methodicalneuropathy

I wanted to just take a little time out of my busy schedule to give a shout-out to the real heroes in this country. All the 18 and 19 year old kids who bravely stood up and signed on the dotted line in hopes of either avoiding eating Ramen noodles for the rest of their existence, or maybe the folks who wanted at least someone to look up to them after living in their mommy’s basement until their mid 20′s, and playing X Box all day.

These folks are our true heroes! The same people who selflessly turn themselves over to their government so that they can be used accordingly to uphold our liberty and freedom, and liberate the people under the rule of an oppressive regime.

You know, I believe whole-heartedly in saying what you really feel. And without beating around the bush, my opinion has always been that you are not automatically a fucking hero if you sign on the dotted line to become a “GI” (which stands for “Government Issue”). You are not a fucking hero simply because you’re in the military. You don’t earn that fucking card that way. Don’t get me wrong, if you just happen to be in the military and you rescue a baby from a house fire, or if you save your friend from the middle of a gun fight, then you’re a hero.

I’m tired of this fucking hero worship in this country, and rightfully so. These cocksuckers on corporate news are always telling you what you should be feeling, and who you should admire. Well for one, support our troops (unless they’re a couple of faggots, then we’ll just do the whole don’t-ask-don’t-tell thing), and don’t forget 9/11. Don’t ever forget 9/11, they wouldn’t let you anyway.

The whole “support our troops” and this kind of hero worship is a way to get you to well up with pride in the same way when they talk about patriotism, freedom, justice and the “American Way”. Guess what folks, there is no fucking freedom, and Oscar Wilde said “patriotism is the virtue of the vicious”. And vicious it is. When was the last time our military has actually had to “defend” anything? The civil war? Before that? The revolutionary war? The issue here is that war is a very profitable industry, and when war makes that kind of money, you’re going to see a lot more of it. The fucking “troops” are one of the many cocks they cram down your throat to try to legitimize why we as a nation should support our military killing tens of thousands of people on a regular basis. And don’t forget all the oil and natural resources our country’s government and corporations have raped from Iraq. Also don’t forget, our government has actually made money from the Opium and heroin trade for a very long time. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Afghanistan now supplies well over 90% of the entire world’s heroin since the US invasion.

Aside from all that shit, you’re not a hero if you are simply in the military. I personally wouldn’t have any more respect for you if you were in the military. Frankly, it isn’t a respectable choice (we haven’t had a draft for a very long time). You’re basically choosing to kill people for blood money. You’re not liberating shit. Fuck, we’re not even free over here, what makes you think you’re going to do any good. But it’s not about that is it? It’s about making Call of Duty: Modern Warfare a reality for many of these cocksuckers. Don’t forget Abu Ghraib and the torture of all those “brown” people. Remember kids, it’s okay if it’s some “sand niggers” and not some nice Christian white suburban people:

So make sure to support the troops. And if you’re not in the military already, make sure to make the appointment to go meet the recruiter. That’s what your Jesus would have wanted.

Until next time…

Sometimes I like to throw a little nerd shit in with my constant bitching about stupid bullshit. And since I tend to be a nerdy fuck when it comes to computers and the like, I thought I would comment on some recent technology-related happenings.

First off, for you folks who have PS3s and was pissed because the Xbox 360 was getting all the Netflix streaming action, worry no more (by the way, I have an Xbox 360, so this affects me not)! I know I’m a little late on the draw because I actually read this on CNET like last week, but yes, PS3 owners will soon have access to the entire Netflix streaming catalog. It will be rough at first though. Whereas the Xbox has the Netflix streaming feature built into its firmware, PS3 will require you to insert a disc every time in order to stream movies and TV shows. It also uses the same Blu-ray function that the movies use to pull extras from the Internet. So for now, it might be a little choppy. The bright side is, you will only have to deal with that until around Fall/Winter of next year as they plan on updating the PS3′s firmware to accommodate (hey, there’s some talk that they might even make Netflix work for the Wii!).

The second thing I wanted to mention is Geocities. On October 26th (and again, I know I’m a little late on the draw here) Yahoo closed Geocities, the popular free website host, after 15 years in operation. I never had a Geocities account, but I still see the importance as it was a little part of Internet history before the dot com boom and “Web 2.0″. It was around basically before industry was big on the Internet. Until next time kids!