Big Weekend

So I am leaving work early today and driving down to visit an Army buddy in Maryland. Should be fun. Just not looking forward to the 4 hour drive. My daughter has a bad cold--bronchitis, ear infection, and upper resp infection. I planned on cancelling my trip to stay home with her but my wife said to go and that she'll take care of my little stinky so reluctantly I am going.

I've been watching the immigration debate with some interest. I am curious as to how things will unfold. Typically there are people on both sides of the debate "marching" and protesting which always makes me laugh. Reminds me of when I was in Boston one time and there was a pro choice rally going on and I actually grabbed a megaphone and led the crowd in chanting and cheering. I was a little loaded at the time but dude, it was hilarious!!! Anyway, I don't get too wrapped up in the immigration thing but I do think illegal immigration is a big problem. I don't think it is realistic to go around and find however many million immigrants are here and deport them or anything like that. However, I do think the influx should be stopped. I also think that if illegal immigrants are discovered or come forward, whatever they make should immediately be taxed and they should be documented and accounted for. I also think the business that employs them should be fined severely. Kind of pisses me off when Vicente Fox says they're not illegal immigrants. Yes they are Mr. President, they did not go through legal channels to be here so they are illegal....what don't you understand about that? They may not have left your country illegally but they arrived in ours illegally. I also think immigrants should be allowed to come to the U.S. but they should be accounted for, pay taxes and not allowed except for by legal means. I gotta tell you, it may sound bad but it kind of chaps my ass that tax money goes to people who are here illegally. I don't care if they're Mexican, Canadian, Italian, Chinese or anything else. I also have to say that I know full well most of these folks are honest and hard-working people who are trying to make a better living. I realize that but the fact remains that the act of sneaking into the country is illegal. Now you have schools in Houston and Florida flying Mexican flags. Sorry, that's just wrong. State and government funded organizations cannot do this and need to be punished for it. When I worked in New York City I spent a great deal of time in Chinatown. These people sometimes have 15 or 20 people crammed into a tiny one room apartment. I know this because I have seen it. Most of them work within their community. Many are not documented and are here illegally. They should be paying taxes, they should be accounted for, but will this ever happen? It's doubtful. What needs to be fixed is the border. That doesn't mean the border between the U.S. and Mexico...it means the border....the one around our whole country. It's kind of sad that this has been a problem for a long time and is now just coming to light. Now Congress is running aound looking at new legislation for the immigration issue. Excuse me folks, why are we proposing new legislation when we can't enforce our existing laws? Seems like a copout to me.

Shoulda been a painter

So I had a guy stop by my house yesterday. I wanted him to check out the place and give me an estimate on painting my living room, dining room, stairway, loft and all the ceilings. Well he stopped by and gave me an estimate alright: $975.00. Holy crap man!!! I am in the wrong line of work!!! I painted the guest bathroom a few weeks ago and ended up with a couple little streaks of paint getting on the white ceiling. He checked that out and said he'd repaint the bathroom ceiling for me at no additional cost. He also knocked $50.00 off the price since I was in the military. I thought that was real nice of him. Although I would never ask for a favor, a thank you, a pat on the back or a handout for having served in the military it is something I am very proud of and appreciate the fact that this guy did what he did. Lesson: Although I am not a big fan of people in general, there are still nice ones out there. Give 'em a chance and maybe they'll surprise you! Toodles.

He's an elite genius

Is anyone else tired of people/media/etc over-using certain "catch-words"? Well I am. How many times do we have to be subjected to overhearing conversations like, "Boy, it's amazing, Bob Dylan is a genius." Is he really? Seriously is Bob Dylan really a genuis? Now granted, everyone has a different opinion about him and everyone else out there but a genius? Mozart was a genius....I don't know too many people that would argue that. Einstein, Oppenheimer, Franklin, Edison were pretty damn genius too. No I am not underscoring any women or minorities out there because there are plenty examples of genius representing them as well. These are just a few names off the top of my head. How many articles do I have to skip through in the entertainment center of the papers mentioning, "...the genius of Neil Simon..." Let's stop using the word genius and start using the word talent. Although you can still make a case against Bob Dylan. Another one that chaps my ass is "elite". "In today's news, the army sent in the elite 82nd Airborne Division...." Let me clue some folks in....the 82nd Airborne Division is not elite. They are a great unit who have a proud history and are ready to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours to conduct contingency operations. Yes they jump out of aircraft. They aren't elite. Once you leave the aircraft...believe it or not.....gravity takes care of everything else. If you don't want to leave the aircraft or freeze up in the door, the jumpmaster's boot in your ass takes care of that. When I was in the army I was in the 1st Armored Division....another good unit with a proud history but we certainly were not elite. SFOD-D (or Delta force) and U.S. Navy SEALs....these folks are elite. The requirements are so extensive and difficult that very few are chosen. This may be a surporise to some folks but any Joe Schmoe off the street can enlist and volunteer for the 82nd Airborne Division. I am a realist though....I know that words like these are used more for emphasis or to sell more newspapers, or for the news to keep you tuned in while they go to commercial. But seriously, too many people eat this stuff up when they hear it. Then they repeat it and sound so ignorant!

Name my disorder

Okay I have to get this off my chest. Why the fuck is it that we have to name or assign a disorder to everything? I just read an article about attention deficit disorder. Give me a motherfucking break. I got a different name for it: shitty parents. Why are Americans constantly making excuses for their shortcomings? Why are such a large percentage of kids doped up on prescription anti-psychotic medication? What did parents in the 1920s do about their kids when they acted up or got hyperactive? I don't know but they bore the greatest generation. That's evidence enough for me. Yes, I did some research (like I do for all my rants) and they did not have these drugs or ADD itself back then. It is an excuse created by the fucking "intellectual" baby boomers to explain the behavior of their children because their own parenting sucks a giant white ass!!!! What do I think? I think a parent needs to be home with the kid. These assholes running around with their 2 career households and dumping off their kids in daycare should be shot and spit on. That's the root of the problem right there. It doesn't have to be the mother staying home with the kid (yes women, you can have your equality) but a parent needs to be home with the fucking kid. Oh and then there's ADHD....attention deficit hyperactivity disorer. So now not only is your kid a fucking retard but he's hyperactive as well. Hey I just took a shit that wasn't perfectly brown. I must have SNQB disorder because my Shit's Not Quite Brown. At least now I have an excuse. Give me a fucking break people. Lets accept the fact that every generation of parents here in the States gets worse and worse and deal with it. Here's what I suggest: any people on welfare should be told that if they have anymore kids their welfare will stop. What's with giving incentives to these poor folks to have more kids so they can get more money? What the fuck kind of fucked up fucking bullshit is that? Before any child is prescribed anti-psychotic medication a parent should be forced to stay home with said child for 1 year. Do your fucking job and stop doping up your fucking kids. Am I pissed? Goddamn right I am pissed. I am a parent and I make a point of coming home from work and sitting on the floor from 5pm (when I get home) to 7pm to play with my daughter. It's not difficult. In fact it is something I look forward to every single day. My wife stays home with her all day long. She'd like to work but doesn't because we both believe in someone taking some fucking responsibility for their children. Yeah I can hear it now from some people...."But Vinny, you make $140 thousand a year...you can afford your wife to stay home." Bullshit, that's a fucking cop-out and an excuse. Lazy ass cocksucking fucking ball-bags....that's a large part of the population that's having kids and it is scary. Deal with it.

No gnews is good gnews

So my wife and daughter came home from Florida last night. I was very happy to see them, especially little Samantha. She got much better at walking/running while she was gone and was happy to see her dad and her dog. Plus my wife was able to score me 2 VIP passes for both of the NASCAR races here in the Poconos this year. NICE!!! I am gonna be in the pits gettin' down, boozin', and watching some NASCAR!!!

I finished painting my guest bathroom. My hands are covered in paint still because I couldn't get all of it off. Tonight I just have a little touching up to do so I guess I am not really done yet.

I also have something BIG going on right now....I can't really get into it at this point but it is huge!!! And I don't mean my Johnson! But in due time I will release the information.

Hockey game this Sunday at MSG...I am in like a dirty shirt!!!

$10.00 says this guy's NUTS!!!

Deputy fire chief faces indecency charge

The Arizona Republic Mar. 7, 2006 10:17 AM

Leroy Donald Johnson was caught this weekend in a barn with his pants down, literally, according to a sheriff's office report. "You caught me ... I tried to (expletive) your sheep," Johnson told his neighbor, according to the report.But the Mesa Fire Department deputy fire chief changed his story when a sheriff's deputy arrived on his doorstep minutes later, denying anything happened.
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Johnson, 52, was jailed on suspicion of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing after the neighbor told investigators he found Johnson, unzipped and holding a sheep down on its side.That's the sanitized version. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office report released Monday night is a little more graphic. Johnson's neighbor told sheriff's deputies he was called home Saturday afternoon when his 13-year-old daughter saw Johnson drag one of their sheep into a barn.The teenager said Johnson had first knocked on the front and back door of the home in the 1200 block of East Catclaw Street, in a county island in Gilbert, before grabbing the small gray lamb, records showed.One of the deputies noted that Johnson had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol, and neighbors who confronted him said he admitted everything. According to the deputy's report, "(The owner) took me into the back yard and showed me where he and (neighbor) pulled up. He took me through the corral gate and I saw the victim for the first time. She was a small gray lamb about three feet tall and four feet long."The men then told the deputy they walked over to the small barn, opened the door and "saw Leroy holding the lamb down on its side in the hay with his pants down trying to have sex with it. That's when he made the statement about (expletive) the lamb." The men said Johnson stood up and zipped up his pants. "The sheep ran out of the barn at that point," the report says. Johnson apologized, according to the report, and said he'd had "too much to drink." The Mesa Fire Department placed Johnson, on paid leave Monday pending an internal investigation. Johnson, deputy chief of technical services, has been with the Mesa Fire Department for nearly 26 years. Assistant Fire Chief Mary Cameli said Johnson has been an "exemplary" employee with a spotless personnel record."We were all very surprised by this," Cameli added.Johnson did not return a call for comment Monday.When confronted by a deputy at his home, Johnson initially denied the incident, saying he had been at his neighbor's house to talk about annexation. Johnson said he went into the barn after hearing noises. The deputy said to him, "I believe something more than that happened," and offered help.Johnson responded, "I probably do need some help, but I don't know if this is the time or place for it," according to the report.When asked how the animal got into the barn, Johnson said, "I'm not going there," then asked if he was going to be arrested and demanded to know his legal options. He continued to deny that anything happened in the barn and was arrested. "I think it's disgusting," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. "I think of Ghandi who said you judge the morality of a country by the way they treat their animals. . . . I do look at (bestiality) as some type of animal cruelty."

End of Freedom

No I am not gonna spew some of my typical right-wing ranting. Tomorrow night my wife and daughter come home from their Florida trip. My week of freedom will be over. Don't think that means I am not happy they're coming home....I am ecstatic! As much as I tell myself, "I am gonna have a blast while I am at home by myself" I always end up enduring a boring, lonely and dismal time. At least this time I am getting some things done: I tried cleaning my gutters but didn't do too well because I ended up falling off my roof. I drained my hot water heater; vacuumed and steam cleaned all the carpets; I bought paint and supplies and last night I taped up all the window and door frames and tonight I am going to paint the guest bathroom. I bought and installed some new blinds since I broke the other ones when I had a temper tantrum and threw the laundry basket against them. I also have to empty the dishwasher and re-load it with the stuff I dirtied. I feel good because I was somewhat productive this time the family went away. I am even going to stop on the way home to get some fresh milk so I have it ready when my little stinky (Samantha) gets home tomorrow night!

In other news I have my 10 year reunion from West Point coming up this October. My old buddies and I are finalizing all of the details about where we're staying and what we're going to do. I am excited about that even though it is 7 months away but DAMN I cannot believe it has been 10 years!!!! I am straight up old! Only 2 of the guys are still in the army so I dunno if they'll be there but the rest of us will and I am sure it will be out of control.

Anyway, sorry to bore everyone (all 1 or 2 people that probably read this). Keep your fingers crossed for me....maybe I will win the lottery tomorrow night and retire early.

JEEZ!!

By the way.....how hot is Keira Knightley????

Barbra Strysand?

The below paragraph is not my own writing....I am just copying and pasting this from a web site. This is just wonderfull:

STREISAND: BUSH IS DUMMBE; ESSAY FILLED WITH SPELLING ERRORSMon Mar 06 2006 11:43:52 ETBarbra Streisand has launched a new spelling error-ridden dispatch on the Internet -- a dispatch that mocks President Bush for being a "C student!"In her February 28th, 2006 essay, Streisand flubs ten words, a personal record.• curruption• dictatoriship• crediblity• Adminstration• warrented• desperatly• preceedings• ouside• subpoening• responsibilty--And this time around, Streisand makes four spelling errors -- in one sentence!["In the 1970’s, during the Nixon Adminstration, serious political curruption arose and the Republican leadership stepped up and took responsibilty by holding hearings and subpoening administration officials."] Streisand has not seen fit to run a spellcheck on the rant as of Noon, March 06."The arrogance of this C student," Streisand says of Bush.

By the way why doesn't she mock John Kerry for having worse grades than President Bush at Yale? That's a proven fact folks....don't hear about that from mainstream media now do we?!?! Of course he didn't waive his privacy act rights until after the election.

By the way, I don't think there's anything more insulting than when people send letters or e mails with spelling errors in them. Yes yes I know we all make mistakes...it happens. But 99% of the time I receive something with errors it is obvious that no effort was taken to check spelling. Now I am a realist. I know that the disgusting Babs probably did not write this document herself. However, if you're attaching your name to it and faxing it to Dick Gephardt then you're "responsi-bull" baby!!!! Is it really that big of a surprise that liberals give up more and more seats every election?

"I can't believe I am losing to this fucking idiot!" -- John F. Kerry on election night 2004. John I got news for ya.....that idiot is one point smarter than you are buddy.

I am the greatest!!!

Is anyone else completely sickened by the self-congratulating morons that are Hollywood? I am. How many award shows are necessary for these people to tell each other how wonderful they are? Oh and best of all is that each of these shows provides a forum for these actors to stand up in front of a crowd and make a complete idiot of his or herself by speaking on political issues of which they are obviously ignorant. I don't watch these shows but have read many stories written the next day about their speeches and how the Michael Moore's of the world are actually booed off the stage because of their irrational and not-so-well thought out anti-administration rants. It is great!

Even worse than the show itself is all of the time and effort expended on its behalf. The Joan and Melissa Rivers dogs, the ET Extravaganzas, the pre-show, the post-show, yada yada yada. Come on! Seriously, who with any mind whatsoever gives a flying fuck about what kind of dress they're wearing?!?! And....even worse than all the time and effort is the number of people who watch this nonsense. Frankly, I am of the school that the degredation we see everyday in our country is in no small part influenced by the attention paid to these morons. Don't get me wrong, I think lazy parents, video games and organizations like the ACLU are the primary culprits but I do believe that Hollyweird is a significant influence and not a good one. Of course I also believe Hollyweird helped President Bush win the last election because of their arrogant and ridiculous TV spots that people were sick of. When you hear liberals calling a conservative radio show and saying, "what the hell does Barbara Streisand or Tim Robbins or Susan Sarandon or Alec Baldwin know about politics?" you know it is pretty bad.

Anyway, I had to vent a little about that. It is not that I hate all actors. I just like the ones that keep their mouth shut about things they don't know about. At least Schwarzenegger was a student of the political school and had a clue what he was talking about before becoming governor. Oh and lest I forget who I thought was the best President we ever had, he was also an actor. His name was Ronald Reagan. RIP Mr. President.

Florida is warm

So about 6pm last night the phone rang. It was my wife's friend from Germany. Well, her friend is German but lives in Florida now. She married an American while in Germany and he got out of the army and they moved to Florida. Anyway, the guy (who I know but not very well) was re-activated by the Army Reserves and sent to Columbia on some kind of anti-drug mission for 6 months. So I guess he picked up the phone and called his wife in Miami yesterday and just came out with, "By the way, I want a divorce." Wow! Out of nowhere he calls 4 months after deploying and comes out with that!!! I told my wife that I think it is pretty obvious he met some woman down there. The guy is actually Columbian and Spanish speaking although he looks like a gringo. To be honest I never thought it would last this long because the guy's wife from Germany is a real pain in the ass by anyone's standards! Even my wife who is her best friend admits the same. So I think it is pretty obvious that he met a girl who shares his culture and all that with him and told his wife he wants a divorce. So why am I writing all this?

I am pissed because after she got off the phone with her friend my wife asked me if she could fly to Miami for a week to stay with her friend and "comfort" her. I said yes since the tickets don't cost that much and I know she wants to help her friend but JESUS, it is 81 degrees in Miami today and about 15 here in the Poconos!!!! More importantly I won't see my little stinky (Samantha) for a damn week! That's why I am pissed. Nah I'm not really pissed just jealous. But like everything else I am sure I will get over it.

In other news.....dude I just let one rip *FART*