Good bye myblogsite hello blogspot
26 December 07 - 18:20
Until further notice, the blog has moved here:
http://americangoy.blogspot.com/
I will give myblogsite a few more days...
22 December 07 - 20:07
And if the ability to comment is not fixed, if the security code is still non existent, I will go somewhere else and put up a link here.
Also, their CGI script page to post a form asking them for help goes nowhere... imagine that
Enough is enough.
A few more days then its new blog service time.
An idiot's view on American Healthcare System - the Insurance edition (with bonus material of a young girl dying)
22 December 07 - 16:44
Hi it's your favorite idiot here (or I hope that I make your idiot top 10 by now).
Today I will tackle the American Healthcare System. I will concentrate on the money aspect of it (as I was told long ago by Cuba Gooding jr. to always follow the money). So have a sit, grab a high fructose corn syrup beverage of your choice , and prepare for my breaking down this very complicated issue into idiot level, so that I and anybody who reads this blog can understand what the problem is with the best care in the world (tm by American TV and corporations, as well as associated lobbyists and assorted scum). I will go slow I promise.
Here's how American healthcare insurance works.
American Insurance companies are a for profit organizations - meaning they exist to make money for their owners and shareholders, the more money they make, the happier everybody is. This is standard corporate stuff, and in this instance they are no different than Ford Motor Company or Walmart or your ...
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This is a very interesting map
22 December 07 - 15:36
It is a list of worldwide incidents of terrorism and other suspicious activity.
Check it out:
Interactive map
The Real Star Wars
22 December 07 - 03:52
I do not want the blog to become just about politics, doom and gloom.
Hence, entries like this:
Check out this fantastic Star Wars production, in 2 parts:
Star Wars part 1
Star Wars part 2
Do not miss the pop culture references!
Enjoy!
The future scam of America is now
21 December 07 - 22:24
Simple story.
Police come to your house, find a smudge of marijuana and confiscate all your money. Take your house. Your car. Did I mention that they take away all the money that the nice people in uniform can get their hands on?
First, read
this and
this.
Your blood boiled yet?
Here's
the law's statement:
"Title 18, section 981 of the United States Code is the general-purpose civil forfeiture statute applicable to most federal crimes. Among other things, it authorizes the forfeiture of property involved in money laundering cases,2 property derived from or used to commit certain foreign crimes,3 and the proceeds of any offense designated as a "specified unlawful activity."4
Section 806 of ...
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No comments?
21 December 07 - 17:04
No wonder since you can't make out the fucking security code!
Because there is NO security code in that box.
I apologize for this myblogsite error; if you need to get in touch email me at americangoy@yahoo.com
And yes I am pissed...
I would ask you for your comments on this bullshit but (har har har).
History of Violence - Real Life Edition (with bonus Icelandic and American material!)
21 December 07 - 16:30
One thing that I, as a European, have noticed since coming over here is the respect, morphing even into fear, of uniformed police in this country. People really fear the uniform.
You can see this every time when you drive on a highway, where the legal speed limit is 55, and once people spot a parked police car on the side of the road, everybody, and I mean EVERYONE, slows down to about 40 miles per hour. Just to not provoke a sleeping bear I guess...
Here are my own experiences.
I once parked a car at the airport curb, and went inside to search for a friend of mine who was late. Big mistake. After about 20 to 40 seconds, I saw a tow truck maneuvering, angling to hook my car up. I ran out, and said: "Hey, I am here, I am leaving now", at which the tow truck driver speeded up, bumped my car so that it shook, and hooked it. I asked him why he hit my car, and he did not deign to answer, but his cheshire cat smile told me that he really enjoyed the situation. ...
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Sigh - obligatory Chuck Norris facts
21 December 07 - 00:19
The blog was getting mighty too serious.
Chuck Norris can win a game of connect four in just 3 moves
When Chuck Norris went to the Virgin Islands and came back it was just called the Islands.
Giraffes were created when Chuck Norris uppercutted a horse.
There is no such thing as evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris allows to live.
Chuck Norris is able to divide by zero
Chuck Norris counted to infinity ... Twice
Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his parents.
Einstein's original Theory of Relativity was; if Chuck Norris kicks you, your relatives will feel it."
When Chuck Norris plays Monopoly, it affects the actual world economy.
Chuck Norris has two speeds. Walk, and Kill.
When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
P is for Chuck Norris, as is every other letter of the alphabet.
Chuck Norris does not love Raymond. ...
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Breaking US cultural isolation...
20 December 07 - 16:03
... one link at a time
This is a great site that has a myriad of radio stations, from almost every country in the world.
http://www.surfmusic.de/
My hero - Steven Gilliard
19 December 07 - 22:57
I started my forays into blogs by reading Steven Gilliard.
Only I didn't know about it at the time.
There came a time in my life when I turned down the radio (please no more
Rush Limbaugh), when I simply could not stomach the bias in TV news, when newspapers articles didn't do it for me... I needed my sanity back. If it was not too late.
Enter The News Blog.
Whoever wrote the articles wrote eloquently, beautifully and effectively put their point across. Which was to call a spade a spade, and a con man a bullshit artist.
Through the blog, I was alerted to REAL NEWS (instead of a white woman was was missing 245 days in Aruba, who dominated 50% of newscasts' air time). Real news. I forgot such a thing existed.
After a few weeks of on and off reading, in one post it dawned on me that Mr. Gilliard... is... ...
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The cultural isolation of the USofA
19 December 07 - 21:59
As an immigrant from Europe, one of the things that irks me is the incredible isolation of this country from the rest of the world. This feature of America is one of the main differences between United States and any other country in the world. Let me explain...
In Europe, one can go to McDonald's, Pizza Hut, go to a cinema watch an American movie, watch American shows on TV, listen to American music on the mainstream radio and buy that music in a store. As well as listen to French rap, watch French sitcoms and eat at a restaurant staffed by French chefs. Also listen to German pop rock, watch German movies... Same thing with Spanish, Balkan and other influences.
The same can be said of Latin America and Asia. American movies and music and influence is there for all to partake in.
You can watch the Simpsons in France, Lost in Germany and House in Poland.
Slightly different situation in USA. ...
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The Clintons are political geniuses - bow down your heads in respect people!
18 December 07 - 12:28
This will be short and sweet I promise.
Simply put, the Clinton political team is on genius level, perhaps beat only in the noggin department by the criminal bush family.
See
Clinton bush superhero team.
Clinton, of the husband variety, told reporters that bush, of the George Herbert Walker variety (not the retarded genus of 'W') will work to help Hillary Clinton in her bid to become USA's first woman president.
This is a genius move on many levels, and once I started to think on this, opened my eyes to how really smart the Clinton political team is.
First, many of the die hard republicans remember bush 'W' father as a very good president, who won a short and almost bloodless (for Americans) war in Kuwait, worked well in the international politics, and was (and is) very ...
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America - I present to you the new First Family
16 December 07 - 17:58
The Huckabees!
Aren't they cute? Gosh the family name sounds like a TV sitcom!

These guys represent this country perfectly! The gleaming, happy smiles, the svelte, athletic shapes, the obvious intelligence that beams, nay, radiates from these faces! The world will love them, even more than they love the current president! The great understated taste in clothing which will wow them in Milano and Paris! The obvious class of this family will really put those snotty Euros in their place! The quotient of intelligence represented in this picture already is upsetting the Europeans and other assorted enemies of the patriotic Americans!
Now, it is very unfortunate that one of the spoiled lard ass fat piece of shit sons I mean, err sorry, golden boy of Huckster has
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Taxes are unfair - the idiot's view on US taxation system
15 December 07 - 21:44
In my research (limited by my obvious idiocy - it's a birth condition, so give me a break OK?), I have looked at my taxes. And taxes of my parents. I looked for a way that I could pay less taxes than I was paying at the time. And there is one, very simple, obvious solution.
Become rich.
In Yoo Ess of Ey, the richer you are, the less taxes you pay.
Now many Americans will become red in the face, grab a gun and a torch, and a made-in-China american flag, and go after me with cries of commie, pinko, lib, and perhaps other names. Please, put your gun down - you are liable to hurt yourself. Settle down. Lemme explain.
It is true that a rich billionare pays a bigger amount of money than the idiot you are currently reading. No question. I pay in thousands, he/she pays in tens of thousands. But that billionare is still paying less than you.
Hey! Sit down! I said settle down and put the ...
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Only in America folks...
15 December 07 - 20:55
An oldie but goody story here.
Diebold story from 2004
In 2004, Mr. Walden "Wally" O'Dell, the chairman of the board and chief executive of the Diebold Company, said that he pledged "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President." This was said at a Republican fundraiser for the Republican party.
Now, in case y'all forgot, Diebold was (and actually still is) the company that is making machines that count the votes. The votes that people cast for either Republicans or Democrats. Let me break it down for you, idiot style:
There are 3 things that are wrong with this story.
1) How come a CEO of a company that makes machines that count people's votes has a fundraiser for the Republicans (perhaps a lil wee conflict of interest? ... (more)
Its not a Conspiracy if it's out there in the open
12 December 07 - 17:36
One of the most interesting blogs is
Rigorous Intuition. The author there looks for ambivalencies and weirdness that is found in the news, the internet and other sources (books, articles, etc.). His knack is to put things that seemingly are not connected together.
His masterpiece is undoubtly this:
The Coincidence Theorist's Guide to 9/11I will pay homage to the great man himself and copy a few choice tidbits from this guide. If they pickle your curiosity, by all means click the link above! In fact, fuck it, I will post the whole entry here (and copy it to my harddrive, juuuuuuust in case).
The post is organized as if it begins with the following phrase: It is certainly a coincidence... ...
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Great site to learn more about those "experts" in American News...
12 December 07 - 17:11
I heartily recommend a site called www.sourcewatch.org
"A primary purpose of SourceWatch is documenting the PR and propaganda activities of
public relations firms and
public relations professionals engaged in managing and manipulating public perception, opinion and policy. SourceWatch also includes profiles on
think tanks,
industry-funded organizations and
industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy ...
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Making fun of Christianity
11 December 07 - 23:55
Why not make fun of Islam or Buddhism or Hinduism you ask?
Why is it always Christians?
First, I would never make fun of Islam, because people who send their own children with Semtex to blow up other people deserve my admiration. Thumbs up! You go boy (or girl!) Islam is a very peaceful and good religion, just like Christianity and Judaism. All nicey nice. I love Islam. Really. Please don't kill me.
Is that hello kitty I see?Next, there is Buddhism and Hinduism, and like I said before, who gives a shit about people who pray to a fat dude or a cow? And Jainism is just fucked beyond all belief (truly), as for example Digambar monks in that religion do not wear any clothes. They think their holy scriptures condemn it. And I can say that because Jainism emphasises non violence. So fuck them. ...
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History of Religions
11 December 07 - 22:30
The following is my own take on Christianity and other religions. Since I consider myself a (barely) functioning idiot, the title seems apt. Since this is a blog to explain stuff to idiots (as a favor from me - I am also an idiot but I am blessed with the ability to read something and then understand it. Needless to say I need to read stuff many times but that is beside the point). There is no time like now, so let us get to it then (git'er done, like that fat american says):
Since the times when records were kept, religion is found in all the cultures and societies we have information on. Let us start in the beginning of history, as far back as we know. Back in the days of Sumer and Ur, there was a popular Harleqin romance novel called Gilgamesh.
Short and sweet Wiki about religion in SumerSumerians seemed to worship many gods, with each city ...
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Conservative Vs Liberal - the battle of false definitions
09 December 07 - 23:47
I will blog here about how the definitions for these two words changed, what they mean now in USA and the normal world, and how stupid people here must be to realize that conservative now <> conservative 10 years ago.
again, once I get off my fat ass and finish this High Fructose Corn Syrup soda while I wolf down Xanthar Gum...
Coming soon - AIPAC
09 December 07 - 22:52
Once I get my lazy ass to propely research and write it...
Why Iraqis fight Americans in Iraq - the version for idiots
09 December 07 - 22:34
The president (the current, retarded one) has said this about why Islamists fight United States: "They hate us for our freedoms!"
That was an actual quote from the hiccup of history. What is interesting is that a multitude of Americans actually believe this statement.
So to those Americans who argue about why we must stay in Iraq to fight al Kaida, terrorism and possibly Barney the Dinosaur, I offer the following reason why they continue to fight our troops there.
It's because WE are in THEIR country!
I know I know. It is too simple. It must be the clash of civilization, the fact (snort!) that Islamists want American women to wear the burka (come to think of it, perhaps a good idea. Would cover the ugly fatties here... hmmm), that they want to establish a caliphate (Big word. Some Americans are impressed by words they do not understand. ...
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Why American $ is worth less and less
09 December 07 - 22:07
Being a (barely) functional idiot, I always look for the simplest explanations first. Usually, this first hunch is correct.
The question is, why is the US$ worth less and less?
If you ask the economists, they will give you complicated answers, dealing with the global economy, oil, Iraq war, sex acts of ex president Clinton and even more, varied reasons.
I do not look to the TV news to tell my why that is.
Being a (barely) functional idiot, the explanations of the "experts" (please look up my previous post on Why American News Sucks Ass), their explanations fly right over my head. I am a layman, and so talking about the global markets, globalization, fluctuations of oil prices, make me gag on my delicious High Fructose Corn Syrup soft drink. I simply get that idiot eye stare, my mouth opens and I start to drool. Not good.
So I sat down for 5 minutes and started to just THINK about why the US$ is falling down faster than the ...
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Why American News sucks ass
07 December 07 - 22:22
An immigrant or a tourist, who watches American News (not say the International Edition of CNN News - yes kids, Americans get different news than the rest of the world, EVEN FROM THE SAME COMPANY), will be... well. What is the word? Amazed? Repulsed? Fascinated?
Probably all three (and then some).
Now, I want to differentiate the local news, which is standard boilerplate news (I will define boilerplate news in a moment) and then cable/international news.
Boilerplate News is what I call normal, sane news - an announcer reads from a teleprompter (hell, from a sheet of paper somebody is holding off camera), introduces a fact or a story, and moves on. Or, second scenario, announcer reads the story, and the viewer does not see him (or her) but instead is treated to TV footage about the story.
Hmmm too complicated.
OK... TV guy says that a house burned down last night at 123 XYZ street, and we watch the ...
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Why American political system sucks ass
07 December 07 - 21:05
The American system, and unless you live in a cave in Papua New Guinea you know this, is made up of two parties. Republicans and Democrats. I will now tell you why this system is probably the most terrible form of "democracy". I promise to keep it very simple. In fact, I will be simplyfying a whoooole lot here but it will be fun. I promise (and you believe me? Suckaaaa!).
Normal countries around the world that are not dictatorships (or are NOT called USA) have what is called a Parliamentary system of governance. What that means is that the population of a country elects their representatives to the government (Congress, House of Lords, Chief Uga Booga Big Tent, etc.) who then represent them. Simple.
With time (pretty quickly) populations found their issues that they cared about, and organized political parties around them. So farmers got the farmer party, the merchants got their representation, religious people got their ...
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Why Americans are soo fat
07 December 07 - 20:29
One of the things that a visitor from Europe, South America, Africa or frankly any other country first notices is the incredible obesity of Americans as a nation. White people, Black people, Latinos, all share this characteristic. It cuts across all racial, cultural, age or social groups.
Americans are fatties.
And not just ordinary obese. We are talking 300lbs monsters walking the street. We are talking Latino, White or Black kids ages 5-10 that weigh more than mature European women. We are talking people who are so fat that they have trouble walking in a store, and move their bodies using an electric scooter for invalids... We are talking people who weigh 400 pounds (that is about 180 kilograms people!).
At first I thought that this was due to how cheap and plentiful food is in America. Buffets (Chinese, American predominantly) are VERY common, and what that means is that a person pays a fee up front (by no means a ...
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Welcome to my blog
07 December 07 - 19:23
Hello. A little about me - I am an immigrant to this great country of the United States of America. I have lived here for decades and during that time, many things that I observed have had a grating effect on me, my psyche, and my sanity. This is the place where I will put forth all the examples of incredible obtuseness, venality and stupidity that exist in this great country and mercilessly expose them. I am a simple guy, a functional idiot (blame it on living in the USA for too many years), so in my posts I will try to break down complicated subject matter and break it down so that a layman (a clueless moron, in other words - someone like me!) can understand.
My email is americangoy@yahoo.com