A RANT! is a speech or text that does not present a calm argument; rather, it is typically an enthusiastic speech or talk or lecture on an idea, a person or an institution. Compare with a dialectic.

Rants can be based on partial fact or may be entirely factual but written in a comedic/satirical form.

Rants can also be used in the defense of an individual, idea or organization. Rants of this type generally occur after the subject has been attacked by another individual or group.

Monday, August 30, 2010

The Mullet Making a Comeback



          If anyone is a sports fan then they will acknowledge that the "mullet" is making a comeback in todays sports.  It seems as though the uglier the hair style the cooler it is to rock. I can remember when I played baseball that having "wings" was the thing. We would grow our hair out so it would flip behind our ears with our hats on. Looking back we looked like dumb asses, but we thought it was cool. Now it is the mullet. I have a buddy that plays for the class A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays and he is now rocking it. Why? Is it the redneck look that is in style? Is the child molester that appealing to resemble? Will it stay...will it fade? All I know is that athletes for some reason have always had dumb hair styles and they make it work. 




I found a wikihow on how to grow a mullet:
  1. Grow your hair very long on all sides. It is best to keep it combed, as it will be easier to style and will look better.
  2. Go to a salon and tell the beautician that you would like a mullet. Most likely they will be able to.
  3. Decide if you want your hair dyed. A darker color is better. You could, in contrast, dye your hair sandy blonde, then get streaks of brown. This is up to you because it is your hair.
  4. Get your hair cut. This should take anywhere from 15-30 minutes.
  • You can get teased because of your mullet.

Universal Health Care....No Thank You


I share this info that was received via email earlier today...found it very interesting. Pardon all the exclamation points and any typos that appear...none of this is my original data, just passing it on for you to see...

In case you have not seen these interesting statistics:

 

 
A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very
 interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations
 International Health Organization.

 Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years
 after diagnosis:

 U.S.              65%

 England        46%

 Canada         42%

 Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received
 treatment within six months:

 U.S.              93%

 England        15%

 Canada         43%

 Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it
 within six months:

 U.S.              90%

 England        15%

 Canada         43%

 Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within
 one month:

 U.S.              77%

 England        40%

 Canada         43%

 Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

 U.S.              71

 England        14

 Canada         18

 Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in
 "excellent health":

 U.S.              12%

 England        2%

 Canada         6%

 I don't know about you, but I don't want "Universal Healthcare"
 comparable to England or Canada
.
 Moreover, it was Sen. Harry Reid who said, "Elderly Americans
 must learn to accept the inconveniences of old age."

 SHIP HIM TO CANADA OR ENGLAND !

 He is "elderly" himself but be sure to remember his health
 insurance is different from yours as Congress has their own high-
 end coverage!  He will never have to learn to accept
 "inconveniences"!!!

 
AND THE WINNER IS VERY INTERESTING!

 The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in
 the private business sector prior to their appointment to the
 cabinet.  You know what the private business sector is... a real
 life business, not a government job.  Here are the percentages.

T. Roosevelt........  38%

Taft.....................40%

Wilson ................52%

Harding..................49%

Coolidge..............  48%

Hoover................. 42%

F. Roosevelt.........  50%

Truman..................50%

Eisenhower........... 57%

Kennedy..............  30%

Johnson.................47%

Nixon...................  53%

Ford..................... 42%

Carter..................  32%

Reagan...................56%

GH Bush................. 51%

Clinton   ................. 39%

GW Bush................ 55%

 And the winner of the Chicken Dinner is:  
 Obama 8%!!!
 Yep!  That's right!  Only Eight Percent!!!..the least by far of
 the last 19 presidents!!  And these people are trying to tell our
 big corporations how to run their business?  They know what's
 best for GM...Chrysler... Wall Street... and you and me?

 How can the president of a major nation and society...the one
 with the most successful economic system in world history...
 stand and talk about business when he's never worked for one?..
 or about jobs when he has never really had one??!  And neither
 has 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers!  They've spent
 most of their time in academia, government and/or non-profit
 jobs....or as "community organizers" when they should have been
 in an employment line.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Gay Marriage: RIGHT or WRONG? Depends on your reasoning.



All right so here we have a touchy subject, but we are “everybody RANTS!” so I will briefly say what I think and feel free to lay the smack down on my opinion. 


Freedom of choice, free agency, God given right to choose...however you word it the meaning is the same...LET ME LIVE, BREATH, ACT, AND DIE how I wish!! I agree with this...as long as your freedom of choice does not affect my person without my consent. UNDERSTAND?! I believe in not forcing ones religious beliefs upon another and I believe in the constitution, which protects the rights of every “AMERICAN CITIZEN” and that both should be upheld at all costs. This being said I think many things that are illegal should be legal and that the government should be kicked out of many things they control, drugs for one. If a stoner wants to get high in his parents basement, play video games and eat a large bag of chips, why should I care? In fact I don’t care and it is my opinion, though I do not do drugs, that if someone wants to they should be able to without getting arrested. I mean how many dollars are we wasting on “the war on drugs” anyways? Just legalize it already!


All right back to the topic at hand, gay marriage. Before we get into it lets go back and find out why the government is in the business of marriage anyways:


Historically, all the states in America had laws outlawing the marriage of blacks and whites. In the mid-1800’s, certain states began allowing interracial marriages or miscegenation as long as those marrying received a license from the state. In other words they had to receive permission to do an act, which without such permission would have been illegal. And thus began our fantastic government getting into the business of marriage.


So marriage licenses became law to basically prevent blacks from marrying whites, sad but true.  So why the hell have they taken over all marriages now, in fact why are they involved in marriages at all?! I have a beautiful wife whom I love, but I could be arrested for polygamy because she is not the only one I am married to. What you say? Well yes I am married to the state as well, isn’t that great. I have heard the argument that the state must be involved or else parents would not be held accountable for their children, or their spouse. The state takes amazing care of foster children don’t they? Oh really how’s your state doing with that? Not good, it’s not working.... well I could have told you that. So before the government controlled marriage your telling me that kids weren’t taken care of? That husbands didn’t take care of their spouses? Oh government thanks for saving my kids and my marriage!


Now that our governments are in the business of marriage, we get amazing benefits...yea right. But because they are in that business, if a church does not follow state law regarding marriage that church could, as history has shown us, be threatened by the gov and even have it’s nonprofit organization status/tax exemptions taken away. If a church does not want to marry an individual, they should have the right to not marry him or her, but once gay marriage becomes a national state law, it will eventually, churches that disagree with the practice could be affected economically with threats from the government.


Now does this mean I am against gay marriage? No, I am against others free will affecting others without their consent. I think that everyone should be able to choose what they wish in this life and only be held accountable for their own actions. I am against the government being involved in marriage, and legalizing gay marriage in all 50 could in fact destroy the economics in churches that do not marry gays. If the government was not in the business of marriage, then I say marry whomever you wish!


Did I just open a can of worms?:)