Archie Kobain

True.  I haven’t actively watched the news (read newspapers or visited news websites), just for the sake of news itself, since June 2008, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t know what’s going on.  I just refuse to have my thinking influenced by the mainstream media giants.

Trust me – I’m good.

Discussed to Death?
There are many who say this is being taken out of context, and there are many who I’m sure are purposely taking it out of context, but here is the bulk of the context so that you can make up your own mind…

Damn.  It cut off right before he told us who built the Internet. Al Gore, right?
But seriously, how scary is it that this guy is our president?

So, let me get this straight…
If you have a business and you worked hard at getting it to where it is today, you didn’t build that because – there are lots of hard working people out there.  Does that about sum it up?

I have to say, I hate when people call this guy a socialist.  That’s just a very strong word used to get people all excited and up in arms.  However, this entire speech is exemplary of the typical Democratic Party socialistic way of thinking.   Apparently, like The Borg, the collective is responsible for the accomplishments of all individuals.  I guess the collective must then also be responsible for the failures of all individual.  Yes?

So, for example, if you’re a meth addicted junkie – you didn’t build that.  A whole bunch of other people made you a meth addicted junkie.  I bet that’s a load off your mind.

What Obama fails to understand is that…  Business Leaders Build Things.  Business Leaders build businesses.  Business Leaders employ people and put money to work.  They generate the tax revenues, which feed the government, so that they can build roads, etc., etc.  It’s not the other way around.

I guess Steve Jobs didn’t build Apple.  It just built itself.  Gates, Zuckerberg – they didn’t build anything.  Is it any wonder that there is such a lack of leadership coming from Washington when the President of the United States doesn’t think that the leader is responsible for building the organization?

Ooh, you’ve gone sketchin’ too many times…
Ooh, why don’t you give it a rest?
Why must you find…
Another reason to cry?

It’s so funny…  This yo-yo ran for office saying that he understood that small businesses needed money and affordable loans in order to grow and make payroll.  Remember that?

Two things…  1. Typically, banks do not allow you to use loans to pay payroll.  Don’t believe me? Ask your business banker.  Obama doesn’t know this.  Goes to show how disconnected he is from small business.  2. I must have heard Obama say this a half-dozen times.  “Small businesses need money to grow.”  Then, since getting elected, it has NEVER been harder for small businesses to get a bank loan.  Banks are only loaning money to people who don’t need it.  Every business owner I know, and I know plenty, are financing their businesses with borrowed cash from family, friends and their IRAs and 401Ks.

Yes. They are taking money from IRAs and paying taxes & penalties or borrowing against their 401Ks and derailing their retirement funds, in order to stay in business and/or finance the growth of their business.  Thank you Washington.  You guys are really helping small businesses, aren’t you?

I need waffle fries in front of me…
That’s right.  I’m going to talk about Chick-Fil-A.

Here’s the deal.  I don’t have a problem with anyone being gay.  I have plenty of gay friends who are awesome.  I don’t have a problem with same sex marriages.  Hell, we the heterosexual have been struggling with the challenges of marriage for hundreds of years.  You want some of that – go for it.  The thing is that, I’m not very religious…but there are plenty of religious people out there who believe that marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman.  And guess what, we allow freedom of religion in this country.  We also allow freedom of speech.  So, personally, I think the CEO of Chick-fil-A should be able to say whatever he wants – just like me and you.

Obviously, if you are gay or otherwise support same sex marriages, you, and/or your flavor of religion, must allow it.  That’s cool with me.  So, the guy from Chick-fil-A… His religious beliefs don’t allow it.  That’s cool with me too.  Hey…  Celebrate Diversity.  Always.  Not just when it supports your cause.

Also, this guy shouldn’t have to watch what he says.  I’ve always thought that Political Correctness infringes on my freedom of speech.  People should be able to say whatever they want – we have that right.  You want to protest or boycott Chick-fil-A?  OK.  That’s cool too.  Isn’t America great?

But really, seriously…  I’ve read gay propaganda saying that Chick-fil-A is funneling money to hate groups.  Really…  hate groups?  So now, if a group of people are opposed to same sex marriages, they’re a hate group?  Of course, my first thought is that the Republican Party is, more or less, a hate group… Yes/no? …they are!

And you know, the Republicans as a people of certain political and religious beliefs are always being publicly attacked by…who?  The Democrats.  Hmmm… Sounds like another hate group.

I’m tired of it.  I’m tired of the bullshit.  I’m tired of living in this safe but fictitious world that we call America, where it’s always “us” against “them”.  It’s time to grow a pair.  OK, maybe not the lesbians.  Sorry.  My bad, as they say – but seriously, everyone else.

In protest of all the bullshit, while other are boycotting Chick-fil-A, I am going to eat there for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday this week.  And actually, I’m very happy that so many people are boycotting them.  Now the line at lunchtime only wraps three-quarters of the way around the building instead of all the way around.  Yeay!

In continuation of my protest, today’s musical guest is Tim Hawkins.
That’s right.  Singer of the Chick-fil-A song.  Enjoy…

And finally, as further protest against bullshit,
I was going to make this the redhead of the week…

Yeah, I don’t know.
I thought it looked like a redheaded Chick-fil-A chicken doing the chicken dance.

But then I decided that it was not the redhead of the week because someone sent me this…

Now that’s a redhead of the week.

OK, where are we?
Did that…
Did that…

OK, I guess that’s it for today.
Gotta run.

Remember…  Love – don’t hate.
After all – this site…  I didn’t build this.  Ask Obama.

See ya.  Wouldn’t wanna be ya.

– Arch