Time for a Pandemic

I recently completed a microbiology class at Utah State University, and after completing it I was afraid to eat, shake hands, and basically breath non-sterilized air.

The influenza pandemic of 1919 is a reminder of what a little virus can do when it has changed it's adhesion to something that our vaccines are not prepared for. We are long overdue for something for a devastating disease.

Everyone thought that AIDS would do in humanity, but in the end it it is going to be something much simpler. AIDS is too complex, it requires to many variables to be right for you to acquire the disease in the first place, and the stages of progression are too slow.

Influenza on the other hand requires that you breath to acquire the disease and it has a fulminant progression which means you can get sick in the morning and be dead later that night or the next day. Influenza typically targets people with weaker immune systems, but in the case of the 1919 pandemic it targeted healthy individuals and knocked out a significant portion of the population. I am not familiar with the individuals that have died from the swine flu, but it is possible that this flu could be targeting healthy adults.

Good fun? or proof of Secret Societies and their Satanic conditioning of our youth?

A break in the serousness.

In celebration of our newest member I thought I'd post the lyrics to my son's favorite song.

We'll get back to the doomsday stuff later. For now just have a good time. (Go back to sleep, everything is going to be just fine . . . )

Hot dog! (Hot dog)
Hot dog!

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog
Now we got ears, it's time for cheers

Hot dog, hot dog, the problem's solved
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog

Grab my boots and a sandwich
Let's start a parade
Get the coconut drum kit
For Daisy to play

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog
We're taking off, we're dancing now
Hot dog, leapfrog, and holy cow
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog
It's a brand new day
Whatcha waiting for?
Get up, stretch out, stomp on the floor

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog
We're splitting the scene
We're full of beans

So long for now from Mickey Mouse (That's me!)
And the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

The Reuniting of America

The country is divided and in a recession bordering on depression.

I think a lot of people look at the situation that we are in and choose to blame greedy bankers or perhaps power hungry and incompetent politicians. This might be the correct assumption but does it really do anything to reunite us as a country? I think not.

I have another suggestion. Think back to the great depression and what really brought us out of that situation. I mean what truly did it, not what has been discussed in the news lately.

The news has been discussing the social programs out of the great society. The building of streets, bridges, and U.S. infrastructure. I will agree that it is a good idea to build and maintain these things, but what really pulled us from the bottom of the well was a devastatingly bloody war.

World War II put the United States industrial complex into full swing pumping out equipment and supplies for all of the allied troops. On the homefront people saved, scrimped, and learned to do with less. Those individuals involved have been classified as the greatest generation. They made sacrifices that most of us can't even comprehend.

To that end I suggest that we must find a common enemy. For those of you family with The Watchmen graphic novel or movie they had a good idea of how to direct people's energy, but since we don't have superheroes or great Chthulu like aliens we have to think of something else.

I have a suggestion. We have one of those dedicated CIA spooks figure out how to make it look like North Korea or Iran fired on someone. I don't think we need to go so far as have them fire on the U.S., but if Iran fired on Israel that would be believable.

This would spur us into action, but that isn't enough. We are already mired in conflict and it isn't helping. What we need is a war so big that it involves the entire world. We need a Hitler-esse type of enemy. Someone that all righteous people in the world can love to hate.

I have the beginnings of the plan formulated but we need more minds to work on this. If you have any suggestions I beg that you comment and share your ideas. Post on this blog, start your own blog, hell start a war!

Old enough to kill, old enough to die!

So lone survivor pirate "boy" is only 15 (according to some people).

Tough.

For the love of all that once was holy!!!

Have we completely lost touch with reality??

DAMMIT I'm going to bed. Probably too pissed off to sleep though.

We're screwed.

Buy guns, and ammo, and store water and food, work out a barter system with people you trust cuzz your boy Obama is the man.

Yea, Trem Shaun. It's on, the end is nigh.

You're screwed . . . unless you're a 15 yr old pirate.

(sorry, some of that was the whiskey talking, I suppose)

Mass Hysteria

I usually encourage mass hysteria. I find it amusing when people think that the world as they know it is coming to an end.

Take gun and ammo sales for example. I grew up in a very conservative family and my dad to this day still says the next civil war is going to be East vs West (with the exclusion of California of course). The reasoning behind this is because he says "If those damn Liberals in Washington try to take our guns their going to get their asses shot off." I'm almost sure that is a direct quote.

I find this thought amusing for some reason. I find it almost as amusing as Texas seceding from the Union.

The only problem with too many people sharing this thought is that now I can't get the damn gun I ordered. I want to go shoot things and the problem I have is the gun I currently own I can't find ammo for and I have ammo for the gun I ordered but the gun is back ordered.

How am I supposed to go hunting for pirates when I have one gun with no ammo and can't get my other gun. I ordered a Taurus 24/7 9mm with extend clip. It will hold 17 rounds in the clip and 1 in the chamber.

Damn mass hysteria, you evil bitch. I normally revel in the glory of it, but now it has backfired and actually effected me.

WTF man? Really, what can you say about this?

Ok new survey to the left.

What do you think about this?

Priates vs. Ninjas

This has been the debate for as long as people posted on forums in teh internets. People of taste and class have always come down on the side of Pirates as being the coolest of the two groups. THIS is what has infuriated me more about these so called "pirates" that have been playing chicken with our commerce on the high seas. Lets explore this deeper.

• REAL Pirates have wenches. Ninjas not so much.
• REAL Pirates shoot big canons at big SHIPS. Ninjas shoot tiny starts at the Defenceless
• REAL Pirates have hooks for hands and have cool hats. Ninjas run around in black pajamas.
• REAL Pirates have cool names that make them famous and feared. Ninjas...umm..can't name one.
• REAL Pirates get booty. Ninjas get...whatever it is the ninjas get.

See what I mean. Pirates cool. Ninjas drool.

Untill Starvin Marvin and His Inflated Boat Floatilla decided to take on the Merchant Marine. Lets talk about the ways these idiots have defamed the name of pirates everywhere.

• POSER Pirates could get knocked over by a stiff breeze.
• POSER Pirates run around in rubber dingys. OMG WTF
• POSER Pirates attack unarmed oil tankers that couldn't out run a snail caught in glue.
• POSER Pirates don't get booty...hell...they bearly have any booty at all.

So...lets stop these pirates now before the "Ninja's Are Better" crowd actually have these morons to point at and say "See...told you Pirates suck."

These murderous bastards need to begin fearing the US.

I like this. Now when the hell are we going to actually do something about it?

A step in the right direction?

(The title of this post is a link to the story, fyi)

I must return to work in a few hours so I will let you read for yourself.

I like this:

"Some Pentagon officials now want to formulate policy to encourage more daring commando raids, according to U.S. military officials. They say a mix of special operations forces and conventional Navy assets at sea would be able to pinpoint pirate gangs on land and attack them once they move into water."

And this (except for the fact that the US of A is not listed, hopefully they just forgot):

"All nations seem to agree that it is appropriate to fire on pirate vessels to prevent them from hijacking merchant ships. Canada, Germany, the U.K., China and others have fired lethal weapons at Gulf of Aden pirates to stop them from boarding ships."


I don't like this:

"Many U.S. military officials say that in the case of a high-seas hostage standoff, time is on the navies' side, because they can wear down the will of pirates, who aren't usually driven by ideology -- and have limited resources."

No need to wear them down boys. You are very expensive.

Kill them. Please. Kill them quickly and move on to another group.

Hell send in your trainees. It'll give them some much needed self confidence and experience.

No really, it's good!!!

Just because someone is selling it doesn't mean you have to buy it. (That's cow stomach flavored in blood and spices by the way).

Welcome my friends to my very first blog post! I thank our very good friend (the guy with the german name that I can't spell) for giving me blogging rights. I will try not to bore anyone or make them dumber for having read my post. But I promise nothing.

Yes my friends. I am standing up for our loyal friends the French. The French have been doing more to combat pirates than our mighty US Navy. In fact if you look for news about the pirates you will find that the US media is under reporting French activites so they do not embaress the US of A.

I'm far to tired tonight but over the weekend I will show you example after example of how the French are getting the job done while our US Navy sits and watches from a safe distance.

In fact I like the French President better than our President. The French President actually likes America and has a hot wife!

Death2Pirates

Our Family Grows

As I have said before I am new to blogging and I must say that I am liking it.

The one thing that I do not like is that it is "my" blog. I post, you comment. Not exactly what I am looking for.

I want a more open format. A place where many people can post their own thoughts. It is with that end in mind that I have extended administrative invitations to a few of (ok 75%) our family members. They are CerealJohn, Trem Shaun, and Cap'n Coach. To be honest I would have done the same for you blackicean but I didn't know your e-mail address.

I hope that I actually sent the invitations correctly and that the anticipated results are delivered. Let me know if not.

I will end the day with a quote from Thomas Jefferson (thank you BigDBen, who will be joining our group as soon as he figures out how to create a gmail/blogger account).

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have!"

Welcome my friends.

I am torn. . .

I feel both elation for the support of common sense that I have seen thus far, and I feel dissapointment that one of our friends (yes, we will still call him/her that) feels that we should let the froggies, uh, French deal with the pirates.

I beseach you friend, please explain your reasoning to the rest of us. The french? Really?

Remember to read the comments on this blog and interact with each other. I am new to blogging and might not have things organized yet but together we will learn and grow.

Come, let us reason together.

Welcome all Americans with spines!

Please forgive this brief (yet sincere) welcome but it is late and I must soon retire to bed.
"Late? But it is not yet 10:00 pm," you say.
This is true. To some people it might not be late. But see, I am a working American.

I, and my spouse, have full time jobs and must be to work early, even before the sun wakes up.

We do not live off of welfare.

We do not look to government for a handout, nor do we feel that we deserve one.

We do not live in a large and spacious home that we cannot afford.

We do not have thousands of dollars of credit card or other unnecessary debt.

We do not want to be taken care of.

We do believe in the core values that this country was founded on.
- Hard work
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Self-reliance and being rewarded for your efforts

We do our part to be good citizens, co-workers, friends, family, and neighbors.

Now I admit that I am not a political scholar. I don't know the right things to say at the right time but I do know that I believe in doing the right thing just because it is the right thing and I want to meet people with similar views.

I want to provide a place for people to meet and discuss how we feel about the current conditions that we find ourselves in. Some of us will know each other and some of us will not. That is ok with me. I just need to know that there are still people out there that share similar beliefs and values.

So why the title "death2pirates"? To be honest I have plagiarized the line from a friend and I do so respectfully. We have been watching the current situation with these . . . hell I don't even know what to call them. These people that have been hijacking ships. They really bother me but what bothers me worse is our governments (our employees) response to them.
Are we really so powerless? Are we really so weak?

Is it really possible for a few uneducated nothing-to-add to the world hooligans to hold the United States Navy hostage? I think something is wrong here. The pirates are a metaphor for our current situation.

Let's start a discussion.

Agree with me.

Disagree with me.

I want to know if there is anyone else out there that feels like I do. Or am I all alone?

Tell your friends about this blog.

Let it grow till it rivals the size of our grotesque and bloated government.

I embrace sarcasm, or anger, or levity. Use whatever emotion you desire.

Just speak out.

I'm a cynic that doesn't believe that anyone is listening.

Prove me wrong.