Saving the United States of America

That's right Saving America.

I don't see a war or terrorism taking over America. I see an industrial buy-out.
Here is some history to my frustration.
I was recently looking into buying a used vehicle, because new is not in the budget. Some friends asked me what are you going to buy? I said Chevy, I am a pretty loyal Chevy owner. And even talking NASCAR with friends and Gibbs going to Toyota next year. Our Automakers, what were once the BIG THREE, are all struggling, and I know that they own some or most of the credit themselves for their situation. I am first bringing up the auto industry, because the company I work for is in the supply chain.

Being somewhat of a hypocrit, I work for a foreign owned company, but a guy has to live, right? At the same time I am not quitting or asking anyone else to quit. I like my job, but it is not the career of my dreams either.

Another instance is China, making products at ridiculously low costs. They haven't affected us too much since we can receive an order and ship it to the customer faster than they can float it here, and in automotive timing is high on the priority list.

Now to get to my point.
Each and everyday we as American need to consider the long term effects of us constantly buying foreign products. Even when there is a equal quality product made right here in the United States. Which is a good arguement with automotive, I think.

Everyone has seen the email about; I got up by my alarm clock made in Taiwan, coffee maker is made in Hong Kong, clothes made in foreign sweat shop, put on your swiss watch, drive your foreign car to work for a foreign company. The email is actually much longer and more detailed, but you get the idea.

I know many things are rare or impossible to find made in the U.S.A. However, our auto market isa good place to put your American dollar. Two things that are struggling, the dollar and our auto makers. The great rivalry of the past was Ford, Chevy and Dodge. Now it has become just a redneck arguement or a folk tale. Maybe I am just a redneck in hiding. But often buying American is not even considered. You might say, "Well my Toyota, or Mazda will run forever." Who knows what th reasons are, but those who can afford to buy new, usually don't even keep them half way thru the warranty.

Well I am afraid that in our lifetime, we won't have the option to buy the good old American Cars and Trucks. Sure they might be American made Toyotas, Nissans and Mazdas. Imagine the Daytona 500 racing Nissans, Isuzus, mazdas and Toyota who is already in it. And when we buy foreign autos, where does that money go? Back to the home land.
Does anyone know how much American soil is owned by foreign countries? Is it possible that Japan has more land in the U.S.A. than in Japan?

Who's country will it be when we don't own the land anymore? If you own rental property, you can set rules in a lease and have overall control of that land. Well when American soil is no longer owned by Americans, who will run the land? Those who own it, that's who!

you tell me!

-TDK

The Kiss.....

She is pregnant, he had just saved her from a fire in her house, rescuing her by carrying her out of the house into her front yard, while he continued to fight the fire.

When he finally got done putting the fire out, he sat down to catch his breath and rest.

A photographer from the Charlotte , North Carolina newspaper, noticed her in the distance looking at the fireman.? He saw her walking straight toward the fireman and wondered what she was going to do.

As he raised his camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved her life and the lives of her unborn babies and kissed him just as the photographer snapped this photograph.

And people think animals are dumb............
And Doberman's are a great breed!

Dollar Kidd on The Simpson's

Help from the readers of this blog. Send it to your favorite radio show. Help me get the word out to Matt Groening. Most people think it is a great idea. IF you are one of them pass it on.

I don't know where to go or who to start with but this is what I would like to accomplish. I live in a very small town in the midwest and Springfield is actually the Capitol of the State I live in, Illinois. I am looking for ALL and ANY help in making this possible. I am basically unknown, yet at least a little deserving...
I am getting a book published of all of my original poetry. Which happens to be my angle as a guest on the show... Can anyone help? Yes you can..

I would like to get my character the Dollar Kidd (a poet) on THE SIMPSONS. and a piece i wrote "Good Knight" will be written toward a forbidden love between Marge and Dollar KIdd. A love built on a true friendship. It is similar to Bridges of Madison County. she becomes very interested in my character (DOllar) by reading HIS poetry. You could even use a stop light parody at the end of the episode. you know where meryll Streep has her hand on the handle to get out of the truck to leave with her lover (CLINT EASTWOOD), but decides to stay in the truck with her husband.


Good Knight

A man of men in transparent armor,
Standing in the shadows,
Somehow seems to charm her.

Without taking action,
She couldn't help,
But to confess her Attraction.

Openly sharing her story,
As an old folk tale,
Spoken with subtle glory.

Broken with smiles and laughter,
Sparkling eyes,
And uninhibited chatter.

With each flip of the hour glass,
Time moves on yet is replayed,
The night has come to pass.

Sands of time that fall today,
Are tomorrow's memories,
As they fall back the other way.

Standing under the moon light,
As their heads lower,
She says Good Knight.



Read more of my work here.
http://behindtheglasses.blogspot.com

Thanks for your time.
Dollar Kidd

Top 10 Kid

Be sure to check this site out too.

The Top 10 Kid

He has a top 10 list for everything...

The most current is the Top 10 Fat Kid Videos...

I really like the Paintball Dance, that kid is pissed, and I would be too. And the moped is a MUST watch. the others are good but those are my personal favorites. I about pissed myself at the end of the moped video.

Top 10 Kid, I say LINK IT!. You tell me... what do you say?

Check out his site, tell him the DOLLAR KIDD sent ya. ha ha how is that for an old cliche...

-TDK

INKURGE

Inkurge
Art of Marek Danielewski

Besure to check out his site. He has some pretty kick ass sketches and drawings.

This is getting back to the roots of LINK IT or SINK IT. And this is a Link IT!

-TDK

Not Another Teen Shooting.

MSN reports / Associated Press:
Quote
The teenager, who was not identified, shot himself in the head but survived and was taken to a hospital in “extremely critical condition,” police spokesman Tero Haapala said.
Unquote.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21669167/?GT1=10547

That waste of space is ALIVE and I hope he lives to be 68. Living one day of regret after another at someone else's mercy.
I have no sympathy for him.

However I do have sympathy for the victims and their families.

-TDK

Naturally Speaking

Just the other day, I ventured into the wilderness. It was beautiful; it was serene. I communed with the nature of things. I became aware of my place within the universe.

I actually spoke with a cute, fuzzy creature of the forest.

During fleeting moments of zen-like introspection, I inhaled the oxygen of Mother Earth. Then, desiring to satiate my hunger, I killled and ate that fuzzy thing.

Certainly, I skinned and gutted it before laying its flesh over a nice open flame.

Animal be good when properly cooked.

Limbaugh Nailed This One

Time to post another one of those emails that just floats around the web. And of course I think it is right on...

Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head..........

By Rush Limbaugh:

I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either, because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million.
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.

Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.

Keep in mind that some of the people who are getting a n average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million on are complaining that it's not enough Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.

We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11 families are getting. In a ddition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well.

You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing Make sense?

However , our own , US Congress voted themselves a raise. Many of you don't know that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension that is more than $15,000 per month. And most are now equal to being millionaires plus. They do not receive Social Security on retirement because they didn't have to pay into the system. If some of the military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per month.

I would like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who are now fighting.

" When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to fo r ward this to as many people as you can.

How many people can you send this to?


How many will you?

autism

Autism seems to be the latest fad these days. Go autism, go.

Autism, today, is what ADHD was years ago: Every child had it. Every child needed to be medicated for it. No one questioned it. Thousands of children were unnecessarily drugged for it -- ADHD is waning, but autism is the new monster.

Every time I listen to the radio or watch the television, there're adds claiming that 1 out of 160 children is diagnosed with autism. It's 160 or 166. I'm close to what's being shoved down my throat. Regardless, it's a very low ratio.

Everytime I hear that statistic, I think to myself: If this were true, I should be tripping over autistic children everywhere I go -- the mall, in schools, and on the streets. But, I'm not.

I've worked in psychiatric hospitals with autistic children. They kind of stand out. It's a very unfortunate developmental issue. But, regardless of the visceral, emotional reaction to the word "autism" one may have, what I believe is happening is this: Mental Health is a business, a big business, plain and simple. The criteria for autism is being altered/lowered so that more children can be diagnosed with autism so that the parents of that child will seek out the specialists, the pharmaceutical companies [especially them], and the support services that, for a fee, (a rather large fee), will counsel, medicate, and/or rehabilitate the alleged autistic child.

Money. Money. Money.

1 out of 160 children is autistic; I think it's bullcrap.

Parents, please don't walk blindly into this.

Dollar's Short Stories

I don't know if anyone has read this blog. It is linked here, and for the last coule of months I have only had one entry. Well I just finished my second short story, tell me what you think.
I don't have a google group set up yet to notify those who want to read it. So I am using Link it or Sink it to promote it.

I have not wrote many short stories, maybe only these two, I can't remember. My participation in English class in school was very limited.

Other good news, I almost have a manuscript complete to send to the publishers for Behind The Glasses. Which I released 4 news ones on there over the weekend. I have been feeling pretty creative lately, and some really harsh dreams. Shouldn't fall asleep watching the Twilight Zone...

I'll try to get a google group set up soon for Dollar's Short Stories. I gotta get to bed, I have a 9 hour drive tomorrow.

Thanks,
TDK

2 Texas police officers killed

The suspected gunman, Larry White, 58.

Fired at police when they responded to a domestic dispute call.

I believe another White, Ron White, said on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. "I'm From Texas and if you kill someone in Texas. We will kill you back. We are working on a new law, so if 3 credible witnesses testify that you committed a murder you will not sit on death row, Jack. Other States are trying to abolish the death penalty. We're putting in an express lane."

It is not verbatim but pretty close. This man should be executed within 30 days of conviction. You know like those Iraqi's did with Saddam and his clowns. I don't see where there is much doubt of who dunnit. Fast and speedy trial along with a fast and speedy execution, and people won't be so quick to pick up a gun and start shooting.

you tell me
-TDK

Mattel Recalls

So, this is the second major recall for Mattel in two weeks. Over ten million toys have been recalled because of lead in the paint. That number may be high because a lot of toys were recalled because of issues with small magnets. However, lead paint has been a major issue with millions of toys. The source of the lead paint is China.

China is a communist country. China is not a friend.

Oh, I agree that we need to have stricter quality control inspections. But, all that hootin' and hollerin' by government officials ignores the true problem: China doesn't give a crap if there's lead paint on the toys.

We as a democratic society are a threat to communism, but we, the United States, continually do business with a country that is known to violate human rights more often than celebrities make asses of themselves. It's ridiculous. We can't trust China to give a shit if the products they are responsible for making and/or assembling are contaminated with lead or any other poison.

By no means am I an expert on world trade and economics, but this has to do with common sense. Why do business with a country that would love to see us decimated by nuclear attack? Every American man, woman, and child that dies is a blessing to the government of China.

I would go so far as to say: Mattel is being economically devastated by these recalls, but China isn't being appreciably hurt. I'm sure the factories have already received their monies for the work performed. I doubt the Chinese economy is going to be impacted by these recalls and the inevitable law suits.

I'm not saying that this was a deliberate contamination of paint, but I can't discount the possibility, that somewhere along the line, someone said, "Fuck it if there's lead in the paint; it's only those assholes in America. Ship those toys."

China is not our friend.

Whoopi Defends Vick

Ok, I am not a daily viewer of the "View". However I m traveling for work, and was sitting at an Applebees. And this clip comes on of Whoopi Goldberg defending Michael Vick. I was not and still not a Rosie O'Donnell fan. Never been that keen on Whoopi either. But this time she has done it, the stupid of all stupid.

Stating that this is a cultural issue, and dog fighting is common in the south where he is from. HE IS GUILTY! There is no more DEFENSE!

Smoking crack is common in the right neighborhoods across America. So the next athlete or superstar to get popped for smoking crack, is that too a cultural thing, because it happens where the star was raised? Ridiculous!

Is this where America is headed?

One Last STICK for Michael VICK

I couldn't resist, this is just what people need for a little piece of mind.

Link it or Sink it: Vick the Prick

Link it or Sink it: Vick the Prick

Vick the Prick

Hey, let's get over it folks. Vick will walk away with a far less brutal sentence than the average American. None of this crap has anything to do with race. He has money. Lawyers are a dime a dozen. The good ones cost big money. If you've got the dough, you'll get the representation that can potentially get you off.

Vick got it easy because he has more money than the average Joe.

This has nothing to do with his blackness. There was no witch hunt. He got caught up in crap that even white folks play with. People love fuckin' up their dogs in fights. Black. White. Hell, I think Mexicans do it, even the illegal ones.

Dog fighting is reprehensible and a symtpom of a far worse issue -- sociopathathic behavior.

I'm less concerned about Vick's sentence than I am about his re-introduction to the N.F.L.

Years from now, after his sentence is served, no one will give a shit that he's a human being that one wouldn't want in one's own house because he's a fuckin' sociopath. It'll just be: Oh, he's done his time and he can run and throw a great football. Oh, he's a fuckin' hero.

Fuck Vick and all the pricks that slaughter dogs in the guise of sports. Fuck those who are willing to turn a blind eye because he's a professional athlete who "just made a mistake". Using salt instead of pepper is a mistake. Killing dogs is not a mistake.

It's a sympton of something we should all be concerned about.: Vick, in my opinion, is a sociopath. Once again, in my opinion, he's just one step away from killing a person. He's a lot closer to the act of murder than the average citizen, and yet there're a lot of people arguing for his ability to return to his multi-million dollar a year contract in the N.F.L.

Maybe, if Jeffrey Dahmer were still alive, someone would recommend his cooking expertise to the Food Network.

Buh-Bye Vick

I was reading about this on MSN and someone (staanyloco) wrote this...
Copied from MSN message board
staanyloco
8/24/2007
3:07 PM Get the hell out of here..he dosent deserve any of this BLEEP hes recieved..we are talking about dogs..not humans..Leonard Little wasnt banned for life after killing a HUMAN while he was drunk-driving..Jayson Williams did no jailtime and he shot a motherBLEEP a and killed him. Vick is a victim of white american backlash over Don Imus..Dogs are not this integral to the fabric of American culture..Never get emotionally attached to something you can buy in a mall people..
End of Copy



It has nothing to do with RACE, it has to do with humanity, and pissing off PETA. In a civilized world you can not just kill domestic animals or "pets". If you were caught killing your neighbors dog, you would be punished. This is not some "backlash" over what happened to Imus, who cares what Imus said. Does anyone listen to his show anyway?
What Vick did was apparently operate one of the largest dog fighting rings that north america has seen. AND HE HAS ADMITTED TO KILLING DOGS. He, and his partners, deserve thier punishment. He wouldn't be apologizing if he thought what he did was right, now would he. Vick was not a great QB, but he was one hell of an athlete, I will miss watching him as an athlete. I am not a Falcons fan, but would watch just to see if he would break a big run. I will not miss him as a person. And as a dog owner, I say lock him up. I doubt that a Federal Prison will let him keep number 7.

Also The NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, has made the right choice in my opinion.
I think Michael Vick's assets should be spread among PETA and other animal activist groups.

How about the weather?

-TDK

PSM - Marsupial Man

I would like to invite PSM, author of Marsupial Man, to post on this blog.

Possibly to start out. I think it would be great to interview PSM, or maybe interview each other.

CRUE

In Memory of...




“CRUE”
Cruezer – Scooby Doo – Crue Dog – Buddy – Crueby

March 17, 1998 – July 22, 2007




Crue loved all people, unconditionally.
He was not real fond of other animals. He enjoyed riding in the canoe and in the truck. He loved water and would spend hours playing like a child in it.
Below (On the Rock at Pilgrim Road): You can see we were resting after a few hotdogs on a canoe trip.





Crue was a truly special dog and worthy of being remembered.
Below: Crue is saving one of his toys after our basement flooded.

American as Apple Pie?

I don't even think that is a good analogy anymore. I saw a link on MSN for Apple Pie, the last time I heard Apple Pie, was in the movie American Pie.

You have to choose what to dream for in America these days. Why? Because there is not enough time to do all of them.
Do you want to try and fulfil the rags to riches dream? It is possible but will consume your every waking moment.

Do you want to dream that Baseball is still America's favorite past time? Or has it been replaced by chat rooms and text messaging?

Do you believe apple pie is still an American icon? You can answer yes if your mom has a fresh baked apple pie after a Sunday lunch. Chances are, your parents much like mine, are divorced and remarried once, twice or in some cases 3 or 4 times each.

Drive-in Restaurants and movie theaters continue to fade into history. Replaced by drive thru's, pay per view, and I-max.

Muscle Cars and leaded fuel. V8's & Raw American Horse Power! Yesterday's Americana.


What are today's symbols of America?

Fast paced technology. There was a time not so long ago that having a computer in your home was Sci-Fi. Now they are almost out of date from time of purchase to time of delivery. Along with this comes chatting, texting, mobil internet, etc.

American Dream. This was once built on hard work, quality work, a man's word and a good name. It has become finding a cheaper faster way to do whatever, even if it means building it in a foreign country, where the pay is $20 per day or week not $20 per hour.

Power. It is no longer the Muscle cars with all the power. America is the Military giant of the world.

Terror Alert. We as Americans are constantly reminded of our terror alert level. We went from the cold war to the war on terror. Every step or advancement in terror attacks, takes yet another freedom from Americans.

Corruption itself has just about reached Americana status.

What is there that Americans take pride in these days. The foreign car they drive? Losing jobs / companies to China by the handful. Gas prices...

I am glad to see we still have fireworks on the 4th of July. You can't get any more American than that, The 4th of July!
But trust me just around the corner it will offend some immigrant, or be deemed harmful to the environment. And we will watch displays in our homes on large plasma or LCD screens.

As for our Independence... we may have to win it back from terrorists.

What can we do as Americans?

You Tell Me...

Happy 4th of July America!

-TDK