The Independent Rage

I saw that you were hospitalized this week for a s...

2012-05-26T00:11:10.847-04:00

I saw that you were hospitalized this week for a serious respiratory infection, but you're also reportedly now doing much better tonight. Great News!

I could take the entertainers spouting their polit...

2012-05-26T00:00:31.582-04:00

I could take the entertainers spouting their political views if they would ever do so in reasonably intelligent fashion instead of telling me whom I NEED to vote for or spewing the typical mean-spirited leftist 20 percenter talking points like some kind of robot. There are decent ways of expressing leftist and right-winger viewpoints which (even if I may not agree) I'll at least respect if I hear them coming from a sincere and at least somewhat free-thinking individual.

There would have to be a bad, old Elvis impersonat...

2012-05-25T23:52:49.993-04:00

There would have to be a bad, old Elvis impersonator crooning Blue Christmas during the piece of work.

I'd also need a big Bill Self-like rug like Bu...

2012-05-25T23:50:29.381-04:00

I'd also need a big Bill Self-like rug like Burt's had since the mid-70's: That's the only way I could really pull it off.

There's a mix: Onion Rings. I always love on...

2012-05-25T23:48:22.930-04:00

There's a mix: Onion Rings. I always love onion rings if I haven't had them in awhile. But alas, McDonalds has no onion rings on the menu, and maybe that's what was TRULY pissing off these two dudes.

For a tiny little 20% swath of the American popula...

2012-05-25T00:20:07.983-04:00

For a tiny little 20% swath of the American population, the "A Word" means "abstinence." Then there's the rest of the 80% of us who mostly, like you, have never even heard of such a concept. And to think those people completely controlled our federal government in 2009 and half of 2010. Many in the country paid no attention. But I did. Frankly, it was the inspiration to start this blog. THANK YOU, LEFTISTS!

I loved Elvis - my mom loved him, so we grew up li...

2012-05-24T23:32:23.719-04:00

I loved Elvis - my mom loved him, so we grew up listening to him....that's just one more reason to love him =) That would be so incredibly refreshing, wouldn't it? I'd have TONS more respect for any entertainer who could say that today!

EJ stepped over the line and he is super sorry =)

2012-05-24T23:29:51.341-04:00

EJ stepped over the line and he is super sorry =)

You just need a cool handlebar mustache and a cowb...

2012-05-24T23:27:58.363-04:00

You just need a cool handlebar mustache and a cowboy hat and you can pull off the Burt look =)

Love love love it! Now for the actors and the blu...

2012-05-24T23:26:07.082-04:00

Love love love it! Now for the actors and the blue pills....I've got a camera, but no blue pills, sorry!

I don't mind onions, but they are not even in ...

2012-05-24T23:23:01.582-04:00

I don't mind onions, but they are not even in the same realm of holiness as french fries! Not in my world anyway! ha!

I always thought the A word was A-hole! haha! My ...

2012-05-24T23:21:25.939-04:00

I always thought the A word was A-hole! haha! My mind pretty much stays in the gutter....sorry =)

I remember Elvis once telling a reporter (when ask...

2012-05-23T22:09:48.874-04:00

I remember Elvis once telling a reporter (when asked about the Vietnam War), "Honey, I'm just an entertainer, and I'd just as soon keep my views to myself." How refreshing something like that would be nowadays.

Postscript: Two things -- (1) In the thousands of...

2012-05-23T00:12:03.043-04:00

Postscript: Two things -- (1) In the thousands of blog posts I've done in the past 4 years, I think this is my first real venture into the "A-Word" (leastways that I remember -- although the topic's been swirling around for me for awhile now); and (2) NOW The Kinks' "Lola" has officially replaced Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" as the new song I can't get out of my head. Gee whiz, Thanks for that, Lolo Jones (NOT)!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s

You ain't gonna be "Making Friends" ...

2012-05-22T23:58:19.713-04:00

You ain't gonna be "Making Friends" with them kinda comments, EJ.

The Skid Steer has these joystick-like things that...

2012-05-22T23:53:52.732-04:00

The Skid Steer has these joystick-like things that you have to maneuver on each side with one's right and left hand. You're correct: The "steer" needs to be taken out of the title. I once tried a simulation program for a Skid Steer, and it was like (probably worse) trying to drive a damn stick-shift for the first time. Didn't do so well. But like I said, I've never been checked out on such construction vehicle. If I had some practice, I'd be like Burt Reynolds on the Skid over here!

Off the top of my head: "Trashy Tarts Meet Pi...

2012-05-22T23:47:33.002-04:00

Off the top of my head: "Trashy Tarts Meet Pill Poppin' Perverts 6: The Massacre."

It is all politics. But don't see much benefi...

2012-05-22T23:38:19.292-04:00

It is all politics. But don't see much benefit from it. No one reads presidential bios on WhiteHouse.gov (or Whitehouse.gov for much of anything, frankly), but the absolute pettiness of his new Obama-friendly changes to those bios got media coverage and garnered the (scornful) attention of Independents like me. Will this little-covered story cost Obama many votes? No. But I don't see how it helps him at all.

If only these Onion Clowns had brought their evide...

2012-05-22T23:30:25.012-04:00

If only these Onion Clowns had brought their evidence to me, I might've been able to advise them on a proper course of action (e.g., maybe a Small Claims case for a few cents over too few onions) -- Since I worked in a McDonalds for almost a full year once, and I KNOW precisely how many onions are supposed to go on them Cheeseburgers and Quarter Pounders! And truth be told, I like them Onions too (both the fleshy and the stinky varieties).

Not sure if they should attend some anger manageme...

2012-05-22T20:45:15.328-04:00

Not sure if they should attend some anger management classes, or just get a brick upside their heads - maybe knock some sense into them. Over onions too, no less! ha! Now, if they'd been shorted on the fries, I might be a little more understanding...dumbasses.

This sounds like the plot for a great porn movie.....

2012-05-22T20:40:15.713-04:00

This sounds like the plot for a great porn movie...we just need a title! And some actors. And a video camera. And some blue pills.

So why is it called it a skid 'steer' if i...

2012-05-22T20:38:54.648-04:00

So why is it called it a skid 'steer' if it doesn't have a steering wheel?! haha! That's false advertising in action right there...

Obama wants to do me, he won't yank my green c...

2012-05-22T20:36:35.357-04:00

Obama wants to do me, he won't yank my green card. ----Sir Elton John

I try not to listen to any famous person (other th...

2012-05-22T20:35:17.461-04:00

I try not to listen to any famous person (other than you, of course!) when they talk politics....they're entertainers, in the words of Kurt Cobain, 'entertain me!'

Thats all politics. But its a good move.

2012-05-22T04:35:37.198-04:00

Thats all politics. But its a good move.