Clifford Mayem's blog: "Stuff"

Friday, July 07, 2006 Becky's stuff. I just wanted to share some of my friend's stuff with you. I think she is really great. Not just because she is a fellow libertarian but she spends alot of time writing and stuff and I think she is... well.. fantastic. Ain't no hoe Oprah aint no hoe. And I guess it comes as no surprise that the Queen of the Soccer Moms has been hating on hip hop. This may come as quite a shock to some of youbut come onOprah is one of the whitest people on the face of the planet. Yuppie Goo seeps through her pores. I can tell you right now what she has on her iPodand it mainly consists of soft rock and Michael Bolton. Now some of the brothers have been beating up on Oprah for not having any rappers on her show. Ill get to the snivels of those millionaires a little later But back to Oprahshe claims to have nothing against hip hop. Well she is an African-Americanshe had a back alley abortionshe claims to have toked up a bit in the pastwhich may partly be an explanation of her ballooning --but she is from the Southnot the hoodeven though her show comes out of Gangsta Chicago. Hip hop and rap are not in Oprahs comfy zoneAfrica is cool enough for herbut American black culture is something she filters through her self-righteous snotty viewpoint. She claims to like Hip Hopeven says that Mary J. Blige is a friend. And way, way back McHammer appeared on the show and did his gig for a whole hour. Recently Ludacris was invited as part of a group to talk about Crash. But Oprah had to get all politically correct on him because he likes to rap about hoes. And then she had to edit out a lot of the comments he made in response. Oprah is part of an old traditionand Im not black so I best not go tossing around terms like unclebut let me just explain what I mean Most of you know about Muhammad Alithe greatest boxer of all timemost everyone likes him nowbut not in the dayhe gave uppity a whole new meaning. The problem was he was not a credit to his race. The great white hope was this black guyFloyd Pattersonhe wasnt any Muslim draft dodgerin fact the guy was a Catholic and I think a Republican. But he wasnt much of a hopeAli caved in his face on a pretty regular basis. But he was respectablejust like those dapper waiters in the Pullman cars. And we were talking about musicso how about jazz--the white folk started liking that Dixieland versionand Louis Armstronghe knew betterbut he needed a buckand whos to blame him--so he would toke up and go out there and give the folks some sanitized New Orleans riffs. Of course-- how can we forget Elvishe was the record producers dreama white boy that could rock---but Ed Sullivan still wasnt quite ready to let America see his hips. The rappers started bitchin at Oprahthough they offend every politically correct bone in her body she was able to muster up a controlled response: I respect other peoples rights to do whatever they want to do in music and artI dont want to be marginalized by music or any form of artI feel rap is a form of expression--as is jazzI am not opposed to rap. I am opposed to being marginalized as a woman. If she needs any decoding---Oprah doesnt like woman being called bitches and hoes. Since I am a woman I can comment on thiswho gives a rat's ass? But I guess Im just a misguided hoe who happens to like hip hop and with my repressed brain think it is a valid form of expression emanating from the American hood. And guess whatI am real familiar with what the term marginalized meansbut I dont have a clue what Ms. Winfrey is talking aboutexcept that it sure sounds like a lot of PC bullshit. Now lets talk about some of the hip hop Oprah complaintssome of these well heeled gangstas seem genuinely offended she doesnt like them and doesnt want them on her show. It started with Ice Cube.he bitched and moaned Shes had damn rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show---and if Im not a rags-to riches story for her who is? Wellboo-hoobut there was more.Luda, 50 Cent, Killer Mikethey all spoke out against her disdain for the culture. In a way its a bit oddsince for the most part hip hop has always loved Oprahrhymed about her and wished to conquer her. Its been no secret that it has been Jay-Zs lifetime dream to get on her showand now it seems a lot of the brothers feel the same way. But then they had to get all nasty about it commenting that only old black ladies watched Oprahand she had to run to the media and make her marginalized" pitch. But who would have ever thought back in the NWA days that Ice Cube would go running to mainstream Entertainment magazines bellyaching that he couldnt get a gig on Oprah. And for me that is the real problem. My god brosif Oprah wanted you on her showthen you would have something to worry aboutthe fact that you want to get on there should be worrisome enough. You all are beginning to sound like you need to take a spin on the Dr. Phil show. So you know whatthis hoe is pretty damn disappointed in the whole bunch of ya --bye bye-- Thursday July 6, 2006 - 08:58pm (EDT) Permanent Link | 6 Comments The Commish vs. The Sinners Teddy Roosevelt was a bully. I dont care if the guy has his mug carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota--still a bully. He also made a lifetime commitment to being a mans man--now you know what they say about guys who try too hard along this line--they're mens men alright---though this may be interesting for a girl to ponder late at night after being dumped by the latest he-man--it is more important to recognize TR was a bully first and foremostand darn proud of it. Teddy bullied everyone--the Republic--the World--the Republican Party--the free market--civil libertarians--pretty much anyone who didnt agree with him. Sometimes he liked to browbeat other countries into becoming a part of imperial Americaand he never lost his covetous relationship with Canada. It was no coincidence his splinter party was known as the Bull Moose Party or that he ran around yelling bully all the time. Like most political bullies Roosevelt justified his behavior as being a champion of the people. I often wonder what this means. I am a people--and most of the time I feel left out when I hear them talk about me. When politicians talk of doing something on behalf of the people I do not wish their help, support or sympathy. And in most the cases the only people they care about is the one they see in a mirror. Usually these champions of the people have a moral agenda--and most often it is a narrow brand of Puritanism Teddy was no different that the rest of the lot. During his acceptance as the presidential nominee of the Bull Moose Party he proclaimed We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord--the crowd broke into a rendition of Onward Christian Soldier--bully peuk. Mao was a Chinese bully on behalf of the people---was a puritan (at least as it applied to the people--bullies are often not consistent in their personal lives)he was also a bit of a he-man ---as when he swam the Yangtze. But Mao was such a bully he had to murder about twenty million of his countrymen--for the benefit of the people. TR was not quite this bad. But what he did do was create the modern Imperial Presidency--and it lives today. When he ran as the candidate of the Bull Moose Party he was really running to become Tyrant of America. He advocated massive growth and bullying by the federal government--proposing the welfare state---which thanks to his defeat would not come to fruitation until the election of his distant cousin three decades later. And so the demagoguery of this spoiled rich boy lives with us today. It is a good thing to look back to where these political bullies came from. Sometimes this can help identify up and coming champions of the people. If we catch them early enough we can swat them like a gnat. Left too long-- we find ourselves with a Bull Moose in the kitchen. Roosevelt had his first executive experience as the Police Commish of New York. He was appointed Commissioner in May of 1895. At that time the city was what moralists despairingly call wide open--there was drinking--whores--gambling--and the Chinese had some opium dens. Of course there were laws against much of this but the police were often too busy taking bribes to notice. The Commish was deeply offended--he did not express this on a personal level--his disgust was based upon this affront to the people. What is this all about? Most people dont participate in much of this--nor does it affect them--so what is the problem? Well a few of the self-righteous see some behavior they dont agree with and are compelled to get laws passed against it--some become psychotic about it and set off on quests to protect the morals of the people. You see--when you are a champion of the People you often have to impose on the people a set of morals--and this is for their own good. So Roosevelt set out to clean up Dodge--he called this a mans work. He started walking beats himself. Sometimes he would have reporters tag along--tyrants like to have their good deeds publicly proclaimed. One time he found some cops in a bar at 2:30 in the morning. The Commish demanded to know what they were doing there. They told him to fuck off--and he then proceeded to lecture them on the performance of their duty. He later remembered these jaunts: These midnight rambles are great fun--I get a glimpse of the real life of the swarming millions. This is a telling example of two things about champions of the people--often they dont know what a great many of the people are doing---and just as often-- no matter how many of the people are doing something-- if it does not fit into what they think the people should be doing then it must be prohibited. The Commish decided to crack down on Sunday drinking. This had been an old blue law which was not enforced--and this offended the sensibilities of the Police Commissioner. Manhattanites were forced to flee to Coney Island to drink a beer. German Americans--missing their beer gardens--held an anti-Roosevelt parade. Two mail bombs arrived at his office. Then his fellow Republicans decided to jump on the Commish bandwagon---the moral majority is nothing new. They passed a law to crack down on what little drinking remained--which was mostly at hotels. The new drinking law mandated that "the people" could only drink at hotels ---which in order to serve drinks--had to have ten rooms and serve a meal. Every bar--salon--whore house--dance hall-- in the City transformed itself into a hotel. Teddy groused Ten beers and a hard-boiled egg scarcely constitute a meal--but the judges sided with the sinners. But even more frustrating to TR was that whores--and OMG--unmarried couples--began renting those ten hastily constructed rooms--and by the hour! And then the Commish pretty much ran out of steam--TR spent most of his time giving out police awards for stopping run away carriages. He lasted only fifteen months as Commissioner--and then prevailed upon president-elect McKinley to give him a job. His legacy as Commish?--- He introduced a bicycle squad and pistol shooting practice. But as the grateful people of the Republic and the World would find out--he was not through. PS--and this is for my friend: STNRGRRL oooooooooooooooo ~Becky Thursday July 6, 2006 - 03:01am (EDT) Permanent Link | 11 Comments Catholic Girls Kick Ass OkI knowwe did something like this a few days agobut I thought probably you were all a little tired of my libertarian rantingif there is any antidote for too much liberty it is a good healthy dose of the Catholic Church. For those of you who are new around hereCatholic Girls Rule or variations thereofis a regular feature on the blogthe drivel you read comes from a mind molded by years of Catholic School indoctrination---and I am returning the favor as a second grade teacher at St. Josephs Elementary School. But I hope everyone had a good Fourth of JulyI didwe went into Boston and saw the Boston PopsSteve Tylerand god only knows why Dr. Phil was on the stage. We fought the crowd to the Half Shell along the Charles Riverand got a good seat though we got there quite late. If you want to get through a crowd two of the best people to bring along are my sister and Iwe alternately beguile them and kick assyeahCatholic GirlsJ Howeverif you are expecting a lot of original witticisms todayyou best fold up that idea and stuff it whereverI am a little burnt outand it isnt just from too much liberty. If you wanna know more about that take a look at Independence Day So pretty much what I have to offer today is a collection of tidbits illustrating why Catholic Girls not only rulethey kick ass... First off-- out of Freehold, Iowa we have an item: Baptist Boys Seduced by Lewd Attire and Shocking Behavior of Local Catholic Girls Local News Freehold, Iowa - "One of those Catholic girls bit my son in the ear!" shouted David Wright, during a meeting of Landover Deacons earlier this month. His son had a close encounter with one of Freehold, Iowa's notorious Catholic girls. Sassy young Mary worshipping ladies have been a longstanding problem in the Freehold community. Their vices, and their complete disregard for authority of any kind, has reached an almost intolerable level. They cut class so they can walk the streets during the day, and they fill up on liquor so they can "get loose" and lure Baptist boys into the alleys at night. Their intent is alarming to those of us who are not familiar with their flippancy toward anything Godly. Clearly they serve their own sinful nature, and parade about in scantily clad attire, with only the Devil's purpose in mind. That purpose is to lure the naturally attractive Baptist young person, into a world of reckless abandon. To draw the Godly towards the Satanic fire that burns in the furnace of every Catholic Church in the world. Underneath their burdensome skirts lies a lustful wound that is trained to ensnare within it's drenched cavity the very soul of our innocent youth. The Church of Mary, Queen of Heaven - unfortunately located in downtown Freehold Iowa, houses a corn-a-copia of seductive young nuns. These contemptible daughters of Satan make it their life's work to train innocent young women in the ways of Babylonian erotica. They turn chaste lasses into saucy vixens faster than it takes a Mexican to down 10 shots of tequila. When the hounds of Hell are finally let loose on the street, they sweat misbehavior at every turn. We believe that young Catholic girls are a spotted stain on America. They are impolite, shameful, lewd, and exhibit shocking behavior wherever they roam. These smart-aleck, snippy, irreverent teens need a good hard spanking. We don't intend to lose any more of our young boys to these sirens of Rome. Landover Baptist Church is proud to be taking a stand. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And following up on this here is a guy who is doing something about the scourge of Catholic Girls--this is "Mighty Believer v. the Catholic Girls": ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --a big thing in Catholic School is what Saint do you want to be. I took a test and the results are belowI hope some of you do the same and let me know what kind of souls read me: Which Catholic Saint Are You? You are Mary Magdalene, The Patron Saint of Prostitutes, Tanners. Mary Magdalene's sainthood was achieved in a political coup that demonstrated for the first time her formidable business prowess. In exchange for allowing the medieval church to taint her image with the false brand of a prostitute, she arranged for the church to finance her dream of being a writer for a major television show. Her show, a 7 season TGIF smash hit called Full House, earned both her and the church sizeable income, and thusly she was named saint of Prostiutes and Tanners (That's Danny, DeeJay, Stephanie, and Little Michelle!). Take this quiz! Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code You can take the sainthood exam at http://quizilla.com/users/thevanisher/quizzes/Which%20Catholic%20Saint%20Are%... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --I dont need to tell you --us Catholic Girls are pretty neurotic about mortal sin. So I did some more soul searching on how evil I really amagainplease let me know what kind of sinners I attract: Your Deadly Sins Wrath: 60% Lust: 20% Pride: 20% Envy: 0% Gluttony: 0% Greed: 0% Sloth: 0% Chance You'll Go to Hell: 14% You will die, after conquering the world as an evil dictator. How Sinful Are You? --Some of you think I should rename this blog Adventures of Spanko Girland you think a big part of the problem is of coursethe Catholic ChurchwellI did another personal inventoryand I am not quite there yetbut please let me know how you come out---I try to tailor the content of the blog to the taste of my readers: Casual Spankophile You are 36 % a Spankophille Spanking definetly interests you but for you its more of a fun little thing you like to do on occasion rather then a serious interest. You would prefer to be with someone into spanking but its certainly not a requirement. My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 16% on variable 1 Link: The Spankophile Test written by Spankophille on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test --------------------------------------------------------------------- Butyou know something--- --see ya later-- ~Becky Wednesday July 5, 2006 - 02:39am (EDT) Permanent Link | 23 Comments Independence Day Happy Fourth of July! You will notice I don't have the Stars & Stripes flying today. On July 4, 1776 it had not yet been adopted by the Continental Congress. There were several revolutionary flags at the time of the first Independence Day. But my favorite is the "Don't Tread on Me." Ironically the original is now in the care of a museum in Bedford--in the Peoples Republic of Taxachusetts--just a few miles down the road from me. On July 4, 1776 the revolutionary manifesto we now call the Declaration of Independence was publicly read in Philadelphia. Essentially it told the limey bastards to fuck off. But that small band of Americans knew the most powerful empire on the planet would not take kindly to their kiss off. They were well aware if they did not win-- the document would be of little signifigance--except as their death warrant. The Declaration contained a number of gripes which the signers felt justified armed revolt against their government. But what was most remarkable about the document was they proclaimed all individuals had certain inherent natural rights--and these flowed not from the state--but were naturally bestowed by our Creator--and if ever a government treaded and trampled on those rights--then the people had the right to arm themselves--demolish that government--and institute a new governing body. This is not really the Birthday of America. The Republic would not be formed for another eleven years with the adoption of the Constitution. It was a divorce. I am not sure how to celebrate a divorce. In Of a Fire on the Moon Norman Mailer starts with a story of the celebration of his divorce--he dumped and buried the family car. On this Fourth of July the only thing I know of that will be dumped are some replica tea bales tossed into Boston Harbor from the Tea Ship tiered to a Boston wharf. The tea bales have ropes attached to them so the costumed patriots can retrieve them once the show is over. It seems to me of late what we have been doing is the dumping of a lot of our individual rights to the central government. In this type of thing there is not usually much of a rope attached to retrieve them. I hope this at least crosses the minds of some folks on this day. Like I said-- the guys of the Continental Congress recognized those rights as being natural--they were not given to them by any govenment--govenment can only take away rights. And that is the principle of the Constitution which was later adopted by the new states in 1787. A written constitution is a compact between the people to give up a few rights--which is necessary to form a government and establish social order.The people of the thirteen original states did that---but specifically recognized that any rights not mentioned in the document were retained by the people. In the adoption of the Bill of Rights as part of the Constitution some of the basic principles of the Revolution were codified--those rights were so important they were specifically spelled out as a clear warning to the government not to attempt to tread on these liberties. But there are a few things I would like to see dumped on this Independence Day--about three quarters of the United States Code--ninety- five percent of the Federal Regulations--all of the IRS Code. But anyway--I have my day planned out--I am getting up early and going skinny dipping in my pool--and then I am going out to the firing range--we will then catch a local parade--I hope to fit in a viewing of "Superman"--then it is barbecue time--and off to Boston to see the best fireworks in the country--and for the first time in several years I am gong to smoke some pot--I was thinking about how much I used to like to watch fireworks high--and so we will finish off the day watching the show on the banks of the Charles River--and hopefully somewhere in there I will have time to think about and thank God for those revolutionaries of 1776-- --I hope all of you have a very happy Fourth---I only have one suggestion--if you haven't done it lately--take a read of the Declaration of Independence (click to get to a readable copy): ------Have a Wonderful Day America!!!! A special Independence Day treat: Monday July 3, 2006 - 08:16pm (EDT) Permanent Link | 11 Comments Boys are Stupid Hi Everyone-- This post is inspired by one of my Yahoo 360 acquaintances. I shall not be naming the gentleman--this is the kind of thing that can get a girl deleted. In fact-- I may already be treading dangerously here--oh no. So I will not go into specifics on why it might be appropriate to toss a few rocks this individual's way. This topic can get you into trouble all around these days. Last year I bought my daughter this T-shirt "Boys are stupid--Throw rocks at them". She thought it was pretty funny. Of course I am not-- as usual-- tuned into the politically correct vibes of the country. I send her off to this day camp wearing the shirt. That day she comes home and tells me the counselor says she can't wear it because it makes her into a bully. I tell her no way--I have been to law school--the truth is an absolute defense. The next day she asks if she can wear the offensive T-shirt. In my cocoon of a world I did not realize the forces I was unleashing and told her sure. Then I get a call from the counselor questioning what kind of mother I am. She wanted to know whether I condoned violence against little boys. The lady wanted to know how I would feel if my husband wore a shirt advocating the stoning of woman. And I start to respond--Well so long as he didn't actually start tossing any rocks...She cuts me off and tells me how pathetic I am--and a disgrace to womanhood and motherhood. So feeling pretty much backed in a corner--I tell her ok my daughter won't wear this bully shirt to her camp any more. She then informs me this is not good enough--she wants that T-shirt off my daughter's back right now. I tell her --well I don't really think it would be appropriate for her to run around the camp topless---somehow that seems like it might be a PC problem. Of course this bitch is not amused. And I then get the idea she wants me to drive out to the camp and deliver some politically correct clothing. So I just tell her to stuff it. She is then going to report me to god only knows who. And then starts the guilt trip--your daughter is crying--well who in the fuck caused that? So finally I relent since they were now abusing my daughter. But I decided she shouldn't wear the T-shirt anyway--I am saving my rocks to toss at stupid feminist girls who mentally abuse little children in the name of righteous thinking. However-- now I know I am really out of it. There was a big campaign against the T-shirts launched by all of the usual suspects--but this time they were joined by the male rights guys. Here is a short dispatch from a Seattle newspaper. Notice how they have even indoctrinated the little kids into being little PC robots and bad mouthing the stupid boy idea: SEATTLE - We teach kids to be nice to each other. But some parents don't think a T-shirt that reads "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them." sends kids the right message. The T-Shirt is sold at the local Bon-Macy's. But some parents who saw the Bon Macy's ad this Sunday thought that's the last thing kids should wear. We wanted to ask kids. Listen to the students in a View Ridge Elementary 4th grade class: "Why would these big stores be advertising something like this? It's inappropriate," said Anya Tudisco. It wouldn't be fun having someone walking around wearing that T-shirt," added Cooper Cearns. School counselor Susan Guralnick says the shirt's message is the opposite of what she teaches in her anti-bullying classes. Even though we think they're kidding and it's just clothing, it goes into our thinking, our collective thinking. It's very unkind," she said. ---------------------------------- ---drivel-- drivel--drivel--- ------ and this is from one of the guy rights activists: Glen Sacks a radio commentator in Los Angeles and Seattle says Im sorry if I sound like a humorless zealot, but I just dont see the humor in it, Sacks said. My 11-year-old son, whatever the joke is, he just doesnt understand it, either. Anti-male violence? Sacks argues that the Boys Are Stupid products promote anti-male violence; some of his supporters have challenged groups that combat domestic violence against women to endorse their campaign. His complaints make sense to Joe Kelly, president of Dads and Daughters, a Duluth, Minn.-based organization that often opposes marketing pitches it views as detrimental to girls. Theres a stupid notion that being pro-girl is being anti-boy it just isnt so, Kelly said. I can see where parents and kids of both genders would be offended. ------------------------------------- --At first I thought I was just insensitive to the male plight--now I realize I am such a stupid boob I don't understand that the stupid boy T-Shirt is offensive to womanhood as well -- --What I am going to do is get a T-shirt: "Becky is Stupid-- Throw Rocks at Her"-- -----It is hard understanding these things when you're a libertarian cyberpunk--- but I have learned my lesson: bye-- ~Becky PS--This is kinda off topic--but I just ran across an Internet article by a guy named Lora Manuels on ways to celebrate the Fourth of July. He correctly points out the Fourth of July is all about Independence--so these are some ways to celebrate Independence and Freedom: Hire anyone you believe is qualified to do the job. Do not check for credentials, do not pay social security/medicare and for the sake of all that is good, do not withhold money from their paycheck. Better yet, pay cash. Buy gold or silver. What better way to secure your dollars from the decaying hands of the Federal Reserve than by buying historically sound money? Sell hot dogs and lemonade to your neighbors, or have a garage sale. Do not obtain a license and do not pay sales tax. Make it as simple as possible and enjoy totally free transactions between friends and family, as it should be. Teach the kids the value of work, money and freedom. Obtain fireworks and set them off. If your state government believes (oh, the horror) that you are better off not having them, find some anyway through an intermediary or just drive to the state border Buy a gun from someone not behind a counter. Then keep it on you. (Try to) travel without an ID. This great victimless crime is a prime example of the States desire to control everything and everyone. Conform or be jailed. Deliver first class mail around your block. Make it a fun walk and bring your kids. Yes, this is a bit silly, but the Feds have monopolized the delivery of first class mail in the country. Some private guys have tried but it was shut down. Do not ever try to do evil things such as deliver mail, for the government hates competition. Install and use software with strong encryption and enjoy secretive email and instant messaging. Sure, there could be ways of cracking the code and revealing the messages but its the thought that matters. Drive without your license while talking on your cell phone without wearing your seatbelt or helmet. Start a home improvement project: build a pool, a new room, a bigger garage. Its your house and land right? You do not need permission from your local tyrant or council or any of their thugs and beasts to use your own property or add to it. 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