Pop Up Ads

What's up with all these irritating pop-up ads?! They're showing up on blogs, youtube, all over. And they pop-up RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. I feel like I'm a trapped wallet and all these grubby fingers are trying to force open my pockets so they can grab my folding money.

I didn't mind the side-bar ads. After all, they are what help to keep internet actives free.... but in MY FACE!! Its too much.

I feel like pretty soon all consumers will be gouged, skewered to the ground so they can't move and they will be actually forced to watch advertisements. Who am I kidding. We won't be forced to watch advertising. They just go straight to our money and forget about getting anything for it. After all, their CEOs need those million dollar bonuses. That's what capitalism is all about. Greed.

Clean Up on Isle Three

I gotta post something here so that those few poor folks who are innocently following this blog don't end up with cuss words on their sites.

Clean up.... clean up needed on Isle three, please.

Motherhood

I'm so sick of being a mother sometimes I just want to end it all. Talk about a shit ass "job"...... friggging ass so called men ought to be stuck with doing EVERYTHING a damn mother is expected to do. And once you are a mother YOU ARE NEVER DONE WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER EVER EVER EVER DONE WITH BEING A STINKING ASS MOTHER.

Mothers are responsible for EVERYTHING fucking thing and it never ends. NEVER.

Let some fucking ass man clean up vomit and diarrhea. Let some fucking ass man get blamed for some crazy-ass killer or some whiny ass baby at 52 yrs of age. But what am I saying? There are no frigging ass "men" in my world. There's only overgrown stupid ass babies with dicks. Spread the damn wealth. Men ought be stuck with mommy duty.

Get me outta here!!!

Just pondering

I wonder why women who have no fingernails to speak of still put fingernail polish on them. It seems to just be a distraction. At least to me. If you have "working fingernails" (that means SHORT SHORT nails that may or may not be bitten down) I don't think putting a flood light on them enhances anything.

Lighten up, fer gawd sake!

Is it just me or.....

I'm getting tired of looking at DARK pictures on blogs, especially photos of art work. Just one big block of DARKNESS. Doesn't it show up on their monitors as dark? Is it just mine? Don't the artists give a fig?

Lighten the photos just a little. What the hell good is posting art work if no one can see it? Or are you too special to bother with it. THINK!!!!! Think things through; put yourself in the other person's shoes. I don't care how good your art is, if I can't see it then its a bunch of crap to me. And everyone knows that my opinion is the only one that counts.

Don't count on your credit card!

Citibank (and others) are cancelling people's credit cards without letting them know ahead of time. Reportedly the cancellation came because of something on the people's credit report. No big balances.

(article can be found here... at least for a while.

In their greed the credit cards are cancelling accounts for those who pay on time and carry small, if any, balances. No balance, no interest collected. No balance, no HUGE late fees. And without interest and fees, how will they be able to pay their CEO 30 million dollars in bonuses. Life is so hard sometimes.

I hope it all backfires on them big time. Maybe credit will become a thing of the past and we'll be paying in cash. How refreshing that will be.... if you have any cash on hand.

Can't keep it zipped up

So... Letterman is the latest to have his various affairs with staff members made public. Someone tried to exhort $2 million but the only thing it got them was arrested.

It comes as no surprise to me and I suspect its no surprise to anyone else either. I'm just not sure which is more powerful in a man's life... sex or money.

Watching Letterman come on to females on his shows was ... was typical I guess. And embarrassing to watch. Each time I noticed it I wondered how it made his wife feel. But after a 20+ yr relationship, no doubt she's use to it. I think they married only to make their child legit in legal matters. They could have a good relationship going for all I know. And by 'good relationship' I mean she knows he screws around and has come to terms with it. But now that its public knowledge it might change things. She'll have excellent terms to take him to the cleaners. Maybe he'll have to give up a few of his silk suits.

Its just a ho-hum piece of news.

People SUCK!

Humans are the biggest freaking mistake the Universe ever made!!

Sadness

Its sad. I'm sad. I'm sad that so many people swallow the scam(s).

I don't get it. How did it become a major scandal for a President to speak to students to encourage them to stay in school and to apply themselves? I just don't get it.

I'm really sad when I notice that someone I know is up in arms over it. So be it. Its not any of my business or concern, but that doesn't preclude a feeling of sadness on my part.

Its hard to keep hope alive.

Whitney

This isn't really a rant. Just more of an opinion piece because I'm voicing yet another uninformed opinion.

So... Whitney Houston is finally doing a come back. I don't think anyone can deny her talent, her ability to belt out a song with voice discipline. At least she use to be able to do it. I've heard her range is not as good as it use to be, but those of us who can't sing probably won't even notice it. I do wish her well and hope things turn out for her. But.....

I use to admire her a lot. I gave her qualities that apparently she didn't possess. She must have had a great PR person behind her. I had trouble understanding what Bobby Brown meant when he said Whitney was more ghetto than he was, until I saw that infamous interview where she says "crack is whack" and she is trying to convince people she's not strung out. It didn't work. There was the ghetto bitch Bobby was talking about.

After that interview I felt I had a better understanding of why she was even with Bobby Brown. With Bobby, she could be herself.

She's got a lot of people supporting her comeback and I hope she does well, too. But she'll never be the same Whitney. Doesn't mean that's bad. Doesn't mean that's good. It just is.

Medicare is Driving Up the Cost of Health Care

That's what a local doctor said in a meeting... that medicare was what was driving up the cost of health care. WTF?!?

The news story didn't include an explanation of how medicare was increasing costs, but the only thing I could think of was that medicare payments are lower than insurance payments. Perhaps that means the doctors have to charge other patients more. You know... so that the good doctor can buy his third vacation home in Italy.

I don't know, but I ain't buying that bridge.

Maybe its because too many people on medicare seek health care. And that means they live longer, which in turn means more doctor visits, etc. As far as I can tell, the good doctor didn't mention anything about medicare fraud. But I don't see how that could affect actual costs of treatment. Or maybe it just means the good doctor is a republican. One of those pillars of moral decency. A religious republican living in a capitalist country.

But you know what the most scariest part is.... that no matter what the profession, it doesn't automatically mean there's any intelligence. Or common sense.

Oh... maybe the good doctor has stock in insurance and/or drug companies. We all know how honest they are. Can you say AIG? Can you drool over a $30 million dollar bonus? That's what is driving up the cost of health care.

Swine Flu Outbreak?!

WTF?! The media is reporting that up to 40% of the work force could be out sick and we must take measures to be sure business continues as usual.

Again...WTF?! Damn it, I'm still waiting for the bird flu outbreak!! Remember that one? The one that was going to have a major impact on business because everyone was going to be out sick.... I'm still waiting on that sucker. Now you're trying to scare us again with this crap!! Bullshit, I say. Complete bullshit.

"Get those people lined up for flu shots. There's BIG BUCKs in this line of work. George, hype up the report you give to the news people. Gotta get people scared for this to work."

I've also heard little grumblings about that new shot to "help" prevent cervical cancer... negative results are showing up. (00) Does my surprised look seem real? I'm getting to be a better actor.

Where Were They?

All the angry protestors speaking out about mandatory health care coverage... where were they when Bush was talking about invading Iraq? Where were they when the United States was on the verge of declaring war on another country? Oh sure, we had some protestors, but where were the huge, outspoken, angry mobs of people? Where were the voices saying "Not my son" or "Not my daughter?"

Perhaps they were inside counting their money.

Its interesting to watch how people react to different things. Personally, I think folks are being manipulated by the health care industry, but that's just my opinion. There's big bucks in those pills.

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Pick those suckers up and hurl them back as hard as you can...

Warning... uninformed opinion coming (w/ps)

When arrogance meets arrogance there's bound to be some dust flying.

The subject: Henry Gates' arrest in Cambridge.

First, I don't know diddly about what really went on there, although I have read the initial police report. I think only those who witnessed it know what really happened... but that's not going to keep me from talking about it.

To refresh your memory, Henry Gates is a Harvard professor and is very well known in most circles. You may have seen him on public tv or Oprah. He was arrested for disorderly conduct when police responded to a buglary-in-process call at his home.

It sounds like Gates was already pissed off about something and the arriving cop just gave him a target. I think he should have been thanking the officer for coming to make sure no one was breaking into his home, but instead he started raving about racial shit. He had just come back from a trip and was probably tired and irritated that his front door wouldn't open. And besides.... he's Mr. Gates, prominent professor. Everyone should know who he is by sight.

Then on the other hand there's a police officer who, as we all know, rule the streets and are mini gods. There are good and competent police officers but I think there are more of the jerk kind who let their uniform go to their heads.

Why did Gates not thank the cop for coming to check on things? Why did Gates not show his identification in the first place? I would want a cop to verify that I was the resident and not just take my word for it. Now in fairness, Gates did show his ID but not when first asked. Maybe Gates was itching for a fight... maybe his ego needed stroking. Who knows.

I think Gates acted inappropriately, especially for a Harvard professor and "pillar of the community", not that the officer didn't contribute to the situation as well. But it sounds like Gates went off the minute he saw the uniform.

If Gates is as smart as he's suppose to be, he'll let this thing fade away. If he doesn't then I guess you don't have to have common sense to be a Harvard professor.

PS, I wonder if Mr. Gates is diabetic. If his blood sugar was low, that would explain the reaction.

Its an Old Rant

I've been search for a place I could give feedback to the Federal government about digital tv.... and I can't find anywhere. I can find how to complain about the equipment, but I wanted to add my voice to others about having to switch period. This certainly has done nothing to improve how I feel about the federal government. They screw us as much, if not more, than all the crooked businesses and scammers out there.

okay. Calm down. The only choice I have is to stop watching tv altogether...which wouldn't be a bad idea even without the digital bs. So all you advertisers out there paying big bucks to bombard us with ads, you've lost another potential customer. I refuse to sign up for cable. That's a whole other source of screwing.

sigh. I'm glad I at least had this place to vent. I'll be listening to public radio. Speaking of public radio/television, have you noticed ads are starting to appear on public tv. They probably aren't called ads, but that's what they are. Perhaps the businesses were given the chance to put their own words on air because they contributed to public broadcasting. And it looks like they are taking good advantage of it.

No matter. This will be good practice for when I go live in a cave somewhere.

What a Rip-Off!

I found myself wondering why Burris would want the Ill. senator seat after so much BS around it... after all, he's in his 70s, why take all this crap on? I was reminded why. Because once a senator, you pull down a senator's salary for the rest of your life. Sweet momma daffodil!!

And these are the butts that want to "fix" social security. These are the butts that vote to decrease medicare payments so fewer and fewer doctors/clinics accept medicare patients.

Once a senator's term has ended.... STOP HIS FREAKING PAYCHECK. Gawd, can we get some common sense in here, people?? Let him retire on social security and whatever retirement benefits he has mustered up just like the rest of us do. How did it come to pass that the senators determine what they will get?

Only a fool would hire a fox to guard the hen house. Hello my fellow fool!!

Swell

I can't swear to it, but it seems like even misty rain might interfer with a digital signal. The adventure continues.

"Ease on down,
Ease on down the roooad... "

Having a very irritating day

I'm so tired of junk mail. And what's up with Comcast. What a waste of money, which is actually their customers' money from being overcharged for service. I get fliers in the mail a couple of times a week from them and its beginning to be a very very irritating matter to me. Whoever approved of this junk mail blitz needs to be fired. IT AIN'T WORKIN'. DUH!! STOP WASTING ALL THOSE TREES!!

And automated calls from collectors. I've been getting them a couple of times a week. The recording is mumbled and I couldn't get the businesses name, but they apparently wanted me to return their call to talk about my debt. I don't owe anything but this just hit me at the wrong time...right after I got comcast's junk mail AGAIN. I called the number they left and let them know how I felt about their robot calls. Lakisha Johnson, whoever you are...I DON'T APPRECIATE YOU USING MY PHONE NUMBER! That's the downside of having a simple phone number. Simple people make up phone numbers and they use simple number combinations. They're called Simpletons for a reason, I guess.

I didn't get enough sleep and its showing.

Just before I got the robot call, I got a call from someone who mumbled her memorized speal. She, too, was calling for someone else, but I couldn't understand the name. (Don't we teach kids how to pronunicate anymore?) It could have been the same company. I don't expect to receive calls from them again.

Some days it feels like everyone is out to suck the last blood out of ya. One big money hungry monster leech.

Oh, and did I mention how much digital tv sucks?

Digital Crap again

What a bunch of crap digital tv is... I open the door and the signal gets lost. I open a window and the signal gets lost. I sit on the couch not moving and the signal gets lost. Or maybe its because the neighbor upstairs moved the wrong way. But what a bunch of crap.

And lets talk sound here, okay? First of all.... what sound!? I have to have the volume turned all the way up to simply hear it in a normal volume. But oh wait... the best is yet to come. When the commercials come on their volume is at full strength. Talk about jarring!!!

And the beeping to let me no there's no signal being received, like I wouldn't know that without the beeping. The beeping on speed.

Is this a conspiracy to get everyone buying cable or satellite service? Who gets the money with this change? I want to follow the money to see who's responsible. Like I could do anything about it.

Republican Scandals

What's up with the Republican party? The party that has all those deeply held convictions about moral issues. So many Republican "scandals" coming out. Right now I'm speaking of the S.C. governor running off for a week to be with his mistress.

This kind of activity is certainly not limited to Republicans. Its a human issue and not a political one... its just that as a general rule, Republicans seem to have a tendency to stand with their noses in the air proclaiming their moral strength and condemning others and all the while they're sneaking in back doors and playing in the dark.

Not to worry. I'm sure there's a Democrat scandal somewhere waiting to be discovered. Its just that the democrates don't seem to be quite as self-rightous.

Hogging all the space

This rant is about expertvillage. #)($*&_#)($&(&$#)(@&#$)*(&%#*&%_(#&$)(#&$

It may be a very helpful site but I refuse to go directly there. Where I and expertvillage collide is on youtube. I have just gone through 4 screens trying to find some good videos on watercolor painting. AND ALL THERE IS ARE SHORT VIDEOS UPLOADED BY EXPERTVILLAGE. If you can't make a damn video longer than a minute and a half, then TAKE SOME DAMN VIDEO LESSONS.

Have you tried to learn something when its cut up into 1 minute segments? It sucks. Their damn short videos suck up all the space!!!!!!!

So Far.... Digital TV SUCKS!!!

It doesn't suck as much as a toothache or an infected sore, but it still sucks. Enough to make me mumble under my breath!

I can't get in about 7 channels. Fortunately, most are programs I would not watch anyway and one that I don't understand... but there are more than a couple that I want to be able to watch.

As my life experiences have increased over the years, so has my level of cynicism. Now I wonder if its really "for our benefit" or just another way of getting more money. And just what we need is another contraption that sucks up electricity 24/7. I don't know about others, but my converter box keeps a light on all the time. Either yellow or green. You know, so I can tell whether its in active mode or not 'cause I'm too stupid to figure it out myself.

One thing it does provide, however, is additional channels so we can be overwhelmed by commercials! Mumble mumble mumble.!

Biological Weapons

I just got finished watching the history of biological weapons... their development, etc. Ohmygawd. I don't need to go into details. I think anyone of a certain age, thus an amount of personal experience, knows governments are not above doing in their own citizens in the name of "good", be it good for the country or good for mankind. (no, I did not vomit as I keyed that in, but I did feel a little sick.)

As I watched how 'testing' was done on animals and uninformed people the term mad cow disease jumped into my thoughts. I wonder if mad-cow disease has any link with these kind of biological origins.

awwww... They got their little feelers hurt, poor babies.

The white political males have apparently been offended by Sonia Sotomayor's (Supreme Court contender) comments that she thinks a Latina woman could make better judgments than a white man. And that's all they could come up with to counter Obama's nominee?!? I think that it, in and of itself, is proof of their so called ability to make good decisions. BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA What a friggin' joke.

I also find myself wondering what the "regular" republicans (the common man, if you will) think about Russ Limbaugh being touted as the spokesperson for the party. Russ and Newt. I could be totally out in left field, but I'm thinking they are embarrassed. On the other hand, maybe not... which is scary.

And speaking of frauds, have you seen ads with Rick Scott who is against single-payer health insurance? His background is very interesting. I heard he headed one of those insurance companies but he had to step down because the company was caught defrauding the government/medicare. Of course he doesn't want a single-payer insurance. BTW, word has it that when he "stepped down" he left with $10 million dollars and $300 million in stocks. Now that punishment should certainly teach him and others a lesson. The lesson that crime doesn't pay.

What a screwed up world we have created. Will we survive it?

And the fairy princess shook her magic wand and goodness fell throughout the land

"Its for your own good." Whenever you hear this just know you are about to be screwed. Screwed without even a kiss.

I hear it most from government, but that's only because I don't much trust the revenuers so I keep my ears open. You know, just to confirm it. "See! I told you so.... see how they said this, but its really that!!!"

Additional federal tax on cigarettes go into effect today. (The state will also be increasing their tax cut, too.) Its the largest tax increase ever put on tobacco products at one time. This rant isn't so much about the tax itself, but the lies used to present it to the public... although something might slip through here and there.

I've had a long period of time to adjust to this tax. Its been talked about for several months and over this period of time I have been able, when I focus, to accept the fact that I must help the children of the state have health insurance coverage. The government certainly isn't serious about it. If they were serious about it, they would fund it through stable means and not through something as variable as how many people smoke.

The real point of the spear is that 'they' say the purpose of the tax is to encourage people to stop smoking...then won't the world be a healthy place. Bullshit. The purpose of the tax is to get the government some money. Just tell it like it is and stop bullshitting people.

(She stops to wonder for a moment... )

Who am I kidding. You can't be completely truthful to the general public. They freak out too easily.

Someone in our state government got chewed out really good one year because her budget for the children's health insurance coverage wasn't met. Too many people stopped smoking so the tax revenue declined. They had to cut coverage to lots of kids and restrict coverage on procedures. (What good is health insurance coverage if it doesn't cover anything? In name only, I guess. Looks good on the governor's resume.) This whole process seems to have been created to fail.

If the government was really serious about raising some revenue, it would legalize weed the same way they do alcohol. Now there's a revenue stream! It would also reduce spending and increase jail space, etc.

It would be interesting to find out whether or not the entire tobacco tax goes to health coverage for children. Well, I'm going to go have a puff or two on a cigarette. With each puff I'm going to tell myself that I just paid for one two year old to get an innoculation and I will smile. Okay... maybe I'll have to smoke several cigarettes to cover it. The doctor needs a new car.

Martha Martha Martha

I applaud her for trying to be natural and friendly, after all, it boosts business. But ohmygawd SHUT UP and let your guests finish a sentence, why doncha? She's so rude.

And it really makes me feel so good that she was able to fly to some exotic island and spend the weekend.... "and if you ever get a chance you simply must go there." Yesterday she had some highend furniture guy on her show. The chandelier he brought was only $36,000. Houses use to sell for that 20 yrs ago. And the name dropping. oh puleeese!

And she knows everything. A woman had brought some exotic birds on her show and was sharing info about them. She told Martha it was not a good idea to pet this one bird. What did Martha do? She continued petting the damn bird. I bet the bird lady was sweating bullets hoping the bird didn't peck Martha's eye out.

One good thing about it is that she's keeping a few folks employed. I'm talking about her personal employees on her "farm".

Whadda ya think... would Martha's story make a great inspiration movie? Caught in a lie because she got some insider information and she tried to dump her stock before the price dove. Spent time in jail and came back to probably double her net worth. How great is that. And where does she find to the time to do everything. Blog, write a book, so out promoting her businesses, entertaining, commuting... everything. She must be supply GOBs of people jobs.

I'm glad for Martha deep down. I guess its more a case of "I can't relate."

Hmmm.. I have 2 followers on this blog!

That surprised me a little. Followers of my rants. All I can say is.... "readers! I have readers!!" Just kidding. I just want to say this is where I let crap hang out so if you want to live a positive life, I'm not so sure you should follow this particular blog. But you're more than welcome to, if you want.

And I have a little rant or two today.... or maybe they qualify as comments. I'm not sure.

That CEO who apologized for redecorating his office for over a million bucks and said he should have paid for it himself. He is so far removed from the little guys he doesn't have a clue. Can you imagine how some unemployed homeless people might feel when hearing that. When hearing he should have taken his own 1.2 million dollars and paid for the redecoration... and they've been paying 21-25% interest on citibanks credit cards so that the CEO could get millionS as a bonus. Hearing crap like that when needing a bailout to stay in business so that he can redecorate again in a couple of years.

I caught just a few minutes of Charlie Rose interviewing former president Jimmy Carter. We had similar opinions. He also thinks Bush will go down as the worse president ever (at least in foreign affairs) and he is very glad Obama is president. (Carter is just too nice to be in politics.) He didn't think there should be any criminal actions taken against the Bush administration... but I'm not so sure. Who knows what deeds lay hidden in the back of the files.

Carter also didn't believe Reagan deserves the title of outstanding president, as some claim him to be.... that he didn't do anything outstanding as president. I agree. I couldn't figure out why people heralded (?ed) him to be so great. He started the economic downfall. This doesn't mean he didn't do okay for an actor, but outstanding? I don't see it.

And former governor Blogojevich.... What a classic example of how men use denial to try to get out of being caught red handed. Its classic. Just keep denying it no matter that the police caught you with stolen goods or drugs in your pocket. Just keep denying it when your wife walks in to see you naked in the bed with another woman. "Its not what you think!" BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHA. I wonder how his arrogance will fair when the criminal investigation becomes a trial. Of course, it all depends upon who's on the jury, will they take a bribe, or can he use his boyish charms to get out of this one. I mean who knows what will happen. OJ Simpson showed what can happen with a jury.

They say if you're innocent, request a trial by judge. If you're guilty go with a jury.

Madoff

The old saying is still true and functioning. The rich get off and the poor get justice. Madoff is still allowed to be free on bail.

The judge, who remained nameless (how convenient), said the prosecution did not prove Madoff was a flight risk. How about the fact that Madoff clearly ignored the court's order to not do anything with his assets. (he mailed jewelry to friends and relatives. he almost got checks mailed out to others so there would be nothing to give the investors.) Ignoring a court order? What do you think would happen to you, if you did that? What does that say about the court orders? If you're wealthy, don't pay it any mind. Just do whatever you want to.... its your right because you have millions of dollars.

Sure... let him have more time to move as much of his assets out of reach that he can. After all, the stupid investors apparently deserved to be taken for a ride. And what a ride it was. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

What the hell is wrong with this world??!!

art paintings

How is it when I use "painting art" or "art painting" on youtube I get up a bunch of XXXXXXXXXXX porn videos. How does one get from painting and art to freaking ass porn??? I get so sick of that sleazy slime. Oh... but lets make sure Joe can still get it up after watching 24 hr porn. Lets create medication to help him get it up. I'M SICK OF PORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cram it in there!!

Just my preference... but I gotta say I'm getting so freaking tired of waiting two frigging minutes to load a page that has been crammed full of everything under the sun. Huge pictures, stupid and irritating "snow", stupid music that sucks up all available space. I'm not going to those sites any more. Go ahead. Cram your site full of every possible 'trick', after all, its your site. But soon no one will be visiting it. Its just to bloody CUTE!!!