United States of Bank of America....

I know I'm a bit slow at times. This just happens to be one of those times. I just realized something that I wish I wouldn't have.

Ever since I had my first job, my first paycheck, I "got" the whole idea of taxes. As in, I pay my taxes to help this country. Help it defend itself, build roads, care for the natural wonders, and protect itself from within. Of course along with that came the darker side of paying the politicians. Who we know will vote for what the people want, as long as someone doesn't guarantee anything such as money or re-election. The worst part is, most of them just thrive on the whole power thing. The whole "I'm the Mayor/Committee Chief/Parks and Rec. Manager, Don't you know who I am?, I can destroy you!" The sad part is, a lot of the time when they say stuff like that, they're right. They can ruin you. Politics and puppet shows are one in the same. As long as someone is pulling the strings, they will both function well.

OK, I'm going to get to the point of all this. My big question is:

When did the United States Of America's government become a bank? Or to be more specific, when did it's treasury become one? And even then, the last several billions they've loaned aren't even ours. They're borrowing from the Chinese to cover our debts. And its all to keep some mega-high profile businesses who absolutely (pardon my language) fucked themselves in their job plan, and decided to focus the money on payroll and not on actual capital, or holdings. So, what do the people we voted into office, to look after our well being, do in this scenario? They give them truckloads of money. And they don't even bother to come up with any rules for repayment. That first 800 Billion dollars that went out is gone people. It wont come back. What's sad is that it wasn't until it became public that a lady was set to still get her 8 digit bonus, that people said "Wait a minute! What just happened?" In a sense, our federal financial system is kind of one of those "Ponzi schemes." As in it doesn't have the money to cover it's debts, so it relies on the money that is coming in, taxes, loans from others, and what not, to pay what it owes.

But, c'mon, as long as we can print money, we'll never run out. Right?

I need to start saving my money to buy an island somewhere.

I'm done for now.

Goodnight/Good Morning

-B-

The Purest Form of Evil....

I'm growing tired of and becoming extremely disheartened by all of the news stories that keep popping up about parents who can't handle the cards they've been dealt, and decide to end their lives because of it. But the ones I'm referring to only end their own life after they've killed their wives/husbands and children too. Usually it's after losing a job and the benefits that went along with it. Or a pending divorce. Or some other legal situation.

How does this solve anything? Yes, your life may be shit, at least right now. And maybe you'll have to struggle for a period of time to care for your family. Suck it up. Deal with it. Realize that this is your moment to prove yourself to them and the rest of the world. That you will do anything and everything you need to do to make sure your loved ones get through it all. It's not the time to wallow in self-doubt, thinking you are a failure and anyone around you is going to suffer just for knowing you so you might as well end their pain now. This type of action/reaction is the absolute purest form of evil in my mind. Life that you created (kids) or in the case of your wife/husband, life that you expanded and built upon, all of it is erased by your one selfish act. Sure, you may think it's an act of mercy and that you'll all be frolicking in the expansive daisy fields in heaven. One small problems with that is: If you believe in heaven, then you probably believe in Hell. Now, in the religious world there is a whole list of "Unforgivable Sins" and killing folks is right up at the top. You kill your family, and you are a murderer, and the worst kind of murderer (as if there were different stages of homicidal assholes.) And where do murderers go? That's right, to Hell supposedly. So while your wife/husband and your kids are enjoying free draft pints, state-of-the-art console game systems, and endless Monday Night Football, you'll be in the land of the Eternal Sunburn, or just getting chewed up by worms because even Hell won't accept you.

To sum it all up: Suicide/patricide/matricide/all in one, its a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I don't care how worthless you feel, your family shouldn't have to die to make you feel like you're in control of the situation.

Anyways, I'm done for tonight/today...

Goodnight.

-B-