Just for funsies...

I'd like to share this video of Criss Angel's steamroller illusion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7gl8nNsDMA

I could have embedded this, but I chose not to because what I really want you all to see is the raft of comments that has been posted to the video. Here we have a cross-section of some very intelligent people... people who will most likely voting for our next President. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy, doesn't it? Restores your faith in humanity, no?

I wasn't going to address the issues contained within, but this is the sort of thing that happens when those that put their unsubstantiated beliefs up against those who refuse to suspend their realism long enough to enjoy the "unreal". Great unwashed, indeed.

To clarify for everyone concerned: Criss Angel is billed as an illusionist. That would literally mean "one who deals in illusions". Of course he wasn't really run over by a steamroller on the asphalt surface... it was an illusion. Anyone who actually believes that this was real is an idiot, and so is anyone who can't appreciate this fantastic illusion for what it is. That would cover 99.9% of the commenters to that video.

It's about time...

Apparently, the Washington State Patrol have decided that it's high time to enforce traffic laws against moron drivers who feel the urge to just poke-ass it along in the passing lanes of highways. I'm not a road rager, but very little infuriates me more than getting stuck behind one of these squareheads. They're called "passing lanes" for a reason! And in Oklahoma, of course this is a HUGE problem. Maybe the Oklahoma Highway Patrol could learn something from their Cascadian brothers.

Jump is here.

Once again disgusted...

So one of those Bush-haters out there apparently decided to take their hatred out on a wheelchair-bound girl yesterday as he heckled First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush.

Just how utterly symbolic is this? An out-of-control Democrat preying on the weak and defenseless to further their cause? Just about spot-on.

I guess this idiot got his ass beat by the father of the girl and then was arrested. Good.

Just what is the major malfunction with Okie drivers?

Tonight while making my way through Lindsay after the chase, a 'Billy Truck (tm) pulled out right in front of me and poked along. I passed the truck at the next light, and suddenly, I had the immutably bright lights of a full-blown Okie driver in my rear windshield.

Nevermind that the driver pulled right out in front of me only moments before, it was time for him to get hillbilly-strong, throwing caution to the wind that I might be the type to knock someone's teeth down their throat for that kind of stupid shit. Of course, as is usually the case with the hillbilly-strong, he showed his true yellow color when he turned off shortly after floodlighting me.

That's what I thought.

*shaking head*

Morning logic...

Ever notice how many people there are out there that are just never wrong? Seems like it's prevalence is on the rise. This attitude goes hand-in-hand with such wonders as frivolous lawsuits, class warfare, lack of personal responsibility, etc.

Funny how no one ever stops to consider this:

1. People who refuse to learn are idiots.
   
2. People learn primarily from their mistakes.
3. People are imperfect, thus they make mistakes.
4. Thus, it's human nature to learn as you go.

However, for the people that can never do wrong:

1. They must know it all already.
2. Thus, they can't learn anything new.
3. Thus, they are cretins and become more cretinous as time goes on.
   

Prison's full of innocent people, right? What about the presidential campaign?

One other thought: If people can do no wrong (and thus they know it all), why does it piss people off so much when you point our that they know it all?

WTF kind of BS is that?

The best way to handle mistakes is to:

1. Be on the the lookout for them.
2. When they occur, admit them, learn from them, and move on.
3. Use what you learned to prevent the same mistake from happening again.

If you don't do this, the mistake will just repeat itself. Is that what you want?

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PARENTS!?!?!?

Every once in awhile, you see examples of bad parenting. In my line of work, I see it all the time. But this is one of the FUCKEDEST things I ever saw:



At the end of watching this, I find myself tearing up with little Jonathan. How anyone could justify messing with a little kid's emotions like that, ON FUCKING CHRISTMAS, is beyond imagination.

If the folks over at Engadget and Microsoft hadn't taken steps to make sure this was corrected, I'd hook him up myself.

Sorry, I don't normally let loose it like this... I just don't fucking understand how anyone can be this cruel to someone they purport to love. I really think that these morons need to be locked up for this asshattery.

Word.

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Is there something in the water in South Florida?

Okay, so Fox News is rolling continuing coverage of a widespread power outage in South Florida. Why, I don't know. Whatever.

The striking thing is that once again, sheeple display their stupidity by apparently ignoring a basic driving safety tenet (and state law in Florida):

Upon approaching a 4-way intersection governed by traffic lights that are not working, the intersection shall be treated as a 4-way stop by ALL directions of traffic.

But no... news shots of intersections down there show accidents being caused by people who can't be bothered to follow the law. It's even worse in groups, where mob rule and anonymity in numbers are what control people's minds. Hell, they even showed motorcycle cops rolling right through.

Remember, these are the same people who couldn't figure out simple ballots in West Palm Beach during the 2000 presidential election.

An afterthought: I'm hearing news stories where our schools go into some ridiculous state called "lockdown" every time someone cuts a loud fart. During these periods, apparently these schools act like prisons and won't release children to their parents. More stupid black & white decision making brought to you by people who can't think for themselves, yet are left in charge of teaching our children.

I'll tell you what: if someone had my children and wouldn't release them to me, there'd be hell to pay. All the more reason to home school.

Fire & hillbillies just don't mix...

You'd think that people would learn after each winter/dry season in Oklahoma. But no. Once again, today we have raging grass fires everywhere. It's not like we have an abundance of natural causes, and it's not like these people have been warned that conditions are ripe for fires to be out of control.

But instead, it's way more important for Mountain William to set a pile of lawn waste alight on a windy, dry day and walk away from it. Or maybe Cletus can't be brought to not flick his smoke out the window. Next thing you know, we have a conflagration that destroys huge amounts of vegetation, wildlife, and property. Sometimes it even takes lives.

There are solutions to this mess. First, the state has to take a proactive role in just prohibiting all outside burning from October through March. I think that six months out of the year is enough for hillbillies who can't be inconvenienced to mulch or otherwise dispose of their waste to burn it off. Second, don't be so damned quick to remove burn bans just because it freaking rains. Fire weather depends on much more than the rainfall from last night. Third, state and local government needs to institute burn permits and inspections. Finally, more responsibility needs to be placed on those burning outdoors so that when their shit gets out of control, they are fined, jailed, and/or sued for it. Hell, in some areas that I frequent, cash-strapped city governments don't even fine these idiots when they burn during a burn ban. These morons need to be held responsible for the full cost of the fire protection services that are putting out the fires they cause.

Makes not a damn bit of sense to me.