Michael Kindt's Blog, page 407
February 18, 2012
I am becoming unamused with the second-hand stores in this town.
Dorking around in second-hand stores is one of the many white-knuckle, type A male activities I enjoy doing between naps. Nothing like living on the edge by putting on your shoes and going that the strip mall.
But these second-hand stores around here are fucking expensive. What's up with that? I'm looking for deals. Jeez. I could pay 50 cents more and get whatever I want brand new and stain-free.
No wonder these places are always so cluttered.
February 17, 2012
sweeteliot replied to your post: sweeteliot replied to your post: I don't…
That would be...
That would be unthinkable "in my country". (blah) "Deficit because of welfare spending". Is that the story they're going with? We have a deficit as well. Money is actually being spent on welfare here. But that isn't the only reason for the deficit.
Well, the conservative propaganda is that "spending needs to be controlled". By this, they mean spending on welfare, education, health care, programs supporting women and children. Not the military. The U.S. spends more money on the military than ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES ON EARTH COMBINED. This is why we're going to have to go to war with Iran pretty soon. I mean, we are ALWAYS at war in America. When was the last time we weren't at war? Can anyone remember? Anyway, the war with Iran should keep us busy until the 2020s, when we'll go to war with China or a re-emerging Russia. America is pretty much booked as far as killing people goes clear until the middle of the century.
sweeteliot replied to your post: I don't understand how Santorum is getting crap for paying higher...
O_o Where I live rich people pay 52% taxes..
Rich people in the U.S. never pay that high. Mitt Romney, who is hoping to run the country, made 27 million dollars last year and paid less than 14% in taxes. And we have a deficit because of welfare spending. Um, ok.
I don't understand how Santorum is getting crap for paying higher taxes than Romney? I mean, isn't paying taxes a good thing? Didn't Romney get crap for not paying high enough taxes? Sorry. Could you explain, please?
Santorum FAILS at being a white male millionaire (WMM). Paying a tax rate of 28%? Why, that's almost the legal rate for someone in his tax bracket. Republican indeed! He should be bound and gagged and paraded nude through Wall Street as a heretic.
Some thoughts on the Great Rebellion
I see feminism as a great rebellion going on within the human race. In the last 50 years, it has really come of age. Although on the surface it is about women's rights and gender equality, what it really demands is a radical change in thinking. Not everyone is capable of this leap of thought, especially some men, who view the demands and behavior of feminism as an attack on themselves as individuals.
People often mistake the behavior of others as judgment on themselves. It's quite common. Some people have responded this way to me telling them that I'm a vegetarian, as if my simply being a vegetarian is a judgment on them for still eating meat. For some reason, they feel threatened. People who don't drink will often get the same response from people who do drink.
This persecution complex, which is rooted in narcissism (viewing the behavior of other people as you-related), informs, in part, the ridiculous notions of "men's rights" and "misandry".
Some men look at the feminist movement and feel threatened. They interpret it as an attack, even though it's not. I would argue that feminism isn't even about men, really, but about human society as a whole. These men, feeling cornered—for no reason, I might add—then use the very methodology of feminism to root out imagined wrongs against men as a gender group. By doing so, they are hoping to change the topic, to alter the huge and very important conversation that feminism is having with the human race.
I'm not fooled by this ridiculous intellectual slight-of-hand. This is a group of very self-absorbed men who are convinced that feminism is about them. They throw tantrums and respond by saying "Oh, yeah? But what about…"
It's actually fucking pathetic if you think about it.
Embarrassed Santorum admits to paying twice the tax rate of...
Embarrassed Santorum admits to paying twice the tax rate of rival Romney
Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum attempted to draw a contrast between himself and Republican rival Mitt Romney when his campaign released four years of tax returns Wednesday night. The move appears to have backfired, however.
The documents show Santorum and his wife, Karen, earned more than $3.5 million from 2007 through 2010, but paid more than one-quarter of their earnings back in taxes. The most they paid in taxes was in 2010, when they earned $923,411 and paid an effective tax rate of over 28 percent.
Romney's 2010 tax returns show the former Massachusetts governor and wife Ann earned $27 million and paid a tax rate of just 13.9 percent.
"Santorum's ridiculous rate of 28 percent shows us a wealthy man incapable of manipulating a tax code designed by wealthy men to be manipulated by wealthy men," said a Romney campaign staffer. "Someone so unimaginative should never sit in the Oval Office."
Santorum says he is not proud of his tax rate, but thought it might help his campaign. "I was was wrong, clearly. Hopefully, this won't derail our recent momentum."
Originally, Santorum sought to use his tax information to play up the blue-collar background he pretends to have while on the campaign trail. Instead, he finds himself on the defensive.
"I don't understand what I did wrong," said Santorum. "I'm a white male millionaire just like everyone else, yet here I am paying taxes at the same rate as school teachers and factory workers. It's shameful and I do apologize."
Santorum added that he wasn't sure if he'd be able to show his face down at the golf course this Spring. "I'll probably get teased pretty bad by the other kids," he said. "Maybe I'll take up bowling. My handlers tell me that bowling is a blue-collar activity."
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February 16, 2012
"I don't understand decidedly miserable people.
My mom's friend has a husband who won't let her have sugar (what the fuck is that fuckery) and he lives a life of being miserable because his dad had a heart attack in like his 60s so therefore he has decided to lead a life of impending doom and gloom even though he is currently outliving his father. Um yeah, fuck you dude. Have fun with your miserable existence, way to make it count. Let's look for something to fuck up each day and surely we can find something. Tell ya what, let's get that heart attack happening now so your sweet wife can live a peaceful life and get some sugar in her motherfucking kitchen. Girlfriend deserves some cookies."
— paragraph from the cosmically awesome Bestgirlbetty. Here's the full post. I love this woman. You should follow her. For reals.
This one time, I was explaining thesis statements to a client...
And I was all, don't be shy! BE BOLD. CONTEND THINGS, AND CONTEND THEM STRONGLY.
She nodded thoughtfully, then said,
"So basically, when I state my thesis, I should be like"—she pounded her first on the table—"listen up bitches. This is how it is."
And now, every time I write a paper, I have to fight the impulse to preface my thesis statement with that line.
Don't fight it, plus add: ,god damn it.
February 15, 2012
Representin' SoDak.
Representin' SoDak.
