You've Hurt My Feelings - To Death

Kids, this isn't going to be a long one.  I just need to get this off my chest.

I sincerely wish someone would slap the tar out of this self-righteous, the-rules-don't-apply-to-me tard of a nurse in New Jersey that threatened to sue because she was placed in Ebola quarantine.

Okay, now I will grant you that the woman was not symptomatic other than a fever AND I'll even go a step further and say that the hospital should have done better about her conditions, however, if you're going to work in a hot zone for the currently most deadly virus on the planet wouldn't you think it would stand to reason you should expect to not be turned loose immediately into one of the more populated areas in the world upon your return?  Hey, I'm all for doing your good deed honey, believe me I am, but how about doing the rest of us back here at home the same favor and not take a risk of being the reason DWB needs to send folks over here to help US out as well.

Personally I blame all of this on this country's careening spiral into an ultra-liberalized PC hell where everyone's feelings and sensibilities are more important than plain old common sense.

Hey, criticize me all you want but I think the woman is just out of her damn tree with self-entitlement.  At least I didn't espouse the idea that a caller to our local talk station did yesterday to treat the quarantine the way the mobs in Africa do:  stay in it or catch a round in the forehead, your choice! 

Either way you look at it...

Oh Crap, I Got Da 'Bola!

As I'm sitting here writing this post tonight, I am sick as a dog with some form of plague I caught from a co-worker.  Yes, I'm just as thrilled as humanly possible to be turned into a big pile of whiny goo by a virus.  Unfortunately, my ever-patient wife has to deal with the whiny part.  Pity her now for it really is that bad.  If you don't believe me, I'm pretty sure every important woman in my life from my mother forward has had to deal with me whining "I don't feel good" and making the pouty face from under a blanket.  God bless them all for not executing me on the spot and God bless my wife even more for loving me enough to moderately indulge her overgrown man-child of a spouse when he's pitiful.

Since I'm couch bound for a bit, my mind had the opportunity to roll over this whole Ebola situation.  I'm not going to bother rehashing the whole mess for you but I will say this: we as a country have handled this situation about as well as a compulsively masturbating monkey with access to a big tub of peanut butter.  Go on ahead and wrap your mind around that image for a second, then tell me I'm wrong.

Now granted we've, as a nation, pushed it together around the edges and are working to contain the risk.  I've been just as critical as everyone else has of the way the administration has hackneyed through this, but what irritates me even more is the way in which so many people are convinced this is the first stage of the zombie apocalypse.

Do I think we can screw this up and end up with a major problem on our hands?  Definitely. Remember that just about every movie you've ever seen about an outbreak / zombies has started out with some dude in a white coat stating that everything is under control!  Is it likely, no.  Do we need to calm the hell down a bit as a nation?  Absolutely.

Just to be safe though, I might recommend staying away from major cities, sharpening those katanas and machetes, and investing in that hi-capacity shotgun.  After all, I do not intend on gettin' my ass taken out by a zombie infected by some virus that looks like a flaccid penis.  

Seriously.

So until and unless it becomes apparent that we're all heading down Ebola Avenue, let's just take a deep breath of the uninfected for now air and settle down a bit.  

And with that, I'm going back to my Nyquil.  Later kids.

Reality Is Gonna Hurt, I'm Afraid

Kids, I'm going to try very hard not to make this more of a rant than it has to be.  Believe it or not what I have to say here today is not said to make some kind of political statement / rail against the libtard-in-chief, etc.

What I've got on my mind is there because of actual concern over a couple of issues that are probably not going to work out the way the people that are pushing so hard for them expect them to and it's going to be rough on a lot of folks if it goes down that way.

The first thing I want to discuss is this whole $15 an hour minimum wage push.  For those of you that listen to us weekly on The Y Factor on 107.1 The Talk Station here in Morehead on Thursday nights, you've no doubt heard my counterpart Riley Lewis and I rail back and forth against each other on this issue and its effects.  I'm not going to use this space right now to debate the issue but rather let's just make the assumption that it goes into effect immediately.  There are a number of people that feel that once this happens business owners are simply going to raise prices along with a minimal staff cut to compensate.  My concern over this issue is that this is not going to be the case.  I've talked to a number of small business owners over the course of the last several months in a variety of business sizes and fields and unilaterally their response to this has been the same: if it comes to a decision between my business remaining profitable and continuing to allow my family the lifestyle to which we're accustomed due to my hard work and keeping employees on, there won't be a question.  Simply put, despite what "statistics" say and how hard the word greed gets tossed around, business owners will make decisions based on financial realities when push comes to shove and that means cutting jobs instead of raising prices and angering customers.  The sad fact is that we can argue this in theory all day long but the actual reality of it, I'm afraid, is going to be a rash of instant unemployment that no one wants to talk about just before midterm elections.

Secondly, I want to talk about this notion of white privilege. 

Go ahead and call me a racist now if you'd like and get it out of the way.  

I'll wait... Better? Now then, moving on.

I'm fairly damn sick of people apologizing for being born white or thinking that being born white somehow gives them an unfair advantage. Maybe it used to but I just don't see it as the case.  Before you start waiving statistics at me and such, remember that I'm writing this as a measure of concern not to start a fight.  Personal experience has shown me that no matter what color your skin is, if you're a dipshit, you will live accordingly.  If you work hard and are willing to fight to get and keep what you have, you will do well regardless of what color your skin is, what's in between your legs, or who you like to rub privates together with.  Everything else is beginning to boil down to an excuse.  Sorry, but there it is.  And as for this notion that we're all supposed to be equal, well, I guess that's all well and good until finances come into play.  Folks, I hate to tell you but eventually the haves get tired of paying for the have-nots.  There is an end to the gravy train for those of you out there gnawing a government tit funded by my tax dollars because you're able to work but would rather stay home and watch Jerry.  Look at St. George's community outside of Baton Rouge.  They've filed paperwork to secede from the city to form their own entity because, according to their argument, they want control of their schools and resources.  Depending on the source you read, that area (which is predominantly white) accounts for between 60-70% of tax revenues for the city. Of course the whole cause is labelled racist - BUT - how long would you be willing to foot the bill and force your child(ren) to suffer substandard educational experiences and the like when you know better can be done? The sad part of this situation is that there are now "fair share" protests in the works when, statistically, only one side is paying the lion's share.  Folks I really hate to say this but the problem with pushing and stomping on the upper 1%, hell even the upper 10%, is that eventually some of them are going to decide to push back... and what's worse is that it is already happening!

And finally, continuing to offend probably everyone but still speaking my mind out of concern, is the whole issue with the Islamic faith in this country.  I KNOW IN MY HEART OF HEARTS THAT NOT EVERY MUSLIM IS A TERRORIST!  I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AMAZING PEOPLE IN THIS FAITH THAT LOVE THIS COUNTRY AS MUCH AS I DO.  Sadly I also took time to re-read the Koran recently, for my own education and to ward off a little ignorance.  Kids, I'm sorry to say that I still did not find a religion of peace contained within that book. It's just not there.  What I did find is a blueprint for a theocracy that would want me dead for being different and not believing as they do.  The sad situation here folks is that radical Islam is everywhere, not just on the news or overseas.  Sharia law is not compatible with Western life, it's just not, and if we don't stem this tide folks we're going to see blood. The tragic part of all of this is that there are a LOT of people on both sides that want to see that happen and that's just ludicrous. I have personally talked to people that want to see Islam "stand up and prove its might" in this country and believe that violence against those of us who don't believe is warranted.  They have every right to "believe" that, as we all have rights to all of our varied faiths, but when you're willing to take that right into action is where we have to draw a line kids. It's a rough world we live in people.  We have to stop sugar coating things and call them as they are. Terrorism should be called just that, not workplace violence.  Those that wish to aid terrorism should be prosecuted as such.  It is not, and I repeat, NOT racist or discriminatory to want to protect me and mine from a radical faith that wants me dead because I find Aloha Snackbar jokes funny.  Those that wish to ignore these things or call those of us who are concerned by them racists are, as much as I hate to say it, unfortunately in for a rude awakening one day.  Just ask the two Austria girls that ran off to join ISIS...

People we live in a different world now than we did twenty years ago.  I know I may lose a few of you as readers by expressing this stuff by you know what, it's a calculated risk.  Sometimes all it can take for someone to "wake up" a bit is to hear or read an idea.  More than anything else kids, I want you to think about these things and think about them critically.  Don't take a politicians' word for it, take your own word for it.  Remember, I didn't write this to start a fight.  I wrote this to share my concerns.

What Happened?

Kids, I've got a little something to share with you all this morning.

I've noticed something about myself lately and it is really bothering me.

As with everything else these days, apparently the best place to discuss anything is on the almighty Internet.

So here goes...

I HAVE BECOME AN ANGRY PERSON

AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

I didn't used to be this way.  

Even when I first started this blog and used to rant and rave about the things in this world that pissed me off regularly, I still wasn't angry by nature.

As with everything else that goes katywompus in my life, I've over-analyzed the hell out of this until I finally came to a conclusion.

I AM ANGRY DUE TO FRUSTRATION.

I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN ANYMORE.  THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR COUNTRY HAS CHANGED AWAY FROM ITS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.

AND IT'S ALL HAPPENING TO THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE.

I'm beginning to wonder what it's going to take to get some people in this world to wake up.

I'm also beginning to wonder if they even can anymore.

THE ONE THING I CAN TAKE COMFORT IN IS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE FEELING THIS WAY.  THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST AS SICK OF THE NEW STATUS QUO AS I AM.

Well dammit, at least there's something I can do about it...

It's time to take the gloves off and get serious again kids.

There are things that need to be said, both just because and for my own sanity.

It's time to get back to calling it as it is and not just saving it for the radio.

Welcome Back to The Cynical Sarcastic.

Let's get the conversation rolling again.

thecynicalsarcastic@gmail.com

It's 4pm on Friday... What'll We Do This Afternoon Pinky?

Our Fearless Leader, At Least in His Mind

For those of you that have been around awhile, you know I was very staunchly against our state's 2012 referendum to ban gay marriage.  I believed then, as I do now, that any person regardless of their particular orientation should have the right to legal marriage and the benefits accorded to such unions.

Late last Friday afternoon, October 10, 2014, a pet appointee judge of our Excuse-In-Chief declared that law unconstitutional and overturned it.

I got what I wanted, right?  

Why am I not all yippy-skippy up with people about this turn of events?

It's simple people.  Ol' Barry up in the White House and his libtard cronies are so bent on conforming this nation to their total view of the world that little old things such as laws don't matter to them!

We took a VOTE AS A STATE.  The PEOPLE spoke. Agree or not, it happened and it became law.  But that doesn't really matter to our elected officials apparently.  Even down to our state Attorney General who didn't even have the balls to stand up for what the people of his state voted for in the first place.  OUR GOVERNOR HAD TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO DO THE JOB OF OUR SORRY ASS A.G. 

I mean Jesus Fucking Christ people!  Hell the only reason this wasn't some unilateral Executive Order was that we're less than a month away from the midterm elections and the Democrats are trying to find a way to play maximum politics and quell the bleeding a bit. Not that it will work mind you - but they're going to play their games anyway.

Don't misunderstand me here kids, I'm not pissed that gay marriage is now legal.  I'm enraged about the audacity with which our votes were merely cast aside because they don't fit the current regime's agenda.

Hell if you aren't pissed about this, you're either not paying attention or don't care.  If you don't care, good on you.  I'm past that point and can't help but give a shit.  If you're not paying attention, well, I wonder if you also missed the other sneaky little erosion of your second amendment rights that happened in the last few weeks as well.  

You did notice that Obama managed to ban all importing of Russian made firearms as part of his Executive Order banning trade on certain items and from and financial transactions with Russia in the name of "sanctions."  Yep, kiss that new Saiga shotgun or AK you were thinking about buying one day goodbye.  Thank God for the Czech Republic and Turkey and their magical mystery clone machines.

But you already knew that happened, right?  

You were paying attention, right?

Wake up kids.  You've got less than 30 days to do your research and vote accordingly.  Unless of course you're content with the status quo in Washington, then by all means, return to your binge watching of Cake Boss reruns with my blessing.