American voters flip the bird to Washington, the media, and Americal corporations

It should come as no surprise to most people that today the media and large corporations are running America. Hopefully this isn't a surprise.

It shouldn't be a big surprise to see that it is also these corporations and the same media who choose who is our next president. Through advertising and opinionated news reporting, it is easy to skew our impressions of the candidates to favor one over the other.

It has been quite clear since the beginning that these two entities wanted McCain and Clinton to be on the November ticket. Clinton, definitely a player, most likely would have been voted in. I'll admit, as much as I don't like her, Hillary is a player. She is charismatic and knows what to say to who and when. The media does the same. Perfect example, the media today was all over Hillary's "huge" win in Kentucky. She picked up 22 delegates over Obama's 11 but the media is very quiet about Obama's win in Oregon (Obama picked up 29 delegates as opposed to Hillary's 19, making both states only a one delegate gain for Hillary). They are also very quiet about the mass migration of the super delegates over to Obama's side. Nope, they're making it sound like Hillary was a huge winner yesterday (even though she lost ground to Obama).

It seems that the American public has flipped the bird to the corporations and media trying to run this country. America has stood up and voted for Obama. Even with the media's call for "Operation Chaos" to try to get Hillary to win the nod failed.

Obama played a good game. He took the "T Mobile" strategy. In the beginning when all of the mud slinging was going on he didn't participate, even when the mud was being slung at him (much like as much as the other providers trach T Mobile in their commercials, T Mobile doesn't stoop to that level). Barak stood back and still stated his intentions and didn't even try to defend himself. That takes some cohones.

Good job, Barak. You didn't play the game everyone wanted you to allowing others to chew you out. Instead you acted mature and kept your cool. Even now, as your are ever inching towards the victory, the media is still trying to paint Hillary as the winner.

"The Greatest Domaining Contest Ever"

That's what it is being called, John over at DNXpert.com (http://www.dnxpert.com/2008/05/19/greatest-domaining-blogging-contest-ever/) is holding this contest for domainers.

Feel free to click on the link but check out the list of prizes below! There are some great prizes for little work by the contestants.

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New site

I've launched a new site for all of you who listen to Big 105.9FM (and The Gater's) morning show, The Paul and Young Ron Show.

You Can't Win.Net

It is a site I'm putting up for their game show, You Can't Win. I will try to listen every day and update the site each day (there are some days I've missed because of work).

I have a list of all of the answers for questions one though three and all of the "wrong" answers plus little hints that were deliberately (and inadvertently) by the cast, staff, and callers.

Right now, I have a feeling I know what the answer to question #4 is just by listening every day and maintaining the list.

The morning show is based out of Big 105.9FM out of Miramar, FL but is also simulcast in West Palm Beach though The Gater, 98.7 FM so their reach is from Key Largo to Stuart, Florida (rumored to be as far south as Islamorada and as far north as Yeehaw Junction). Tune each weekday morning around 7:30 (usually between 7:20 and 8:00AM) and remember, you can win!

Crazy people at the airport...

I was at the airport yesterday waiting for my wife to arrive and, as usual, there was an interesting array of people there.

First, some loud mouthed guy on his cell phone non-stop. High teens low to mid 20s age, acting all tough on his phone. He’s telling his friends that he’s pissed because they wouldn’t let him into the terminal.. He said he was there to pick up a child (with no documentation), he tried to pass off a piece of paper as a ticket, they still wouldn’t let him in. Then, he claims that he told them they’d better let him in or else he’d “kick their asses”. Uh-huh, if you even came close to that your ass would be in a back room in the airport being drilled by security and the local police department. He’s also talking down to some girl (probably his GF that he keeps her self esteem crushed so she’d stay with him).

Karma caught up to him. His mom called, they were stuck on the tarmac because someone got sick and they needed the CDC to clear the plane. HA HA! He was telling her to fake being sick. Yeah, that’ll work, that’ll just make them wait longer.

A couple came in from the terminal with a small child. The mother went to the rest room and the father was too busy on his cell phone to notice that their child was standing at the top of the down escalator playing, and blocking people from going downstairs to baggage claim. I was hoping that the father would drop his cell phone down to the first floor (I don’t want to see the kid get hurt from his own ignorance).

Of course some other bratty kid came up to me and demanded that I give him my Nintendo DS. Yeah, right. No, it’s not your turn. It’s my DS that I bought with my own money. Learn some manners. Of course he goes crying off to his mommy who told him I was being a “mean man”. Fine lady, can I have that laptop in your bag? No? You’re being mean. Like hell I’m going to give a Nintendo DS (that I was using at the time, BTW) to a completely strange kid (plus, kid’s mom, didn’t you ever teach your kids to NOT talk to strangers? If I was a pedophile I could have easily lured that kid away into my car while you were being completely ignorant of the situation and he would be GONE. Obviously chatting on your cell phone is far more important than your child).

I also love watching people argue with security. Pay attention to the rules people. No, you cannot bring that bottle of water onto the plane. You say its water but how can they know? Yes, the knives are for cutting steak but guess what, they are NOT going onto the plane (and arguing with security will NOT get you anywhere so don’t even continue arguing). Wisen up people. Also, DO NOT LEAVE YOUR BAGS UNATTENDED. Almost every time I go to the airport security is a few seconds away from closing the terminal because some moronic ass-muncher leaves a bag on the floor (like when going though the zigzag line at security). Of course, at the last second someone just picks it up and acts like nothing happened. Maybe these people should be pulled aside and fully strip searched (cavity search time!). Maybe that will teach them to just leave their bags and risk tens of thousands of travelers getting to where they need to go on time.

Don’t get me wrong, there were dozens of happy reunions (including mine). People were very happy to see each other (I couldn’t get the opening scene of “Dogma” out of my mind with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon). It gave me a warm feeling in my heart. Either that or my heartburn was acting up again. 

Of course driving in and out of the airport is a living hell, too. People who can’t figure out the self-pay lanes in the parking garage, people slamming on their breaks on the highway that goes around the airport and jumping across 3 lanes. People who drive by the terminal then slam on their breaks to pull across 4 lanes of traffic so they can drop someone off (did you not notice the pretty colors or the huge terminal numbers?). Leaving is dangerous enough. Even with police there stopping traffic to let pedestrians walk across the road people still fly though almost hitting us. Morons.

CNN - you are diusgusting

Not only does your latest ploy prove that you are selling out it shows your lack of sensitivity towards people.

In case you don't know what I'm talking about, take a look at this picture:



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Yes, that is a t-shirt you can buy with CNN's headlines on it. Not only are they profiting off of the news, they are merchandising other people's misery, a luxury previously only enjoyed by our insurance agencies.

This one (in the picture) is "Hit and run cop nailed by own dash cam". OK, this one isn't too bad but I actually saw one earlier today that said "hundreds feared dead from Myanmar typhoon". Um, you want to sell t-shirts that promote a natural disaster that hundreds of people have died in and get 100% of the proceeds from it?

I honestly can't think of anything lower, more evil, and selfish than any company has done in a very long time. Just when I thought things couldn't get more thoughtless, they come out with this.

I guess it is time to find another news site.