Support My Self Interest

Appriciation of the Rugged Individualism that was American Hardcore

2011-06-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

When I was younger, being a skateboarder defined me. It defined the way I looked, the way I dressed, and mostly the type of music I listened to - hardcore/punkrock.

Looking back at that era in my life I find myself shocked at something that I never hear talked about when others reminisce on the movement of early to mid eighty's punk. That is the entrepreneurial spirit of what was basically kids who played the music, ran the labels, booked the shows, made the fanzines, created the art, and supported the bands in countless other ways.

Put aside the fact that you practically HAD to write an anti-Regan song to be considered "punk." Or the fact that many of the bands politics at the time are what one would expect of any young kid - Liberal. But what's really interesting to me is such clear examples of rugged individualism and the free market at it's very best.

I don't want to get into the history of punk music so I'll stick with the first bands I became aware of at the time. One of the first bands I ever heard was Black Flag and the first album that I heard was from them was "My War." To this day it's one of my favorite records.It was released on SST records. SST was a label formed by Greg Ginn, Black Flag's guitarist and founding member of the band, to release music from his band. His brother Raymond Pettibon did the amazing artwork for all of Black Flag's releases.

Black Flag toured relentlessly. They basically hit every nook and cranny of the US and elsewhere playing abandoned buildings, churches, basements, and party's, leaving their mark town after tiny town.

Wherever they played a dozen bands sprung up following in their footsteps creating quite a scene in unexpected towns across the US. Different bands with different sounds creating an amazingly diverse sound, putting out their own music on their own labels.

They inspired me and others like me to start fanzines, writing about these bands and attending their shows. More often than not these shows would be held at all ages venues. Allowing people who weren't old enough to get into the clubs to attend their shows and probably doubling the audience in the process.

This was able to happen because where there was no market for this music, innovative youth were there to create it.

The bands themselves may loath the idea of marketing their brand to a certain demographic to increase revenue and make a living playing music, but that's what they did. They created a brand, a sound, and a look and took it to the consumers who were happy to part with their cash to buy into being a "punk."

In fact one of the more self righteous guys to come out of this scene, Ian McKaye, ran Dischord records not unlike major retail chains try to do today - reduced prices equals more sales which brings more revenue.
Dischord put out records from D.C. area bands and kept the price of their albums as low as possible. Sure, one could argue that it's a principled thing. And I'm sure it was. But in a free exchange of commerce for goods, it's always in the long term best interest to offer bargains. Dischord had a flat price for all of their records. So when I would walk into a record store with $10 in my hand, I would be able to get two records from Dischord for the same price that would cost me to buy just one on another label. It worked. Needless to say I pretty much had Dischords entire roster.

It's easy to take for granted these days or to even forget if you were there, due to the sheer amount of choice that we have now. But quite frankly because of these little labels like SST, Frontier, Alternative Tentacles, Twin/Tone, Dischord, and Plan 9 we have some of the most interesting, experimental, diverse, and influential music that has ever been recorded.

Bands like: Black Flag, Husker Du, The Replacements, Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Butthole surfers, St. Vitus, Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Minor Threat, Soul Asylum, Bad Brains, etc... have inspired untold amounts of other artists.

Where at one time the idea was to form a band and wait around for a label to sign you and make you famous, These people decided to wait for no one and forge the path themselves and on their own terms.

That is the very definition of rugged individualism and the basic principles on which our country was founded.

I don't believe this could have happened in any other country.

Learn To Be Articulate, Like Alec Baldwin

2011-06-29T01:57:00.000-07:00

I know, he spelled Bachmann wrong. That's why I didn't title it "Learn to Spell From Alec Baldwin."

Now most people understand that Hollywood is filled with very smart, articulate actors who's worldview is filled with intellectual diversity. This is how Baldwin is able to communicate so thoughtfully.

Check out the way he is able to "raise awareness" to the issue of childhood self esteem by using his 12 year old daughter:

Love him or hate him, the man has a way with words. The words "thoughtless little pig" obviously come from a man who's life experience certainly makes him qualified to have his political views taken seriously.

As Bachmann was goofin' around in college working towards a law degree, Baldwin was bringing a touch of class to Knots Landing as the character Joshua Rush.

In 1988 Bachmann may have received an LL.M degree in tax law, but Baldwin found time to star in four movies that year! One of them being the critical favorite "She's Having a Baby" starring Kevin Bacon.

Bachmann may have worked for the IRS, but surely at some point Baldwin must have played an IRS agent. If he didn't I bet his character in "Miami Blues" certainly knew how to outsmart one.

So although Bachmann was a tax attorney, served as a State Senator of Minnesota, and now as a sitting US congresswoman running for President, she may have closer ties to Hollywood than one may imagine.

At one point Bachmann began providing short-term care for girls with eating disorders who were patients in a program at the University of Minnesota.

I'm pretty sure the PSA that Baldwin made with his daughter was also trying to raise awareness to the very serious issue of a young girls self image regarding weight. Why else would he throw around the word "pig" so casually?

Politics involve very complicated ideas. Actors seem to be very selfless when it comes to understanding that we need them to translate policy for us. I, for one, am glad that the dude from "Married to the Mob" is around to publicly state their political views.

It must take a brave soul to be a liberal in Hollywood, you're a true individual standing out in a crowd.

Chris Wallace Still Under Jon Stewart's(thin) Skin.

2011-06-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

So it's been about two weeks ago that Jon Stewart sat down with Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace. It was an entertaining interview that got a bit heated when Stewart claimed that Fox news viewers were the most misinformed "consistently, every poll."

Poltifact clearly debunked this.

Stewart copped to his mistake, of course by pointing out what a bunch of lying jerk faces they are.

So tonight Stewart shows just how much that Wallace interview got to him. Still trying to defend himself, he had to show what a bunch of lying jerk faces they are again!

Wow, this is obviously personal for Stewart.

Seriously, this guy has 99% of media personalities kissing his ass and fawning all over him. Mostly because they’re afraid of the Daily Show mocking them.

I think it honestly bothers Stewart that there are some people who don’t necessarily think he’s the smartest guy in the room at all times. He’s been worshiped by a long, long time from these people.

This Fox thing is making Stewart look hilariously petty.

Bill Maher Offensive? No, Just Very, Very Predictable.

2011-06-24T23:22:00.000-07:00

Maher has lost all of his edge.

He knows that once every week or so make(very easy) jokes about Palin or her daughters that are outrageous. He tries to make them offensive enough that people will talk about it online or on cable news. He gets the publicity for the conservative backlash, which makes the liberals defend him, which then adds to his unwarranted reputation as an edgy comic.

Maher's latest Palin knock-knock joke via Mediaite.

Note to Maher: Making fun of conservatives in front of an insufferably liberal west coast audience or in Hollywood is not edgy. It's the easiest thing one can do. He's not shocking people or challenging them, he's reaffirming his back patting audience's already deep held beliefs. It's as boring as it is predictable.

Unlike Carlin, who would perform shows on the West Coast and mercilessly mock liberals to their faces on environmentalism, or Rickles, who would take jabs at nearly everyone in attendance, or Pryor who seemed to take delight in mocking people in any position of authority, Maher goes for the easiest laugh possible.

Maher is the equivalent of a prop comic. I rarely watch him anymore. Not because he's offensive, but because he is so lame. When you're able to figure out every punchline and instinctively know EVERY position he'll take on EVERY issue, why bother?

The real joke here is that Maher is hilariously seen by some on the left as a rebel. Maher is about as rebellious as wearing a tye dyed shirt at a Phish concert. You can't tell him apart from the others.

2011-02-28T22:28:00.000-08:00

After Rachel Maddow praised Gary Rizzo's Oscar winning speech for Inception's sound-mixing because he gave a nod to his "union" crew in tribute to the Wisconsin union protests, I started to think about all of the great non union Roger Corman flicks. Why? Not because they're great or Oscar worthy, or even good for that matter. No I thought about all of the young directors and actors cutting their teeth on film for the first time on one of Corman's no-budget, non-union, exploitation films.

Maybe you've heard of some of these young talented folks given the opportunity to take risks and work for practically free. They include Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Dante, James Cameron, Jonathan Demme, Jon Sayles, etc.

And actors? How about Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, Talia Shire, and Peter Fonda just to name a few.

Oscar nominated director John Sayles said of Corman and his company, New World "I wrote three screenplays for Roger and all three got made into movies. That's why he is really so incredible. You get the learning, the writing, the story conferencing, and all that. But you also see the whole thing translated into a movie."

Now imagine if you will the liberal wet dream of equality. Equal pay, workers rights, and righteous power in the hands of the exploited worker against the profit hungry vampires that are out to make their duckets on the back of the little man. Would we have a Godfather, Raging Bull, Apocalypse Now, Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, or even a Gremlins? You don't have to answer that as the directors of each have stated that "No", without Corman and the experience on his films it would be likely that they would not have had the chance to be noticed.

Now the taxman is out to get you......

2011-02-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

Add Barbara Streisand to the list of annoying liberal activists who demonize people who support lower taxes/less government, yet in their private lives shelter millions from Uncle Sam. You see being conservative is evil, thoughtless, greedy, and stupid. Not to mention racist too! Paying taxes is patriotic don't you know?

But they're different than the rest of us because they provide us with countless hours of entertainment. Let's rally round this enlightened Little Focker, and cut her a break:
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/barbra-streisand-transfers-millions-dollars-vegas-property-hubby-james-brolin

She joins a couple of her other liberal crusaders accused of evading taxes like Alec Baldwin:
http://nation.foxnews.com/alec-baldwin/2011/01/24/alec-baldwin-chased-tax-collectors

John Kerry:
http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1269698

R.I.P. Gary Moore!

2011-02-07T20:37:00.000-08:00

My favorite version of this song.

Rock legend Gary Moore was found dead Sunday in a hotel room in Spain, where he had been vacationing. The Thin Lizzy guitarist was 58.

Badaases that make you proud to be conservative

2011-02-05T12:43:00.000-08:00

Clint Eastwood. American Original, Badass, Conservative/Libertarian.

"Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant. Those in power get jaded, deluded, and seduced by power itself."

1997 Playboy interview- "How would you characterize yourself politically?" Eastwood replied: "Libertarian... Everyone leaves everyone else alone."

2004 USA Today - when asked about same-sex marriages. Eastwood replied: "From a libertarian point of view, you would say, 'Yeah? So what?' You have to believe in total equality. People should be able to be what they want to be and do what they want -- as long as they're not harming people."

I don't know if I can tell you exactly when the pussy generation started. Maybe when people started asking about the meaning of life.

I'm not one of those guys who's been terribly active in organized religion. But I don't disrespect it. I'd never try to impose any doubts that I might have on anyone else.

We live in more of a pussy generation now, where everybody's become used to saying, "Well, how do we handle it psychologically?" In those days, you just punched the bully back and duked it out. Even if the guy was older and could push you around, at least you were respected for fighting back, and you'd be left alone from then on.

You wonder sometimes. What will we do if something really big happens? Look how fast -- seven years -- people have been able to forget 9/11. Maybe you remember if you lost a relative or a loved one. But the public can get pretty blasé about stuff like that. Nobody got blasé about Pearl Harbor.

"It makes me mad when people try to use politics or charity for publicity."

2011-02-05T11:11:00.000-08:00

Says AC/DC's singer Brian Johnson to Melbourne's Herald Sun. "When I was a working man I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I'm sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done. It just makes me angry."

Johnson said that his own band prefers to make their charitable contributions in private.

"Do a charity gig, fair enough, but not on worldwide television," he said.

AC/DC turned down a slot at Live Aid in 1985.

"I do it myself, I don't tell everybody I'm doing it," Johnson said. "I don't tell everybody they should give money - they can't afford it."

Good for him. He was referring to celebrities We are all getting sick of. One of the worst is U2's Bono. Recently it was revealed that his charity ONE, named after that shitty song, had given around ONE percent of it's donations to actual charity.

The nonprofit took in $14,993,873 in public donations in 2008, the latest year for which tax records are available.

Of that, $184,732 was distributed to three charities, according to the IRS filing. That's about ONE percent.

8 Million was spent on salaries. The rest was spent on things like filling gift bags for celebrities with expensive crud at events filled with famous do-gooders showing the rest of the world what great people they are. Celebrities favorite method of proving their worth is the liberal's classic "raising awareness."

Of course there is also the other charity with his name attached to it, Global Fund:

The Associated Press reported today that the $21.7 billion Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a fraud where at least two-thirds of the funds were “pocketed,” and donated medicines were sold on the black market for profit.

The prestigious development fund is backed by celebrities like Bono, politicians like French president Sarkozy, and a cool $150 million from Bill and Melinda Gates. The AP wrote, “The fund has been a darling of the power set that will hold the World Economic Forum in the Swiss mountain village of Davos this week.”

I don't mean to pick on Bono, there are plenty of other jackasses who like to tell us how we should live. Al Gore is another favorite of mine. His electric bill is a perfect example of what one should expect from an asshole not only telling people how to live, but trying to legislate how we live.

In 2006 Gore's gas and electric bill for his 20 room mansion was more than 20 times the national average. In one month his house burns twice as much as the average family burns a year. His heated pool alone is $500.

Same with Sting and his multiple mansions. The Eco warrior and Human Rights campaigner also played for Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov. Enemies of the brutal Dictator have been shot in the street and one political opponent boiled alive, Yes, boiled alive.

So thank you Brian Johnson. I hope you enjoy your well earned millions. And as a paying concert goer once heckled Barbara Streisand after a long anti-Bush diatribe...

Please, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SING!

Bad Ass People Who Make You Proud To Be Conservative

2011-02-05T09:29:00.000-08:00

Frank Zappa - American Original, Conservative.

"The '60s was really stupid ... It was a type of merchandising, Americans had this hideous weakness, they had this desire to be OK, fun guys and gals, and they haven't come to terms with the reality of the situation: we were not created equal. Some people can do carpentry, some people can do mathematics, some people are brain surgeons and some people are winos and that's the way it is, and we're not all the same. This concept of one world-ism, everything blended and smoothed out to this mediocre norm that everybody downgrades themselves to be is stupid. The '60s was merchandised to the public at large... My pet theory about the '60s is that there is a sinister plot behind it... The lessons learnt in the '60s about merchandising stupidity to the American public on a large scale have been used over and over again since that time. "

Atlas Shrugged part1

2011-02-05T07:24:00.000-08:00

FreedomWorks will host the premiere of the Atlas Shrugged trailer at the CPAC(Conservative Political Action Conference) on Feb 15. That's interesting. I wonder if they're going to go for a grass roots marketing deal, knowing the target audience.

It is a small film with a reported budget of 15mil and a cast of relative unknowns.

According to Variety, The Godfather (1972) producer Albert S. Ruddy spent years trying to bring the novel to the big screen, attracting the interest of Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway along the way.

I couldn't imagine if Robert Redford had been in the film that it would resemble the book at all. I'd imagine it would somehow turn it into a film AGAINST big business.

IMDB notes that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were also involved at a certain point. Again, strange.

The release date is set for April 15(Tax Day) and the movie is rated pg-13. Will the critics be kind, or will it be written off as movie catering to tea party folks?

Oh No, There Goes Tokyo!

2011-02-05T04:15:00.000-08:00

Ex husband of PMRC co-founder, Al Gore recently explained our harsh winter on what else of course? Global Warming, of course! Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post columnist and Fox news contributor responded on the Friday broadcast of "Inside Washington."

“Look, if Godzilla were on the Mall this afternoon, Al Gore would say it’s global warming because the spores in the south Atlantic Ocean were – you know, look everything is, it’s a religion,” Krauthammer said. “In a religion everything is explicable. In science, you can actually deny or falsify a proposition with evidence. You find me a single piece of evidence that Al Gore would ever admit that would contradict global warming and I’ll be surprised.”

from The Daily Caller:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/04/krauthammer-thomas-spar-global-warming-years-extreme-winter-weather/

The lefts unabashed violance directed at Reagan

2010-03-30T15:02:00.000-07:00

Today in history there was an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. With this current angry right wing racist teabaggers narrative leading all of the weeks news, I wanted to bring up another incident involving Reagan that most seem to forget.

So, who is this lefty eco nut who threw a 30lb crystal statue at an 82 year old former Presidents head in 1992? Well his name is Rick Springer, and he is revered on the fringes of the left as a hero. He aslo founded the Media Alliance in San Francisco and has since lectured on campuses.

He also founded Media Alliance. Complete with an ACORN like spider webs of sub groups and shady non profits. Check out the disturbing posts including "Control of Public Media as a Social Justice Issue." There is also classes you can sign up for "specific earned income opportunities" for non profits, for money of course.

Looking into this extremist finds that his site happens to be funded by the Tides Foundation.

Looking into this guy, he seems to be running around with the same crowd as some of what today passes as mainstream Democratic demographics.

I'm a registered libertarian so I believe that even the most vile speech is part of the cost to live in a free society. I also have no problem with protesters, at all. But what kind of a human being could pick up a 30lb crystal statue and aim at the head of a 82 year old? That's even worse than Michael Moore harassing an aging Charlton Heston with alzheimer's. You know, the same Charlton Heston who bravely marched with Martin Luther King and supported civil rights openly?

I wonder why the left HATES the elderly? I think they owe us all an apology.

Frank Zappa, Prince, John Denver, and all the Knights In Satans Service.

2010-01-07T20:34:00.000-08:00

My first introduction to Liberalism was sometime in the mid to late 80's. I was a little skate punk then and my father actually had taken me to my first concert- The Dead Milkmen. It was an afternoon all ages show at the legendary South Street punk club, JC Dobbs. I was lucky to grow up with open minded parents. They understood that they were my parents, they set the rules, they accepted their parenting responsibility for me, and trusted that they decided what was best for me.

One day my mom had come home from work with a peculiar pamphlet in her hands. It was from a group called the P.M.R.C. It stood for the Parents Music Resource Center. It was headed up by an angry busy body named Tipper Gore, wife of Global Warming Profiteer Al Gore. In that pamphlet contained a bit of trivia that I never knew. It claimed that behind the seemingly innocent band of good time comic book rock and rollers KISS, was a bunch of heathens trying to turn children into Satan worshiping consumers. Tip's newsletter uncovered that KISS actually stood for Knights In Satan's Service. It claimed that the time is NOW to save our children from the filth put out by greedy record label exec's. Holy Shit! Kiss must really be cool! Taking off the devil make up must've been a ruse to throw off parents who have been catching on.

Where did this crusade of protecting us from things that THEY deem offensive come from? Well, one day Mrs. Gore happened to overhear her daughter listening to a Prince song. She was shocked at the filth! She decided that it wasn't enough to parent her own child, she needed to do the parenting for you too. After all, that's what liberals in Government do, right? To pass legislation to protect us from us. Ever since i saw Mary Poppins, I've always wanted a nanny......

So Tip was kind enough to do the parenting for my parents. That was nice of her, because my folks were very busy. Tip and her pal's made a list of the worst of the worst for not only my folks, but yours too. PARENTAL ADVISORY: Here are Tip's "Filthy Fifteen"

1.	Prince	Darling Nikki	Sex / Masturbation
2.	Sheena Easton	Sugar Walls	Sex
3.	Judas Priest	Eat Me Alive	Sex
4.	Vanity	Strap On Robbie Baby	Sex
5.	Motley Crue	Bastard	Violence
6.	Ac/Dc	Let Me Put My Love Into You	Sex
7.	Twisted Sister	We're Not Gonna Take It	Violence
8.	Madonna	Dress You Up	Sex
9.	W.A.S.P.	Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)	Sex
10.	Def Leppard	High N' Dry	Drug And Alcohol Use
11.	Mercyful Fate	Into The Coven	Occult
12.	Black Sabbath	Trashed	Drug And Alcohol Use
13.	The Mary Jane Girls	In My House	Sex
14.	Venom	Possessed	Occult
15.	Cyndi Lauper

Among warning labels on records, keeping naughty records under the counter, they also insisted that Record Labels Reassess the contracts of performers who engage in violence and explicit sexual behavior onstage. Of course no good liberal can settle for regulations and censorship alone, they need to help RUN the actual Record Label!

Anyway, to make a long story short: Artists came to testify before a Senate Committee . Artists opposed to Government censorship including Frank Zappa, Dee Sninder, and John Denver took the stand to defend the Artist's and Record Companies rights. That's right. John Denver.

Well in the end the Record Companies voluntarily placed warning labels on the records. We all know what happened next. The same thing that always happens under Government Regulation, unintended consequences. Kids now knew which album to buy. Which one's had the cool lyrics. Personally I got turned on to rap music through all the amazing F-bombs of Ice-T and NWA. The Dead Kennedy's, Meatmen, Black Flag, or Minor Threat couldn't hold a candle to the new Easy E cassette. I wanted the bad shit. A parental advisory sticker was useful for a kid much in the same way two thumbs up were for movie fans.

And so that was my first introduction into Liberalism. Self importance, censorship, Government intrusion, over regulation, disdain for free markets, and unintended consequences.

Check out all of the filthy 15 videos and songs on THIS site.
Watch Dee Snider embarrass the Gores HERE

Am I Black Enough For You?

2010-01-06T23:18:00.000-08:00

Yuppie/Milquetoast comedienne Janine Garaofalo tries pretty hard to keep up with the trends. Recently the trend among upcoming comediennes is to add a little edge to their routine. One of the first things the co star of the film Cat's and Dogs did was to get a bunch of tatoos all at once. But brand new tattos at her age wasn't quite edgy enough. It's pretty common among most soccer moms and cougars hunting young studs at Applebees happy hour.

So I applaud her for trying her hand at good old fashion racism. Here is a transcript of Garofalo in an exchange with the famous Boston Market pitch man Keith Olberman discussing African American GOP leader Michael Steel attempting her new racist persona:

JANEANE GAROFALO: She dated him, so either she suffers from Stockholm Syndrome – a lot like Michael Steele, who’s the black guy in the Republican party who suffers from Stockholm Syndrome, which means you try and curry favor with the oppressor.

KEITH OLBERMANN: Yes, you talk about self-loathing.

GAROFALO: Yeah, and there’s, any female or person of color in the Republican party is struggling with Stockholm Syndrome.

Wealthy white liberals that come from priviledged backgrounds are so good at stereotyping folks!

White Liberals are also good at determining who is a "real black". Clarence Thomas, Michael Steele, etc - they're not real blacks. Why? Because they don't fit into people like Janine's stereotype of what blacks should be. To someone who is not a typical white liberal it might sound insanely demeaning to take away the accomplishments of a successful black person by insinuating that they have somehow sold out or got their position by turning their back on their heritige. A normal person or non elite liberal may suggest they have gotten to where they are because of their hard work and intellect. Liberals like Janine and Keith know that not selling out requires that one perpetuate a stereotype imposed upon blacks by whites in the first place. That is the old stereotype that blacks are perpetual victims not capable of succeding without the assistance of noble white people or goverment.

So my advice to Janine is you're getting there, but you still sound a tad typical.

May I suggest a role in another awesome PG-13 controversy generating film like Reality Bites?

Why do so many liberals believe in kooky pseudo science?

2009-12-28T01:45:00.000-08:00

Personally, I consider myself an atheist. I do not have a belief in a god. Nor do I believe in the supernatural. I actually have some liberal and conservative friends who share my lack of faith, yet have kooky views on topics such as astrology and wacky new age nonsense. That's fine with me. To each his own.

I kind of get a chuckle when someone uses science and reason for their lack of belief in a god, while simultaneously telling me about that homeopathic remedy they're using for their dandruff. But what really makes me scratch the dandruff from my head are the snarky liberal types who never miss an opportunity to mock christians and the values that are an important part of their life, yet go on rants about some of the most anti scientific, snake oil, clap trap crap around.

This new Pew study I just came across shows what anybody who's ever been to Northern California already know. That while a lot of Democrats stereotype Republicans as Christian rubes, it's actually the Democrats who are more likely to fall for new age superstitious nonsense. No matter how many times this junk science has been debunked over the years, you can count on rich white liberals who desperately feel the need to distance themselves from "closed minded middle America" to keep this industry going. It's bad enough that they're mostly boring and dull, the last thing liberals have to cling to is a sense of adventure or "openminded-ness". In other words exotic, eastern, mystical, or basically NOT AMERICAN.

In the study:

11 percent of Republicans say they have seen a ghost, while 21 percent of Democrats say so. And 9 percent of Republicans say they have consulted a fortuneteller, while 22 percent of Democrats have.

14 percent of Republicans say they believe in astrology, while 31 percent of Democrats do. 15 percent of Republicans say they view yoga as a spiritual practice, while 31 percent of Democrats do. 17 percent of Republicans say they believe in spiritual energy, while 30 percent of Democrats do.

OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Why do white Liberals project their own racism on to others?

2009-09-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

Just because liberals are uncomfortable with minorities, why do they assume others are as well?

Liberals ONLY see color. Is that why they automatically assume that everyone else only sees color too?

Maybe they should get out from their exclusive almost entirely white uppity neighborhoods like Manhattan, most of Northern California, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, etc, and get some "diversity".

Do Liberals care about the poor and starving in the 3rd world?

2009-09-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

Norman Borlaug died today at the age of 95.

Borlaug spent his entire life combatting famine and hunger. The Nobel laureate was already credited with saving more lives from starvation than any other person who ever lived. But he never quit. He is credited as saving over a BILLION people.

Borlaug was the man who saved more human lives than anyone else in history. Ever, EVER. Not jesus christ, not the pope, not Live Aid, just one selfless man who made it his life mission to eradicate hunger.

Borlaug was the Father of the Green Revolution, the dramatic improvement in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s. For spearheading this achievement, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He has lived among the people he saved. He is and will remain the greatest humanatarian who ever lived. R.I.P. Norm.

The extreme Eco-jerks and food nazi's will continue to discount his amazing achievements, but like my hero Penn Jillette has said "unless you and your family are starving, you need to SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

http://reason.com/blog/show/136043.html

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/59182102.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/6183951/Norman-Borlaug.html

Is Liberalism a way to act like one understands minorities and the poor without ever having to meet any?

2009-09-02T17:12:00.000-07:00

Or is it just a way to act like you know what's best for everyone?

Liberals continue to attack gays, while American Hero Dick Cheney fights for equality

2009-09-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

As freedom fighter Dick Cheney continues to fight against homophobia by Liberals -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5jefmsqBG8&feature=player_embedded

Obama continues his fight against civil liberties for homosexual equality that began on his campaign................

"The President has stated his opposition to marriage equality many times. In fact, during his campaign, he pandered to African-American audiences — a group that was already for him — by inviting a black singer named Donnie McClurkin to perform at his events; McClurkin believes one's sexuality can be changed by praying to Jesus Christ. "

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1917344,00.html

Although flip flopping Obama promised gays that he would repeal DOMA and DADT, it's obvious that he will say whatever it takes to get elected and do whatever it takes to stay elected.

I suggest gay Americans start a Cheney 2012 campaign. What do you think? Help fight Liberal discrimination and support the real candidate for change...........Cheney 2012!!!!!!

Far Leftists and people who wear Che Guevara shirts, I have a question..

2009-09-01T22:13:00.000-07:00

Other than knowing nothing else about Che except the shirts you see on cheesy rock bands, dudes in fashion magazines, wannabe be rebel campus rich kids, and a movie or two................

How white, middle upper classed, and privileged are you? Which neighborhood do you live in that the closest you've ever come to a real "ethnic" person is that Obama sicker on your Prius? How sexy does it to feel to have the same beliefs as every other white person your age and social status? Is it easier on your brain not to actually read or have real life experience with real diverse people? People with a diverse worldview, a diverse view of politics.

Rich or Wealthy Liberals....?

2009-09-01T22:04:00.000-07:00

Instead of donating to PRIVATE charities why not offer to pay MORE in Federal taxes, being that the Federal Government is so efficient. Sean Penn, Clooney, Michael Moore, how about it? That way your donations could go to FEMA instead of the Red Cross. Or Welfare instead of the Private Charities that help the poor and homeless in the inner cities. How about it?

Brad Pitt did a great job helping to build houses with Habitat for Humanity, A PRIVATE charity. Many people still wait on FEMA.

And for people saying Lib's don't mind pay extra taxes, I don't disagree. What I'm saying is instead of donating to Private Charites, why not donate to the Federal Govn't?

As an interesting sidenote: one should be aware that Conservatives donate more to Private Charity than Liberals-

"Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227"

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730&page=1
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html

Why do the majority of Liberals stereotype African Americans?

2009-09-01T21:52:00.001-07:00

Why do the majority of Liberals stereotype African Americans?

Most that I meet say they are for"diversity" just not in "their neighborhood".

Why Do Liberals hate the poor?

2009-09-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

Why do Liberals hate the poor?

I guess corporate and union interests come before allowing developing countries to industrialize with Free Trade.I suppose it's because they're all lilly white elitists.

Why do Democrats continue to hold African Americans and other minorities back?

2009-09-01T21:39:00.000-07:00

Why do Democrats continue to hold African Americans and other minorities back?

Out of the 10 most dangerous cities in America, including my hometown of Philly 9 out of 10 are run by Democrats.

Gary, IN; Youngstown, OH; Oakland, CA; Cleveland, OH; Philadelphia, PA; Camden, NJ; Compton, CA; Detroit, MI; St. Louis, MO). Flint, MI had a Republican mayor in 2005.

And why are 9 out of 10 fastest dying cities also run by Democrats?

Canton, Ohio Democrat Major William J. Healey

Youngstown, OhioRan as an ‘Independent’ but self described “lifelong Democrat“Jay Williams

Flint, Michigan (America’s 10th most liberal city)DemocratDonald J. Williamson

Scranton, PaDemocratChristopher A. Doherty

Dayton, OhioDemocratRhine Lana McLin

Cleveland, OhioDemocratFrank George Jackson

Springfield, Mass.DemocratDomenic J SarnoBuffalo

NY, DemocratByron Brown

Detroit, MichiganDemocratKwame Malik Kilpatrick

Charleston, W.VARepublicanDanny Jones

In many of theses cities it is always the working class, lower income, and minority poulation that suffer the most from these policies that are holding the very people back who need help the most.

Who's really greedy? The Private Sector or Federal Workers?

2009-09-01T21:36:00.000-07:00

Who' really Greedy? The Private Sector or Federal Workers?

Federal worker compensation averages $119,982, which is more than double the private sector average of $59,909.In this recession why won't tax and spend Liberals put a freeze on Federal Workers pay until the economy has recovered?Before you accuse me of being a partisan, I'm a Libertarian and I know this started under Bush. But it is getting out of hand. Do Democrats realize that this will be the Party's downfall in the 2010 and 2012 elections? Do you Liberals who spend all your time sticking up for YOUR sides power hungry politicians have any thoughts(that doesn't come from the Huffington Post?)

http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp?Selected=N

How many Liberals does it take to screw in a compact fluorescent light light bulb?

2009-09-01T21:33:00.000-07:00

A:

33 czars
1 Bush Administration appointed Fed Chairman
1 Treasury Secretary from Goldman Sachs
13 Congressional Democrats under Ethics Investigation
Dozens of Pharmaceutical companies donating 80 Billion to WH
1 Patriot act
2 bailed out car companies
1 stimulus package filled with pork
1 speaker of the house briefed on waterboarding
and multiple unions on a stool to hold the bulb

And millions of uninformed liberals to turn the stool.

2009-09-01T21:32:00.001-07:00

Why are Liberals so intent on pushing minorities out of their neighborhoods?
All of those really unique neighborhood stores and shops in places like NYC have disappeared. Liberals have pushed out the families and businesses through super high taxes and mega regulation that only rich chain stores can afford to pay.

First it was Manhattan but now it's even Brooklyn and Harlem! I miss those stores. All I see now are Starbucks and Barnes and Noble. Oh well that's gentrification for ya, Nobody clears out the working class and poor like the Liberals.

How to support my self interset so you may also benefit.

2009-04-24T00:32:00.000-07:00

My first Post. Lucky for you!

I found something of interest to Monster Magnet fans. It is a link to singer Dave Wyndorf's first band, Shrapnel.

http://www.kbdrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/shrapnel-combat%20love-1979-USA.mp3