Madness 2008

A collection of random rants…

Yellow Carded – My Boy plays in an Under 12 soccer league. Yesterday, he got his first yellow card. It wasn’t just his first yellow card…it was the first time I had seen ANY child EVER yellow carded. I don’t think he was the first ever…just the first that I or any of his teammates or anyone associated with his team had ever seen carded. He was just trying to score a goal and playing aggressively, which is what a striker should be doing. Nobody was hurt, nobody was traumatized, or scarred for life…so, I guess this isn’t really a rant. I’m actually pretty proud.

Powerball – I spent Sunday at the Tulsa Zoo with gclark and My Boy. A good time was had by all, perhaps such a good time that for a moment I forgot my damnable luck and decided I needed a few Oklahoma Lottery tickets. Needless to say, I didn’t win jack. I even hurried home today to check my Powerball numbers...as if. I NEVER win anything, ever…it’s just a given at this point. Once I won a “stereo component,” it was a door prize that some radio station was giving away at a concert in Little Rock. Marisa may remember this; we reacted as if it was the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstake. It was right after my divorce and I thought maybe my luck was changing. But…it being a “stereo component,” to get it to actually work would have required an additional investment which I was unwilling to make (which, turns out, was exactly the same as my married luck). So, basically, I’m bitter that I didn’t win the Powerball or at least another scratch card or something. The fact that Arkansas insists on giving all of its gambler’s money to Oklahoma or Missouri or Mississippi or Louisiana schools makes it suck just that much harder.

Chinese Milk – I’m sorry, but when cheap unethical bastards add a chemical to a food product which causes serious illness and gives little babies kidney stones…it’s not “contaminated” milk or “tainted” milk…it’s called poisoned milk. Whether Capitalist or Communist, there’s a special place in hell for people like that.

Bail Out – Close examination of the position we find ourselves in now tells you all you need to know about the leadership we have had for the past several years (you know…just in case you slept through the war, Katrina, etc.). Is it torch and pitchfork time yet?

McCain/Palin – They say that the Republican Party is so successful because they have managed to craft their base from two large sectors of the American public…the extremely wealthy and fabulously stupid. Apparently, this ticket is their ignorich hybrid, designed to maximize their appeal with both groups. Throw in the racists and I’m afraid they have once again got a winning formula. I’m scared…and not at all proud of what we are becoming.

Prove me wrong, America!