I am no fan of the so-called "social network" populated by crazies, idiots and those desirous of perpetrating harm or death upon innocent people, and if I ever became a Facebook member or a member of any such network I hope lightning strikes me down. The fact that I run a couple of ad-free blogs should say something about my relationship with the social network -- and at this point I'm not sure I could consider blogging relevant to the social network variety currently dominating that one universe.
Particularly, I am so done with congressional hearings filled with sobbing parents whose children met bitter ends or other tragedies because of their presence on the social network, or individuals claiming the Internet drove them nuts or into some emotional quagmire. Yes, it's been said over and over, but still we ask just when did parents forfeit their obligation to know what or whom their children are involved with 24/7? Difficult as it may be to conquer, parental distance is the primary reason why government representatives have launched concerted attacks on the Internet, making it increasingly and exquisitely hard to enter and use the Web without complications. Things will get worse in the name of protecting children. But that's not the social network's job. Lawsuits seem so attractive though, don't they? The phrase, "for the children" may pull at one's heartstrings, but a rabid or almost cultist emphasis on those words can also rip out freedom's guts. I curse congressional lapdogs and activists intent upon making adults subservient to the politically generated "needs" of children watched over and "protected" way too much by the wrong people. This may be unpleasant, but it's worth entertaining the thought that most, if not all people influenced negatively to extremes once exposed to the Internet's treasures were probably swimming in mental issues long before they allowed the computer to become whatever they believed it became to their lives.
Donald Trump Does the World: If you hate him he must be doing something right. Once one becomes tuned in to his long-range goal to make America a leader once again, current price increases and related annoyances should be looked upon as necessary short-term effects. Yes, it all hurts like hell, but so did the slow-burn torture and disaster inflicted upon the entire country by Democrats over a quite different long term. I think that Trump knows exactly how to administer the cure, though he must be aware that he will receive absolutely no credit for his work until long after he's out of Office. Now, if the Democrats don't go right in and destroy everything good he has done. . .their avowed, unfolding goal. . .
Pope Nope: When the Vatican gives the world's poor all of its gold, art and other valuable treasures so it may truly embrace poverty, maybe I'll listen to a word or two from this current heavenly representative. Meanwhile, I patiently wait for a solution to the UFO mystery -- which may never fully arrive -- because I think there's enough there to literally devastate all established religions. The most powerful vacuum cleaner on the planet so far is the collection plate, taking in new monies but providing in return the same old answers.
Los Angeles Psycho of the Day: Police shot and killed a woman attempting to kidnap and harm a three year old boy at a Walmart. Unfortunately, they weren't able to blow her ass away before she cut the kid's face and head (his wounds were prominently displayed on TV news). Just as I'm tired of people blaming the social network for emotional ills with which their children or themselves have already been infiltrated far in advance, I'm equally put off by every other freaking news report involving a murder or catastrophe involving "mental illness." As L.A. police demonstrated, there is indeed a compassionate, yet permanent cure for this kind of mental illness, and the cure requires only (1) a bullet fired from a gun and (2) a deranged human head. Simple and effective, maybe even a tad on the romantic side, and no doctor's notes or drug prescriptions are necessary. Oh -- and the woman noted here did apparently steal the knife from Walmart and her estate should be properly billed.
The end is near or why isn't it? The magnitude acquired by organized sports in the world is amazing as well as troublesome. While the world's attention is focused on athletics, who's watching the gangster politicians doing things behind our backs? Had I only known how sports would leap from backyard baseball to exerting a gargantuan hypnotic grip on every modern society. I wish the inventor of the ball would have made them square or triangular, never round! Let's see how THAT would have played out in the industry. Every time I happen upon one sports event after another, engaged in by shouting fans or players who sometimes resemble a possible missing link incarnate, I simply ask myself -- why are we not yet extinct? Are we really here to chew tobacco, spit on the field, endure concussions and break bones during play? Where oh where is that damned planet killer asteroid, bring it on!
