Hey guys, here's a quote I memorized some time ago. Don't remember where I saw it, but I took a shine to it. The writer was referring to the aristocratic society during the Northern European Renaissance, but if you think about it, it fits the situation at Glumbert pretty well:
"Scarce any kind of men live more devoted to pleasure or with less trouble.... To work miracles is.. not in fashion now; to instruct people, troublesome; to interpret the Scripture, too bookish; to pray, a sign one has little else to do... and lastly, to die, uncouth; and to be stretched upon a cross, infamous."
If anyone can tell me who wrote this, the place isn't completely filled with barbarians yet.
This reminds me of the time I took a break from acting and tried something a little more hands on. It all started with a call from a buddy of mine that had become a successful stuntman...
One afternoon, I was sipping a Sam Adams while brooding over my latest loss on the Titanic movie. My knuckles still hurt like hell from punching the asshole that tried to but me a Bud Light, so my mood was even darker than normal. I was flipping through the channels on my TV when the phone rang. In a burst of hope that the last film company I had called had a job for me, I leaped up from my chair- and immediately slammed my sore knuckles against the side table by my sofa. By the time I had finished cursing every god I could think of for my incredible bad luck, the phone had stopped, and I heard my cousin leaving a message: If I started training right away, his boss would give me his full salary to fill in for him at an important motocross event. My question why no one else could do it was quickly answered, as his voice went on to explain that the jump would have to be landed on a piece of suspended 2x4. (In other words, no one else needed the money THAT bad.) What I didn't hear in my rush to get out the door, however, was my cousin saying his team was sponsored by a certain brewery.
Needless to say, I accepted. The next day, I arrived with my newly purchased gear and a determined grin. When I entered the building, his boss and crew took one look at me and shook their heads ( also backing away very slowly). Confused, I asked what was going on. Their answer was simple: they heard what had happened to the last guy that came too close to me with a bottle of Bud Light. And they knew I still had one functional hand left.
No spidey, that was Desiderius Erasmus, that was in his book, "The Praise of Folly". Here's one from Montaigne:
"The most difficult occupation in the world, in my opinion, is to play the part of a king worthily. I excuse more of their faults than people commonly do, in consideration of the dreadful weight of their burden, which dazes me. It is difficult for a power so immoderate to observe moderation..."
That is completely irrelevant of course, but I can't think of anything else off the top of my head.
Here's my favourite intellectual quote: "People understand me so little that they fail even to understand my complaints that they do not understand me." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard.
I'm not sure what to think. I was here around the middle of summer for the duration of one or two posts, and I was met with equal amounts of hostility and appreciation.
Now, I'm debating writing another list. See how much things have changed since my last one.
Are you two dating? I notice obvious gay tendencies in each of you so I'm just asking. I won't judge you I promise. Most Canadian men are gay after all.
WAC, I'm not a racist, nor am I biased against any being. I will say, however, that there is a certain rule that forbids American workers from doing any job in Canada unless Canada's government gets a chunk of the workers salary. I think part of this is caused by all the money the Canadian government loses with it's health care setup.
And "wac", would you mind stating some of these "obvious gay tendencies" for me? (Preferably ones that aren't fictitious.) You do know that I'm not actually Canadian, right? I hate getting out of character, but I only used this name so I could take a crack at canvck's style of humor. I'm actually a irritated, cheated, AMERICAN that feels like things would be better off if all the current presidential candidates were assassinated and we started all over.
Now to watch the fireworks as a teenager posts a comment on politics. This will doubtless be followed by accusations of infinity, stupidity, immaturity, and other falsehoods. These will likely come from sven, ratbastard, womenagainstcanada, and the other conspiracy theorists and haters. All the formalities out of the way, to that post:
So our options have been narrowed down to two people by the large men in suits with gold trimmed name tags, a roll of $100's in each pocket, and a voice loud enough to proclaim both their immunity to the world and their ability to fuck it up. Many people are rooting for McCaine; and many are saying he will win by a huge majority. McCaine has served his country. But when I look at him, I see a soldier. His confidence is on the battlefield; not behind a podium with a speech on a teleprompter and the rest of the country watching with mixed emotion on their TV's. I heard there was a point around 15 minutes into one of his speeches where his teleprompter and the people running it screwed up, and left him high and dry. Naturally, he didn't run off the stage and ask them to fix it, he used his notes and improvised. He hesitated, lost his look of confidence, perhaps that he never had to begin with, and couldn't seem to lift his eyes to the crowd. Maybe McCaine has a good motives, but he's already been called "John Bush". I would say that fits. He can never live up to his promises, just like the man before him.
Then we have Obama: a good speaker, full of energy, but he is only saying what he says to please the crowd. It's all power play for him. If he got elected, who knows what could happen. No speech on him, although too many Americans are being fooled.. too many are too stupid to see the bigger picture.
And finally, hopefully sometime in the future, we will see Palin at the top. Obama has directed a finger at McCaine and Palin saying they don't have any "executive experience". Of the three, only Palin really does. McCaine could lead a squadron of troops, Obama can lead half the country to the slaughter, but only Palin has ever really had experience as a leader. And she has had experience like the rest of the country, too, as a mother, wife, and homemaker. She's been in the general populations shoes. On the flipside of that coin, we have certain people calling her the "Trojan Moose", referring to the theory that McCaine brought her in instead of a Rhino to be his vice president, and this little jack-in-the-box did get a few squeals of shock from the bystanders. So our two immediate choices are downright shit, when it all boils down to the fundamentals.. and it looks like either way we are in trouble for the next four years. Our only hope is if McCaine gets elected, dies of cancer, and Palin starts early. Otherwise, keep your body parts in side the coaster at all times, make sure you're strapped in, and get ready for the ride of your life.. and make sure you keep your fingers crossed so that that ride doesn't wind up in the biggest pile of shit in the history of the world since niggers were invented. That's all I have to say. Goodnight all.
Palin is a trojan bitch. check her background, when the press has a special on TV about her church, that turns me off. She'll be asking for direction just like W did. No thanks, and lets get out of Iraq, what a waste of resources.
Vote black and don't look back.
Palin as a president of the USA is probably the next bad thing to having another four years of GWB, or worse.
I currently hope that Obama is doing all the bowing to interest groups just to win the election and then do his thing as soon as he is in the white house. Of all the candidates in the last couple elections I think he is the only one who is promising at least some good things.
His major plus points are that he is no religious nut, he was not born with the silver spoon, and he is rather young still, so this presidency is not the last thing in his life he is looking forward to do.
I don't have anything interesting right now to say whatsoever. On that note, I think I'll leave. I'll try back later, hopefully by then Glumbert will have some new videos.
Well, long time not post! I got my quickie divorce thru and a good bit of cash from the retard idiot who married me. So I'm in Mexico now and loving it! Lots of tequila and sunshine. No real time for Glumbert, but I'll just leave this message.
In the end, it all boils down to choosing either Nig-Nog or Old Dog. Flip a coin. What counts are the Political Action Committees, Corporate Lobbyist, Cronies, Iron Triangles, and those collecting on promised political favors -- the shit that has been going on for years, imbued into our corrupt political system.
There%u2019s not much any of us can do about it really, except squabble and hope to win over the other side, which are entrenched in their political camp. Neither side will budge an inch, but I promise you this; the futile arguments will continue unabated, until the doors of perception are opened and we realize that we are merely members of tribes, not unlike the Sunni or Shia. We are born into them, just the way one is born into a religion and after years of indoctrination, our opinions are as good as engraved in granite.
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