I guess I didn’t build this…
July 27, 2012
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
How is that gay?
June 29, 2012
Welcome back my friends.
This installement of Archie Kobain is brought to you by…
Don Juio 70 – Top Shelf Taken Higher
And by that I mean that I had to have several shots of this fine Vulcan nectar, in order to write this week’s installment. By the way, if you haven’t had Don Julio 70, their Limited Edition 70th Anniversary tequila, you REALLY should. It’s magically delicious. It kicks Lucky Charms’ ass on being magically delicious.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
OK, so… At the risk of being ostracized by the G&L community, as a journalist, I feel that I have the responsibility to report the facts (or fiction) as I see them. Agreed?
So, not too long ago, I’m talking to a friend of mine who got himself into one of those awkward situations that most of us only dream of being in…or not. Somehow, he manages to be find himself at Disney’s EPCOT center, sometime near the end of May or early June during what they call, “Gay Days”. It is important to note that, my friend is not gay.
Nevertheless, there he is and completely unaware of the situation. Also, he is wearing a red shirt, which (apparently) is one of the outward symbols of comradery or general, uh, gayness….supposedly.
Well, next thing you know, he’s at one of the drinking establishments, uh – drinking – most likely at the Rose & Crown in the United Kingdom – and he strikes up a conversation with a couple of good looking ladies. Of course, they were there together. Yes, together like that.
Nevertheless, one of them is trying to pick up my friend. She tells him that she is gay, the other girl is her girl friend, but – get this – she has been thinking of “experimenting”. OK, that’s fine. But she’s hitting on my friend, thinking that he’s gay. That doesn’t even make any sense. If you wanted to experiment, you need a straight guy. Otherwise, you are trying to convert a gay guy, to experiment with – that’s not a very good experiment. That’s like trying to convert ham back into pork because you don’t feel like driving to your local BBQ joint… What???
Anyway…
About this time, my friend has figured out what’s going on. Now he’s trying to convince everyone that he’s not gay…but they aren’t buying this. After all, he’s there, wearing the red shirt, and talking to the lesbians. All the while he’s thinking – and I have to quote him…
“Trying to pickup lesbians, how is that gay?”
There are so many things wrong with that statement.
But at the end of the day, my friend believes that he has discovered a secret society, a subculture of closet heterosexuals within the gay and lesbian community. Think about it.
OK now stop thinking about it.
I’m going to stop before readers turn haters, turn lynch mob on me.
But speaking of people with unclear sexual preferences, if you’ve been with me for a while, you know I love Missy Higgins but I bet you didn’t know this… She had taken a few years off from making music. The articles I’ve read seem to indicate that she was suffering from depression and had even given up on music all together, in spite of her international success. Well, she’s back, and…
Missy Higgins
Our little girl is all grown up…
Missy has a new album locked, loaded and ready to go, “The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle”. It releases in the US on July 17th, with an album launch party at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City. See you there, Missy. Although, maybe I’ll catch you in Nashville or at Red Rocks.
Hey that’s pretty cool.
I called someone Missy, and that was actually her name.
OK, so… Be prepared to be blown away.
I promised not to talk about this song anymore, so I won’t say it, but…
Guess who Missy is touring with? Guess? And guess who she fills in for sometimes?
Did you guess?
<speechless>
Yeah… I’m definitely going to Red Rocks.
And yeah, that was Missy. Is she looking hot or what?
And just so we all agree, this Gotye guy, he’s getting laid a lot, right?
But enough about him and that damned song that I’m not supposed to be talking about. Let’s talk more about Missy. After all, this week’s musical guest is Melissa Morrison Higgins. And talk about hot, check out this video for a song from the upcoming album.
Here is Missy Higgins with Unashamed Desire…
You know, I auditioned for that…
“Hi. I’m here to get confetti out of Missy’s pockets.”
Does anyone else think it’s warm in here? Where’s Barnsley?
[Yelling off stage:] Barnsley! Can you call Homer?
I think something is wrong with the air conditioning. Barnsley?!!!
Well, alrighty then…
I think my work here is done.
I gotta run. Nothing personal. You know how it is.
Someone has to pay the bills around here.
See you next week, when we won’t discuss closet heterosexuals, we will not talk anymore about Gotye, but we might have to discuss strip clubs. A topic we haven’t hit upon in years. Giddy-up.
See ya – wouldn’t wanna be ya…
– Arch
Archie Kobain 