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Today’s Topic: The North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG)
Mood Music: Disarm by the Smashing Pumpkins
Folks. I am sitting here in disbelief at an email I just received from a woman named Allison Cairo, a member of the NCPIRG (see above for title). Now, at some point in my past, I did something to get on the list of this organization, which, without getting into too many details, basically solicits donations to try and help with public interests in the state of NC. Not a bad thing, right? I guess it depends on what they are trying to help. Anyway, I receive occasional emails that get deleted immediately. Honestly, I never even look at them, because to be perfectly frank, I don’t have time.
Well, today I decided to read the email. Don’t ask me why….maybe I was feeling generous….or possibly wanted to actually see what the hell the NCPIRG had to say. (In my mind, they solicited help for some environmental issues in the past….seemingly innocent).
Man was I shocked to open up this gem. And just so we are all on the same page…..and I’m not just paraphrasing this email…..I’m going to copy and paste it below…..so read and then I’ll continue:
Hi Will,
I just got a report from Laura Deehan, one of the organizers with our California affiliate, about a town hall meeting she attended with Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA). One attendee, she said, yelled at the top of her lungs that the representative wanted to “kill my grandma,” and she wouldn’t stop.
How are you supposed to have a debate with that going on?
In order to prevent the dissenters from taking over the room, Laura was able to coordinate the rest of the room to shush disruptors — and it worked.
Thanks to many of you, the tone of many congressional town hall meetings has improved.
There are just two weeks left and still 6 more town hall meetings in North Carolina, and if we want to make sure they don’t devolve into rowdy discussions about death panels, or yelling matches dominated by a few obstructionists, we need to get our organizers to as many meetings as possible.
This is critical because Congress returns to Washington in two weeks. That means we have just two weeks to make clear to our representatives that the majority wants health care reforms that will lower costs and lead to better care and better choices for all Americans.
Opponents may have grabbed headlines when August began, but because we’ve gotten the word out to people like you, we’ll end the summer recess with a strong message to legislators: We can’t wait for reform.
With just two weeks left, we need a strong finish that will send our representatives back to Washington ready to fight for us, ready to fight for health care reform.
http://www.ncpirg.org/action/health-care/help-us-organize-for-reform?id4=ES
Sincerely,
Allison Cairo
NCPIRG
AllisonC@ncpirg.org
http://www.NCPIRG.org
P.S. Thanks for your continued support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your friends and family.
HOLY EFFIN’ SHIT!!!!!!!!! I could not believe what I just read……honestly. I read the email a 2nd and then 3rd time. Shocked.
Folks. Let’s just break down this ridiculous piece of bullshit propaganda for a sec…..ok.
First, Allison, I’m sorry that you think someone standing up and yelling that the healthcare reforms that are being proposed to the American people are “killing their Grandma” is ridiculous….but that’s what a DEBATE is! You can’t just expect people to be civil when such a monumental personal reform is being discussed. I understand that someone like that, if continuously disrupting the meeting, needs to be removed….but silencing from the start is not ok.
****Let me be perfectly honest, I have not researched the entire healthcare reform policy that’s being trumpeted around the country right now…..so please understand that this post has nothing to do with whether or not I agree with the proposed healthcare reform….I just want to be clear on that.
The purpose of this blog is to display my disgust for an organization that is openly soliciting money from people to silence citizens in an arena that they are openly willing to arrange.
Town Hall Meetings are supposed to be just that (supposed to be, although I have a slight suspicion that the actual “guest list” is probably altered as often as possible to appease the speaker) People are supposed to be able to voice their opinions to their representative….whether it’s a local rep., a state rep., or the President himself, it’s about the American people listening and voicing their concerns.
Guys and Gals……I cannot tell you how effin’ mad this email made me. Seriously. Maybe I’m naive to the political current in today’s society……the internet propaganda, the mass phone calls, the ridiculously skewed media perspective (depending on the channel that’s on)…..but despite my naivety……I do know this…….
Fuck this hypocrisy! I’m so damn sick of every fucking liberal that thinks they deserve everything that they want. I guarantee you that Allison is the first person to stand up for our “Constitutional Rights” when it comes to a topic that interests her, yet she’s openly soliciting money to “silence” citizens of this country so that her “majority” can get their point across. That is soooooooo far from what our Constitutional Rights dictate that it’s not even on the radar of dumb shit that people like Allison discuss. Good God.
***dont’ get me wrong…..I know that staunch Right Wingers do the same kind of shit, it’s just that normally, they are at least consistent about the bullshit they are trying to convey……and if I’m wrong and the NCPIRG is a Republican based organization…..then…..I’m sorry…..but somehow I don’t think they are….
You know what I say to people like Allison…….Blow It Out Your Ass. Seriously. You dumbass piece of shit. Don’t sit here and ask me to donate $35 so that you can get across the policies that you want just because you are paid to do it. Do you honestly believe in what you are doing? And since when was the majority always right? Opinions are opinions, whether you think they are right are wrong….there is a need for them to be heard. THAT IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT!!! I find it hard to believe that a fairly intelligent (maybe….don’t know her personally), seemingly successful (again don’t really know) woman can actually believe in an email like the one above. Honestly….read it a couple of times and tell me that it doesn’t make your blood boil.
I mean, even if the actual topic doesn’t bother you…..if you too get annoyed by people standing up and shouting whatever comes to their mind in a public forum…..there’s no way that you can believe it’s ok to pay money to shut them up.
So, sorry for the rant….but I want to hear from you all on this one. Let people like Allison know what you think. You can’t just talk about the fact that the “reforms” will lower costs just to get people to bite. You need to discuss then entire spectrum……
and then, maybe then, you can understand why someone is standing up and saying that Healthcare Reform is killing their Grandma……maybe, just maybe it’s because they don’t know what to believe in an age of internet propaganda like this shit that ole’ Allison is firing out…
Nice work, Allison, NCPIRG, you should be proud…..and from now on…..I’m hitting delete.
I’ll talk at you all again later.
“disarm you with a smile and leave you like they left me here, to wither in denial”
Today’s Topic: Same song, different day (or album)
Mood Music: I’ll let you decide which Nickelback song annoys you the least…my choice…..”Photograph”…but that’s just me
Ok, Ok…..I’m crying uncle for those of you who have had the pleasure of hearing me defend Nickelback on the rare occasion that it has actually come up in a conversation. (which I believe was once on the way to the beach??? or somewhere….and those arguing against them probably know who they are….we’ll call them Stan and Kristen.)
Nickelback…..I’m sorry, I tried……but as the title of this blog exhibits……I too, have had enough.
***a little side note about the title of this blog…..it comes from a long email chain that seems to be making the rounds about random shit we all experience on a daily basis……for those that haven’t had the pleasure of receiving said email….here’s a link to the website from which the tidbits were yanked:
Prepare to laugh your ass off……and we’ll discuss in a week or so…..I just thought it would be fair for those of you that aren’t privvy to the email to have a chance at reading some of the random thoughts….also, for those of you that still have the email in your inbox, forward it on so that in a week or so, we can discuss on the blog……
Now, back to Nickelback.
I really gave them a chance. I did. From the opening lines of the first Nickelback song I heard (I’m guessing it was the first one we all heard)….“never made it as a wise man…..I couldn’t cut it as a poor man stealin’”…….Hi-Yo!!!! How long did it take for those lyrics to jangle your nerves? I’m guessing, not long, by the feverish devotion most people assume towards bashing the band. And hey….it’s cool…..cause now I’m on your side.
There was a duet with Santana…..ok, well……can you really call that a duet? Don’t vocals have to be involved? And I’m not bashing Chad Kroeger’s vocals…yet….I’m saying Santana doesn’t sing. At least, I don’t think so……they try and fool you by cutting to him mouthing the words every now and then in the video, but since he’s not mouthing the right lyrics, I’m guessing he ain’t singing.
So that one was ok, right? What was it called……oh yeah, “ay oh ay oh ay oh ay…and we danced on into the niiiiiiighht”
Not sure what was more annoying….that chorus or the damn repetitive guitar riff…yowsa.
Anyway, like I said before….I’ve given in to the throngs of Nickelback haters and have assumed the hating position….so for now…..I’ll leave you with (in my opinion, and I’m sure this varies greatly) the top 5 worst lyrics ever uttered by Chad Kroeger (who is the guy below with the curly blond hair for those that were wondering):
Oh, before I start, one more thing, and no offense to the guy, but good lord dude, change your effin’ haircut….even I can’t defend you for that.
5) From the song, “Photograph”…….”Kim’s the first girl I kissed, I was so nervous that I nearly missed”.
God that’s atrocious. Just really didn’t know how to finish that line did he? I mean, we’ve all been there but missing’s not really a concern.
4) From the song, “Something in Your Mouth”
And I have to comment on the title because, well, why not……I never realized, probably because I don’t buy Nickelback albums, that they have so many ridiculously vulgar songs……it’s really thrown me a massive curve…..I mean, I went from thinking that they were quite possibly the worst lyricists of all-time (which still applies) to thinking that they also could have serious mental issues. Who writes a song called “Something in Your Mouth”? Not to mention, and after following the #5 worst lyric, how couldn’t you notice……he missed just trying to kiss a girl…..how in the hell’s he gonna get his…..oh never mind.
And to the lyrics…..“Got to meet the hottie with the million dollar body, they say it’s over budget but you’d pay her just to touch it, COME ON”
COME ON is right.
3) From the song, “I’d come for you” …..God, I know, they are not only the worst lyricists, but also lack the ability to name an effing song….I mean, the lyrics are bad enough (and the singing, music, etc….I know) but for those that might be interested…don’t run them off before they actually even listen
and the lyrics…… “just one more moment, that’s all that’s needed, like wounded soldiers in need of feeling”
That’s just bad on every level.
2) From the song, “This Afternoon”……I’m going to preface this choice by saying that all of you….seriously, all of you reading this…..need to google this song and read all of the lyrics, because I’m just flipping a coin on this one….that’s how bad the whole damn song is……I wrote, honestly, I wrote better lyrics than this in high school….and sadly…they were dealing with the same subject…….God….how old are these guys?
and, heads it is…….“we got weeds in the backyard four feet tall, Cheech and Chong probably would’ve smoked them all, so I’m on the couch this afternoon”
oh, the horror….and as a bonus, if it had been tails……“Oh, looking like another Bob Marley day, hitting from the bong like a diesel train, and now we’re hanging out this afternoon”
Can I just take this chance to say that I sincerely apologize for ever even thinking these guys might have been ok? They are millionaires from this shit, folks. If that doesn’t make you want to freakin’ vomit…….holy mother, then #1 surely will:
1) From the song, “S.E.X” …… yes, again, that is the title. Swallow the tiny amount of throwup that just came into your mouth….and be prepared for something utterly stupendous….and it goes something like this:
“S is for the simplity….
gotta just stop there and marvel at that word….I’m actually a little impressed at the use of this word here….
“E is for the ecstacy….
original, nice….
“X is just to mark the spot….
Wow. that’s about all I can say….
“cause that’s the one you really want”
There are a couple of verses that I actually decided not to use because they are just a little too graphic (I know, coming from a guy that uses the “F” word consistently in his blog….but trust me on this one….just google the song)
That’s all for today folks. Can’t wait to hear your “feed”back. Whoa.
I’ll talk at you all again later.
“how did our eyes get so red? and what the hell is on Joey’s head?”
