Why does "Survivor" Survive?

From the very first season of this so called "reality" show I wondered what people were thinking. I mean, what part of reality does it fit into? How does a bunch of people "stranded" on an island in the greatest Gilligan fashion, with contrived and rehearsed conflicts, voting others "off the island" even come close to reality? This is the farthest thing from reality that I have ever heard of.

Now they are adding a new twist - let's assign the groups according to race and ethnicity! Gee, the world isn't divided enough along racial lines, let's see what we can to to make the situation worse. Maybe we can even start a race war "around the water cooler"! Wouldn't that be fun?

Let's insist that if they are going to have these types of inane shows, what they call reality, that they actually make it real. How about putting them on the island, with no way to get off, and let them go Lord of the Flies on each other! That sounds like a show I could get behind. There wouldn't be any contrived conflicts then. There could be cameras set up all over the island and a few aircraft circling it constantly to pick up the fun and games. When someone is "voted off the island" it wouldn't hurt their feelings because they wouldn't have any by then. Winner takes all, no matter how long it takes to come to an end. This sounds like a much better idea than this goofy "reality" show concept they have now.

Now we all know that what I have proposed here is just sarcasm at its greatest. No one really advocates this type of thing and I'm really no different than the rest of you. I am just really fed up with this type of stupid programming, and I'm disgusted with my fellow human beings for panting after it. I mean, this crap has gone on for 13 seasons! Why are we allowing these idiots to get rich with this stuff?

Ok people, I have been trying to get a rise out of someone for months now and no one seems to give a hoot about my posts. Let's see if anyone can give me a run for my money with this one.

Here is a link to the CNN story regarding this upcoming season of survivor.
Here is another take on it by Metronews.

And the Neys have it.

It is a wonderful thing. Kids grow up wanting to be powerful lawmakers, be able to help people and make the country a better place. The best and the brightest the country has to offer rising to the top and creating a better world for all of us. Oh, yeah, and to breaking the law with impunity and disgracing the high office for which they are elected.

The Distinguished Gentleman, Bob Ney (R) of Ohio has once again shown us that power corrupts. I know we all make mistakes, but how much longer are we going to have to put up with thugs and criminals running the country. Whatever happened to the honorable statesmen who came forth and led the people in a manner befitting the high office? Is there an honorable man (or woman, let's not forget the Distinguished Lady Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) who assaulted a Capital Policeman and tried to turn it into a racial issue) out there willing to lead?

Here are a couple of links to the story online.
MSNBC
The Seattle Times

And here's a link to Mr. Ney's web site with a "contact us" link so you can tell him what you think about lawmakers breaking the law.

The "Crossed Legs" strike

Well, I'm back after a long time away. It has been awhile since I've done anything with my blogs so I thought I would get back into it.

It looks like some women in Columbia are using some really dirty tactics. In an attempt to get their men to stop shooting it out with each other, a group of wives and girlfriends have decided to withhold themselves from their men.

You really have to give these ladies credit. They found the one thing that will get their men's attention! I hope it works out for them. They really just want what's best for their guys.

Good luck ladies!

Here is a link to the story if you are interesting in reading the professional's take on it.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14829139/

Word verification

I had to enable word verification because I'm getting spammed. Don't you just love that people can really annoy the heck out of you by doing stuff like that, without your permission. That's almost, but not quite, as bad as spam ware and spy ware that they put on your computer. There has always got to be someone out there to corrupt anything good!

Unarmed guardsmen on the border?

Well, here we go again. The talk was about putting the National Guard on the border to help secure it. The idea isn't totally without merit and could even help alleviate some of the problems. But, as always happens when politicians try to play both sides, they screwed it up again. They are talking of putting them on the border, but not arming them.

I can't believe that they are really serious.

1. They are trained as professional soldiers
2. They are expected to know, for their profession, when it is appropriate to use force and when it isn't.
3. They will be sitting in some of the most volatile real estate in the country, without any means to protect themselves.
4. They will just be a target, and anyone who wants to make a statement will have a ready made forum.

This is a joke. It is eye wash to make the pro "stop illegal immigration" people think that they are doing something while at the same time ensure that the pro "let 'em all in" people don't feel threatened and think they are winning.

Holy crap, Mr. President. Just take a stand and lead the country. Quit trying to make both sides happy. If you can't make a stand and be a leader, then get out of the way and let someone else do it. These half measures just make everyone angry and accomplish nothing. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS!

Fast Food Regulated?

You've gotta be kidding? There is now talk of regulating the fast food industry. The next big war on... is going to be the war on obesity.

What are they going to do, restrict sales of french fries to only those over 21? I can see it now, the lawyers are going to start suing the fast food chains like they went after the tobacco companies.

Get a grip, people! As one who fights and struggles daily against obesity, I can tell you, regulating fast food isn't going to do it. It's going to take a lifestyle change, not 11 million dollars from Burger King (though the 11 million dollars sounds pretty good).

This smacks as another way for lawyers to make it rich. There are so many of them running around they have to come up with new and diverse lawsuits to make it and be able to afford those multi-level houses in Malibu. It's not right to sue the restaurant because Joe Schmucatelly eats there daily. The answer is to educate and work with Schmucatelly, not pay him millions of someone else's money to reward his lack of self control.

Enough ranting for one day. Here is a link to the news story that caused me to go off like this.
http://www.slate.com/id/2139941/

Well, they sure showed us.

How about that deal yesterday? Hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens took to the streets to DEMAND rights that they don't have. They sure showed us! Yep, they showed us that we really need to do something to get them the hell out of the country and make way for those who are willing to do it the right way. They keep referring to themselves as immigrants, but the keep forgetting to put the modifier on it - ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

The issue they want to bring out is valid. Immigration reform is needed. We need to make it easier for those willing to do it the right way. At the same time we need stiffer penalties for those who break the law by sneaking in. That's right, we need to ensure we DON'T reward those ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS while at the same time reward those who go through the correct process. Letting these people stay would be a slap in the face to every immigrant or immigrant hopeful who went through the process. Don't punish the law-abiders while rewarding the law-breakers.