Wednesday, October 31, 2012
General Manager, as They Say, is History
General manager canned. Not a real big surprise. He was not a very positive character. Always seemed like he was hiding something. Maybe the board members found it.
Quote of the Day
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.”
― Walt Whitman
― Walt Whitman
Things Not to Say During Sex
- This is more complicated than I thought.
- Do you accept VISA?
- What was your name again?
- Maybe we should turn off the lights?
- Do you know much about sexually transmitted diseases?
Monday, October 29, 2012
Are You a Weenie or a Warrior?
- Do you let others do your thinking for you? Weenie
- Do you stand up and say what is in your heart? Warrior
- Do you kill from a distance? Weenie
- Are you willing to make an effort to understand and compromise with your enemies? Warrior
- Is you life guided by ideology and dogma? Weenie
- Is you life guided by your bliss? Warrior
- Do you strike out and despise those who are different from you? Weenie
- Do you stay open-minded and tolerant of different ideas and lifestyles? Warrior
- Do you allow others to control you through fear and intimidation? Weenie
- Can you differentiate bullshit from fact? Warrior
Sunday, October 28, 2012
The E-mail
Someone E-mailed me telling me that liberals were suppose to be nice. Where the hell did they get that from?
Gonna Live Out Loud
This ain't the time to be sitting back holding our tongues. We are on the verge of becoming a right-wing, isolationist, fearful dictatorial, theocratic, second world power. It is time to let our voices be heard. Now is the time to demand our individual rights, to put corporate America in its place, to demand our troops be returned home, to call for a government for us, not against us. This election will be a defining ground: Are we going to believe the fear mongering, hateful right-wing Republicans, or will we remain steadfast in our resolve to include everyone in our democracy, not just the chosen few? The game is on.
A Liberals Ten Commandments
- The rights of the individual are to be protected at all cost. Sometime this becomes very difficult.
- Do unto others with kindness and compassion, understanding full-well that this does not always work out.
- Question "conventional wisdom" as positively as you can. This is called "positive doubt."
- Try to understand that your mind is not the epitome of reality. There are other ways to live and do business, currently over 6 billion of them.
- Harming people in order to make money or gain "power" is never a good idea and a poor path for human beings to walk.
- Big business will not conduct itself in an honorable way without oversight. Corporations are not humans insofar as they do not have emotions. They are cold-blooded. Unlimited profit is always the outcome of uncontrolled capitalism.
- Any program that helps people rise up out of misery and despair is a program worth funding.
- Religion and politics don't mix. The selling of religion is not a holy matter. It is right-wing Republican ideology.
- Liberal means open-minded, understanding, generous, charitable, progressive, requiring the government to help all citizens, not just the chosen few. Conservative means closed-minded, orthodox, traditional, tightly dogmatic, unyielding, requiring the government to help only the rich. I happen to find liberalism more in touch with the human spirit.
- When liberalism is excessive, it generally will cost us a lot of money. When right-wing conservatism is excessive, it generally will cost us our freedoms and a whole lot of suffering. I feel it is an honor to be called a liberal, and will walk that path above the other until I die. Besides, the other is currently too well tread with right-wing stooges.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Quote of the Day
“The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.”
― Harry S. Truman
― Harry S. Truman
Ways to Explain The Downward Trend in Humanity
- Blame the monkeys. If that don't work, blame the politicians. But I repeat myself.
- It could be the fluoride in the water.
- I personally think things started going to hell when Jack Benny died.
- Wal-Mart.
- Too many people, not enough disease.
- Perfumed toilet paper. Makes even assholes smell good.
- The decline of intelligent sperm.
- The increasing gap between the rich and the poor. And the rich and the richer.
- We got too many right-wing Republicans with too many crazy ideas.
- If it's not the monkeys, the fluoride, Wal-Mart, the right-wing Republicans,, or perfumed toilet paper, then it must be, oh forget it, I'm pretty sure it's the right-wing Republicans.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Ladies, Don't Fall for Moderate Mitt! | Common Dreams
Ladies, Don't Fall for Moderate Mitt! | Common Dreams
If a woman votes for Mitt and Ryan, she should have a sex change operation.
If a woman votes for Mitt and Ryan, she should have a sex change operation.
Some Things You Should Have Learned by Age 65
- Don't skimp on the toilet paper.
- Never take a laxative and a sleeping pill at the same time.
- Old men fall for younger women. Old women get even.
- Never lick a steak knife.
- Life insurance is a no win situation.
- If someone is nice to you, but not to the waitress, dump them.
- Marriage is not a fairy tale, it's an ordeal.
- No matter what you think about growing old, or how many hair implants you have, or how much plastic surgery you get, it's still going to happen. Don't make yourself look ridiculous in the process. Sixty-five should not look like 45.
- Not every day is going to be good.
- Simplify as much as you can. The less complicated, the better.
- Time is the most precious asset you got. Use it wisely.
- Politicians are only as good, or bad, as the people who elect them.
- Bad happens, sorrow abounds, disasters occur, but you can still chose to live happily.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Five Things You Can Always Count On
2. On a bus, train, plane, the person sitting next to you
will always be a moron.
3. When washing socks, one always comes up missing. (I saw
the little bastard that takes them on a commercial the other day.)
4. As soon as the warranty is up, it will break.
5. When you’re super hungry for, willing to die for,
willing to kill for, that one special treat you like to indulge yourself with,
they will be out of it.
Quote of the Day
“I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures
of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to
challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are
illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human
freedom.”
― Noam Chomsky
― Noam Chomsky
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Weik's Happy Hour of Faith
Weik's Happy Hour does not promote down-and-out, sorry assed, moaning
and groaning, hell and damnation sermons. Ours is an hour (in keeping
with ministers who always talk too much, it's really only a half-hour)
of uplifting, get it on, ready-fire-aim, praying as a state of life, not
an asking for, let's get it on, spiritual building, positive, come as
your are, leave as your will, revival. Or maybe survival. At any rate,
there will be plenty of cheap advice. You'll get what you pay for. You
want cheap crap, go to China. Here, for a one-hundred dollar bill in the
offering plate, you'll get some serious down-home advice. You need some
advice on an affair you are having, no problem. I'll tell your wife or
husband that the devil made you do it. If they don't buy that, we'll
exorcise that demon right out of you. Problem solving. That's what we're
all about. You got it, we'll get rid of it. Barking dog, rotten
neighbor, mean old bill collector. Your kid got trouble with a bully? No
problem. You get the right amount in the offering plate, God will
answer your prayers. If that ain't good enough, the ushers will help,
when necessary. So stop on by. We got a pre-Christmas special going on.
Sermon and guaranteed prayer answering for $85. Where else you gonna get
religion like that?
A Bird! A Plane! Or a Domestic US Drone? | Common Dreams
A Bird! A Plane! Or a Domestic US Drone? | Common Dreams
More government crap. I hope you can sleep better.
More government crap. I hope you can sleep better.
HAPPINESS
- is a life well lived.
- is having what you need and giving away the rest.
- does not come from money or possessions.
- doesn't reside at the bottom of a bottle or in the illusion of a drug high.
- has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with the dance surrounding it.
- is wearing a hat that fits and socks that match.
- surrounds those who live within themselves.
- is having a lot of friends and fewer things.
- Some days happiness is just waking up and realizing you get one more chance to get it right.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I probably cast the only Democratic vote at Summit Bank to date.Misinformed Republicans
Quote of the Day
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we
strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better
too.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Circle Yes or No
- Do you think drilling en every corner of the United States will make us any less dependent on oil? Y N
- Do you think God ordains war and blesses America before any other country? Y N
- Do you believe the creation story is factual and should be taught in school? Y N
- Do you think English should be made America's official language? Y N
- Do you think men should be telling women what to do with their bodies? Y N
- Are you happy with a right-wing, Republican, male dominated, Supreme Court? Y N
- Do you think abstinence should be the only thing taught in school as a way to avoid pregnancy? Y N
- Do you think the International Criminal Court and the United Nations are bad for the United States and should not be supported? Y N
- Do you believe corporations should be viewed as individuals? Y N
- Do you think social security should be cut and privatized? Y N
- Do you think our health-care system is adequate to meet the needs of every citizen? Y N
- Are you against government regulations? Y N
The Debate
Monday, October 22, 2012
It Matters Where You Come From
My grandfather was one of
my best friends when I was growing up. We hunted, fished, and gardened together.
I think what made me think about him was the fact that I grew kohlrabi in my
garden this year. I pulled one out, peeled it, and ate it with salt the other
day, just like my grandfather and I used to do. He was an underground coal
miner. Tough as nails in his younger days. He told me they would go underground
before the sun came up, and surface after the sun went down, for days at a
time. That kind of work takes its toll. When they got a day or two off, him and
the guys would drink. He said he did things that he wasn't proud of when he was
drinking, but he never elaborated, nor did I ever ask what they might have
been. My grandmother and mother also never said. I don't think they wanted to
taint our relationship. The only thing he ever said to me was to not let
alcohol ever influence my behavior, which it ends up I have been fairly
successful at. My grandfather was an early union supporter. He understood how
badly the company exploited them. They lived in a company house, bought company
groceries, and when needed, got company loans at high interest rates. He said
most of your paycheck was spent before you got it. At times, you owed them. He
had trouble with that. For his union support, he received a broken back and a
burnt down house. He never worked after that broken back. He laid on a piece of
plywood for six months, then had an ulcer burst, which nearly killed him. As
long as I knew him, he did odd jobs, like mowing lawns and painting. He was a
slight man, not weighing any more than 100 pounds. He never said anything about
the broken back, but I heard others say it was not an accident. Carts and
donkeys were used to pull the coal out of the mine shaft back then. It was said
one of the carts was cut free, and the cart hit my grandfather on the way back
down the shaft. The company called it an accident, which apparently caused
quite a commotion among the works. The miners refused to work for several
weeks. Anyway, my grandfather never said anything about the incident. He did
always say you have to take responsibility for the things you do. I think he
was warning me to take up issues with caution and approach them carefully,
because your actions will affect more people than yourself. It ended up my
father died before my grandfather. We were sitting in his back shed not long
after my father died when he said he wished he had died rather than my father.
How much more of a friend could I have had, willing to die to make my life
easier? He died about 6 months later. His body just wore out. I was 19.
Peever Law #44
Quote of the Day
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Peever Law #36
The Fine Art of Negotiating a Buy
- Never fall in love with what it is you're buying.
- The person doing the selling needs to sell the product for a whole host of desperate reasons. Seldom is it that you really need to purchase it. (Toilet paper might be the exception).
- The first price you offer should be ridiculously low, just like theirs will be ridiculously high.
- The price of everything is negotiable.
- If the price is non-negotiable, walk away. Someone else has exactly the same thing.
- Look the person straight inn the eyes and say, "Look, here's the deal." Don't hesitate, waiver, or flinch.
- Never play the part of the underdog, unless you're good at it.
- When you've negotiated the price, which should never be the asking price, thank the person. Tell them they're very skilled and you enjoyed sparring with them. You may need to deal with this person again in the future. Start the butter-up.
Quote of the Day
John Keats
Saturday, October 20, 2012
On War and Peace, George McGovern Will Die Vindicated | Common Dreams
You cannot kill your way to peace.
You cannot kill your way to peace.
VILLAGE WORKERS NEED UNION
The most basic of worker rights, the right to organize and represent ourselves, hardly exists today in the workplace. Look no further than Wal-Mart, McDonald's, and Starbucks if you disagree. They all run vigorous anti-union pep rallies for their employees and will close a store before allowing it to unionize. In their search for cheap labor and huge corporate profits, they have moved us forward into the 1800's. And wouldn't you know it, we are now operating on the same level as India, Russia, China, Thailand, and Mexico, competing with them to make the cheapest product possible with the lowest wages imaginable. This is all due to an inherent flaw in capitalism. Theorists are unable, or unwilling, to consider GREED as the capitalists greatest motive. Making excessive profit means you've got to screw someone, and boy, are they getting good at it. It's no different in the Village. Workers are paid less than a living wage and fired at the will of the manager. And unfortunately, most of the residents support this. Of course, most of the residents were in management. Why wouldn't they?
Quote of the Day
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of
men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of
everyone.”
― John Maynard Keynes
― John Maynard Keynes
The Rich Vote Romney
I'm seeing more Romney/Ryan signs in the Village. Of course, this is not overly surprising. About all we got are right-wing Republicans. It appears many are worried about themselves and their money, and not much else. In part, I guess that's what the gates are for. Keep out the riff-raff. Puts me in an awkward position. I feel like someone on a raft in the middle of the ocean, with a bunch of sharks circling.
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Women's Vote
A lot of women vote like their husbands, (particularly Republican women), even though it may not be in their best interests. Women have the uncanny ability to think their husbands are smarter than they are about politics and candidates. It is an unfortunate family systems trait. Political party preference usually follows the male linage. Still, as long as you're not voting in a declared party primary, ladies, he'll never know.
A Conversation With The Dark Side
- Eve would have been better off with the snake.
- Hell is no further down the road than the first hungry child you meet, or the homeless person you see on the street, or the lonely shut-win begging for a visitor.
- Dying is not near as hard as living.
- Which is worse: A prostitute, a drug dealer, or a fortune 500 CEO?
- Killing and destruction have always been popular activities among humans.
- There is no necessity that the human race survive. Time could care less.
- Which came first: Air, water, or management screwing labor?
- How did society come to believe that health-care is a privilege rather than a right?
- If you find yourself in a state of mental confusion, where things just don't add up, my advice to you would be to quit watching the Presidential debates.
Peever Law #28
Murder Remains Unsolved
It is going on a year since Dawna Natzke's death. I understand there is not enough evidence for the prosecutor to take the case. Probably in part due to the fact that the HSVPD did not excuse themselves from the very beginning. They should have never been involved in the case. Since Dawna was a HSVPD employee, all of the police officers would have been suspects. Murders are all too common at the workplace. I have not heard of any reprimands regarding this blatant oversight, making me wonder just how inefficient this whole case has been handled. When a prosecutor will not take a case, something is wrong.
Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything
- I'm going to sleep till noon, maybe later.
- Forget it, I ain't answering the phone.
- The bills can go to hell for all I care.
- The gutters are full. At least nothing else can get in.
- The birds will have to feed themselves.
- The garbage, no, not today.
- No, I'm not going to wash the car.
- I might play gold, depending on the weather.
- I am going to relax and watch the Cardinals. Maybe a hot dog, some popcorn and a beer.
- There, I did practically nothing today, and I enjoyed it.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
THE MAKING OF A CURMUDGEON (A crusty, ill-tempered and usually, old man; a cantankerous old codger).
*First of all, you need to look mean. Wipe that funny looking politicians smirk off your face.
*If someone is nice to you, immediately grab hold of your wallet.
*You don't take compliments very well because you're trying to peeve everyone off.
*Most ministers make you nervous.
*In the scheme of things, you can't figure out why gynecologists and proctologists don't get arrested.
*You remain skeptical about the virgin birth.
*Evolution makes sense to you because God wouldn't create anything as stupid as most humans.
*You're not much into personal growth, unless it has something to do with the male sex organ.
*You would prefer that females not be allowed in taverns, unless, of course, they are dancing up-front.
*You expect the worst out of people, and you are generally not disappointed.
*It's hard for you to understand how businesses can make so much money and provide such poor service.
It takes a lot of work to become a curmudgeon, and it can be a lonely existence. But that doesn't stop you, because you prefer dogs over humans anyway.
*First of all, you need to look mean. Wipe that funny looking politicians smirk off your face.
*If someone is nice to you, immediately grab hold of your wallet.
*You don't take compliments very well because you're trying to peeve everyone off.
*Most ministers make you nervous.
*In the scheme of things, you can't figure out why gynecologists and proctologists don't get arrested.
*You remain skeptical about the virgin birth.
*Evolution makes sense to you because God wouldn't create anything as stupid as most humans.
*You're not much into personal growth, unless it has something to do with the male sex organ.
*You would prefer that females not be allowed in taverns, unless, of course, they are dancing up-front.
*You expect the worst out of people, and you are generally not disappointed.
*It's hard for you to understand how businesses can make so much money and provide such poor service.
It takes a lot of work to become a curmudgeon, and it can be a lonely existence. But that doesn't stop you, because you prefer dogs over humans anyway.
The Tao of Peeverism
- If you think you can escape the chaos of the world, forget it. The world was born out of chaos and will end out of chaos. In-between, you had better pay attention.
- People are not willing, or allowed, to work to their greatest potential.
- Governments wold be wise to minimize expenses by moderating desire and ambition.
- Anyone who wants to be a leader must be able to chose winners as followers. Those who will be able to utilize everyone's power and determination toward a common goal will be successful.
- It is far better to Peever someone off than it is to ignore them. When people are complacent, society suffers. When they are upset, they work to make things better.
- Never underestimate your personal power. But first, you have to find it.
- Lavish buildings and frenzied profit making are not the signs of a wise society. Feeding the hungry and housing the homeless are.
- Capitalism uses cunning and deceit to dress up profiteering and imperialism.
- What is going to war over a lie all about? What is continuing that war, even when the lie has been exposed, all about? It cannot be about democracy and freedom. Those ideals are not born out of lies and deceit.
- Do not expect yourself to be perfect. After all, you are probably human.
- Life's three biggest vices: Doing nothing. Being satisfied with doing nothing. And doing something that amounts to nothing.
- Justice is far more important than profit. Immature people crave profit and ignore justice.
- People like the good-old-days. They know what to expect because they have already lived them. But try as we may, the good-old-days will not return. That is not the way of the world. These people end up not knowing what is what.
- You cannot seek spiritual wellness outside of yourself. You will not find it in books or in the words of others. No one needs to tell you of it. IN looking for the Holy, look in a mirror.
- When your outside behavior does not match your inner wisdom, you have lost your way.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Quote of the Day
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
― Sinclair Lewis
― Sinclair Lewis
The Presidential Election
A Peeverism
Answering The E-mail
Dear Peever: Do you think college athletes should be paid? Rick.
Dear Rick: They are. What do you call free tuition?
Dear Mr. Peever: Do you think there is a way to save the environment? Sally.
Dear Sally: Yes. Eliminate mankind. This can easily be done by hiring Monsanto.
Peever: Under what circumstances would you consider voting Republican? You seem like a staunch Democrat. Carol.
Dear Carol: Being a Democrat is not high on my list. However, voting Republican is not on it at all.
Dear Mr. Peever: What do you consider the most important thing for humans to be doing at this point in our history? Harry.
Dear Harry: For the second time in history, we need to climb out of the primordial ooze.
Dear Peever: How well do you think the welfare to work system has worked? Carl
Dear Carl: Oh, its worked wonders. Now the poor are categorized as the working poor. It's great for McDonald's and Wal-Mart, and rich people. The system provides cheap labor, critical for capitalism to work. It hasn't helped very many.
Mr. Peever: What about the Presidential election? Harry
Dear Harry: The media is doing their part to portray it as a close race. I got Obama by two lengths.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
TAXES, TEA, AND THEE
No one wants to pay high taxes. Why crap, me grand-dad, back in the
60's, used to say taxes were so high he hardly had any money lift for a
bucket of beer. The tea party wants lower taxes and less government.
Those are noble sentiments, but reckless ones. I have no quarrels in
using our tax dollars in more beneficial ways. Nor would I argue against
trimming the bureaucracy and doing away with 20 year government
retirement plans. In the process of trimming the government, some of the
tea party mouths will be singing another tune when they hit potholes in
the streets and their gas guzzling cars disappear. With fewer taxes,
and more tax breaks going to the rich, we are going to have to cut
social security and do away with medicare. Watch those tea sippers
pucker up when that happens. Now certainly, if they want to save some
real money and pay lower taxes, we should do away with most of the
military. Fifty plus percent of the federal budget goes to support the
military and all those retired generals. You talk about savings. But in
the end, I somehow doubt that saving money and lowering taxes and less
government is really at the heart of their patriotic revelry. I think
they are stuck in their own delusions of yesteryear, somehow thinking
that if we could only go backward instead of forward, things would be
better. They think if we all dressed up in the suits of our founding
fathers, with the fancy wigs and all, maybe this country would get
itself back on track. I think they are sweetening their tea with huge
does of faulty memory and misguided sentiment.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Advice For The Presidential Debate
Yes and no are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
Born Yet Again
Saturday, October 13, 2012
How to Cultivate a Spiritual Life
- Attend church irregularly.
- Spend more time practicing good. Get rid of the racial talk and jokes. Accept diversity. Give up the idea that your way is the only way.
- Rather than collecting possessions, collect friends.
- Don't believe everything you hear, even if the messenger is wearing a collar, a robe, or a designer suit. In fact, be especially skeptical if they are wearing any of those.
- It is better to approach faith inwardly rather than outwardly. That way, you can own it, rather than buy or borrow it.
- If you think your God is bigger and better than mine, how about letting me see you walk on a bed of red-hot coals, kind of as a sign.
- If you're practicing right-wing, Christian, Republicanism, get out. You been brain washed. It's a cult of the worst kind.
- We are each fashioned after the Divine, which I interpret to mean we each have a touch of the Holy in us. We should treat ourselves and each other accordingly. Thus sayeth the Gospel According to The Peever.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Right-wing, Republican, Homophobia
Right-wing Republicans have a lot of gall. They want to
reprogram homosexuals with a little Biblical nonsense and political
ideology. Their techniques are taken
right out of the Dark Ages. They like to play God. They think they are good at
it. Somehow, they seem to know the Truth. Frankly, they ought to look a little
harder at themselves and pay less attention to the lives of others. They got
plenty of their own problems to take care of, like where they are going to get
that brain scan to see if their brain is where their ass is, or vice versa.
The Bottom Line
Here's to You CEO's Out There Intent on Screwing Us:
- People have a right to a job.
- A right to a safe workplace.
- A right to organize and be represented.
- A right to a living wage and benefit, the most important of which is health-care.
- A right to strike.
- A right to fair compensation for injuries on the job.
- A right to sue if injued by negligent employers.
- A right to security of pension and retirement benefits.
- A right to participate in the political process.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Good Move
The Hot Springs Village POA board decides to not raise fees. This was due mainly to our protests. Keep up the good work.
Peever Law #26
PEACE:
- is not an end product. It is a way of life.
- cannot be obtained with a gun in your hand.
- can be found in the most unlikely places.
- of mind cannot be had through killing.
- is a very personal thing.
- is not a military concept. It is a spiritual one.
Quote of the Day
"Seek the company of those who are still seeking the truth, and run away from those who think they have found it." J.T. O'Hara
Voting
I'm going to be able to see that my vote counted this year, cause I'm likely to be the only Democratic vote on the East end of the Village.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Peever Law #24
Romney’s Foreign Policy Speech: All War All the Time | Common Dreams
War. What is it good for? Making the rich richer.
Suppressing the Vote
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Cry Me a River
I always get a kick out of people who want to claim you are negative if you question anything done by the status quo. You always know there are Republicans around when this happens.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Questions?
- Do Happy Meals really make kids happy, or just fat?
- Is war really the best way to achieve peace?
- Why would God only bless America?
- How many voters must Republicans stop from voting in order to win the election?
- How did nationalism ever get confused with patriotism?
- If capitalism is so great, how did Wal-Mart ever become the largest retailer of Chinese goods in the world?
- How come prisons are filled with poor people?
- Which came first: The egg McMuffin or the chicken McNugget? (This is important to chickens).
- Why are we the only civilized country in the world who considers health-care a commodity, to be bought and sold by the rich?
- In a good economy, how come rich people keep getting richer, and poor people keep getting poorer?
- In a bad economy, how come rich people keep getting richer, and poor people keep getting poorer?
- So many questions. If I had a hundred dollar bill for every question I have, I'd be rich. Then I wouldn't have all these questions.
Questions?
- Do Happy Meals really make kids happy, or just fat?
- Is war really the best way to achieve peace?
- Why would God only bless America?
- How many voters must Republicans stop from voting in order to win the election?
- How did nationalism ever get confused with patriotism?
- If capitalism is so great, how did Wal-Mart ever become the largest retailer of Chinese goods in the world?
- How come prisons are filled with poor people?
- Which came first: The egg McMuffin or the chicken McNugget? (This is important to chickens).
- Why are we the only civilized country in the world who considers health-care a commodity, to be bought and sold by the rich?
- In a good economy, how come rich people keep getting richer, and poor people keep getting poorer?
- In a bad economy, how come rich people keep getting richer, and poor people keep getting poorer?
- So many questions. If I had a hundred dollar bill for every question I have, I'd be rich. Then I wouldn't have all these questions.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Widespread Panic
Questions Unlikely to be Asked Wednesday Night | Common Dreams
Questions Unlikely to be Asked Wednesday Night | Common Dreams
The debates are a joke. The questions have all been given to the candidates, so they can practice. Here are a few questions that will not be asked.
The debates are a joke. The questions have all been given to the candidates, so they can practice. Here are a few questions that will not be asked.
The Peever's Ten Commandments
2. Do not look at another mans ox, nor his ass. You shouldn't even be thinking that way.
3. Do not cheat your fellow man. There are no exceptions for lawyers, politicians, or CEO's.
4. Do not join a country club. It's not nice trying to fool God into thinking there are only white people.
5. Do not think that you are better than the next person. This will help aboid number four and might possibly keep you from spontaneously combusting.
6. Do not change our sex. God does not like this, nor will the guy making a pass at a girl who is really a guy. Or vice versa.
7. Do not idolize more than one God at a time. This is way to confusing for most people.
8. Go to church on Sunday and do no work. Golf counts for church, and it is not considered work. But be sure to pray that putt goes in.
9. Do not use the name of the Lord in vain. And don't cuss. And don't drink. Hell, don't have any fun at all.
10. Finally, never, ever, doubt the word of The Peever. For He has been to the promised land. Well, maybe it was just Las Vegas, but still....
Monday, October 1, 2012
Answering the E-mail
Dear Dixie: Yes. I also support deciminalizing marijuana. I also support growing hemp. And no, I didn't inhale.
Dear Mr. Peever: Any comments on the election? Bob
Dear Bob: Yea. I still think the right-wing Republicans are all nuts. They would sooner support their right-wing ideology and misguided Christian nonsense than help someone straighten out America. They call themselves patriots. I call them fools.
Dear Bruce: In a violent world, how can you promote nonviolence? Lee
Dear Lee: I stay indoors a lot.
Dear Peever: Are you still pushing universal health-care? Sue
Dear Sue: I am promoting the same level of care for all of us that the politicians in Washington get. When our health-care matches theirs, I'll shut up.
Mr. Peever: I have seen you write, and I quote: "A politician is someone who will lay down your life for his country." Is this still how you feel? Don
Dear Don: Absolutely. Every war that has taken place during my lifetime has not been about freedom and democracy, but has had everything to do with profit and deception. I have no use for the whole concept. It is just another rich man's scheme to stay on top.
Dear Mr. Weik: What are you going to do today to help the world? Art
Dear Art: Play golf.
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