Here's a song for everyone. It may be the best song ever written. I'm sure you all can relate.

Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You in the Face

Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose book “A People’s History of the United States” became a million-selling leftist alternative to mainstream texts, died Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87 and lived in Auburndale, Mass

[From Howard Zinn, dissident historian, dead at 87 | Raw Story]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A group of 10 American Baptists were being held in the Haitian capital Sunday after trying to take 33 children out of Haiti.

The church group, most of them from Idaho, allegedly lacked the proper documents when they were arrested Friday night in a bus along with children from 2 months to 12 years old who had survived the catastrophic earthquake.

[From U.S. Baptists arrested in Haitian orphan incident (OneNewsNow.com) ]

Best comment at the original article:

Pray for them! They are still brothers & sisters in the Lord... and they are Americans!

Christians...

"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed," Bauer said, as quoted at the South Carolina State. "You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better."

[From SC Lt. Gov. regrets comparing poor to animals, then does it again]

What a prick.

I want a fucking cigarette.

I didn't smoke most of yesterday, but caved and had a few last night. I didn't buy a new pack. I had an unfinished one I bought earlier. Knowing they're in the house makes them difficult to resist and throwing them away is a waste of money. I only have two left. I might as well smoke them.

I had to run some errands yesterday, which included going to the bank. Half of a day without smoking, driving and dealing with the line of people at the bank is not conducive to smoking cessation. It is, however, conducive to rage. And lots of it. I was chewing gum--regular, not the nicotine variety--as a substitute for cigs. I was chewing so hard at one point, I thought my jaw was going to snap.

Gum substitution does not work well with coffee. The tastes clash horribly. Cigarettes, on the other hand, compliment black coffee extremely well. And, I drink a lot of coffee.

I'm totally fucked.

I've been contemplating quitting smoking, until I run out of cigarettes. And then I buy a new pack. I'm not really concerned with the health issues. But goddamnit smoking is a fucking expensive hobby.

I thought about starting running again too. I ran for a little while but quit over a year ago. Unsurprisingly quitting running and starting smoking happened together. Can these really work together? Exercise is boring.

I briefly considered eating healthier meals. Then I realized I would have to cook more often than I do and that seemed sucky. Way sucky. Plus, healthy includes a wide range of foods I consider to be disgusting.

Maybe I should buy fewer comics, or at least spend less on them.

I seriously need to establish a schedule of some kind. The problem is, I'm a late night sort of person. I hate the morning. I hate waking up and having to go somewhere. I hate following a pace and routine set by other people. So, what really needs to happen is the rest of the world just needs to adjust their schedule to mine.

I need to write more, both here on this shitty shitty blog and in real life. Thing about the real life writing is, people are waiting to read that shit. I guess I should get off of my lazy, procrastinating ass. This blog? Not so much. Honestly, you couldn't pay me to read this shit.

Let's see. What else is there? Oh. If I cut down on my coffee drinking, I'd get more sleep. But fuck that.

Here's a largely irrelevant quote:

the arbitrary border stands
a line of blood through stolen lands
that little flag upon your sleeve
shows off you're stupid and naïve
or maybe you believe the lies
through beady ignoramus eyes
it's no surprise you're outta luck
your mama raised a stupid fuck
oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
we'll all sleep when we're dead

Immigrants & Hypocrites -Star Fucking Hipsters

Happy New Year.

For over 30 years bakers in Zanesville, members of Bakers Local 57 have produced all the buns for Wendy's. They've had a decent relationship with management and have supported their families with good paying jobs, health care and have retired with real pensions. They've been a solid support for the Zanesville community, paying taxes, supporting local schools, etc. When Dave Thomas started Wendy's, it was a local, family owned business, with decent food at fair prices that treated its workers decently. Now all that is changing, due to an epidemic of corporate greed.

Recently, Wendy's was taken over by another corporate giant; Arby's. Not content with the massive profits they're now making, Arby's has issued demands that the workers in Zanesville give up their health care, one vacation week and job rights. Even worse, they are stealing the retiree's health care and wiping out all pensions for new retirees.

"This is just outright corporate greed at its most vicious, and this at holiday time," stated Bakers Union Business Agent Vester Newsome. "We need to stand together and draw a line somewhere to protect regular working families. We're going to stand up for justice and we ask the public to stand with us!"

[From Boycott Wendy's! » peoplesworld]

More Info: Justice for Wendys Bakers

I'm on Twitter now: http://twitter.com/genericlife

Why? I don't know.

Why not?

So it isn't the highest quality repair job ever, but it does look better in real life than in the picture. Well, it looks better except for the part that looks like wet snot. It's still cheaper than a new pair of boots.

Washington (CNN) -- Dashing the hopes of Democratic lawmakers Sunday, Sen. Joseph Lieberman signaled he would oppose a health care bill that includes a proposal to expand Medicare to people as young as 55.

[From Lieberman opposes Medicare at 55 - CNN.com]

Kick him out of the caucus already and take away his committee chairs!

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell believes in ending the death penalty, conserving water and reforming government - but he doesn't believe in God. His political opponents say that's a sin that makes him unworthy of serving in office, and they've got the North Carolina Constitution on their side.

Bothwell's detractors are threatening to take the city to court for swearing him in, even though the state's antiquated requirement that officeholders believe in God is unenforceable because it violates the U.S. Consititution.

[From Conservatives threaten to sue city over atheist councilman | Raw Story]

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"My father was a Baptist minister. I'm a Christian man. I have problems with people who don't believe in God," said Edgerton, a former local NAACP president and founder of Southern Heritage 411, an organization that promotes the interests of black southerners.

I know there are decent ones out there, but religious people tend to be fucking scum.