The Rant Room!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bitch to yer heart's content! :)

[awip2062]

Okay, so I got some mail from Sarah Palin (yay!). It had her governor's seal on it and her pic and signature, was kinda fun. "She" sent it to me to offer me a book on Alaska travel and I thought I'd get it sicne it might be good for my scrapbooking (pictures, maps, et cetera that I could add to my pages).

So, I filled out the little survey on the postcard, and set it in the mail yesterday. Today, i go out to get the mail, and there the postcard is in my box, all postmarked and returned to me. The stupid machine postmarked the BACK side of the postcard and sent it my address which was listed on the BACK side of the postcard. The front, which has the postage on it was of no concern to the dumb machine.

So, I'm trying to figure out how to get this postcard back to Sarah. *sigh* I think I will try going in to the post office and telling them the situation and hoping they put it in the machine so that it gets read properly. I know they usually just dump things in, but maybe someone will put it in by hand the correct way?

[YYZ30]

I saw that the police chief in my town let McDonald's open for Thanksgiving- not just the morning rush, the whole damn day.

I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that the almighty dollar is winning out in America- maybe that's why this country is as fucked up as it is, because family values went right out the window and its all about the bottom line.

I remember stores being closed on Sunday and holidays. If you didn't have it, you went without it or make do with what was in the house for that day. Now we have become a society of convienence and we have to have it now, even if it is Christmas day. My sister worked for a certain drug chain (rhymes with SleazyMess) and they wanted her to work Christmas eve night 12-6. She told her manager to call our grandmother and see if she could miss going to Mass at 4pm to be in work- the manager backed down and switched her for someone else.

Times are changing and I guess I was born in the wrong era. *sigh*

[awip2062]

Times are a changing.

But, Neil does remind us that changes are going to be a constant in our lives, but that the specific changes may not stay with us.

IF the companies don't make money being open on those days, they won't keep staying open on them. I guess it is "our" fault.

[YYZ30]

Times are a changing.

But, Neil does remind us that changes are going to be a constant in our lives, but that the specific changes may not stay with us.

IF the companies don't make money being open on those days, they won't keep staying open on them. I guess it is "our" fault.

But the people keep shopping on those days and exacerbating the problem... I for one refuse to go into anything on the big three (T-Giving, Xmas, and New Year's day).

[awip2062]

Yeah, people do, which is why I say I think it is "our" fault. Knowing, of course, that there are people like you who don't shop then.

Family is of less and less importance these days, though.

[YYZ30]

Yeah, people do, which is why I say I think it is "our" fault. Knowing, of course, that there are people like you who don't shop then.

Family is of less and less importance these days, though.

God I could just keep spiralling with this argument and go nowhere. I said my piece, and I can't control it- I can only control what's in my little area of this planet, so I will focus on that.

[CygnusX1]

I saw that the police chief in my town let McDonald's open for Thanksgiving- not just the morning rush, the whole damn day.

I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that the almighty dollar is winning out in America- maybe that's why this country is as fucked up as it is, because family values went right out the window and its all about the bottom line.

I remember stores being closed on Sunday and holidays. If you didn't have it, you went without it or make do with what was in the house for that day. Now we have become a society of convienence and we have to have it now, even if it is Christmas day. My sister worked for a certain drug chain (rhymes with SleazyMess) and they wanted her to work Christmas eve night 12-6. She told her manager to call our grandmother and see if she could miss going to Mass at 4pm to be in work- the manager backed down and switched her for someone else.

Times are changing and I guess I was born in the wrong era. *sigh*

True Dat Bro. Things are SO competitive today that, if there's money to
be made on ANY day of the year, SOMEONE is going to be open if they
want that money bad enough.

Take gas stations....I see SCADS of 'em open on holidays, and it's NOT
to be kind or considerate to the traveling public.

They're hustling for that dollar-dollar-bill! Holla.

[YYZ30]

Okay, so I got some mail from Sarah Palin (yay!). It had her governor's seal on it and her pic and signature, was kinda fun. "She" sent it to me to offer me a book on Alaska travel and I thought I'd get it sicne it might be good for my scrapbooking (pictures, maps, et cetera that I could add to my pages).

So, I filled out the little survey on the postcard, and set it in the mail yesterday. Today, i go out to get the mail, and there the postcard is in my box, all postmarked and returned to me. The stupid machine postmarked the BACK side of the postcard and sent it my address which was listed on the BACK side of the postcard. The front, which has the postage on it was of no concern to the dumb machine.

So, I'm trying to figure out how to get this postcard back to Sarah. *sigh* I think I will try going in to the post office and telling them the situation and hoping they put it in the machine so that it gets read properly. I know they usually just dump things in, but maybe someone will put it in by hand the correct way?

I would take it to the post office and explain it to them.

[YYZ30]

I saw that the police chief in my town let McDonald's open for Thanksgiving- not just the morning rush, the whole damn day.

I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that the almighty dollar is winning out in America- maybe that's why this country is as fucked up as it is, because family values went right out the window and its all about the bottom line.

I remember stores being closed on Sunday and holidays. If you didn't have it, you went without it or make do with what was in the house for that day. Now we have become a society of convienence and we have to have it now, even if it is Christmas day. My sister worked for a certain drug chain (rhymes with SleazyMess) and they wanted her to work Christmas eve night 12-6. She told her manager to call our grandmother and see if she could miss going to Mass at 4pm to be in work- the manager backed down and switched her for someone else.

Times are changing and I guess I was born in the wrong era. *sigh*

True Dat Bro. Things are SO competitive today that, if there's money to
be made on ANY day of the year, SOMEONE is going to be open if they
want that money bad enough.

Take gas stations....I see SCADS of 'em open on holidays, and it's NOT
to be kind or considerate to the traveling public.

They're hustling for that dollar-dollar-bill! Holla.

None of these corporations will see a DIME from me on those days.

Fuck 'em.

[awip2062]

I am with you, Zed. Let's hang out, eat, talk, enjoy our loved ones those days.

[YYZ30]

I am with you, Zed. Let's hang out, eat, talk, enjoy our loved ones those days.

I changed my sig slightly.

[awip2062]

Yeah!

[CygnusX1]

A fifteen-year-old school kid in Arizona wrote this...



Now I sit me down in school;
Where praying is against the rule.
For this great nation under God;
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites;
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow;
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green;
That's no offense - it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate;
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks;
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible;
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen;
And the 'Unwed Daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong;
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls;
Study witchcraft, intelligent design and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed;
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess;
When chaos reigns, the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

Should I be shot, my soul please take!

[Big Blue Owl]

Okay, so I got some mail from Sarah Palin (yay!).

I honestly didn't realize that you liked Palin so much. I'm going to try to not say how I feel about her so much as I don't want to upset you. Sorry if I already have.

[awip2062]

A fifteen-year-old school kid in Arizona wrote this...



Now I sit me down in school;
Where praying is against the rule.
For this great nation under God;
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites;
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow;
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green;
That's no offense - it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate;
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks;
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible;
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen;
And the 'Unwed Daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong;
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls;
Study witchcraft, intelligent design and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed;
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess;
When chaos reigns, the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:

Should I be shot, my soul please take!

Does kinda make you wonder about the whole freedom of speech and freedom of religion stuff, doesn't it? Freedom OF not from. And when I think of that which was done and expected back when the Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights, well, I figure they would be quite saddened to see what we've made of the government they gave us.