In My World...

Apologies, guys, for being lax in responding to comments. My depression has returned. This always coincides with available money here dropping below a certain point. This has happened throughout my life. Although there are some other things that might bring on depression, that money buys happiness has always been a no brainer for me. Yes, I know, if you have 10 billion, another billion may not make you much happier. So they say...I would like to try the experiment for myself.

The US spends $600 million a DAY just on interest payments on the national debt. But we can't afford medical care and housing for all our citizens.

The US Navy can build ships that house thousands of sailors, weigh a hundred thousand tons, can run about the world's oceans for 25 years without a single refueling, but we are expected to be impressed that a small car can get 35 miles per gallon.

The US Constitution guarantees Freedom of Speech for all citizens, but I cannot post an x-rated video here without risk of being booted off the place. So much for government guarantees. Or freedoms. I will post the link though. This is an instructional video that should be mandatory viewing in sex ed class. Nina Hartley explains and demonstrates the correct way to perform cunnilingus.

The US spends more money per student on public education than any nation other than Switzerland. Source. Yet our test scores are WAY down on the lists. Conclusion: Money spent does not equal education. We rank 29th in 8th grade math scores compared to other countries. Therefore, even for a non-economist, it should be obvious that the point of spending this money is not educating students but lining pockets. The political left should stop screaming about spending more money and look at absurd notions like tenure, (who has 'tenure' besides 'educators'?), the total abuse of otherwise good things like unions, etc.

In my world it is possible for a man to get sentenced to life in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana Source...but you might get 5 years for killing someone Source.

In my world, we (my wife and I) honestly put down that we had $10 in our checking account at the last review for Food Stamp eligibility. We still get them but the amount was reduced..not by $10 but by $40...for three months until the next review. Acknowledging we had $10 cost us $120. Meanwhile, "Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes, it actually received a $156 million rebate from the IRS, according to its SEC filings." Source.

An entire nation (Uganda) proposes making it legal in that nation to kill gay people...for being gay. Luckily for them, our country can only forbid them to get married....so far. But if Newt and Sister Sarah were elected...

There are many ironies in my world. One is that both Jews and Muslims are forbidden to eat pork by their religious dietary laws. For both, it is claimed that the pig's nature (lazy, dirty, very sexual) is a big reason. The irony is that some Muslims believe that all pigs are actually human inside...specifically Jews. This Muslim doctor explains that Allah made Jews pigs and monkeys, so we are not allowed to eat them (though killing them is fine.) The same restrictions are in the Bible (Old Testament) so they apply to Christians as well, though most Christians have told God to fuck off when it comes to their pork chops and ham & eggs.

I speculate (and I'm going kinda outside my world here) that "life" is probably abundant in the universe, though I suspect that what we might recognize as "intelligent life" is very rare. I'm in the company of Stephen Hawking on this one.There are just too many variables that have to be 'just so' for that to happen, and we probably don't even know all the variables yet.

Okay, I will provide porn...observe....

TRB