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Stupid is a Pre-Existing Condition: Whatever Happened to Suffering Real Consequences?

~Whew~…whatta day. I’m out for the night everyone. See you tomorrow.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 8:08 pm

Well, real face, real name….I have had enough of hiding behind anonymity.
Thanks for the review. Glad you took a look. Yes, Blind is mine. Frankly, I thought that particular piece was a bit contrived, but I’m glad you saw the potential there.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 8:07 pm

I am?

Ok, …well…I feel very elderly….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 7:46 pm

LOL!…Oh boy…

Oh my damaged ego…..LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 7:45 pm

LOL….too funny!..

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 6:04 pm

Holy crap, …I posted that link to my poetry and everybody evaporated here! OMG,..they hate it and don’t know what to say!…LIE, LIE!….LMAO~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

Oh I hate when that happens! I have a history in IT and work with both PCs and Macs, so I know what you went through.
As long as you still have the photos on your phone it should be really easy to just plug ’em back into BookSmart, right?

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:54 pm

Yes, that text is difficult to read on that black background. Definitely don’t strain your eyes! But thank you for going anyway.
Blurb is a great resource for publishing one or just a few copies at a good price. Did my studio book there as well.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:34 pm

Great people here. I think I’ll stay awhile..~smile~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:15 pm

Thanks for the pep talk, lady.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:09 pm

Boy, we DO seem to drag out the threads in here, huh? LOL~

I wanted to share something with all of you that I did as a collaborative effort with another artist. We are both members of OvationTV (I don’t know who gets this channel, but it’s an artist community channel on cable)…and anyway, they asked if John, the other artist, would provide some of his works for me to write interpretive poetry for. He did. I did. And if you have the time, please read it over. It’s best if you open the FULL SCREEN option and flip through our new book. It’s only 14 pages and you don’t have to buy anything. I make nothing from it so don’t feel obligated. I just thought I’d share and see what you all thought of my work. Lie if you must….LOL.
I feel like it is some of my best work in poetry. I know, I know…but just this once…

http://www.blurb.com/books/1012658

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 5:05 pm

I can say with absolute certainty that I am at the bottom. This will be the lowest point in my life. I’m middle aged, but I feel I have a lot to bring to the world. Hell, I may even lead the revolution, who knows? I feel I can be strong again…I know I have the strength to pull myself back up…I just have to find that one opportunity…that one…open door. Right now I am lost.
I was booted from the church so I have no support there and would rather live on the streets I think than to have them watch me squirm. But that’s just me.
I believe I am a good man. I believe I have worth on some level. I certainly don’t think I deserve to be thrown away. And I won’t stop blogging and posting until they turn off the internet here. And until my voice fades away here online…I have to keep trying to find that opportunity. I know it’s sad, but my online friends ARE my ONLY friends. I have to keep believing…it’s all I have.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:54 pm

Hey, do me a personal favor, okay?
Write a book set in the not so distant future where a real patriot gets a shot at redemption and recovers from horrible odds to find his true meaning, purpose and path in life. A great income would help as well. LOL~
(no seriously….I believe in Karma)…LOL

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:37 pm

Oooh…I went a little, “tiger” there…when I said ‘sexy’, I, of course, meant ‘attractive’….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:33 pm

Yeah, well…my wife decided to quit that job. Not sure I’ll ever recover from the loss. Hold onto that relationship, Kalima. Love is the only thing on earth or in our lives that matters at all.
I’ve learned that the hardest way…

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:24 pm

Kalima,

It’s funny you say that. I am an Aries so Mars does play a huge role in men, especially me. Yes, many men ARE weak…we are after all, visual creatures where women are intellectual creatures. I often wonder why we all get along SO well all things considered. Men were built to hunt and protect. Women were created for maternity, compassion and nation building…LOL~

To men, an act of infidelity is a conquest of sorts. It IS easy for a man to consider it ‘nothing’, whereas a woman takes the issue much more to heart. Very few species of animals on earth practice monogamy. I sometimes think humans should just have a revolving door policy for relationships….well…maybe they do already…
Yet, I…for reasons I haven’t figured out yet, prefer the company of another human being. I care about feelings and compassion and sharing. Many men do not. It’s a sad, but all too real weakness.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 4:04 pm

Thank you, Lady. You’re a wise woman with a considerate and compassionate soul. I may be ‘rare’ but you, my friend, are even more rare for certain.
Happy to count you amongst my favorite posters. I happen to think being intelligent and compassionate is a helluva’ sexy combo….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:56 pm

Well versed and written, Lady.
I, too, grew up in a similar community. Working class, but mixed and we all watched out for one another. Friday night beer and sausage parties, fireworks until the cops came, and neighbors that WERE your parent if your parent wasn’t around for some reason. And if you screwed up, you knew your folks would find out, so it was best to confess right away…LOL They were also the same people that watched over me the night my mom had her 1st heart attack and I couldn’t go in the ambulance so a neighbor had to watch me. There wasn’t a question or second thought…tight knit community.

We are all so…disconnected anymore. Distracted, displeased, and disloyal, too. Or is it that this is the new world coming and we, older folks, are just the grannies and gramps that shout at kids to get outta’ our yards? I wonder sometimes whether time has passed US by and the new, cold, impersonal society is the way of tomorrow. I certainly hope not.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

Right. Well I did understand what you were getting at.
And I have to say that it irks me to no end to see the media outlets and others simply label these killers as insane or mentally imbalanced, etc and then that’s that. We as a nation never hear the story behind the actions and I think if we did we would all have a little more compassion. Don’t get me wrong, I am not condoning or validating what they’ve done, I just think there is probably a lot of people that THINK about doing what these people did and never act on it or talk to anyone about it. Just sayin’…

And I have referenced the French Revolt many times. And it wasn’t THAT big a of a mob at first either! I just think that Libs simply will not fight…and that disappoints me. I can tell you the Right will organize and fight ’till their ALL dead…even for the wrong reasons! If we ever did start a fight, I have the sneaking suspicion that it would end up the Right fighting the Left and not simply for the…right.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 3:02 pm

Boy, ya’ know…There was time when I would have cringed at violent behavior towards these people. And I am not a person of pent up rage and violence. I just think it needs to be said that there is a growing number of people just getting fed up with not being heard or being discounted out of hand if they are heard by world leaders and the like.
There is a growing dis-ease especially in this country that I fear is going to reach a tipping point, maybe even in our lifetime.
I do not want violence. I just want my America back and many have learned that even voting (our only and greatest power) is subject to hijacking. A part of me wonders what, short of a revolution, is going to straighten this whole mess out.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:27 pm

Yeah, I remember that Paine Stewart thing….barely. Oh god yes, men can be catty! See when you have ‘knowledge’ of another’s transgressions, it sort of elevates you to keeper of the secret and fellow manly-man. Also makes you instantly more pious and ‘better than him’ sort of thing…cause golly, YOU’D never (admit) do that sort of behavior! But like a pack of dogs when one is hurt, they just attack the wounded dog. SOMEBODY has to be Alpha dog!

Oh,and I am not a sports guy, but I think the Chargers Bolt is a lightening (charge) kinda reference.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:10 pm

Okay, okay…If men can call older women that stalk younger guys Cougars and Pumas..

…then it’s now only fair and appropriate to call all older men that prey on younger women…

….TIGERS……!!!!

You heard it here 1st ! Coined and owned by ME…..LMAO~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 2:02 pm

With regards to the Tiger…thing.

I am and have been saddened for years over the glorification of ‘Gladiators’ (athletes) and other celebrity figures that are treated like royalty and paid even more. We venerate these people, tell our kids to emulate them and then wait for the train-wreck. Firstly, there is a massive amount of people that wouldn’t EVER have even thought about golf in any way, had Tiger not come along. I mean, it’s golf, ferchrissakes~ (all my life I thought an ‘athlete’ was a player that actually broke a sweat in their sport…golf, NASCAR, beer pong…NOT SPORTS) Haha~ sorry…..

Anyway, my point is this: When you make $100million a year JUST in endorsements…I think you’re going to be OK when your consequences demand you lose $40million of your income. (sickeningly unfathomable) Tiger isn’t upset that’s he’s losing sponsors (ooops, Accenture just dropped him, too) it’s that he got CAUGHT breaking his wedding vows and now feels like a heel. I feel bad for his kid that will grow up reliving its father’s fall from the top, over and over again. That’s not a contract you can renew.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 1:18 pm

Holy Crap, Berlusconi just got popped in the face by an attacker! Talk about consequences!..LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 1:07 pm

Right boomer…I even got a “You have been officially ex-communicated” letter after my divorce. Nice people.

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 10:42 am

In our society, so many are feeling so underpaid, under valued, under pressure, under educated and over worked, over burdened, over our heads in debt and far too many more are using religion to justify our own insecurities that morals are just an echo of the past.
Boomer, what you said about Sunday chicken dinner? Similar story here,…my father once called me arrogant and ambitious, because of the way I sitting in a CHAIR! I had proper posture and he thought it was arrogant….Wow. And yes, Oddly, I have always had issues with authority. I am a renegade. In the 80s I was painfully non-conformist and much of my personality has been eroded and molded into what society tells me is ‘proper’. I am still a boat rocker to this day,..just not so much as I probably need to be.
I once told my father that even though I was a pious, malcontent, I still led a more ethical life than most Catholics that we knew. I have been an outcast since. Now I am the last living member of my family and literally when I die, the family name ends with me.
Not really a last laugh as it is a very non-conformist place to be…LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 13, 2009 @ 10:21 am

Friday Music Thread – Your Early Faves

Sorry about the delay in responding, Hope….Having a …rough time today. Miss my girls and just got a letter that I will be losing my health insurance as of 01-01-10.
They really know how to kick people when they’re done don’t they? LOL

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 12, 2009 @ 7:44 pm

Ahhhh, …well then you too know the misery equation. Wife has left me after 13 years to ‘find’ herself. She was the breadwinner because she wanted me to be home with the girls so they knew their dad better than my wife and I did. (irony) I had a small home business…had to close it due to the economy. Lost 86% of my 401k savings when the market tanked. Wife has moved out, this house is for sale and when it sells I will be homeless. (we MIGHT break even) I have a couple grand to start a new life over at 41. Can’t find work to save my life. Literally. I am the last living member of my family and have moved so often I have no lifelong friends for support. So, I too, understand the perfect storm. Any single people out there ANYWHERE that will let me couchsurf? LOL~ Or at least park in their driveway so I can sleep in my truck and not be robbed?

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 12, 2009 @ 7:42 pm

Always pleased to meet new friends….Love this song…No, didn’t write it, but feel it is an anthem to my life right now. Very bad things afoot for me I’m afraid….

“..hell says ‘hello’…
it’s time for me to go…
It’s been the worst day since yesterday….”

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 12, 2009 @ 11:44 am

Ahhh…makes me think ‘o the pipes, me bonnie lass and a heather glen, my dear!…

Thanks to you!.

You’d never know I was Irish at all….LOL~

» Posted By TheRarestPatriot On December 11, 2009 @ 7:10 pm