tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104421682024-03-07T19:25:47.306-08:00Flawed Society.comDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149717070474282012006-06-07T14:50:00.000-07:002006-06-07T14:51:10.486-07:00Post Election WoesYesterday was the California Primary election, and here in the 50th District we were voting for who would replace Randy Cunningham since he was sentenced for corruption.<br /><br />If you want to know the results <a href="http://www.nctimes.com/election2006/">knock your self out.</a><br /><br />This was a bad election, a lot of mud slinging, and the end result with the wrong people in office. All this election did was confirm my need to get out of this state. <br /><br />The only real reason why I voted this time was to elect <a href="http://www.bruff4sheriff.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Bruce Ruff for Sheriff.</a> But he lost, big time. When I saw it on TV my heart sunk into my stomach. All that campaigning, time spent meeting with the people, the money he spent. He worked his ass off 100 times harder than the incumbent Bill Kolender, but the people of San Diego are obviously to ignorant to realize what's good for them. That's the main reason why I hate this state, to many stupid people in it, I'm just fed up with it all. <br /><br />So I don't know, I've lost faith in the democratic system. (And don't say its cause I'm a sore looser.) The good people don't get elected, and the wrong people do. And who is to blame? The voters? The candidates? The financial backers? I'd say it's all of the above. But yet, if I don't vote I have no right to complain; talk about a true conundrum. Its like life, sometimes its not worth it but you just cant stop, there is a purpose behind it, you just cant see it. <br /><br />So now I'm really depressed and will be like this for a few days. And on that note I leave you with a personal saying of mine, "Life is a bitch you just can't slap."Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149620796011444542006-06-06T12:05:00.000-07:002006-06-06T12:06:36.046-07:00ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGSI did not write this but it is too great for me not to share. I hope the author doesn't mind me sharing this.<br />______________________________________<br /><br />By LTC(RET) Dave Grossman, RANGER, Ph.D., author of "On Killing." <br /><br />Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for? - William J. Bennett - in a lecture to the United States Naval Academy November 24, 1997 <br /><br />One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me: "Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident." This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another. <br /><br />Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million. <br /><br />Thus there is a paradox, and we must grasp both ends of the situation: We may well be in the most violent times in history, but violence is still remarkably rare. This is because most citizens are kind, decent people who are not capable of hurting each other, except by accident or under extreme provocation. They are sheep. <br /><br />I mean nothing negative by calling them sheep. To me it is like the pretty, blue robin's egg. Inside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful. But the egg cannot survive without its hard blue shell. Police officers, soldiers, and other warriors are like that shell, and someday the civilization they protect will grow into something wonderful? For now, though, they need warriors to protect them from the predators. <br /><br />"Then there are the wolves," the old war veteran said, "and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy." Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial. <br /><br />"Then there are sheepdogs," he went on, "and I'm a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf." <br /><br />If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed. <br /><br />Let me expand on this old soldier's excellent model of the sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. We know that the sheep live in denial, that is what makes them sheep. They do not want to believe that there is evil in the world. They can accept the fact that fires can happen, which is why they want fire extinguishers, fire sprinklers, fire alarms and fire exits throughout their kids' schools. <br /><br />But many of them are outraged at the idea of putting an armed police officer in their kid's school. Our children are thousands of times more likely to be killed or seriously injured by school violence than fire, but the sheep's only response to the possibility of violence is denial. The idea of someone coming to kill or harm their child is just too hard, and so they chose the path of denial. <br /><br />The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, can not and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheep dog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours. <br /><br />Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn't tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports in camouflage fatigues holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, "Baa." <br /><br />Until the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog. <br /><br />The students, the victims, at Columbine High School were big, tough high school students, and under ordinary circumstances they would not have had the time of day for a police officer. They were not bad kids; they just had nothing to say to a cop. When the school was under attack, however, and SWAT teams were clearing the rooms and hallways, the officers had to physically peel those clinging, sobbing kids off of them. This is how the little lambs feel about their sheepdog when the wolf is at the door. <br /><br />Look at what happened after September 11, 2001 when the wolf pounded hard on the door. Remember how America, more than ever before, felt differently about their law enforcement officers and military personnel? Remember how many times you heard the word hero? <br /><br />Understand that there is nothing morally superior about being a sheepdog; it is just what you choose to be. Also understand that a sheepdog is a funny critter: He is always sniffing around out on the perimeter, checking the breeze, barking at things that go bump in the night, and yearning for a righteous battle. That is, the young sheepdogs yearn for a righteous battle. The old sheepdogs are a little older and wiser, but they move to the sound of the guns when needed right along with the young ones. <br /><br />Here is how the sheep and the sheepdog think differently. The sheep pretend the wolf will never come, but the sheepdog lives for that day. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, most of the sheep, that is, most citizens in America said, "Thank God I wasn't on one of those planes." The sheepdogs, the warriors, said, "Dear God, I wish I could have been on one of those planes. Maybe I could have made a difference." When you are truly transformed into a warrior and have truly invested yourself into warriorhood, you want to be there. You want to be able to make a difference. <br /><br />There is nothing morally superior about the sheepdog, the warrior, but he does have one real advantage. Only one. And that is that he is able to survive and thrive in an environment that destroys 98 percent of the population. <br /><br />There was research conducted a few years ago with individuals convicted of violent crimes. These cons were in prison for serious, predatory crimes of violence: assaults, murders and killing law enforcement officers. The vast majority said that they specifically targeted victims by body language: slumped walk, passive behavior and lack of awareness. They chose their victims like big cats do in Africa, when they select one out of the herd that is least able to protect itself. <br /><br />Some people may be destined to be sheep and others might be genetically primed to be wolves or sheepdogs. But I believe that most people can choose which one they want to be, and I'm proud to say that more and more Americans are choosing to become sheepdogs. <br /><br />Seven months after the attack on September 11, 2001, Todd Beamer was honored in his hometown of Cranbury, New Jersey. Todd, as you recall, was the man on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania who called on his cell phone to alert an operator from United Airlines about the hijacking. When he learned of the other three passenger planes that had been used as weapons, Todd dropped his phone and uttered the words, "Let's roll," which authorities believe was a signal to the other passengers to confront the terrorist hijackers. In one hour, a transformation occurred among the passengers - athletes, business people and parents. -- from sheep to sheepdogs and together they fought the wolves, ultimately saving an unknown number of lives on the ground. <br /><br />There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. - Edmund Burke <br /><br />Here is the point I like to emphasize, especially to the thousands of police officers and soldiers I speak to each year. In nature the sheep, real sheep, are born as sheep. Sheepdogs are born that way, and so are wolves. They didn't have a choice. But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision. <br /><br />If you want to be a sheep, then you can be a sheep and that is okay, but you must understand the price you pay. When the wolf comes, you and your loved ones are going to die if there is not a sheepdog there to protect you. If you want to be a wolf, you can be one, but the sheepdogs are going to hunt you down and you will never have rest, safety, trust or love. But if you want to be a sheepdog and walk the warrior's path, then you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic, corrosive moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door. <br /><br />For example, many officers carry their weapons in church? They are well concealed in ankle holsters, shoulder holsters or inside-the-belt holsters tucked into the small of their backs? Anytime you go to some form of religious service, there is a very good chance that a police officer in your congregation is carrying. You will never know if there is such an individual in your place of worship, until the wolf appears to massacre you and your loved ones. <br /><br />I was training a group of police officers in Texas, and during the break, one officer asked his friend if he carried his weapon in church. The other cop replied, "I will never be caught without my gun in church." I asked why he felt so strongly about this, and he told me about a cop he knew who was at a church massacre in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1999. In that incident, a mentally deranged individual came into the church and opened fire, gunning down fourteen people. He said that officer believed he could have saved every life that day if he had been carrying his gun. His own son was shot, and all he could do was throw himself on the boy's body and wait to die. That cop looked me in the eye and said, "Do you have any idea how hard it would be to live with yourself after that?" <br /><br />Some individuals would be horrified if they knew this police officer was carrying a weapon in church. They might call him paranoid and would probably scorn him. Yet these same individuals would be enraged and would call for ..t train. Your only defense was wishful thinking. Hope is not a strategy. Denial kills you a second time because even if you do physically survive, you are psychologically shattered by your fear helplessness and horror at your moment of truth. <br /><br />Gavin de Becker puts it like this in Fear Less, his superb post-9/11 book, which should be required reading for anyone trying to come to terms with our current world situation: "...denial can be seductive, but it has an insidious side effect. For all the peace of mind deniers think they get by saying it isn't so, the fall they take when faced with new violence is all the more unsettling." <br /><br />Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level. <br /><br />And so the warrior must strive to confront denial in all aspects of his life, and prepare himself for the day when evil comes. <br /><br />If you are warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself..."Baa." <br /><br />This business of being a sheep or a sheep dog is not a yes-no dichotomy. It is not an all-or-nothing, either-or choice. It is a matter of degrees, a continuum. On one end is an abject, head-in-the-sand-sheep and on the other end is the ultimate warrior. Few people exist completely on one end or the other. <br /><br />Most of us live somewhere in between. Since 9-11 almost everyone in America took a step up that continuum, away from denial. The sheep took a few steps toward accepting and appreciating their warriors, and the warriors started taking their job more seriously. The degree to which you move up that continuum, away from sheephood and denial, is the degree to which you and your loved ones will survive, physically and psychologically at your moment of truth.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149402904123977572006-06-03T23:33:00.000-07:002006-06-03T23:37:42.376-07:00Bush, pussy, what?Small amounts of people have commented on my last post where I said President Bush is a pussy. So with this I think I should explain myself.<br /><br />Bush has his back to the wall. Our nation is so divided on so many important issues that it has our President unable to please both sides. Republicans want to control Illegal immigration; the liberals want to allow anyone here. (Yes they do, don't give me crap about it!) The nation is divided between common sense and sheer stupidity. Common sense would dictate for to keep the troops in Iraq, kick out illegals here, build a fence on the border, lower taxes, and beat the crap out of Iran. The liberals who don't use common sense but bias emotion think the contrary. So this leaves our President in the middle. Our nation though is no longer in a state of existence where the President can ride the fence like he is, we need a man in office who can get the job done no matter what dumb-ass democrat/protestor/marcher is saying. We need a man who has a pair and isn't afraid of throwing punches! And I'm just not seeing that in our current President, I'm sorry. Do I want him out of office? Hell no, that would be stupid! That would do more damage than letting him in. Bush isn't a bad guy, I just think he's a tired guy, tired of having to not only fight the terrorists, but also the Democrats, the protestors, and the world. He's a good man with good ideas, he's just not acting on them and that's why I called him a pussy. Is he a real pussy? No. On a personal level I think George Bush is a man's man. Someone who you could go get a burger and a beer with and tell a good joke with. I respect the man; in fact I wouldn't mind spending an evening with him drinking beers and watching a good game, that's something I couldn't imagine John Kerry doing, he'd probably want to watch the ballet. My calling him a pussy has to do with his leadership in the Oval Office only, and that is only due to the fact that he is against the wall and wont stand up against the liberal Asses and do what needs to be done. That's it. If you don't like that, oh well.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149272388386755232006-06-02T11:19:00.000-07:002006-06-02T12:23:45.366-07:00Stop Iran, Or You Wont Get A Cookie<font size="4"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060100363.html" target="_blank">Story</a></font><br /><I>"The United States and five other major world powers agreed Thursday to offer Iran a broad new collection of rewards if it halts its drive to master nuclear technology, but they threatened "further steps in the Security Council" if Iran refuses. "</I>-WashingtonPost.com<br /><br />So, isn't this like telling a little boy that if he stops hitting his sister he'll get a cookie? All we're doing is rewarding Iran's defiance, and once they realize that they'll continue defying us more and more. We are taking the pacifist mentality on this, and you can't do that with these people, they only respond to sheer power. They are building Nuclear Weapon with the intent of striking Israel and possibly the United States; and anyone who disagrees is a fool. We are dealing with a modern day Hitler and the world has to realize that. What the Bush Administration needs to do is put their foot down, tell Iran they have X amount of days to shut down their factories and turn over the uranium or otherwise we will start to bomb their nuclear factories. <br /><br />Why don't we do it? Because Bush is too much of a pussy to stand up to the liberals in this nation. The Republicans are to focused on winning the house and Presidential office in 2008 that they don't want to make any waves. That is pure bull. As a powerful nation, it is our duty to confront this threat head on. Please Mr. President, don't be like France; we need strength, not weakness. <br /><br />Don't be surprised if you wake up one morning with the headlines saying: "Israel has just launched an attack on Iran wiping it off the map." That would be a glorious day.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149194367615641322006-06-01T13:38:00.000-07:002006-06-01T13:49:39.660-07:00Moore Gets Served!<font size="4"><a href="http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-michaelmooreveteranlawsuit,0,7163651.story?coll=zap-news-headlines" target="_blank">Story</a></font><br />Sgt. Peter Damon has a right to be angry. Not at the fact that he has lost both his arms in a Blackhawk crash in Iraq, but because the anti-American filmmaker Michael Moore has used his tragedy for his own financial gain. In Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11, it shows an NBC interview Sgt. Damon gave about how he felt after the accident and how the medicine was helping the pain. But Moore took that clip and sandwiched it in to the film to appear as Sgt. Damon was complaining about the war and the treatment of Vets by the Senate, which was not the case. Sgt. Damon is very much America and proud that he served to help liberate Iraq. Sgt. Damon was so made at Moore for this defamation of character that he is now suing Moore and NBC for $85 Million for misusing his comments. <br /><br />I say to Sgt. Damon, good for you! Hold this anti-American <I>scum</I> accountable for his negligent actions. I will be praying for you Sgt. Damon and that justice will be served. I hope that others who Moore has use their words irresponsibility follow, maybe that will wake up the filmmaker and tell him that he isn't a god.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1149019742029316002006-05-30T13:08:00.000-07:002006-05-30T13:09:02.050-07:00Why Time Travel Is ImpossibleI was on the 'can' doing what I always do there; provocative philosophical thinking, and I noticed something in my magazine. There was an ad for a book that was titled, "What If Jesus Was Never Born?" or something like that. And I got thinking of what if our Savior was never born, or was born years later. How would the world be different? What if we created a time machine and the devil went back in time and kill baby Jesus. WOW! What ramifications that would have! So then I started contemplating the idea of time travel, is it possible? Can I go back and not have made an idiot of myself on that date? Could I have stopped the planes from hitting the Twin Towers on 9-11? What if, what if? My conclusion to all these questions was, no. And let me explain.<br /><br />For time travel to be possible God would have to be able to do it, right? God would have to want to and have a need to. But for God to have that want or need to time travel it would have to be for a purpose of correcting the past. Why? Because God had the whole world planned and thought of from day 1 and before that, before the creation of the Universe. He knew where I would be and what I would be doing today a million years ago. So since God knew all this from the beginning, for him to correct it would require a mistake and or a lack of knowledge on his part, which would contradict His divinity. God doesn't make mistakes or have a lack of knowledge; if he did he wouldn't be God. So by this circular assessment we know that God cannot through his divinity time travel into the past because it would go against his perfection. For him to go back he would need a reason and that reason would contradict his Holiness. <br /><br />Now some skeptics will say that we can do things God can't do, i.e. Sin. But that's not the same and in no way does this impede his omnipotence. Man can sin but God can't for the same reason he can't time travel. God can't do these things not cause he's stopping Himself, but because He is Holly and Holly cannot sin. It's like trying to create a round triangle, it just can't be done. And we can't time travel just because God allow for it to happen. He planned it all, and He's not going to let us ‘Man' screw it up.<br /><br />Now for argument sake when I say time travel I'm referring only to traveling to the past, not the future. Though we know some of the future through God's revelation to a few people like John and the other prophets, they did not nor could they travel to the future to affect the outcome. They were just given a vision, that's all. So I am just referring to time traveling to the past. We cannot affect what has not yet occurred. We can only be shown through prophecies of what is to come.<br /><br />Now there are other reasons why time travel is impossible other than it contradicting God's divinity. One, if we could go into the past what would stop Satan from going there and killing the baby Jesus to stop the messiah from coming. God would not in anyways allow for that to happen. <br /><br />Also time is linear and for time travel to be possible it would have to be non linear. But then you get into the whole ‘space time continuum' debate. Which I know nothing about. <br /><br />So there you have it. A short but powerful argument for why time travel is impossible. I know not many will argue with the logistics of it; any logical thinker will come to the same conclusion. They only might argue the theological aspect of it. But I just wanted to bring that theological view to it so that's why I'm writing. <br /><br />And as for those dreamers out there who wish to relive high school, I want to apologies that I had to pop your bubble and bring you back to reality.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1148963632915317162006-05-29T21:28:00.000-07:002006-05-29T21:42:16.796-07:00Thank YouI send out a special Thank You to all those who have died for Freedom and for those still fighting.<br /><center><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/thankyou.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/thankyou.jpg" width="320" hight="400"></a></center>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1148582039737899992006-05-25T11:33:00.000-07:002006-05-25T11:33:59.766-07:00Gun Control And ParentingGun control begins and ends in the home. What that means is parents; it is your responsibility to teach your children proper gun safety, not the governments. If your child finds a gun and shoot someone or themselves its not the governments fault for not teaching them or keeping the gun away, no, its your fault. Its not the fault of the manufacturer of the gun for making the firearm, its the parents fault. Parents, the same responsibility you have to teach your children right from wrong is endowed to you to teach them to be safe and responsible people around guns. Teach your children that guns are not toys, that they must be respected. Teach them that if they find a gun to get an adult. Teach them that guns are not evil but that people are and that they must be ready to protect themselves when they're old enough. It comes down to personal responsibility. Yes, a 5 year old isn't going to understand the dynamics of the human freewill, but they do understand that if they see something they aren't to touch then they wont. Its about being a good parent and being there for your child. Now I'm not talking to the good parents out there, you are doing a good job. I'm talking to the parents who think government programs are the best way to raise their kids. I'm talking to the parents that think if they take every inanimate object they deem 'evil' in this world and destroy it then their child will be safe. But you know what, that is impossible. This worlds a scary place to be, and the faster you teach your child to handle this world and not hide them from it the better off and well rounded they'll be.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1148062304514637482006-05-19T11:02:00.000-07:002006-05-19T11:13:01.793-07:00Hitler Rises AgainIran is close to passing a law that would require Jews and Christians to wear badges reminiscent of the Holocaust. Iran's President, Ali Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying that the Holocaust is a 'myth' and he has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."<br /><a href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=11fbf4a8-282a-4d18-954f-546709b1240f&k=32073" target="_blank">Read More</a><br /><br />Iran and it's leaders are a terrible threat to not just Israel, but the entire World. No one thought Hitler was a big threat until it was too late. We cannot take this treat lightly, we must act quickly. If the good people of Iran won't stand up against their evil rulers then the U.S. MUST! <I>"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."</I> -Edmund Burke.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1147829366748786852006-05-16T18:27:00.000-07:002006-05-16T18:29:26.760-07:00Election Time WoesThe reason why we keep electing one bad person after another is that we are voting based on such small knowledge of the candidate. Knowledge that comes from the TV ads and media reports. That is just not enough information to elect anybody with. <br /><br />What do I mean? Here is California we are replacing the 50th Congressional seat after the incumbent, Randy 'Duke' Cunningham was convicted of many federal offenses for bribery and like acts. So we responsible citizens must choose who should fill this now vacant seat so we can continue to be represented in the House. But as we get closer to Election Day all I see is mudslinging ads against each candidate by each political party and the people running, it's nauseating. One person says the other is a lobbyist, who then fights back by calling the opponent an extreme liberal, and it keeps goes back and forth. Not that the ads are wrong, but it still doesn't give me any pertinent information to which would convince me candidate A is better than candidate B. I just think that media and greed have defiled the democratic process of electing the right person for the right job and all we're doing when we vote is choosing the lesser of two evils. <a href="http://bilbrayforcongress.com/" target="_blank">Brian Bilbray</a>, the leading Republican candidate for the vacant seat say's he a conservative, but certain things have shown him to be just as liberal as his Democrat opponent, <a href="http://www.busbyforcongress.com/" target="_blank">Francine Busby</a>. So I don't know. I've almost reached a point where I'm damned if I vote, and I'm damned if I don't. In fact, I think the only thing keeping my immaculate voting record this year is the propositions, I want to vote for those. Even though none of my votes have ever gone the way I voted. For some reason the majority of Californian's want to make things harder and raise taxes for us. But as an American I shouldn't let go of my constitutional right just because it's futile and fatiguing. <br /><br />And I'm not saying that this election is one out of a million, all elections that I've voted in, and many before that were just as bad as this one. The only thing that makes this one stand out is that I'm finally getting tired of it. The way things should be if it were a perfect democracy is that the people elect the better person based on their morals and wisdom and faithfulness to the constitution, not based on what they'll do for just the Republicans or just what they'll do for the Democrats, but for all. But I can see how that's a little hard when our nation is so obviously divided on both morals and wisdom.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1147758273846061702006-05-15T22:41:00.001-07:002006-05-15T23:33:42.560-07:00A New Sheriff In Town<a href="http://www.bruff4sheriff.com/index.htm" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/rufflg.gif" width="500" hight="76"></a><br /><br />Just a reminder for those in San Diego county, this man is the best candidate for Sheriff. Please vote for him! San Diego needs a better man.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1147481720650184212006-05-12T17:55:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:26:13.670-07:00California Students Too StupidWhaaa whaaa whaaa! California high school students are such babies. I stand by my statement that California is the worst state in the Union. <br/><br/>The California High School Exit Exam is a test given to all high school students as a requirement for graduation; they must pass it to be given a diploma. But now a judge in Oakland California earlier this week found that the exam is "unconstitutional" citing that it discriminates against the poor and non-English speaking student. This ruling will blocks the state from its plan to deny diplomas to the students that didn't pass the exam. <br/><br/>Ok, lets get something straight, if you go to public school, then you are expected to learn! The taxpayer's money is going towards your education. And if you cannot prove after 12 years of this education that you didn't learn anything then you are a waste of money and space in this nation. In a better school system the student's grades should speak for itself. If A's meant anything then there would be no need for this exam. But the degrading education system in California has forced the state to prove that the taxpayer's money isn't going to waste. How dare these students and parents sue because they can't pass the exam. It's "discriminating" Oh boo hoo hoo! Since our Constitution is written in English and our money is printed in English shouldn't our students be taught in English? Hey Paco, if your son can't read or speak English that's not our fault! "But we're too poor to get an edimikation." The state is providing a FREE education, that's the point! It doesn't take money to read out of a state provided book or write with a state provided pencil! Unless you're severely disabled or the teacher isn't doing their job there is no excuse for any California high school student not to pass this test. I asked someone who took the test, my little brother how hard the test was since he had to take it. He said it was the easiest of all the state tests he ever took. Now given my brother does speak English, comes from a middle-class family and who's father would come down on him if he didn't pass his classes. Even with all those obstacles he still found the exam easy enough to pass. So why can't other students pass it? <br/><br/>I just get mad at stupid things like this. You know what the only lesson here learned is? What has been taught to our youth here is that if something is too hard to do then just sue until the standards are dropped to an unacceptable level and you feel better about yourself. It's horrible.<br/><br/>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1146603069273943582006-05-02T13:49:00.000-07:002006-05-12T10:07:56.973-07:00Isreal Needs To Start Kicking Some Butt!TEHRAN, Iran - A top Revolutionary Guards commander said Tuesday that Israel would be Iran's first retaliatory target in response to any U.S. attack, a provocative threat that reinforced the Iranian president's past call for Israel to be "wiped off the map."<br /><br />"We have announced that wherever (in Iran) America does make any mischief, the first place we target will be Israel," the Iranian Student News Agency quoted Gen. Mohammad Ebrahim Dehghani as saying.<br /><br />Dehghani, a top commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, also said Israel was not prepared to go to war against Iran.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,193989,00.html">Read More...</a>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1144702730773253272006-04-10T13:58:00.000-07:002006-05-12T10:01:17.390-07:00Emasculated TVNo one has brought up this issue because I don't think anyone notices it, which is very sad. The issue is the emasculation of our media and of our society. I'm talking about how not many sitcoms on prime time television shows men in a good light. Most men should be strong, dominant, masculine, mature, and the supporter of their family. But most sitcom shows on TV show a man that's painfully immature, weak, whinny, lazy and stupid. Where on the other side they portray the women as the stronghold of the house. The breadwinner, the one who has to pick up after the mans mistakes. The alpha character. Now I'm not saying that women cant be those characters, but when all of the characters on the prime time lineup are like that there is something alarming there. <br /><br />Example, "Everybody Loves Raymond". The character Raymond (played by Ray Romano) is a selfish, lazy, golf crazed sports freak who doesn't help out in the home and is the biggest pansy when it comes to his relationship with his wife and mother. He is always getting into trouble with his wife. In real life she would have divorced his sorry ass years ago, but for comedy sake their marriage has lasted many seasons. What keeps the comedy going season after season is his over-bearing, intrusive mother who he has a hard time setting boundaries with. The mother hates the wife (who is the strongest of all of them) and the mother is always sabotaging their marriage. Raymond is the worst male on TV that Ive seen! I would just love to kick him in the balls just to see if he has any. But instead show after show he makes some stupid excuse for his mothers actions and makes his wife really mad. Hahahaha, the audience gets a good laugh and its over. Now in real life is Ray Romano like that? I have no idea. But on the show he seems to have no problem making people think that hes an incompetent pussy. Sure there are things married people can relate to, but it'd be sad if someone could relate to everything on that show. If I were Raymond's character Id tell my mom on the show to treat my wife with respect or don't come over at all! That's what he should have done on the first episode. But yet again, I doubt they'd get any ratings. Pussy men get ratings.<br /><br />I could list in detail all of the shows that emasculate men, but that would take forever. So here is a short list: "Malcolm in the Middle", "Will and Grace", "Two and a Half Men", "7th Heaven", "Darmah and Greg", "King of Queens", "According to Jim", "Scrubs", "Fraiser", the list goes on. In these shows the leading male characters are weak, submissive, and to immature to take care of their own problems so they need a woman to do it for them. Is there not something wrong with that? <br /><br />By them showing all these weak male characters they are stating a social commentary that our society produces weak men who solely depend on women for everything. That is not true. My parents raised me to be a self-sufficient, mature, smart, hard working man, everything that's opposite of these characters. I'm not dependant of a woman to take care of me, though it'd be nice. To say that, or to show its disrespect to strong men allover. <br /><br />But on the other extreme I'm not saying thought that there should be shows promoting the abuse of women by the male characters. That's very wrong. I'm just saying that I see nothing wrong with a male character that is strong and supports the family without whining, or being walked all over by a female or does what he has to do because that's what men do! Boys in our society today, a lot don't have a father figure in their home so subconsciously they turn to TV to learn to be a man. But when there are no strong male role models they will turn out be like what they watch. This isn't an exact science, but it makes sense. You learn what you observe. <br /><br />I think that the shows of today are the product of either A: sloppy market research, B: feminist network executives, or C: A society that finds nothing wrong in emasculating men for laughs. I think C is a more probable answer. Its sad, but the days of I Love Lucy are gone. Those kinds of shows were funny and yet didn't resort to demeaning the male characters, well, maybe Fred. Now given the shows I have listed are sitcoms, not dramas. There are a lot of TV shows that portray men in a strong light, i.e.: CSI, Navy NCIS, The Unit. But still the comedies of our time need to change. Id like to see next season a sitcom show that has a leading male character that is funny, but not weak or immature. But I doubt well see that on any of the major networks. I don't know.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1143701661094237612006-03-29T22:54:00.000-08:002006-03-30T12:52:01.373-08:00Protestors Shut Down SchoolsIt just gets worse and worse. Now Middle and High School campuses in Oceanside, CA are shutting down for the rest of the week cause these stupid kids are out protesting and it’s causing the schools to lose money. So now not only there are protesting kids out there causing trouble, but also other kids are out that can cause trouble. It’s also costing the city more money with overtime pay to its Police. This is BULL!! This is really pissing me off! I can’t express my rage on this blog; I just want to beat the crap out of my wall I’m so pissed!Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1143502407175538482006-03-27T15:32:00.000-08:002006-03-27T15:33:27.203-08:00Regarding My Previous PostI realize now that my previous post might have been a little harsh. I was really upset and have a cold, so I’m thinking a little irrationally today. But my anger still stands. What am I angry at? I am angry that American citizens and illegal aliens are protesting our government of doing its job, a job that should have been done a long time ago. It is this blogger’s belief that the majority of the students don’t even know what they are protesting, they are just following the crowd, literally, and if they knew what was really going on in Capitol Hill they would still be protesting, but not in the great numbers as there were today. <br /><br />Do they have the right to protest? Yes! Do I have a right to complain and call them stupid? YES!! I don’t have a problem with people protesting, it’s their right. I just have a problem with what they’re protesting. Don’t get me wrong, every human including the illegal’s have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, And in America you are given those rights. But not in Mexico and that’s why they’re coming here. I wouldn’t even mind them coming here illegally if it was just a little amount. But they are coming here in swarms! We cannot handle that; we cannot be the only parent on the block who feeds all the children in the neighborhood. It’s not feasible. It is the responsibility of the Mexican government to take care of their people, not ours. They have the natural and economic resources; they are just to corrupt to do anything. The United States should close off the border in bound and out and kick the ass of the Mexican government until they shape up. That should have been done before we went to Iraq. It’s surprising to me that no one is doing that. This is not something that can be fixed over night, it’s going to take years to fix. But my fear is that in that time things will advance so badly towards the worse that we are going to become divided even more. I don’t know. It really pisses me off.<br /><br />Final thought: Protesting for protesting sake is a moral sin; protesting an unjust government is the responsibility of its people. I have seen no unjust actions on the side of our government regarding this. I only see a bunch of teenagers wanting to get out of class for a day.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1143492050564323812006-03-27T15:00:00.000-08:002006-03-27T15:50:12.056-08:00BULL SH*T!!That’s what I call it. Students all over San Diego County including San Marcos, Spring Vally, Escondido, and Mission Bay have walked off campus and are marching through the streets in protest of an immigration reform bill being debated in Congress today. What has this nation come to!? Good standing Americans want to protect our borders and our sovereignty but those who shouldn’t even be here have a larger voice than those who are citizens here. This is how a nation falls! This is going to lead to a civil war. This is utter Bull Sh*t!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/8295005/detail.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/8295231/detail.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0327/8295919_320X240.jpg"></a><br />Marchers in Escondido, CA.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1142735676953113932006-03-18T18:31:00.000-08:002006-03-18T18:45:22.323-08:00Counter ProtestToday I joined my friends in San Diego, CA to counter an anti-war protest being held there. And to make a long story short, it was fun. Nothing more to add since all I did was wave my American flag. But my friend took some pictures.<br /><CENTER><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_1.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_1.jpg" width=133 height=200></a><P><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_2.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_2.jpg" width=200 height=133></a><P><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_3.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_3.jpg" width=200 height=133></a><P><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_4.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_4.jpg" width=200 height=133></a><P><br /><a href="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_5.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://flawedsociety.com/march_protest/protest_3_18_06_5.jpg" width=200 height=133></a><P><br /></CENTER>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1142618693148880232006-03-17T10:00:00.000-08:002006-03-17T10:22:21.470-08:00Operation PROUD BANNER<a href="http://www.sdpw.org/"><img border="0" src="http://www.indepundit.com/archive2/defacedflag.jpg"></a><br />Does this photo anger you? It should. It looks like some photo taken in some other country that hates America, right? Well actually this was taken in San Diego durning an anti-war protest last year. It a great example of the animosity that these 'people' have for our nation and the troops. Calling them 'terrorists' and saying that the President is a 'war criminal'. And tomorrow they will be at it again.<br /><br />That is why the <a href="http://www.sdpw.org/">San Diego Protest Warriors</a> will be there on the other side of the street to show our love for America and our support for the troops. Any American loving, troops supporters are welcomed to join us!<br /> <B><br />WHO: Anyone who supports our country, our military, and their mission (sponsored by San Diego Protest Warrior).<br /><br />WHAT: A peaceful demonstration of support and gratitude for our armed forces.<br /><br />WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 2006, 1 to 4pm.<br /><br />WHERE: San Diego, west end of Balboa Park, near Sixth Avenue and Maple St. (map)<br /><br />WHY: To bear witness to the heated rhetoric of the so-called 'peace movement,' and to provide a calm rebuttal to their anti-American message.<br /><br />HOW: Bring American flags (or flags of our allies) of any size. Signs expressing support or gratitude for our military are also welcome. <br /></B>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1141334806015538852006-03-02T13:25:00.000-08:002006-03-02T13:26:46.026-08:00I hate...I hate California, this is the worst state in the union! I am so moving to Georgia. That's all I have to say about that.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1140643017047762252006-02-22T12:35:00.000-08:002006-02-22T13:23:41.933-08:00California Execution Postponed IndefinitelyMichael Morales raped and murdered a 17-year-old girl back in 1981 and was sentenced to death for his heinous crime. And now 25 years later when it's time for him to pay for his crime the liberals of California think that it’s cruel and unusual punishment to inject this scumbag citing that the patient might wake up and feel pain from the drug used to kill him. Have we lost our minds?! This a**hole raped and tortured a young girl and then took her innocent life! This sub-human deserves to have his balls cut off and... I'm digressing. This should not be an issue, we used to hang people and that wasn't cruel or unusual. No, cruel and unusual would be to make them listen to Barbra Streisand do a duet with Michael Moore, that is cruel. Our justice system is out of whack! We need to punish murders immediately, no 25 years of appeals. You're convicted you’re shot the next day. Heck; I'll even provide the state with the gun and bullet! And let the family do the shooting. That would be a lot cheaper than how it's done now. With all this auditing the Governor is doing with 'Kalifonyia' can't he find a cheaper way of executing our worst? Carbon Monoxide? Put them in a garage with the car running? I'm no psychopath so I’m not very inventive when it comes to killing people, but maybe the state could hire some Goth kids do come up with some ideas for them. (I’m not saying that Goth kids are psychopath!) <br /><br />All I'm saying is making the bastard feel a little pain before he dies is very much justified considering what he did to that poor girl. Oh how I wish he were found resisting arrest when the police found him. (That’s a joke people, a JOKE!) <br /><br />Send all complaints to I-dont-care@flawedsociety.comDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1140112822245045892006-02-16T09:39:00.000-08:002006-02-16T10:00:22.260-08:00Abu GhraibThis week more Abu Ghraib 'torture' photos were released to the media because certain people have it in for America. Now don't get me wrong, what theses soldiers did is inexcusable and they deserve to be punish (maybe not as harsh as they did get though). So now, after all is said and done to play the blame game and continue this witch hunt does nothing more than to hurt our nation. And really, I don't think a few nude photos of people who use children as human shields is torture considering the fact that worse is done at fraternities across the nation. Seriously ACLU, who's side are you on? Let's put this black mark in our past. No, we should not erase it completely as to forget about it, we need to remember it so we don't repeat it, but every time the media brings it up its like putting lemon juice on a paper cut. Lets stop torturing Uncle Sam and go from here. In my opinion we should have forgone the embarrassing photos of the prisoners and just shot them. But that's just me. <br /><br />I'm not going to post the new photos that were just released, rather here are some unknown photos taken just a few months ago. I caution you they are disturbing!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blackfive.net/main/2006/02/new_abu_ghraib_.html">New Abu Ghraib Photos courtesy of BlackFive.net</a>.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1139957621756335842006-02-14T14:53:00.000-08:002006-02-14T14:53:41.800-08:00RidiculousThis past weekend Vice President Richard ‘Dick’ Cheney was Quail hunting with some friends and he accidentally sprayed a fellow hunter with shotgun pellets from not knowing that that person was there. Now the press is having a field day with this. The press is upset that they were not informed immediately since it wasn’t until a few days later that it came out. They claim this is a cover up. Since when does the personal life of our VP need to be reported! “New Flash… Cheney uses the toilet, story at 11.” Some even have asked for Cheney’s resignation! Is this not the stupidest thing ever! It was a private event with private friends. Hunting accidents happen all the time and sometimes end with a death. No one was killed! The mainstream media has it in for the Bush administration and will do anything to give it a black mark and that’s why the negative spin. Cheney has apologized to the man that was injured, I know it was an accident, the man is doing fine there is no need for a public apology or for this to affect the VP’s job. This should not be an issue, at the most a few late night jokes and that’s it. Come on mainstream media, get your head’s out of you’re ass and start doing your job! You never did cover the story about Saddam’s right hand man revealing where Saddam hid the WMD’s! That story came out a few weeks ago, I’m still waiting!<br/><br/>Oh, and Bill Maher, you’re an ASS! You know why! Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1138945543452420322006-02-02T21:42:00.000-08:002006-02-02T21:47:57.406-08:00HillaryousThis photo was taken before President Bush gave his state of the union address. I’m not going to say anything humorous about it; I think it speaks for itself. <br /><BR><br /><img src="http://www.flawedsociety.com/hillary.jpg">Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10442168.post-1138826936719700742006-02-01T12:46:00.000-08:002006-02-01T12:48:56.736-08:00State Of The UnionThe president gave his <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/31/AR2006013101468.html">State of the Union</a> address last night if you didn’t know. It wasn’t the greatest ever, but was refreshing. I’m glad he said what he did regarding the war, Iran and Hamas. I especially like how he addressed tyranny and that we cannot let it fester in some isolated part of the world. Our survival depends on liberty around the world. My favorite quote from him came when he was referring to the Democrats wanting a pull out of Iraq, he said, "There is no peace in retreat… and there is no honor in retreat." I loved that, so true it is. If we retreat we will show the entire world that we are weak and to take us over all our enemies have to do is propagandize a few liberals and we are fallen. I find it hard to believe that America is that, we are the ones who stood up a tyrannical monarchy 200 years ago; we faced a great civil war and overcame evil in our time. AMERICA DOES NOT GIVE UP! We cannot. I praise President Bush for what he has done, certain things I wish he would address more seriously, but I honestly believe that he is the right man, at the right time doing the right job that needs to be done.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07435983779873248904noreply@blogger.com0