FLASH BACK TO THE 80’s

Remember this kick ass sesame street cartoon that you could not get out of your head? Back then the thought never crossed our minds that Bert and Ernie were gay…. well… maybe Bert, but not Ernie!

Also honorable remembrance to the Tiny Little Super Guy! He rocked!

Posted By ryewhiskey @ 1:02 pm - Filed under: Uncategorized, Flashback

Facebook: Resistance is not futile!

I have been emailed a ridiculous amount of times - and for once and for all I do not want to join this trendy Facebook revolution.

Unlike the apparent majority of our growing population, I have no desire to remember or list everyone I have possibly ever met. I do not even have enough time for all of the people in my life who I am interested in communicating with more often. If you want to be stalked I am happy for ya. This reminds me of people who get all excited to go to their highschool reunions so they can revisit people whom they likely do not talk to anymore, and did not really like in the first place back during one of the most awkward periods in our lives. And No I did not attend my 10 year highschool reunion and I do not have even one drop of regret.

Even more sad is this Anti-Facebook Group that is growing to try to make a point about how they are resisting the Facebook. What is the difference anyhow? As I always say, each to their own, just please stop emailing me to join Facebook, because it is never gonna happen!!!!! (You know who you are)

Posted By ryewhiskey @ 12:24 am - Filed under: Uncategorized, Rants/Raves/Peeves

188 Days: Turning 20 + 10 (AKA the big 30!)

So the blogging comeback that just so happens to coincide with the year of turning 20 + 10…. Ok ok, the big 30 there I said it (Shhh just don’t tell anyone!)

Let’s recap really quick, ohhh right, it’s the mid life marker, the turning point that is commonly feared and dreaded, the age that for the past 20 years was a far far ways away and labelled people as ‘old’. I am not quite sure why I am so preoccupied about turning 30, I found a sketch that may visualize it….

http://www.dorkboycomics.com/sketchbookjournal?lzkfile=2005+part+1%2F  

More to come I am sure… as the countdown continues and I try to make sense of it all

Posted By ryewhiskey @ 11:54 pm - Filed under: Uncategorized, General

Procrastination

Hey everyone, I hope to be back to blogging very soon. Call it procrastination and being too busy with life to take the time to express my thoughts and ideas here. Hope everyone is having an awesome 2006 and hope to hear from you soon.

Posted By ryewhiskey @ 12:36 pm - Filed under: Uncategorized

Discrimination: Economic Background, Religion, and Race factors for Katrina Victims?

After watching the news the past week, and seeing the horror that is the reality in New Orleans, I began to wonder what the timeline really was ? and why did it take so long to help these people? I could not believe that relief could seemingly be sent to other parts of the world in a more efficient manner than on our own continent. Hurricane Katrina was not a surprise, it had been broadcasted for days on the weather reports. Its like we watched it hit and then watched the aftermath.

What I found after only doing a little bit of searching is that the attitude expressed by various Americans is quite perturbing and leaves me wondering if any or all of these issues are at the root of why it took so long to send aid?

Example #1: Barbara Bush (The Presidents Mother)

Mrs. Bush, after touring the Astrodome complex in Houston on Monday, said: “What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.” She commented during a radio interview with the American Public Media program “Marketplace.”

Now I could understand how someone with her background would have this opinion, and be totally mortified at the thought of precious Texas being a potential new home to NO refugees. In her mind they live it up in the Texas arena better than they could ever have lived in their own homes, but lets not get carried away, this is only temporary. This coming from the person who raised the American President?. Enough said.

Example #2: Religious Groups

What really got me going was the religious groups who have been stating that because Katrina hit just days proceeding the ?Southern Decadence? homosexual festival that the hurricane put an end to the annual celebration of sin.

“Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city,” stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. “From ‘Girls Gone Wild’ to ‘Southern Decadence,’ New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. From the devastation may a city full of righteousness emerge,” he continued.

Louisiana had a total of ten abortion clinics and many religious groups say countless numbers of children were murdered at the hands of abortionists. Additionally, New Orleans has always been known as one of the “Murder Capitals of the World” with a rate ten times the national average.

“We must help and pray for those ravaged by this disaster, but let us not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long,” Marcavage said. “[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matthew 5:45)

To believe that a Hurricane hit New Orleans because it is an evil city full of evil people is absolutely asinine. It is important to notice these opinions, however, because a huge percentage of the American population actually believes this type of doctrine. Did this religious sentiment play a role in the slow moving aid to New Orleans? I know that the President uses religious rhetoric when using God in his speeches and is against abortion?. I just want to ask Mr Marcavage if he has ever heard of Global Warming.

Example #3: Racial Statistics

According the US Census 2000 67.25% of the population is of Black or African-American descent. Despite the many factors, blaming, and accusations that will be debated during and long after rebuilding, there is one thing that rings in my ears?.

“If we can’t respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we’re prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?” asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican.

The answer is that North America is more vulnerable than we think, to natural disasters or terrorist attacks. We could not have been given a bigger wake up call. I would like to think that economic, religion, and race discrimination does interfere with the level and speed of aid to certain regions?. But I am convinced that it is playing a huge role in New Orleans, and I think it is embarrassing and a disgusting example of human nature.??

Posted By ryewhiskey @ 3:23 pm - Filed under: Boycotts & Misc