I got in a discussion with the poof at work (well, one of the three - and I work at a major Bank!) about Obama. He thought Obama was a muslim. No, he's not, I say. Well, he was once, I think he converted; that's it. No, Never. Not that it matters really, but he's never been a muslim. Ever. I knew this was an internet meme out there for a while but never really saw any hard facts about it until I saw this post from Ben Smith <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Things_Americans_believe.html">http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/ ... lieve.html</a><!-- m --> a couple days ago that makes the point that it’s actually surprising that ONLY 10% of Americans think Barack Obama is a muslim, given the striking ignorance Americans show in many other areas.
So, for Gooch and Dig and Jays and whoever else, I expanded on those stats and looked at some others. Basically the point of all this is that people are stupid and will always be stupid. No matter how much money we piss down the toilet on social programs trying to address the gap between the rich and the poor; the have and the have-nots or whatever else, the fact remains that the reason for the gap is the same as the reason for these statistics. People are dumb as shit. They will always be dumb as shit, and as long as they are so stupid, they'll never be able to get themselves out of their poverty spiral. And according to the info I have here, it's a pretty consistent 20-40% of the population is borderline retarded and I'm glad that only about 60% of the people vote in elections. I'd rather they sit at home and watch American Idol and Dancing with the Stars.
* 1.3% weigh over 300 pounds <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.americansportsdata.com/pr-obesitytrends-bmi.asp">http://www.americansportsdata.com/pr-ob ... ds-bmi.asp</a><!-- m -->
* 10% think Barrack Obama is Muslim <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/New-Poll-Gauges-Americans-General-Knowledge-Levels.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/New-Pol ... evels.aspx</a><!-- m -->
* 18% think the sun revolves around the earth <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/New-Poll-Gauges-Americans-General-Knowledge-Levels.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/New-Pol ... evels.aspx</a><!-- m -->
* 19% accept the presence of spells and witchcraft <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21477704/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21477704/</a><!-- m -->
* 22% think George W. Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/general_current_events/president_bush/22_believe_bush_knew_about_9_11_attacks_in_advance">http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... in_advance</a><!-- m --> before they happened
* 30% STILL think <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/29/upi_poll_opposition_to_iraq_war_has_grown/4354/">http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2 ... rown/4354/</a><!-- m --> that Sadam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction
* 31% think the Bible is 100% accurate and can be taken literally word-for-word <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/27682/OneThird-Americans-Believe-Bible-Literally-True.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/27682/OneThi ... -True.aspx</a><!-- m -->
* 31% can't name the current Vice President <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319">http://people-press.org/reports/display ... portID=319</a><!-- m -->
* 39% think that humanity is "definitely" less than 10,000 years old <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/21814/Evolution-Creationism-Intelligent-Design.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/21814/Evolut ... esign.aspx</a><!-- m -->
* 47% think that the earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters/2008/january/article-hobin.html">http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletter ... hobin.html</a><!-- m -->
* 50% aged 18-24 can't find New York on a map <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/geog.test/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02 ... index.html</a><!-- m -->
* 53% would refuse to vote for an atheist for president <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/26611/Some-Americans-Reluctant-Vote-Mormon-72YearOld-Presidential-Candidates.aspx">http://www.gallup.com/poll/26611/Some-A ... dates.aspx</a><!-- m -->, which is a higher percentage than who would refuse to vote for a black, woman, muslim, homosexual, 72-year old, or twice-divorced candidate
* 65% can't name whose face is on the nickel <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=press_release&ID=823">http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.c ... ase&ID=823</a><!-- m -->
I'm really getting into some of the more interesting conspiracy theories and theorists. A screwball that stands on the street corner, talks to themself and takes shits on the sidewalk is interesting enough but a lot of them that are out there are a little more sophisticated (some moreso than others) and, more importantly, less dangerous.
Of course, there is always Charles Manson who was a nice springboard but I have pretty much amassed enough info on him, the Family, and the murders to write a master's thesis. It's old so I need to branch out a little.
First, let me just say that the search function on this site is fucking atrocious.
apparently the term "trade center" or "trade centers" have never been written on the site ever. I think it only archives a rolling 6 months of posts. Anytime I want to search for an old post, it doesn't work.
I hate you.
But more to the point, here's a link to the video archives of every meaningful second of coverage on every major news network from 9/11/01-9/13/01.
The internet is amazing. I missed all of this as it was going on. I didn't even hear anything about it until about 10:15 that day, and wasn't in front of a TV until about 11AM
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive">http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive</a><!-- m -->
There's this "virtual drug" application called i-doser that alledgedly uses sound to stimulate the brain to respective drug high experiences. Maybe this has been around for a while, most know of it, and I'm just behind the times...whatever.
Anyway, I downloaded the free version off of downloads.com and I swear the one dose/sound I tried seemed to actually work. It was called "Content" (pron: 'cun-tent') and I was chillin for a while. So I guess I have to try the rest of them after this torrent finishes.
Anybody hear of this or try it? Other than this stupid app, my next mission at some point is to lay my hands on some DMT - supposedly the most powerful hallucinogenic in existence. Shit like shrooms & sid are near impossible to find around here nowadays so I bet DMT is absolutely nowhere to be found. But I've read that you can extract it yourself without too much elaborate chemistry knowledge or equipment as DMT is in many many relatively common plants and bark.
Twist of fate and FINALLY the Rock returns to NYC. But actually as some may know I never been there but the cards have been dealt. Those territories are now mine....therefore NYC belongs to me now and me alone.
I always loved cold calling companies in NYC...they got a bunch of fucking obstructive and rude animals working those recep desks....but they always loved me & now they'll get to see my pretty face if they're smart and lucky.
I will finally put those Wall Street hotshots and the other big business haunts up that way to good use...that is, to making me filthy rich and an even bigger sales animal then I already am.
It's been a minute and figured so you guys don't think I forgot you, i'd update you as to my recent happenings.
I'm finishing up this semester and I have about 2 weeks left of classes and then 2 weeks for finals, last day of finals is the 22nd of may. I'm then taking a week off from from the 24th july 1st. Then I am starting summer school, so i can finish ASAP. I will have no time off in the summer except for the last week of august and then back to school for the fall.
I'm going to be done with all my education requirements after this semester, so no more observations or tutoring until I do my student teaching, which is the final requirement, after that i'm officially a teacher. I will have 1 more year left after this semester, so I will be doing my student teaching in the fall of 09.
My mom who has a new phase every other week (last month she decided she was an inventor and invented this cool thing where you use velcro on shoes instead of shoelaces, like vanilla ice she didnt wanna hear it when I told her someone already beat her to it. Her reply was; "yea but mine come in different colors.")
Yea so her new thing is she is becoming a linguist and wants to self teach herself spanish. I can barely understand her when she speaks english but now she insists on only speaking to me in a spanish.
Also she is convined that I am gay and is trying to hook me up with the gay spanish dude at her job. She said that she wants him to come over to hang out and that I should have dinner with him. She is convinced that I am dating a girl for asthetics and using her to convince everyone im not gay.
She also is apparently a huge fan of lesbian pornography now too, she asked me if I had any good lesbo porn that she could borrow. She was explaining to me how amazing pussies are in comparison to cocks.
She is also not a fan of ass to mouth, she told me that if my girlfriend tries to do ass to mouth with me that I should dump her cause she is a "fuckin trollop"
She also told me that using the phrase "whose pussy is this" is very cliche and I need new lines, I also need to see a doctor cause no one should be fucking for 8 hours straight and if I need it, the ice packs in the fridge.
My grandmother's new way of greeting people is "are you good? ok now call your mother and take a shit."
A lot of my "friends" I have realized are very unhappy with their lives and in their misery they really don't want anyone else to be happy.
I went bowling last weekend and sucked the first game cause its been years since I touched a bowling ball but 2nd game I bowled a 170 and rocked everyone else.
I also had the most amazing thing ever, a peanut butter flavored italian ice, it tasted like heaven.
According to my friend if you suck someones dick after its been in your pussy, you're bi-sexual.
You're not bi-sexual though if you go down on your friends, cause they're not random people.
I think I should have gone for early childhood instead of secondary education. I would be getting paid to play connect 4 and building things with legos all day. Instead I have to contend with retarded high schoolers who think the chinese bombed pearl harbor and "set it off" and that the boxer rebellion was when muhammad ali refused induction into the draft during vietnam.
There's a lot more but I gotta get to class soon... <3's