MANNY VOTED INTO ALL-STAR GAME BY FANS

There has been a lot of talk about Manny possibly getting voted into the All-Star game and I'm leaning towards agreeing with with Mike Greenie on this one. Some die-heard purists would say it would be a travesty for baseball. Others really don't give two shits. I'm sorta on the fence and probably fall on that latter half of the spectrum. One thing I am sure of is that fact that if Manny gets voted in it would completely undermine Major League Baseball and it's entire crusade to clean up the game.

Because the MLB is heading this witch hunt for the fans. The fans have been cheated by these players. These players who have violated the spirit of the game must be punished. The MLB will no longer stand for it, years after the juice juiced up the sport's popularity from the grave.

Yet, ironically, it will be the fans who will vote the latest steroid user [Manny Ramirez] into the All-Star game as a starter. Wait. What?

Exactly. How silly does that sound? That the fans who the MLB are trying to protect, are the same ones essentially giving the big fat thumbs up to latest and greatest roider?

TRADER EDUCATION

It should never have hit 600 and should have stayed at 500 to 550
max. Truth be knowned it would be at 450. But there is pleanty of
money to buy stocks at the prices At march 6th. So the market will
flote around with traders jumpin in and out. Just the same money
trading back and forth. New money will come in when the economy
actuley runs its self with out bail out money. Projections on econimic
out look is now 3 years out. Seen as how realistate was priced 17
years out before the crunch. It might take more than a few years to
straiten this stuff out.
On May 21, 6:27 am, Martin A ...@gmail.com> wrote:

Above is what I read on a google finance board. Look at the freaking spelling errors. It's ridiculous. I mean, at first you figure some mistakes were by accident but add up each instance...and taken as whole, it sorta paints this odd picture of the type of people out there providing market guidance to the general masses. Don't people realize you lose all credibility when you can't spell.

MAN VS. FOOD

Am I the only person that wouldn't be surprised if Adam Richman from Man Vs. Food on the Travel channel dies from a heart attack any time soon? The stuff he eats on that show is ridiculous. I'm slightly in awe but also slightly disgusted by it all.

Thoughts on Darfur

Judges at the International Criminal Court ordered the arrest Wednesday of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan for atrocities committed in Darfur according to a recent NY Times article. Reading through this article about the types of genocide-crimes committed makes me really question the state of the world and where we are as a people. I always think about how the world fifty years ago looks so much different than the current one we live in, yet upon closer inspection things haven't changed that much at all.

World War 3 will never happen. And if it does, it'll probably signal doomsday. The reason is because back half a century ago countries still thought it was okay to invade foreign countries and take over territory. It was the last remenants of an era of conquest that will never happen again just because of how small our world has gotten. Russia and Georgia had their little spat but when it was all said and done, both parties returned whatever territory they claimed as military positions during the conflict. Same deal with Israel and Gaza. Allowing countries in this day and age to invade and take over new territory is setting a dangerous precedent for other transgressors. The world just won't stand for it.

But why does the world allow genocide to take place where an entire race and culture is being systematically eliminated through mass murders and mass rape? Also I listened to a speaker last week talk about the sex trade that is still very prevalent in many parts of Asia and parts of Europe. The descriptions of all these horrible situations reminds us that the world is a market economy. Things have no value unless there is a demand for them. And the reason these things are still in existence today is because there are human beings out there, like you and I, who believe and want these things to take place.

WHISKEYMILITIA.COM

I have RSS feeds setup to a bunch of these limited promotional deals websites. For instance, a website will have limited stock of a particular item and will greatly discount it and only promote that item until it is sold out. Once it is sold out they will then exclusively promote the next item until it is sold out as well. Since these deals are steeply discounted, sometimes you need to be quick to order it once it is available for purchase. The most important thing is to get the right size and color since usually the most popular color and sizes sell out quick.

Well today I was on whiskeymilitia.com and saw these sweet boarding pants. It was like a white pants with cross stitch pattern of black and pink stripes. I immediately look at the price and its been discounted 70% so I immediately try to find the right size and color but I got confused. All it said was 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.. and I'm like, WTF, how come there aren't any S, M, L like usual?

Then I realized these were women sizes.

PWNED.

First off, I don't even understand why this article is titled "Asian Group Not Mad At One of These People." What Asian group and who aren't they mad at? The entire article suggests there is one particular Asian group (OCA) who is very mad at one individual (Miley Cyrus). And second, what the hell is going on?

If you remember correctly Pau Gasol of the LA Lakers and his buddies in Spain did something similar during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Not only that, this wasn't even the first time Spain was a culprit! Spain's 2008 Federation Tennis Team did the same shit! To echo Hamilton Nolan, "Hey Spain, stop that." You'd figure that situation would have raised some flags for future offenses. But you'd figure wrong.

But what bothers me more is that TMZ had a vote of whether it was "Over the line" or "Who cares" and a shockingly 70% said "Who cares." I mean wow. I also read a bunch of the comments and people said stuff like:

"1. People need to get over themselves SO WHAT !!!!! Get tougher skin !!!!"
7. Oh, WOW! I'm asian & I do that in LOTS of pictures, why doesn't the OCA get offended at me??? Does anyone else smell racism???

10. lighten up people, we all know everyone makes jokes about everyone. seriously this crap is getting ridiculous.. stop taking yourselves so seriously. i can laugh at myself no problem"

That's what bothers me the most. It's the indifference of people toward the feelings of Asians because we do not have the Hollywood-esque glorified story of struggle like African Americans in America. It's because AA community doesn't make enough noise when stuff like this goes down. Michael Phelps smokes a bong, (wow, who hasn't right?) and story breaks over the networks like a wildfire but this one gets swept under the carpet.

But it's all good because we have a black president now. Racism no longer exists.

POSTAL OFFICE RANT

Let me start this off with a long heavy sigh.

SIGH.

OK. So I ordered these new Burton CO2 Bindings on ebay for my ski trip this weekend. It's Friday, 6:12pm but I am not in possession of any Burton CO2 Bindings. Let me s'plain why...

Postal workers are no joke. They don't take shit from anyone and are cold blooded. Heartless would be a good adjective to describe them. You ever watch Parking Wars where people try to get their cars out of the impound lots but the worker at the window is unfazed, and has the there-is-no-way-in-hell-you-are-getting-your-car look? They are like each others brethren. Brothers-in-arm. One on the Public Government side, and the other on the Private side. Trying to get them to help you outside of protocol is like trying to convince the Cookie monster to lay off the cookies.

And it's not just that they refuse to help but it is the inconsistent nature of postal workers. Last year I had a run-in where I tried picking up a package just using my postal slip. The worker refused because I had an out of state license and wanted a utility bill to confirm my address. I should note the day before I picked up a package with no hassle. I got into a huge argument with the lady at the desk and even called in to the USPS hotline to verify facts.

She was right. I was wrong.

But why did they let me pick up the package the day before?

Today, I come in and the lady says route #10 hasn't come back yet so the package is not here. I ask if I can come back later and she says sure. I come back and a new lady tells me I can't pick up my package today even if the truck came back. I argue with her for a bit but she points out on the ticket where it says it is not available until tomorrow morning. At that point I know the argument is over. They dotted their i's and there t's. I think I'm a decent smooth talker when trying to talk my way out of things but I didn't even try.

Inconsistency.

I wasted two hours at Jewel and Target impulse buying, totaling around a bill. 100 dollars of impulse buying because the lady at the post office told me I could check back later. Anyone need a roasting pan, cupboard lining, ironing board, wine, Apples-to-Apples party edition, or a pack of Orbitz gum?

Mother.