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[Kabraxal]

… and yet this world is supposed to be “mostly” good.

Sometimes I just want to give up. It really isn’t worth it anymore.

[Chaosgamer]

Its a gray world not a mostly good world.

[Kabraxal]

@Chaosgamer

Its a gray world not a mostly good world.

I’d say black world… and it is becoming harder to give a damn about anything anymore.

[Nargrakhan]

There are way more good people in the world than bad. The bad ones just get more attention.

When someone sees a total stranger suddenly stagger in pain, more likely than not, two or three people will ask if they’re okay. Of course more will just gawk and stare… but that’s because they’re afraid of “bursting their protection bubble” than actually not wanting to help. It takes effort for one person with burdens of their own, to lookout and carry that of another… but society preserves. Hence culture and civilization.

By the way… can’t but help notice you’ve been kinda down the last few posts. Been in a run of bad luck?

[SidVanHalen]

I think the world is still existing because more people who are good. But then what is good and what is bad?
I think its more about values, if a person has positive values, then he is more likely to contribute positively compared to a person who is more inclined towards the negative side.
Remember Julius Caesar? “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones;”
Basically its what Narg said, Bad people get a lot more attention, even good people become bad because of one or two ‘bad’ things they might have done.

[Kabraxal]

@Nargrakhan

There are way more good people in the world than bad. The bad ones just get more attention.

When someone sees a total stranger suddenly stagger in pain, more likely than not, two or three people will ask if they’re okay. Of course more will just gawk and stare… but that’s because they’re afraid of “bursting their protection bubble” than actually not wanting to help. It takes effort for one person with burdens of their own, to lookout and carry that of another… but society preserves. Hence culture and civilization.

By the way… can’t but help notice you’ve been kinda down the last few posts. Been in a run of bad luck?

If people were truly good, the world would be a better place. Sometimes I can’t help but thing that “there are more good people than bad” is simply a comforting lie that we tell ourselves to struggle through the day. But I really wouldn’t say it is an issue of more good than bad, but the fact that the combination of apathy and outright evil is far more prevalent than any sense of principle or heroism. People really don’t seem to give a damn. The few that do either stand as the rare beacons of hope or are quickly smothered and trodden by the masses. The world might suck, but we have become comfortable with it… too many people are scared of trying to tame the beast. It might just piss it off.

As to the last question… does 12 years count as a run, or is that a flood?

[Lurker]

Your just letting the media get to you. Crazy shit has been happening forever. I mean look at the cult slew in the 70s,80s.90s. And thats not even counting the stuff only in historical records.

The true danger to us all is environmental issues. Fisheries are strained,the ice cap is melting,a trash wad in the pacific,deforestation , mass extinction…etc.

Its like T.S. Eliot said, “This is the way the world ends ; not with a bang but a whimper.”

[Kabraxal]

@Lurker

Your just letting the media get to you. Crazy shit has been happening forever. I mean look at the cult slew in the 70s,80s.90s. And thats not even counting the stuff only in historical records.

The true danger to us all is environmental issues. Fisheries are strained,the ice cap is melting,a trash wad in the pacific,deforestation , mass extinction…etc.

Its like T.S. Eliot said, “This is the way the world ends ; not with a bang but a whimper.”

Pollution and over-population are a problem. I don’t see global warming as a real issue (never really have). Most problems in terms of the enviroment will stem from too few resources and too little space for this many people. It is astounding that the people who cannot afford, by any measure, to have children just can’t keep their dick in their pants. I look at some of these countries with billions of people and weak economies and resource capabilities and can’t help but laugh/cry at the stupidity of man. Yeah, I can’t already afford or even feed myself… so let’s go out and knock up every woman on the block and have a horde of children I can’t afford or feed…

And my pessimism doesn’t come from the media so much. It comes from reading history and seeing that for all the “progression” we have made, we are still the same fucked up world that we were 5 thousand years ago. Very little has actually changed: the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the stupid masses follow whatever messiah tickles their fancy, despite that messiah clearly leading them over a cliff.

[Nargrakhan]

Well remember that the function of life is to reproduce faster than extinction can claim it, otherwise it fails the hard way.

I have confidence that humanity will find a means to survive the problems it has made for itself. We are very resilient species. Sharks haven’t changed for MILLIONS of years. Neither have roaches. They ain’t got a lot going for them.

Unless a species advances where they can modify the environment around them in grand swaths like humans can, they’re doom to extinction. Roughly 50% of everything dies off every 50 to 100 million years, because the Earth under goes natural mass extinctions. So in all honesty we’ve got better odds right now than we did as ignorant cavemen. If humans lived peacefully with the Earth, we’d end up getting screwed by it. Our world is a pretty cruel place: watching wild animals survive is proof of that.

Human nature is shaped by environment: no child is born prejudice or filled with hate. A lot of what we’ve become, is because our own planet has made us that way… but of course as we became more intelligent, less of the planet has had a direct influence, and more of it has become ourselves. Time will test if we pass the challenge. And if not? Well… giant space rock would (and still could) end it all anyways. Sun explodes in another 5 billion.

It’s all gonna end if something can’t make it off the mudball or figure a way to stop the giant gas fireball from going boom. Don’t worry too much about human self destruction: Natural constant of the Universe leans towards normal death and destruction on it’s own. We’ll save ourselves or end up dead. Don’t even have to do it ourselves: gonna happen if we can’t fight the odds this Cosmos has set against us.

[SidVanHalen]

I ave to agree, apathy can sometimes be more harmful to the world than downright evil acts. People who actually need help never get any, and at the same time some people get all the privileges. Over time this yields in a society with a lot of negativity. Ultimately if we see history we will find that a lo of ‘evil’ people became so because they were treated that way, and because they grew up in a environment that wasn’t very nurturing.

So what we do as as informed people living in such a society? Should we shut our eyes to everything? Or should we join this race and become a lot more materialistic? or should we just learn to get along with the things in the society and concentrate on our well being only? That is a question we have to ask ourselves. And I think the situation is a lot worse is the third world countries, what’s with everyone eying the same resources and doing whatever can be done to get them, using political will and power? What’s with no jobs, children being born in poverty and undernourishment with so litle hope for the future. At the same time the head of the country has a big harem with new girls being added everyday :evil: If I remember correctly the Sultan of Brunei lives in Gold, literally.

@Kabraxal

Pollution and over-population are a problem. I don’t see global warming as a real issue (never really have). Most problems in terms of the enviroment will stem from too few resources and too little space for this many people. It is astounding that the people who cannot afford, by any measure, to have children just can’t keep their dick in their pants. I look at some of these countries with billions of people and weak economies and resource capabilities and can’t help but laugh/cry at the stupidity of man. Yeah, I can’t already afford or even feed myself… so let’s go out and knock up every woman on the block and have a horde of children I can’t afford or feed…

And my pessimism doesn’t come from the media so much. It comes from reading history and seeing that for all the “progression” we have made, we are still the same fucked up world that we were 5 thousand years ago. Very little has actually changed: the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the stupid masses follow whatever messiah tickles their fancy, despite that messiah clearly leading them over a cliff.

People fuck girls because that’s the cheapest source of entertainment and recreation for them. I am not talking about the people who have access to theaters and amusement parks. I am talking about people who barely make 1$ a day, even if a country has a high GDP per person, there is vast difference in income levels. Its much better if the government introduced methods to stop childbirth, say condoms at cheap prices. What’s amusing is some people believing children are a gift of god so we should have as many gifts as possible.

And the society has been built like that. There are always people who have power and want to keep it. And to do so they invent and fabricate, concepts of religious heads and damnation if you don’t follow them, rulers oppressing people with all their might. People are always afraid of change, even if they say that they want change.

[SidVanHalen]

@Nargrakhan

Well remember that the function of life is to reproduce faster than extinction can claim it, otherwise it fails the hard way.

I have confidence that humanity will find a means to survive the problems it has made for itself. We are very resilient species. Sharks haven’t changed for MILLIONS of years. Neither have roaches. They ain’t got a lot going for them.

Unless a species advances where they can modify the environment around them in grand swaths like humans can, they’re doom to extinction. Roughly 50% of everything dies off every 50 to 100 million years, because the Earth under goes natural mass extinctions. So in all honesty we’ve got better odds right now than we did as ignorant cavemen. If humans lived peacefully with the Earth, we’d end up getting screwed by it. Our world is a pretty cruel place: watching wild animals survive is proof of that.

Human nature is shaped by environment: no child is born prejudice or filled with hate. A lot of what we’ve become, is because our own planet has made us that way… but of course as we became more intelligent, less of the planet has had a direct influence, and more of it has become ourselves. Time will test if we pass the challenge. And if not? Well… giant space rock would (and still could) end it all anyways. Sun explodes in another 5 billion.

It’s all gonna end if something can’t make it off the mudball or figure a way to stop the giant gas fireball from going boom. Don’t worry too much about human self destruction: Natural constant of the Universe leans towards normal death and destruction on it’s own. We’ll save ourselves or end up dead. Don’t even have to do it ourselves: gonna happen if we can’t fight the odds this Cosmos has set against us.

Interesting views man. So I assume that you are in favor of finding another Earth so that we can inhabit it someday? don’t misunderstand, I am in favor of doing the same, but that doesn’t mean we destroy this planet on which we live.

World is inherently cruel, but whether it is unbiased or not is another question. And if I remember correctly the role if any species is to survive and reproduce, so in that case we are doing a fine job. Over population in itself is a problem, but not as much as centralization of power and some people abusing others for materialistic gains.

Genes do have some shape in shaping the person, it is a question of nature vs. nurture. and thats why religion and philosophy are such big tools. Imagine a child being told since birth about a certain belief system which may not be good in any way.

And the fact about human self destruction is like this, we need to find alternate solutions before we destroy ourselves, thats it. Eventually every system is supposed to end at one point or other, for humans specifically, not only should we able to live together amicable, but also we should try to have a more empathetic approach. doing good is just one part of the overall scene. Its much better if we mind ourselves and help others around us. I believe if everyone does that the world would be definitely a better place by default.

[Nargrakhan]

@SidVanHalen

Interesting views man. So I assume that you are in favor of finding another Earth so that we can inhabit it someday? don’t misunderstand, I am in favor of doing the same, but that doesn’t mean we destroy this planet on which we live.

I don’t think we have to destroy the Earth to survive… and if we could save our planet to last forever, I’m all for it. For all we know, this could be the only planet that can support our kind of life form in the entire Universe. Be it divine intervention, alien pollination, or natural evolution: this world is the one humans were born on. It’s really ours. Even if we found another planet: the life there isn’t the one that “grew up” with us. They wouldn’t be our genetic and carbon-based cousins.

So I’m all for saving the Earth. However I don’t think we should believe Mother Nature has our best intentions. Only the strongest adaptive species survives: the Earth has made that perfectly clear. It’s not like we’ve always been on the top of the food chain. There’s a lot of evidence that shows great cats/dogs were our natural predators long ago… now we make them our pets.

[Kimuzukashii_MEIJI]

@Nargrakhan

Sun explodes in another 5 billion.

That’s the least of our worries. As far as we can tell, we only have a few million years until the sun turns into a red giant. Depending on how much the sun expands, we either become a barren rock, or are completely consumed. Either way, it is going to become very inhospitable long before the sun winks out.

[Kabraxal]

Hell… the laws of physics could suddenly just cease to exist and suddenly everything is chaos once again. Assuming the status quo is the only way to stay sane. Just look at all the shit that could happen: gamma ray burst, asteroid, wandering black hole, comet, freak stellar event, magnetic shift, super volcanic eruption, alien attack, biblical armaggedon, god sneezing…

We could die so many different ways and never it see it coming. Hell, we have probably only witnessed a mere fraction of the destructive capability of the universe. We have only been around long enough to not even register as a blip on the radar. Who knows what’s beyond the next horizon… maybe we’ll learn that the big bang was nothing special in the grand scheme was simply the equivalent of a rainy day on earth.

[Nargrakhan]

They’re getting ready to test a laser powered fusion engine:

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/21 … /?hpt=Sbin

One step closer to real Gundams.

[Nargrakhan]

This letter is from the guy who recently suicide crashed his plane into an IRS building.

Now don’t get me wrong: I totally agree that what he did was an act of insanity and murder. However at the same time, after reading his rage, I can see why he did it. In some ways, he wasn’t totally off the mark either.

Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man¬Ö take my pound of flesh and sleep well.

If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, "Why did this have to happen?" The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn't enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken. Needless to say, this rant could fill volumes with example after example if I would let it. I find the process of writing it frustrating, tedious, and probably pointless¬Ö especially given my gross inability to gracefully articulate my thoughts in light of the storm raging in my head. Exactly what is therapeutic about that I'm not sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and service, our government stands for justice for all. We are further brainwashed to believe that there is freedom in this place, and that we should be ready to lay our lives down for the noble principals represented by its founding fathers. Remember? One of these was "no taxation without representation". I have spent the total years of my adulthood unlearning that crap from only a few years of my childhood. These days anyone who really stands up for that principal is promptly labeled a "crackpot", traitor and worse.

While very few working people would say they haven't had their fair share of taxes (as can I), in my lifetime I can say with a great degree of certainty that there has never been a politician cast a vote on any matter with the likes of me or my interests in mind. Nor, for that matter, are they the least bit interested in me or anything I have to say.
Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM executives, for scores of years) and when it's time for their gravy train to crash under the weight of their gluttony and overwhelming stupidity, the force of the full federal government has no difficulty coming to their aid within days if not hours? Yet at the same time, the joke we call the American medical system, including the drug and insurance companies, are murdering tens of thousands of people a year and stealing from the corpses and victims they cripple, and this country's leaders don't see this as important as bailing out a few of their vile, rich cronies. Yet, the political "representatives" (thieves, liars, and self-serving scumbags is far more accurate) have endless time to sit around for year after year and debate the state of the "terrible health care problem". It's clear they see no crisis as long as the dead people don't get in the way of their corporate profits rolling in.

And justice? You've got to be kidding!

How can any rational individual explain that white elephant conundrum in the middle of our tax system and, indeed, our entire legal system? Here we have a system that is, by far, too complicated for the brightest of the master scholars to understand. Yet, it mercilessly "holds accountable" its victims, claiming that they're responsible for fully complying with laws not even the experts understand. The law "requires" a signature on the bottom of a tax filing; yet no one can say truthfully that they understand what they are signing; if that's not "duress" than what is. If this is not the measure of a totalitarian regime, nothing is.

How did I get here?

My introduction to the real American nightmare starts back in the early ‘80s. Unfortunately after more than 16 years of school, somewhere along the line I picked up the absurd, pompous notion that I could read and understand plain English. Some friends introduced me to a group of people who were having ‘tax code' readings and discussions. In particular, zeroed in on a section relating to the wonderful "exemptions" that make institutions like the vulgar, corrupt Catholic Church so incredibly wealthy. We carefully studied the law (with the help of some of the "best", high-paid, experienced tax lawyers in the business), and then began to do exactly what the "big boys" were doing (except that we weren't steeling from our congregation or lying to the government about our massive profits in the name of God). We took a great deal of care to make it all visible, following all of the rules, exactly the way the law said it was to be done.

The intent of this exercise and our efforts was to bring about a much-needed re-evaluation of the laws that allow the monsters of organized religion to make such a mockery of people who earn an honest living. However, this is where I learned that there are two "interpretations" for every law; one for the very rich, and one for the rest of us¬Ö Oh, and the monsters are the very ones making and enforcing the laws; the inquisition is still alive and well today in this country.

That little lesson in patriotism cost me $40,000+, 10 years of my life, and set my retirement plans back to 0. It made me realize for the first time that I live in a country with an ideology that is based on a total and complete lie. It also made me realize, not only how naive I had been, but also the incredible stupidity of the American public; that they buy, hook, line, and sinker, the crap about their "freedom"¬Ö and that they continue to do so with eyes closed in the face of overwhelming evidence and all that keeps happening in front of them.

Before even having to make a shaky recovery from the sting of the first lesson on what justice really means in this country (around 1984 after making my way through engineering school and still another five years of "paying my dues"), I felt I finally had to take a chance of launching my dream of becoming an independent engineer.

On the subjects of engineers and dreams of independence, I should digress somewhat to say that I'm sure that I inherited the fascination for creative problem solving from my father. I realized this at a very young age.

The significance of independence, however, came much later during my early years of college; at the age of 18 or 19 when I was living on my own as student in an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. My neighbor was an elderly retired woman (80+ seemed ancient to me at that age) who was the widowed wife of a retired steel worker. Her husband had worked all his life in the steel mills of central Pennsylvania with promises from big business and the union that, for his 30 years of service, he would have a pension and medical care to look forward to in his retirement. Instead he was one of the thousands who got nothing because the incompetent mill management and corrupt union (not to mention the government) raided their pension funds and stole their retirement. All she had was social security to live on.

In retrospect, the situation was laughable because here I was living on peanut butter and bread (or Ritz crackers when I could afford to splurge) for months at a time. When I got to know this poor figure and heard her story I felt worse for her plight than for my own (I, after all, I thought I had everything to in front of me). I was genuinely appalled at one point, as we exchanged stories and commiserated with each other over our situations, when she in her grandmotherly fashion tried to convince me that I would be "healthier" eating cat food (like her) rather than trying to get all my substance from peanut butter and bread. I couldn't quite go there, but the impression was made. I decided that I didn't trust big business to take care of me, and that I would take responsibility for my own future and myself.

Return to the early ‘80s, and here I was off to a terrifying start as a ‘wet-behind-the-ears' contract software engineer… and two years later, thanks to the fine backroom, midnight effort by the sleazy executives of Arthur Andersen (the very same folks who later brought us Enron and other such calamities) and an equally sleazy New York Senator (Patrick Moynihan), we saw the passage of 1986 tax reform act with its section 1706.

For you who are unfamiliar, here is the core text of the IRS Section 1706, defining the treatment of workers (such as contract engineers) for tax purposes. Visit this link for a conference committee report ([url=http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml#ConferenceCommitteeReport]http://www.synergistech.com/1706.shtml# ... tteeReport[/url]) regarding the intended interpretation of Section 1706 and the relevant parts of Section 530, as amended. For information on how these laws affect technical services workers and their clients, read our discussion here ([url=http://www.synergistech.com/ic-taxlaw.shtml]http://www.synergistech.com/ic-taxlaw.shtml[/url]).

SEC. 1706. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL – Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
(d) EXCEPTION. – This section shall not apply in the case of an individual who pursuant to an arrangement between the taxpayer and another person, provides services for such other person as an engineer, designer, drafter, computer programmer, systems analyst, or other similarly skilled worker engaged in a similar line of work.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE. – The amendment made by this section shall apply to remuneration paid and services rendered after December 31, 1986.

Note:
· "another person" is the client in the traditional job-shop relationship.
· "taxpayer" is the recruiter, broker, agency, or job shop.
· "individual", "employee", or "worker" is you.

Admittedly, you need to read the treatment to understand what it is saying but it's not very complicated. The bottom line is that they may as well have put my name right in the text of section (d). Moreover, they could only have been more blunt if they would have came out and directly declared me a criminal and non-citizen slave. Twenty years later, I still can't believe my eyes.

During 1987, I spent close to $5000 of my ‘pocket change', and at least 1000 hours of my time writing, printing, and mailing to any senator, congressman, governor, or slug that might listen; none did, and they universally treated me as if I was wasting their time. I spent countless hours on the L.A. freeways driving to meetings and any and all of the disorganized professional groups who were attempting to mount a campaign against this atrocity. This, only to discover that our efforts were being easily derailed by a few moles from the brokers who were just beginning to enjoy the windfall from the new declaration of their "freedom". Oh, and don't forget, for all of the time I was spending on this, I was loosing income that I couldn't bill clients.

After months of struggling it had clearly gotten to be a futile exercise. The best we could get for all of our trouble is a pronouncement from an IRS mouthpiece that they weren't going to enforce that provision (read harass engineers and scientists). This immediately proved to be a lie, and the mere existence of the regulation began to have its impact on my bottom line; this, of course, was the intended effect.

Again, rewind my retirement plans back to 0 and shift them into idle. If I had any sense, I clearly should have left abandoned engineering and never looked back.
Instead I got busy working 100-hour workweeks. Then came the L.A. depression of the early 1990s. Our leaders decided that they didn't need the all of those extra Air Force bases they had in Southern California, so they were closed; just like that. The result was economic devastation in the region that rivaled the widely publicized Texas S&L fiasco. However, because the government caused it, no one gave a shit about all of the young families who lost their homes or street after street of boarded up houses abandoned to the wealthy loan companies who received government funds to "shore up" their windfall. Again, I lost my retirement.

Years later, after weathering a divorce and the constant struggle trying to build some momentum with my business, I find myself once again beginning to finally pick up some speed. Then came the .COM bust and the 911 nightmare. Our leaders decided that all aircraft were grounded for what seemed like an eternity; and long after that, ‘special' facilities like San Francisco were on security alert for months. This made access to my customers prohibitively expensive. Ironically, after what they had done the Government came to the aid of the airlines with billions of our tax dollars … as usual they left me to rot and die while they bailed out their rich, incompetent cronies WITH MY MONEY! After these events, there went my business but not quite yet all of my retirement and savings.

By this time, I'm thinking that it might be good for a change. Bye to California, I'll try Austin for a while. So I moved, only to find out that this is a place with a highly inflated sense of self-importance and where damn little real engineering work is done. I've never experienced such a hard time finding work. The rates are 1/3 of what I was earning before the crash, because pay rates here are fixed by the three or four large companies in the area who are in collusion to drive down prices and wages¬Ö and this happens because the justice department is all on the take and doesn't give a fuck about serving anyone or anything but themselves and their rich buddies.

To survive, I was forced to cannibalize my savings and retirement, the last of which was a small IRA. This came in a year with mammoth expenses and not a single dollar of income. I filed no return that year thinking that because I didn't have any income there was no need. The sleazy government decided that they disagreed. But they didn't notify me in time for me to launch a legal objection so when I attempted to get a protest filed with the court I was told I was no longer entitled to due process because the time to file ran out. Bend over for another $10,000 helping of justice.

So now we come to the present. After my experience with the CPA world, following the business crash I swore that I'd never enter another accountant's office again. But here I am with a new marriage and a boatload of undocumented income, not to mention an expensive new business asset, a piano, which I had no idea how to handle. After considerable thought I decided that it would be irresponsible NOT to get professional help; a very big mistake.

When we received the forms back I was very optimistic that they were in order. I had taken all of the years information to Bill Ross, and he came back with results very similar to what I was expecting. Except that he had neglected to include the contents of Sheryl's unreported income; $12,700 worth of it. To make matters worse, Ross knew all along this was missing and I didn't have a clue until he pointed it out in the middle of the audit. By that time it had become brutally evident that he was representing himself and not me.

This left me stuck in the middle of this disaster trying to defend transactions that have no relationship to anything tax-related (at least the tax-related transactions were poorly documented). Things I never knew anything about and things my wife had no clue would ever matter to anyone. The end result is¬Ö well, just look around.

I remember reading about the stock market crash before the "great" depression and how there were wealthy bankers and businessmen jumping out of windows when they realized they screwed up and lost everything. Isn't it ironic how far we've come in 60 years in this country that they now know how to fix that little economic problem; they just steal from the middle class (who doesn't have any say in it, elections are a joke) to cover their asses and it's "business-as-usual". Now when the wealthy fuck up, the poor get to die for the mistakes¬Ö isn't that a clever, tidy solution.

As government agencies go, the FAA is often justifiably referred to as a tombstone agency, though they are hardly alone. The recent presidential puppet GW Bush and his cronies in their eight years certainly reinforced for all of us that this criticism rings equally true for all of the government. Nothing changes unless there is a body count (unless it is in the interest of the wealthy sows at the government trough). In a government full of hypocrites from top to bottom, life is as cheap as their lies and their self-serving laws.

I know I'm hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand. It has always been a myth that people have stopped dying for their freedom in this country, and it isn't limited to the blacks, and poor immigrants. I know there have been countless before me and there are sure to be as many after. But I also know that by not adding my body to the count, I insure nothing will change. I choose to not keep looking over my shoulder at "big brother" while he strips my carcass, I choose not to ignore what is going on all around me, I choose not to pretend that business as usual won't continue; I have just had enough.

I can only hope that the numbers quickly get too big to be white washed and ignored that the American zombies wake up and revolt; it will take nothing less. I would only hope that by striking a nerve that stimulates the inevitable double standard, knee-jerk government reaction that results in more stupid draconian restrictions people wake up and begin to see the pompous political thugs and their mindless minions for what they are. Sadly, though I spent my entire life trying to believe it wasn't so, but violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer. The cruel joke is that the really big chunks of shit at the top have known this all along and have been laughing, at and using this awareness against, fools like me all along.

I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.

The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.

Joe Stack (1956-2010)
02/18/2010 

[SidVanHalen]

Man, what is the word coming to. I feel the more one learns, the more helpless one becomes. and is democracy ever implemented ion the right spirit?
Whatever that man did was wrong, but he had his own reasons for doing them

[Lurker]

oh man havent loled so hard in along time:
not for the regliously sensitive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PXaJxzuDE

[Nargrakhan]

blushes “Not b-because I like you or anything.” = Cliche tsundere reaction.

brandishes sharp object “LIAR!!!” = Cliche yandere reaction.

walks away “…” = Cliche kuudere reaction.

[Nargrakhan]

It’s damn hard to find good looking samurai miniatures for tabletop RPG’ing purposes. Spent an entire week, until I could find two that suited what I needed and was actually nicely made. So that others don’t go through the same ordeal I did, in case they find a similar need for their own campaigning:

Kenjiro from Tale of War Miniatures

Hanako from HassleFree Miniatures