JUST BAT SHIT CRAZY
February 16, 2015
Well it’s another Monday and the bat shit crazy group of radicals called ISIS killed 25 Egyptians and now most of the Arab world is bombing the shit out of these people. And then you got a couple of Taliban wackos shooting up a Masque in Pakistan. I guess they thought it would be a good idea to piss off some more people. I have a lot of trouble with people that think the way to get people on your side is to go around and kill a few. That hasn’t worked in any decade that I’ve looked at. All it does is piss people who might have been on the fence about you into deciding you got to go. I understand the subjugating people by force meaning like how the old communist regimes use to suppress free speech and opposition with force. But even they didn’t go around and do mass beheadings of innocent people even though there are stories about people disappearing and never being heard from again. But that shit still comes back to haunt you as is evidenced by the fall of communism. I just don’t know where these wacko groups get their volunteers from unless there are a lot of closet mass murders hanging around out there. Well that was a depressing start to the week and now I’m going go back to bed and have nightmares. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
THE NEW BOOK IS HERE
February 12, 2015
Well fats finally finished his fourth book the second in the Samuel S. Sampson thriller series and got it to amazon. It’s now available for purchase along with his other titles. It took him longer than usual to get this book done. I asked him about it and he said, well there was vacation and some other things that popped up that slowed the process. Well you know I wasn’t going to let him get away with just saying other things. He finally relented and told me he had gotten some criticism that made him think he was just wasting his time but after he came back from his vacation he just said fuck it he didn’t care writing made him happy so he was going to keep going. I have to say I’m glad because having him sit around and do nothing is a real drag. I mean I have to try and entertain him during my siesta time. Anyhow the book is out there it deals with a missing child and some crazy rich people it’s titled A CHILD GONE MISSING. You can get it as an E book for Kindle or if you don’t have a Kindle you can get a free app from Amazon. It’s also out there on barnesandnoble.com and in print at amazon.com and createspace.com. If you get a copy he would like you to review it at amazon you don’t have to write a great one it’s just to show amazon that there’s some interest in the book. Well that’s all I got today so this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
LIFE OR DEATH
February 11, 2015
You know those of you that have followed this blog that I believe in the death penalty as punishment that befits the crime. That is very apparent lately especially down here in Colombia where there is no jury trials and no death penalty. You might say that having no death penalty without jury trails is a good thing. Well maybe not judges are a lot easier to bribe then juries. I’ve seen murder suspects go into court smiling and get 25 years for killing someone during a crime. Just recently a famous member of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel was released from prison he had made deals here and the US his nick name was Popeye and is believed to be personally responsible for as many as hundreds of deaths. In the US if you convict someone and condemn them to death they get to sit in a cell watch TV be fed etc for up to 16 years while they appeal. Now an average criminal casts the taxpayers around 138,000 dollars a year to keep in prison. They sometimes end up living better than their victims. Why have I brought this up again well there are two case down here that in my opinion warrant torture as punishment. First we have the case of four kids shot to death in order to force the family off their farm and unfortunately the parents and family have abandoned the farm. So it would appear that the kids died for nothing. Now I believe that when these killers are caught they should get to live that rest of their lives in a jail that the people of Colombia have to pay for. Instead I am in favor of a slow painful death for these people as a punishment befitting the crime. The next case is the discovery of a dismembered child again jail is not a befitting punishment for these criminals. Now I know you’re going to say that there’s always a chance the person is innocent. Well I’m willing to take that chance in both of these cases. The moral activists out there that say jail is the only way should look at the percentage of repeat offenders in jail. It doesn’t work and either does butting a serial killer in a mental institution. Now I know this will star some nasty debates and I hope just like I hope a good cop will find the killers down here and make sure they get what they deserve. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia. Oh and for those of you say that God wouldn’t want that then I say God needs to rethink his priorities.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
February 9, 2015
Here’s one for you I’m 69 years old that’s the age where we start to talk about the good old days. So I started thinking are they good old days? Well something’s were better than and something’s are the same now. I think the fact that my didn’t have to work and was there every day after school for me is a better thing. I think that my father not having to work late or Saturdays was a good thing. I’m no t a fan of the cell phone now a day’s too many parents use it as a form of babysitting. I decided to look at kid then and now. When I was a kid rock and roll music was just beginning and my parents hated it and we hated there big band music. Today some like our old rock and roll just like some of us liked our parent’s music as well as our rock and roll. I’m really not of rap at least not when it’s performed, some of it reads good though. It was nice back then to able to walk your girl to the movie without worrying about getting mugged or shot and when you wanted to talk to somebody you did it face to face. You didn’t have to worry about being out on a date and have somebody call you about work or something dumb. I don’t think everything back then was better and I know kids today won’t think so (you had to live it) but we did seem to care more about each other back then. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
AND THEN THINGS GOT WORSE
February 5, 2015
This post deal with a recent Rolling stone article about the politicians that plan on undoing all the President has done. I’m going to start with a democrat because I don’t want my Republican friends to stop reading after the first line or so. His name is Joe Manchin he comes from West Virginia support the Keystone Pipeline and anything that will reduce restrictions on the use of coal. Some people believe his motivation is be governor of West Virginia again. Now we get to the Republicans first up is Paul Ryan. Now he wants to screw with Social Security which you know is pissing me off he wants to turn Medicare into a voucher program degrease corporate taxes and roll back cost of living increases in Social Security well the last increase amounted to 22 dollars and change and was used up by increases in ATM fees down here in Colombia. I guess if your 70 years old and not a politician and you rely on SS for your income you better start reading the classifieds. Of course politicians don’t have to worry about that. Tom Price is another one who wants to cut SS and it’s believed that the President will go along with this shit. Jeb Hensarling is another gem. He want to remove all the consumer protection the administration placed on the too big to fail banks. He’ll use riders on bills that have to be passed. This is a common practice of both parties when they want to look like they’re doing something good while the stick it up your ass. Next we Steve King he the immigration guy want to real or block all of Obama’s immigration reforms. And then there’s Andy Harris he want to recriminalize pot again using riders he must have a way of making money off Jail or organized crime doesn’t want pot legal. Now this guy is a real beauty James Inhofe this guy wrote a book in 2012 entitled The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future. Now just about every scientist in the world will tell you the Climate is screwed up and we better do something about it soon. But this guy, with his head in the sand says Bull Shit and wants to repeal most of the environmental laws on the books. Last but not least John McCain he wants ground troops back in Iraq and the Far East to fight ISIS. First he should study history those asshole over there have been fighting each other and anybody else they can find since before Jesus. Well if you want some indigestion read the Rolling Stone article if you’re a diehard republican with a closed mind don’t bother you’ll just think it’s a pile of lies. But if you’re an American worried about your future and the future of your country I highly recommend it. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
FRIDAY STUFF
January 30, 2015
Time for a little Friday stuff you those news items that are totally unrelated to world issues. But seem to take precedent with folks. Ok first up Secretary of State John Kerry was fined fifty dollars for not shoveling the sidewalk in front of his house in Mass… Now does anybody care about is more important then the passage of the Keystone Pipeline Bill. Now here’s a good one the state of Arkansas has taken over a school district that had to make teachers wear underwear. This is nowhere as bad as the headline might indicate the actual reason for the takeover was consistent underachievement by the students. Presidential loser Mitt Romney will not run again. Good because nobody cares. Melissa Gilbert has had breast reduction and people are asking how does feel to regular size tits. Well as you can guess I’m still laughing about this one. Shakira had a baby boy again how does this make headline news. And my last one tourism is booming at Kentucky Bourbon distillers. Do you guys remember when you would watch or read the news and human interest stories might show up at the end. Now they spend 55 minutes of a 60 minute news program with bullshit and then sneak I a little news. This is Flounder ( I now read comics and watch the cartoon channel exclusively) saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia
AI
January 29, 2015
I read today where Bill Gates is worried about AI (artificial intelligence) and I think it’s something we should all worry about. Now most people will say why we use computers and robots and these thing have some AI inside. Well if you start having machines run thing and these machines think logically and basically black and white. You’re going to find out that they will eventually think of us as a threat to them. Because we don’t think in black and white we have grays with shadows and such. We aren’t created of logic and at time we tend to do things that are completely illogical. The surprising thing is sometimes these things work but AI there is only the logical response. It’s why computers win at chess there is always a logical answer to the problem. We have become a world increasingly dependent upon AI to guide us in our daily lives. What you say? Look around if you want to go from point A to point B you use your phone or another GPS to tell you the best way to go. Electric calendars tell when you should be at point B. we have impersonalized communication amongst ourselves to the point that we don’t even want face to face anymore. Well if we give AI complete control of our lives eventually it will get bored with us and create something more in tune with itself. Now you all say I’m nuts well if Bill Gates is worried and he helped start all this crap I’d say we should all start worrying. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
SELFIES
January 27, 2015
Selfies here’s a new word for the dictionary and a new way for people to express their selfcenterness (I think this is a new word too). I have always enjoyed watching humans trying to see who could make the bigger ass out of themselves by trying to get on TV especially at Holliday times. It would seem people will do anything no matter how stupid it makes them if the think they’ll become famous on the web. You Tube has actually made a few people famous and they deserved it. I on the other hand fail to see how some idiot riding a bike over a curb and taking a spectacular fall deserves a hundred thousand views on YouTube or Facebook. I for one wouldn’t want to be remembered for doing something stupid but then I’m a cat and we’re already famous throughout history. Now back to the new edition of this the Selfie where you take you own photo of yourself and post on social media. It’s the photo version of tweeting you every thought. I don’t want to see you eating ice cream posing drunk in a bar. I didn’t want to know you’re about to use a public toilet for the first time. So do me and the rest of the world a favor no more pictures of your butt or tweets about you taking a dump. Just live your life like we used to do without telling the rest of the world about it. In other word keep your Selfies and your Tweets to yourself. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
SNIPERS
January 26, 2015
So I’ve been hearing a lot about the movie American Sniper. Michel Moore has called all snipers cowards. I wonder if he aware that without the use of snipers most Indian wars on the east coast would have been won by the Indians not only that but we would of probably lost he American Revolution. You may not like what a sniper does, but if you’re ever in a Hostage situation you better hope that they’re a couple of good ones around. Now Mr. Moore isn’t the only one criticizing snipers now if they’re just saying the movie is bullshit well that’s Ok. But let’s not go after the men who do a very unpleasant job. I read one comment and I can’t remember the person’s name but he referred to snipers as psychopaths. Well if that’s the case what do you call a mother who brings a gun in her purse to Wal-Mart then leaves the purse within easy reach of a child? How about the parents that left a toddler alone with a loaded gun in the clove box of the car. Both of these stories ended tragically. Snipers go through a lot of training and don’t fire without a spotter verifying the target. I think some of them might enjoy the job a little too much but that is a job for shrinks to figure out. I don’t think because someone makes a movie we should jump to the conclusion that all these individuals are nuts. People, especially people with some public influence should be made to be more responsible with their comments instead of just trying to get publicity. This is Flounder and I would like to thank all those men for their service in defense of our freedom. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.
SOME STUFF
January 23, 2015
Well it’s Friday and I’ve had a busy week Jeff is working on finishing his book A Child Gone Missing. He had stopped writing for awhile because of his trip to the USA and some other stuff. But he appears to be ready to start again with a couple new ideas. As for me I have found it hard to find something to write about that I felt would interest my readers. Then I decided the hell with it I’ll write what I want and if they like it great if not that’s their problem. We had the State of the Union Address this week and that’s always fun. As expected the republicans responded with comments like Obama’s delusional. The Democrats go around saying see what we’ve done for you. Well folks I don’t think old Barack is delusional I just think he’s a politician. What worries most is what happens next? The house has already passed a bill that would limit abortion funding and the Pres says he Veto it. There are bill coming up that will affect the climate such as the Keystone Pipe line bill which again he says he’ll Veto. All this means, is that once again nothing will get accomplished and all the little folks will keep being screwed. This country as well as the world has to stop thinking in terms of what’s good for the politicians now and start looking realistically at the future. It’s a fact that we will run out of oil sometime I the future but the cheap gas prices are keeping the public from insisting on finding alternative fuel sources. And whether you like it or not we will run out of food soon especially if global warming keeps producing drought conditions in agricultural areas. And if the human race keeps improving longevity and infant survival the planet will soon look like an overcrowded ant farm. Now I know you’re saying oh we’ve got plenty of time to worry about that, do we? Scientist’s are constantly not only coming over to the Global Warming side of the ledger and as they do they are discovering the process is further ahead than they thought in the past. So if the Government doesn’t get off its ass and stop worrying about who’s is winning the pissing contest your children and their children won’t have to worry about the future because they won’t have one. This is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia
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