tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post771712783199280280..comments2023-10-28T09:25:39.790-04:00Comments on The Atavist: It must be the crazy season . . .The Atavisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-7079826056260648832007-07-14T22:06:00.000-04:002007-07-14T22:06:00.000-04:00lady g~ -- thanks. I wonder sometimes why people ...lady g~ -- thanks. I wonder sometimes why people with megabucks, like the Hollywood leftists and guys like Bill Gates, don't take a few dollars directly to the individuals who need it, instead of handing it over to governments or agencies to distribute 'aid.' People don't need hand-outs. What they need is the opportunity to help themselves via low-interest loans and training in how to help themselves.<BR/><BR/>Galt: I watched a few minutes of the show but couldn't stomach any more. The U.S. has indeed become a place where everyone is afraid of the lawyers and the courts. Look at that poor couple who was sued for many millions of dollars because they lost a guys pants when they dry-cleaned his suit. Only in America, at least so far.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-53394893975650423652007-07-14T20:15:00.000-04:002007-07-14T20:15:00.000-04:00Sounds like you watched the Fried Earth concert or...Sounds like you watched the Fried Earth concert or went to it, or something.<BR/>I really haven't had much trouble with the bureaucrats, but I don't leave the country that often, and when I fly, I try to find a lady TSA agent to do the luggage inspection, as the same rapor seems to be easy to develop with them as with a counter clerk.<BR/>I have a totally different take on cops than the average libertarian, because I remember the radical leftist 1970s, and how they could hardly break wind without some mulleted, effeminate-voiced sodomite from the ACLU filing a lawsuit on the ape's...I mean "suspect's" behalf and getting TV time to bitch about it in depth (it's incredible what a lawyer with the IQ of a doorknob can make out of next to nothing).<BR/>As a result of a decade of that leftist, socialist tactic, the police here in the States will do nothing but show up after the fact, file a report, and then "file-13" it. The only way you see law enforcement, is if a big shot of the community, or someone else who could make waves is the victim. Since I know what happened to cause this, it seems a natural response.TheWayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074292938877766871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-2930641211937033332007-07-13T21:30:00.000-04:002007-07-13T21:30:00.000-04:00Gotta tell ya, this is a great post. I agree with...Gotta tell ya, this is a great post. I agree with you and phelgmfatale.<BR/><BR/>A friend just told me that,Daniel Radcliffe the young actor from Harry Potter has just signed a $50 million contract to do films 6 & 7. Unbelievable! So much can be done with that kind of money.<BR/><BR/>The, "It's my parents fault cause they beat me", or the, "I had a bad childhood" doesn't cut it. You have a choice to break the chain or continue that path. People need to assume responsibility for what they do and say. Things would be so different if they did. But it's always easier to blame others. That way they can keep complaining and have their pity party too. URGH!!!!Lady G~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09097642669166657986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-58105529589655271162007-07-11T09:18:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:18:00.000-04:00phlegmfatale: It's too bad we can't sit down and ...phlegmfatale: It's too bad we can't sit down and have a beer or a (insert poison of choice) together and swap horror stories about being a landlord or managing residential rentals. Can you top this one: I inspected an apartment in one of our buildings years ago, after receiving complaints from other tenants. The apartment was occupied by a young couple and (I believe) two children and a dog. One of the bedrooms had been set aside as a dog bathroom and there were piles of petrified dog shit everywhere. The couple seemed surprised that I was upset.<BR/><BR/>The business you're in is one in which you get to see the dregs of society, and not just with welfare tenants. Economic status has very little to do with it sometimes. There are just people who have no clue or don't care and they live their lives as if no one else mattered or even existed.<BR/><BR/>We sold all of our buildings back in the late 90's and won't ever be landlords again. There were many good, responsible tenants, but it is the few who spoil the situation for everyone else.<BR/><BR/>I like your term 'crisis fatigue.' That pretty much sums up how I feel sometimes.The Atavisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529157597486952484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931353.post-20133916369111204282007-07-11T09:07:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:07:00.000-04:00You're preaching to the choir.As for the bandwagon...You're preaching to the choir.<BR/><BR/>As for the bandwagon causes of the moment, it's damned tedious and pretentious for celebrities and particularly actors-- people who PRETEND to cry for a living-- to tell us how we ought to be thinking and viewing the world. Their hypocrisy is manifold, and insulting. <BR/><BR/>Also, I'm getting crisis fatigue. Pretty much every day there's some reason our media tell us we need to be terrified and in fear for our lives. They've gotta have some big earth-shaking lead story to get attention and attract viewers/readers, and it's exhausting. Actually, between the bible thumpers and the fear-mongering enviro folks, I'm just disgusted with the whole mess and have vowed just to live my life. If the acid rain and the antichrist come for me, well, so be it.<BR/><BR/>And that bit about personal responsibility - well, you hit the nail on the head. People screw up, and as children and adults in our society, they have been coddled all along, so when you try to hold one accountable, they wine and bitch and act like it is in some way YOUR fault that they screwed up-- that you made it bad because you RECOGNIZED they screwed up. I'm seeing a lot of that in apartment management, and I can't wait to get out of the business.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.com