Nuggets In The Scree

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

39 cent protection?

I was paying bills this afternoon and happened to glance at the corner of the envelope where one would normally afix a stamp. In the little box, it said, and I quote: "For your protection please place stamp here."

Huh?

For my protection? Are the terrorists trying to sabotage my mail now to? And will a 39 cent picture of an ear of corn really stop them? Will these people stop at nothing in their hatred of my freedom?

More likely, is this another face in the growing trend to use fear in marketing, whether the marketing is for the evening news, a newer car, or a domestic spying program. "What's really happening in the produce aisle of your local grocery? Find out tonight at 6!"

What a crock of shit. You know as well as I do that driving to fast, eating double Mc-cheese burgers with a jumbo sized Coke, smoking Camel Lights, and driving the half mile to the store rather than walking or riding a bike, these are the things that will make you sick and kill you.

So, to the people who are wire tapping, engaging in survallienace, or mining and logging the data, thank you very much for your efforts, but please piss off and let me take care of myself.

PS is anyone else as pissed off as me that the guy who should be testifying to a congressional investigating committee about the illegal wire tapping and spying on innocent citizens is instead being confirmed as the head of the CIA? Am I taking crazy pills or has the rest of the country fallen asleep?

1 Comments:

Blogger Tred said...

You definitely must be taking crazy pills. Afterall, you called yourself a stud, "a slightly drunk stud, but a stud nonetheless." HEHHE

I put a link to your blog in my links page with your mugshot, Jared. I may have uploaded the links page after you looked at my site. Thanks for checking out my website.

Where are you living nowadays? Is the house rebuilt yet? I hope they put a (better/more efficient) heater in there so you won't have to worry so much about the gas costs...

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