As if I liked Monster Energy Drink in the first place.
The high-fructose corn syrup nightmare drink is back with some horrible goings-on. There is a small family-run business up in Vermont that started in a basement, and gained enough popularity to be able to move into a warehouse and hire 7 more people. The American Dream come true. Well, the American Dream has turned on them, because their beer – “The Vermonster” is being told by Hansen Beverage Corp that they must cease and desist anything that has to do with the beer – the promotion, the name, all of it. Their argument is this: What if they decide to branch off into making beer in the future? They claim that consumers may be confused as to which is which.
Listening to the owner and operator of The Rock Art Brewery, he says that his lawyers have told him that there is no copyright infringement. However, they can still take him to court at a whopping 65 thousand, and if he wins, they can appeal a few times. After one or two of these, he won’t be able to pay for the court costs, and that results in an automatic default. I’m trying to figure out how the hell this can even happen? So, basically, you can’t run a business in this country with anything slightly similar in name to one of these big-ass companies’s products? It’s ridiculous. If you were confused as to my Poor and Angry post earlier, now you can hopefully get the gist.
Poor and angry is what this site is about, of course, but what does it all mean? What is the site about?
Some people say that being poor is a state of mind – I tend to agree in some cases. Of course, if proper information is not in the hands of the people, then they are likely to be poor and remain poor. Conversely, I would argue that some people “choose” to be poor because they do not want to abide by some rules that have been set up. Everyone agrees to some kind of regulation, but when the laws that are set up are contrary to people’s beliefs, there are problems. We have a so-called democratic system here in the United States. But it does not work, because most people aren’t privy to the elections, and cannot take time off of work to vote – presidential elections aside (but even with the presidential elections there are problems – certain areas not receiving enough voting machines being one).
There is also a clearly biased media that ignores the fact that people are not being heard, and regarding them as sore-losers because they did not get their way in voting turnouts. This creates the illusion that the majority of the people agree one way on a certain issue, with the perceived minority whining about the results. A great example is the city of Irving, TX, where I once lived. It’s a well-known fact that most people drink, and there was an election being held whether the city should be allowed to sell alcohol. I would have loved to vote, but there was no information as to where the election was being held. I’m sure that I could have found it somewhere? Maybe the city hall? Well, I don’t even know where the city hall is. I know where the JAIL is, though! Needless to say, Irving stayed a dry city, forcing people to go out of the city limits for alcohol until the next year, when more people figured it out and went to vote.
The point is that there are able individuals that go vote, and there are much more ill-equipped people that do not have the opportunity. These are the people who get the laws passed against them by the upper-crust of society, and they are the Poor and Angry. There are more of us. Most people don’t want limitations on when and where they can purchase alcohol. Only a handful of people that don’t drink and are knowledgeable about the ins and outs of legislation are out there and changing our legal environment.
This goes for big business, too. I don’t believe that manufacturing high-fructose corn syrup should be subject to the subsidy laws on corn. As our economy goes to shit because of these big-ballers, money becomes scarce and the next thing you know, we have an obesity epidemic. Somehow the bigwigs are destroying our health and keeping their pockets lined… I guarantee they eat better foods, have personal trainers, cooks, and dentists, and are laughing at the hard-working fat asses that keep their physically fit kids in nice cars and nice schools. I also don’t have the time to study and examine all of the bylaws concerning a tollway that doesn’t have a tollbooth that charges me 250 dollars because I was late paying the fee that came to the wrong address. Yes, I know that the correct address should have been on the registration, but what if I were staying at someone else’s house for an extended time? This is complete bullshit. Rigid laws are stupid, and there should be some flexibility – the same kind afforded to the rich in this country.
So, you believe in socialism? Damn straight, I do! And just to make something clear: We’ve always had a socialist government here. You pay taxes into the system, and it pays for all the shit that you take for granted – police, school, roads. Only until recently have big corporations and head government officials been putting their hands in the cookie jar and forcing us to pay out even more. It’s been going on forever, but we’re really feeling the sting of it now, because critical elements of our society are falling apart: police are losing funding, causing them to hook up red-light cameras for auto-revenue, making ridiculous surcharges up for a little dose of double-jeopardy, not to mention their vehicles are falling apart – I saw a Dallas cruiser on 35 the other day with the bumper dragging the ground; schools already suck here, and now some of them are experiencing the budget cuts; tollbooths like the one mentioned above are becoming major thoroughfares, and collecting auto-revenue so they don’t have to pay employees. If you think you have to “grind” a little more to stay ahead, remember that almost all big companies and institutions are running on borrowed money – and if the tax revenue isn’t paying for it, then it’s a matter of time before we don’t have shit.
This site was built for those who are having a hard time adjusting to the world around them. It is for anyone who has ever felt stepped on or treated unfairly. It is also a vehicle to teach people that have felt that way to overcome and be better people. Overcoming doesn’t always mean “playing the game”, either. If resistance and violence come into play, then that is the way it is.
My hands have flown across this keyboard a million times in the past. I have made everyone laugh and made a lot of people mad. I have posted a few things to show you I am human and give you a window into me. I have tried to lighten the mood and make you all feel good. The irony is that as much as people asked for that…they didnt read. It didnt interest them so much. If I am happy or doing the number of reads drop dramatically. Such a joke. You want a little anger to come from me. You want your outlet and your voice. The bad thing is that most of you that serve as my little lab rats or examples are so oblivious to it that its unnerving. You still think that it cant be you. You are so different or so part of a majority that its all ok . Well fuck all of you.
Today I listened to the disillusion of a hopeless rambler.
I saw someone choose pain over hope and continue the self destructive cycle of bullshit because they just dont like themselves.
I saw a couple snoop and investigate each other to the point they tried to break up over nothing.
I also listen to another young lady tell a tale of a terrible date.
Wow…really? Do we have to keep all this shit up?
I cant lose hope in love because I recognize the real meaning. This vision inside my head seems so much more reasonable. The look on your face always looks so disturbed. You cant for a second leave these comfort zones. You cant for a second believe in someone else. Its just a machine that cycles over correction and it makes me sick.
The single moms are the the ones that have spent so much time alone that they have constructed an odd parallel reality where prince charming will come along and give them the life lived in most movies and dollar store novels. No regard to the fact that they are doing nothing to attract that prince charming. Heres a hint dipshit…Wishing dont work and magic doesnt exist. Work for what you want. You want a good guy earn it. Thats the way it is for guys that care enough not to have a half ass chick.
Percentage of Children in Single Parent Homes: 1970-2005
The percentage of children of all races living in single parent homes has been steadily increasing since 1970.
Sorry to offend those of you that are my friends but someone had to say it. Unless you have you shit together then what I just said wont hurt a bit.
The other girls so desperately hung up on the ex with no real ties to him…oh man. Vomit. They just cant disconnect. He was the best they were going to do…hes the validation they needed because daddy or someone didnt love them enough. Again, waiting on the fairy tale. Well…might as well slit those wrists now precious…its not going to happen and you will forever attract abusive sick drunks that hate you almost as much as they hate themselves.
To the couples that are together that cant seem to admit that shit is just done or not going to work…shut the fuck up. Fuck I hate you the most. Like the two fucks I talked to tonight. The dont trust each other so much that they have to log onto one anothers email and myspace accounts to check up. WOW. Is that the person you want? Or are you such a piece of shit that you cant do any better than to find the only other person on the planet that hates themselves as much as you hate yourself. I even have this conversation saved to my computer and as soon as I can edit all the names I’ll be posting it. Its truly pathetic. When its one person I have some sympathy because this poor soul is alone in the world and naturally makes up false truths and such. But when two people kid themselves together its truly sickening. You need your loathing of one another to exist and everyone around you pays for it. For those of you that have kids. You are the worst. Your daughters will be whores and drug addicts and your sons will be criminals and rapists. Its your fault. Find some abortion pamphlets. Fuck you.
I want to be so optimistic and quit with the cynicism but it wont happen. Everyone continues to disappoint.
I could very well become the person that closes my eyes and never bring up these questions again. I can pretend in large communities that this sadness and depravity doesnt exist in modern world America. This Southern Baptist Christian culture is here to save me. But its all bullshit. Its a distracting hypnosis we are all under to justify our terrible behavior and make excuses for what we do. We believe we are forgiven for damages that last a lifetime. I will never be like you. I wont do that with you.
If you have any life left in you do something with it.
Everything anyone has is nothing. You validate yourself with bullshit and live so primitive its ugly. You go with your biological programming like fucking animals, but try to disguise it eloquently with your phony lifestyles and painted on happiness.
It really is no wonder that everyone hates America. How we must look like clowns to the rest of the world.
I want you to count these sheep tomorrow night before you sleep…
Youre indifference is damaging this whole planet. You are the reason your kids are bad.
The dream is dead.
We are all soldiers in a silent war against ourselves. We are the murderers and causalities.
Hide yourselves from all the pain, truth, and choice…
Of course, I was over at Grits for Breakfast a while ago, and saw another intriguing post. It seems that the North Carolina Supreme Court found that some felons have “a right to bear arms”. What does this have to do with Texas, you ask? Well, Grits is saying that the Constitution of North Carolina uses less strong language in advocating the right to bear arms than does the Constitution of Texas.
Using this, could it be possible that lawyers might use this ruling as grounds for getting some ex-felons in Texas their pistols back? Maybe, maybe not. We all know about the judges here in Texas. We’ll just have to see what plays out.
I’m not sure what I think about it… I guess the more poor and angry you are, the more a firearm makes sense.
