It's been a crazy week. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, inventor of the coolest gadgets on the planet died. You got protesters in the streets of major cities in the U.S. "occupying Wall Street," and Barbara Walters said the 'N' word on 'The View.' What a world.
When I heard that Steve Jobs died I was shocked and saddened. I thought he beat his ailment and figured with all that money he could afford health care that would allow him to live a lot longer than he did. Just goes to show that money isn't the solution to life's problems and no one can escape their fate. Steve Jobs' death just demonstrated to me that we should all live in the moment, do what we love, and value our time with our loved ones. I wonder if when Steve Jobs was younger he had a retirement plan. Probably not. He probably planned on working his whole life only because he loved what he did.
Many people in this country get hung up on retirement. Not me. I plan on working my whole life. Doing what I couldn't tell you, but I'll be doing something I like and hopefully I'll keel over while I'm doing it and head on out to the sweet by and by. Andy Rooney retired from '60 minutes' this past week. I wish nothing but the best for the man but I would suspect that he'll be dead within a year. That's what happens when you stop doing. I've always thought the number one killer of old people is retirement. Most of richest people in the world are older than 65 and still get up, suit up, and go to work. Look at T. Boone Pickens and all of those old bastards on Wall Street. Rich and still working. Speaking of Wall Street...
'Occupy Wall Street.' What a bunch of shit. This is what happens when you don't have Elliot Spitzer around. I don't really understand how these protests are going to help. If anything, it just makes it easier for hijackers of the game to keep on doing things behind the scenes. Politicians will use this in the upcoming elections and I wouldn't doubt if some protester will write a crappy book about this and make a million. Catered lunches, using smartphones and laptops, not to mention having to use McDonalds' bathrooms while protesting. Hokey. Tyler Durden would disapprove. People gave corporations power by giving them there money. If they quit doing that corporations would lose their power. You want to protest? Start taking care of yourself. Become an American with a sense of rugged individualism. Do what you gotta do so you can do what you want to do. In the meantime, quit bitching. If you want to bitch, go on 'The View.'
'View' co-host Barbara Walters said "nigger." OMG! In front of two black people, a studio audience, and national televison she said "nigger." Whoopi Goldberg said it. No big deal. When a white woman says it though, look out. "I don't like the way you said it" is what her co-host said. Is there a nice way to say "nigger?" "What's up nigger?", "Nigger please!", "I'm nigger rich!" No. No nice way. Joe Rogan said in a stand up act that the word "Nigger" is one of the three power words. The other two are "Cunt" and "Love." I'll buy that. But he also says that "Nigger" belongs to black people. That I don't get. I can say what ever I want. Not that I would call a black person a nigger. One, it's mean and racist. Two, white people just can't pull it off. But if I'm talking to Sean P. Diddy and he asks me if I think he's a "House Nigger" I would have to reply "No, I don't think you're a house "nigger." In the movie "Get Him to the Greek" Jonah Hill's response was "I don't think you're a house 'N' word." It made for good comedy, but that scene was pointing out the fact that white people are banned from saying the word. Fuck that. Don't tell me what I can't say. Right Ice Cube, Ice-T, Samuel Jackson?
On a lighter note, I suggest you pick up a copy of Will Elliott's The Pilo Family Circus. It's an awesome read with a skewed (or not so skewed depending on your thinking) view of the circus-world, life, and clowns. Very entertaining while making you think at the same time. Quite the opposite from following mainstream media now that I think about it. Peace.
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