Rants Of A Future Curmudgeon



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Who Falls For This Crap?

I know newspapers are hurting these days, as they have failed to keep up with the technological changes in the world. But are things so bad that mainstream papers have to take advertising dollars from outright scam artists? Are things so desperate for them that the editor can’t reject a fake-Amish-mantle-heater-energy-saving-scam-device-that-is-actually-made-in-China ad?
Here is [...]

The Six Dumbest Reasons to Reproduce

To keep the family name alive. Of all the senseless, vain things to do, you would bring a human life into this world solely to keep your last name in the phone book? Moron.
To have someone take care of you in your old age. This has to be just about the most pathetic excuse [...]

Hunting – The Bigger The Gun, The Smaller The Mind

While in a sports bar recently, I saw an arcade-style video game called “Big Buck Safari.” A young man – naturally wearing boots and a cowboy hat – was pumping the little shotgun and blowing the hell out of whatever “sport” animal appeared: deer, bear, elephant. Points were lost or the game ended [...]

How To Become Our Next President

We live in crazy times indeed.  The most insolvent entity in the history of civilization just whipped out its checkbook and wrote a $700 billion check in an attempt to fix a mess of its own creation.  If the federal government were subject to the same rules that apply to you or me, it would [...]

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My name is John. I have opinions about everything, especially about how to solve world problems. Most of my rants have to do with the runaway stupidity on this planet. If you don't agree with my views, that's OK - it's a free country (kinda). Just don't mistake this site for a democracy!

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