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Indian Mascots
Seat Belt Laws
Downloading Music
Music Categories
Reality TV
Finding that Mate
Speed Limit Laws
Dealing with Psychics
Religion
Legalize Marijuana
Oversensitive People
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OK, i'm really looking for a
script to make surfing this page easier. For right now. Let
me just type in a few thoughts til I find it. Starting with:
Native American Mascots
There are a ton of native american "groups" and active "participants"
in the argument that there shouldn't be any sports teams named
after indians. First of all, I'm indian, I'm native, I'm apache.
I don't give a shit what you call me. I've been called a gentleman
and it wasn't used in a respectful way. So it's not what you
call me, it's how you use it and how you treat me. Words are
only weapons if you allow them to damage you. Now there's
the people who like to say "why aren't there other teams named
after any other races?.. like wops, dago's, jews?"... simple.
Do you honestly believe that way back when they were naming
their teams the indians or warriors they were thinking "let's
call ourselves something we don't like.".. "yeah, we hate
them indians, let's use their names and make fun of them by
putting them on our shirts and hats and merchandise so everyone
else who hates them, will buy them too".. You know there are
other ways to portray a warrior right? There are samurai warriors,
but we don't see pictures of those on sweatshirts do we? We
see a good old indian. And you know who I see wearing that
picture of an indian to the mall? a blonde haired, blue eyed,
white girl. Does she know ANYTHING about indian culture? Does
she know how they got the name? Does she even care? Nope..
Isn't that what we all want? To not be viewed by our look?
And the "commercialized" view of an indian is used as a way
to show power, strength and maybe even strike fear into opponents?
And ya'll are tellin me that's such a horrible thing? You
know those people who bitch about the "tomahawk chop" at braves
games? Ask them.. Who INVENTED the chop? Did indians do that?
Did indians invent the ohhhh, oh, ohhh oh ohhhhhh... chant?
Did they STEAL that from us indians? Think you can find the
tribe that can sue for copyright infringement? ummmm... no.
we didn't invent THAT. It was a hollywood invention from those
dumb ass old cowboys and indians movies with John WAYNE!!
Shouldn't we bitch about the movie? no wait.. everyone knows
that indians weren't really like that ANYWAY! Since I'm ranting,
I think one of the best things we can do as native peoples
is stop giving moronic, minor shows of athletic competitiion
such FORCE and power. Only WE can make these things more important
than they really are. You want to make a difference. Let people
know what it's like being indian. Not just OTHER indians.
Tell them your first hand experiences about your culture.
Most people only know what they read about in books, see on
tv or shit they're force fed by the media. We are a strong
people. We survived the US governments attempt at genocide.
And now we're down to bitchin about some junior high kid wearing
a chiefs jersey?!?! At the end, stop being so goddamn sensitive
about something corporations do to make money! The only thing
than can hurt us, is US! Educating others is a powerful tool,
but you can't do that without educating yourself first. And
stop being a whiny little bitch.. (do me a favor white people..
stop dressing up like indians, we DID invent that, and you
don't know what it means... that's one thing that DOES bother
me)
Seat Belt
Laws:
I believe that sometimes seat belts save lives. I also believe
that regular excercise and a good diet will save your life.
The big difference is, we can only enforce ONE as a LAW. Or
CAN WE? Sure lil kids who don't know any better should be
strapped in for their safety, but that's something a parent
does. We should NOT have the government telling us what's
GOOD for us. It's a bad trend down a BAD road. I really don't
want to start down that Orwellian trip of despair. There is
no REASON we should be protected from OURSELVES! If I want
to be a dumbass and NOT wear my seat belt, THat should be
my right! The right to be a moron. It's what being American
is all about.
Downloading
Music and File Sharing
Do it MORE, DO it OFTEN! Do it NOW! There were 634 subpeona's
issued in the RIAA case of illegal file sharing. 634!! Out
of what? 2 BILLION? or better yet, 2,000,000,000. What's the
percentage on that? less than a quarter of a half of a half
of a percent! and you're SCARED to download music? Does anyone
KNOW what a subpeona is? It's an order to APPEAR in court.
Which has been recently ruled by a court of appeals to be
ILLEGAL! ISP's don't have to give out ANY information and
NOBODY has to pay! They didn't LOSE. THey haven't even PROVEN
that they broke the law! Artists do NOT make a lot of money
from each CD sale. WHen they complain about the money they
make, they're talking about pennies per cD. I have no interest
in giving someone who's ALREADY rich, MORE money. I know one
rich guy, I don't walk up and say "here's 5 dollars". They
can complain all they want. I'm not too worried that they'll
only have 9 cars instead of ten. PLEASE go get some more music
before the lawyers take down another great right of the internet.
FIle SHARING. Do it NOW, do HARD! do it TWICE!
Categories
of Music
I woke up and saw a video from "Jagged Edge". They stood around
each other, singing. Stood back to back.. singin. Had the
clouds in the background... singing. And as it has many times
before I thought... hmm.. boy band. I don't hate boy bands.
Hell I was a fan of Boyz to men when it came out. I loved
New Edition. Hated New Kids on the Block. Thought Backstreet
Boys WERE the New Kids. Nsync had a song that I liked. B2k
I don't like, but Blackstreet was cool. Jagged Edge... feh.
Another boy band that should be treated as such. You don't
like boy bands? Why not? Music is soft? Well, yeah. Music
is boring? Well, sometimes. You can't be considered a band
if you don't play an instrument? HELL YES! I'm not anti-boy
band. I'm anti label. You can call a group of white boys a
boy band, but if you get three or more dancing boys together,
it all depends on the color of their skin as the channel they'll
be on. White=TRL, Black=BET, Brown=Univision. (hee hee, ok,
I'm not sure about that last one but I was running outta colors).
If you like the music, listen to it. If you don't, fine, just
make sure you know where you're making the distinction. Is
it the music? The dancing? Or the color? Is it reverse racism?
(by the way.. that's a bullshit term). All that shouldn't
be part of your opinion. Unless of course, that's what your
opinions are based on. There are country music fans who say
that COUNTRY music is no longer THAT. It's become soft pop.
So if that ARTIST is country, and another is PoP, who hears
them? Certainly not the fan of pop music who says they "hate
country".
Reality TV
There are a few fundamental reasons I don't watch Reality
TV. First of all, it's not ever CLOSE to reality. You have
a camera on these people and you expect them to act REAL?
Have you ever been around a bunch of guys or girls and they
start talking about the opposite sex? There is NO mercy for
the other side. It's just what people do. It's fun and doesn't
hurt anyone. I know for a FACT that girls are much more eager
to divulge more detailed information. That's fine. The problem
is, if you put a CAMERA on them and tell them that everything
they say will be broadcast across the WORLD, thier entire
personality will change. Hell, it might change for the better,
but it's not REAL. If you want reality TV. Throw some HIDDEN
cameras in people houses and let's see how REAL people live.
How about you stop watching the RICH people and focus on a
single mom with 5 kids trying to get child support payments
and barely making rent. That's what I call REAL. You think
she gives a crap about what people think about her? She's
doing the BEST she can and struggling in this REAL world like
the rest of us. I know this isn't going to happen because
the poor are not entertaining. I know I'm not rich. If there
WAS a camera here watching me, you know what It would see.
Me on the couch watching South Park and laughing my ass off
at every racist joke in there. Reality is not nice. It's not
fun. It's not entertaining. It's just life... stop calling
it REALITY. that's my big beef with the whole thing. I'd also
like to know where they find these attention hungry wastes
of skin. I'd love to go on that show just to be REAL and set
the record for being kicked off the quickest.
Finding that
perfect someone
I know you're thinking. Why is this a rant? What's wrong with
wanting to find that one special person? .... well.... let
me tell you. Most times when a person meets someone they REALLY
like, they tend to act like that person WANTS them to, so
they'll be convinced to hang around MORE. You might be thinking
now.. so? Well, once they get past that facade they tend to
act like themselves again. So everything goes to crap and
they have to start all over again. It's a wASTe! I just want
people to act like THEMSELVES. ALL the time. If something
pisses you off, don't hold it in, SAY, that's not COOL! That
kinda bugs me. I'm not saying to be a bitch or an ass. Too
many people write off honesty as bitchy. Sometimes, it is..
most times, you just don't agree with them. I don't like when
people don't agree with me, because I'm ALWAYS right... at
least.. sometimes I am. At least if you act like yourself..
i KNOW where you're coming from. WHen you act like YOURSELF
all the time, you're more likely to find someone that WILL
put up with the real YOU. I know this is all a load of donkey
poo because I'm not married and can't hold on to any girl.
But I'm allowed an opinion. Or I just gotcha cuz I wasted
49 seconds of your life reading this. Sorry, snapmouse inc.
doesn't offer refunds for getting stupider. while reading
his posts.
Speed Limit
Laws
Another one that sounds really stupid but let me
explain. I do KNOW why we have the limit laws. I understand
WHY they exist. I do NOT believe that it's a blanket law that
requires a ticket every SINGLE TIME! Let me use this example.
Urinating in public is against the law. I don't want to give
anyone the right to stop and take a leak on the sidewalk in
front of me. HOWEVER, if you're out in the middle of nowhere,
there's nobody close, nothing dangerous (like an electric
fence), then I have no problem if you drop your stinkies and
let loose. If a COP is in the area, you WILL be given a citation
for Urinating in PUBLIC. I believe the 'gist' of the law isn't
being enforced. Same goes with speed limit laws. If some asshole
is speeding 55 thru a school zone, THAT'S dangerous. If he's
doing 90 in rush hour heavy traffic, he needs to be stopped.
(Congruently the schmuck doing 35 when traffic is moving at
75 us also dangerous). But if I'm out in the middle of NOWHERE
and there's nothing but a 2 lane road, clear traffic and a
few cows out in the distance, my SPEED isn't hurting anyone.
The only danger is to myself if I can't handle my OWN car.
Enforcing the law at that time would just be fascist and not
in the true MEANING of the law. I USED to believe that police
officers would understand this, but I KNOW now that most of
them are just making you pay to fulfill some quota. It really
has NOTHING to do with my safety or the 'truth' of the why
the law was created in the first place. I just want people
(not just officers) to understand WHY laws exist and there
are TIMES and REASONS they should and shouldn't be enforced.
So-Called
Psychics
Punch them in the back of the head. If they were
so psychic, they would see it coming right? and why do they
advertise the psychic fair? Does a LARGE billboard need to
be placed along the freeway? You would think being psychic
would be enough. I think it's for us non-psychic people to
go to the fair and walk up behind them at their booths for
a good old fashioned drop kick to the back of the skull.
Religion
I think a lot of the teaching of religoins are great
basis for being a decent human being. I also think too many
people swallow religion hook, line and sneakers. There are
things on this earth that I cannot explain. There are things
in this world that I believe are beyond science and reason.
I do NOT believe all that is in the bible is FACT. It's a
great story and even better lessons. There are plenty of other
places to learn where to be a decent person. For some reason,
the bible and other 'religous' books are taken as total fact
and law. That's where my problem lies. One of my best friends
once said, "I believe Jesus Christ pulled off the greatest
scam of all time". If you can open your mind enough to
accept that it's a possibility, then you might actually see
where I'm coming from. An elderly indian man once told me
that a preacher wanted him to go his church. He told the preacher,
"why must I go into your building on a certain day to
speak to my lord?, Why can't I just walk to the top of this
hill and pray to him?". There is a higher force, there
may even be somoene I need to answer to for my wrongdoings
in this world, but FEAR is not going to keep me from doing
the right things. It's a sad way to live thinking everything
will just be 'provided' to you. Religious people are not bad
people, it's the people that tell you that they are RIGHT.
And the way of Jesus is LAW, that really is my gripe with
religion.
Legalize it
The arguments to keep marijuana illegal are weak.
We have to put this on the shelves and tax the shit out of
it. Economically speaking, it's a great idea. Chemically speaking,
is it worse than Alcohol? Politically speaking, who will this
business put OUT of business?
Oversensitive people
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