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Governmental Ignorance and its Followers

Posted by R E Casper on August 15, 2006

[Disclaimer: Read at your own risk. You may or may not agree, you may or may not like what you read, hell you might very well be disgusted by some of the numbers and comments involved. But you know what, when I last checked it is America and I am supposed to be able to say whatever I want right. That is free speech and I am not slapping anyone physically, now THAT would be assault, Right? Haha..
Bare in mind also that, the use of the word “YOU” is NOT directed at the reader. It is a general “you”, a collective but indirect use of the word “you.” So PLEASE!... LOL... dont take this use of the word as if I am directing this at you, the reader. Even if this does piss you off in the end, which sometimes is my intent at some points, at LEAST you are thinking. You are now garnering an opinion of your own personal right. And hopefully this will pull you away from the thought, “Man more damn political talk, please shut up” and fall more to the thought of, “Man, those words may or may not upset me but that is some interesting occurrences and I think I will check out those events myself and voice my opinion.”

There are crude words; there are very Blunt Comments in the following, now that I look back, huge (maybe overly huge) conglomeration of random venting.]

You know something, is it me or are we living in what is now a Massively UNFREE country or what. WHO THE FUCK can honestly say we are in a free country when we cannot even take Fucking Toothpaste on a flight with us. Homeland security. MY ASS!

Motherfuck! HOW THE HELL IS HIS SECURITY RATINGS GOING UP?!?!.. I swear you people are fucking idiots. (You as in those who support this bullshit) and yes if you are in that 55 percent as of tonight, that agrees with his handling of homeland security, I AM calling you a FUCKING idiot. [Express your thoughts below if that hurt enough].

Its ridiculous. Britain thwarted a terrorist plot. Now we have to sit for three extra hours throwing away our toothpaste, Jell-O, bottled water, and any liquids that seem Bomb like. How the hell are these bomb-like. Shit a woman cannot even take on liquid lip gloss. Seriously, if he cant garner your approval respectfully, he attempts to scare you into it.

How can people not notice this? How the Hell can this bullshit be harmful onboard a plane. Is someone gonna hold up a fucking pack of Jell-O… “Crash the plane or I drop Jay E EL EL O” Or how about some cat breaking into the cockpit armed with a dangerous Mascara brush. Dear lord help us all.

And people ACTUALLY believe this to be SMART Management of Homeland security. Give me a damn break. If you think that, then I can now see that IQ is slowly diminishing on those who read my blogs. And yeah Im saying this, and I dont care who is pissed at me about it.

Its just like every tactic they use when they are at rock bottom. Put fear in the US population to make them think they have to trust in you. Just like he did when the war began. He got everyone so up in arms that if someone questioned the war they were anti-patriotic. Well I will tell you this. FUCK this war and everyone that is in relation to getting it started. As well as everyone that thinks that I am anti patriotic for being anti-war. Oh and one more thing on this note. I CAN support the troops and not the war. If you deny that, then you are part of the sheep flock walking around on wires straight to the slaughter. I CAN wish for safe return for my friends and family while at the same time thinking that they were falsely sent to die for a personal war. Thats my opinion and if you disagree, again feel free to express below.

Now moving on with this ridiculous idea of so called “Homeland Security” support. How the HELL can people agree that he is doing a good job, when our borders are still wide the fuck open. Yeah most people have already forgotten about that aspect havent they? Direct attention toward that which builds support, push attention away from what jobs are being managed in worse ways. Not saying this war is being managed in a good manner, but it seems people in this country, unimaginably to me, actually think its being carried out well.

Hahahah. So fucking funny. Well I tell ya this, if you think its being taken care of well, I would like you to start burning your paycheck each week. Yeah, start doing that. Because part of it is being burned up in the same manner anyway. Want to know some interesting information. Back on the subject of this war. Well lets see, the war already cost $306 Billions dollars. And if you want to see how many thousands are being spent a second try this link http:”“nationalpriorities.org”index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182”
The War In Iraq Costs

$306,848,176,263

Instead, we could have provided

14,875,323

Students four-year scholarships at public universities.

Or How About:

40,642,153

Children to attend a year of Head Start.

Or How About:

5,317,719

Additional public school teachers hired for one year.

To put that in perspective, Thats more students going to college FOR FREE, than there are people in the Entire state of Illinois. actually IL falls short by nearly 3 MILLION people in comparison… Better yet, lets put it this way, Thats nearly a Generation of students with FREE Education. And University Education, full Four years at that.

Shit these numbers could go on forever. But I think you get the point. Whats even more fucked up is that at various given times over 9 BILLION DOLLARS TOTAL was Lost in the wind. Literally, look it up. The money was sent, but never got there. Can NOT be accounted for. Does that sound fun for your tax money? So Again I say, go ahead and burn that check. Can you imagine how much Healthcare, Education, Research for AIDS, CANCER, etc. that could have assisted. All gone in the wind. Nowhere to be found.

Hell all this and they cannot even afford to buy our troops adequate armor. Kiss my ass. This money went somewhere. But to our troops it did not. Another way of personal gain, maybe, Ill leave that to those reading.

Not to mention the cost of American lives, lives that are moving their way toward the numbers lost on 9”11. Or even more staggering, the amount of innocents killed in Iraq throughout this war. OR EVEN FURTHER, The families and friends effected on BOTH sides due to the war.
Yeah we dont even know exactly how many are dead in Iraq alone. We just know its somewhere between 40,000 to 45,000…. http:”“www.iraqbodycount.net”“

For those of you in my area. Thats the population of the three county area… minus about 5-10 grand.
9,590 Alexander County
7,348 Pulaski County
18,293 Union County
=35231 in the three county area…… Get the picture….
Moving on, lets see what other grand ideas this administration had for safety in America. OH YEAH, wasnt it great to hear them tell you to use Plastic and Duct take in your house in large amounts in the event of a biologic attack. Ok so your going tell me that glad wrap and Duct Tape is going to ward off Germ warfare. Should I combine that with my level 12 bow staff and fire ward vest? Kiss my ass. Or the carry on Personal Parachutes that was offered for a while. Oh wait those are not allowed to be taken on. One of those possible bombs they speak of. Kind of like making you take off your shoes now and x-ray them. Ya know everyone has a homemade shoe bomb. Wait till someone attempts to carry a bomb in theyre boxers or thongs. Oh come on you have heard of those thong bombs right. Thatll be fun, wont it? Stripping naked ass and walking through the metal detector. But thats all part of freedom, right? We got to be naked to have full freedom. SHIT, I Guess Im one of the 45 percent that disbelieves that notion.

Lets see, whats funny is, if a damn individual wants to blow up a building again, all that has to be done is buy a personal jet, fill it with explosive and run into a Boeing 747 in the sky. There are no bans on what you can take on your plane. So there ya go, go ahead CIA, list me, I just gave an idea. Ohhh lord, help the common sense of the open minded youth of America.

FEAR MONGOURING… Want another perfect example, of useless tax money used in this fashion. Take a look at the Terror threat level. Dont search it, dont ask around. Do you know what color we are at? I doubt it, unless you just got done watching one of the news networks. And, hell even lucky then to have caught it… Think about how much money it costs to put that into effect and American population as a mass majority doesnt even know what color its at. Or better yet what colors are even in the damn thing; Red, green, Black, Cyan, Navy Blue, Aqua, Disney Blue, Pink Panther Pink. Fuck no one knows but yet our money from each pay check helps perpetuate that particular part of government fear mongering.

Want to think about something as well. Take a look at the dates and times when terror alerts were rose. EACH TIME, it was during times in which the republican party was at wits end on how to garner support. When they messed up they rose the alert to thwart attention. Each time the democrats said something powerful, terror alerts rose, to again veer the population. Hell even Tom Ridge (Homeland Security Advisor) made a comment in an interview that it got so ridiculous, that he would not even show up. That should say something.

Ok lets see what else I can touch on while my blood boils. Oh yeah, How about touching back on my previous blog on using religion for personal gain. Who does it best? The Republican governmental party. No I am not saying republican voters, per sea. I am speaking on the actual people at the top, there political advisors telling them what to say and utilize to garner public opinion. Lets see, your losing poll numbers. Whats a good idea? OH yeah, how about calling the opposite party godless and saying they are antichristian. They are baby killers. HOMOSEXUAL LOVERS…..

Lets touch on the stem cell research, if we directly focus to the people that are part of strict religious families… Those not being a bad thing… but politically, these families can be used as a pawn just like everyone else of various backgrounds and opinions. Yeah we [first person descriptive we] can be against that and automatically dub Democrats for it. We will perpetuate the idea that stem cell kills babies. Yeah thats a good idea. Now take that to the press conference and run wild.

Well here is an example of how that is ridiculous. First of all when Mr. All American Christian Prez. Dub-Yah, dubbed (no pun intended) stem cells against the ethics of America, what happened to those baby embryos that everyone was in an uproar about being “KILLED” and “UTILIZED FOR SCIENCE”… do you know?… weeeeeelllll, yeah they were taken to an incinerator and BURNED. Yes, burned, killed anyway. So what now. No more extra stored embryos to do research on to save lives of those paralyzed, those with Parkasins (sp?) disease, those with so many different physical and disease ailments that surveys couldnt fathom. But its ok because its against the ethics of America to kill those babies (which werent babies but embryos, and in majority of the case was not even the embryos but partials of spinal fluids).

Shit dont get me started on the money used and wasted by the Homeland Security on Beer Distillers and Faulty equipment, long distance calls, fancy manhatten hotel elevator operators tips, and Golf and Tennis lessons. And it GOES ON AND ON…

Actually ONE NOTE ON THAT… You republicans reading this. Is your party not the party of conserved and withdrawn spending tendencies. What do you think of your parties mass amount of spending on useless things.

I Dont need to even get going into the Patriot Act either. Ill be typing all NIGHT.
I can probably go on and ON and ON about this particular thing, but my fire is beginning to subside with the pain in my fingers. So I leave my words at this. Dont believe what you hear on TV, and what the great leaders tell you. Because there is always someone behind the curtain telling them exactly what to say in order to get YOU to get on their side. Whether what they say is true or not, it all revolves around whether or not You Believe Them. Their words are used to hold you complacent and dependent on their management and leadership. Remember you are your own person; you have your own opinions and ideas. Its not Patriotic to sit back and believe and support everything. A true patriot questions his government when they believe something is at fault. That is our freedom, right? That is something that our founding fathers gave use the freedom to do. Its our responsibility. So Do it, question the government. Speak your opinion, Scream loud. FUCKING SHOUT YOUR OPINIONS TO THE MASSES. Hell if ya dont shout it, at least sit down sometime and bring it up. Say it to someone privately; get your friends thinking as well. Discuss these things. Why not, are your going to jail for it? Are you sheep, NO. At least I hope your not being trimmed for a new pillow. Tell people what you think. If not then youre mice walking the maze to the cheese. Ignore your rights and they will go away.

I leave you with these quotes to make your mind spin a bit more on that pin.

“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Benjamin Franklin.
“You may say Im a dreamer, But Im not the only one”

John Lennon
“You measure democracy by the freedom you give its dissidents, not the freedom you give its assimilated conformists”

Abbie Hoffman
“The voice of intelligence … is drowned out by the roar of fear.
It is ignored by the voice of desire.
It is contradicted by the voice of shame.
It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger.
Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. “

–Dr. Karl Menninger
And these are derived from my buddy Gatsbys email signature. I hope you dont mind me utilizing your quotes from Hitler buddy.

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“How fortunate for leaders that men do not think. “
Adolph Hitler
“The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. “
Adolph Hitler
As always this is Ryan Casper, stepping on toes. [Thanks Blue Jay for this Phrase]
Keep at least one eye and ear open. Whether Attacked or Praised I will always be loud and type proud.

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Religious Zealots Making me Shudder

Posted by R E Casper on August 15, 2006

[EDIT: In regards to a good friend of mine that got a bit perturbed by my blog and didn’t read through to understand that it wasn’t directed toward those of faith but no imposing, such of her, I ask for you to read all the way through. This is not directed at Christians that have faith and takes it upon themselves to only speak their mind as I do, yet not attempt to impose their thoughts on others through various actions. It’s toward Those that flame others because they don’t believe. And to also understand that this isn’t necessarily directed at Christians entirely, but it is for the most part because, of the extreme types, such as those that attempt to impose laws based around Gay marriage, Situational Abortion, and removing Scientific Big Bang theory and Evolution from schools. Those like Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell and tele-evangelic types that sit there telling you you’re going to hell unless you give them money while they sit on an expensive recliner below a ten thousand dollar chandelier.]

Alright I just got done watching the Stephen Hawkins Video on Yahoo Video News. A great video by a great mind. A brilliant mind at that. Yet when I finish I get to looking through the comments and ratings, and what do I see. A bunch of overzealous ignorant blind down trodden religious hypocrites, degrading Hawking’s for actually giving a rat’s ass about this world.

Speaking such ignorance as “Just believe in God and all will be ok.” BULLSHIT is the word. You know, I’m so sick of this blind faith bullshit {EDIT: My definition of Blind faith is the fact that you don’t have to take care of yourself and you think God will do everything for you. Remember, He gave you free will for a reason}, hell it’s even said that God only helps those that help themselves. Even the nicest person in the world wouldn’t help the bum that lies limp on the street not picking himself up. Eventually the helper would say “Fuck IT”.

Damn people are so fucking close minded it’s ridiculous. HOW CAN PEOPLE THINK THIS WAY? Is it just me, or is this madness. Fuck, these religious fanatics are so damn worried about the next world that they forget that they are still living in this one. Hell if these people are so damn religious shouldn’t they at least take into consideration he DID supposedly give everyone this life for a reason. Not to occupy oneself so much with the next life as to completely piss away and not care about this one.

Another rant subject is this. Remember something someone, not everyone believes this way. Those that try to make laws revolving around their faith are a fine example. How would you like it if in this so called free religious practice country it was imposed that in the army we start teaching martyr-ism, and have our soldiers pick up the habit of blowing themselves up in the name of the country. We don’t do that because, you think a Catholic, or Protestant soldier would want to do that. No. Or are you going to be the doctor to sit down with an atheist woman that got rapped, nearly killed, and tell her in the same breath that with her health risks she will die going through with the labor but she cannot have an abortion because it doesn’t go along with your faith.

I wish they would get off their ass and quit trying to preach to everyone that as long as you keep blind faith your ok. {EDIT: Not a stab at the bible, but as even many religious leaders have said, that it’s a symbolic book and not to follow it in Black and White}.That’s what they said to the man they didn’t teach to fish but taught him to pray for fish. Ya know what…. He starved. Don’t forget that the true nature of the Christian god is that he gave freewill not to rely only in prayer, but to use your brain and learn to also take care of yourself. Are you going to teach your child that you don’t have to learn to read, or write, or math, or any subject for that matter. As long as you pray you will have a perfect life. No that’s not the way humans are meant to work.

Open one’s mind for once people. Quit looking only in the stars and old books for salvation. Live your life and help this world where as, so others can life after you. Keep your faith yes, keep your beliefs yes, but don’t put all your money in it. Do something for yourself as well. Solo prayer won’t get you everything, as stated before if you’re a believer (I am not in the traditional sense I will admit), however think about what has always been said. The Traditional sense of the God only helps those who help themselves.

And you know what, one more thing. The higher ups need to Quit throwing opinions around like it’s the law of the land. And trying to change the way others are to live because their religion doesn’t allow it. Religion, Science and politics are MEANT to be separate. If they were not, then the next time I think you stole my slice of bread I’ll take your fuckn hand. Or if San Fran got any gayer then it would be eradicated. (No stab at the Same Sex Preferences out there). Or children jailed for talking back to their parents. Or hell here’s one for you, if you take that bible to heart and spread laws around it. Then women would be the scum of the earth and slave driven. Because there sure as hell isn’t any respect for women in that book. Open your eyes and listen.

I’m not preaching for anyone to lose their faith, or their beliefs. I respect those. To be honest I admire people of faith and belief. And again this is not meant towards those that hold their faith and beliefs without having to impose these on others. Civil discussion and opinions are one thing. But over abundance of constant preaching as if you can beat it into someone is another.

Another thing, Not just because someone claims a religion, and preaches about it can they use it for personal gain. And also as an excuse for their lack of self assistance. I speak these opinions because I don’t think they [personal views] should be imposed upon me, or cause me direct repercussions or anyone else for that matter. And quit being a lazy ass, praying for salvation and peace every night but not doing shit about it during the day. To me you’re nothing but a president Bush preaching that you’re a Christian because you say though shall not kill … Thou shall not kill babies, but takes pride in being a past governor of a state with record death row inmates and executions, and starting a war that has death counts higher than that of the initial reason, well one of the many initial reasons. Or ridding the chance for a raped victim with possible fatal risks giving birth to a child. Or not giving a woman her chance to choose early on that it would not be in the best interest of the baby to come into a world of poverty, abuse, and hell that some parts of this country and people in those parts have to deal with… WITHOUT the chance for getting out or getting that baby on the way, out of……. (But that’s an entire other rant.)

Just because you say you’re a Christian, doesn’t mean you are. Or Buddhist, or Muslim, Or Catholic or anything. Your actions speak louder than your words. And your modesty and good nature will shine through even better.

I’m not religious, yet I’ve done my work, I’ve given my help, I plan on continuing to do such as well. I don’t need to use my personal beliefs as an excuse or reason behind my actions, or lack thereof for that matter. As well as others actions, or also lack thereof. Don’t tell me that I am automatically evil and won’t do good because I’m not a stringent believer. So if your thoughts as you read this was “Oh and what have you done speaking all high and mighty?” well I may not have saved the world, but I am damn sure trying. Yeah I’m a Liberal; YEAH I’m a tree hugger. Ill hugs that fucker all the way to the ground. At least I care about the world I live in and would like it to continue to survive. Well the world will survive; rather I care enough about it that I would like to be living side by side with it as time moves on. And living in it in THIS world. Not worrying your every minute about the next. One doesn’t have to be spiritually enlightened to do well. Just have that drive in their heart. Just as the initial subject behind this rant, Stephen Hawkins does.

This isn’t directed at anyone in particular, matter of fact; it is however directed towards those of extreme criticism and ideas of imposing their thoughts or actions on others directly.

You may or may not agree with me, but if you don’t well … That’s your opinion…. I could honestly care less. I do hope that this is taken the correct way and is not offending for the wrong reasons. This was not a blast at the Christian God, or those that have faith and beliefs. Just those that attempt to force in on others and use God as an excuse for lack of action or personal Gain….. But I do say if you are one of those types and have an opinion about this blog, that is your right as a HUMAN BEING (not just as, or because, you are an American) to have and say. And I have complete and utter respect in that.

Keep an eye out for more toe stepping from yours truly,
Ryan Casper. Attacked or Praised, I will forever be loud.

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