I spent a lot of time talking about anarchy, laws, etc with the guys down at the supply house.
It made me energized a bit. I mentioned how we let the "rich" take over our lives. I mentioned how hard it is to do anything about it when you have a family to worry about.
Jose, the manager, and numbnuts all agreed. I feel bad that I can't remember the manager's name at the moment.
The main thing is that I've stayed away from this topic for a lot of years because it was depressing me so much to talk about it. But there was something there. I saw a little spark in what I was saying. Maybe just maybe losing a baby was a blessing in disguise.
But I have to make it so.
It seems that my girl wants to stick through everything with me. She is almost everything I was looking for.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday, August 24, 2012
Marriage equality
One of the arguments against gay marriage is that we'll eventually be pushing for three-way marriages, or four-way, or more. I almost want to say, why not? But then when I thought about it, we're talking about the reason people get married. To have their marriage recognized by the government means that they are connected together legally and can enjoy government benefits (services or money) on each other's behalf.
The other part of marriage is for a church to recognize the union. This isn't always necessary to some people, but it's important to others. If somebody wanted to get married and had no interest in the blessing of the church, they don't have to worry about this. For people that are gay or want a polygamous relationship wouldn't be turning to many churches anyway. And furthermore, churches aren't government sanctioned so you could make up any crazy church you want and have that church bless your union.
If the struggle for legal polygamous marriage hits a road block, there is a work-around. You can just form a corporation. Have you and your fiancés or fiancées go into a legal agreement where you own a certain percentage of the corporation. (By the way, I wanted to point out that the plural of those words alerted the spell-check) It can be an equal share, or if one had more money than others, or whatever they wanted the arrangement to be they could choose uneven shares. It would work the same way a pre-nuptial does.
That way you get to enjoy the loopholes of corporation. You can get tax cuts by claiming certain expenses through the corporation. For example, your house/apartment/condo/etc can be company-owned employee housing. I don't want to get into how it would all work right now, my point is you could just form a corporation. You could even call it "We're married LLC" and get a website while you're at it.
Now if you're following me, and I hope you are, if you could do that for a polygamous "marriage," why couldn't you do it with a monogamous marriage?
The other part of marriage is for a church to recognize the union. This isn't always necessary to some people, but it's important to others. If somebody wanted to get married and had no interest in the blessing of the church, they don't have to worry about this. For people that are gay or want a polygamous relationship wouldn't be turning to many churches anyway. And furthermore, churches aren't government sanctioned so you could make up any crazy church you want and have that church bless your union.
If the struggle for legal polygamous marriage hits a road block, there is a work-around. You can just form a corporation. Have you and your fiancés or fiancées go into a legal agreement where you own a certain percentage of the corporation. (By the way, I wanted to point out that the plural of those words alerted the spell-check) It can be an equal share, or if one had more money than others, or whatever they wanted the arrangement to be they could choose uneven shares. It would work the same way a pre-nuptial does.
That way you get to enjoy the loopholes of corporation. You can get tax cuts by claiming certain expenses through the corporation. For example, your house/apartment/condo/etc can be company-owned employee housing. I don't want to get into how it would all work right now, my point is you could just form a corporation. You could even call it "We're married LLC" and get a website while you're at it.
Now if you're following me, and I hope you are, if you could do that for a polygamous "marriage," why couldn't you do it with a monogamous marriage?
Sunday, March 25, 2012
A silly oxymoron
Friday, February 10, 2012
It's not the people in the government that I'm talking about. It's the government itself. There are great leaders in this world and I recognize that. It's just that it shouldn't be a law that any leader is the end all be all leader. Take this down to a triangle of leader and assistant leader and I still hold the same opinion.
Then you can extrapolate it and realize that there should be no ONE leader. But currently, society is looking for that one leader with whatever assistant leaders will tow the line.
Then you can extrapolate it and realize that there should be no ONE leader. But currently, society is looking for that one leader with whatever assistant leaders will tow the line.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Rosa Godwin
There's a term on the internet known as Godwin. It says that all internet forum arguments will devolve until somebody uses Hitler or Nazis to make their point.
I think Rosa Parks will be the new Godwin. Whenever anybody argues about a persons political actions, Rosa Parks name will be brought up.
I used it today to defend Tim Thomas for not going to the White House with the rest of his Stanley Cup winning teammates. I've used it before on this very blog.
She's my go-to when I need to talk about somebody who did something against the norm for the greater good.
This blog sucks, I just wanted to put this idea in here as maybe a jumping off point.
I think Rosa Parks will be the new Godwin. Whenever anybody argues about a persons political actions, Rosa Parks name will be brought up.
I used it today to defend Tim Thomas for not going to the White House with the rest of his Stanley Cup winning teammates. I've used it before on this very blog.
She's my go-to when I need to talk about somebody who did something against the norm for the greater good.
This blog sucks, I just wanted to put this idea in here as maybe a jumping off point.
Monday, July 28, 2008
God made me this way
First off, I don't really believe in god. If there is a god I'm sure he has better things to do than worry about what I'm doing. Like solving world hunger, war, racism, etc.
But let me just humor the religious people for a minute. What I'm about to post will be something that I may copy and paste later without the disclaimers I just gave to you.
No matter what kind of heathen you think I am, just remember...God made me this way. God created a human being and then he created many others. God made me and surrounded me with other human beings. God created men who would do awful and terrible things before, during and after my birth. God gave me eyes to see these things or accounts of these things.
God created every single situation that ever has existed and can do so forever despite whatever laws are created to combat those actions. God can make grown men fancy little girls and their naked bodies. God can make a man rape, kill and steal from an entire race of people. God can create a man that will forever rule Hell and tempt anybody to do anything considered evil.
God is perfect. Everything he has ever done is perfect and cannot be refuted. God created Satan and made him the entity that he is. God created Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Timothy McVeigh, Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush. God created Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton and even O.J. Simpson.
Don't judge me because God made me like this.
But let me just humor the religious people for a minute. What I'm about to post will be something that I may copy and paste later without the disclaimers I just gave to you.
No matter what kind of heathen you think I am, just remember...God made me this way. God created a human being and then he created many others. God made me and surrounded me with other human beings. God created men who would do awful and terrible things before, during and after my birth. God gave me eyes to see these things or accounts of these things.
God created every single situation that ever has existed and can do so forever despite whatever laws are created to combat those actions. God can make grown men fancy little girls and their naked bodies. God can make a man rape, kill and steal from an entire race of people. God can create a man that will forever rule Hell and tempt anybody to do anything considered evil.
God is perfect. Everything he has ever done is perfect and cannot be refuted. God created Satan and made him the entity that he is. God created Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Timothy McVeigh, Osama Bin Laden and George W. Bush. God created Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton and even O.J. Simpson.
Don't judge me because God made me like this.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Assimilation as time goes on
This entry was a comment that was too long to leave under the original entry from Feb 13, 2006 "racism...equality" [the link broke]
Please read that entry first if you haven't done so already. If you have read it, you may want to read it again.
Since I wrote that entry, there has been an election. In November of 2006, the American public overwhelmingly overhauled the government by voting in many Democrats to replace the Republican incumbents.
Although that entry was not focused on the politics of elected offices, I started the entry explaining that Massachusetts had a Republican governor in a state that is mostly Democratic. In this election a black Democratic governor was elected in Massachusetts (only the second black governor elected ever in the country, first in Massachusetts) to replace Mormon Republican incumbent Mitt Romney.
I only recently learned that Romney was a Mormon, which surprised me. But that's beside the point. I am proud that Massachusetts has seemingly shaken a certain portion of its racist roots by electing a black leader.
Also to note is the death of Red Auerbach, legend of the Boston Celtics. Although I was not blind to much of his legacy I did not realize that he was the first coach in the NBA to start five black players. Some critics have accused the Celtics of being racist because of the glory years when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and sometimes Danny Ainge were part of the core starting players. Red Auerbach was the general manager that brought those players to the team.
Red did not see color. He did not start 5 black players to be a pioneer or to be politically correct. He saw 5 great players that he wanted on the court at the same time. Same holds true for Larry Bird. He didn't choose Larry Bird because he wanted a white superstar, he chose Bird because he recognized the incredible talent Bird possessed.
Maybe I was a little too hard on Massachusetts in the original entry, but I will leave youwith this. I was much like Red growing up. Living on an Air Force Base much of my life I cannot begin to tell you how many of my friends were black. I remember two or three for sure because they were my best buddies in high school. It wasn't until I moved to Massachusetts that I noticed the rift between black and whites. Not all of them, but it was noticeable. The way white people react to blacks has been deeply rooted in the black population, and that is something that even I can't seem to transcend.
Yes, I am friendly with a few people that are black, but now when I see blacks out and about I have to wonder what they probably assume about me. If they assume that I am much like most of the other native whites here, then how am I to feel comfortable? They don't know me, and I don't know them. All I can hope is that they will view and judge me by their interaction with ME, and not with anyone else.
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