Grand Theft Auto - Are You Kidding Me?

Once again, people are REALLY looking at things the wrong way. Yesterday I went off on the state of Missouri for their back-asswards thinking about strip clubs. Now, I've about had it up to my eyeballs with all the news about the "cup of coffee" mod in Grand Theft Auto SA. Ok, so the premise of the game is to kill as many people as you can... cops, bystanders, bad guys, good guys, prostitutes... whoever and whatever you want. Kill em all. Show as much blood as possible. Lets make it as insanely graphically violent as we can. Now, some hackers found hidden code in the game that allows for you to go to a "girlfriends" house and get invited in for a "cup of coffee" (although, we all know that's not what happens!)

I've seen this mod. I've never "played" the mod (don't even have the game) but I have seen a clip of it. First off, the woman goes down on the computer generated guy (does NOT look real) and he still has his jeans on. No unzipping, no actual schlong... just a computer chick with what looks like hairy armpits moving her head up and down over a computer guy with jeans on. She's naked... but it's computer graphics! Then, now, I admit, the next gets a LITTLE graphic... they move to the bedroom. You have the ability to "change positions" and set the rythm/beat of the fucking. Again, the guy still has jeans on and the only "nudity" (computer generated!) is the girls tits. So, you have a guy with jeans on basically (what looks like) dry humping a chick. Your excitement level goes up or down based on how well you keep the rythm. Then, the finish. It just got faster and louder and that's about it. Then it stopped, the guy got up and walked out.

So, people are pissed off about this. Afraid kids are going to see it... download the mod and play it. I tell you what... if a kid that is too young to see this is even playing this game... there are issues and I bet that kid has seen ALOT worse than this. My kids have not and will not see or play GTA - SA. The fact that there are some kids out there who HAVE, really makes me wonder what the fuck these parents are thinking. I mean, you can load up a game with as much violence as humanly possible, but throw a little sex in there and by God, it's Anarchy! What the fuck?! So these people create the complete hypocritical double-standard of "protecting" our children from SEX, but, eh, no big deal on the violence thing. I'm not sure about the rest of the normal, civilized world, but I TRY to protect my kids from both for the most part.

Well, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. The people that made GTA are screwed. They should have known they could get away with showing gratuitous amounts of violence... but allow a HINT of sex into the game (that, by the way, most people can't/don't know how to access) and all hell will break loose.

END OF RANT!

Rules Rules Rules

Ok, so I was recently informed that the state of Missouri (right next door) is proposing a law that would basically shut the strip clubs down.

Now, let me preface this by stating that I am happily married and very, very rarely visit any type of strip-club. The last one I went to was for a bachelor party a few months ago and before that it had probably been 3 years since I'd been to one. Really, not a big deal to me. I mean, I've seen tits before. Big ones, little ones, doesn't matter. I've seen naked women before... watch any R rated movie... naked women. Strip clubs are basically a damn good way to waste $100 (or more, depending on your mood). So, I choose not to go. But, it's my choice. There are those, and before I got married, I was one of those, that choose to frequent these places. Hey, they've got the money, the time and the desire. The women working there are also making the choice... they decide to work there. Nobody twists their nipples until they give in and dance. Most strippers, at least the one's I've met, enjoy what they do and they enjoy the money they make even more.

So, to the main subject here. The state of Missouri is ?trying/has? to pass a law that would do the following things: Make all strip clubs close by 10:00 pm or 11:00 pm (I've heard conflicting reports), all dancers must be separated from the general public by a barrier of some sort (i've heard anything from glass walls to a simple rail), and all "private" dances would require the dancer to remain 10 FEET away from the patron getting the dance. Ok, so who in their right mind would go to a strip club with these rules? I mean, rent a porn movie and you'll see (and feel, I'm sure) lots more than you'd get at a strip club with these laws. Well, I'm guessing nobody would go to the strip bars anymore. And, I think that is probably the intent of the lawmakers. Take away the fun from the "sinners" and they shall repent.

Here's my question... What the FUCK are the people of Missouri paying for? So, say I live in Missouri (which I don't, thank God). I'm a hard working guy, support my family, make decent money, pay my taxes (like I have a choice). My kid's schools are going to hell and drugs are rampant in the neighborhoods. The highways are HORRIBLE (ever driven on I-70 in Missouri?). Police forces are severely understaffed, prisons are overcrowded. Teachers are in high demand, but there are few to be had. Basically, we're all just barely getting by. And my friggin state government is working their asses off... to get rid of STRIP CLUBS.

Why you may ask... Because visiting these places is a SIN. That's right. It's a sin. Nevermind the fact that rape, murder, drugs and numerous other things that plague our cities, states... entire country... are sins. What the good people of Missouri have to worry the MOST about are those damn strip clubs.

Now, I'm a 32 year old man. I can make the decision to join the military and die for my country. I can make the decision to drive my car 100 mph and hope I don't get caught. I can make the decision to drink, do drugs, have illicit sex, rape, murder... but I can't make the decision to go spend $100 and see some naked women dance. THAT must be controlled!

Now, maybe they think that strip clubs are "havens" for drugs and sex. I say they are "havens" for a guy to get away for a bit, drink a couple beers, see some boobs and go home. The MAJORITY of men that go to strip clubs do not go there looking for drugs or sex (although most probably wish they could GET sex from some of those girls). But, the state of Missouri feels they must regulate these places! Nip it in the bud! Stop the sinners!

So, the taxpayers are paying their government to waste their hard-earned money on regulating HOW a man can keep himself entertained and HOW he gets to see his boobs. Porn movies will be in high demand in Missouri I'm sure. And, I bet the folks over here in Kansas that run strip clubs and probably the kansas government is jumping for joy at the idiots in Missouri. Just think of all those men in KCMO that are going to be coming to the Kansas side for their stripper fix. Bachelor parties? Go to Kansas! We can actually DRINK at the strip clubs in Kansas! We can actually stay out past 10:00 pm at the strip clubs in Kansas! We can actually get a LAP DANCE... not some weird 10 foot away from me dance... in KANSAS!

I'm so glad I don't live in Missouri. If the Kansas government tried to do something moronic like this, I'd probably have to write my congressman... or protest and move somewhere that they don't try to tell me, a law abiding, tax paying citizen, how to live.

END OF RANT!

Un-Freaking-Believable

I just finished typing a nice long rant about the freakiest of freaks, Michael Jackson. So, I finish it up, feeling good about what I typed, clicked on the "Publish Post" link and ... ERROR. Page couldn't be displayed. So, I clicked on the back button... everything I had just written was gone. DAMMIT! No, my rant is changed to pseudo rant because all of the good thoughts I had were already typed and out of my system! No way I can recreate the brilliance that was that rant! So, long rant short... here's the gist... MJ wants to move to Berlin. That's right, he feels he's being treated "POORLY" back home in the good 'ol USA. Ya think? I mean, can you imagine? MJ being treated poorly? HE IS A CHILD MOLESTOR! Fuck yes he is being treated poorly! He's a goddamn freak! He has CHILDREN sleep in his bed. The only children that have EVER slept in my bed are my own and that's only when they are sick or scared and their mom is in bed with us. It's just not appropriate. So, he wants to go to Berlin. Who knows, maybe the folks in Berlin are more tolerant of man-freaks that molest children. But, I seriously doubt it. So, good luck Berlin. But, I guarantee this same shit is going to happen. He's going to get new "friends" and these new "friends" are going to be stupid jack-off bitches that have no business being a parent and they are going to leave their kids with MJ. Then, some German family is going to be suing his ass. I just HOPE the German courts execute the bastard when he does get caught with his hand down some kids pants.

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A Decision

I've decided that there's so many fucked up things in the world, I need to rant once a day to feel better about it all. So, I'm going to find some stupid, fucked up thing and go off on. So... here goes.

"LONDON (Reuters) - The word "fail" should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase "deferred success" to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed. Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) argue that telling pupils they have failed can put them off learning for life. A spokesman for the group said it wanted to avoid labeling children. "We recognize that children do not necessarily achieve success first time," he said. "But I recognize that we can't just strike a word from the dictionary," he said. The PAT said it would debate the proposal at a conference next week."

Ok. What the fuck? First, they say there is no winning and losing in kids sports. Then, they start making kids wear helmets while riding bicycles. Now, kids no longer "fail"? How the fuck is that going to help anything? It's the same principle as the no winning or losing thing. So basically, when a kid grows up after being treated like this his/her whole life, they aren't going to know what the world is really like. I mean, seriously, when I was younger, my pee-wee league baseball team LOST games! We were pissed about that. I hated losing. So, we wanted to get better. And we did. As we got older, we actually improved and won quite a few games. My daughter was playing tee-ball a couple years ago. They got beat badly. I mean, it was ugly. It wasn't even close. One of those kids games that was just painful to watch. After the game, she came up to me said, "Did you see? We tied them." I was shocked. I looked her straight in the eye and told her, "No, hon, you didn't. I'm not sure who told you that, but you lost. It wasn't even close." She looked a little surprised, but it sure didn't demoralize her. It didn't bother her at all. I just told her to keep playing and keep trying and they might win the next one. She just said, "OK", with a smile on her face.

Ok, so back to the not failing in school thing. We're going to teach our children that failing doesn't exist. So, when they get to high school and FAIL, it won't really be failing. When they go to college and FAIL, eh, not really failing. They are just "deferring their success to a later date". WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? NO! YOU FAILED! DEAL WITH IT DAMMIT! I friggin failed out of college. I FAILED. I didn't fucking defer my success. I was a lazy asshole that didn't think I needed college! And people want to TEACH our kids this is ok?! Damn, I made a mistake on my own. I grew up quick when I was broke and eating Ramen fucking Noodles for dinner every night. Now, people want to encourage our kids that they simply can't fail. My god, this world is in some serious trouble. From here on out, I am being brutally honest with my kids. If they suck at something, I'm telling them they suck. I'll tell them they can certainly keep trying and work on improving, but I'm not going to tell my 7 year old she's good at softball anymore... she's not! She's horrible! That doesn't mean she never will be... but if someone doesn't start telling our kids that they actually need to WORK to be good at something, we'll have a world full of spoiled, not good at anything people trying to run the show. And that isn't going to happen to my kids.

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The First!

Ahhh... my first post. Never expect anyone to read this, but hey, that's ok. It's for my own benefit really. I release if you will. A place to vent.

So... vent. Hmmm... What to vent about? My job? Well, it sucks. But, it pays the bills and the people are nice. I'm bored with what I do, but really so many people are. My life? No complaints. I love my wife. I have two step-kids that I adore and love to death. The wife got pregnant but lost it, so that sucks. But, mostly life is good. My family? I have the best family in the world. Mom and Dad, two brothers and a sister. All of us actually get along... I guess in today's day and age, that makes us dysfunctional. My health? Well, it could be better. I get these damn headaches and they are really pissing me off. No known cause from what the doctor says... cluster headaches he calls them. I call bullshit. My guess is he just didn't want to take the time to find out if there was really something wrong. I did have a CT scan, but it showed normal. I have a brain! Also, I don't pee so well. That fuckin sucks let me tell ya. Ever had to piss real bad and you just can't? Then, a little comes out and you think "thank god, here it goes" but then it stops? Went to the doctor about that too but I literally never heard back from him about it and it was never suggested that I try to find out anything else. I've put on weight and I'm not real happy with that... 235 lbs now. A bit big for a guy that's 6'2". But, the married life and little real physical activity will do that to a person.

Well, crap, I guess I don't have much to vent about. Shit. Ah well, maybe I'll think of something tomorrow.