Boycott Lush this holiday season
And Lush is anti-Israel, anti-zionist
They also champion illegal immigration.
Isn't it time we hate the Lushies?
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
A Prayer for Big Oil!
Thank you for the gift of heat
Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the fuel in my car
Thank you as I can drive quite far
to visit my family
to go to my work
that pays for my living
and that of each jerk
who lives off my taxes
and contributes naught
but list of demands
for which he pays squat!
Thanks for the goods that fill up each store
As they travel from Iowa or Singapore
Thanks for the ambulances, busses and planes
Thanks for the ships, the trucks and the trains
For each mode of travel we thank you Big Oil
for your sharp exploration and hours of toil.
You contribute to my life in so many ways
That I must sing your praises all of my days.
I must defend you from protestors in Zuccotti Park
Who should really just sit there and freeze in the dark
as they blame you and banking that finances our joys
to provide all the good things , like their I-phones and toys.
For oil does more than transport what we want, need and like
It's part of plastics, the chemicals and the fabrics of life
Just google "what is made from oil"
To appreciate the people who draw it from below the soil!
Thanks Big Oil!
And thanks to all the wonderful bankers who help finance what you do!
God Bless Capitalism and Industry!
Sadly someone like Dr. Seuss is not here to champion industries like oil and banking, so Max must sort of step in.
I was delighted to see that oil is part of so much of what we take for granted and how necessary it is. We really can't thank the oil companies enough when we consider that oil makes everything plastic possible (think bottle, artificial limbs, surgical supplies like heart valves, medications, fertilizers, bandages, perfumes, motorccle helmets and SO MUCH MORE!
Where is the sense in not feeling grateful for all this bounty and insisting that oil companies research and drill and prosper. We prosper with them NOT inspite of them. We profit from their successes and yes their profits.
And who helps arrange the financing for all this exploration research and industry that gives us so much and provides us with life sustaining work? Um, could it be banks? Why yes, I think it could be!
Our capitalist system has lengthened not only our days by providing light via electricity, but our very lives through technology. God bless Banks, Big Oil, Big Pharma, big Food and the big beautiful abundance we enjoy!
Shut up leftist loons, instead of watching idiots like Michael Moore, try doing a little research into why you have what you have. And help keep it going!
Thank you for the food we eat
Thank you for the fuel in my car
Thank you as I can drive quite far
to visit my family
to go to my work
that pays for my living
and that of each jerk
who lives off my taxes
and contributes naught
but list of demands
for which he pays squat!
Thanks for the goods that fill up each store
As they travel from Iowa or Singapore
Thanks for the ambulances, busses and planes
Thanks for the ships, the trucks and the trains
For each mode of travel we thank you Big Oil
for your sharp exploration and hours of toil.
You contribute to my life in so many ways
That I must sing your praises all of my days.
I must defend you from protestors in Zuccotti Park
Who should really just sit there and freeze in the dark
as they blame you and banking that finances our joys
to provide all the good things , like their I-phones and toys.
For oil does more than transport what we want, need and like
It's part of plastics, the chemicals and the fabrics of life
Just google "what is made from oil"
To appreciate the people who draw it from below the soil!
Thanks Big Oil!
And thanks to all the wonderful bankers who help finance what you do!
God Bless Capitalism and Industry!
Sadly someone like Dr. Seuss is not here to champion industries like oil and banking, so Max must sort of step in.
I was delighted to see that oil is part of so much of what we take for granted and how necessary it is. We really can't thank the oil companies enough when we consider that oil makes everything plastic possible (think bottle, artificial limbs, surgical supplies like heart valves, medications, fertilizers, bandages, perfumes, motorccle helmets and SO MUCH MORE!
Where is the sense in not feeling grateful for all this bounty and insisting that oil companies research and drill and prosper. We prosper with them NOT inspite of them. We profit from their successes and yes their profits.
And who helps arrange the financing for all this exploration research and industry that gives us so much and provides us with life sustaining work? Um, could it be banks? Why yes, I think it could be!
Our capitalist system has lengthened not only our days by providing light via electricity, but our very lives through technology. God bless Banks, Big Oil, Big Pharma, big Food and the big beautiful abundance we enjoy!
Shut up leftist loons, instead of watching idiots like Michael Moore, try doing a little research into why you have what you have. And help keep it going!
What's wrong with the Oil Companies?
Nothing that being able to drill here wouldn't cure.
But we subsidize Brazil (Soros has a stake in this)and we subsidize Solyndra (Obama bundlers)....yet, oil is evil.
Flapadoodle
Oil is good.
I thank Big Oil everytime I drive my car to work to make a living (to help subsidize parasites, so pray to big oil, parasites)or run errands or visit friends
I thank Big Oil that food can get to the grocery store and that I can have lettuce and tomatoes all year round
I thank Big Oil that my doctor can get to his office, that my kids can visit me, that products get to the stores, that garbage can go to the landfill.
I thank big oil that my house is warm and my lights are on.
Thanks Big Oil for everything you do.
Amen
But we subsidize Brazil (Soros has a stake in this)and we subsidize Solyndra (Obama bundlers)....yet, oil is evil.
Flapadoodle
Oil is good.
I thank Big Oil everytime I drive my car to work to make a living (to help subsidize parasites, so pray to big oil, parasites)or run errands or visit friends
I thank Big Oil that food can get to the grocery store and that I can have lettuce and tomatoes all year round
I thank Big Oil that my doctor can get to his office, that my kids can visit me, that products get to the stores, that garbage can go to the landfill.
I thank big oil that my house is warm and my lights are on.
Thanks Big Oil for everything you do.
Amen
Begging babies of Zuccotti
Now asking for sleeping bags, cots, etc, etc, etc while they have 500K in the (evil) bank. They shut down the (evil produced by oil companies) gas generators, so now they expect other employed people to pay for them.
I don't see why Michael Moore won't fund all the bills. He doesn't want to be perceived as rich, so he should do the honorable thing and give it all away. Same for the rest of the celeb supporters. Surely Susan Sarandon imagines herself parting with the cash and living on the street with the OWS kids? How about the Obama's themselves. Cash in the bling Michelle! Give up the taxpayer lush vacations to Marbella and The Vineyard?
Nah, it's everyone else's money they want. The rich but ideologically pure should never have to sacrifice (see Al Gore mansions and Yachts)
I don't see why Michael Moore won't fund all the bills. He doesn't want to be perceived as rich, so he should do the honorable thing and give it all away. Same for the rest of the celeb supporters. Surely Susan Sarandon imagines herself parting with the cash and living on the street with the OWS kids? How about the Obama's themselves. Cash in the bling Michelle! Give up the taxpayer lush vacations to Marbella and The Vineyard?
Nah, it's everyone else's money they want. The rich but ideologically pure should never have to sacrifice (see Al Gore mansions and Yachts)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Phaedra Backwards at the McCarter.
Phaedra Backwards drags Greek Mythology into the 21st century complete with old greek names and the Minotaur.I found it well acted and pretty well thought out but The Maximalist was in the minority about the well scripted part. As I was leaving the theater the general consensus was that it was a "well-acted something", but most people were not sure of what that something was.
Luckily, Max loves Greek mythology and is aware of why Phaedra's mom gave birth to the Minotaur...this rationale was left out. McCarter sadly assumed people were very familiar with the story and would "get it". They didn't.
I have always been partial to this story.
Keep Poseidon in Phaedra, please.
Luckily, Max loves Greek mythology and is aware of why Phaedra's mom gave birth to the Minotaur...this rationale was left out. McCarter sadly assumed people were very familiar with the story and would "get it". They didn't.
I have always been partial to this story.
Keep Poseidon in Phaedra, please.
OWS...the snowstorm is coming.
Bloomberg shut down their generators as hazards.
When the snow, wind, cold and "wintry mix" appear the grasshoppers known as the OWS bums will be shivering and cold. YAY, may they have their true boheme moments in the cold.
With any luck, Bloomberg will have the guts NOT to open the armories and schools to shelter this human dreck. Do not pull their acorns out of the fire Your Honor!
This is NYC's big chance to rid itself of this infestation of parasitic lazy fools, TAKE IT!
When the snow, wind, cold and "wintry mix" appear the grasshoppers known as the OWS bums will be shivering and cold. YAY, may they have their true boheme moments in the cold.
With any luck, Bloomberg will have the guts NOT to open the armories and schools to shelter this human dreck. Do not pull their acorns out of the fire Your Honor!
This is NYC's big chance to rid itself of this infestation of parasitic lazy fools, TAKE IT!
Some of my problems with Psychiatry.
First and foremost I despise the idea that every behavior or abuse of "substances" is a disease. Addicts and explosive types LOVE this disease model. If it is a disease, like diabetes or hypothyroidism, then it is out of their control and they are poor widdle victims. It's "in the DNA dude, I need suboxone...it's not my fault if I rob a little old lady for drug money". I do not believe anyone is born craving illegal substances. There is choice and I would like to see the disgrace put back into these behaviors. BUT, treating facilities would find it hard to bill for "disgraceful behavior NOS", so they must run around championing this pack of lies. Even if withdrawal is tough, people would do it if they were subject to the contempt they deserve. Watch for this to become a new entitled disabled group...dirty lawyers will insist. Dirty lawyers will also insist we don't discriminate against druggies. This blows.
My next pet peeve is "conduct disorder" and "antisocial personality disorder". In common parlance "criminal behavior". These violent types belong in prison not with sad depressed people or irritating manics. They also get aggressive with staff when they don't get their way. And how do you prosecute the "ill?" Pathetic Bar Association types will use these "diagnoses" to try to get grandma's killer or the person who beat up and raped your daughter out of the consequences they deserve.
NOt everyone had a happy childhood, legal beagles, but we don't go around breaking the law to suit our malicious wants!
My next pet peeve is "conduct disorder" and "antisocial personality disorder". In common parlance "criminal behavior". These violent types belong in prison not with sad depressed people or irritating manics. They also get aggressive with staff when they don't get their way. And how do you prosecute the "ill?" Pathetic Bar Association types will use these "diagnoses" to try to get grandma's killer or the person who beat up and raped your daughter out of the consequences they deserve.
NOt everyone had a happy childhood, legal beagles, but we don't go around breaking the law to suit our malicious wants!
Occupy your state BAR Associations!
Lawyers rake in a huge percentage of the damages awarded to victims.
They victimize both parties of a divorce and use the kids as pawns to wring concessions from parents. They make a pretty penny at it, too
They raise our prices for just about everything with frivoulous lawsuits designed to enrich themselves. And many of them make plenty while leaving the victims with a few cents.
They are responsible for the vast majority of job destroying regulations.
They rake in the bucks negotiating deals for unions
They rake in bucks lobbying for byzantine laws to force people to use their crooked services.
They make stupid laws to protect themselves when they get to be legislators.
OCCUPY your state Bar Associations and crap on their beemers and mercedes.
They victimize both parties of a divorce and use the kids as pawns to wring concessions from parents. They make a pretty penny at it, too
They raise our prices for just about everything with frivoulous lawsuits designed to enrich themselves. And many of them make plenty while leaving the victims with a few cents.
They are responsible for the vast majority of job destroying regulations.
They rake in the bucks negotiating deals for unions
They rake in bucks lobbying for byzantine laws to force people to use their crooked services.
They make stupid laws to protect themselves when they get to be legislators.
OCCUPY your state Bar Associations and crap on their beemers and mercedes.
More from Stoopid dad!
Today he is tweeting about breast enlargement,penis enhancement and Lolita (pedophilia). His son must be so proud!
Stoopid dad also loves to bash his wife on Huffington Puffington Post. Also very attractive behavior sure to draw in lotsa babelicious hotties and humiliate his son.
What child wants to read that the only time mom was interested in sex was when she was trying to get pregnant?
Is there no end to his self-glorifying crap? YOu'd think a 53 year old man would know better...way better.
Maybe his own daddle was a similiar loser?
Here's a typical but less profane entry:"Cold witches tits come with already erect nipples!"
Yep this is definite fodder for humiliation therapy. WTG Stoopid Dad!
YOu might wonder, Max why on earth don't you publish the name of Stoopid Dad and do his kid and much maligned ex-wife a huge favor. Put an end to their suffering, Max!
Stoopid Dad, alas, is a lawyer, and while he uses his own name to embarass his kid and ex, he would probably sue me for revealing his identity.
The sins of the father and all that jazz.
Stoopid dad also loves to bash his wife on Huffington Puffington Post. Also very attractive behavior sure to draw in lotsa babelicious hotties and humiliate his son.
What child wants to read that the only time mom was interested in sex was when she was trying to get pregnant?
Is there no end to his self-glorifying crap? YOu'd think a 53 year old man would know better...way better.
Maybe his own daddle was a similiar loser?
Here's a typical but less profane entry:"Cold witches tits come with already erect nipples!"
Yep this is definite fodder for humiliation therapy. WTG Stoopid Dad!
YOu might wonder, Max why on earth don't you publish the name of Stoopid Dad and do his kid and much maligned ex-wife a huge favor. Put an end to their suffering, Max!
Stoopid Dad, alas, is a lawyer, and while he uses his own name to embarass his kid and ex, he would probably sue me for revealing his identity.
The sins of the father and all that jazz.
The end of the harvest
Rounded up the last of the peppers today. Lots of greenish jalapenos, habaneros, cayennes and whatever those little yellow hotties were. Many will ripen in the house as the snow and cold comes tonight.
I will definitely go ALL peppers next spring as they thrived and the little rabbits left them completely alone. I had months of delish hot peppers and have a few months of enjoyment ahead before I turn to store bought. So the garden was an excellent idea and will be expanded and repeated next spring.
I will definitely go ALL peppers next spring as they thrived and the little rabbits left them completely alone. I had months of delish hot peppers and have a few months of enjoyment ahead before I turn to store bought. So the garden was an excellent idea and will be expanded and repeated next spring.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Is this student aid sham entirely new?
No.
There have always been cheats and what I call cheating is quite sadly legal.
It is easier to get aid if you have no savings.
It is easier to get aid if you plow the cash that would be your savings (and expected contribution)into a bigger primary residence, a BMW and nice vacations.
I am not making it up. I knew people who traded up to a huge house to avoid handing the cash over to the colleges. I knew people who bought a flurry of cars and who had a swimming pool put in to drain (pun intended) the money that they would have to pay for their kids education.
The Maximalist family paid every last bill without a hand-out or a loan.
We need to tighten the rules.
No hide the cash in the beemer and no money for useless studies.
Why should people who do save or people with no kiddies subsidize parents who want to skip out on their obligations?
There have always been cheats and what I call cheating is quite sadly legal.
It is easier to get aid if you have no savings.
It is easier to get aid if you plow the cash that would be your savings (and expected contribution)into a bigger primary residence, a BMW and nice vacations.
I am not making it up. I knew people who traded up to a huge house to avoid handing the cash over to the colleges. I knew people who bought a flurry of cars and who had a swimming pool put in to drain (pun intended) the money that they would have to pay for their kids education.
The Maximalist family paid every last bill without a hand-out or a loan.
We need to tighten the rules.
No hide the cash in the beemer and no money for useless studies.
Why should people who do save or people with no kiddies subsidize parents who want to skip out on their obligations?
Occupy Wall Streeters
Should try occupying a barber shop and a showerstall. It might help with getting that job they desire. Of course they are a bunch of ACORN anarchists and would sooner die than work 12-14-16 hour days like those dreadful Wall Street types.
Not that everything that happens on Wall Steet is honest or great, but you can make the same statement about most other professions. Law, Accounting, Medicine and Industry all have their millionaires and their bad apples. So does music, motion pictures, professional athletics. Let's take Michael Moore's money. Let's take Lady Gaga's stash and spread the wealth. And while we're at it how about people who inherited it like say...the Kennedy's, The Rockefellers?
Hmm.
Well I bet that money isn't hidden in a mattress it's busy creating employment and being invested. If we were to "demand" it in the name of some sort of MArxist justice, we would have to nationalize entire industries.
AND THAT IS THE POINT!
Not that everything that happens on Wall Steet is honest or great, but you can make the same statement about most other professions. Law, Accounting, Medicine and Industry all have their millionaires and their bad apples. So does music, motion pictures, professional athletics. Let's take Michael Moore's money. Let's take Lady Gaga's stash and spread the wealth. And while we're at it how about people who inherited it like say...the Kennedy's, The Rockefellers?
Hmm.
Well I bet that money isn't hidden in a mattress it's busy creating employment and being invested. If we were to "demand" it in the name of some sort of MArxist justice, we would have to nationalize entire industries.
AND THAT IS THE POINT!
Stooopid Dad is still at it
Lots of remarks about "boffing the ex", breast size and general stupidity. Slams the mom who cares for the son, wishes he had never married (and by extention never was father to that boy) and wonders why of why kiddo is disinterested.
Naturally the red zinfandel porn-dog is a "progressive". He's probably not much of a professional either.
Naturally the red zinfandel porn-dog is a "progressive". He's probably not much of a professional either.
Sick of freeloaders?
Me too.
If we are to reform the student loan programs, we should insist that the education to be funded will lead to employability.
No more money for:
Drama
Art
Photography
Dance
Comparative Literature
Philosophy
Anthropology
Psychology
Art History
Ceramics
Creative Writing
And there are sure to be many many others.
Sure you might be the next Picasso or the next Rudolf Nureyev....but chances are you won't be employable and will scream for and demand money from people who had better sense than you, those who did not make stupid choices.
Yes, when all is said and done, it was YOUR choice to borrow the money and dream of being Tolstoy or DeNiro.
Sorry you screwed yourself.
Now put on your adult panties and deal with the mess you made of your life!
If we are to reform the student loan programs, we should insist that the education to be funded will lead to employability.
No more money for:
Drama
Art
Photography
Dance
Comparative Literature
Philosophy
Anthropology
Psychology
Art History
Ceramics
Creative Writing
And there are sure to be many many others.
Sure you might be the next Picasso or the next Rudolf Nureyev....but chances are you won't be employable and will scream for and demand money from people who had better sense than you, those who did not make stupid choices.
Yes, when all is said and done, it was YOUR choice to borrow the money and dream of being Tolstoy or DeNiro.
Sorry you screwed yourself.
Now put on your adult panties and deal with the mess you made of your life!
Tuition and fees go UP again.
Massive bureaucracies.
Professors who really work part-time
Useless research
Useless majors (oh come on do we really need people majoring in half that crap)
No time for Western Civilization, Math, Science. "Found Object Art", photography and Marx and FRances Fox Piven prevail.
Unemployment can be yours for up to 50K a year.
You too can beg for a bailout because your edumacation is not adequately valued.
No one forced you to major in stupidity, children. Don't come bitchin' to me!
Professors who really work part-time
Useless research
Useless majors (oh come on do we really need people majoring in half that crap)
No time for Western Civilization, Math, Science. "Found Object Art", photography and Marx and FRances Fox Piven prevail.
Unemployment can be yours for up to 50K a year.
You too can beg for a bailout because your edumacation is not adequately valued.
No one forced you to major in stupidity, children. Don't come bitchin' to me!
Monday, October 24, 2011
If we want to tear down big industries...big education?
Yes?
Let's tear down "Big Education".
It's worthless and gobbles up billions and billions. Colleges lure your kids to take classes in topics that have no interest for employers. How many jobs are really available for art historians, comparative literature and dance majors? Sculptors?
BAs in psychology, sociology, women's studies? Yet, universities will be delighted to encourage these interests for upwards of 45K per year and even help you to take out loans to pay for this useless drivel. Then you get to join occupy Wall Street and blame the wrong institution!
If you'd have studied engineering or even nursing a job would be yours...you could even get the nursing degree at the local community college and have very little debt, but NO "Big Education" says you will be better off and have more cache with a degree in Medieval Studies or Sculpture.
Isn't that a lot of crap? You can sculpt in your free time and if you have talent maybe you can be an artist and a chemical engineer.
Universities have huge endowments but charge huge tuitions for the crap they sell. They have gigantic bureaucracies and minimal schedules. Plenty of profs teach two days a week for 30 weeks per year. Let's see that makes 60 days a year for nice salaries, generous benefits and prestige. They get every imaginable holiday off and all summer. The profs will argue that they do all this deep thinking and advance civilization with their research. Maybe the scientist and engineering professors do...the ones who teach philosophy, French and sociology, not so much. The sociology types probably kick civilization in the shins more than they help it to grow.
Down with Big Education!
Make them work 40 hour weeks and make them work 48-50 weeks per year. And most of all, pay them based on their results. That should cut tuition by 90% in plenty of areas of study.
Let's tear down "Big Education".
It's worthless and gobbles up billions and billions. Colleges lure your kids to take classes in topics that have no interest for employers. How many jobs are really available for art historians, comparative literature and dance majors? Sculptors?
BAs in psychology, sociology, women's studies? Yet, universities will be delighted to encourage these interests for upwards of 45K per year and even help you to take out loans to pay for this useless drivel. Then you get to join occupy Wall Street and blame the wrong institution!
If you'd have studied engineering or even nursing a job would be yours...you could even get the nursing degree at the local community college and have very little debt, but NO "Big Education" says you will be better off and have more cache with a degree in Medieval Studies or Sculpture.
Isn't that a lot of crap? You can sculpt in your free time and if you have talent maybe you can be an artist and a chemical engineer.
Universities have huge endowments but charge huge tuitions for the crap they sell. They have gigantic bureaucracies and minimal schedules. Plenty of profs teach two days a week for 30 weeks per year. Let's see that makes 60 days a year for nice salaries, generous benefits and prestige. They get every imaginable holiday off and all summer. The profs will argue that they do all this deep thinking and advance civilization with their research. Maybe the scientist and engineering professors do...the ones who teach philosophy, French and sociology, not so much. The sociology types probably kick civilization in the shins more than they help it to grow.
Down with Big Education!
Make them work 40 hour weeks and make them work 48-50 weeks per year. And most of all, pay them based on their results. That should cut tuition by 90% in plenty of areas of study.
Medicare is NOT just for seniors
Contrary to what you may believe MANY on medicare are not senior citizens who have contributed all their lives. This is what the media would like you to believe but it's far from true.
If someone goes out of the country and adopts a disabled child, the disabled child, who will never contribute, gets medicare. Disabled children who are born here get medicare. Young adults get plenty of medicare and the disability can be "mental" and they can be addicts into the bargain. This begs the question, are they "ill" because of the drugs and should we be paying for their every need? Multiple trips for detox? Is it bipolar or is it cocaine? This disabled population includes very young people and plenty of middle aged ones. If someone is truly disabled due to injury, they need our help and I don't think anyone would argue, but if their "disability" is self-inflicted with bad substance abuse choices should we be on the hook? Should we have to listen to them shout about their "right" to OUR money?
I say no.
But back to adopting disabled kids from abroad. If you need to make the rest of the nation pick up the tab for your "noble impulses", you are not so damn noble. Sorry.
We used to have laws preventing people who need to be cared for by the government from coming here for free care. That needs to come back in style. We just can't afford to care for everyone. No one is stopping you from making donations, donating ALL your discretionary income if you like, to such causes, but we should be able to keep the bills from being foisted on those who don't want this burden.
If someone goes out of the country and adopts a disabled child, the disabled child, who will never contribute, gets medicare. Disabled children who are born here get medicare. Young adults get plenty of medicare and the disability can be "mental" and they can be addicts into the bargain. This begs the question, are they "ill" because of the drugs and should we be paying for their every need? Multiple trips for detox? Is it bipolar or is it cocaine? This disabled population includes very young people and plenty of middle aged ones. If someone is truly disabled due to injury, they need our help and I don't think anyone would argue, but if their "disability" is self-inflicted with bad substance abuse choices should we be on the hook? Should we have to listen to them shout about their "right" to OUR money?
I say no.
But back to adopting disabled kids from abroad. If you need to make the rest of the nation pick up the tab for your "noble impulses", you are not so damn noble. Sorry.
We used to have laws preventing people who need to be cared for by the government from coming here for free care. That needs to come back in style. We just can't afford to care for everyone. No one is stopping you from making donations, donating ALL your discretionary income if you like, to such causes, but we should be able to keep the bills from being foisted on those who don't want this burden.
Friday, October 21, 2011
The World's most STOOOPID dad?
This past weekend someone alerted me to a twitter account of a divorced "Progressive" attorney. In this series of tweets the twit in question publicly criticized his ex-wife for "poisoning" his son and turning him against the twit. He also criticised the son for a lack of interest.
The man took care not to criticise himself for his son's behavior and choice of not visiting. Was there no behavior to criticise? Hardly. The tweeting twit made many mistakes.
He used his real name which the son and the son's friends could easily google to find this account, after all the Maximalist and laughing friend found it. But the son's "friends" and classmates are probably using this account to torment the 16 year old boy as it is not a series of tweets about current events or professional doings, although a few of these are interspersed with the rest. Nope, it is largely devoted to his interest in pornography, "shaved down there" women and red zinfandel. It is full of racy remarks and snide comments.
It's enough to make any mother leary of this man, let alone his ex-wife. It is enough to make any 16 year old miserably ashamed and it provides the stuff of torment. It could also get this legal beagle fired. If female clients see this porn-dog garbage they will vote with their feet.
Max will not reveal the name of the tweeting twit, because there may be lots of them out there. Perhaps they will ALL adopt appropriate privacy settings, apologize to their kids for the damage done, and publicly sin no more!
Post Script: This idiot also uses his real name to chat on HuffPo about how very dreadful his ex-wife is. Um, guess what, your kid doesn't want you to do this. Ever hear of a pseudonym or nom de plume?
The man took care not to criticise himself for his son's behavior and choice of not visiting. Was there no behavior to criticise? Hardly. The tweeting twit made many mistakes.
He used his real name which the son and the son's friends could easily google to find this account, after all the Maximalist and laughing friend found it. But the son's "friends" and classmates are probably using this account to torment the 16 year old boy as it is not a series of tweets about current events or professional doings, although a few of these are interspersed with the rest. Nope, it is largely devoted to his interest in pornography, "shaved down there" women and red zinfandel. It is full of racy remarks and snide comments.
It's enough to make any mother leary of this man, let alone his ex-wife. It is enough to make any 16 year old miserably ashamed and it provides the stuff of torment. It could also get this legal beagle fired. If female clients see this porn-dog garbage they will vote with their feet.
Max will not reveal the name of the tweeting twit, because there may be lots of them out there. Perhaps they will ALL adopt appropriate privacy settings, apologize to their kids for the damage done, and publicly sin no more!
Post Script: This idiot also uses his real name to chat on HuffPo about how very dreadful his ex-wife is. Um, guess what, your kid doesn't want you to do this. Ever hear of a pseudonym or nom de plume?
Monday, October 10, 2011
Pfaltzgraff...how I used to love it!
I still use it, but I won't replace it with more Pfaltzgraff products. The set I have is no longer made and is not replaceable. When I bought it it was called a "Perennial" pattern. Well nothing is permanent. They upped and moved all manufacturing to China and I no longer trust the quality of the dishes and I'm angry that they moved their factories.
If I want cheap china from China I can go to Walmart or TJMaxx.
I wonder how much they make by importing all their products?
And honestly the new splashy painted plates are garish when compared to the old classics. And we know that "perennial" means "until we can make it cheaper and make more money".
Williams Sonoma has some pretty French plates when the need arises or Pfaltzgraff comes to its senses. They are kidding no one when they imply that they are the same company they were. They're a cheapie importer.
If I want cheap china from China I can go to Walmart or TJMaxx.
I wonder how much they make by importing all their products?
And honestly the new splashy painted plates are garish when compared to the old classics. And we know that "perennial" means "until we can make it cheaper and make more money".
Williams Sonoma has some pretty French plates when the need arises or Pfaltzgraff comes to its senses. They are kidding no one when they imply that they are the same company they were. They're a cheapie importer.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Obama is more like Chavez
Chavez nationalized everything in sight. Yet the poor are still poor and grocery stores lack staples (um, why produce for governmment looters?). So now he is expropriating hotels and private homes, also "for the poor".
Just as I said below. The government lion steals first from the "rich", although corporations, the evil things who make computers, clothing, cell phones and all the goodies we love, are made up of people. A CEO to be sure, financial people of course, but plenty of clerical, technical and blue collar people too. But after the rich are destroyed or even imprisoned or killed for their success, the government must find new villains and seize more loot in order to stay in power.
That's where the middle class comes in. And it will be a smaller group as the demons like banks, hoteliers, airlines and so on lay off millions.
Do we really want to be like Venezuela? DO they really want to be like North Korea?
Just as I said below. The government lion steals first from the "rich", although corporations, the evil things who make computers, clothing, cell phones and all the goodies we love, are made up of people. A CEO to be sure, financial people of course, but plenty of clerical, technical and blue collar people too. But after the rich are destroyed or even imprisoned or killed for their success, the government must find new villains and seize more loot in order to stay in power.
That's where the middle class comes in. And it will be a smaller group as the demons like banks, hoteliers, airlines and so on lay off millions.
Do we really want to be like Venezuela? DO they really want to be like North Korea?
Friday, October 7, 2011
A perfect example of a freebie seeking "youth"
The Maximalist has a young 20-something acquaintance who bitterly resents paying copays for MD visits and prescriptions. She also believes that deductions being made from her salary for healthcare benefits is excessive and unfair. Clearly our employer should make all this "free", in other words, somebody else should pay for what I think are "necessities".
Can this person afford these copays and premiums? In a word, yes, but she does not see it that way. Our young woman spends plenty of money on travel (she recently got back from a lovely jaunt to Barbados), she dresses well, has a great cell phone and hits the restaurants and clubs every weekend. Somehow, it is the healthcare premiums that are the "unaffordable" bit. Apparently all her income should be spent on "wants" while the "needs" are provided by some nebulous group of others.
I have had similar complaints about the horrid struggles of life with other people too. They resent spending their money on needs, but have no trouble with wants at all. There are retirees who feel the same way. Despite winter homes in Florida and the ability to maintain the four bedroom family home here in the north, they resent like hell having to pay for any part of medical care.
THis is all very tiresome to me. Years ago people recognised that their first and larger home would be sold to help finance their needs as old people. Young people recognised that vacations and fancy electronics were luxuries that were saved for and obtained after necessities were secured. When the Maximalist was young, a cruise or European trip was seen as a very special thing NOT as something you were able to do three times a year.
Our priorities are very wrong.
ALso I'd love to know why people see the services provided by healthcare people as their "right". I think we need to get away from the idea that we should be spending our money ONLY on desires while the shadowy "others" pay our real bills.
Always remember that to someone on the economic food chain, you are the prey. THey want you to provide. As we destroy one group of payers with our wants, we will need to hunt down another economic meal.
Start taking care of yourselves and start realizing that you must take care of your "needs" as well as your laundry list of desires.
Can this person afford these copays and premiums? In a word, yes, but she does not see it that way. Our young woman spends plenty of money on travel (she recently got back from a lovely jaunt to Barbados), she dresses well, has a great cell phone and hits the restaurants and clubs every weekend. Somehow, it is the healthcare premiums that are the "unaffordable" bit. Apparently all her income should be spent on "wants" while the "needs" are provided by some nebulous group of others.
I have had similar complaints about the horrid struggles of life with other people too. They resent spending their money on needs, but have no trouble with wants at all. There are retirees who feel the same way. Despite winter homes in Florida and the ability to maintain the four bedroom family home here in the north, they resent like hell having to pay for any part of medical care.
THis is all very tiresome to me. Years ago people recognised that their first and larger home would be sold to help finance their needs as old people. Young people recognised that vacations and fancy electronics were luxuries that were saved for and obtained after necessities were secured. When the Maximalist was young, a cruise or European trip was seen as a very special thing NOT as something you were able to do three times a year.
Our priorities are very wrong.
ALso I'd love to know why people see the services provided by healthcare people as their "right". I think we need to get away from the idea that we should be spending our money ONLY on desires while the shadowy "others" pay our real bills.
Always remember that to someone on the economic food chain, you are the prey. THey want you to provide. As we destroy one group of payers with our wants, we will need to hunt down another economic meal.
Start taking care of yourselves and start realizing that you must take care of your "needs" as well as your laundry list of desires.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
And about those "demands"...
Lotsa freebies being demanded by these "economic justice" goons. Free college, free healthcare, free houses. Free houses? Yes and free vacations, free consumer goods of every imaginable type are being demanded under the guise of "wipe out all the debt".
For what do people accumulate debt for anyway? Usually not to make payments on a gift to charity, that's for sure.
Now let's pretend someone is silly enough to grant this "wipe out the debt" wish. Let's call this magician the magical fairy Hussein. Hussein waves his magic wand and you no longer have to pay for anthing you "bought" on credit. The bank, that granted you the loan (and the loans of millions of others) GO OUT OF BUSINESS as they are now stuck with worthless paper. You get to keep your car, your condo and your edumacation, but you will never see another loan again. And neither will anyone else as the fairy has proclaimed your contracts (nobody put a gun to your head, you freely charged that cruise to nowhere, champ)null and void.
So with nobody lending cash (as it's now a gift not a loan) nobody is building cars, nobody is building houses and nobody is making any of the things usually paid for by credit cards or loans. Wh would they? As a present to you, your maj?
And if that doesn't convince you, this is how I convinced a colleague. I asked her if she would continue to work all those extra shifts if she knew it was to pay for my kid's college or her neighbor's mortgage. Hell NO! was the resounding reply. And the MAximalist would not work to hand over her earnings to someone who decided that he should get a "living wage" even if he doesn't work.
Multiply that "Hell NO!" by the millions of people who work and pay taxes.
We can learn to sit on our tails and ask for things too. When the day comes that we have to work to give to others and have nothing to enjoy or show for our efforts, we will stop supporting all of us.
Is this what you have in mind?
Children of the protest. There are no freebies, someone always has to pay the bill.
Now man up and pick up your own check.
And don't say "well it's easy for you to say, Max, you never had to struggle with a bad economy" BS. I graduated college in 1979. The only jobs in my local paper (there was no internet in 1979) were for exotic dancers and arc welders. I kept my little part time library job, lived in a room in a truly dilapidated student co-op, and ate boiled rice until I managed to find a hamberger helper quality job.
Eventually the economy improved and I moved up and onward.
I never once threatened to guillotine the evil rich. And I was glad the banks saw me loan worthy. I paid back ever dime.
I learned that I could live through bad times when plenty of people still had it good. Hating them wouldn't have helped me.
But I still hate rice.
For what do people accumulate debt for anyway? Usually not to make payments on a gift to charity, that's for sure.
Now let's pretend someone is silly enough to grant this "wipe out the debt" wish. Let's call this magician the magical fairy Hussein. Hussein waves his magic wand and you no longer have to pay for anthing you "bought" on credit. The bank, that granted you the loan (and the loans of millions of others) GO OUT OF BUSINESS as they are now stuck with worthless paper. You get to keep your car, your condo and your edumacation, but you will never see another loan again. And neither will anyone else as the fairy has proclaimed your contracts (nobody put a gun to your head, you freely charged that cruise to nowhere, champ)null and void.
So with nobody lending cash (as it's now a gift not a loan) nobody is building cars, nobody is building houses and nobody is making any of the things usually paid for by credit cards or loans. Wh would they? As a present to you, your maj?
And if that doesn't convince you, this is how I convinced a colleague. I asked her if she would continue to work all those extra shifts if she knew it was to pay for my kid's college or her neighbor's mortgage. Hell NO! was the resounding reply. And the MAximalist would not work to hand over her earnings to someone who decided that he should get a "living wage" even if he doesn't work.
Multiply that "Hell NO!" by the millions of people who work and pay taxes.
We can learn to sit on our tails and ask for things too. When the day comes that we have to work to give to others and have nothing to enjoy or show for our efforts, we will stop supporting all of us.
Is this what you have in mind?
Children of the protest. There are no freebies, someone always has to pay the bill.
Now man up and pick up your own check.
And don't say "well it's easy for you to say, Max, you never had to struggle with a bad economy" BS. I graduated college in 1979. The only jobs in my local paper (there was no internet in 1979) were for exotic dancers and arc welders. I kept my little part time library job, lived in a room in a truly dilapidated student co-op, and ate boiled rice until I managed to find a hamberger helper quality job.
Eventually the economy improved and I moved up and onward.
I never once threatened to guillotine the evil rich. And I was glad the banks saw me loan worthy. I paid back ever dime.
I learned that I could live through bad times when plenty of people still had it good. Hating them wouldn't have helped me.
But I still hate rice.
Bank of America and debit cards
or "why should I have to pay a fee to access MY money?"
You are paying the fee so that BofA can process the transaction, compile a record of transactions to which you can refer and to keep you safe against unauthorized use of your account. Soebody enters all this data for you. You are also spared the trouble of carrying cash which is later pickpocketed at the mall by the person who sees you and your great big smile looking at the electronics, the jewelry or the sirloin steaks.
If the merchants, thanks to the dems, no longer have to foot the bill for these services, someone has to. Why would any bank eat the cost and still provide the service? I wouldn't work for free and neither would these whiny babies who are complaining.
So little debit card holders who want freebies, stuff your money in your socks or your mattress, mkay? Or you can run around with cash and deal with the consequences.
I think it's worth the fee to not run that risk.
And shut up about how everyone need to subsidize you, it's boring and pathetic!
You are paying the fee so that BofA can process the transaction, compile a record of transactions to which you can refer and to keep you safe against unauthorized use of your account. Soebody enters all this data for you. You are also spared the trouble of carrying cash which is later pickpocketed at the mall by the person who sees you and your great big smile looking at the electronics, the jewelry or the sirloin steaks.
If the merchants, thanks to the dems, no longer have to foot the bill for these services, someone has to. Why would any bank eat the cost and still provide the service? I wouldn't work for free and neither would these whiny babies who are complaining.
So little debit card holders who want freebies, stuff your money in your socks or your mattress, mkay? Or you can run around with cash and deal with the consequences.
I think it's worth the fee to not run that risk.
And shut up about how everyone need to subsidize you, it's boring and pathetic!
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