So the years over...I hardly noticed

Well 2006 is coming to a close and can anyone honestly say they even noticed? First off the weather is so damn warm right now you would think it was late March and not December. But hey that global warming stuff is only liberal junk...

Iraq got worse as everyone said it would but of course Bush and company do not care. What's another soldier into the grinder for the neocons anyway. But there was some hope as the Dem's to back the House and Senate. What they will do is anyones guess...if they do anything it's more then the previous members of congress so at this point anything is a vast improvement.

Of course this was the year I finally said the hell with all this War on Terror crap. You know if Bin Laden and his ilk were really this bad they would have done something by now. But they haven't so fuck them. All I know is the Freedom Tower is being built and it's a spit in the face to every last man, woman, and child who lost someone or survived 9/11. Pataki is out office and not to soon. That damn building will be a testament to his croanie's and I hope every delay imaginable happens so it takes even longer for that building to go up. Once it is up you won't see me waving a flag and buying into that bullshit that America is healed.

Bin Laden is still alive and we're supposed to believe that we're healing? But hey at least we got Saddam right.

All I know is when that execution happens I hope they all have some balls and show the damn thing on television. A still photo of a guy with a black hood over his head just won't cut it. Of course my money is still on him pulling Himmler (or which ever Nazi it was) and he is found dead before the morning of his execution. Milosovich was able to rub it into the World Court by stalling and appealing anything and he ended up having a heart attack just as a way to spite them on the way out. Not to say justice isn't served, but when a trial is a joke like the one for Saddam and Milosovich was you know it's a great ego boost to their supporters if they go out on their own terms be it suicide or not taking your heart pills.

This yeah really was meh to be honest. I hope next year is better but I doubt it will be. Well in any event the fact I made it this far is always a plus. But since I have nothing else to add, oogle at this picture of Victoria



Vince McMahon and all of his yes men and women are morons if they don't think she could easily have one of the biggest selling Playboy's ever. I'll take a woman like Victoria who could take the typical Playboy barbie and break her in half.

So yeah on that note have a good 2007.

I did my part for the illusion that is Democracy

So I just got back from going to vote. My brother made a big deal out of it so we went to the school around the corner to vote. Unlike other states where you have to show forms of ID and such all you have to do here is basically have your voter registration card and the poll worker makes sure the signatures match on the roll.

I think the machine I used might have been tampered with. On the line for Comptroller the Republican lever was stuck. I go to switch the one for Democrat (and crook) Alan Hevisi and it was working fine. Not wanting to vote for him I ended up voting for John C. McCain on the Libertarian line.

I told the election worker after I was done and I saw her talking to the guy who I assume was the technician. If he wasn't it's no big loss, it's just the comptrollers seat. Hevisi is gonna get impeached anyway for embezzlements, misuse of funds, and being a crook anyway so like I said it doesn't matter.

I voted for Spitzer for Governor, someone I can't remember for Senate (I told you I wasn't voting for Satan...err Hillary), My congressmen Vito Fossella, and a couple of judges. I also voted for Marty Golden for Borough president but that one didn't matter since he was running unopposed.

Oh it should be a fun night for the rest of the country where they have elections that matter.

I just hope Kinky wins in Texas. If he does there's hope in America because the system actually works.

Oh yeah if you haven't read my latest column, go do so. I don't write for my own amusement you know.

Ever wonder what that dot is and some other stuff

So it's Halloween here in New York and you would hardly notice it looking around here. None of the people around here celebrate anything. It's probably for the best though...we don't have any candy anyway.

One thing I've been meaning to post about is The Dot. The Dot is that little multi colored thing above the Defend Freedom pic. The Dot is basically a mood ring on a global scale.

http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

That's the home page of The Dot that explains what it's supposed to accomplish. If it's bright red for a long period of time it probably is a good idea to seek shelter. On 9/11 it went off the charts a few hours before the attack. It can't tell you what or where or when something will happen, but it will pick up on something and give you a good idea if somethings about to hit the fan.

In other news I can't wait for this damn election season to be over. I don't live in that God forsaken swamp that is New Jersey but Jesus how can anyone who lives in that state vote for either guy running for the Senate. With Menendez your getting a crook and with Kean your getting a guy who blindly supports Bush. At least here in New York it's a no contest for Satan...err Hillary Clinton. She's gonna win in a land slide.

I'm listening to Imus and Kinky Friedman is on. If the people of Texas have any sense they'll elect The Kinkster as the next Governor. If you need a good reason it's because he's promised Willie Nelson a job as Energy Czar. I think if this country is ever going to get it's shit together we have to vote the bums out of office. Vote the people who don't do anything out. Of course most people are to stupid for their own good so they'll bitch and bitch and bitch and come Election day they'll be like Eh I can't be bothered. Of course with all those paperless voting machines out there the election is kinda rigged anyway so it probably doesn't matter.

See I'm glad NYC uses voting machines that were made in the 40's. They're the size of refridgerators and they weigh a ton. It's a simple system of switches and it's fairly idiot proof. It still makes me laugh all these computerized voting machines came about because a bunch of old people in Florida couldn't punch a pin hole. Or maybe they did vote for Pat Buchannan...who the hell knows.

Why the hell am I awake anyway. Meh I need a drink...it's 5'O Clock somewhere.

New name for my show on EndRadio.com

I have finally come up with a new name for my show on http://www.endradio.com

It's now After Hours with Joe

It has a nice ring to it.

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Some random thoughts for 10/9/06

The big news tonight is North Korea tested a Nuclear Weapon. Depending on who you listen to the weapon was pretty much like the one we dropped on Nagasaki. North Korea doesn't have the technology to put one on a missile but you would think that North Korea was the old Soviet Union and they just put a nuke in Cuba. When it comes to North Korea and more specifically Kim Jon Ill he has what you can call an inferiority complex. He's the little runt of the old commie guard. China is the big dog so they get all the attention. He's the fearless leader who is leading his country true to the ideology of Marx and Lennon yet China gets all the attetnion.

So he played his trump card and got himself some attention. I'm sure Mark Foley is sending him a gift basket as we speak.

So North Korea has a working nuclear weapon.

Who gives a shit. I mean seriously so they have a weapon or two (maybe 10 or 20...who knows). We have 1000 times that. But on the same token China has about 10 times as many as them and the last thing they want is Kim thinking he's all important and threatening everyone. Lets say Kim gets pissed and says he will attack Seoul or Japan. Before Bush could even give the go order China would be all over North Korea and North Korea would become part of China.

Kim Jon Ill is only around because China allows him to live. Granted I'm pretty sure one of our covert op's could easily take him out but the fact remains that China basically keeps North Korea alive. The country by all acounts is worse off then some African nations. So I am not worried about North Korea. I'm worried about Bush getting us into another war and the draft being restarted. Kim Jon Ill having a power trip...not so much.

Now much like the case I laid out for Iraq in 2002 in school, the big issue is not that North Korea has the bomb but who they sell the bomb to. Iran has alot of it's missile technology from North Korea. If Kim wants to sell a bomb to finance another monster movie then it would be a problem. There's all ready rumblings of UN Sanctions but Russia and China would never go for that. There's reports Japan has war ships steaming towards North Korea right now. A blockcade is certain.

Earlier on Drudge's radio show someone mentioned how North Korea actually has the second most amount of submarines in Asia so if things heat up we could actually see some old fashion submarine warfare in that part of the world. But like I said I don't think it will come to that.

Of course I could be wrong and this all could be Karl Rove's October Surrprise to save the GOP's sorry asses in the November election. Who knows...who cares.

But if you happen to know someone in the Military who is stationed in Korea or in the surrounding area it couldn't hurt to say a prayer or two right now for them.

5 Years later

In about 2 hours or so as I type this it will be officially five years since the world as we knew it ended. In 2001 I was in school at B.M.C.C. which was about 4 blocks from the Twin Towers. The Towers were always standing over the school and they were really a beautiful sight to see so close. As a New Yorker you took for granted their place in the skyline. From The Brooklyn Bridge there they were. Standing tall in the background. A more perfect skyline could not be painted or even invisioned. On 9/11 our city was forever changed by those bastards who attacked us. In the years since 9/11 we have fought a war on terror that you can hardly call a war. At this point it's more of a squirmish then a war.

I remember when President Bush was on the smoldering pile and he said WE WILL FIND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS. Well five years later Usama Bin Laden is still "on the run". Al-Zawahri is releasing videos on a regular basis. Mullah Omar is hiding somewhere in the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan as The Taliban reform and grow stronger and reclaim much of the land that we took from them when we drove them out of power.

It's five years later and what do we have to show for it? Vice President Cheney says we've done a hell of a job. No attacks in five years so that's gotta count for something. Well it doesn't count for jack. The so called ring leaders sit in jail while Ground Zero becomes an election year pawn. They just released the new design for the other buildings down there and sure they look all nice and sleek but the fact remains The Freedom Tower which is supposed to be the way we American's say FUCK YOU to terror will be nothing but a testament to everything the terrorists accuse of us of doing. Greed and political favors are what will be built where the Towers stood.

As it is they say most people simply don't care anymore about 9/11. Hell some people are convinced Saddam Hussien was involved. I often wonder what its gonna be like 30, 40, 50 years from now when I'm in my 70's and God willing I have some Grand children. What will be the tale then? Will it be like Pearl Harbor and some old Fireman laying a wreath at the site?

Five years later and it all still feels the same. Five years from now who knows how it will feel. Five years from now 9/11 could simply be an after thought to a day that is worse then anyone can begin to imagine. Five years gone by and it's five years I wish I could have back. Alot of us wish we could have these five years back. If 9/11 taught me anything it's that nothing is guarenteed and everyday truly is a blessing because there is no guarentee that tomorrow will come.

To all those that died you can only hope they found peace after all that horror and to all those that lost someone they know and love you can only hope that one day they will meet that person again. Without faith there's not much to hope for.

I want to thank anyone who made it this far. Yeah it was a rambling essay of sorts but can anyone honestly say on 9/11 you could put together a string of thoughts that made sense? Nothing about that day from the planes to the collapse to everything that has happened since makes sense.

So yeah thanks for reading and here's to hoping 9/11 is the only day we have to remember when we're all old men and women.

For my "friends" at the Andrewbulous board

I was going to actually bite the bullet and register over at your little message board but you guys disabled registration so I'll just do it here since you love reading this blog.

Bix wants to know what's the yellow under my eyes.

Well Bix I wouldn't know what it is because I don't have any. You people are making fun of me with pictures I took a couple years ago. You like to joke that I have some sort of liver problem. I can tell you now that despite being a lard ass I am in perfect physical health.

No liver problems, no kidney problems, no heart problems, no cholesterol, no nothing.

Someone suggested I drink Mountain Dew. Granted I like drinking soda but I tend to stick to caffine free Coke or Pepsi. I can't remember the last time I drank Mountain Dew. It might have been a year ago but I'm not to sure about that.

So yeah sorry to dissapoint you guys.

It's been a year all ready

It was a year ago yesterday that my Uncle Johnny died downstairs from a massive heart attack (he probably also had cancer but didn't tell anyone). I remember my brother frantically coming to get me telling me to go downstairs because they think Uncle Johnny had a heart attack.

He was in his bed and not breathing or anything so we called 911 and God bless the NYC EMT's because they always get here with in 5 mins. Naturally they thought it was for my other uncle since they had been here to many times to count for him but we were like it's other one so they drag him out onto the floor of my Aunt's room and go to work on him. I had always said I didn't want to be in the house when the day came but it was the final hurdle of sorts to cross. They worked on him for an hour but it was to no avail and he was declared dead around 3:50 I think.

When ever you call for an ambulance, the police come by depending on the situation and it was a bit weird hearing someone upstairs saying is anyone home. I said we're down here and down walks a cop and his partner as the EMT's are still inside. After a couple mins they filled out some paperwork that's necessary for when anyone dies (basically the toe tag info) and basically I identified the body so all the info they wrote down was from me. I guess they listed me as the next of kin. It was weird but it's paperwork and the city is very preticular about that.

I remember the cop staying around for a couple of hours because someone had to be with the body till it was claimed by the funeral home. We went around the block to Daniel George but they were out of business at that point (google Daniel George Body Snatchers for more info) so we went to the Miraglia Funeral Home a few blocks away next to the train station. I always passed it but never went in it. As far as I know it's still family owned so it's a nice Italian funeral parlor. We made some preliminary arrangements and then walked back home and it's weird when you come back home and there's a body just laying there.

I remember thinking in the back of my mind the body starts some natural processes after death so the longer he's there it wouldn't be good. I remember my Uncle George saying when one of my cousins died in the 80's it took them almost 8 hours to get the body out of the house. It was about 4 or so for Uncle Johnny. They eventually came and brought the gurney and put him in the bag and wheeled him out.

We had a wait almost a week for the wake and funeral since there was the weekend and I think a jewish holiday and the cemetaries were closed. He's buried out in New Jersey at the same place my Uncle Tommy is. We thought we could get the grave next to him which would of been funny if they had to spend eternity next to each other since they didn't preticularly like each other. But he ended up in a grave across the road so to speak. I remember after the service was over and everyone was leaving the coffin was by itself under the tent they have and as we drove by I just thought it was sad and almost a statement on our family. They don't give a shit till it's to late and once your gone they don't bother with you.

I hope there is something beyond this world and He's found peace because his last months weren't to pleasant.

Ah well thanks with putting up with me doing some remembering. I needed to kick start the writing portion of my brain and a quick blog works wonders.

Random thoughts for 8/25/06

First off all my friends on the Andrewbulous Message board can still kiss my ass. But in addition to the usual suspects, Travis wants to know the following.

"I feel very left out

HEY TUBBY AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOUR CRAPPY 20 YEAR OLD PICTURE OF ARN ANDERSON OR WHAT? "

The answer shit for brains is no you are not good enough to deserve the Arn Anderson pic. You get nothing. You are nothing. Take that with you through the rest of the day. As for the rest of you cocksuckers on the board, I'd like to thank you all for the hits and attention you've given this little blog. As they say attention is attention and you all gave me some attention so give yourself a round of applause.

On to those random thoughts now...

First off August 22nd came and went for the most part we're still alive so the threat of Iran nuking everyone didn't happen. I was actually kinda dissapointed. There are days where I welcome a nuclear holocaust. But I suppose it's always a good thing when nothing happens. It's funny how it's coming up on 5 years since 9/11 and that Bin Laden fellow is still out there. On CNN earlier the Pakistani Ambassador said that Bin Laden might be in the mountains near the border with China. You know if that goof is still alive (which I and a good portion of the public doubt he is) I hope the Chinese find him because The Chinese can do alot more to him then we ever could.

Normally I'm against those damn Commies because they are downright horrible when it comes to human rights but you know if they capture a bed ridden Osama Bin Laden and unplug his dialisis Machine and let him die a slow death is it such a bad thing? Then again there was a time where I was all for bringing him back alive so we could drag him through the streets of New York and dip him into a pool of Pigs blood before we disembowled him. Of course now I could care less if they catch him or not. Oh sure he's a bad person, but think about it for a second. If we wanted him dead he would have been dead a week after 9/11. We have technology that can see with in an inch of a target from 250 Miles up and yet we're supposed to believe this fucker got away on Horseback in the middle of the night when we had every piece of military technology aimed at him.

Yeah what ever.

In other news, Pluto is no longer a planet. What is it with these damn egg head astronomers having to change things. Just because it small and takes 248 to orbit the sun doesn't mean it's not a planet. This dwarf planet thing won't make anysense in the long run and odds are they will flip and call it a planet again. Now if we could just build a space engine big and fast enough to get someone to Pluto and beyond in a normal lifetime we would be set because you know it would be nice to be able to get out of the solar system if the sun ever decides to go Nova.

So yeah that's about it. Listen to the radio show and click on the ads. The blog might turn a profit yet.

My lates rasslin column for those interested in that stuff

http://thewrestlingvoice.com/columns/phant...158334001.shtml

This is basically part 2 to my The X Division needs Nash column a couple months ago. I write about how the angle went better then anyone thought and how TNA is blowing the best thing they have going on tv right now.

Is Kevin Nash out for himself or is he actually doing what others wont and giving back to the business?

Read the ballad of Kevin Nash to get my take on it.

Feedback or hatemail is appreciated.

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K Thor Jensen can kiss my ass

Hey K Thor I know you love reading my blogs so this one's for you pal. And just for the record you little schmuck. I'm not going to go to a film school. I'm going to go to an actual college. There's a big difference you dumb shit. Spunk, Migrane, Woodude, Josh, Joe_Mamal the same goes to you all. You all can kiss my big fat white ass.

You people claim I have the pathetic life yet your the ones who love to spend time harping on me. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Perhaps you should examine your own life before making fun of mine. There are only two people I have to answer for my actions and that's God and myself and the last time I checked none of you little dickless wonder's were either.

LIP GLOSS IS A WEAPON PEOPLE

OH NOES TEH TERRORISTS WERE GONNA USE GATORADE AND TOOTHPASTE AS A WEAPON. WE DON'T HAVE A PRAYER.

Are you kidding me...I Jesus is this what we have come to? Scared to death over lip gloss and a bottle of fruit punch. All this new warning did was cause people to stand in line longer then they had to because God forbid someone got on board with their IPOD because then we might really be in for it.

Ok yes I guess it is serious. I mean in theory if this plot happened we could have easily seen a couple thousand people blown out of the sky at once. Its not a pleasant thought but the security measures they put in place afterwards are no picnic either. It's been proven time and time again that people can sneak just about anything onto a plane if they are creative enough. I remember when I was on the Red Eye coming back from Vegas that someone brought their dog onto the plane with them.

This whole no carry on bagage in England thing is not going to work. What about the regular baggage. You can still hide a bomb in there. They did that with that Pan Am flight over Scotland. A little explosive molded into a common walkman of the time.

So this current threat of appearently mixing liquids seems far fetched to me. I mean unless it's the same bomb used in Die Hard 3 I kinda doubt you can mix chemicals and ignite them with a camera flash or cell phone or even an IPOD.

I think when it comes down to it this is another case of having to justify all these preemptive measures. I mean its not like it's Baghdad in New York or London with some dumb Jihadi blowing up a market every 15 minutes or random bombs going off. For the most part with the exception of Bali, Madrid, and London...nothing has happened since 9/11. Most people don't really care about 9/11 anymore so these terror plots kinda come out when they need a reminding of sorts.

I know I'm being cynical but damn it you know it's the truth. I don't care about the war. I know no one who really does. We're more concerned with the price of living going up then some problem in the middle east. It's funny how if we got into this war for Oil yet the price of Oil is higher then ever before.

I guess a peace time economy is better for the gas guzzlers.

My Show on tonight

Yeah The Late Nite Cup of Joe will be airing on EndRadio.com tonight at 12 to 1 AM EST and right after that will be yesterday's show that didn't air due to technical difficulties.

Tonight's topics include the heat, why the media thinks Mel Gibson is important, AOL coming to their damn senses a few years to late and other random stuff.

Music for tonights show includes

Unchanined by Van Halen
Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd (Live)
One of these Days by Pink Floyd (Live)
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg by Iron Maiden

Thoughts, comments, whatever can be sent to PhantomLordNYC@yahoo.com

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Late Nite Cup of Joe for 8/1/06

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LUF5KDLN

It was supposed to be streamed on EndRadio.com but stuff happens as they say.

On this show I talk about the joke that is the MTV Video Music Awards and I let my brother talk about Heath Ledger as The Joker in the new Batman movie.

Music for today's show includes

Bombtrack-Rage Against The Machine
Aces High-Iron Maiden (Live version)
Fire-Ozzy Osbourne
Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day

Shows about 58 mins long and it's WMA form.

Download it and let me know what you think.

The debut of A Morning Cup of Joe on EndRadio.com

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EndRadio.com is back up and running we got a pretty kickass schedule of free streaming music running right now.

To top things off I got a morning show. From 5:30 to 6:30 it's a Morning Cup of Joe where I talk about the current news in the world in my own way and play some loud ass music to wake you the hell up.

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The Music on todays's Morning Cup of Joe is

God's gonna cut you down by Johnny Cash
Schools Out by GWAR
Cult by Slayer
Highway Star(Live 2006) by Deep Purple
Hole in the Sky(Live) by Black Sabbath

Myspace.com is down...

Oh lawdey lawdey lawd what ever will I do. My Space is down and I can't see the 10,000 bulletins people send me everyday for stupid shit. The cam whores can't contact me. The conspiracy nuts can't send me their videos. I can't even get links to club party's I'll never go to. Ok so Myspace is down. Big fricken deal.

MySpace is owned by News Corp and you would think with a site that has 80 Million members they would invest some of that Fox money into generators for the servers. Myspace has been running slow as hell anyway lately so maybe this would be a perfect excuse for Tom to get off his ass and put in some new servers so it doesn't take me 15 minutes to log in and constant refreshing just to see someone's message.

The one thing I never got about Myspace is where is all the personal information they harp about on the news. They say dumb girls put up all this info and I've never seen it. Of course I'm not complaining when they put up revealing pictures but Myspace is not as bad as people make it out to be. I would say half the people who use it end up using it like I do and that's to shill their stuff. The more friends you have the more people you can send your content to. Oh sure I've found a few people I knew in high school but other then that it's not that great of a site. So maybe with this "blackout" they'll update everything so it isn't so slow.

I swear it's all about timing

According to the Box office types, My Super Ex-Girlfriend (With Luke Wilson and Uma Thurman) will be a bomb because it will only pull in maybe $7 Million total this weekend.

Personally it pisses me off when you got an original idea like this and the movie doesn't do to well. Unlike other movies that have bloated budgets this one seems like it was fairly cheap to make (well by blockbuster standards).

Luke Wilson is a damn good actor and Uma Thurman is many a man's dream woman so how could it fail?

I'll tell you how it fails. First it was put out at the wrong time of year. A movie like this is good for the late fall not the height of the summer. I can count alot of movies that were great but did poorly because they opened against a huge blockbuster.

I'm thinking about going back to school to get a degree in film and I can tell you honestly if I had a choice between a huge action film and a quirky comedy date movie, I'd take the date movie. With action flicks there's no guarentee it will do well. With comedy date movies you get word of mouth and you should be able to generate a decent profit. If I had a special someone I know I would probably take her to go see this over what ever the hell else is playing. I mean if your going to spend $40 bucks on tickets and food alone then you might as well make the movie worth your while.

Besides it has Uma Thurman in spandex...how the hell can it fail?

TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

Yes I know it's a bit cliche to use that line but what the hell. I'm a Maiden fan so I'm allowed. But seriously it looks like the proverbail shit is about to hit the fan. Israel has just blockaded Lebanon, Syria and Iran are pretty much behind all the stuff going on over there and add to that we still have our little friend Kim playing with his missiles because he has an ego complex.

So it makes you wonder. When everything does hit the fan...what happens next? I honestly don't know. I mean if you believe one group of people this is all the work of Islamic radicals hell bent on the end of the world. If you believe another this is all the work of the Illumanti. Of course you could be part of the other 95% who basically could care less on what is going on around you. With the rising prices oil and the cost of living who has time to worry about a silly little thing like World War 3 when you can't even pay the bills on time. Those silly little cost of living problems are what the big wigs like to call a distraction.

You won't notice the world falling apart around you if your in debt over your head. I hope cooler heads prevail but honestly they probably won't. The Israeli's have been itching to get Syria an ass whipping for years and since most experts agree Syria goaded Hezzbollah into attacking yesterday they'll finally get their chance to level Damascus. After all that part is in the bible.

Isaiah 17


1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.

3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

I found that on http://www.godlikeproductions.com

If you think I'm paranoid you should see some of the folks on that board. But the funny thing about Biblical prophecy is it's usually right. It's funny how when everything is said and done and those of us left alive after the nuclear holocausts write down the history of what happened we can look back and say what kicked World War 3 into high gear were three Israeli soilders getting kidnapped.

Then again it's like Albert Einstien said. World War 3 will be fought with bombs and World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.

North Korea can go suck it

Depending on who you believe, North Korea has launched a bunch of missiles. Now if I lived in Japan I could see how this would be a problem. But since I live in New York I know I'm well out of the range of one of those pieces of crap. Granted a short range missile from a ship could easily be fired off any part of the coastline, but when it comes to the ICBM's only Russia and China are the ones to worry about.

North Korea is a joke and we all know it. Kim Jon Il is a joke. While his people starve, he lives in the lap of luxury. While he gets to watch television and foriegn movies...he has his people shot if they dare try to leave the country. Kim is like every other dictator. His people suffer while he reaps the rewards of the cause. I honestly don't know how the people of North Korea put up with him. After a while common sense should prevail in the face of a little nutcase like him.

Kim here's a piece of advice. Don't screw with us. Your propaganda says we're the evil ugly Americans...well guess what. We are...if you piss us off you'll see how Evil and Ugly we can be. Granted President Bush and his advisors aren't the sharpest bunch of knives in the draw, but he knows how to bomb the shit out of people. Ask Saddam Hussien. You could ask Mulah Omar but no one knows where that cyclops is and you could ask Bin Laden...but he's been dead for a few years.

So yeah...you can go suck it Kim. Don't make us have to kick your ass because if you do something stupid then we'll have to do something stupid and alot of people are gonna die over something stupid.

Mmmk?

So those Commie bastards have a missile

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KOREAS_MISSILE?

Are we supposed to be impressed or something? Ok granted if the situation was right they could easily sell this missile to anyone who has the cash and in theory a nuclear warhead could be put on it and then its just a matter of putting it on a slow boat and firing it off the coast. But that's a huge what if and lets be honest, The North Korean's aren't that damn lucky.

Now I haven't been to fond of G Dubbya lately, but lets be honest we all know North Korea is playing a game of chicken right now because they know even if they did do something like attack the South or fire at Japan, they know we're not going to do anything because there's no way the Chinese would allow us to turn North Korea in a smoking hole in the ground. I believe even if they do test this missile, nothing will come of it.

I'm more concerned with Iran since its almost a given we'll be at war with them by the end of the summer. It's just a matter of what happens between now and then. Oh sure there's plenty of evil forces that want us to go to war with Iran (neocons,pnac, ect). But even though it would make Iraq look pale in comparrison, the Iranian goverment are right up there with The Chinese and North Korean's when it comes to human rights.

The United States might not be perfect, but you don't see us hanging rape victims because under the letter of their law, it consitutes pre-marital sex. You don't see us censoring our political enemies. I think I had a point in all of this, but I'll be damned if I can remember it.

Either way I could care less if North Korea can launch this missile. As long as it lands no where near me or anyone I care about, Kim Jon 'Mentally' Ill will have no problems with this ugly American.

So the feds finally cave in...

Today the big story was The Feds caved in to a F.O.I.A. Order and released a video of Flight 77 hitting the Pentagon.

Its basically the same damn video that was leaked a couple years ago. The worlds most fortified building only had one camera appearently on that day. Well looking at the frame in question it shows a blur. Is it the nose of Flight 77 or is it a Missile. I'm saying it's not a Boeing 767...That's for damn sure.

Why must the goverment play these games with us the people. I mean we're their bosses. We elect those bastards and pay their saleries and yet they treat us like we're stupid children. Well most people are stupid but that's besides the point here. 9/11 is the defining moment of my generation and with all the camera's that are around I find it hard to believe that one tiny camera at the security booth is all that captured the most revolting attack in American History.

We know that the FBI confiscated over 35 videos that clearly show what ever hit the Pentagon. They refuse to release those videos. They released this video in the hopes it would shut people up but all it did was make more questions then leave answers.

I don't want to believe that anyone in the Goverment had any role in 9/11, but when they refuse to release video that would prove things one way or another it doesn't look to good for their side of the story.

I hope and Pray that in my lifetime we come to some sort of closure on 9/11, but with the feds playing games with the emotions of we the people I doubt it will happen anytime soon. Of course no one really gives a shit either way since the price of living is choking the middle class to death.

The truth could come out tomorrow, but I doubt anyone would really care with Gas over $3 dollars and the Duke Rape case to worry about.

I mean god forbid we have any real news.

Just some late night venting

I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad.

[shouting] You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,

[shouting] 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it:

[screaming at the top of his lungs] "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

I know it's cliche, but that speech from Network really does apply to alot of things in life. Anyone of you reading this right now probably have lost count at the things that have caused you to say "DAMN IT TO HELL". We're living in bad times right now. Another war is on the horizon, the cost of gasoline will continue to rise, the cost of living continues to cripple those of us in the middle class. The list goes on and on and on.

One thing that pissed me off this week was the fact that The Freedom Tower is going to be built. If you watched Penn & Teller's episode of Bullshit this week on Ground Zero you got a pretty good idea of everything that has gone wrong post 9-11. It's a god awful design and the fact that it's going up is a testament to greed and corruption and add to that it sends a message that we American's are a bunch of wimps.

Zacarias Moussaoui got denied his wish to become a martyr when the jury came back recomending Life in Prison. Personally I'm for the death pentaly but it's painfully clear that this guy is a patsy and the feds were hoping they could put him to death so symbolically we could put 9/11 to rest since we'll never catch that Bin Laden fellow. The way I see it, as I grow older I will always few The Freedom Tower as a huge eye sore in this city's skyline. If I and other New Yorker's had to choose between that and nothing we would choose nothing. We'd rather have the open sky over Lower Manhattan then this sanitized piece of crap that is going to go up.

I don't know why I'm writing about this. I know no one gives a shit either way about it. Coast to Coast is doing open lines tonight and George Noory is letting people vent their feelings. While I'm not venting my real problem right now, this has sort of lifted a weight off of me. I mean I know with me when it came to post 9/11 life I took a left when I should have taken a right on my road of life and now I'm feeling the consequences.

I'm honestly contemplating going back to school, I mean what's another $10 grand on my student loan debts. But it's like I feel if I did that it would be all for nothing as much like the last two years it would be a waste of my time. I often wonder about the future and what it holds for me and everyone I know and right now I can honestly say I see nothing but darkness. It's like the song No Leaf Clover by Metallica goes "The light at the end of your tunnel is just a frieght train coming your way".

These feelings of dread are something that just won't go away and when I see the world and how it's being run around me it's no wonder I have no hope for the future.

Can you honestly say that you do?

I introduce Cardinal Kay O'Fabian and some other stuff

I figured I'd post this here to for anyone who needs a good laugh.

http://www.lethalwrestling.com/news/fullnews.php?id=8

Cardinal Kay O'Fabian delievers a sermon that you won't soon forget towards one Vincent Kennedy McMahon.

The Good Cardinal looks at Vince's bright idea's in the past and his current fued with God.

I personally can not be held responsible for the words of The Cardinal but he makes plenty of good points so sit back and try to look at the upside of things.

I'm all ready asking for forgivness right now. Oh yeah Tom and Katie had their baby. Well good for them...but what is it with these Hollywood types naming their kids with horrible names. And they wonder why all these kids end up in rehab by the age of 15.

I'd be doing coke off Paris Hilton's ass if I had a name like Suri. Gweneth's kid Moses...it goes on and on and on.

Jim, Joe, Jane, Elizabeth. These are respectable names. Suri is just asking for a life time of jokes and feeling like shit.

The news that everyone seems to care about

Never mind the fact that the Immigration bills in Congress are a joke as they are just pandering to their respective political groups or the fact that Iran is daring us to attack...it just seems the biggest news stories this week were Katie Couric going to CBS and Katie Holmes Scientology birth. Yeah sure there was that story about Bush leaking classified information himself, but appearently he's allowed to do that since he's the President.

Now I like Katie Couric. I'll be honest when I watch The Today Show its not because of her perky personality. It's because I want to see what kind of mini skirt she's got on today. Yeah sure she's a good news anchor, but her power came over the last few years from showing off those great legs of her. When she takes over on CBS, I suspect the only time we'll get to see them is during some sit down interview. On the plus side the equally hot Meredith Viera is going to be taking her spot on the Today show. We all know the women of The View hate each other and I'm pretty sure NBC could have thrown any amount of money at her as long as they promised she never had to sit next to Star Jones again.

So yeah for NBC and CBS it's an equal trade as we the viewer get one hot milf for another. If you think I'm being sexist, I'm not. Television is all about sex appeal and you know it.

Now as for Katie, I almost feel sorry for her. Yes it's clear she's been brainwashed, but in order to be brain washed you have to have a mind that is ripe for the taking. Scientology is a cult and with all cults they look for people who are easy to control. Scarlett Johanson was smart enough to get the hell out of the room when Tom brought the Scientologist elders in to talk. Katie probably bought into the hype that becoming a scientologist would help her become a leading lady in Hollywood.

I think she's a good enough actress on her own, but she needed a break out role more then she needed direction in her life. I say I almost feel sorry for her because she had to know what she was getting into. Anyone with half a brain can figure out Scientology is a crock of shit. This whole silent brith deal is laughable at best. Oh yeah Travolta and others say no one HAS to do it, but since Tom is trying to become the Pope of Scientology you damn well know he's going to make sure Katie is silent. How he plans on accomplishing this with out her taking pain killers we will probably never know.

I just hope that Katie has enough sense to run far far far away when the baby is born and when L. Rob's goon squad isn't watching. Maybe someone should have her watch the In the Closet episode of South Park just in case she thinks raising that baby in that enviorment is a good idea.

Oh yeah this whole Bush deal, he said he the person doing the leaking should be fired. Well it turns out it was him. I wonder how firing your self works out.

Hey it's like I said, he had my support and then he lost it and I'm not the only Bush Supporter who has the same feelings now towards him.

Taliban Johnny can still kiss my ass

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/405177p-343071c.html

So I'm reading this article about Taliban Johnny and how he's a model prisoner and how his family and friends say he deserves a break in his 20 year strech in the joint. You know what I say about Johnny Walker Lindh?

He can kiss my ass that's what. Fuck him and the donkey he was on over in Afghanistan. Me and him are the same age but I'm supposed to fell sorry for him because he made a bad life decision? I've made my share but I sure as hell didn't take up arms with the enemy. He joined the Taliban...granted they are all a bunch of schmucks at best but he still was fighting with them. Want an idea of how the Taliban are? Go watch the movie Osama for starters and if that doesn't piss you off then nothing will.

But back to this little prick. So he's in jail for 20 years. He's lucky he wasn't shot right then and there when they found him. But unlike his taliban buddies, despite what others might tell you we actually treat our prisoners with humanity. He should be lucky that we didn't seek the death penalty against him but then again lethal injection is to good for him.

All I know is this, he might have been some low level turd but the point is he still was with the enemy and despite our reasons for fighting this war on terror we have to fight these Islamo facist nutcases and we don't need dumb kids like him going over there thinking they're going to score points with Allah for fighting the Infidel.

So yeah Johnny Walker (not the drink...I could use some right now), you can kiss my ass.

Well I think I've finally hit my wall

Yep its official. I think I've hit the wall because I am burned out. Writing the wrestling columns is becoming a chore with each passing week. Writing about political stuff is the same thing. I mean its the same stuff over and over and over and over. While I'm glad Charlie Sheen had the courage to go public with his views, its like a broken record trying to explain your position to someone who does not want to hear it.

Explosives...NOPE...BIN LADEN DID IT.

The Towers...NOPE IT WAS A FIRE.

No Plane was...ITS NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU CANT ASK THEM TO SHOW YOU THAT FOOTAGE.

And so on and so on.

This week the big hot button issue is this whole Illegal Immigration deal. Appearently if your for tight borders and no amnesty you are a racist. Now call me crazy here, but what part of ILLEGAL don't we understand here. Yes it should be a felony if your illegal in this country. Now I don't buy into that stuff that the Catholic church and others are putting out about this.

First off no one is going to go to jail for giving an illegal something to eat. But I find it hillarious that just because people have managed to stay here over a period of time they deserve a free pass. It's a load of crap and you know it. In the old days becoming an American was something to be proud of. Now its like just give me my welfare and medicade and leave me alone.

My mother sees it all the time with the Russians at Riteaid who whip out their Medicare cards and load up on free perscription drugs because Uncle Sam picks up the tab.

So someone please explain to me how we the people wanting to reign in all that are in the wrong. Oh and don't let these protests fool you. You can get high school kids to do anything if it means skipping school. I should know, I was once in high school myself (of course I never skipped school cause if my mother didnt beat the crap out of me my father would...it's called insentive).

All I know is I'm tired of the same old stuff. All I really want right now is maybe to go to some Island far away where the women wear next to nothing. Give me a Bacardi and Cola and I'm set.

I don't know if its the general paranoia I've had since 9/11 or if I really feel something, but I can just tell the next few months aren't going to be good. It would be nice if this feeling would go away but it won't.

Then again I think back to my graduation from college and I can pin point that as the exact moment my life went to hell. Should of went for a BA or something but NOOOOOO...I don't have the time for that.

The irony is now all I have is time and I hate time.

Ah well the next blog should be something more cheerful. All I know is years and years down the road if the Internet is still intact it should be fun to read my late night bitching and moaning.

Key word there is should.

My E-Mail to Tucker Carlson of MSNBC on Charlie Sheen

Hi Tucker this is Joe from Brooklyn, New York

I just wanted to say that Imus is right. You are a nitwit. I watched show last night and when your segment on Charlie Sheen came up you took 15 seconds from an interview that was over an hour long and branded Mr. Sheen as another wackjob celeb. To put him in the same boat as far lefties like his father, Susan Sarandon and others was just insane.

Tucker the facts are this about 9/11. The official government story is bull. Normal fires stop burning after a couple of days and I know for a fact the fires at ground zero burned well past Christmas. Charlie Sheen was simply expressing the opinion many American's have that what happened on 9/11 was not what it seems. Maybe if you do some research on the subject rather then branding everyone who thinks that something else was up is a nut then maybe just maybe we could finally have some closure on 9/11.

Tucker I suggest if you really want to tackle this issue and put it to rest one way or another is to charge at it head on. Maybe you can bring on a guest or two who can explain how WTC 1, 2, and 7 are the only steel buildings in history to collapse because of fire. After that maybe you can have someone explain how a 757 was able to fit through a hole in the pentagon 16 feet wide and why the Government feels five single frames of video is all we need to see when there had to be at least 30 or 40 cameras that caught that attack on video.

Other then that I love your show, but in the words of Curtis Sliwa you could not be more hopelessly wrong.

I had to send it because the attitude he and others have towards anyone who says the official story is bull is getting really annoying. I mean another EMT just died from Mesolthemioma that she got from working at Ground Zero. I know I'm worried about what was in the air down after I went back to school since my school was right in the path of the debris cloud.

For those of you who have not heard the Charlie Sheen interview by Alex Jones, you can listen to it by going to this link.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2006/200306charliesheen.htm

It's about an hour long but most of what Sheen says are the same thoughts many American's and people around the world have. The Twin Towers came down in what looked like a controlled demolition. At first I didn't want to believe it but the more and more I watched video of the attack it was clear that something more then the forces of gravity and weakened steel were at work when they collapsed.

I think the worst thing in this whole mess is that god awful Freedom Tower that is going to be built. It looks like a giant hyperdermic needle. I think before anything is done we need closure on 9/11 and since we won't be putting Bin Laden's head on a spike anytime soon, knowing what exactly caused the buildings to fall would be the next big thing.

For those of you not in New York you really dont have any idea how painful it is to look at where the Towers stood and there's nothing but open sky. I remember when I went back to school and I looked up at the sky since the towers were about 4 blocks away, I damn near started crying because the sky was so beautiful but at the same time you realize what had been taken away.

All I can say is God Bless Charlie Sheen for having the courage to talk about this subject. He's going to be branded a conspiracy nut but thats to be expected by people who just want to go on living with their head in the sand.

Wow that was three years well spent

So I figure I'll jump on the bandwagon and post my thoughts on the 3 year anniversery of the war on Iraq. Iraq is on the verge of a civil war if not in the mist of one right now. As much as President Bush wants to spin the positives, the negatives still out weigh them by a whole hell of a lot.

Now before this war started I was very much in the camp that Iraq needed to be punished. 14 broken resolutions were 13 to many. 9/11 was still ringing in our minds and they drilled into out heads that IRAQ WAS WORKING WITH AL QAEDA. SADDAM IS WORKING WITH THE ENEMY. In retrospect its a load of crap, but back then we all were waiting for the second wave. I remember I wrote a paper in my English class on the case for war against Iraq. I actually made a much more convincing argument then Powell did at the UN. I wrote about how there was plenty of evidence that Iraq had VX, Sarin, and other nasty weapons and the potential death toll if they were used would be around 4.2 million.

I didnt buy for a moment that Saddam could strike anyone in 45 minutes. I argued that he could sell the weapons to our enemies and from there I laid out a couple what if's. Israel gets attacked and promptly nukes Iraq in retaliation. I wish I still had the file cause I'd post it because it was some damn good work that I wrote. If the draft comes back like most feel it will within the next year or so, I'm gonna try and BS my way into a propoganda job or something.

But here we are three years later and Iraq fell rather quickly and since then it's been a disaster of epic proportions. What it comes down to is the Iraqi special forces disbanded and went into the civilan population and Bush and company were to gung ho to do some real work and root them out. According to main stream media, those guys are the ones doing all the attacks these days. They also say alot of the bombs have the finger prints of Iran all over them. I could argue about that, but why bother.

What ever the reason we went to Iraq this is for certain.

As of March 21, 2006

U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD:	2314
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation:	4
Total	2318

17,004 have been wounded

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_casualties.htm

This is a list of the month by month reports.

The D.O.D I think said 20,000 civilans have been killed as a result of combat actions and terrorist attacks.

Most independent sources place the number at well over 100,000

Right now Iraq is spiraling into Civil War as between 50 and 60 people are killed every day. This stuff between the Sunnis and Shi'ites is like Catholics and Protestant's. It's that little difference in interpertation that is causing people to be slaughtered.

Maybe someday I'll post what I really think of the so called religon of peace, but for now I'm staying on this war.

So President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Rummy, and others in the adminstration say we need to relax. Things are tense. They are not in a civil war. Well I dont know about the rest of you, but if that many people being killed a day just for their religion by their neighbors who are another religion...if that isnt a civil war then what the hell is.

Of course The President says stay the course. Well the course is fucked in plain english Mr. President. You got us into a war with no exit plan and with war with Iran looming right now the 2300 + that have died will be a drop in the bucket as the number will go up ten fold.

I'm rambling right now so bare with me. All I know is this. This war has been a joke, it's almost a half a billion in the red, and the idiocy of the adminstration is so laughable that it's sad.

I'll admit I was for this war at first, but I can admit when I made a mistake. If the President wants to fix his sagging poll numbers, he along with all his cohorts should do the same.

So the deal's dead...now what

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/09/D8G8EVD01.html

Dubai Firm Backs Out of U.S. Ports Deal Mar 09 10:16 PM US/Eastern Email this story

By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON

A Dubai-owned company abruptly abandoned its plan for managing operations at six U.S. ports Thursday, defusing an election-year showdown between President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress over an issue that had become a political land mine for the GOP.

"DP World will transfer fully the U.S. operations ... to a United States entity," H. Edward Bilkey, the company's top executive, said in the surprise announcement that seemed to spread relief throughout the Capitol and the White House. It was unclear which American business might get the port operations.

Basically what it came down to was there was way to much bitching for them to take over the ports. They looked at the money involved and said it just wasnt worth it.

Well I guess I would say I'm sorry that we can't trust any of The Shieks over there, but I'm not. I don't trust them and I'm glad they caved on this. If anything this whole situation shows how clueless President Bush really is. I dont know if its just because he's back on the bottle or if he's really that stubborn or what. But Bush digging his heals in on this was the worst decision he's made since that Iraq war thing (and we all know how well thats worked out for us).

I'm almost certain that the Democrats will win back the house this year. I think regular folk are sick and tired of the croanism and politics as usual by Bush and his buddies. Alot of long term congressmen will suddenly find themselves out of office because alot of people will be running on a common sense platform this fall and they will win.

I still cant believe there was anyone who supported this deal to begin with. I don't want to throw around the word bribery, but what other explanation can there possibly be for anyone defending a forgien goverment taking over major port operations.

I hope the bill banning this passes because we really need to get the Chinese out of the ports on the west coast. As it is they control The Panama Canal and damn near every port in Mexico. We dont need the Chinese controlling anything else in this country. Don't let the modernization act fool you. If given the chance they would invade in an instant just because they cant sustain they're own economy and people.

Why Bush & Cheney's poll numbers are in the tank

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9672058/

Ok so the CBS numbers were off, but the fact remains most people do not like President Bush or Vice President Cheney. Now I voted for Bush and Cheney in 2004 not because I liked them or because I thought they were the best choice. I voted for them because they were the lesser of two evils. As bad as this country is now it would of been alot worse with Kerry and Edwards in office (nevermind Kerry's shrew of a wife Teresa being the first lady which would have been a nightmare in of it self). But having sad that, Bush and Cheney have failed America on everything they promised.

The War on terrorism has become a joke. The War in Iraq is a disaster of epic proportions and its going to get worse. War with Iran is on the horizon. The cost of living keeps going up. Things in this country just keep getting worse and worse. You want to know why the poll numbers are in the tank? It's because common folk like me see Bush and Cheney and their entire administration for that matter as these people who are so vastly out of touch with the common man it isnt even funny.

I doubt President Bush has ever had to live pay check to pay check. I doubt Vice President Cheney has ever had to decide which is more important. Paying the rent or eating dinner. I doubt any of them have really cared about how much a gallon of gas costs or how much the price of meat, milk, eggs, bread, corn, and other products cost. They dont know what its like to be us and the more out of touch they are the more and more those numbers are going to slip.

As for this port deal, I think it sums up the administration perfectly that no one stopped to think that maybe, just maybe the American people would have a small problem with a foriegn country running our ports. Bush's attitude is they're our friends...you can trust them.

Well Mr. President, I hate to break it to you but no we cant trust them. As much as they might be an ally right now, it's only because we have all of that money invested over there and believe me if you think investing over there is going to keep them on our side, I have a bridge here in Brooklyn I can sell to you.

But of course this is our own damn fault for giving up control of the ports to begin with in the 60's. Shipping wasnt that important so who cares who runs it. Well its 35-40 years later and now that alot of cities are redevloping water fronts they realized you know it might not be such a good idea to outsource the management of these ports.

I highly suggest to the adminstration that they all watch the movie The Sum of all Fears. Never mind the crap about neo-nazi's. The book was about arabs sneaking a nuke into this country and the first thing we all thought when we heard an arab country was buying our ports was "Oh my god it's really going to happen".

All it would take to cripple this country would be a well placed tactical nuclear weapon on a cargo ship going off in a major port and this country would be brought to it's knees as all trucking would stop.

So back to the question at hand. Why are the poll numbers in the tank? I just explained why. Stop treating us the little people like we're not that important. The GOP members going against you are smart enough to see the writing on the wall that blindly standing by your policies will get them voted out of office. Hell I can guarentee even with out this there were plenty of people sick of how the country was being run and they would be voting Democratic or thrid party in the next election. I believe alot of long sitting congressmen are going to get a rude wake up call after the election when they realize they've been voted out of office.

They'll ask why and we'll in turn say because you just sat back and didn't do anything.

I mean damn it I hate Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton and I agree with them on this issue. I can assure you I'm not the only one who is finding themselves agreeing with people they hate with a passion politically.

Thats the reason why the numbers are tanking and they will continue to tank as more scandals and bone headed decisions are sure to come.

Scholars for 9/11 on Coast to Coast

Well I'm listening to Coast to Coast AM with George Noory right now and as usual he has a great show. Tonight's topic is about 9/11 and the inaccuraices surrounding what happened that day. James Fetzer of A group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth is on right now and he is laying out that case that it was SCIENTIFICALLY impossible for the Twin Towers to have fallen the way the official report says they did.

The fires were no where near as hot as it physics says is needed to melt steele. Granted the theory is the heat weakened the structure, but even still at the most there would have been a partial collapse and it sure as hell would not have come down on it self. If you've seen building demolitions then you'll notice how the Twin towers came down on themselves perfectly. The buildings fell at free fall speed and the only way for that to be possible would be the for the floors to be blown out before hand. So it was very much a precision drop. Who was behind that drop is something we'll probably never know. But at the most the truth should come out about how the Towers fell.

As for the Pentagon, the Goverment could silence everyone by releasing any number of videos of the attack but they refuse to. So as long as they continue to hide those tapes, people will always question what happened.

If you want a better idea of what happened, watch the documentary Loose Change.

Part 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QZcbKGDSJ7s&search=Loose%20Change

Part 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=g_BPjemY9fU&search=Loose%20Change

One thing is for certain. It's been four years since 9/11 and it doesnt take an idiot to realize that 9/11 wasnt a one time only event. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

As for this port deal, lets just put it like this. If anything happens after they take over we'll have a good starting point to focus the investigation on.

Oh yeah on a side note, click on the banner and use the google search. I could use some money.

EDIT: I totally forgot about the dust clouds. They were filled with Asbestos. BMCC (my school at the time) was in the direct path of the cloud. To say I'm just a tad bit paranoid about future health problems would be an understatement.

But hey, the EPA said it all clear so it must of been...Oh wait it's been proven they lied about that.

Yep yep yep.

Am I the only one who sees a problem?

I tried posting this on my blog, but Blogger is being a bitch right now.

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WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government should urgently review the security implications of a $6.8 billion deal granting a Dubai-based company management over key ports including New York, U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday, citing terrorism concerns.

Analysts and port sources doubted the takeover of British company P&O (PO.L: Quote, Profile, Research) by Dubai Ports World would have any impact on security. They cited multiple layers of screening and protection involved in global shipping, particularly among such major operators.

P&O shareholders voted on Monday in favor of the multibillion-dollar bid, giving the United Arab Emirates-backed firm control over the management of P&O's global operations, including in the major U.S. ports of New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Miami.

The deal makes Dubai Ports World the world's third largest ports group.

"Outsourcing the operations of our largest ports to a country with a dubious record on terrorism is a homeland security and commerce accident waiting to happen," said Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat.

Ok now I know I'm not the only one just a tad bit worried that SIX MAJOR PORTS WOULD BE UNDER FORIEGN CONTROL. You know this is the reason that the economy is in the tank for us regular folk. We keep out sourcing everything to the cheapest country possible. Now dont get me wrong, I'm a capitalist and I'm all for free market research but good God all mighty could we possibly have a little common sense in this country?

We were smart enough to nix the USCOM Oil deal with China but we'll let this one go through? You know sometimes I think what ever is going to happen will happen because of our own stupidity. I mean this is exactly the stuff that guys like Lou Dobbs, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity, and other talk about on a daily basis. We're selling out own security for cheaper labor.

Could you imagine what the reaction would be if say during the height of the Cold war came to this same kind of deal with a Russian company?

I don't often agree with Schmuer, but I hope Congress comes to their damn senses and puts a stop to this deal.

God what else can this Goverment do to show how stupid they are.

The fetus feels pain...who knew

So I'm flipping through the channels earlier and Dan Abrams on MSNBC has on this Arizona state rep who has introduced a bill in the AZ house that would require Doctors who give abortions by law to explain in detail that basically fetus's feel pain. I'm guessing it's supposed to be a guilt trip to put on the woman (as if she doesnt have enough stress going for an abortion it self).

Well as I was watching the debate I was thinking to myself, if your a woman and you've made the decision that you have to get an abortion does it really matter if they tell you the fetus will feel pain? I'm not trying to be insensitive here and I'm sure there are plenty of pro lifer's who will argue that bullshit like this (and believe me it is bullshit) should be required even though most Doctors probably don't support this notion as Scientific fact.

In my morbid curiosity, I've watched a few abortion videos that I found on Ogrish and Abortion by all accounts is not pretty. But from what I've seen of it, it's a fairly quick process so any pain the fetus might feel would be minimal at best. But you see this just proves my point that Abortion will not be outlawed by the Supreme court. States will just come up with creative laws to test the court so that it can be restricted to hell.

All I know is I'm glad I live in one of those evil Blue states where stuip bills like this dont have a chance in hell of being passed. I'm sure fetus's do feel pain on some level, but if your going through with the abortion your not going to have the doctor poke and prod and then stop midway just because the fetus is in pain.

That's just my take on the situation, I could be wrong but I'm usually not.

OMFG IT'S SNOWING and some other thoughts

So yeah it's 2:46 in the AM here in the Rotten Apple that is New York City and right now we are bunkered down for THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 06...well at least thats how the local media is playing it. They love these snow storms since it gives them an excuse to do round the clock coverage. I'm all for up to the minute information, but after a while it gets boring watching the same shot of some mall in Jersey being plowed for the 15th time. But it's a Nor' Easter so I guess there is some cause for concern. I can't even see out my window due to the snow that has caked itself onto the screen.

Well scratch that, I just tapped the screen and got the snow off it. It's coming down in a light powder form. If I had to describe it I guess it looks like the mounds of Cocaine that you would find in the dressing rooms of Motley Crue, Guns and Roses, and Ozzy Osbourne back in the day.

Ok well on that note lets move on to some random thoughts like I promised.

Ariel Sharon
I personally believe the guy is brain dead. He's been in a "coma" for almost two months and now he has gangrene setting into his stomach which prompted the emergency surgery this morning. Supposedly the Israeli's have been keeping him alive because they dont have a chain of command set in stone. If he is being kept alive for this reason, I suspect he will die sometime after the Israeli elections. It's a pretty fucked up thing to do, but I guess it's better then having the country fall apart as political factions come out of the wood work looking to gain control.

Jill Carrol
Now like I said in a post below, I'm starting to think she is a sympathizer rather then a victim here. I remember reading somewhere that women who are taken prisoner by muslim captors become slaves to them so at the least this woman probably had been gang raped by the scum that took her captive. But as the weeks have gone on, its like either they dont have the balls to kill her or she's clearly on their side and willingly doing their bidding. I mean think about it, they set a new execution date of Febuary 26th. First off going by previous executions by these dogs they weren't so generous. It was three days and then a tape showed up with a beheading or the person in question getting a bullet to the head as they chant ALLAH AKBAR meaning God is Great.

My father came up with the notion that she might be a sympathizer and I'm inclined to agree. Of course it could just be that they dont want to kill her because killing a young attractive woman would not be good for their cause. Plus its been said this is some new group so theres that whole rookie jitter thing. I hope and pray that I'm wrong and that she isnt a sympathizer, but if she is you won't see me crying if they turn on her and kill her.

I think thats it for now, theres nothing much in the news that interests me. The NSA story should be a big deal but Bush and company are in spin mode and if you come out against going after terrorists your either a liberal or a cooke in the eyes of most people. I'm all for spying on our enemies, but this is a slippery slope and people in power have been known to take advantage of a small opening like this. FISA is in place for a reason and if Bush said fuck it I dont have to do it like that then he's broken the law and theres no getting around that.

Ah well I'm done for now. I'll have my Rant of the Week up sometime later today or tomorrow depending on my mood.

Oh yeah notice the support Denmark banners, well do it. All these people bitching about these cartoons can go suck it. I was offened as a Catholic by the South Park Bloody Mary episode but you didnt see me demanding Matt and Trey be beheaded.

I hope they spoof this one next season, Islamo Facists need to be humbled.

New column at Lethal is up

http://www.lethalwrestling.com/opinions/news_content.php?fileName=1149

The column is up and I might piss off a few people with what I said, but this needed to be said. He's dead and as much as I wish he would come back to life it's not going to happen. Vince needs to stop being desperate and let guys work for heat on their own. Orton doesnt need Eddie's corpse to get the crowd to hate him.

On a side note I'll probably have my other column up tomorrow. We're gonna get a blizzard sometime tonight. i wish the camera was working cause I'd get some great pics especially with 50 mph winds expected.

In the meantime read the column and tell me what you think. That is afterall why I do it. I love the attention.

I might also comment on some other shit in the news later. I have some thoughts on the Jill Carrol deal. Lets just say the word sympathizer is coming to mind about her and I'm feeling less sorry for her by the day.

My thoughts after watching Flight 93 on A&E

So yeah tonight after the state of the union speech thing was over I went to go watch The Sheild and during a commercial I came across A&E and they were replaying the movie they made about Flight 93. At first I honestly didn't want to watch the movie, but I started to and I must say it was a gripping movie to watch. The part where the terrorists took over the plane was very chilling. I still can't believe they did it with fucking box cutters. One of the dipshits was wearing what they said was a bomb but I'm thinking that part had to be more Hollywood then fact. How the hell do you get through security with a suicide belt?

Anyway by the end of the movie when the passengers stormed the cockpit and they were fighting to get in and as the plane was going down, I broke down and started crying. All the emotions I supressed since 9/11 just came rushing back and I had that same feeling of dread that I had that day. I cant even begin to imagine the Horror of the plane. Now granted theres plenty of evidence that suggests that plane was shot down, but whatever the case I thought the movie was excellent and it should at least win some awards next year.

But umm its 2006 and it's been roughly 1583 days since the attack. What the fuck have we honestly accomplished in this war on terrorism. Oh sure nothings happened here, but plenty has happened elsewhere. Why is it Usama Bin Laden and all of his ilk still breathing? Why is he allowed to talk shit every now and then? Why is it this country has the attitude of oh well it happened get over it.

But if that attitude isn't bad enough, the thing that pisses me off the most is the fact that alot more then what the official story of 9/11 is happened that day.

It's clear The World Trade Center was brought down by a controlled explosion and NOT the fires.

It's clear The Pentagon was NOT hit by a 757 Jet Airplane.

It's clear that 9/11 COULD have been prevented and it wasn't for what ever reason.

All I know is after watching this movie once again it shows that we owe it to every man, woman, and child killed on 9/11, their familes, and all the men and women who have died in the resulting war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I pray that one day we have that truth out in the open so we can all come to some peace.

Testing the new keyboard

Well I finally came into the 21st century and I got a new computer...sort of. It's my Uncle's old Dell and it's lightyears better then my now retired Gateway. The Gateway and I had many good moments as I created alot of internet heat on that.

The great Rants, the idiotic postings, the heartfelt thoughts. It was all good.

So now I'm using this new computer and my Uncle gave mea Logitech keyboard with it. It has a different feel to use. I guess it's designed to prevent carpal tunnel in the years to come. I'll break it in eventually.

Ah well I have another blog of sorts at JoeDavisOnline.com

I intend to go back to my political writing over there. The FFADaily.net experiment didnt go as I planned, but never the less I did write some good non-wrestling columns despite what has been said elsewhere. I dont take sides, I just shoot from the hip. Take this anniversery of Roe vs. Wade. There's a story on Drudge right now about how South Dakota wants to pass a law outlawing Abortion outright.

Someone really wants to test Alito out when he gets on the bench. I honestly dont know where to stand on him. On the one hand he's clearly Pro-Life but on the other he seems to follow the letter of the law rather then his personal beliefs. But back to this bill, should it get passed it's for show only. There is no way in hell it would stand unless Roe vs. Wade is over turned and the powers that be will not allow that to happen. They'll allow for restricting the hell out of it to appease the far right, but they won't allow for it to be banned all together.

The way I see it, Abortion is a necessary evil. I'm all for parental notification and banning certain procedures unless it's medically necessary, but it would be a dark day if it were ever outlawed outright. When it comes down to it if Roe vs. Wade is over turned then it goes back to the states to decide. If you live in a red state expect severe restrictions. If you live in a blue state like me expect loose restrictions.

The only way it will become a crime would be if the congress pass a law that can stand up to the supreme court's ultimate review. So the days of coat hanger abortions aren't here just yet.

Ah well who cares. Oil is about to hit $70 a barrell and we will be at war with Iran by the summer at the latest if not earlier depending on how long the Israeli's patienice lasts.

So yeah Abortion wont be that important in the grand scheme of things in the near future. Iraq will seem like a fucking cake walk compared to what Iran will be like.

The Debut of Phantom's Institute of Rock

I start the new year off with a bang (even if it is two weeks late) with the debut of my hard rock & metal show "Phantom's Institute of Rock".

Go to http://www.24-7Radio.com and listen to the show that will span the entire spectrum of rock.

Bands on this weeks show include C.O.C., Mercyful Fate, Deep Purple, Metallica, Arch Enemy, Nickelback & Dimebag Darrell, and much more.

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My Interview with HWA Announcer Chris The Brain

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