Seriously?
Seriously?!
I mean, short of the occasional plea for help, genuine distress, sharing of emotion, what in the world makes you think that I take any of this seriously? Or, more importantly, that I expect to be taken seriously?
I mean, my avatar is some sort of mutated great white shark with a keyboard, fer chrissakes!
Its the Internet, already-I dont take it seriously; I view almost everything I have to say here as a diversion, and so should you-for the record:Im not being serious. I hardly even care-America is on a rocket-powered sled to hell, and its taking the rest of the world with it, and it doesnt matter at all whos in the Oval Office.
In all seriousness, BuSh, Cheney and Rumsfeld arent ever going to be indicted-whether they committed crimes, we can prove they committed crimes, or they continue to commit crimes or not. In all seriousness,if Obama gets elected to the White House (as if!), and the balance of power in the House and Senate goes well over 70% Democratic, and Obama initiates some sort of sweeping investigation into the previous regime, nothing will happen, because the corporate masters whom Obama and BuSh both serve, wont allow it
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At least, thats what I seriously think-I also seriously think that a real LAWYER could make the case for the terrible trios indictment under the statute-itll never happen, though.
I mean, seriously-(emotional sharing, genuine distress mode on) someone recently commented to me that they dont understand how I can reconcile what I do with myself, and how they couldnt.
Frankly, its not easy. I did grow up in the age of duck and cover, and I kind of fell into the work I do in steps-and, to be able to undo you gotta learn how to do, very often, and thats where I am.
I can tell you the best way to guarantee results from a car bomb, tell you how to poison an entire office building full of people, look at the results of a car bomb and forensically determine (or at least help to) the trigger mechanism, type of explosive and country or perhaps even factory of origin. I can disassemble a variety of devices, tell you how to make a WMD (or five!) from a trip to True Value hardware. I can perform all sorts of emergency medical procedures, defuse bombs, operate an accelerator, operate a nuclear power plant,operate a diesel locomotive (dont ask, because I wont tell) tear apart a vintage engine and rebuild it, but I cant even properly post a goddam internet poll, and you think Im being serious?
You want me to be serious? Oookay-My first wife died when I was 33, leaving me to raise two small children to adulthood,My 40 year old sister died, right before this past New Years,after a short illness. My job requires a lot of travel, and I developed a blood clot in my leg driving back and forth while my sister was sick. Im raising my teenage nephews, now-after raising my own kids into adulthood and getting a taste of child-free life. I've had nothing but stressful and dangerous jobs for my entire career-my job currently causes me an inordinate amount of stress, not only because of its content, the constant threat it poses to my life, the constant threat it poses to other peoples lives, the fact that on a regular basis Im required to make decisions that might lead to a colleagues death or injury-or, at least make decision like that during drills, which is even worse-but it causes me stress because of the stupid, stupid people at the head of the organization, starting with the current administration and going back through the Clinton administration to the first Bush administration-every one filled with bureaucratic know-nothing, corporate dunderheads.
Whew!-that's serious, and I'm sorry for boring you with it.
All of this-including this post, this very one you're reading now-is not meant to be taken seriously. Its a diversion. Sure, Ill tell the truth, as I see it, and sure, Ill expect some serious discussion from time to time, but its a diversion, and not meant to be much more than that, most of the time.
I mean, Indict BuSh? Ive met the man more than once-seems nice enough, but I dont take HIM that seriously-he cant even pronounce nuclear.:lol:'
A wise woman once gave me some advice about all of this "Internets" (that's a BuShism, for those of you who don't know)-she said not to take it seriously. TwinFist, I'm genuinely glad for youn that you're teaching in your own dojo-that's serious. Don't take this seriously. It's just chatter. Chat away, then go play with your kids, vote, go to work, go grocery shopping-live in a bunker and horde food like I do, even.....:lol:
Oh, and go ahead an post your responses, and vote in the poll, and I'll respond, etc., etc., etc., but try to remember that I don't take any of this seriously, for the most part, and don't think that you should, either.....
