Some people working corporate/administrative positions, which is sometimes the outcome of spending a ahit-ton of time and money on higher education, are rewarded for their mundane working conditions by having paid vacation days, or even - more likely - paid holidays off. Some companies however, especially those run by employers claiming to ‘not be American’ (aka, the expats who have come to the states to capitalize on us Americans) don’t quite apply to our employee-friendly work standards. I happen to work for such people, and find myself the only office worker in the country (it seems) stuck in my office today…July 3rd… prep day for the 4th of July.

Thank god I am not lucky enough to have a house or a yard where, let’s say, I might want to have a super fun outdoor 4th of July BBQ tomorrow and invite all of my friends. That would be a disaster, as - being stuck in the office all day - when would I have the time to plan or shop for my super fun July 4th bash??? The excuse my employers use is that they are ‘not American’. This means I am also stuck on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and I would probably be here Christmas too if the company were open that week. This logic, of them not being ‘American’ and therefore not granting their administrative employees (who’s liasons ALL have the day off, btw) the day off paid, would lead to the assumption that they would then adhere to the work standards of their own country and at least give us THOSE holidays off. Well, sadly, this is not the case.

They are in a very fortunate [for them] position of avoiding giving ANY country’s holidays off, and they have managed to create a world for themselves in the middle. How nice for them. They reap the benefits of their employees’ hard work, while giving absolutely no gratitude or incentive in return.

I’ll have to remember this attitude when I am a money grubbing entrepreneurial employer, wanting to stay at the tippy-top while everyone around me struggles to make a living. Just claim I am from no country
(yes, I can do this too because I have dual citizenship… yup, 2 passports!) and I can make up my own rules and not feel guilty for denying a gift as pathetic as paid holidays off.

I sure can’t wait for Labor Day in the office

Guess they haven’t google’d the meaning of that one yet… Here it is guys..

So resently I’v decided I hate stupid people, and all the stupid things they do. They think that it’s cool to drink and smoke and you have to do that to have fun, but turns out you don’t and it’s not. Wierd how that works cause you would think you’d have to do those things to have fun not! So I think if you wern’t so stupid you mite be cool, but you’re not so yeah. I think people need to realize there’s more to life then just being stupid

Let me start off by saying that I’m a big Country music fan. I prefer the Country Rock to Bluegrass, but I still can enjoy some bluegrass. Country fans are often heard to say that country songs are “songs about me” and that the songs apply to their life.

But there are a few Country songs which are the biggest pile of crap. They are so stupid, I would have though they were supposed to be a hilarious parody like a Weird Al song… without the “Weird Al” and with a heavy pile of “crappy.” Without further ado.

The Three Crappiest Country Songs of 2008

These songs are rated on the order of lyrics/storyline.

1) First on our list:  Do you believe me now? by Jimmy Wayne

Storyline: In the past, the singer tells his girlfriend that he thinks this other guy is trying to hit on her. She doesn’t believe him. But in present time, she is now with this guy that he warned her about… The entire song is about how he was right and she was stupid not to believe him in the first place… wtf. Is that really what you wrote a song about? So the singer is a jerk wad and isn’t good enough for his girl friend, get’s in a fight with her, and she walks out and ends up with this other guy… Good job on being a fortune teller.

2) Don’t think I don’t Think about it by Darius Rucker

The story of yet another dumb ass who walked out on his girl, and now regrets it. How about not being a jerk wad in the first place. Every heard of being a good guy? It’ll keep you from doing dumb ass things.

3) She Never Cried In Front Of Me by Toby Keith

Third dumb ass in a row. This guy says “How was I supposed to know …I was putting her though hell.” wft? Are you serious? You’re married to her. It’s not that hard to tell if you’re being an asshole or a kind guy. Just because someone does complain or cry, doesn’t mean they’re happy.

Summary

Okay, so all of these songs all have stupid guys being jerks and then making up excuses for why they aren’t together and happy again. So dumb. I can’t even listen to the songs. Grow up and take responsibility for your actions. Isn’t that something you’re supposed to learn in high school?

I hope there aren’t a lot of people that “connect” to those songs… but since they were fairly popular, and I’ve seen a good number of people in this world, I’m sure there are. Where is society taking us?

-Ashton

This post is written by Donald and Ashton

We are furious! I can’t believe what just happened. I hate going to the movie theaters because it’s a waste of money. I did see Yes Man, because it looked like an absolutely hilarious movie. It fulfilled it’s promises. The preview was hilarious, and the movie was hilarious.

Watchmen’s Trailer

If you watch the Watchmen trailer, you will think that this movie is an action movie where superheros fight bad guys. Little do you know that you have now seen all of the best action scenes in the entire movie and that was only 3 minutes long. The movie is 2:43  minutes long. That leaves 2 hours 40 minutes of drama, gore and blue penises. (Okay, that’s a little exaggerated; I’d guess more like there was 20 minutes of action and 2 hours 23 minutes of other crap.)

Is Watchmen an Action Movie?

No.

Watchmen looks and claims to be an action movie, but it’s not. You could almost call it a chick flick/porno with a lot of gore.

Watchmen Looked so Good!

The opening scene was awesome. The first 10 minutes was perfectly filmed and had just enough action to keep you entertained with the storyline while they introduced you to the history and current events of the Watchmen’s world.

The few action scenes were great. From what I’ve seen of the comic book, they pretty much stuck to the storyline (at least for the beginning).

Why did Watchmen Suck so Much?

1. I already mentioned how the Watchmen Trailer sucked at communicating what the movie was actually about. Misleading me to thinking it was an action packed awesome movie, where in actual fact it had very little action, and too much drama.
2. BLUE PENISES! I did not need to see so much dick. Put a freaking loincloth on. There must have been at least 5 minutes of solid blue penises. Give me a break.
3. Character building: Why spend an hour building the character of a guy who died in the first scene. Knowing that the Comedian was an asshole was pointless to the storyline. Why don’t you build on Adrian. He’s one of the most important people in the storyline, but you don’t find out anything about him until the last freaking 20 minutes. Show the 3 minutes explaining Rorschach’s mask.
4. Gore: I realize this is a personal preference, but bending someone’s elbow backwards is normally gross enough, you don’t need to pop the bones out and squirt blood, too. I thought there was way too much gore, it was just distracting. I didn’t need
5. Storyline: The storyline was just not fulfilling. They spent way to much time on unimportant aspects of the storyline like Silk Specter’s difficulties loving Dr. Manhattan and how the comedian was an jerk to women.  When they could have put a little more time into so many other things. Why did the prison erupt into a madhouse? What was Adrain’s random animal? What was Rorschach’s mask?
6. I wanted more Action. If the movie descriptions and trailer didn’t say this was an action movie, I would have enjoyed the movie a little more… except for the biggest problem, which I saved for last:
7. Dumbest ending ever: The ending was the stupidest thing since leaving the loincloth in Viet Nam…

**Watchmen SPOILER Alert**

The Ending… To prevent possible Nuclear War, Adrain “the smartest man on the planet” decides to destroy the city of New York with a bomb that looks like Dr. Manhattan. This causes Russia to feel sorry for America’s loss and decides to join up with the US (and the rest of the world) against a common enemy… a blue god without a loincloth.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? That’s like saying the Middle East feels horrible about 9-11 and would like to help us rebuild our towers…

If that doesn’t seem stupid, wait for the punch line: Adrian thinks that this united world will now last forever, and that there will never be war again, because everyone is so afraid of Dr Manhattan…. You know, because nothing ever changes… and after Dr Manhattan leaves, the world will remain united for all eternity, waiting for this indestructible being to come back and kill them.

That’s not all… Dr. Manhattan also “realizes” how ingenious this plan is, and since he can see into the future, he can tell that the world will now forever remain at peace.

The only Watchmen with integrity, Rorschach, will not go along with this stupid plan to “save the world.” Since he is dedicated to honesty, Dr Manhattan kills him… great…

The only twist that I enjoyed in this moview was that Rorchach’s diary successfully made it to the newspapers when they ran out of things to print (because the world is now perfect…).

WHAT A WASTE OF MY LIFE.

That the last time I’m going to see a movie just because the previews look awesome… jerks.

If I can quote Offspring in “Stuff is Messed Up”:

Now thank god for the media, for saving the day
Putting it all into perspective in a responsible way
With more celebrity news
Typical bullshit views
I think we’re losing this fight
Sponsored by Bud Light

Definitely interesting…

And since I’m on it:

Save the Internet

Here’s a couple banner/bumper sticker I came up with to bash on what this country calls presidential candidates. I just put these together tonight.

Enjoy,
Ashton

Click for Larger File.

(Yea, I realize that this applies to practically all politicians (see my previous post), but I didn’t want to leave McCain without a snazzy new slogan.)

This is practically a law of the universe. There are only two kinds of people who want to be politicians in the first place: power-hungry scumbags and good-hearted down-to-earth humans who really want to help people. Unfortunately the latter normally get’s punched in the face and thrown in the gutter by “dirty politics.”

Actually, I’m going to extend that universal law to:

New Law of Nature: Politicians are dirty, lying scumbags until proven Human.

I’ll go ahead and give you an example from both sides of the aisle. Let’s start with one that won’t piss of the Internet:

Here’s some quotes from George W. Bush about his Humble Foreign Policy:

I’m not so sure the role of the United States is to go around the world saying ‘This is the way it’s got to be.’…I think one way for us to end up being viewed as the ugly American is for us to go around the world saying, ‘We do it this way; so should you.’

I want to power people I want to help people help themselves…not have government tell people what to do.

I just don’t think it’s the role of the united states to walk into a country and say ‘We do it this way; So should you’

Samalia: Started off as a humanitarian mission and then changed into a Nation building mission, and that’s where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price, and so I don’t think our troops ought to be used for what’s called Nation Building.

Do you think George W. Bush actually believed that, or just read the index card that was written by analysts to get the most votes… Dirty, Lying Scumbag

Here’s my next target Politician. This is absolutely ridiculous. The Internet is obsessed with Obama, and maybe I’m the only one who hasn’t fallen in love with his smile, but how is it possible that he’s the Democrat Presidential Candidate? He’s got practically the shortest track record possible. How can you beleive what he says? Okay, so he’s been against the war forever. I can belive that.

But what about everything else? As I mentioned in my last “Hate Politicians” post, Barack has a commercial that says:

… Barack Obama and John McCain both make sure we keep our guns…

Let’s see what Barack’s (short) voting record is when it comes to the 2nd amendment and gun-related votes. What? Surprise? He’s voted against the 2nd Amendment 9 out of 10 times? How could that be possible? Even his website says:

PROTECTING GUN RIGHTS
Respect the Second Amendment: Millions of hunters and shooters own and use guns each year. Barack Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an individual right, and he respects the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms. He will protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport, and use guns.

How is that possible? He’s a freaking politician and, you guessed it, a Dirty, Lying Scumbag.

Why do we have to believe in your “CHANGE”? Why can’t you show us first? Oh, right… because the only chage you provide is a different Party name… as if that made a difference. Maybe if Barack had a voting record longer than my forearm, I would waste some more of my life finding lies from Obama. I probably should have spent some time on McCain too, as he is also a 100% Grade-A Quality Politician (as noted above), but I think I’ve made my point.

If I had to make a prediction, I’d have to say Obama takes the crown, and within a year he’ll have broken half of his promises. At the end of his 4 years we’ll still be in Iraq. Let’s see who’s the sheep?

That being said, I’m sick of all these Scumbag politicians (redundant, I know). Why can’t Americans spend a litte more time than watching debates and find someone who is actually a Caring Human who stands by what he says? I know there’s someone out there who says what he/she says because they believe in it; not because it will earn them the most votes. Speaking of which, I think that’s a great segway into Ron Pauls Campaign for Liberty.

I hate Scumbags,
-Ashton

American Political Commercials are 100% ridiculous. They are short-winded, appeal only to emotions and require that the viewer have very little intelligence (or willingness to do some research). Not to mention the ones that are straight out lies.

I live in Montana, a northern state where apparently guns, oil and energy are the only things that matter. I woke up the other day with a Obama commercial that stated (and I quote):

…It’s important to me that our next president protects our second amendment rights to own guns and defend ourselves. Barack Obama and John McCain both make sure we keep our guns…

If you check FactCheck.org (the “non-partisan” political fact-checking website that Obama refers to in his own defense), it says:

Obama has called for national legislation against carrying concealed firearms, and he would revive and make permanent the expired ban on semi-automatic “assault weapons,” for example.

What about that says “keep your guns”? Someone help me out here.

But hey, Obama isn’t the only lying politician (as if I needed to use a descriptive word…)

Here’s a transcription of a “quality” McCain TV Ad:

In crisis, Experience matters. McCain and his congressional allies led. Tought rules on Wall Street, stop CEO rip offs, protect your savings and pensions. Obama and his liberal allies, “Mum on the Market Crisis” because “No one knows what to do.” More Taxes, no leadership - a risk your family can’t afford.

WTF does that mean? How were you tough on Wall Street? Havn’t you been in congress forever before this wall street “failure.” What about CEO rip-offs? Are you going to make this into a communist country and run all of the companies to insure your the only one getting ridiculous rip-offs? WTF?

When did CEO’s and company owners - the same people who’s inventions made America great - become the bad guys. When did one person’s success for hard work and intelligence become such a bad thing? Why is the majority of Americans concentrated on “Getting a Job” from a big corporation when they hate big corporations? Isn’t it these “CEO rip-offs” the ones who are giving you a job and keeping you alive?

The worst part about all this is how much people believe this crap. Do you really think these two Presidential hopefuls aren’t both lying politicians?

Every time either of these schmucks show up in a new demographic, they change (even if only slightly - they do.) Why can’t American politics be about character and not about popularity? It’s really a shame.

I only hope that we can wake up and see what is actually going on…

I Hate American Political Commercials,
Ashton Sanders

I find myself in this predicament time and time again, where I have sent my client an email asking them a series of important questions I need answered in order to create good work for them. My email, which clearly asked multiple questions (defined by a simple QUESTION MARK at the end of it) comes back with only an answer to the first question.

Does anyone read anymore? How about this… don’t answer just one question, and then get tired of typing on your Blackberry®… WAIT until you get to a FULL SIZED KEYBOARD and respond to my email COMPLETELY!!! jerk.