3490icq w/A
she is upsetting me with her ignorant political blather. ICQ just
wnet down with an error message. I am wondering if I should just
leave it down.
evile: tgif. finally. I really needed a 3 day weekend..even though
this one is looking to be crazy-busy.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: they've already got some evacuated kids starting school at
RRISD. that was quick.
SkyeDS: they drove Fritz yesterday completely loose inside the trailer
evile: wow.
SkyeDS: no shipping boots, no shipping blankets, no shipping anything
SkyeDS: I haul without shipping equipment and with t he girls untied
because I KNOW they can handle it safely
SkyeDS: two horses in a two horse trailer have nowhere to go
SkyeDS: one horse ricocheting around loose in a 4 horse trailer by
himself on the other hand...
evile: poor thing.
SkyeDS: he's going home to a 60' pen with no shade and no grass.
SkyeDS: she's going to put up a tarp.
SkyeDS: like he's going to stand under that without being tied, right.
evile: that sucks. I've heard/read that you need 2 acres for every 1
horse. Maybe less if you feed instead of letting them graze, but
STILL.
SkyeDS: exactly. and he's a stallion, and he's going to be kept near
mares.
SkyeDS: mares with foals, which is worse.
SkyeDS: actually, if the grass is good like ours and with the right
fencing and rotation, it works out to 2 acres for the first horse and
1 acre for every other horse after that, but still.
evile: *nod*
evile: I have *so* much to do at home. I really dont want to be at
work.
evile: I need to start some laundry, do dishes, vacuum, and then I
need to go thru stuff and find anything to raffle at the rennie
gathering on Saturday night,plus make a run for gumbo fixin's,
hurricane mix, etc. *sigh*
evile: on top of that, we are VERY caught up at work, and my
coworkers will not shut up about New Orleans, and they are making me
sick with
their insensitive and ignorant comments.
SkyeDS: nods :( hugs
evile: really, they are discussing it with as much excitement as they
talked about American Idol and Survivor and the season finale of
Buffy...it's all fucking ENTERTAINMENT to them.
SkyeDS: http://www.chboa.com/dixie.html
evile: I'm about all full of sad now; can't take too much more. :(
evile: it's like...just when you think people cant' be any more
filthy and disgusting, something happens to drag your opinion to a
new low. *sigh*
SkyeDS: and of course they're playing the race card
SkyeDS: Act of God, but "women and minorities hardest hit"
SkyeDS: jesus h fucking christ
SkyeDS: if God ended the planet tomorrow the media would be saying,
planet dies today, women and minorities hardest hit
SkyeDS: and then the media says, you can't blame them for looting
(I'm not talking food and water), raping, and shooting at rescuers
SkyeDS: because they're poor and/or black
SkyeDS: what has being poor and/or black got to do with looting,
raping and murder of those trying to save your ass/
evile: the majority of the population in NO is black & poor,
therefore the majority of people doing *anything* is goin to be black
& poor.
SkyeDS: and just where do you intend to take the 50"+ plasma screen
tvs anyway I want to know?
evile: hope they drown with 'em.
SkyeDS: exactly.
SkyeDS: hurricanes don't give a damn about race.
SkyeDS: and I get so fucking sick and tired of the race card.
SkyeDS: just as much as I do the "chillun/chirren" card.
evile: yup
SkyeDS: a small handful of republicans already want Shrub's blood
over illegals
SkyeDS: if Salon can prove what they allege about LA money getting
diverted for Iraq
evile: our entire political system is rotten.
SkyeDS: we just may have impeachment, boyz n girlz
evile: If we killed all the politicians from everyone above 'mayor'
and started over, maybe we'd be able to get a better bunch in place.
As it is, we'll just be replacing roaches with rats.
SkyeDS: indeed
evile: heard an audio recording of the mayor of NO in a radio
interview. He sounds so exhausted, angry, and frustrated...but he's
out there doing stuff. Giuliani did the same during 9/11. Good men.
SkyeDS: he's already fingerpointing, my guess is he goes after Bush
SkyeDS: who even if he didn't provably divert funds diverted national
guard to go to Iraq
evile: well, Bush needed to be impeached, long ago, before it got to
this. But...if his PR handlers and speechwriters spun this right, it
could be a great opportunity for him.
SkyeDS: 911 would have been a great opportunity for him adn he fucked
that up royally
SkyeDS: if he had wanted to go after Saddam, a nd for that matter 8
other ME leaders, he should have done it the week after 911
SkyeDS: the rest of the world and the rest of the country wouldn't
have said squat
SkyeDS: and he wouldn't have wasted political capital a nd then
gotten us involved in another Viet Nam
SkyeDS: something else he should have done is rescind Carter's "No
political assassinations" EO
SkyeDS: sent a small specialized force in
SkyeDS: and either taken Saddam out that way, or at least found where
he was and bombed strategically
SkyeDS: and then done that to about 7 other leaders
SkyeDS: but NO.
SkyeDS: and while we're on the subject, why is Saudi Arabia not on t
he shitlist we should have but don't
evile: I dunno. I'm not in charge of nothin.
SkyeDS: if you stood Bush right in front of Clinton you could take
them both out with one bullet (for treason)
evile: eh, bush is just a tool. killing him woudln't change anything.
evile: Our executive director just sent out email looking for
volunteers to take UI claims in Houston & surrounding areas for LA
and MS evacuees.
SkyeDS: if I had a Honda Insight I could get to work on one gallon of
gas.
evile: definitely something to think about
evile: that was wierd. I got disconnected. :(
SkyeDS: wb
evile: I guess we'll see if I stay back now...that was odd.
evile: I think if they still need extra hands on Monday, I'll see
about going out there. But it's all computers and paper, I don't see
why we'd need to be physically THERE.
SkyeDS: Monday is a national holiday isn't it?
SkyeDS: or does that matter
evile: no, he was asking for volunteers to leave for Houston at 4:30
today & work thru the weekend.
evile: Bless Nova's naive little heart.
SkyeDS: ?
evile: she posted this in her LJ earlier. Don reposted it in his, he
thinks it's brilliant.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/scrith/58509.html
evile: tavalon's response was harsh, but pretty dead-on, I'm afraid.
SkyeDS: we haven't had laissez faire in decades maybe centuries
SkyeDS: however, usually market forces work, eventually
SkyeDS: people are whining but they aren't buying more fuel efficient
cars and they drove more this summer than ever before
SkyeDS: (now, I understand SUV sales are slowly falling)
SkyeDS: in Europe they have less takehome pay than we do, because of
confiscatory taxes, but they afford 6/7$ gal gas
SkyeDS: this is because their cars get 50 mpg
SkyeDS: they take buses/rail (which is more reliable, because their
cities are denser, among other things)
SkyeDS: and they walk/ride bikes
evile: yup.
SkyeDS: gas may eventually hit that here and force us to change our
ways
SkyeDS: I'm not espousing this, but one way to bring that about
quicker would certainly be to have a fed gas tax of $3 or so
evile: the good news is biodiesel is now price competitive with
regular diesel
SkyeDS: put that money in an energy only lockbox
SkyeDS: I'm hoping the cost of diesel vehicles goes down in two years
because I want a full ton diesel I can run on biodiesel to haul with
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: I have a reason to have a diesel/run biodisel
SkyeDS: most people don't have any reason/need for SUVs/minivans
evile: yup
SkyeDS: my ranger is paid for and fuel efficient for a little truck
that's 10 years old
SkyeDS: when I have to replace it, it will be with either a hybrid or
the most fuel efficient gas engine I can find
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: this country ran just fine for more than 100 years on
consumption taxes and no income taxes
SkyeDS: I would rather pay $3 per gallon of gas in taxes than
continue to pay income taxes
evile: novel idea. make people pay for what the y use.
SkyeDS: very novel. Hasn't been tried since, oh...they wrote the
Constitution...
SkyeDS: (actually...1913/14 = birth of federal income tax)
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: and if it weren't for fucked up public schools for fucked up
children of fucked up parents my property taxes wouldn't be so high
if necessary at all
evile: yup
evile: dammit. Launchcast is not working anymore and now I have to
listen to my coworkers ignorant babble without a buffer.
SkyeDS: :( hugs
evile: at least now they're mostly talking about whether or not to
volunteer to go to houston & area to take DUA claims.
evile: I am going to try rebooting.
SkyeDS: k
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evile: that seems to have done the trick. if this stupid thing gives
me any more hassles today,I'm going home!
SkyeDS: nods
SkyeDS: I don't understand why respond to a bad situation with rape
and by shooting at rescuers.
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: Mom has Stuart, Skippy, Skippy's mom, Skippy's grandparents,
a nd Skippy's friend w/ 8 yo child staying with her and Dad.
SkyeDS: I hope that doesn't last for very long or someone will end up
killing someone else.
SkyeDS: particularly if Stuart insists on smoking in t he house
evile: yup
SkyeDS: this is a good case in point for private gun ownership
SkyeDS: living proof that "outlawing guns means only outlaws have
them"
evile: eh, if you took away guns, they'd just hit each other with
rocks and stab each other with pointy sticks.
SkyeDS: that's true
SkyeDS: but in an emergency I'd rather protect my family with a gun
evile: yup
SkyeDS: the bad guys have guns
SkyeDS: take them away from the good guys and then we're facing guns
with rocks and pointy sticks
evile: yup
evile: personally, when the shit hits the fan I want to be one of
the first casualties. I'm sterile so I can't help repopulate, and I'd
rather not die in some unpleasant lingering way or be used as
currency.
SkyeDS: for me it depends on what shit specifically hits the fan
SkyeDS: I want to be the first to go especially if it's nuclear
SkyeDS: I want to be the first to go in any situation wherein I
cannot personally protect my own "children"
evile: a little bit of good news today--my cousin Saylor in Mobile,
AL. had a baby boy, Logan, they are both healthy and doing well.
SkyeDS: :D
evile: I don't think it takes anything away from people for me to be
happy and enjoying my life & my loved ones.
SkyeDS: what good does it do anyone else for us to be miserable?
SkyeDS: I signed us up with USEF to board refugees that have horses
evile: good for you :)
SkyeDS: I don't think they would accept blood from either me or sineater
for medical reasons
evile: *nod* they do ask a lot of questions & I think they disqualify
anyone with more than 1 sexual partner in the past ___ amount of time.
evile: jeez...even if I wanted to , I don't think I could get to the
Voyagers party this saturday...
evile: and noww ith the flames breaking out on the list..probably for
the best.
SkyeDS: flames bout?
evile: *nod* jadey got emotional on the list and even though one of
the mods said 'hey, this isn't the proper forum for this', replies
are starting to come in.
evile: I love jadey, she's one of the sweetest, most open-hearted
people I've ever met. She's one of those 'everybody's mom' kind of
people, she'd give you anything or do anything for you...but she
definitely gets emotional.
SkyeDS: I suppose I could go look for myself couldn't I
SkyeDS: does it start with "for shame"?
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: Bush mobilized FEMA two days before landfall so I am
wondering where teh disconnect is myself
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: the Army Corp of Engineers is disputing that the money went
to Iraq, they're saying they just didn't want to spend it
SkyeDS: .... I don't know why she would have posted that in
Voyagers...
SkyeDS: nobody said a word
evile: I know. she just got emotional and let her fingers get ahead
of her brain.
evile: the voyagers list is annoying enough with all the "Mr Sir Lord
Dommly Dom" asking for directions to the party which have been posted
at least 3 fricken times already
evile: I'm sorry, but if you dont' have enough common sense to search
group message archives, I am NOT trusting you to tie me up or light
me on fire. duh.
SkyeDS: LOL
evile: either theyr'e stupid, lazy or spoiled, and none of the 3
appeal.
SkyeDS: ya know, I'm no big fan of the SHrub, I did not vote for the
Shrub, and I wouldn't argue against impeachment of the Shrub
SkyeDS: but he did not cause the hurricane
SkyeDS: and he did mobilize FEMA two days before it hit
evile: *nod*
SkyeDS: just bugs me that rabid people don't bother to let little
facts get in their way
evile: yeah
evile: well, I'm pretty much done.
*hugs* have a good weekend.
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