Michael Kindt's Blog, page 463
October 17, 2011
evitravels replied to your post: Les! LES! Do you vote, Les?
Depending on your state, you might be...
Depending on your state, you might be able to get it off your record to regain some of your civil rights, like voting. Not sure I should be telling you this in light of who you say you would vote for though … :)
You understand I'm in character, right? :) In reality, I've never been convicted of a felony. Emphasis on the word 'convicted'.
goosethatsloose replied to your post: Are convicted felons/prisoners allowed to vote in the...
goosethatsloose replied to your post: Are convicted felons/prisoners allowed to vote in the States? This has been something I've wondered for a while now, just not deeply enough to google it. Would you happen to know?
Actually it depends on the state. Check this out: felonvoting.procon.org/…
Les! LES! Do you vote, Les?
Well, back in my 20s I got busted for some pot. It was a quarter pound which made it a felony, so no. I'm not allowed to vote. Plus, I had to do 90 days in jail…actually a year, but the rest was suspended. If I did vote, I'd vote for Michele. That bitch is smoking hot!
notwhatihadinmind replied to your post: Les, who does your hair? I aspire to copy you.
You're...
You're overpaying if you buy Suave for $2.99. Try White Rain.
I'll tell mom.
October 16, 2011
wearethe1percent:
I am Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast.
Despite...
I am Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast.
Despite running the company with the worst customer satisfaction record in the country, I took home $31 million dollars last year.
Since 1998 I've spent $10 million dollars on Congress to make sure I have absolutely no competition. How else could I keep those millions of enraged customers from getting a service they might actually like to pay for?
We are the 1%.
We Occupy your Government.
wearethe1percent:
I am William Swanson. CEO of Raytheon....
I am William Swanson. CEO of Raytheon.
Last year we made a cool $25.2 billion dollars profit mostly thanks to Government Defense contracts. That's 25 billion dollars that you didn't have to educate you kids, rebuild roads, or do anything else unimportant people do. While I made a comfortable 7 million last year I'm a little worried about the drawdown of American forces. I hear North Korea is wonderful this time of year…
We are the 1%
We Occupy your Government.
October 15, 2011
Occupy RC, SoDak
So the Occupy Everywhere thing has come to my city, which is very cool. I didn't even know. The local media here would never report anything like that. They barely report crime.
You see, this is a very beautiful part of the United States and tourism is a huge industry here. It may even be the biggest, bigger than logging. Consequently, everything is hunky dory around here in the media. That gunfight across town? You'll have to hear about it word-of-mouth because the paper is too busy reporting how fucking groovy everything is. You know how the economy is tanking worldwide? Not around here. Shit, last year 250 new jobs were created in the Black Hills area, three of which weren't even minimum wage.
Whoopie!
So no one knew there was going to be a protest today unless someone (who wasn't wearing a suit) came up to you and said, "Hey, there's going to be a protest in the Main Street Square."
Me, I saw it on a sign that was hanging between two "life coach" ads down at my local food co-op. (When it comes to my food, I'm a socialist).
OCCUPY RAPID CITY NOON SATURDAY, it told me, as I bought eggs that came out of real chickens who live near here and don't have cages and who are fed food and not chemicals, thus producing thick brown shells hiding orange yolks that have, weirdly enough, nutrition in them.
So I drove by the protest on my way home to make omelets. It was 12:30 and a day so gorgeous I thought just maybe there is a god who loves me.
There were about thirty of them, lining the narrow street that ran along the Main Street Square. They weren't in the square itself. One guy had a sign that said I WORK 2 HARD 2 BE POOR, which, I suppose, was entirely possible.
On the other side of the street and numbering about ten were counter-protesters holding up incorrect signs about how America is great. One woman held a giant WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? sign.
Fuck you, I thought, and flipped her off. She saw me because I was only three feet away and sitting at a red light. My window was down and I snarled at her. I can be extremely intimidating when I want to. It's one of my gifts and I use it often to terrify people who annoy me.
She lifted the sign higher, covering her face so she wouldn't have to see me.
What would Jesus do? Seriously? He'd get his long-haired, sandal-wearing, hippie ass across the street and join the real protest, that's what. Stupid bitch.
Can you believe this shit? October 15th my ass.
Can you believe this shit? October 15th my ass.
