Syn's Life

Holidays & All It's Dysfunction Is Coming!

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:37:00 +0000

The holidays are upon us. With my family, dysfunction is the "norm" but during the holidays, it reigns supreme. This year is going to be no exception I'll bet. In fact, I'm pretty darn sure of it. Ahhh...I stay somewhat insulated from it a state away as much as possible but at times, you just can't avoid it.

Do you struggle with dysfunction and major family tension during the holidays?

Dear Santa: Up for Adoption

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:53:00 +0000

Well, it's been almost a year and I'm still waiting...for somebody to adopt me! Santa is getting ready to hit the sled with the reindeers again soon so I thought I'd put my letter to Santa out there again and hope he reads it at the North Pole.

Read my "adoption wish list" to Santa Claus here.

Santa Needs to Get Rich...

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:09:00 +0000

For my 7 year old daughter:

Isn't it adorable? Her teacher told me all she talks about in school is horses (she talks about them, writes about them, etc.).

For my 9 year old:

For my 3 year old (yeah, I know but daddy promised it to her because she's always trying to beat up her 9yo brother trying to take his away to play):

I think she'd do better with a Leapster (more her age) but we do have all the E rated games already for the Nintendos, lol.

Mrs. Claus is dreaming. This crap is too dang expensive! How did everything get to expensive?

My Other Blogs

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:04:00 +0000

Did you know I have a couple of other blogs?

I have Stepfamily Sanctuary (stepfamily support and stepfamily/stepmom woes) and Cowgirl Up (our life with horses, pictures, etc.). Check them out!

I have an adult blog too but I'm not posting that link here, lol. No way, no how.

Who's Going To See Twilight Friday?

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:47:00 +0000

I know my oldest wants to go see it on Friday, but we usually wait for movies to come out on video (you know how expensive it is to take six people to the movies)? I wouldn't mind seeing this one though at the theatre. The books were really good and the hoopla over it was enough to get my 11 year old to want to read the zillion pages in the first of four books (ok, not a zillion but several hundred).

So who is going to see Bella and Edward in Twilight next weekend (besides every teenager out there, lol)?

If the Big Three Automakers Get A Bailout...

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:31:00 +0000

...then I believe we should be able to refinance BOTH of our Chrysler vehicles at 0% interest instead of what we are paying in interest now. After all, it'd be our tax dollars bailing them out.

What Has The Internet Taught You?

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:04:00 +0000

The Internet can be a very educational place. It contains such a wealth of information on any subject you can imagine from ball lock pins to high-flying jets to the Statue of Liberty to islands on the other side of the world and beyond.

It can also be a place with inaccurate information that makes the rounds to the more cruel 'not so nice' people you meet in chat rooms and forums all the way to the disgusting predators. It's definitely a place to use your head where it concerns your own safety and children's safety

My 11 year old daughter has been using it more this year for school projects but the computer is in our living room and I am right there with her so I can see what she is checking out at all times. If you have kids, I don't think there is any other way to allow them to have Internet access...it's not safe for them to have unsupervised access in my opinion. There are too many creeps online just waiting for me to turn my back like that!

It's taught me that the world is definitely bigger than our own little homes in our neighborhoods but it has also reminded me to be cautious with safety. The Internet holds so much positive information but for every positive, there is a negative so supervise your children please.

Another Sunday Funny...Priest & Boy

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:56:00 +0000

A little boy got on the bus, sat next to a man reading a book, and noticed he had his collar on backwards. The little boy asked why he wore his collar backwards. The man, who was a priest, said, "I am a Father."

The little boy replied, "My Daddy doesn't wear his collar like that."

The priest looked up from his book and answered, ''I am the Father of many."

The boy said, ''My Dad has 4 boys, 4 girls and two grandchildren and he doesn't wear his collar that way!"

The priest, getting impatient, said, "I am the Father of hundreds" and went back to reading his book.

The little boy sat quietly thinking for a while, then leaned over and said, ''Maybe you should wear a condom and put your pants on backwards instead of your collar."

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While I'm posting jokes, here's another:

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago,but I don't know where I am."

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."

She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

Wedding Vow Renewals Put Off Again

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:49:00 +0000

My husband and I keep intending to renew our wedding vows but something always seems to come up. Hubby even bought me the ring to renew them. We meant to do it at our ten year anniversary but DH was getting laid off and then we were moving. Now we're coming up on our 13th anniversary in December. I want my mountains, woods, a dress, and a type of "handfasting" ceremony but redesigned a bit to be a vow renewal instead with a party afterward.

No plans yet to renew them since this year it's been house rehab (updating kitchen, new roof, new furnace, new flooring upstairs, new hot water tank). Next year it will be more house redecorating (lots of painting, new trim inside, new front door, one bedroom remodeled for our youngest girls and hopefully a heat pump so we can have some air conditioning next summer). It doesn't look like we'll be sending out any wedding invitations soon. Perhaps for our 15th wedding anniversary? We shall see.

Male & Female Differences

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:36:00 +0000

Eight Words with Two Meanings

THINGY (thing-ee) n.

Female .... Any part under a car's hood.

Male.... The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.

Female ... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.

Male.... Playing football without a cup.

COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.

Female... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.

Male... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.

COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n.

Female... A desire to get married and raise a family.

Male.... Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.

ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.

Female.... A good movie, concert, play or book.

Male..... Anything that can be done while drinking beer.

FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.

Female... An embarrassing byproduct of indigestion.

Male... A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding.

MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.

Female... The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve

Male... Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it.

REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.

Female... A device for changing from one TV channel to another.

Male... A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes.

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He said ... I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it.

She said ... You wear pants don't you?

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He said ... Shall we try swapping positions tonight?

She said...That's a good idea - you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and fart!

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He said ... What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?

She said ...Turn sideways and look in the mirror!

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He said ... Why don't women blink during foreplay?

She said ... They don't have time

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She said...Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and Good-looking?

He said...They already have boyfriends.

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She said...What do you call a women who knows where her husband is every night?

He said...A widow.

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He said...Why are married women heavier than single women?

She said...Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.

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Rodent Mass Murder

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:50:00 +0000

I knew we had a mouse downstairs (I heard him last night by my bed so he's awfully damn close at the moment). DH has had a trap downstairs but in the other room. Guess he'll be moving that one to our bedroom closet later. This little one isn't the subject of this post.

Yesterday I opened up my brand new kitchen sink cabinet and what do I see? Mouse droppings. IN MY BRAND NEW CABINET! One running around downstairs was an irritant but one in MY cabinets - - well, that just ticked me off. I waited a long time for these cabinets and I don't want a mouse walking around in it or leaving his mess behind! Guess he (or they?) came in around the pipes. DH put a trap in there last night and it wasn't an hour later when he heard it go off. Dead mouse. The first mouse I ever had any role in killing in my life. It's one of those new traps that is like a disk so you don't have to see the dead mouse. Do I feel bad about it? Maybe a twinge...but that's it. This is what we used and it worked quickly:

I sure didn't want to see a dead mouse (or my kids to see that). They'd be really upset so these worked great.

I also heard one (or more?) in the wall between our garage and house yesterday evening...just a scratching away. Our big shepard mutt was scared of the noise...the big chicken. DH set a live trap right by that wall in our garage. It'll hold several of them at a time so we're hoping to catch a few in that and then dump them out back in the wood at the back of the property (maybe give a snake a meal before they hibernate for the winter if the snake is lucky).

I never wanted to kill any of them before but there are too many of them trying to get into my house with winter coming. I think it's time to get the poison and put it in a place in the garage where my kids will never come in contact with it but the mice will. It's time to resort to rodent mass murder. *sigh* These things aren't as innocent as Mickey Mouse and I don't want families of them running around INSIDE my house. I even slept with the television on last night for a little bit of light because that mouse was right next to my bed somewhere. *shiver*

May Send Our Doctor to the Exit Sign and Find a New One

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:50:00 +0000

Well, my trip to the doctor for my back left me with a diagnosis I don't believe and a paper of exercises to do. My doc thought my back pain was caused by a Rhomboid strain/spasm and she said it'd last 1-2 weeks. I looked up that back muscle online and I don't think that is it. Hubby rubbed a medicine into it last night that'd warm up to ease the pain but it put me into more pain - not the medicine itself but the rubbing. It hurts to rub like that. Hubby said he could tell that area was inflamed compared to the other (pain-free) side of my back. So, hubby looked up that area in his own anatomy book and he thinks its my something or other lumborum and that I should find a new doctor to see on Monday.

I am not happy with our current doctor. Besides the fact that her offices are like a maze and I can never find the exit sign, she has never diagnosed anything 100%...she more or less guesses with what she thinks it is most likely to be. Hubby went through months of steroid shots in his knee based on one of her diagnosises, without relief, and ended up diagnosing himself and doing some simple stretches to ease the pain in his knee. Problem is there aren't a whole lot of doctors in this area to choose from.

The back pain is a little better so it is improving...just not fast enough. I still end up writhing in pain after running errands or a few household chores. It's been two weeks. If it's not gone in a few days, I'll have to find another doctor.

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Increases Risk of Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:19:00 +0000

Oh great, just what I wanted to hear since I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (and hypothyroidism).

A recent study in the Journal for Scientific Research is showing an increased risk of of developing thyroid cancer if you have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, which is confirming other studies done that have indicated this.

The article I read is here.

Twilight Series - Read Them All! Now it's my daughter's turn.

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:33:00 +0000

I finished the fourth book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4), in less than 24 hours. I sat up until 3:00 a.m. the other night reading this! It was, in my opinion, the best out of the four books in the series (though they were all good...this one was just the best, in my bookworm opinion).

My oldest daughter had parent-teacher conferences last night and her four teachers that I met with all raved about what a great kid she was, good grades, etc. They gushed so much it was almost too much, lol. She was really embarrassed but also loved hearing it all. Anyway, she REALLY wanted to start reading this Twilight book series and her school had the book fair going on that night for parent-teacher conferences so...yes, I bought Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) for her from the book fair (would've been cheaper - like half the price - to buy it from Amazon but it's a tradition to buy the kids books at the book fair at Parent-Teacher conferences for good grades). I checked mine out of the library, lol. For her good grades (all A's), she deserved the book so we bought it (my other three kids also received books as gifts for their good reports as well).

Today my daughter had a 'reading marathon' at school so she started on her Twilight saga herself today...like so many other pre-teens/teens around the United States (and their parents too).

Of course, now she wants to see the movie when it comes out next weekend and get the poster because she thinks Edward the Vampire is "so cute" :)

Author Contacted Me!

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:12:00 +0000

Last week, I mentioned a book I was reading (Night Kill by Ann Littlewood) in one of my posts. The book had mentioned a dog breed that gives birth by c-section which sent me on a hunt online to find out which breed this was. I'd had no idea!

Anyway, the author left me a comment on my blog on that post. I was very surprised to say the least and, of course, had to brag to dh that his bookworm wife was just left a comment on her blog by an author. He was suitably impressed as he should be.

If you get a chance to pick up her book, you should check it out. It's a murder mystery that involves the zoo so if you like mysteries and big cats (as I do), you'll like this book. Here's Ms. Littlewood's web site and blog.

Hubby Never Listens To Me

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:07:00 +0000

...and I am usually right 95% of the time!!!

We have a mouse in our house. It's been here for four days now that we know of. I went out and bought some traps and DH set them up where he saw him (in our living room). Well, he hasn't seen the mouse the last two nights so I said to him last night, "It's probably back in the kids' rooms". Oh no, it wouldn't have gone in there he says. Why the hell not (I am thinking)? I didn't say anything. Testosterone knows all.

I just went into my daughter's room to get her purple pants ('cause she wanted purple, lol) and what do I see? The dang mouse scurrying under a bed! I almost had to grab a pair of pants for myself because I almost wet myself!

Do I have "STUPID" tattooed across my forehead? Nope, not me. Didn't I say this was where the mouse went? Yup. Did he listen? Nope.

This happens with so many things...usually house related (he's not Bob Vila, or even Tim the Tool-Man Taylor so I don't know why he thinks I could never be right when I usually am). You'd think after a few times of being wrong, he'd listen to me once in awhile.

Off To The Doctors

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:38:00 +0000

Well, after more than a week of back pain, I am hauling my butt to the doctors this afternoon. I don't know what I did to my back as I've never felt anything like this before.

I've had pain in the middle of my back, to the right of my spine, in an area about the size of a softball. Standing up was difficult...felt like my back was too weak to hold me up and it burned. I had to sit a certain way, with my back supported but not directly on "that spot" because the pressure was too much. There was so much pressure in that area (which has lessened in the last day thankfully). Sometimes it hurt so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin.

When I could finally get somebody to rub my back (boy I was NOT a happy mother or wife this past week and hubby is feeling the heat right now for it and I am threatening MOM STRIKE - I've already gone on WIFE STRIKE!), my oldest daughter rubbed it for me. Come to find out, I couldn't tolerate the rubbing. It hurt too much to put any pressure on that spot in my back. (See, if hubby had just TRIED, he'd have found quickly that he could have gotten out of it.) It was not a good week around here.

If I filled the dishwasher, I was in pain. If I did a load of laundry, I was in pain. Sweep the floor? Pain. Dress a toddler. Pain. Kids' baths. Pain. WTH was going on with me? The only thing that helped was not to do a dang thing, which is impossible around here with four kids...which goes back to my WIFE and MOM STRIKE comments above...grrr!!! So, I filled dishwashers, did laundry, attended teacher conferences, etc. and tried to be a lazy bones around whatever was a "necessity" that had to be done around here.

Women really are the stronger sex. Men get a cold and they go to bed for days. Women go thru pregnancy, childbirth and illnesses and still go on (though it'd be nice for a little dang help now and then - - MEN!).

A couple weeks ago I had unexplained pelvic pain whenever I moved and now I have back pain whenever I move. What the hell is going on with me? This can't be aging...not yet. I hope not anyway...unless the alternative is worse and then I'll just go with the getting old bit.

OK, I'm done ranting. I'll get my back fixed hopefully this afternoon and then consider some type of wifely/mommy revenge on my family for being SOOOOO helpful.

Top Xmas Gifts for 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:14:00 +0000

I was wondering what the top xmas gifts were for 2008 and then said "DUH, look it up!!" So I did. Here are the top gifts for 2008:

I am a HUGE reader and have heard a lot about this one:

My kids are asking for this one:

One of my girls had this one (all the fun drawing without the mess):

This is the first I've seen this one:

Now this one is really cute and also expresses emotion (just a tad bit beyond our budget, lol):

I got one of these for a survey I did for a great company recently. It's pretty cool:

I can never get these back to its original form when I play with them:

I saw this one get a good review on tv the other day:

It also comes in blue: Fisher-Price Kid-Tough Waterproof Digital Camera Blue

We bought one version of Guitar Heros last year (I think 2 but I don't remember now). Here's another:

My son's personal favorite:

Of course, we'd have to get the PS2 version (I think it's coming available soon but the kids would love this one with their guitar AND drums).

Santa Lists All Over The Place

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:35:00 +0000

My kids have wasted no time in making out their santa lists...actually quite a few of them. Is it Christmas already? But, but, splutter, splutter...I don't want to see xmas stuff in the stores yet!!!

My kids' lists include video games, Dora, horses, and everything they see on every toy commercial that the advertisers are already advertising. Those advertisers know exactly what they are doing to us poor parents.

I remember one year we bought our son a rc helicopter. That little thing was hilarious flying around the house. My husband kept flying it above my head while I sat on the couch. He thought he was cute. Come to think of it, he played with it more than our son did.

So, what's the "must have" toy for this season? I remember searching every toy store for months for those Furby toys for my stepkids (which I will never do that again...all that time spent looking for kids to get bored with it not long after getting it). I remember the big Elmo craze a few years ago. So what is it this year? I haven't heard yet.

Separation of Church & State

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0000

I am angry at my children's school. I believe they have violated the doctrine for the separation of church and state. They've teetered on doing so a few times that I've seen in the last few years and because this town is SO heavily Mennonite/religious, dry town, etc., everybody thinks it is OK to do so I guess. Up until now, it has bothered me but I have kept quiet about it because they've teetered but didn't jump over the line. Notice I said "until now" though.

The school (elementary and middle school) handed out pamphlets for a basketball and cheerleading program to all of its students. The pamphlet says it is offered through a Church but a lot of churches host activities that aren't necessarily religious for the community so I didn't think a whole lot about it. Then this pamphlet was also handed out to the kids at basketball practice at the school last week in the event they didn't make the team played at the schools, that this "great program" was an option for them so I looked further into it and contacted the League Director of the program to find out if this was purely sports related or if there were any religious elements to the basketball and cheerleading program. I was interested in enrolling my son and two daughters into their basketball (son and oldest daughter) and cheerleading (middle daughter) program if it wasn't religion-based.

Here is the response I received via email back from the League Director:

"During the practices, the coaches will stop and give a short devotion that has been prepared and written by *removed for privacy*. Every where in the USA that *removed for privacy* is taking place, they will be doing the same devotion. They will get a scripture learning card each week as well."

Why is the public school handing out pamphlets for a born again christian church activity to students? In my opinion, this violates the separation of church and state and seriously ticks me off. All the tottering they do with Halloween every year I overlooked even though it irritated me and my kids missed out on the fun of Halloween parades through classrooms that other schools in the area do (Halloween is "evil" didn't you know? *sigh* Halloween is one of this heathen's favorite times!). This thing with the pamphlets at the church I don't think I can overlook and am considering how exactly to approach the Superintendent or Principals.

I did respond back to the email from the church:

"Thank you for the information. While I want my daughter to play basketball, we don't attend/practice a church of God church and are not comfortable with practice devotions or weekly learning cards."

I believe this is a violation. What do you think?

Should you breed dogs who can't give birth naturally?

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:35:00 +0000

I'm reading a book right now (Night Kill by Ann Littlewood) that mentioned something I'd never heard of before - that some breeders are breeding dogs who can only give birth via c-section. I had no idea! It's actually a murder mystery type of book but this one little snippet caught my attention. I was interested enough that I looked it up online to see what breed this was.

Apparently, most French Bulldogs (most, not all, and most other Bully breeds) can't give birth naturally because of the size of their pups heads and the narrowness of the mother's pelvic area. There is a bit of a controversy surrounding this that I'd never heard of...some people believe these dogs shouldn't be bred because of this.

What do you think? Should dogs who need human intervention to birth safely be bred?

Here's more information: article 1 & article 2

I didn't need to learn this fact, lol, since obtaining a bulldog has never been a passion of mine though after reading what great dogs they are, I wouldn't turn one of the big-headed 'so ugly they are cute' dogs away if it showed up on my doorstep. I wouldn't pay the high fees to get one from a breeder though. Besides being I'm broke, lol, three dogs are enough!

Halloween Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:54:00 +0000

My monkeys for Halloween:

All of Them Together

Double Trouble (she liked the half angel/half devil angle...hope that isn't what her teenage years will be like)

Cleopatra (she refused the black wig, lol)

Barbie (her skirt had fiber optics in it that would light up when she'd press the button at her waist...she loved it).

Punk Rocker - Anarchy Dude! Rock on! Can't see the blue in his hair:(

Stand Behind President

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:42:00 +0000

The election is over. It is supposed to be time for all Americans to stand behind who was elected from what I am hearing from television reporters (coming from those who had nothing but hate for Bush...go figure). I am hearing a lot of fear this morning on the news over Barack Obama and am wondering how well some Americans are going to be able to "stand behind" and "unite" behind him?

For me personally, I don't feel that I can stand behind a man that I don't trust to have Americans' best interests at heart. The politics aside, his connections to a terrorist and hate-spewing racist alone give me more than enough pause to stop me from doing so. While I watched him win on the news, my immediate feeling was deep dread and of not wanting to be in the U.S. over the next four years (transferring to Japan isn't sounding so bad right now). (Just kidding big sister...I won't actually leave the country:)

So I am left with trying to figure out where I stand on this and the gut feeling that electing him was a mistake. I don't stand behind Barack Obama right now. I can't predict the future but from everything I have seen so far of him, it isn't in me to do so. He has to prove himself to me.

Being American, this is my choice to do so.

Now that the election is done and over, it's time to lighten up on the politics on here. However, I do tend to get riled up so don't be surprised if once in awhile, my fingers do the talking for what my mouth can't say and be heard.

Here's a funny for the day.

White Suppression?

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:59:00 +0000

Can word of white people suppressing black people be spoken and mean anything anymore or is it an excuse? There is what appears to be a black man who is going to be running this country in 77 days so you know what (ignore the fact that he is ARAB-American)? There are no more excuses! Those who don't help themselves but complain don't have anymore excuses for not pursuing education, for speaking gutter, for not working, for fathering half dozen children with half dozen women and not paying a dime to provide for them or parent them then bleeding the welfare system or for being a woman who allows herself to have half a dozen children with half a dozen fathers, for filling the prisons...and pull your dang pants up while you're at it! Wearing pants down low enough that you show more than "plumber butt" while you hold them up by holding onto your crotch is just plain stupid! Do white people suppress black people or do black people suppress themselves?

For the sake of this post, I'll pretend I believe Barack Obama is black, like the rest of you want to believe. Assuming this, you have a BLACK man who is educated and will be running the country. If you can't work hard to become educated and pull yourself out of whatever circumstances you find yourself in then you have nobody to blame but yourself, certainly not white people.

Maybe not politically correct but whatever.

I don't like Oprah but here's a snippet of Bill Cosby speaking:

More Bill Cosby:

I was fired from a job once because I was "too pale"...too pale. Opposite of some with being too dark? Guess what? I didn't take that crap and I got my job back. It's about educating yourself, working hard, and doing the right thing. I've had employers attempt to use me because I was (then) a young female who attracted men...they wanted me to rep the male Chrysler customers for them because of my looks. They told me this outright (did they think I was "just a female" and would accept that?). Did I take that? Hell no I didn't. Nobody can pimp me out unless I allow them to. I didn't. I have more pride in myself than that.

So I really don't want to hear anymore about white suppressing black. If a person suppresses themself, then it is their own damn fault. Educate yourself, have some morals, quit using color as an excuse and parent properly. If you don't, you have no right to complain (just like if you don't vote, you have no right to complain about who is in office at the time). There's a "black" (Arab-American really but I'll pretend with the rest of you for this post) man that was just elected President. Now what are you going to use as an excuse?

I Voted

noreply@blogger.com (Syn) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:18:00 +0000

I cast my vote this morning. I even have the sticker to prove it, lol.