The Zombieslayer

What happens with a $700 bailout:

1) Other countries become weary of lending the US money. It has become apparent that we cannot do anything right. Already there have been rumors of China putting a hold on lending us money.

2) You have inflation, even worse than it already is. We have 5.4% inflation right now, which is downright horrible. Are you getting a 5.4% return on your savings? In your CDs? In your Money Markets? In stocks? $700 billion is a lot of money, folks.

3) The CEOs will get their golden parachutes. How would you feel about paying $7000 in tax per family then watching the CEOs of each of these companies walk away with $20+ million while they ran their company into the ground? Would that bother you at all?

4) Higher taxes. Whether you like it or not, they will; have to raise taxes.

Be careful what you wish for, folks. It’s George W Bush behind these scare tactics. It’s always a boogie man for that guy. If you don’t do this…the boogie man will get you. If we don’t bailout these companies, the economy will collapse. Or so he says. Has GWB been right about anything so far? Then why will he be right about this? Don’t fall for it.

Think who is behind the sky is falling crap. These are people who will profit the most from your $700 billion. Make sure you keep your money your money.

The Dow will drop 2-3k if we don’t bailout these companies. Yes, that sucks. Yes, I have tens of thousands invested in the Dow right now and I will lose a lot of money on paper. But I will ride it out.

It’s better than the alternative, by far. You want higher taxes? You want to help buy these CEOs another house in the Hamptons? You want higher inflation?

When the Dow bottoms out, buy more and hold it long term. Keep gold, silver, ammo, food, land, and cash. If you don’t have all that to begin with, then I must be speaking to a wall. I thought I’ve been saying this since ‘05 when I started blogging.

The economy will recover. It needs to hit the bottom. We are still leading the world in inventions. We still are leading the world in medical breakthroughs. We still are leading the world in stupid little gadgets that everyone else thinks they need. Don’t worry. The economy will still be there when this is over.

Think about it. Do the math, folks. The money you lose in the stock market will pale compare to the alternative.

Just say no to the bailout. Go back to my previous post and click that link and contact your Reps.

And take 5 minutes to watch this video.

See. This is why we should have put Ron Paul in there.

Fiscal responsibility. That’s something that neither George W Bush nor the current Congress have.

Find out who is voting to bailout these corporations with $700 billion of your tax money, then vote them out next term. $700 billion. Inflation is already too high. It will go higher.

Our debt is now at $9.6 trillion. This is unacceptable. You want to leave your children with paying interest for eternity? I didn’t think so.

I want to see some of these people in jail. None of these CEOs should get bonuses. Not one of them. This is sick. They’re running our economy into the ground, yet still have that house in the Hamptons. They ought to be tar and feathered.

I hope you are as outraged as I am. It’s especially outrageous now that people are losing their homes because their jobs have been exported overseas, yet only the rich are getting bailed out.

Go here:

http://www.votenobailout.org/

It automatically emails your Senators and your Congressman or Congresswoman.

Fellow Pretentious Critic writer Badman and I have one of the same pet peeves.  We both hate it when someone says they like all kinds of music.

NO YOU DON’T.   You do not like all kinds of music.  Nobody does.  No one who ever lived likes all kinds of music.

People who say this are either:

a) Lazy nimrods,

b) Too chickenshit too offend anyone so they try to appease everyone by saying they like all kinds of music,

c) or both a and b.

I know what I like.  I like Metal, except I absolutely loathe NuMetal or any other of that whiny shite that they try to pass off as Metal.  I also don’t like Grindcore or any other type of noise metal with no purpose.

I also like the Romantic Era of Classical Music.  Baroque and everything before and everything after I could do without.  Yes, that means Bach, Mozart, and Vivaldi, three favorites of a lot of people.  I can’t stand any of them.

If you want to listen to great Classical, pick up Tchaikovsky, Brahms, or Beethoven.  There are a lot more Classical composers from the Romantic Era I like, but those are my three favorites.

I also hate rap, country, smooth jazz, top 40, boy bands, the Eagles, the Beatles, Aerosmith, Dave Matthews, Boston, Nirvana, Oasis, Jessica Simpson, her even more untalented sister (didn’t think that was possible at first), James Blunt, Fergie, or any other of that American Idol raw sewage they try to force feed down our throats.

Narrow minded? Damn straight.  I know what I like.  If your tastes differ, GREAT.  More power to you.  I don’t want you and I to have the same taste.  It’s our differences that make us interesting.  If you’re just like me, that would bore the heck out of me.

The thing is, I can enjoy other types of music if they’re done right.  Goth, Celtic, Bluegrass, old school Americana, even live jazz I can enjoy if the musicians are really into what they’re doing.  I’ve been known to go to dance clubs too, chilling to anything from Industrial to Techno to House, if you have the right people to go with.  I don’t really dance, just enjoy a good cocktail, people watch, and hang.

But back to my main point - NOBODY likes all kinds of music.  If anyone makes that claim that they like all types of music, immediately respond with the following:

They are to name five solo artists or bands they like in each category.  If they fail, denounce them as liars and forbid them from your anti-zombie compound.  Yes, the punishment is death by zombies.

01) Black Metal.  They say they like all types of music.  Let’s see them name five Black Metal bands they like.

02) Country.  Let’s go the other extreme.  Name five country bands they like.

03) Nazi Punk.  Yes.  They said all types of music.  I personally hate Nazis, but know there are at least one hundred Nazi Punk bands in the world so make ‘em give you five Nazi Punk bands.

Now you see I already exposed them as liars, but let’s keep this going just to rub it in.

04) Christian Gospel.  Let’s go another extreme.  We have Black Metal which is often Satanic.  Not only are many Black Metal bands Satanic, some have been known to burn churches and have even spent time in jail for murder.  Now on the opposite end of the spectrum, we have Christian Gospel.  Five Christian Gospel bands they like.  That’s all they have to name.  Should be easy for these uber-open-minded fools.

05)  Hellbilly.  Here’s another extreme.  No, not just plain Cowpunk, but Hellbilly.  It’s a little bit more, well, a lot more hardcore than just Cowpunk.  Five bands.  I’m waiting.

06) Gangsta Rap - Where Hellbilly may be a reaction against pretentious city buttholes, let’s twist it entirely around and go inner city, deep in the inner cities, straight up Compton.  Even better if at least one band member spent time in the pokie.  Five Gangsta Rap artists.  Make them name their favorite five (preferably while staring down the barrel of your Glock 9mm, held gangsta-style).

07) Polka - Get the beer flowing, the lederhosen on, and whip out the old accordion.  They’re so freaking open minded.  Make ‘em give you their top five polka acts.  No, make ‘em put away their laptop.  No cheating.  If they fail to give you five, stick das boot as far up their open minded ass as it will go.

08) Straight Edge Punk - That’s right, folks.  Since you cannot possibly listen to Polka sober, you cannot possibly listen to Straight Edge Punk drunk, because Straight Edge is against drinking.  But no fair, they say? No, they screwed up.  They’re the one who said they like all kinds of music.  Polka and Straight Edge cancel each other out.  So what is it? Do they like Polka or do they like Straight Edge Punk? One cannot possibly like both. My trump card.  They lose.  So much for them being open minded.

09) Disco - Heh.  Just had to throw that in there.  I’ve already proved my point, so now just putting up a #9 and #10.  “Macho Macho Ma-han.  I wanna be a Macho Man.”  Open minded my macho ass.

10) Smooth Jazz.  I hate smooth jazz.  My version of Hell would be nothing but The View and American Idol on the idiot box with smooth jazz playing constantly everywhere you go.

So that’s the quiz.  Give them a chance to repent and admit they’re wrong.  If they don’t repent, deny them entry into your compound.  When the zombies come, they’ll need some fools to feed on.  In the meantime, blast your boombox to your favorite jams to drown out their screaming.  Gloria Gaynor? Excellent choice.  I’ll sing along with you for old times sake.

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
’cause you’re not welcome anymore
weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I’d crumble
you think I’d lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive

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Have a great weekend, everyone.  I’m going to be gone all weekend but I’ll try to swing by next week.  Until then, keep practicing your headshots to the beat of YOUR favorite drummer.

I vote for the best possible candidate. Usually, it’s not the Democrat or Republican and I personally lean closer to Libertarian, although I’m not a Libertarian either.

I believe in the Constitution. I only became a “gun nut” when upper-middle class white people from the suburbs made it their issue to ban guns, thus, trying to take out the Second Amendment from the Constitution.

Granted upper-middle class white people from the suburbs can call the police and the police will come rescue them, because that’s what police do (that is, protect upper-middle class white people in the suburbs). Me personally, if someone broke into my house, the absolute last people I’d call are the police. Don’t want to get shot in my own house.

I became a First Amendment activist when Tipper Gore was trying to get Heavy Metal and Rap banned (those Tipper stickers were a compromise, something Democrats conveniently forget). Democrats also like to conveniently forget that Tipper Gore hated homosexuals and used race baiting when complaining about Rap music.

OK, that’s two things against the Democrats, but what about the Republicans? Well, I’ll say it again. George W Bush is the worst President since Jimmy Carter. When it comes to Constitutional issues, he may be the worst we’ve ever had. He’s a Republican.

There you go. That’s why I vote 3rd Party.

Wasted Vote

“But isn’t a vote for a 3rd Party a wasted vote?”

No. The only wasted vote is the guy who sits at home and watches the idiot box all day instead of voting. That’s a wasted vote.

Here’s a real good quote from John T Reed, a guy I respect greatly:

“You vote only for the platform to send a message to the two major parties. For example, in 1992, the big third-party candidate, Ross Perot, wanted to balance the budget. He got 19% of the vote, including mine. And guess what we got a year or two later under Bill Clinton? A balanced budget.”

There you go. Now you see a 3rd Party vote is not wasted.

Another big example, you may remember the Greens in Germany in the 80s. The two major parties in Germany started losing votes to the Greens so what did they do? They both stole the Greens’ environmental message.

Do the Right Thing

I do what’s right, not what’s popular. I don’t need to fit in. I don’t need to impress anyone. I don’t need to say one thing to one person then say a completely different thing to someone else. That’s what the Republicrats do. They tell you what you want to hear, and they pick their candidates based on winning rather than what’s good for the country.

I pick what’s best for the country. What’s best for the country now is someone who will follow the Constitution, not get us into any more wars, fix the economy, etc. You think McCain or Obama will do those things? Well, if you do, I have some land to sell you.

Yesterday, the DOW dropped over 500 points, which is the worst day since the market re-opened after the events of 9/11.  Unemployment is around 6.1% (according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics), and inflation is high.  Merrill Lynch, the people who administer my current 401k, just got bought out by Bank of America, which most likely avoided complete collapse for ML.

I recently said I bought the DOW at 12k.  I’m now watching it closely, trying to guess its low.  It may go even lower.  Hard to say.

The economy’s in bad shape.  Certain politicians have been trying to sugar coat it, but let’s face it, these are really bad numbers.  America keeps sending jobs overseas and is not replacing those jobs with new ones created here.

I told you the globalists were full of it.  Said it back in ‘05.  This is what’s causing the mess.  You have a good job.  So you buy a house.  Your job goes overseas, you survive on credit cards, and the bank still sends you bills for the mortgage even though you lost your job.  Yes, the bills don’t stop.  By the time you find another job, it’s too late.  You’re bankrupt.

This is happening to too many Americans.  I was saying this when I first started blogging and got called every name in the book for it.  Lou Dobbs has been saying it too, but since he’s white, he gets called a “racist.”  Go figure.  Of course, Americans come in all sizes, shapes, and colors, but that’s irrelevant.  Why argue with logic and facts when you can name call?

So, how bad will it get? Hard to say.  All I know is if you can, pay off your debts, spend less than you make, and put as much money aside as you can.  We might be weathering this for awhile.  Of course, me being a zombie slayer, I do have three months of food and water, silver (a hedge against inflation), and ammo if things completely fall apart.  People laughed back then at me buying silver, saying I was paranoid.  Now who’s looking stupid?