Boycotting The State Of The Union Address

So tonight (actually yesterday, since we’re past midnight) President Obama fulfilled his constitutional obligation to inform Congress about the state of the Union. I’m boycotting the event to catch an episode of The Sopranos.

He shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.

— Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution

There’s nothing in there that says it has to be a two-hour posturing feast for President and Congress alike. Obama could have sent an email memo to all the members of Congress, or posted a 10-minute video on YouTube and be done with it. I know what will be said; I could have written the speech myself. I know how the opposition will react, I know how the GOP presidential wannabes will spin it to make Obama look like Pol Pot and I know what the talking heads will say. It’s Washington showboating as usual. I just can’t be bothered right now.

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Shit That I Fucking Hate!

  • Old geezers at the gym (I’m talking about the guys old enough to be my father, 70+) prancing around in the locker room naked, bending over sticking their wrinkly asses in my face, taking 10 minutes to shave with their dicks rubbing against the sink, getting dressed, first putting on their socks, then shirt, then the necktie, THEN THEIR FUCKING UNDERPANTS!!! That’s the WRONG FUCKING ORDER, DUDE!
  • The idiot who uses the squat rack for curls, then walks across the gym to do ten minutes on the rowing machine, then comes back and is pissed at me because I grabbed the rack for what it’s meant to be used for while he was gone. I told the fucker he could have it back if he could take it from me.
  • The local fire department who blocks off the main road through my town almost every fucking weekend to hold “boot collections” during the busiest shopping hours when everybody is out driving. It’s a traffic hazard, not to mention a fucking nuisance. Begging for money is getting out of control in this country. I realize that every good cause needs funding, but enough’s enough already!
  • Junk mail that looks like official government letters or bills. Borderline fucking fraud if you ask me.
  • Companies who make you jump through hoops before they honor the warranty on a product you paid hundreds of dollars for that broke after 3 months.
  • When you click on the link that says “unsubscribe from this mailing list” and the fucking spam continues to fill up your in-box.
  • Malware, spyware, browser hijackers, viruses etc. If you install something on my computer and I didn’t ask for it, it’s just as bad as if you come into my house uninvited, and if I catch you I’ll fucking BREAK YOUR LEGS!
  • Politicians who violate the public’s trust and use their positions for personal gain. Seems like every other Governor these days are either in jail or committing a crime that qualifies for jail. Whatever happened to seeking public office to SERVE and not for PERSONAL GAIN? We should never have given up public floggings and tarring and feathering.
  • The elitist attitude of my local NPR affiliate. It’s pretty much the only sane outlet left for reliable broadcast news left to me (this is no longer true in 2021), but when they do a 15-minute piece about some obscure classical composer that nobody’s heard of and nobody cares about right in the middle of prime news time THEY’RE WASTING MY FUCKING TIME!!!
  • All the commercial radio stations that label themselves as “(insert your state’s name here)’s best classic rock station”, yet they all seem to have the same playlist of about 50 songs on a non-stop rotation. Video didn’t kill the radio star, Clear Channel did.
  • All the products at the super market labeled as being FAT FREE, making people think they are healthy or good for weight loss, but fail to mention that they contain loads of sugar.
  • Fatties who sue McDonald’s because they got fat eating burgers and fries. Gimme a fucking break!
  • Politicians who check the polls and public opinion before forming their own. Whatever happened to LEADERSHIP?
  • Racists, xenophobes, homophobes, bigots of any orientation.
  • People who don’t think for themselves.
  • Self proclaimed experts (in any field) who not only think they know everything, but they’re the ONLY ones who do, and anybody who dares disagree with them are idiots and/or Nazis.
  • People who try to make themselves look good by making others look bad.
  • I was gonna say that I fucking hate Guidos, but those Youtube videos are really hilarious!
  • Jesus freaks who try to convince me that if I don’t share THEIR values I’m a bad and immoral person.
  • I really FUCKING hate it when I have to dig around in the protein tub to find the goddamn FUCKING scoop. Fuck that shit!
  • I could go on and on and on and on, but since I hate whiners and complainers I’m gonna stop here.