "laws" to justify whatever their ambition of the day is. Check this out from MEMRI.

On February 16, 2006, the reformist Internet daily Rooz
(www.roozonline.com) reported for the first time that extremist clerics from Qom
had issued what the daily called "a new fatwa," which states that "the shari'a
does not forbid the use of nuclear weapons."

Really? Wasn't Iran saying up until, oh about 5 minutes ago, that nuclear weapons were not allowed by Shari'a Law?

"The religious leadership of the Islamic Republic [of Iran], which has
until now regarded the use of nuclear weapons as opposed to the Shari'a, and has
repeated this point again and again, has so far kept silent about this. In spite
of the fact that, in the last few weeks, some of the senior [leaders] of the
Islamic Republic have tried to reduce the pressure [exerted by] the radical
[conservatives], the radicals nevertheless seem to have complete control over
the [political] arena.

How convenient that you can "re-interpret" your "religious laws" to suit your own desires. This statement further cements the fact that your religion and your politics are intertwined. Therefore, quit your bitchin' about caricatures of your "prophet"...he's just as good a target as Sharon, Bush, Jesus, or any other politician or historical figure. Seperate your religion and your politics and you may have a shot at convincing the world that the caricatures were not in the best of taste. Well, that and quit doing stupid shit like burning embassies of governments you don't agree with and stoning women for not wearing a headscarf.

Still want to convince me that yours is the "religion of peace"? Because it's getting harder and harder to see it as such.

Damn Straight

The image came from here, linked to by SondraK. Someone said the graphic originated here.

More Love from the Religion of Peace

It seems that Michelle Malkin has attracted the attention of the peace-loving Islamic radicals who have been sending her little "love notes". Here's some examples:

From: naser jianpour (n_jianpour@yahoo.com)To: writemalkin@gmail.comMailed-By:
yahoo.comDate: Feb 10, 2006 12:04 PMSubject: we will kill you
I am Iranian I
am a mosleme .We will kill you( every )down with you( Crectian & jowe.)world
is mine.
***
From: monalisa monalisa (monalisa23h@hotmail.com)To:
writemalkin@gmail.comMailed-By: hotmail.comDate: Feb 4, 2006 5:55 PMSubject: you
are filth
the dishonourable the mean the prostitute I'am a müslim and turkish
I killyou devil you are goto the hell shit the whore
***
From:
greatmastafa@web.de (greatmastafa@web.de) Mailed-By: web.deTo:
writemalkin@gmail.comDate: Feb 11, 2006 9:41 PMSubject: mohammed
you have one
day to delete all pictures of mohammed from your server, or i hack this site and
delete all files on this server. ok
mohammed have never a face. dou you
now.
for ever islam

True to the form of Islamic radicals, they hide behind things like emails. This is because they are nothing more than cowards. So I'll give you yellow-bellied pieces of shit an offer that you surely couldn't refuse. I posted the Mohammed cartoons too. Why not threaten me? Hell, I'll give you pussies my address if you want to *try* to come kill me. One word of warning...I'm a Texan, which also means that I'm well-armed. So bring some friends and pack a lunch, 'cause it ain't gonna be easy to take me out.

So bring it on, losers. Come pick on someone who's equipped to handle your asshattery. After I kill you, I'll piss on your corpses, burn them, tie them to my bumper and drag them through the streets. Whatever pieces are left after my little joyride, I'll feed them to the hogs at my friend's farm. I hope Mohammed Atta and your "prophet" are side-by-side, being raped by pigs in Hell. That's the least that they deserve.

You Kill, Burn and Loot...for Cartoons? Part III