It's Tea Time

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, it's DemocraticUnderground.com. Now with that out of the way, let's begin...

I invite you to peruse a few posts on the site before continuing, or not, doesn't really matter to me. Let me just start by saying there is not a more censored forum on the web that I have come across, and that's saying something. Not only are they completely fascist in their censoring practices, but they are also insane. I actually think one may go hand in hand with the other. Allow me to explain.

You see, these DU'ers (as they would call themselves), are not exposed to any opposing opinions. Anything resembling an opposing opinion, or even information (factual mind you) that would be contrary to what they wish to believe in their fairy tale land is destroyed or banned. Now what makes these folks extra special is that they do all of this while purporting to be huge advocates of freedom of speech and expression. What makes them super duper extra special is they do it all with a straight face.

The DU has become something akin to a major religion in that its followers are not, in the overwhelming majority of cases, open to factual arguments and opposing views. Which actually is worse than most serious believers of major religions, because they will just believe what they want regardless of what you say, but will often times at least let you say it.

Let me reference an example, an example which led me to this post today. I happened to be reading some posts on DU, as I occasionally like to stop in and see how the mental asylum is coming along. I noticed a post about Obama "leaving the door open for prosecuting Bush/Cheney administration officials". I read the linked article and at the bottom was a link for a poll asking whether or not people thought this prosecution should be pursued. Strangely enough, this poll is not listed with the article anymore. THE PLOT THICKENS! OK seriously...

So at the time, the poll showed a 57% not in favor, 42% in favor, and 1% not knowing. Firstly, the "not knowing" folks should be taken out to pasture. Secondly, this article/poll is from MSNBC. I will say that again: MSNBC. MSNBC is the polar opposite of Fox News, but without the great ratings Fox News has. So if their poll shows a 57% not in favor rating with about 20,000+ votes tabulated, well you get the point. Moving on...

I post this information in the forum on the DU. Twenty five minutes later my account is deactivated. Hooray facist regime of cockbags. I remember back in the early days of the DU they would actually allow opposing view points and preach their own with ferocity. No more. Gone are the days of self respect and pride at the DU. Gone are the days of confidence in their beliefs and ideals. These are the loony days. Let's just say that the growth of the DU's user base is directly linked to the stock prices of aluminum foil producers.

Take heart though folks! These people spend all of their time convincing each other their time will come if they just keep at it for one more year! Just one more guys!!! WE CAN DO IT!

Epic fail.

It's very inspiring to see what has gone on the past few days in our country. I did not attend one of the "Tea Parties" in my area because my life is somewhat chaotic currently. I am looking into closing on a home, and have my sister's wedding to attend this weekend about five hours away. I wish I was there though, and I don't plan on missing the next one.

For any random individual who happens to come across this page, and I know there are not many of you daily, check out TaxdayTeaParty.com. I don't know if they will be able to hold this momentum, and I have seen many of these types of public uprisings falter in their early stages. I know many of us, and likely all who attended these protests, are looking for an outlet to express the discontent that resides within us. Many were never involved in anything like this before, and most probably never thought they would be. I hope that we can find the strength and courage within ourselves to turn the spark of yesterday into the stable flame of tomorrow.

No matter what the case may be, we can all be proud of what took place this past Wednesday. And speaking for myself, as well as many folks I know, I wanted those who attended nation wide to know their voice is our voice, and we are grateful for their efforts.

Oh, and eff CNN.

OK, I think everyone who's anyone, and everyone who's no one, has heard of this guy. First let me just ask, how cool is he? Seriously? Where in hell are the rest of the people like this? Could I use anymore question marks? Apparently yes.

I'm just real glad to see someone letting some real emotion out on this subject. Let's face it, people were dicks, but a whole lot of people weren't dicks. Do you we really need to save the dicks? I certainly know enough dicks, I could introduce people to them if a dick shortage is created from all of our programs that exclude dicks. Call them dickless programs, works on a bunch of levels.

I hope Santelli isn't just wrecked by the political machine, but he probably will be. No one likes a stand out, and people like real emotion even less, it's scary! At least the net seems to be riled up at the moment. Hell it got me on here to write something and that I appreciate. I've been somewhat....dismayed, by recent events. Not enough to stop having sex, gambling, and drinking, but enough to make me not give a crap about writing to no one.

P.S. in case no one is wondering, it doesn't take much dismay for me to stop giving a shit about you. You're not high on the priority list. Sorry.

Was just browsing the net, reading a little bit of this and that. In most cases, both this and that were completely retarded (not unlike this site, actually). Still, random junk for the mind is tasty!

Anyway, I came across a blog with a post on how poor people suck. They seemed to get a lot of responses, many of which rag on our government for not doing enough when it came to poor people. That shit really pisses me off. I often wonder exactly what these supreme intellectuals think it is the government should be doing. I would love to see one of them explain this in detail for once, without leading into some inevitable "Well if we weren't spending all that money in Iraq..." spin off. Hey jerk offs: poor people were here before Iraq, and they'll be here long after. Stop making excuses and just admit you suck, and have no clue what life is, beyond watching American Idol and discussing it by the water cooler.

Anyway, I posted this comment in response:

Public schools: free.

Public school too crappy?

Library: Free.
Internet at library: Free.
Dialup connection: $5 a month.
Forums and IRC: Included with your dial up, all the info you need.
Basic phone service: Varies, but cheap as shit.

Those are all of the things you need to succeed in this country. There are government programs for health insurance, and hospitals cannot turn you away in the ER. Cars themselves are cheap, if you buy a junky hoopty, but the insurance can be expensive if you have points. Otherwise you can easily get away with $75 a month.

Gas is relatively expensive at the moment, but a POS car will be a four banger, and if you don't spend your off time driving around to bars, you're fine. Alcohol/cigarettes, $5-$7 a pack, similar per six pack. Those would be (and probably are) your largest expenses at $14 a day, and are also hardly conducive to success...at the very least not a plus or a minus. A pack a day would set you back $180 per month, a few six packs a week about $60. In cheap rent cases, with a roommate say, that is probably about half your rent right there. Quit smoking and drinking.

Food stamp programs help with food, but if they avoid the ciggy/alky trap, they should have plenty left over even working the lowest paying job.

The means to escape being poor are there, the knowledge of them and/or the actual belief it can be done by these people are what are lacking. More programs will not save these people.

Take that you smelly bastards!

I meant the intellectuals there by the way, so please poor people don't take offense. Not that I'm that worried anyway, how many poor people really even know the internet exists? It's probably like some sort of super duper wizardry to them. Like if you could bring a caveman to our time and show him a light bulb. Crazy poor people.