No Impact (Delusional Liberal) Man

There are many times when people who know me will throw something written, produced or created by someone espousing a liberal point of view.  They often toss these things at me then run and hide.  They watch from a distance and try not to laugh as they know I usually have a very negative response.

Recently someone tossed a DVD with the title “No Impact Man” and issued me a challenge to watch it.  As I put it into my DVD player I could see people all around my house hiding behind trees and shrubs.  They were chuckling and trying not to laugh.  There was a minute I felt I was surrounded by munchkins in the land of OZ.

For those of you who don’t know it “No Impact Man” is a 2009 documentary based on a year-long project conducted by a very delusional liberal named Conlin Beavan who lives in New York City.  In 2010 Mr. Beavan released a book about his experience called. “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process.” (Do Da, Do Da Do Da…I find the title a bit long)

I don’t think Mr. Beavan intended for this to be a comedy but to me it was hilarious.  I just couldn’t take it serious.

In the documentary Mr. Beavan is married with a wife who has a job as a writer.  She appears to be a very pleasant person who seems to enjoy the latest fashions.  It seems that New York City life is her comfort level.  During the documentary she does cringe at the sight of worms and crabs in the sand.  Joining her husband for this experience says many good things about her.  Nothing good about her ability to see this for what it is, but she appears to be a fine person.  Their daughter is adorable.

During the documentary our man Beavan attempts to lower his impact on the planet.  One of the things he and his family do is to give up using toilet paper.  He justifies this by believing it will save cutting down trees.  I laughed to a point where my stomach hurt.  Liberals are such silly people.

I would like to take Mr. Beavan and all liberals who think this way and put them in a room.  I would have two pictures on the wall.  One picture would be of a tree and the other of a tomato plant.  I would try and explain that these are both plants.  They’re both renewable resources.  When we use them, we simply plant seeds and make more.  There is no need to cease the use of toilet paper.  Feel free to have the cleanest butts possible as we can just grow more trees to support the use of toilet paper.

My fear is that a liberal with more tattoos than bare skin and piercings in places that would embarrass a hooker would see things a bit different.

“Whoa, dude, like you’re saying we gotta save the tomato plant.  I guess it’s up to us to save tomato plants for the world.”

I’d scream “No, you weak-minded, emotionally-needy idiot.  We can continue to grow trees and tomatoes just like it has been done for centuries.”

Then after blank looks they’d start to organize protests to save the tomato.  They’d create bogus studies to prove the extinction of the tomato plant is inevitable unless consumption is reduced.  Politicians would introduce bills to provide subsidies for anyone who didn’t use tomato plants.  Italian restaurants would be encouraged to find alternate sources for the use of tomatoes.  Weak-minded, emotionally-needy environmental idiots would protest by occupying tomato fields.

Like all liberals when Conlin Beavan does something for the environment his efforts cannot go unnoticed.  His quest to reduce his impact on the planet was written about in the New York Times.  He was on national morning shows, late night shows and got other forms of media attention.  (Sarcasm Alert) The mere fact that he was writing a book and had a documentary about it to promote meant nothing.  Simply because he was writing a blog shouldn’t even be considered.  He only, ah, did it, to ah, save the planet, yeah, that’s the ticket.

During the documentary we get to see him have an indoor compost in a box complete with worms.  This makes Mr. Beavan’s wife uncomfortable, but excites his young daughter.  It reminded me of a fifth grader proud of a science project.  He cuts off his electricity and starts living with candles.  This is done during a party with cameras recording it.  He’s depressed about the loss of electricity until he hooks up solar power to run his computer.  We see him and his wife discuss having another child.  We get to watch them bicycle around New York City and wash their clothes in the bathtub.

Is it possible that New York City resident Mr. Beavan would ever cheat on his quest for no impact on the planet?  I don’t think he’d do it during the time a camera was recording him.

This is the type of stuff that appeals to the weak-minded, emotionally-needy liberal types who are not able to comprehend reality.  These people need a cause to make themselves feel important and what is a more noble cause than trying to save the planet?  It’s too bad that global warming has proven to be bogus, we can grow trees and most people don’t pay attention to enviro-liberal types.  I wasn’t upset by the documentary as much as I was humored by it.  I think Mr. Beavan knows what he believes, but that’s all he knows.  

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FOR REAL STUPID STUDIES: Wide Faced Men Make Others Selfish

In the world of stupid studies it seems researchers decided to spend time showing that men who have wide faces are real jerks.  I guess some man with a wide face somewhere really pissed off a researcher.  According to them if you who are upset by the selfish behavior of others, and you’re a guy with a wide face, you are the problem.  In a recent study wide-faced men are even believed to be responsible for the selfish behavior in others.  Who knew?

Unfortunately, this is an actual study.  This means there are people running around in academia saying “If it wasn’t for those wide-faced men there would be so much less selfishness in the world and we have the research to prove it.”

Excerpts of the study are below and my valuable insights are in italics.

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, say that their findings build on two previous studies, which showed that men with wider faces tend to lead more financially successful firms, and that wider-faced men are more likely to lie and cheat.

California?...why am I not surprised.  Is this called the “wide-faced men are assholes” study?  So they can prove that wide-faced men have money as well as lie and cheat?  I hope this isn’t used to build wide-faced mens internment camps.  This research makes it seem that wide-faced dudes are way out of control.

Overall, the study authors say their findings show that individuals behave more selfishly when interacting with men with wider faces. Additionally, this selfish behavior triggers selfish behavior in others.

I think the study authors were testing out too much medical marijuana when doing this.  Sitting on lounge chairs in a lab filled with medical marijuana smoke one researcher probably said to another “Whoa, dude, like wide-faced guys are so uncool.  It’s like they make me be selfish.  If it weren’t for them the world would be a way less selfish place.”

After repeated tokes the other researcher says “Yeah and I understand they taste like chicken.”

The two researchers look at each other and then start laughing uncontrollably as they fall off their chairs. 

Men’s facial width-to-height ratio (fWHRs) predict general orientations toward selfishness versus concern for others. Specifically, men with greater facial ratios were less likely to be characterized by prosocial preferences, and more likely to choose allocations that maximized their own self-interest.

Huh?  Let me translate, Blah blah blah, blah, men with wide faces are selfish bastards, blah, blah, blah, blah, they care about nobody but themselves, blah, blah, blah, blah, wide faced men always look out for number one.

What do they define as “prosocial?”  Do you have to be an amateur in the minor leagues before you can become prosocial?

I’m sure there are wide-faced men walking around saying “Hey, I was born this way.  It’s not my fault.  I’m a victim of genetic programing.  If those pot-head researchers in California could stop indulging in medical marijuana long enough to think about something, they could probably do a study to prove that theory.”

"Research has highlighted the importance of men's fWHR as a social cue and has focused extensively on potential biological and evolutionary theoretical underpinnings of these relationships.  The current article illustrates how social processes, in addition to possible biological differences, can elicit different patterns of behavior as a function of men's facial ratios."

The “importance” of men’s fWHR?  Since there is a segment of the scientific community that likes to perform nonsense studies I have some suggestions for some “important” studies.

How about you researchers study the intellectual superiority of people who have ten letters in their last name as opposed to those who have less?  How about they study of why men with facial hair are more kind than those without?  How about you study why men who comb their heir straight back are better capable to interpret reality than those who don’t? 

To me these studies would be worth all the medical marijuana utilized to get the important results.  It would also make just as much sense as labeling wide-faced men as assholes with the power to transform those around them into selfish beings.

Plos One Article on Research

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Global Warming is Necessary for the Emotionally Needy

Everybody wants to feel that their life has meaning and purpose.  Some people more than others.  One of the most emotionally needy individuals of our time has to be former vice president Al Gore.  He lost a presidential election against George W. Bush.  Al Gore won the popular vote but lost in the Electoral College.  This meant he’d lose a lot of attention and power.  Mr. Gore is an intelligent man who didn’t want to be ignored or forgotten.

Since most people today also want to make themselves feel as if their life has meaning and purpose, they believed Al Gore when he began talking about global warming.  What’s nobler than saving the very planet each of us lives on from the evils of man?  What a shame these people weren't obsessed with the truth but only feeding their emotions.

Al Gore made a documentary called “An Inconvenient Truth.”  It told how we were all about to be burned to a crisp because of planes, trains, automobiles, cow farts and anything that produced CO2 gas.

The documentary was perfect for the emotionally needy all over the world.  It won an Academy Award and countries began to start forming ways to control carbon emissions.  There were carbon credits created in an effort to control carbon output and people became aware of their carbon footprint.  Many emotionally needy people were feeling pretty good about themselves for helping to save the planet.

The only problem was that a number of scientists around the world didn’t agree with what was presented in Al Gore's documentary. These people found serious scientific errors in it.  According to an article in the UK Telegraph, there were at least nine serious scientific mistakes in the move.

UK Telegraph article “Al Gore’s Nine Inconvenient Untruths"

This meant nothing for the emotionally needy around world.  (Sarcasm Alert) Why should they be deprived of feeling like they’re saving the planet simply because there are a few wrong scientific facts in a movie?  There were less than ten so who cares?  In their minds they’re still saving the planet and their feelings are what matter.

During the global warming craze it was discovered that researchers were actually playing with the numbers.  When the figures didn’t match with what they wanted, researchers would just adjust the numbers until they did.  There are many of us who feel this isn’t really science.  It’s more like creating live theatre for the emotionally needy.  It happened at a UK university called East Anglia.  It is considered by some to be one of the worst scientific scandals of our time.

UK Telegraph Article “Climate change: this is the worst scientific scandal of our generation”

The scandal at East Anglia and the scientific mistakes in Al Gore’s documentary still mean nothing to the emotionally needy.  They simply close their eyes, put their fingers in their ears as they move their heads back and forth screaming “No, no, no, no, you’re not going to let scientific facts keep me from feeling like I’m saving the planet.  I’m an important person who is saving the planet. I have to be saving the planet.”

Most of these people worry about the carbon imprint of others more than themselves. Displaying intense hypocrisy is a way of life for the emotionally needy.  Al Gore is a poster child for this behavior.

ABC News article “Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth'? --A $30,000 Utility Bill”

Since the emotionally needy refuse to give up their feeling of saving the planet, they become very upset when confronted with an opposing scientific opinion.  They give such people labels as “global warming deniers” and make all sorts of bizarre accusations such as these people want to drive SUVs and live in a world that looks like the tip of a burnt match stick.  The emotionally needy yell, scream and ignore anything that doesn’t help with their desire to believe they’re saving the planet.

Recently 38 climate scientists wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal.  In the article they tell why there is no reason to panic about global warming. 

Wall Street Journal article “No Need to Panic About Global Warming." 

The emotionally needy believe in global warming as others do their religion.  They have reacted to the findings of the 38 climate scientists as expected.  Individuals such as the editor from the LA Times has banned the printing opinions that run counter to global warming. 

Article “LA Times Bans Letters from Climate Skeptics”

(Article Excerpt)

Paul Thornton, editor of the paper’s letters section, recently wrote a letter of his own, stating flatly that he won't publish some letters from those skeptical of man’s role in our planet’s warming climate. In Thornton’s eyes, those people are often wrong -- and he doesn’t print obviously wrong statements.

“Simply put, I do my best to keep errors of fact off the letters page; when one does run, a correction is published,” Thornton wrote. “Saying ‘there’s no sign humans have caused climate change’ is not stating an opinion, it’s asserting a factual inaccuracy.”

(Sarcasm Alert) Isn’t it good to know that an editor from the LA Times has so much scientific knowledge and understanding he is qualified to make such a decision?  What are 38 climate scientists who are educated in modern science and spend their lives studying the climate compared to the knowledge of an editor from the LA Times? 

Now the climate change debate is completely controlled by the emotionally needy.  Opposing opinions of established scientists are now to be ignored and labeled as wrong.  Facts are no longer important if they don’t satisfy the desires of the emotionally needy.

There was a time when a scientist named Galileo told the head of the Catholic Church that the earth revolved around the sun.  He also said the earth was not the center of the universe.  This hurt the feelings of the members of the Catholic Church.  They didn’t care for this scientific fact stuff.  They took Galileo to the basement and let him see torture chambers and what happened to people who said such crazy things.  Galileo became terrified and said “What was I thinking?  This scientific fact stuff can sure ruin a person.”

Today believing in opposing scientific facts won’t get you sent to a torture chamber.  It can get you mocked, laughed at and banned from having your opinion read in the LA Times.  The behavior of today’s world is nothing new.  It’s something that has happened throughout history; especially when the emotionally needy have been in positions of power.

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President Obama the Oblivious

I have never been a big fan of Barrack Obama as the president of the United States.  However, I am always impressed with what he does get away with as president.  If he were ever to give a speech about how to achieve success by not taking responsibility for any of the decisions you make, I would pay whatever was ever asked.  I am constantly amazed at how president Obama has turned incompetence into an acceptable way to govern the United States.  He never has any idea what is happening in our country, and it has gotten him to be a two term president.  Amazing!

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In a story done by Foxnews president Obama is quoted as saying “I can assure you that I certainly did not know anything about the (inspector general) report" beforehand.”

AP Phone Records Scandal

According to an article in Business Insider the White House knew nothing about the Department of Justice getting the phone records of the Associated Press or other media outlets.

“Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters in New York Monday night.

Obamacare Failed Website

According to a CNN story, Kathleen Sebelius said “President Barack Obama didn’t hear that there may be problems with the sign-up portal for his signature health care law until it went live on October 1. That’s when the site nosedived into a technical abyss.”

NSA Spying

It appears the National Security Agency has been listening in on conversations of leaders around the world including the Pope.  It appears president Obama knew nothing about it.  According to an article in the Wall Street Journal

"President Barack Obama went nearly five years without knowing his own spies were bugging the phones of world leaders."

I would like to suggest that now is the time for president Barrack Obama to address the nation.  He needs to do what he can to restore confidence in his presidency, our country and the way American leaders do things.  Since I am a loyal and patriotic American, I have written a speech for our president.   It’s the least I can do for my country.

President Barrack Obama’s Speech to the Nation

By J. Michael Krivyanski

          My fellow Americans.  I know recent events have led many American citizens, leaders from around the world, as well as members of the U.S. and international media to believe I have no idea what I’m doing as president.  I assure you this could not be further from the truth.  As you will see, when I explain the reality behind these false accusations, it has only happened because these leaders and the media outlets are racists who refuse to blame George Bush as they should.

          If anyone thinks I don’t know what I’m doing when it comes to being president, they should be aware it’s not my fault.  I like to travel around giving speeches telling people how horrible Republicans are for the country.  Doing this grew from a hobby to a full-time activity.  One day I gave a speech and a bunch of balloons dropped on me and people started chanting my name.  How was I supposed to know I had been elected president?  I thought I had just won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

          The next thing I know I’m in this huge house with my family.  There is this great office where I can go to all the time. I like to put up my feet on the desk and relax.  Can you imagine my confusion when people kept coming into that office disturbing me and saying things like “Mr. President you’ve got to decide this and you’ve got to do that and now it’s time for your golf game?”

          I understood the golf part but kept looking around for this president person they wanted to speak with.  You’ll never know the shock I experienced when I realized they were actually speaking to me.  I tried to tell them I was only there because I won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, but nobody listened to me.  I really felt stuck.

          I thought the job could play to my strengths.  I saw Cambridge police acting stupidly and that I understood.  I had them over to the house for beer and I know about beer.  This guy Bin Laden was shot and people kept telling me I did it.  I was playing cards when it happened, but if this meant I could make more speeches and talk down Republicans why not?  

          Then these people kept telling me about naming the entire American healthcare system after me and calling it “Obamacare.”  To make that happen I did what I do best, I gave speeches and talked down Republicans.  I never saw a reason to know what I was saying or if it actually meant anything.  I just read what was on the teleprompter.  Why is everyone upset with me?  I knew the Teaparty didn’t like it, but I thought that was because I was a coffee drinker.

          Then I again won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes or was elected president or whatever.  All I know for sure is this meant me and the family got to stay in the nice big house for a couple more years. I was able to continue playing golf and giving speeches about horrible Republicans.  I thought it was a good fit.

          As far as the IRS scandal goes I had no idea tax people were picking on the Teaparty.  This group should know if you anger a bunch of coffee drinking IRS agents bad things will happen.  When the head of the IRS came over to the house, we’d have a nice meal and then play the latest version of Zelda with the kids.  I had no idea there was a problem. 

          The Associated Press scandal isn’t my fault.  I didn’t wiretap those media people.  I was busy playing golf and the latest version of Zelda with my kids.  It’s the same thing with the NSA.  Why would I tap the German Chancellor’s phone when I don’t even speak German?  Think about it.  As far as this Benghazi thing goes, try to understand I just recently learned that Libya was an actual country and the part of the Marine Corp hymn that goes “to the shores of Tripoli” is actually referring to a place in Libya.  I gave speeches about the video guy in Los Angeles causing all the problems.  If that isn’t good enough, it’s just too bad.

          Everyone is always upset about the country’s budget.  It’s not my fault the Republicans won’t give me exactly what I want.  How can you blame me just because I have spent more money than all previous presidents combined?  No other president has had to pay the prices for golf equipment or to play a game of Zelda like me.  It only makes sense I’d be the one to have a highest budget.

          Now those coffee drinker hating members of the Tea Party are all upset about Obamacare.  I bet if the nation had named the healthcare system after them, there wouldn’t be any problems.  So what if the website is a total failure?  Yeah, I know we spent over six hundred million dollars and took three years to build a website that failed, but you know we at least tried.  

I know most people think I told blatant lies about Obamacare to get it passed into law.  All I can tell you is that I just said what was on the teleprompter.  Don’t you see the teleprompter is to blame in all of this?  I know people don’t like the government health insurance being offered.  I understand people are losing their health insurance by the thousands as well as having their rates increasing out of their budget, but what can I do?  I say take it up with that damn teleprompter.  I bet it’s a Republican teleprompter that was built by the Tea Party, which makes sense to me.

          In closing I’m certain you all feel better now you can fully understand my situation.  All I’m saying is if you feel I’m incompetent, you’re a racist, bigot, homophobe who doesn’t do anything for his mom on Mother’s Day.  Always remember it’s George Bush’s fault, and I had nothing to do with whatever it is you’re upset about.

          Good night and don't forget I am Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes winner, I mean president or whatever.  Before you ask, there will be more pictures of me playing golf coming your way and just wait until you see the outfit Michelle picked out for me.  You’re going to be impressed.

I’m always willing to help our president.  He is free to use this prepared speech at any time without cost.  I guarantee it will work well on a teleprompter.

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Acknowledging Liberal Bias in the Media

When watching or reading a story from the main stream media it’s difficult to not notice liberal media bias.  (Sarcasm Alert) It’s not uncommon to see a news anchor holding a picture of president Barrack Obama as they deliver the news.  During times when not talking they may gently stroke the president’s picture as well as smile and snuggle with it.  Main stream media liberal bias is getting a bit out of control.

If you speak with someone from the main stream media they have no idea there is any such thing as bias.  They don’t seem to know there is anyone other than liberals in the world.  If you accuse them of bias in their reporting they instantly label you as a person who denies global warming, supports the killing of baby seals and probably spends all your free time watching old news clips of Ronal Regan. 

“Why do you always refer to members of the Republican party in all of your news stories as the spawn of Satan and Democrats as crusaders for the good all of mankind?  Isn’t your job to report the facts and not influence how the story is perceived?"

“Hey, Republicans being the spawn of Satan is a fact.”

“Do you have research or a scientific study that proves this?”

“Who needs a study?  We know spawn of Satan when we see it.”

In today’s world this is what the main stream media believes is proper news reporting.

In a press conference in September 2013 President Obama came out and told the American people that if the nation’s debt ceiling is increased, it does not increase the nation’s debt.  Huh?  Many conservative media outlets demonstrated how this statement made no sense at all.

(Sarcasm Alert) The main stream media did stories about the history of the debt ceiling, people named debt ceiling as well as individuals who have pets named debt ceiling.  They then showed how not raising the debt ceiling could cause wild animals to stop reproducing, the weather to turn ugly and young children to hate their parents. 

When asked to respond to the president’s statement on the debt ceiling most members of the main stream media acted as if you had asked them about the details of performing brain surgery.  They gave blank expressions, shrugged their shoulders and hugged their picture of president Obama.

There are polls that have been taken for several years that show the American public acknowledges liberal bias in the mainstream media.

According to a Zogby Poll most Americans believe media bias favors liberals: “Nearly two-thirds of those online respondents who detected bias in the media (64 percent) said the media leans left, while slightly more than a quarter of respondents (28 percent) said they see a conservative bias.”

In an article from the Media Research Center titled “Media Bias Basics: How the public views the media” it appears research demonstrates how the public has been aware of liberal media bias for years. 

Article: Media Bias Basics: How the public views the media

The public knows it; conservatives know it but the mainstream media and liberals deny it.  To acknowledge such a thing would require liberals to admit they have an unfair advantage in news coverage.  This wouldn’t work with liberals.  These are individuals who eat, sleep and breathe to be the underdogs whether real or imagined.  Liberals also enjoy any opportunity to be dramatic. 

“There were 1,676 stories that were favorable to liberals and only a dozen that were favorable to conservatives.”

“You mean to tell me there are at least a dozen stories attacking liberals and attempting to ruin our reputations with distorted facts and false allegations?  How could this happen?  Get the money to pay for lots of protesters and let’s march on Washington DC to denounce this outrage.”

“Aren’t you over reacting?”

“No we are not.  You let them get away with a dozen stories about you and the next thing you know you’re in a liberal internment camp or subjected to the liberal killing fields.  We’ll have to fight this to just survive.”

“Wow.”

This bias has hurt the mainstream media.  According to a recent Pew poll Americans by a large majority (67 percent) believe the press regularly gets the facts of a story wrong.  An additional 76 percent believe the media takes sides with reporting on controversial issues.

Article: Pew Research in Media

I think the biggest problem with the main stream media is that most Americans don’t believe what they report.  Most people in the main stream media don’t care what they report as long as it supports their point of view.  Today truth in a news story is more difficult to find than a liberal who can comprehend their own hypocrisy.

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TSA Workers: Agents of Chaos or Representatives of Totalitarianism?

At times it appears as if one of the main functions of TSA agents is copping a cheap feel from the flying public.

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When they get tired of groping innocent passengers there’s always plenty of time to steal things from the flying public.

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I think over the course of time the TSA agents have gotten bored with stealing and groping.  Since there is probably so many people to grope and things to steal, the kleptomaniac and perverse needs of TSA agents have been more than satisfied.  Now they’ve branched out into denying people their first amendment rights under the constitution.  I had hoped they would've discovered a better hobby.

In an article by Paul Joseph Watson at Infowars, the TSA made an announcement over the public address system that threatened travelers with arrest if they joked about security. 

Below are parts of the story with my valuable insights in italics.

Travelers who crack jokes about the TSA’s ludicrous security procedures could face arrest, according to a new loudspeaker warning being broadcast at airports in the U.S.

While traveling through George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Matt Miller heard a security announcement repeatedly aired on the airport intercom that left him disturbed.

(Sarcasm alert)  I think it’s obvious that anyone who is going to hijack a plane is going to joke about security.  The three hijackers on 9/11 probably were just slapping their knees with laughter after letting go several one-liners about airport security.  It’s a good thing the TSA remembers this.

“You are also reminded that any inappropriate remarks or jokes concerning security may result in your arrest,” the loudspeaker message states.

These new loudspeaker warnings remind us that the TSA continues to excel at indoctrinating Americans to be well-behaved prisoners via obedience training – reminding them that they can be disappeared if they dare speak out of turn, even in a humorous way.

Inappropriate is such a subjective term.  If you simply point out the types of employees the TSA hires, it could be considered either an inappropriate remark or authentic humor based in reality.  If you talk about how the TSA is managed you have the makings of a highly successful stand-up comedy routine.

The prospect of travelers cracking jokes about airport security procedures is by no means unlikely given the increasing absurdity of the policies being enforced by the TSA.

I think that cracking jokes about the TSA security procedures should be required of the flying public.  Airlines should offer discounts for the best TSA  joke of the day.  It would increase flying and TSA agents could realize what the flying public really thinks of them.

As we reported last year, perhaps the most ludicrous example is the TSA’s “freeze” policy, where travelers are ordered to stand in place like statues while TSA agents resolve some unexplained security threat.

(Sarcasm Alert)  We have to understand that TSA agents are not the sharpest tools in the shed.  I’m certain they believe simply playing a game of freeze tag with the flying public is a fun way to pass the time with airline passengers.

The TSA has also provoked controversy by implementing other preposterous policies which have a tenuous security justification, most notably a procedure where TSA agents test travelers’ drinks for explosives after they have already passed through security and purchased beverages inside the secure area of the airport.

“I need to test your drink for explosives.”

“Hey, sure…my drink really has a bang to it.  After a few of these your brain goes boom and too many of them will blow your mind…ha ha ha ha.”

“Come with me.  You’re under arrest.”

“Hey, freeze tag…you’re it.”

All this and guess how many airline tragedies the TSA has prevented?  The count stands at zero, zip, zilch, nada.  There was airline security long before the TSA.  There was never the level of complaints based on the treatment of passengers like there is now.  If people believe it’s the previous airport security that led to 9/11, they need to remember that security only followed the guidelines given to them by guess who? The U.S. government.  The same ones who brought you the improv comedy troupe known as the TSA.

The TSA is supposed to protect the flying public from terrorists, but who is going to protect the airline passengers from the TSA?  

SOURCE

TSA Loudspeakers Threaten Travelers With Arrest For Joking About Security

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Park Rangers Gone Gestapo

Back in the time of the founding fathers the Colonists engaged in civil disobedience against English rule.  They dumped tea, refused to pay taxes and more.  They did this in an effort to become independent from England.  Today American citizens are once again engaging in civil disobedience.  Not to break free from a foreign imperial power.  Americans are fighting to enjoy their national parks. 

It appears this has become necessary because the Obama administration has given park rangers gestapo authority over the national parks.  (Sarcasm Alert)  I understand it’s not unusual for park rangers to now put their arms out toward a picture of Obama and say “Sieg Heil.”  I understand their training manuals also now have the words “Mein Kampf” crossed out and the words “Obama Administration Government Shutdown Guide” written below it.

That is the only way the behavior of the park service can best be described.  Below is a recent article and my valuable insights are in italics.

Americans across the country are practicing civil disobedience by entering closed national parks and federally owned land in defiance of the government shutdown, some facing citations for their violations.

Huh?  It’s important to realize that since 1977 there have been 17 different U.S. government shutdowns.  This is the first time the national parks have been shut down.  That Mein Kampf park ranger training manual needs to go!

From Arizona to Washington, D.C., Americans — inspired by veterans who pushed through barricades around the national World War II Memorial in the nation's capital on the first day of the shutdown — are moving barricades and orange cones aside in order to see some of the country's most famous landmarks, The Washington Times reported.

Why is it that dim wits can occupy Wall Street all over the country and nothing happens?  Where were the park rangers then?  Why is it that dim wits who want to set up tents on other people’s property are left alone yet tax paying citizens can’t enjoy the national parks?  (Sarcasm Alert) Maybe Americans should go to national parks and say they’re actually occupying Wall Street in the wild.

For some, however, their actions have come at a cost. Nearly two dozen people who decided to go into Grand Canyon National Park were cited for entering while it was closed.

I wonder if the park rangers should start wearing the uniform of the Revolutionary War British soldier or German Gestapo.  Either one would be pretty accurate.

One area hotel is giving sightseers directions on how to see the Grand Canyon without going into the park.

"We have people that are outraged — people from other countries who have spent considerable time and money to get here, you know, the Grand Canyon is one of the wonders of the world," said Matt Rich, one of the family which owns the nearby Jacob Lake Inn. "When we make them aware there are other views they can see from Forest Service land, they come back and hug us because we saved their vacation."

What makes many people from other countries really happy is how they can go back to their country and never have to deal with park rangers again.  There are many park rangers who hate doing this.  They probably have to resist the temptation to go back home with the foreign visitors.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has offered to reopen the Grand Canyon Park with state funds, but was told by the park superintendent that the government cannot accept her offer.

Sooooooooo the federal government claims they can’t afford to open the Grand Canyon.  A state says they’ll pay to open and run the park BUT the federal government can’t accept it.  (Sarcasm Alert) I think it’s because the federal government doesn’t enjoy using money they’ve not shaken down from a corporation or ripped from a private citizen.  It can’t be just money; it has to be special extorted money

Some question the reasoning behind closing off open-air monuments such as those on the National Mall that have no formal entrances that need an employee to collect entrance fees and provide other necessary services.

"We've gone from 'This land is your land, this land is my land,' to the government saying this land is its land," University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds told The Christian Science Monitor.  "President Obama said that government is just a word for the things we do together. Apparently that includes kicking WWII veterans off their memorial."

I think there is one thing that scares park rangers about the government shut down.  The American public won’t see how necessary the park rangers are, but how necessary they’re not.  If they weren’t busy right now controlling the national parks like we live in a police state would we even notice them?

Citations also have been issued by park rangers at other national parks, including the Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania and Acadia National Park in Maine. However, according to the Monitor, several are asking if park rangers have the authority to remove, fine, or arrest trespassers.

I don’t know about that, but they are good at handing out pamphlets and giving directions.  Can you say “class action lawsuit?”

Some of the efforts to keep people from entering or even seeing certain landmarks almost seem spiteful, Reynolds said.

(Sarcasm Alert) Ya think?

At the famous Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, pull-off areas along a public road were barricaded, preventing sightseers from viewing monuments without entering the park. And the decision to close the World War II Memorial came directly from the White House.

If you’re not busy handing out pamphlets and giving directions what else is there?  Park rangers can now add barricading national monuments to their resumes.  I understand a North Korean employment agency is now interested discussing career possibilities with the park rangers.

U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance sent a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday protesting the closure of popular hunting grounds and fisheries just as the hunting season begins. USSA president Nick Pinizzoto said that these lands were not closed when the government shut in 1995.

"These lands are generally accessible to the public without special entrance fees, passage through gates, or access via controlled roads or waterways," Pinnizzoto said in a statement.

That was BEFORE the Mein Kampf park rangers training manual was put into effect. 

"Not only are these closures unnecessary, they run contrary to law. This is 'political theatre' at its very worst."

This was nothing more than an unnecessary mean and vindictive act on the part of president Obama and the Democratic Party.  They didn’t get what they wanted in budget negotiations and the American public had to pay.  They may not be too happy on the attention it has brought them.  Our new cry for freedom will soon be “Give me life, liberty and a chance to see national parks, and the war memorials of those who died fighting to prevent this from happening in our country.”

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