Someone asked who Cindy was and why she has knitted all these sweaters for me, so here is a short list of people I refer to on my blog.
Sherry - My sister
Ryan - Her husband.
Reid - Their son. He is in the Army and has served in Iraq. What I have heard from him about conditions there is much different than what I hear from the Lamestream Media. Go figger!
Cindy - A very good friend. I met her when I was rehabbing at Shepherd Center and she was a nurse on the floor. She has since moved on to a better and higher paid job. She is my health consultant and she takes care of me when I'm really sick or do sumpin' stupid like try to catch a wine glass in mid-air. One of the reasons I moved to Beautiful Dunwoody was to be closer to her.
Michael - Her husband and the wine buyer at Greens. I buy all my wine from him. I also drink a lot of wine with him and Cindy. I usually have them over to my house for dinner once a month and they do the same with me. The normal wine consumption is three bottles per dinner. Fortunately, we only live ten minutes from each other.
Wahoo - My redneck friend. He worked for IBM also and after my accident he got a job as a temporary instructor in Atlanta and helped with my rehab. He built those beautiful built-in bookshelves that You saw in this post.
Jeanella - His wife. She is a very hard working lady and a wonderful person.
Almost left out my friend Brian who still works as an instructor at IBM. He always gets pissed off at me when I use fuck in any of my posts.
There are a few others, but they never get mentioned in any of my posts so they're not included in the cast.
I have been blessed with very good friends.
A troll is a subhuman lifeform. A troll is a cross between a banana slug and a pissant. One becomes a troll for one of two reasons:
1. The troll is too fucking stupid to have a blog.
2. The troll's blog is so lame that no one will go to it, so the troll goes to other sites hoping that people will follow a link back to the troll's blog. What is hilarious about this reasoning is why would anyone want to go to a troll's blog when the troll is incapable of presenting a rational argument on someone else's blog? But remember, trolls are inherently stupid.
Trolls are welcome at this site as long as they follow the rules. If a rule is broken, I will not ask the troll will leave. I will not tell the troll to leave. I will ban said troll and usually bitch slap the troll on the way out. I have been entirely too indulgent with my trolls. I guess I should know better, but, sometimes I think that trolls just might learn sumpin' from their intellectual superiors. Sadly, I am always proven wrong.
Here are said rules:
1. This is my blog. I make the rules. I enforce the rules. I am the final arbiter. If you have a problem with that, leave. I am probably smarter than you. If you were smart, you would have your own blog that people would want to frequent and you wouldn't be a troll. Addison and xCavTrooper are definitely smarter than you.
2. I enforce Godwin's Law. If you call someone a Nazi, you have lost the debate. A Nazi is someone who believes in racial genocide. A Nazi is a total monster. Do not cheapen the word by using it indiscriminately. You will be banned.
3. Do not start a thread with an insult. That immediately shows that you are a fucking idiot and are fair game and will be treated accordingly. If you are polite, we will be polite. Maybe. I decide. Unfair? See rule 1.
4. If you do insult me or others, try to make it an amusing insult. "Ha. Ha. Ha. You sure are stupid" is lame. "You have alzheimers" is lame. "If your brains were TNT, you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose" is good. Come up with sumpin' like that and you can stay a little longer. I want to be amused. If I'm not amused you're gone. Why can I do that? See rule number 1.
5. Do not make idiotic comparisons or the 'everybody does it' defense. If I state Bill Clinton is a draft dodger (which, of course he is, and we will not debate that. Been there, done that.) don't bring up Bush's National Guard record. It has nothing to do with Clinton beyond the fact that Bush served, Clinton didn't. If we mention Hillary's book deal, we are discussing Hillary, not Newt Gingrich. Newt's deal has nothing to do with Hillary. Those rhetorical tricks will get you banned. I decide if any comparison's are valid. Don't like it? See rule number 1.
6. Make sure any links you post support your points. If they do not, I will call you on it. Do it more than once, and you're history. I decide whether the link is valid. Unfair? See rule number 1.
7. When asked a question do not respond with a question. Answer it. If you bob and weave and do not debate honestly you are gone. Why do I get to decide? See rule number 1.
8. When I declare you have lost a debate it's closed. Don't try and reopen it. Why do I get to do that? See rule number 1.
9. Do not deny facts that prove you are wrong just because they do not fit your beliefs. If you try that shit, you are outta here. I decide. Why me? See rule number 1.
10. Try to act like an adult. There are no timeouts here. If you act childish, you are gone. I don't like spoiled crybaby whiney types. I get to decide. Don't like it? See rule number 1.
11. I can make up additional rules as I go. Think that's unfair? Tough shit! See rule number 1.
I put up with enough bullshit at my job. I do not need it here.
For those of you dying to know more about me here are some FAQ's.
Are you really a cripple?
Yes. I am a T12/L1 incomplete paraplegic. In English that means I fractured my 12th thoracic and 1st lumbar vertebra. Incomplete means I have some sensation and functionality below my injury. I can walk with braces and crutches. That's how I'm gonna get my ass up the stairs and into the du Toit's 2nd floor apartment. Take that Kim, you grouchy old bastard!
Why do you call yourself a cripple? Isn't disabled a better word?
I am not politically correct. Cripple is a perfectly good word. If the word offends you, fuck off.
Are you old?
I was born in October of 1946. Do the math. Sometimes I feel like I'm in my 70's. That's because I'm a cripple.
Is that why you're grouchy?
Partially. I'm also grouchy from having to deal with idiots. I do not suffer fools gladly.
Aha! You feel sorry for yourself!
Piss on pity! I'm a cripple because I fucked up. It was no one's fault but my own. I take responsibility for my own actions. That's why I hate liberals. To a liberal it is always someone else's fault. I hate whining.
Do you think you deserve special treatment because you are a cripple?
No. But I do get pissed when I see able bodied people in handicapped parking spaces and handicapped restroom stalls. When I went back to work after my
accident, I didn't ask for special treatment and I didn't get any. My career took off because I outworked all my peers. I did not want anyone to say that the only reason I had a job was that I was a cripple. That is why I detest 'diversity' and 'affirmative action'. I have seen too many people use the color of their skin and their sex as excuses for failure. I don't give a shit if you are male or female; homosexual, monosexual, bisexual or any other kind of sexual; black, white, green, purple, or orange. Do your job and don't bitch about how badly the world has treated you.
Also, since my injury I have traveled to England, Spain, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Turkey, and Russia. I SCUBA dive. I snow ski. I have also solo'ed in an airplane. The only reason I do not have a pilot's license is the FAA will not let me fly on some of the legal drugs I am on. I am not an inspiration. I believe in Jack London's words, "The purpose of life is to live, not to exist."
Where are you from?
I grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri. I have lived in the Atlanta area since 1985. I currently reside at GOC Central in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Education
Three years of college.
Military?
United States Navy 1965-1969. Electronics technician. Spent 14 months on the USS Comstock, LSD-19 and 22 months on the USS Iredell County, LST-839.
What do you do for a living?
I am a systems programmer who works with mainframes.
Mainframes? Aren't they dead?
Nope. Still alive and kicking. And, I get paid very well for my knowledge.
Where do you work?
I work for a company I call TCIDNN (The Company I Dare Not Name). When I quit working for it, I will identify it by its real name.
Do you have any family?
I have a sister who is 4 years older than I am. She's smarter than I am. She also hates it when I use the words fuck or fucking on my blog. I come from an interesting family. Turns out my fraternal grandmother's father, a randy old goat named Cyrus Freeman married twice. He wore his first wife out, my great grandmother, by letting her bear 12 of his children. He had 7 children by his second wife. He liked 'em young. They were both 17 when he married them. My sister does genealogy. She's learned a lot about our family.
What? No wife and kids?
Nope. I was married once. Didn't work. To paraphrase Groucho Marx talking about country clubs, I wouldn't want to marry anyone dumb enough to have me for a husband. Remember, I am a Grouchy Old Cripple.
Any pets?
Yep! I have two cats:
Scooter
Ashley
What is your political philosophy?
I am a small l liberatarian. I do not think the Constitution is a 'living document'. Gun control is unconstitutional. Campaign finance reform is unconstitutional. I believe very strongly in the Bill of Rights. Our Founding Fathers would not recognize our gummint as it exists today.
The main purpose of gummint is to protect its citizens and provide necessary infrastructure and services. There is nothing in the Constitution about social engineering.
The biggest danger facing the Republic today is the Dimocratic Party. I'm not all that impressed with the Republicans either. Both parties are turning this country into a socialist state. The Republicans are just not doing it as quickly.
I hate hearing Dickhead Gephardt talking about 'life's lottery'. Life is not a lottery. Opportunities abound to become wealthy in this country. The key is education and hard work.
I hate hearing the Dimocrats talk about 'fairness', especially in regard to the tax system. I agree. It isn't fair. It's not fair to take 40% of what I make (That's right. 40%. Total up all the taxes: sales, gas, real estate, excise, income, miscellaneous bullshit.) and then turn around and give it to parasites who expect me to support them and the kids that they irresponsibly breed. That isn't fair you socialist bastards. I think if a woman goes on public assistance she should be sterilized. If she expects me to support the kids she has, I don't want her having any more.
This is off the top of my head. Post any questions in the comments and I'll expand.
Last year, after the Dimocratic primary, when Denise Majette, defeated Cynthia McKinney (Can I have an amen!!!), my friend Michael remarked that my writing lacked passion. I just didn't seem the same person without 'the cutest little communist in Congress' to bitch about. And he was right. I go through cycles and it seems sometimes I forget that I am supposed to be a Grouchy Old Cripple! I'm not supposed to be nice to people. I'm supposed to tell dipshits to go fuck off. I mean, this is my blog and I make the rules here. Sometime later this year, I will post some rules, but until then, here are some of the truths I hold to be self-evident. That means we do not debate them. If you don't like that, tough shit! You may be excused now.
Bill Clinton is a scumbag. He is a disgrace as a husband (Altho' if I were married to Hillary, Paula Jones probably would look good. If you are reading this on a full stomach I'm sorry, but can you just imagine Hillary naked? Ewwwww!) and a father. I don't want to hear anything about the Bush twins. This is not about George Bush. This is about Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton is a draft dodger. I don't want to hear anything about Bush's national guard service. That has nothing to do with Bill Clinton being a draft dodger other than Bush served, Clinton didn't. If you do not believe this, tough shit! I will not debate this. If you have a problem with this you may go to www.youareafuckingidiot.com
Senator Robert Byrd is a senile, racist, hypocritical old man. And here goes the Grand Kleagle again Bush Thrashed by Byrd. Hey howza 'bout lynched? The old fart would probably be more comfortable with that. Hey Bob, is your sheet back from the cleaners yet?
"I am loath to think of an aircraft carrier being used as an advertising backdrop for a presidential political slogan, and yet that is what I saw,'' Byrd told his colleagues, calling the event "flamboyant showmanship."
Yeah, but it was OK for Clinton to give a speech on an aircraft carrier. And in case anyone forgot, the Clinton party left the carrier with whole big bunches of souvenirs. It gave them lots of practice for looting the White House. And for the kicker, howza 'bout Clinton on the beach at Normandy kneeling down and making a cross out of pebbles? Givce me a fucking break. It was bad enough that we had a fucking draft dodger dishonoring the dead at Normandy just by his presence, but if that wasn't a craven political act I don't know what was. But Senator 'Name every road, building, lake, parking lot, and land fill in West Virginia after me' Byrd, continues:
"I do not begrudge his salute to America's warriors aboard the carrier Lincoln, for they have performed bravely ... but I do question the motives of a desk-bound president who assumes the garb of a warrior for the purposes of a speech,'' he said.
Yeah and I questioned the motives of a fat-assed cowardly draft dodger who assumed the garb of a warrior for a speech on an aircraft carrier. Where was your outrage then you sanctimonious bastard? I suggest you go to www.callsomeonewhogivesafuck.com. Oh shit! No one's home. Kinda like your moral compass.
Hillary Clinton is the most dangerous woman in America and anyone who voted for her in New York needs to have his/her head examined. At least Bill has no core beliefs, so, he passed welfare reform to get re-elected in 1996. Hillary does and she's a fucking communist. Hillary is one of those people who think that the only reason socialism has never worked anywhere it has been tried is because the right people have not been in charge. And this is not subject to debate. If you ask me to prove that that is what Hillary is thinking, I will ask you to provide another reason, any reason at all, why socialists like Hillary, in light of all the failures of socialism throughout the 20th Century, all the people who were murdered by Stalin, all the people who have been murdered by the Chinese and the Vietnamese, all the people enslaved and starving in North Korea, and all the people who brave shark infested waters to escape the prison known as Cuba, think that they can succeed where all others have failed. If you can answer that simple little question, Maybe we can talk.
But this is my blog and if you don't like it start your own blog and don't annoy me with trying to prove how fucking clever you are. And if you have a problem with that,
