fleeting.

today i told a coworker he is easy prey for a tyrannical government. 8 hours later, and i'm still laughing about that. the things that come out of my mouth these days.

he is, though.

on my drive to work today i thought too much about the un-merits of school zones.

remember that experiment that was done on college students several decades ago? "they" created a fake jail and assigned some students to be pretend inmates, and some people to be pretend wardens. by the end of the experiment, the power had gone to the fake warden's heads and they were literally abusing the fake prisoners. it is the nature of man to react in such a corrupt way to power.

so it is with school zone guards.

give them a stop sign and a vest, and they think they can make you go 5mph. i'm sorry, but the cone clearly states 15mph. there aren't any children in sight. there's not even a school in sight. calm it down.

how about we teach the children not to run around in the streets. look both ways before crossing. is that not a lesson we teach children anymore? nobody ever ran over ME with a car.

i wonder what it will be like to be china's slaves.

another day in the life of America. observe.

our credit rating was downgraded by standard and poor's. because of our massive amount of debt. among other political problems.

so the most rational response:

accuse the people who downgraded our credit rating…of insider trading.

that’ll fix everything.

no one will think we’re arrogant bullies who can’t face their problems and be held accountable for our crumbling economic system. nooooo. everything’s fine. nothing to see here, folks. america is above reproach.

i hope my debt is paid off by the time america falls flat on its face, so it can’t take me down with it.

be warned.

sometimes i feel like i'm the only person who is aware that there are, wait for it...

other people in the world.

i'm the only one to stop dead in my tracks at the grocery store (or jump out of the way, swerve dangerously, etc) because of people barreling forward without a clue that they're about to run into someone. or they just expect everyone else to move?

and on the road it's even worse. people need into my lane, but expect me to adjust MY speed, so i slam on the brakes to make room for them.

or turn left in front of me on a road i'm already driving on. if i have to slow down for you to turn left, there wasn't enough time for you to turn left...and you should have waited. but you can't see me. i'm invisible. there are no other people in the world.

well i've made a decision.

when i'm old and i have lived a long, happy life...

i'm not getting out of the way.

you can crash into me at the grocery store. your eggs will fall the ground and break. your baby will cry.

and on my way home, i'm not getting out of your way on the road either. we'll collide. and i'll die. and you'll learn your lesson, because...

you just killed an old lady.

draught.

y'all seriously need to jump on the glenn greenwald bandwagon with me:

"There are reports this morning that a NATO airstrike killed (another) one of Gadaffi's sons in Libya, so we'll be able to have some collective celebration to keep our minds off little things like the collapsing economy. It is telling indeed how virtually all political good news -- all national celebrations -- now involve America's ability to kill the latest Bad Guy. One benefit of Endless War is that it distracts the citizens' attention away from what is being done to them at home and makes them cheer for the leaders who are doing it to them."