Beyond The Broken Spectrum

Taken from the Fox News Website http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297748,00.html

In just a few days the president of Iran will be publicly speaking to the students and faculty of Columbia University. In short the most crackpot extremist leader in the world will be speaking to a group of the most radical leftists in the world and they will probably greet him with open arms.

Now I’m not suggesting that he not be invited to speak, but I do question just how American the students and faculty of Columbia University are, because they would welcome such a man as the Iranian leader, but storm the stage when the president of the Minute Men comes to speak and debate his ideas of protecting our borders.

The president of the Minute Men was actually invited back to speak, but soon after the invitation was rescinded. It seems to me that the university is promoting selective free speech, and is working to ensure that foreign predators prevail, and oversee our collapse at home.

Syrup, by Max Barry, is a great read. I had read Jennifer Government and Company, the 2nd and 3rd books that he had written, which were awesome, with Jennifer Government being the best book I have ever read by far. I had always been leary of reading his first book though, as the title and short description had pretty much turned me off and I couldn’t bring myself to go check it out. However, I haven’t read anything in quite a while, so I decided I might as well go buy Syrup and see if it was any good. I bought the book well over a week ago and it pretty much never got touched, but last night I was in the mood to read something, so I picked it up. The next thing I know it’s 3:30 in the morning and I’m finishing the book up. It was great, and while it’s not as good as Jennifer Government, it is on par with Company.

I would recommend reading all three books, as they give a whole new perspective to the world we live in, even though they are fiction. Also I feel that after reading this book it has breathed life back into my writing career, and has gotten me motivated about writing again, so I hope the start producing some work very soon.

Just pure comedy in my opinion. There’s nothing better then stumping people like this. I found this on a random website and thought that it’d be a great post.

So, I’m standing at a bus stop and they pull up. A car load of well meaning, bible thumping nut cases that are just frantic! The middle aged professionally dressed woman rushes forward…She takes my arm and with trembling voice, she asks….”Have you found Jesus?” Her eyes plead with an urgency that is out of proportion to a bus stop.

Now normally I just politely decline the sermon, and free religious paperwork that such folk pawn off on unsuspecting by-standers. But, unfortunately for her, she is the fourth car to accost me in the last 9 minutes. So by now I’m beginning to wonder what the heck is wrong with these people. I mean if it’s not Christians, it is the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Can a simple Druid get no peace?

So calmly as I can muster, without being sarcastic, I reply, “You people lost him, again?”

The woman looks confused. This is not the response she was hoping for and she needs to regroup. She takes a deep breath intending to launch into her sales pitch for her God, and church, paying no heed to the concept that I might not be into being converted. I decide to not let her get going so I launch into a speech of my own.

“What is wrong with you Christians? Every time I turn around you’ve lost Him!” I hit her with a glare of accusation. “I mean really…” I take a measured breath. “How do you expect to have anyone follow a deity that you can’t even find?”

The poor woman looks stunned. This isn’t going so good. Panicked she looks desperately to the car… Surely one of the men can help…. Undaunted I press on… “Maybe the problem is with you people. I mean Muslims never seem to loose their deity. Come to think of it neither do Jews or Pagans of any kind.”

I look at the man getting out of the car. He’s all smiles. “I realize you people used to burn people like me at the stake. What was that about… deity even? I may be a Pagan-heathen, but I have never ever woke up panicked that I couldn’t find my Goddess or God. They are always right where they should be… In the fire of my candle, in the air that I breath, in the earth that I stand on, in the water of my spring. I never feel abandoned by my deity(ies).”

“Of course, you Christians aren’t much fun,” I continue. By now they are all out of the car. Befuddled, aghast, and at a loss for words. “Of course,” I offer trying to give them some defense for losing Jesus. “He could have left due to religious differences. If I remember correctly, He was Jewish.

So if you are really so eager to find him,” I smile gently to soften the blow, “Check the nearest synagogue. He’s probably in there. Also you folks should try and remember that this is America… Where freedom of religion means ALL religions.”

Slowly they climb back into their car and drive away. I stand at the bus stop… No pamphlets, no bible, no dogma. I haven’t found Jesus, but I haven’t lost him either.

As most have heard by now, there was a college student that was tazered by the police during a John Kerry forum on the campus of University of Florida. He was acting out of control and he was doing it on purpose, and from watching the video of the situation, I think he dramatized and planned most of it out, and that the police did the right thing in this situation. People like this should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The YouTube video can be found at http://youtube.com/watch?v=SaiWCS10C5s

Taken directly from the Fox News website http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297119,00.html

A rookie on the Yankee’s team was having an autograph session and a 10 year old kid wearing a Red Sox jersey came up to him and asked for an autograph. Well he got a little more then he bargained for, and I personally thought it was hilarious. Click on the link and read the article and look at the picture. While I’m sure most Red Sox fans are going to agree with the boy’s mother, most of you will be laughing and saying it was all in good fun.

People take things way too seriously these days.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296505,00.html

I won’t say too much at this point as I intend to further comment later, but this report just came through today, and from what I can see as to the way things are going in Russia, we should be very concerned. They are heading back towards a totalitarian communist military state, and that will be a complete backslide towards the soviet era. There have already been complaints about Russian bombers invading air space and all the talk of the Russian military buildup, we need to be prepared, because the true war will not be with Iran, but with Russia.

Its been a good while since my last post. It’s not so much that I’ve been too busy, I’ve just had a lot of stuff on my mind. So my plate was a little full. Today a couple things that I noticed I decided would be great to write on today, so I’ve got a little juicy material.

I was walking back in to the store today from helping a customer out in the parking lot, and on my way back in I see this woman drive up in this hummer. I’m beginning to notice a lot of people are starting to drive these things, but the wrong people are driving them. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for doing whatever you want as long as its legal, but sometimes I have to say something. Why does a woman need a hummer just to drive around town and do grocery shopping? Why does a college student need a hummer just to drive back and forth to school each day? Why does a 16 year old kid need a hummer period? Seriously, its a complete waste of gas and is making things harder on the environment for no particular reason at all. These sort of people should just be driving regular vehicles, there is absolutely no need to drive these monstrous things unless you drive off road regularly and you need power, and even then that’s what trucks are made for. Personally I think the hummer concept should have just stayed with the military.

Why do people want to buy the cheapest product you have, and then expect it to be the best in the world? In my opinion, you generally get what you pay for. Take tires for example, we have 2 different kinds of tires for a certain vehicle, the general price range for a decent tire in that size is anywhere from 100-120 dollars, what would possess you to inquire about how good the $70 tire is? It’s obvious that by paying so little for that particular tire, that you are in fact going to get an inferior tire. Then they buy the cheapest tire and come back to complain about it. You bought the worst product we had available, what did you expect? A vast amount of people lack common sense in this world.

One more thing that I found today is that hardly anyone is ever great full for the things you do for them. You go that extra mile to help someone, you put off your own agenda, you make a side trip, take time out of your busy day, several things just to be a genuinely nice person to help someone out that needs it, and most people have the gull to be unappreciative of it. I guess what I’m trying to say here is that people need to show some appreciation for the help that they receive.