by The Myst on August 16, 2009
Is this worth your privacy given to the Obama Government?
1984, George Orwell’s classic book about a big brother society watching everything a person would do. It is beginning now with the Obama government. The Cash for Clunkers program is for the sole purpose to let the Obama government into your computer to look at anything and everything that is personal and private to you.
Do not participate in the Cash for Clunkers program if you want to remain out of the governments clenches. The CARS.gov website is where this intervention takes place with the following steps. I am not giving this information for you to try at home, please for your security do not do this at home on your computer. I am giving the steps to satisfy your curiosity. The steps are as follows:
- Go to CARS.gov
- Click on “Submit transaction”, as in applying to see if you are eligible.
- “Privacy Act and Security Statement” window pops up.
- A warning box comes up with the following message:
“This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system ans is the property of the U.S. Government.
Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, DoT, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign.”
Bam, the Obama Government now has complete unconditional access to your computer and all things personal to you. Could this possibly be the most frightening thing ever? Here a good American just wants a break and big Obama government is putting his hand right into the lives of him/her. And it is absolutely legal! What about my bank accounts? Yes, Obama government can look at it. What about my emails? That is another yes, the Obama government can look at it. Okay, what about my health issues? Yes again, Obama government can look at it. The statement is so broad that they can use this for any purpose under the claim they are protecting against fraud or security issues.
Now, you can lie to yourself and believe the Obama government is not using this program for any nefarious intentions. By the way, this is not for a limited time only, it is for now and always.
This is absolutely insane. Again, please do not do this at home not even to prove this right. It is not worth it. Keep your privacy. Do not under any circumstances participate in this Scam for clunkers either. Is $4,500 worth everything important to you?
by The Myst on August 14, 2009
So we have had our coffee break for about four months now. But we are back and we are ready for round two in our battle against laziness to write articles and information you Americans need to hear!
All we need to do is look around us at the healthcare battle and Obama’s socialist agenda to ration our healthcare. I know he says he wouldn’t pull the plug on dear old grandma but that is because he never plans plugging her in anyway. Sarah Palin is right he literally is creating death panels.
Or the fact that he is wanting us and others to turn each other in to the white house at flag@whitehouse.gov. If you are not familiar with this, Obama is asking that if you hear or read anything contrary to his healthcare plan that you will report it/him/her to them at this address. Don’t worry yourself about reporting me, I already sent in my confession to our wannabe socialist dictator. So far no black coats have come for me.
However, these and also many other bits and pieces of political information will be brought into the Bluntly canons soon. We are back friends, we are back.
by Ineffable on May 14, 2009
On May 12, 5 protesters were arrested (the week before, 8 were arrested for the same reason). Standing up at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care reform, they demanded that single payer health care be put on the table for discussion. Now, I’m not here to discuss the benifits and drawbacks of single payer health care. It would certainly be better than the health care system we’ve got in many ways, but then… witchdocters would probably be better than our health care system.
I’m here to discuss this: “Comments from the audience are inappropriate and out of order.” – Senator Max Baucas.
Is it inappropriate to disrupt a Senate committee? Probably. But hey, wait a minute… that’s our building they’re meeting in. American government was set up to be a people-centric affair. Government from the bottom up. They draw their power from us, correct? Is that not what a representative democracy is supposed to be about? So when an option like single payer healthcare, an option quite popular with a majority of Americans (up to 65% according to some polls), is left out of discussion completely, how do we let our voices be heard? We bloody well tell them what is on our minds. And the result is… getting arrested for “disruption of congress.”
So we can get arrested for voicing our opinion on an important subject, in a building that WE pay for. That is supposed to represent us. But wait, hold on a second here… “And the banks — hard to believe in a time when we’re facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created — are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place” – Sen. Dick Durbin
The following is not news to any of you, or at least it shouldn’t be: Our Government does not represent us. Obama does not represent the millions who voted for him. He represents big business interests, the top financiers of his campaign (Including some of the monstrous banks and corporations that created our current fiscal crisis, like AIG). Not that that is the least bit surprising. (“The Business of America is Business” – President Calvin Coolidge)
Business rules, money talks, and audience participation is not to be tolerated. We are only valued as constituents when the politicians are up for reelection. Other than that, we are not to participate in the process at all. We are merely an audience.
I wonder what men like Thomas Jefferson would think if they could see what their idea of representative democracy has become. I wonder how much we the people will tolerate. I wonder if people will ever realize that they have been almost completely excluded from running their own country – even on the level of giving input, we are ignored, excluded and arrested. Somehow, this just doesn’t seem like a democratic republic to me. When the people, the masses, the great unwashed, call us what you will, are excluded from the process, then so is the word democratic. All we’re left with is a republic. Not unlike Rome (just as Rome waged war against “Barbarians,” so we wage war against those poorer than us – usually for money. Example: In 1954 the CIA staged a coup d’etate in Guatemala – the reason? Jacoba Arbenz Guzman, the democratically elected President, was instituting policies in his country to give land back to his people. The land – and the people – were being used by the United Fruit Company. United Fruit didn’t like that – they would lose money. So the CIA killed him. This is just one of dozens of examples).
As our government and it’s agencies have destroyed lives overseas, so they have destroyed the democratic process at home. We are almost completely detached from our government – they can touch us, yet we cannot touch them. So they act. So they would have us believe.
The truth is that we can have the power. We just need to learn how to take it back… more on that later
by The Myst on April 29, 2009
I have found my most favorite new site in the world and I want everyone to know about it! The site is called Black20.com. It is a site dedicated to highlighting cool websites and news from the very funny Jessie Cantrell (you will get to know her). Also, hilarious spoof movie previews that will make you howl! And one of my favorites a section called network which is mini shows divided into seasons!
Jessie Cantrell gives you the news in a whole new light! If you’re tired of getting boring old news from CNN or MSNBC? Then STOP! Find your way over to Black20 and find the news. Jessie will give news of interesting websites, such getting your flock on at flock.com! And a whole slew of others that you should just go there to see. Also great news stories that are not newsworthy anywhere else!
I know with my friends we make fun of dramatic movie previews! Such as, discovering a hidden American truth that Abraham Lincoln is the greatest American myth ever told! He never existed! It was all a hoax! The country was engaged in a civil war and it needed a hero. However, there were no heroes so Lincoln was created. Okay, yeah I know it isn’t true. But it’s funny! That’s what you will find in this section of Black20. The staff gets together and makes these funny totally random movie previews. Have you ever wanted to see the game of TETRIS or Dig Dug made into a movie! Well look no further my bluntly friends because you have found a haven! I probably spent 2 hours watching all of them and I still can not get enough! My suggestion, look for the video called “Wheels”.
Network is another ingenius part of Black20 that I just started watching. It stars Michael Torpe and Michael O’Gorman. It is divided into seasons like a TV show, however, do not feel the need to start with Season one Episode one to understand the show. Even if I did. But the show does not correlate usually with its previous episode, however, lately it has, hmmm. Just get over there and watch them! Yes, I want you to feel pressured too! Do it!
In all, Black20.com has officially become my second most favorite site the first being our lovely Bluntly! Get the news you want to hear from the lovely Jessie Cantrell. Laugh at the funny movie previews of games you played as a kid, well those of us born befor 1986 that actually would have played those games. And find the best internet show on the web called network. By the way, I only scratched the service of all that this little site has to offer, there is so much more!
Thank you, and “I love you”.
by The Myst on April 21, 2009
I am a reasonable person I think. However, some proposed legislation in California has absolutely blown my mind!
Eeeevil! Stop the black cars.
What on earth will liberals think of next?
Here is the story. New legislation may restrict the paint color options for automobiles. Black and other dark hues. Why? It makes perfect sense (I want to make perfectly clear I am being sarcastic) black absorbs heat. Therefore the longer the car sits in the sun the hotter the inside of the car becomes which means you savage, heartless, earth killers must use your precious air conditioning to cool yourselves down. By doing so you are releasing more greenhouse gas emissions into the air!
I am absolutely stunned, baffled, befuddle, stupefied, perplexed, bewildered, confused, and whatever other word goes along with those.
The stupidness amazes me.
Imagine, it’s the Oscars and the celebrities rolling up to the red carpet in a nice orange cream colored limo.
If I were to play their game, wouldn’t it be wiser to ban white cars? After all they reflect all of the evil sunrays and heat back into the precious, weak ozone that for some reason in the past 70 years it has become so destroyed and damaged by men. Although there have been thousands of volcano eruptions and fires releasing all sorts of pollutants into the air for the past thousands of years. But because you evil earth haters use incandescent light bulbs and not the energy saver ones you are destroying our precious planet!
If you are concerned about global warming, I’m sorry. I think it is a load of bunk myself. I am pleased to announce recently that this issue has been put on the back burner in California, let it stay there and burn. Oh wait that would cause a carbon footprint, oh no!
by Ineffable on April 8, 2009
So it’s NATO’s 60th anniversary. Woot. Break out the champagne, celebrate past victories (those same victories that make the organization obsolete)… and try not to think about something rather pressing, which is…
Why does it still exist? Call me a naive tree hugging peacenik (not true – I’ve NEVER hugged a tree), but I fail to see why it should still exist – it outlived it’s purpose almost 2 decades ago.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was organized to prevent Soviet expansion in western Europe. It did that, and thanks to economic warfare against the soviet bloc, The Berlin wall fell and the USSR collapsed. But here’s the thing – it collapsed in 1989. So why do we still have NATO? We have no European threats… or at least no military threats from Europe (I would consider European dance music to be a clear and present danger to my sanity). So really. What’s the deal?
We do not face a great danger from an encroaching evil empire, and haven’t for quite some time. Our enemies are far more scattered and, let’s face it, far weaker than the USSR ever was. We’ve got Iran (which will pretty much leave the outside world alone as long as we and Israel leave them alone), we’ve got North Korea with nukes and a completely insane leader (he’s more a threat to his own people than anyone else, in my opinion), and we’ve got some Muslims with pea shooters in the mountains of Afghanistan.
And for this, we need a military alliance of epic proportions, worth trillions of dollars? Hear this: ARE WE THAT PARANOID?
Yes. Yes we are.
It’s time to drop NATO. Since the organization’s primary goal was achieved in 1989, it has done more bad than good in the world. Example – Kosovo, 1999. We all know the story – it was a “humanitarian” effort. We went in because of ethnic cleansing campaigns, right? Wrong. In fact, what ethnic cleansing did occur was a result (in fact, an anticipated result) of the NATO attack. And it was far less than what we were led to believe.
Well, that’s it. That’s all I have to say for now. NATO is a waste, and what’s worse is that it’s become a destructive waste. But whatever. Let’s go wage war for peace, eh?
by The Myst on April 4, 2009
On Saturday the 14th of March I participated in the great Navy Seal Fitness Challenge at ASU’s campus. My brother called me Thursday and invited me for that Saturday. Ignorantly, I accepted. Mind you I have not worked out like this in probably four years! And I was about to do Navy Seal Fitness. My only goal was to simply complete it. Soon, Saturday came.
The first thing required of us to do was swim 500 yards. As I looked around at the other ripped, physically fit members in my platoon I realized I was out of my league! We only had the option of using two strokes, either the breast stroke or the side stroke. Being that I only had a crash course video on the side stroke, I decided to use the breast stroke.
We were going to swim 10 laps in the pool which meant to one end and back was one lap. I was very excited and had a lot of will to do this and do it well. When the whistle blew I started on my breast stroke and it was a little awkward, I found out I wasn’t as good as I thought!
At about my second lap I was dying and thinking to my self, “I’m not going to finish.” Swallowing water. I was tired already! The only choice I had was to try the side stroke and I did. Not successfully mind you. When the Drill Instructor keeps yelling at you because he thinks your swimming freestyle it’s not a good sign.
Eventually, I finished the swim. I was worn out. But that didn’t matter because we had 5 minutes to change into dry clothes and get ready for exercises.
We lined up in two lines across from another person who would be our partner. We got down on our stomachs and had to put out as many push-ups as we could in two minutes. However, in our Purple Platoon the minimum was 50, no less. Your partner counted so there was no room to cheat.
Then we had to do the same thing for sit-ups. After swimming, and these, I was basically done for. However, the DI had other plans. We went to the pull up bars and had to do as many as possible. Real pull-ups, straight legged and chin up and over the bar any fidgeting of legs did not count!
After it all, we still had one more event. We had to run a mile and a half. If there is one thing I hate more than anything. Running would be it. I was not looking forward to it. But I had come all this way I was not going to quit then.
We lined up and started the trek, notice I did not use the word race, as far as I was concerned I was not a competition to any of them. About the second lap I felt as if my calf muscles were going to slowly peel right off the bone it was hurting so bad. I tried to keep up with another person but to no avail. I soon noticed there was a girl (the only one at this challenge) that was running about the same speed as I was. So we started to run together giving each other confidence.
I could have laid down and moved faster than I was running. But we made a goal to finish. At about the fourth lap some members were already finishing which to say the least did not make me feel any better!
But our turn soon came and we both decided that when we were half way done with the fifth lap we would run as hard as we could. We did so and my adrenalin was pumping mad and we were gunning for the finish and neck and neck we were.
She beat me by one second.
We had our ceremony and received our t-shirts of accomplishment! It was great that was my goal, simply to finish and know that I did it!
by Scribe on April 3, 2009
Get ready for some real money to be spent in 2010:
The House and Senate Thursday approved their versions of a fiscal 2010 budget that included President Barack Obama’s biggest priorities, giving the president a significant victory as he works to shift the government’s direction from the Bush era.
Democrats made some changes in Mr. Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget, but kept intact the core of Mr. Obama’s plans for increased spending on health care, energy and education, setting up fierce fights on those issues later this year.
And, of course, every conservative’s favorite Congresswoman had a big say:
The House vote was 233-196, with 20 Democrats dissenting. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) made a point of announcing the results herself. As with the economic stimulus package, no House Republican voted for the Democratic plan.
The Republican Comment of the Day:
Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) denounced the Democrats’ budget for its deficits. “We are spending like drunken sailors,” Mr. Ryan said. “Wait, I apologize to the drunken sailors of America for that comment.”
by Scribe on April 3, 2009
In case you live in a cave/coma (sorry to all the coma readers out there, I seriously mean no disrespect), you know that Donte Stallworth is a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, and was recently accused (now charged, and today surrendered and posted bond) of running a man over with his Bentley GT after drinking the night away in a swanky Miami hotel. There is certainly no happy ending to this story as the man who was hit died.
Quite simply, I think that we give our pro athletes too much credit. They will never learn, because most are incapable of learning. And, frankly, when have they ever had to learn? Once anyone realizes that someone has the natural ability and the God given gift to play a sport phenomenally well, they are pampered beyond belief for the rest of their lives and are allowed to show minimal effort with everything else.
I’m not saying that all pro athletes are stupid, but come on. Those pros who are smarter than your average fifth grader usually don’t make it into the police blotter.
Do you want proof that Stallworth has no clue? In his statement, he said that he tried to warn the guy by flashing his lights and honking the horn. WOW. Myself? I probably would have stopped, and let the guy cross, because if you have time to honk and flash, you probably have time to stop. Or did he just say the hell with it? I mean, most of us have been known to make a bad mistake or two after drinking, but how many have said, “I ran over a helpless individual trying to cross the street”?
But hey, let’s cut Donte some slack. It’s not like he killed someone, and then turned around and got a second DUI a few years later. Leonard Little, I am talking to you. I would think that after you get charged with DUI manslaughter, you would be smart enough and learn not to drive drunk again. There I go thinking again…. Here’s to hoping that Donte actually does learn, regardless of how many years or decades he might have to spend in prison.
- Courtesy of RVD
by Scribe on April 3, 2009
If you’re 25 years old or younger, you’ve never seen unemployment this high in your lifetime:
Employers are laying off workers at a faster pace despite a few hopeful signs recently that the recession — now the longest since World War II — could be easing.
The Labor Department on Friday is slated to release a report expected to show that a net total of 654,000 jobs were lost last month. That’s more than the population of Baltimore. …
With employers axing payrolls, the nation’s unemployment rate is expected to jump to 8.5 percent, from 8.1 percent in February. If that happens, it would mark the highest jobless rate since late 1983, when the country was recovering from a severe recession that drove unemployment past 10 percent. …
Many economists predict the unemployment rate will hit 10 percent at the end of this year. The Fed says unemployment will remain elevated into 2011.
I find this to be extremely interesting. Some economists predict the economy will rebound by the end of 2009, but the Fed believes unemployment will remain elevated for another two years. Is it really possible to have an economy experiencing growth, yet seeing high levels of unemployment?
The United States’ economy is driven by consumer spending. Clearly, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist for one to know that if you don’t have a job, you won’t have as much money to spend, and therefore, products and services are not sold. And if you don’t have a job, you will more than likely be unable to purchase a home, which is hard enough nowadays as a result of the frozen credit markets. It’s apparent that the real estate market will have to reach a bottom, or come close, for a turnaround to have even the slightest chance of occurring in 2009.
So is it possible for the economy to being to make a comeback this year while having 10+ percent unemployment for another two years?