I used to think I was a lover not a fighter. In reality, I may be a lover, but I am not a fighter. I have always thought that anything worth fighting over was probably worth shooting over. This rules out most property and includes all lives - mine and others.
You may have heard that the average 911 response is over twenty minutes. The response time for a 44 caliber magnum is 1400 feet per second. Do the math.
Gun haters don’t own guns and they don’t want anyone else to. I don’t think a true criminal is going to give up guns. If the Nannies get their way, criminals will have a boom in business. As it stands today, they may encounter some law-abiding citizen with a gun. If government takes away guns, then that removes that "work" hazzard.
Give your lover roses. Keep your guns. Else, you may be the one getting the roses on top of your casket.
PMO
©2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Take Two and Call Me or The Morgue
Drug companies ads just don’t make any sense. They spend millions of dollars to tell the world how great their products are for treating this or that malady. Then they add the disclaimers.
"Using this product may cause shortness of breath, blurred vision, impaired thinking and your ability to drive or operate machinery. Who wants to take a product with side effects like these? Some even state, "there have been reports of serious injury or death."
My favorite is the ad disclaimer that says, "may cause drowsiness, dizziness, and diarrhea." I don’t care what I might have, I sure don’t need those to go along with it.
Of course, they will tell you that the odds are one in 100,000 of dying. If you don’t take the drug, you have a better chance.
Makes you want to run to your doctor and get a prescription for something.
PMO
©2011
"Using this product may cause shortness of breath, blurred vision, impaired thinking and your ability to drive or operate machinery. Who wants to take a product with side effects like these? Some even state, "there have been reports of serious injury or death."
My favorite is the ad disclaimer that says, "may cause drowsiness, dizziness, and diarrhea." I don’t care what I might have, I sure don’t need those to go along with it.
Of course, they will tell you that the odds are one in 100,000 of dying. If you don’t take the drug, you have a better chance.
Makes you want to run to your doctor and get a prescription for something.
PMO
©2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Try It, You'll Like It
Friends, family members, associates and even strangers in the aisles at the grocery store say, "try this, you’ll like it." No I won’t.
How many times have I been offered something that others think is just wonderful but I don’t like it. Just because you like something does not mean everyone else will.
I went to a party one time where the hostess, from India, had prepared a traditional Indian meal. I honestly don’t think that anyone there, all non-Indian, liked anything. Everyone was polite to the hostess and thanked her for all her hard work. But no one ever went back to dinner there.
Spare me the pitch, "oh you’re just going to love this." I may or I may not. But, I make choices on past experiences. If I didn’t like something before, I won’t like it now. And, when you’re a grumpy old man, you no longer have to be polite and try it.
If it ain’t barbequed or can be barbequed, then I probably won’t like. And, just plain coffee or iced tea, please. You drink your fruity drinks and eat your quiche and be happy. But I don’t like it. You can offer it, but don’t be offended when your offer is refused.
PMO
©2011
How many times have I been offered something that others think is just wonderful but I don’t like it. Just because you like something does not mean everyone else will.
I went to a party one time where the hostess, from India, had prepared a traditional Indian meal. I honestly don’t think that anyone there, all non-Indian, liked anything. Everyone was polite to the hostess and thanked her for all her hard work. But no one ever went back to dinner there.
Spare me the pitch, "oh you’re just going to love this." I may or I may not. But, I make choices on past experiences. If I didn’t like something before, I won’t like it now. And, when you’re a grumpy old man, you no longer have to be polite and try it.
If it ain’t barbequed or can be barbequed, then I probably won’t like. And, just plain coffee or iced tea, please. You drink your fruity drinks and eat your quiche and be happy. But I don’t like it. You can offer it, but don’t be offended when your offer is refused.
PMO
©2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Say What?
For years now the educated elite have been trying to force you into a tiny little box of a car to save the planet. Hybrids are the result of government Nannies trying further to control your life.
The purpose of electric cars is to save gas and therefore create less pollution, right? Only electric cars can save the flies and mosquitoes. You will spend thousands of dollars for a limited driving range with no air conditioning. And, if you need to carry more than one person, you’ll need to make several trips. But, and if you have a big butt you won’t fit into one of boxes, you will have a smile on your face when an eighteen wheeler runs you over. Keep thinking, you saved the planet from all that pollution.
Wait! How is electricity produced? By burning coal, oil, gas and even nuclear fuel. Aren’t power plants evil producers of pollutants? If there are more electric cars, at exorbitant prices, then there has to be more demand for electricity. And, what is the result of more electricity. I’ll give you the answer - more electric production.
I could go on forever about electric cars, which is a lot longer than that technology will be around. I didn’t even mention battery disposal.
The State of Washington has realized that because of high gas prices which include state taxes, drivers are buying only essential gas. Vacations, pleasure driving, and so forth are gone by the way side. Less gasoline sales mean less taxes. Therefore, there has to be a way to generate that lost revenue. The Nannies won’t be outdone.
They have promoted electric cars. There have been tax incentives, appeals to save the flies and mosquitoes and "education" about how Europeans drive smaller cars. But now the coffers are empty, they feel compelled to tax electric cars. After all, they already use less gas so they pay less tax. And, since gasoline taxes are most often used for road construction and maintenance, hybrid drivers are not paying their share for using the roads.
Surely those less educated drivers will feel the need to pay the tax cheerfully.
PMO
©2011
The purpose of electric cars is to save gas and therefore create less pollution, right? Only electric cars can save the flies and mosquitoes. You will spend thousands of dollars for a limited driving range with no air conditioning. And, if you need to carry more than one person, you’ll need to make several trips. But, and if you have a big butt you won’t fit into one of boxes, you will have a smile on your face when an eighteen wheeler runs you over. Keep thinking, you saved the planet from all that pollution.
Wait! How is electricity produced? By burning coal, oil, gas and even nuclear fuel. Aren’t power plants evil producers of pollutants? If there are more electric cars, at exorbitant prices, then there has to be more demand for electricity. And, what is the result of more electricity. I’ll give you the answer - more electric production.
I could go on forever about electric cars, which is a lot longer than that technology will be around. I didn’t even mention battery disposal.
The State of Washington has realized that because of high gas prices which include state taxes, drivers are buying only essential gas. Vacations, pleasure driving, and so forth are gone by the way side. Less gasoline sales mean less taxes. Therefore, there has to be a way to generate that lost revenue. The Nannies won’t be outdone.
They have promoted electric cars. There have been tax incentives, appeals to save the flies and mosquitoes and "education" about how Europeans drive smaller cars. But now the coffers are empty, they feel compelled to tax electric cars. After all, they already use less gas so they pay less tax. And, since gasoline taxes are most often used for road construction and maintenance, hybrid drivers are not paying their share for using the roads.
Surely those less educated drivers will feel the need to pay the tax cheerfully.
PMO
©2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Love to Hate
People love to hate. In fact, they have to have something to hate or it messes up their digestive system. The problem is that in today’s American society you are not allowed to hate. In many cases it is against a law.
You can’t hate Muslim terrorist because that is racist. I am not talking about hating Muslims because of their religion. That would make no more sense than Baptist hating Methodist. I am saying that you can’t hate those that would kill you.
The Nannies that dictate today have forbidden you to hate anyone or anything that is contrary to your beliefs and damn any facts you have to support those beliefs. Nannies don’t care what you think or what the facts are.
If a fox is breaking into your hen house and killing your chickens, then you must carefully trap the fox and move him to another environment. Since this may take quite some time, while waiting, you just have to absorb the cost for any chickens you lose. What happened the days when one shot from a twelve gauge would solve the problem? Well, that is hateful, mean and cruel. Obviously, I have a problem with thinking I have a right to protect my chickens.
But, don’t despair. The Nannies have come up with something for you to hate. You can hate it publicly or in private. You can hate it all you want. You can encourage others to hate it with you. You can have hate parties. Pray tell, what can be hated without fear of being criticized?
Smoking!
That’s right, smoking. Now, don’t get me wrong, smoking can’t be good for you. But, when I hear that smoking causes genital warts, I get a puzzled look on my face. Exactly how are those people lighting up? Maybe, it has something to do with smoking after sex.
Somewhere between twenty and twenty-five percent of American adults smoke. That’s roughly sixty to seventy five million people. In Texas smokers paid taxes that were almost equal to the revenue from the State run lottery in 2010, and they are treated like lepers. A large number of businesses do not allow smoking, their choice, and numerous local Nannies have passed ordinances to prohibit smoking in various places.
Sounds like prohibition doesn’t it. That didn’t work.
All the anti-smoking movement began with an action to establish a non-smoking section on airplanes. Now they don't want anyone to smoke outside. In the old days, if you didn't want to go to a restaurant where smoking was allowed, you went to one where it wasn't.
When government scientist get involved with anything, if you're smart, you better look at the results carefully. Sure smoking is hazardous to your health. The Nannies would have you believe that second-hand smoke is even more dangerous. Think about that for a minute. It just makes sense that what ever the danger may be, it has been filtered by the smoker.
How many other anti and non or pro social beliefs have begun with just a little baby step and evolved into dictates for your personal life and beliefs.
Smoking is just an example to use to see how grumpy it makes me to see personal freedoms and even rights taken away by Nannies that only want to dictate.
PMO
©2011
You can’t hate Muslim terrorist because that is racist. I am not talking about hating Muslims because of their religion. That would make no more sense than Baptist hating Methodist. I am saying that you can’t hate those that would kill you.
The Nannies that dictate today have forbidden you to hate anyone or anything that is contrary to your beliefs and damn any facts you have to support those beliefs. Nannies don’t care what you think or what the facts are.
If a fox is breaking into your hen house and killing your chickens, then you must carefully trap the fox and move him to another environment. Since this may take quite some time, while waiting, you just have to absorb the cost for any chickens you lose. What happened the days when one shot from a twelve gauge would solve the problem? Well, that is hateful, mean and cruel. Obviously, I have a problem with thinking I have a right to protect my chickens.
But, don’t despair. The Nannies have come up with something for you to hate. You can hate it publicly or in private. You can hate it all you want. You can encourage others to hate it with you. You can have hate parties. Pray tell, what can be hated without fear of being criticized?
Smoking!
That’s right, smoking. Now, don’t get me wrong, smoking can’t be good for you. But, when I hear that smoking causes genital warts, I get a puzzled look on my face. Exactly how are those people lighting up? Maybe, it has something to do with smoking after sex.
Somewhere between twenty and twenty-five percent of American adults smoke. That’s roughly sixty to seventy five million people. In Texas smokers paid taxes that were almost equal to the revenue from the State run lottery in 2010, and they are treated like lepers. A large number of businesses do not allow smoking, their choice, and numerous local Nannies have passed ordinances to prohibit smoking in various places.
Sounds like prohibition doesn’t it. That didn’t work.
All the anti-smoking movement began with an action to establish a non-smoking section on airplanes. Now they don't want anyone to smoke outside. In the old days, if you didn't want to go to a restaurant where smoking was allowed, you went to one where it wasn't.
When government scientist get involved with anything, if you're smart, you better look at the results carefully. Sure smoking is hazardous to your health. The Nannies would have you believe that second-hand smoke is even more dangerous. Think about that for a minute. It just makes sense that what ever the danger may be, it has been filtered by the smoker.
How many other anti and non or pro social beliefs have begun with just a little baby step and evolved into dictates for your personal life and beliefs.
Smoking is just an example to use to see how grumpy it makes me to see personal freedoms and even rights taken away by Nannies that only want to dictate.
PMO
©2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Random Thoughts
First of all, you will notice there is no order or sequence, just random thoughts about what I think. I understand that you may not agree with what I think. That’s okay. Write your own blog. I don’t care.
When I was a young boy, I wondered why old men were so grumpy. Now I know. I won’t tell you why they are. But, if you keep up with this blog you may find out. If not, wait until you are old and figure it out for yourself.
Allow me to warn you about old people. Never and I mean never ask an old person how they are doing. They will tell you – for hours. Some of them carry portable DVD players and will show you their latest medical procedure in high definition. You want to watch a colonoscopy? It’s best to say, “Nice to see you” or “you’re looking great.” That really messes with their minds.
When you get old, younger people think you are stupid, ignorant, behind the times or senile or all of them.
Do you realize that almost one hundred percent of what you know, you learned from someone else? It’s true. Either someone told you or you read it or heard it. That’s assuming you can read. If some older person didn’t teach you then you can’t. Guess you wouldn’t be reading this in that case.
Old people are not stupid. Think back. Who taught you not to mess in your pants, stick your finger into an electrical outlet, jump off a tall building, or about a million other things? An older person did. We’re talking serious lessons here and an old person is the only one that saved your behind.
Remember, old people have been young, but young people have not been old. And, the way some of them behave, they are not likely to get old. I don’t who said that but there’s a lot of that illusive truth in it.
It is natural for younger people, especially teenagers to think they know more than old people. And, it is natural for old folks to look at them like they came from Mars, because most teenagers did – at least they act that way.
Mark Twain said, “When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he’d learned in seven years.” He also said, “When a boy is thirteen you should put him a pickle barrel and feed him through the knot hole. When he is sixteen, close the knot hole.”
And, there is nothing sillier than a fourteen year old girl. Don’t tell me I’m wrong. I’ve been a boy and I raised a girl. I am amazed that kids grow up. I’m equally amazed that parents ever let them. Old timers call it “paying for your raising.”
It is no wonder that history repeats itself. For eons, young people have ignored learning from the mistakes made before them and just repeat them over and over. Since no one can live long enough to make all the stupid mistakes, wouldn’t it be better to learn from an old person that something’s won’t work or that it is just dumb to do what you want to every time?
John Wayne said, “Life is tough. It’s a lot tougher if you’re stupid.”
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