Fuck Me, It's Friday!

Let's get this weekend started with one of my soon-to-be-famous, multi-subject rants, shall we?

Rand Paul seems to be a generally good guy. And although he is a Libertarian-leaning Republican, I wish he had a bit more of his father in him. If Rand would take a bolder stance on the marijuana legalization issue instead of kissing up to his Kentucky Bible-thumpers, I would like him a lot more. In fact if Rand would respond to the Bluegrass State folks with this: And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. (Genesis 1:29), he would be my hero. It would also be good if he could separate his personal views from his political views on the abortion and same-sex marriage issues. A person with roots in Libertarianism should be able to do that. Otherwise, I seem to like most of what Rand has to say. he's excellent on fiscal issues, foreign policy and military issues, guns and he's OK on taxes. He could use some tweaking there, but I like the foundation.

The people who must step up and take the blame for the failures in Detrocity are the mayor and the city council. And that includes those who recently resigned. The democrat party is to blame for this, both the elected officials and the voters for continuously putting these fools in office. A demoncrat has been mayor of Detroit since 1962. For those of you not so good with math, that's 51 years. The city council is supposedly elected on an at-large, non-partisan basis. But come on now, how many republicans do you think ever made it onto the Detroit City Council? Michigan governor Rick Snyder (R) is not to blame. The unions are not directly to blame, although their voting habits certainly helped elect those who are to blame. State appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has been given a very tough (and thankless) task of trying to salvage something out of this disaster, and he just submitted a plan to alter health insurance plans and save the city $12 million.

The minimum wage has also recently become a debate, with some lawmakers wanting to raise the minimum wage to $10.10. Does anyone else realize what a dumbassed idea this is? Who else sees this would be an epic disaster? More companies are avoiding hiring full time help and instead bringing on workers at part time house due to the impending doom of Obamacare. Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would cause layoffs, resulting in more work for a smaller staff working part-time hours. It would also crush small businesses. Can you imagine the family owned restaurant that's been around for 50 years all of a sudden being forced to pay $10.10/hour? It would cripple them. It would also cripple small, regional chains. For example, there is a chain here in Western Pennsylvania called The Exchange. The specialize in used DVD's, CD's, music players, video games and systems. Yes they do stock new items, but they rely heavily on used inventory to keep prices reasonable for their teenage/young adult target consumers. If they had to pay employees $10.10, those great prices would disappear. And finally do you really think the semi-literate teenager at McDonald's who still screws up your order even after you repeated it three times deserves $10.10/hour? Or what about the miserable 40-something woman working the cash register at the grocery store who barely look at you and never smiles? Raising the minimum wage that much would do more harm than good. And of course the AFL/CIO is pushing this hard because if the minimum wage increases, they can demand an increase in their already inflated wages.

Russia granted asylum to NSA whistleblower and American hero, Edward Snowden. I never thought I would see the day when I look to Russia to defend liberty and freedom.

Is it just me or could the billions of dollars in foreign aid the United States is throwing around be put to far better use here in America? Why are we sending money to Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Keny... OK I know why the last one is getting foreign aid. It's hush money. But why in the hell are we still sending money to those other countries? How about using it to help schools who wish to hire security but don't have enough in their budget? How about trimming that national debt? Let's give the brave men and women in the military a bonus instead of sending money to countries which hate us and want to kill our soldiers.

It's about time the "mainstream" media finally realizes some bad shit went down at Benghazi. Is that from the No Shit Department at the news channels? If even half of what is starting to come out is true, heads must roll and jail time is a must. No one should be untouchable in this. That includes Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus and Eric Holder. If that means impeachment, so be it. Four good Americans were murdered and it all could have been prevented. That attack legally occurred on American soil. It was a terrorist attack and nothing was done to prevent it or about it.

The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), is finally being exposed for what it is: a monstrosity of a unavoidable failure waiting to happen. So much so, Obama's staunchest allies, the unions, are beginning to demand its repeal. The Teamsters, UFCW and UNITE-HERE all have publicly voiced their opposition to the plan saying it will "destroy the very health and well being" of workers. Welcome to the party, guys. What the fuck took you so long? The IRS, who is was tasked with enforcing Obamacare, has also now given a collective "OH HELL NO!" to the plan. This is what happens when arrogant, self-serving, ineffective and incompetent legislators pass a bill BEFORE THEY FUCKING READ IT!

The RINO's in CONgress are becoming more and more unbearable every day. The biggest of the two, Lindsey Graham and John McCain need to be replaced. Graham will have a grass-roots challenger in the primary. We can only hope South Carolina has had enough of his bullshit and gets him out of Washington DC. Hopefully John McCain will retire in 2016 when he is 80 years old. It's scary we will have to deal with him for that long.

I know I will piss-off baseball purists with this statement, but fuck them. I don't care about PED's in baseball. I've been a baseball fan since I was 5 years old and I love a good, grind-it-out 3-2 game as much as the next fan. But the most fun I have ever had as a fan was watching the McGwire-Sosa battle and I will never forget watching Barry Bonds' #756 go into the bleachers. This isn't football where use of PED's could lead to life threatening injuries. Fans these days want to see the long ball and the stolen base. How about a compromise? Let Major League Baseball pick one PED which is legal so the playing field is level.

If I ever have the opportunity, I will move to one of these five states: Florida, Tennessee, South Dakota, Nevada or Texas. They have three qualities I like very much: no income tax, Right to Work and they are not alcoholic beverage control states. Tennessee would be my first choice.

OK, let me finish up with a random fact: Adult film actors and actresses are 80% less likely to have an STD than someone not in the industry.


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My Quest to Eat Healthier, Part One

I've been cooking a lot with rice lately. I add in some veggies and some chicken to go with it. There are so many options with those three ingredients I can enjoy a different lunch every day for a week at work. Last week, I added some Cajun seasoning to the water when I cooked the rice. I generally like flavoring the rice rather than the chicken. (I'll do this with curry seasoning and fajita seasoning as well.) I just like how the rice absorbs the seasoning. One exception to that rule is when I to sweet and sour chicken. In that case, I pour the sauce over the chicken as it's cooking to get that nice coating on the meat. Sometimes I don't season anything until it is all thrown together in the pan and usually I toss some Soy sauce on it and let everything soak up some flavor. I like some Oriental flair in my food my food now and then. Cooking this way is good for someone like my who sits in a cubicle all day and doesn't really get much exercise other than walking the dog and cutting the grass. (Yes, I could force myself to do more, but baby steps here. Healthy eating is step one for me.) I'm trying to stick to chicken as much as possible for my lunches simply because it's much healthier than red meat. I do keep some thin cut top sirloin in my freezer just for that one day I'd like a change. When I go the beef route, it's nearly always a teriyaki fused meal. You can't go wrong with that. And I do not add any butter to my rice. (Sorry Paula Deen.) I want to eat as healthy as possible and pouring butter on rice is not the way to do that. Don't get me wrong, I will indulge in some unhealthy meals once in awhile. I like some Long John Silver's and Papa John's as much as the next person. But I'm approaching my 37th birthday in December so I feel an obligation to myself to eat healthier as often as I can.

I plan on experimenting with some Thai inspired meals as well as I have developed a liking for that style of cooking. I may use more pork for the Thai cooking if I can get some nice pork loin on sale at the grocery store. It would give me some variety and loin is generally a better cut of meat. I'd likely do it in the slow cooker to get it as tender as possible and full of flavor. I would also have a nice sauce to go with the meal. It's not something I usually do, so that would also be a nice diversion.

As for the veggies, it just depends on my mood when I am preparing the meal as to what I grab from the freezer. I prepare my lunch the night before so it's whatever I feel like at the moment. The easiest option is the mixed vegetables. You know, the kind that look like the veggies in Campbell's soup. A couple of handfuls of those with the rice and chicken make a nice looking dish. Sometimes I go for a California blend or get really motivated and cook up some fresh zucchini and yellow squash, but the latter is mostly when I do an herb-fused chicken dish.

So yeah, that's part one of my journey into eating healthier. I'm cooking more with pasta lately as well, but that's a discussion for another entry. Thank you again for reading. And as always, if you cannot be a poet, be the poem.


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