YOUR ALL STUPID!
Ok - it's been a while since I've really lost it - but all the BS in Iraq has finally gotten me to boil over. If you are a bleeding heart liberal, best you leave now. I'm sooooooooooooooo sick of all the crap that they continue to spew. In the following I will debunk all the "theories" being bandied about and hopefully return some sense of logic to these assinine arguments.
ARGUMENT 1 - Iraq did not provoke us - we should not be there
This is by far the stupidist thing I have heard to date. Below you will find a list of terrorist attacks we have sustained since 1983 - ALL WITHOUT ANY MILITARY ACTION!!
1983 - American Embassy in Kuwait bombed: 6 dead, 80 injured
1984 - American Embassy annex in Beirut bombed: 24 dead (2 americans)
1985 - Hijacking of cruise ship Achille Lauro: 1 killed
1988 - Pam Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie Scotland: 259 dead
1993 - World Trade Center, New York: 6 dead, 1,040 injured
1996 - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Marine Barracks): 19 dead, hundreds injred
1998 - 2 US Embassies in Kenya & Tanzania bombed: 224 killed, 4,500 injured
2000 - USS Cole bombed: 17 dead
2001 - World Trade Center Bombed: over 5,000 dead or missing
Need I go any further?? We have been atttacked repeatedly by terrorists since 1970, with little or no military action. Many middle east countries have harbored and supported these activities. One of their biggest supporters has been Iraq. Have WE been provoked?? How many more innocent Americans must die before you get the point??
ARGUMENT 2: THIS IS ALL ABOUT OIL
WRONG - again. If it was about oil, then why the hell did we give up the Saudi's oil fields the first time during the Gulf War?? If we really wanted those oil fields we could have taken them at any time and NOT given them back. This is another stupid argument that has no logic or evidence to back it up.
ARGUMENT 3: Where are all the weapons of mass destruction?
This was just ONE reason we went over to Iraq. If you were Saddam, you would have these hidden and or loaded up on mobile carriers to transport them to any given spot on a moments notice. It will take a while - but we will find them.
ARGUMENT 4 - this was a personal vandetta to be settled by Bush Jr.!
Perhaps I would pose this question to you. Iraq WAS run by Isamlic extremists (before we smoked the Taliban and put Al-Qaeda on their fricking heels). They don't like us very much (see above terrorist attacks since 1970's as proof). Now these crazy bastards have fucking nuclear weapons (yeah plural). Where o where do you think they will lob them?? Using some common sense - I would say there would be a DECENT chance one might land here. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT CHANCE?? I don't think so and I don't think the millions of other Americans do either.
So to all you bleeding heart librals left over from the Viet Nam era - give it a rest. Your only doing your fellow Americans more harm than good. The servicemen and women over in Iraq are laying down their lives so that you may continue to speak your mind. They guard your freedom every night and every day. You all seem to take your freedom for granted. Know that we live in the most tolerable, accepting country in the world. When others threaten that - we must take up arms. What would the founding fathers say of your remarks?? They defended our country with their blood - so that we may live in peace. THINK before you speak. Remember your history and those that have given thier lives so that we may have a better place to give our children. If THAT does not move you - I would direct to US Army center of military history. Just read some of the stories - if you don't feel like a total coward, like what your are doing is damaging in any way. Then you have no patriotism, no honor, and no morals.
Here's the link for those who died so you could live in FREEDOM:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm
Enjoy the weekend - and remember:
WE NEVER FORGET - NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND
LATE
"WHATEVERS BARNEY"
What a cool day. I finally got my cd player in my car!! Now I'm looking for some speakers and I'll have to install my amp as well. I was listening to the Manchester United darby on the internet (which is totally cool - come to think of it.). They were up 1-0 when the MU.TV servers went down - oh well, I hope they hung on. . .
Today's Observation
Is it just me or are people becoming more and more reliant on other's and technology in general? Since I was always brought up to try and figure something out BEFORE I go asking anybody else, this troubles me. I figure you learn more by doing it yourself and in turn get confidence that you can do more in the future.
I run into people everyday that just assume that something is totally out of their reach. So they call me up and I in turn walk them through it. So what am I rewarded with them wasting my time with mindless tasks? "Cool, now I can call you WHENEVER I have a problem!!" Gee thanks people. The conversation usually goes something like this:
CUST: "I dont know how to store numbers in my phone."
ME: "Have you tried reading the manual?"
CUST: "Nope - I threw it out with the box."
ME: "You try finding any info out on the internet?"
CUST: "Nope - I just figured you could tell me how to do it."
ME: (thinking to myself) - yeah sure buddy - WHATEVERS!
Anyways - all is good with me - I went biking last night at Lebanon Hills. It was quiet and I ran the trail in 23 minutes. My friend Bad Andy did in 18 min, so I figure I can improve my climbing skills and I think I can tie that time. I'll keep working at it. My cardiovascular strength is coming back and I've already lost a few pounds (I want to loose a total of 5 lbs) and am feeling my legs returning. Jeeps, last time I rode Lebanon it was a disaster! My legs felt heavy, I had no cardio and I felt like I was dying every turn of the pedals. So things are turning around.
My friend Pat is doing better. He was in Fargo for his brother's wedding and just went into for a biopsy to see how his blood level are doing. He said he will know by Friday. I pray for him every night (along with the usual suspects) and hope that he gets better!
Work is continuing to go well. Rick just siged this HUGE deal with DishTV to do all of thier installations. So far, we've been doing 6-8 installs for them a day. The guy at DISH said once this ramps up - we'll be doing 15-20 installs a day!! The wireless side is going steady too. Verizon just launched its push-to-talk service. We have four phones but have yet to light them up to see how it actually works. When I get the skinny and a decent field test - I'll post it here!
Anyways - thats all I got. . . . .and I got to go help Johnny get on the internet (new NIC in his puter!).
Till tomorrow
LATE
IT HAS YOU. . .
Finally got to see the "Animatrix" DVD last night. WOW what a mind bender. . . if you have a chance to go see this - I would HIGHLY recommend it.
The last few days I have attempted to stop and smell the proverbial flowers. The book I have referred to earlier is playing on my brain again. Seeing as how I had approximately two years of my life ripped from my memory - those being my final two years of college life, I will always wonder what would have been different. What could have been, where would I be now. It keeps me awake (for instance, the last two nights) and constantly thinking that I have missed my whole life, never appreciating much that has come by my good luck. My son has changed my life dramatically. Although I was never ready for it, he has had a profound effect on my life. Something that, if his mother has her way, will never know.
So more dribble about the menaing of life - huh?? Oh well, it has consumed me for the past few days and I have thus been unable to shake it. What eats at me even more is what I would like to do with my life (even now,a s I enter my mid 30's). I have so much creativity bottled up, I dont know where to store it anymore. I LOVE photography, I love digital art, I love trance music. Anything that can set my soul free from these human restraints is what drives me.
What is out there? What have I missed? I feel like I have been sprinting for so many years, now I stop on this deserted road, turn around and everything I knew has lost its meaning. Where to go, what to do?
More Dribble
These days they linger
only in memory
light into darkness
darkness into light
what changes?
what remains,
pictures, memories?
one shot
one life
one soul
he waits for no one
but my time is short
I will stop
and let it engulf me
forever more
this words spill out
of my soul
the time is late now
and I must press on
LATE
THE MEANING OF LIFE
Funny, it FINALLY rained today. How fitting. What a day I had yesterday. My gif's brother's son appendix burst and he was taken to the hospital. Apparently it burst a while ago and by the time they got to the hospital, there were infections all over his colon. The doctor said they will probably have to remove most of his colon to avoid the infection spreading. He's only 19 - terrible, just terrible.
Other than that - work has been unbearable and slow. The heat has made people very tense. Although my boss keeps our office at a cool 70 degrees all day long.
So I'm reading a book entitled "The Class" by Eric Segal. The book details five guys who end up at harvard and their various experiences and where they end up after their education. After reading some it - I came to the conclusion that the meaning of life is the relationships we make our entire life. the cultivation and keeping up of those relationships makes us who we are. All of our lives this is the pattern. We go to junior high and high school, we play sports, we have our "clicks" and people we hang out with. Then after making all of these important relationships - everybody goes off to college. People move away, go off to different parts of the country to pursue their academic dreams and look forward to joining "the real world" soon after. Fast forward 5 maybe 6 years of college. After culiminating another 4-7 years of relationships, everybody moves on. People graduate, start families, join the workforce, have kids, move to different areas of the country for work or grad school. So what are we left with after all of these life long experiences? Our friends. The people that have stay together through all these changes.
Once your done with college, you just don't make friends as often as you used to do. Add in the mix that the midwest is VERY closed and people run in VERY tight knit circles - it's hard to meet new people. You work, you play, you go home. What else is there? When you die - you take nothing with you, but you leave all those memories, the people that you have touched during your life are there to make sure your not forgotten. Dante, in his Divine Comedy related that those souls lost in Purgatory can only move on to Paradiso only after people have prayed for them. Without your friends, this would not be possible - theoritically speaking. So it is possible that EVERYBODY will leave their mark during their life - but it's those friends that make it all possible.
Anyways, it was a short moment of clarity that needed to be shared. . .
LATERS HOWLIES
THE DAY AFTER IT ALL WENT DOWN
Alright - so it was a crazy weekend. I had my birthday (woot woot) and everything actually came off without a hitch. No drunk fests, just something simple and quiet. I did have to work on Sunday at ERIKS - but that's cool. I got enough sleep and was actually selling well - despite the heat. . .
Probably the thing that really crushed me was the fact that my son called but never wished me a happy birthday. I KNOW his mother knows when my birthday is - but obviously doesn't care that much anymore. I went out of my way to make sure he called her to wish her a happy birthday and I get this in return - THANKS, BUT NO THANKS. I must move on - otherwise I will end up with some kind of manifesto on why this women just doesn't get it - and drives me crazy in the process. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I guess we'll move along with some more thoughts. .
So other than that - my life is well. I currently have two jobs, which is more than I can say for most of my friends. I just had my best friend RETIRE from his financial advisor job. He didnt quit - he RETIRED. That means he losses all of his customers and walks away from his 10 year career. I'm worried about the guy. He is depressed and its obvious. I wish I could help him - but everything sucks in his life right now. I have tried to take his mind off of everything, but I'm doing so a great job.
My other friend has Leukemia and is doing awesome. We went to a Minnesota Thunder game (which was awesome, they won 2-1 in a thriller). It was great to catch up with all the hot gossip about my college friends. Since he was diagnosed - all of his different blood levels that they track are coming around - so now they are not sure if he really has the Leu or not. But seeing him in good spirits put me at ease.
Winter is coming and I cant wait - SNOWBOARDING is back!! I'm sooooooooooooooo amped!! Yeah, it's a few months off - and soccer is about to start up in full swing again as well. Lots going on, AND I can't wait to get my setup so I can go skateboarding again. The park they are building in Edina looks wayyyyyyyyy sick!!
So will I ever grow out of this stuff?? Prolly not. It's in my blood, in my soul. It's so hard these days just to eat healthy. Finding something your passionate about is always good. I don't think I'll ever loose my passion for this stuff.
Lastly, I got caught up in watching "making the band 2" with p-diddy on Sunday. What a joke these guys are. 8 people that cant get their shit together and they have EVERYTHING going for themselves. All they have to do is lay down 10 rap tracks and make an album. Artists everywhere must be laughing out loud about this group of "deliquents". They can't go more than about 20 minutes without some sort of disagreement and a fight. If I was P Diddy, I would have dropped them long ago. They're all lazy and I could find 8 HUNGRY people and have the album done in a week. These jokers have had over a month and DONT EVEN HAVE A SINGLE!!! I guess that's reality tv though huh? Even when you have the deck stacked in your favor - you cant do anything - what a mess. . . .
AIGHT - I'm done for now. Gotta go mix my Trance Addict vol 6 for my friends house warming party next weekend!
LATERS for NOW
LONG WEDNESDAY
Here's the links for tday: www.carnicom.com and http://www.rense.com/politics6/chemdatapage.html
Alright - conspiracy buffs, here's my two cents on something that is REAL and is easily verified. So this week has been hot and humid all week. "They" have stopped spraying, but as of yet - no rain. It's easy to understand several of the theories discussed in Clifford Carni's webpage. All of my friends and relatives have sore throats and a mysterious "flu" like symptoms. This seems to run rampant when spraying is heavy. During these times, I keep my ears open and hear many people complaining of sore throats and strange flu like symptoms that seem to never fully bloom into something serious - just symptoms that nag for days or sometimes weeks. Strange, very strange. Don't believe me, look at the pictures, then look up someday. These are not CON-trails either. Nor are they regularly forming cloud patterns. Keep informed, keep your eyes and ears open. . . .
On a lighter note. . .
Things right now for me are great. I have a girldfriend I love very much (yes the "M" word has surfaced recently), I have two - yes TWO jobs I love very much. I can't recall a day where I woke up and didn't want to go to work. I have a beautiful, intelligent son that is the love of my life. I think of him everyday and pray for him and his Mom. I'm in decent shape, and very comfortable with where my life is going. I guess it seems natural that I have come to find out that one of my best friends quit his job, quit golf (one of his beloved hobbies), and now is severly depressed. Talking to him was hard for me - seeing as how well everything is going for me. I felt bad - but understood that he is the only one who can help himself. Since he was a financial planner, I chalked it up as another casualty of the bad economy. Oh well, life goes on and so must I.
So keep an eye on the sky. . . .
LATERS
ONE DAY CLOSER
Yeah, my birthday is coming up here pretty soon. Yeah, I'm getting older - I just don't have that feeling that I WANT to celebrate my birthday anymore. I used to love going out with my friends in college, and getting all pissed. Then waking up and talking for a week about what a crazy time we had. Oh well, I guess when you get older - the body doesn't heal as fast and your maturity level should be such, that being hung over is not looked upon as a badge of honor anymore. So much for my youthful days!
So the TYPE O NEGATIVE concert was awesome. Pete was in an exceptional mood. He was cracking jokes all night long ("I want to thank everybody for coming out - I assume most of you just came from Church") that got raucus responses from the assembled crowd. Lacuna Coil opened from them. The more I see of them, the less impressed I am with their live show. They played almost all of their slow songs. They also played a song that is completely in Italian and then went right into another slow song?? Whatevers howlie!
Work is slow today - so I spent a lot time getting caught up on paperwork and my commission sheets. It's going to be a slow month, that's for sure. I almost always check out the onesidezero board as they are the coolest people. More like a big family than anything else. Great place to vent and get support and the people on that board know their music - which is what I like the best. If your looking for stuff that's about to break - check there first.
Okay - yesterday was a pretty tough day and I didn't get to drop some thoughts about Minnesota's last hockey icon. Herb Brooks died in a car crash on 8/10/03. When I heard the news, I felt like I got punched in the stomach. The guy has meant so much to hockey in Minnesota and hockey in general. Although he will be mostly remembered for his "Miracle on Ice" in 1980, it's his total committment to hockey that inspired me to play for as long as I did. The guy just had an amazing way to motivate people and get the best out of anybody. He will be dearly missed. God Bless Herbie and Godspeed old friend.
Aight - that's about all I gots for now, I'm going to drop some serious conspiracy theories tomorrow and must hello to my B O Y - CODY!!!
Laters for now howlies!!
KARL
THE FIRST DAY
Okay everybody here I am! This is my first entry - so I probably will not put too much down, so check back for more info more some killer links and some stories. Mannnnnnnnnnnnnn have I got some stories. My next entry will probably address my upcoming birthday, Manchester United loosing David Beckham and some interesting stories from the weekend.
AIGHT!
Later Howlies,
Karl
