absolutcalm shared this will me

Remember my rant
just the other day

Well take a look at this

no it isnt 9/11 related
it is american dumb ass public related

the scary fucking thing
is the son of a bitch
will probably get elected too

he will have money
[from the network and advertisers]
publicity out the ying yang
[free advertising]
and more name recognition that Jesus

and thats just the rhetoric
when you look at the numbers it gets even scarier

American voters

[demographic information provided by the CIA]
[voter turning information provided Federal Election Commision]

We have a population of 278 million people

205 million of which are eligible to vote

Unfortunately only 156 Million of those actually registered to vote

and of those 156 million that registered
only a 105 million actually voted

that means that fifty million people could not scrape their asses
off the couch to go what maybe four blocks to their local polling station?

no these arent those people who dont vote on principle
such people wouldnt bother to register either

so basically when you break it down
51% of our population voted
now if we didnt give women the right to vote
then that would be a respectable number
but
we did and it is sucks [the number, not the right]

hell we can barely get two/thirds of the people who register to vote
to actually bother doing it

where am I going with this
you are probably thinking

well

We know that a hundred million americans voted
so I ask you
how many watched survivor?
if you total them up
how many watch reality shows?

Let me tell you

For the 2002 season
[Fall 01- Spring 02]

Survivor - 20 million americans
Fear factor - 14 million Americans
Who wants to be a millionaire - 20 million Americans
The Weakest Link = 19 million americans

Add it all up and you get 74 Million American watching dumb fucking reality shows
and thats just the big ones
we arent counting all the piddly ones

now
there are a couple of problems with the data I have presented
which I will address for you now

Survivor plays on thurdays night and not against another reality show
so its viewers could be counted twice watching survivor and another show

You are correct, however Fear Factor, Millionaire, and Weakest Link were all on at the same time on the same night
which means at 8pm on Mondays 53 million americans were watching on of those three shows
Also you have to consider that Survivor was competing against the all around number one show in television
for its time slot on thursday which was Friends, if the people who watched mondays show were all duplicated in survivor
it would have beaten the shit out of Friends.

Some of the viewers may be under eighteen or ineligable to vote
You are correct, in actuality this data measures US households not individuals
so I figure that somes houses that have kids watching this stuff alone
and others have a couple of adults in them watching together

I consider both issues to basically come out in the wash

and while the figures we have arent exact
they are good enough for my purposes

so with 74 million american who watch this type of show
you figure it is elimination style
so
at the end
people have to choose between two candidates

whether they have a vote or not everyone will select their favorite

lets say 36 million people prefer the winning candidate
and 34 million people prefer the losing candidate
and four million of you dumb fucking tards
are pouting cause the guy you had the hots for didnt make it to the last round


ok
your eyes are glazing over again
let me bring this home to you

We know have a candidate
who is preferred by 36 million people
has huge name recognition and publicity points
probably has a shit load of cash to run with

and 36 million people
that is a third of the available pool.

even if these fuckers havent voted in the past
they sure as hell would now
after all they own his ass
[in their minds]
he is there guy
they picked him
cheered him
and
win he wins the office
they will win too
vicarously through him

its fucking disgustingly brilliant
and
the network executives are too fucking stupid
to realize just how brilliant it is

they just stole the idea
from the poor argentinian bastards
who
came up with it in a desperate attempt
to find a leader
that
can stay in office more than two weeks

ok
enough bloody rambling

I need to get some food in me

How do you know when you have been a good older brother?

Well I suppose you could tell by the amount of therapy your younger siblings engage in
although
another method
is
if they are well trained

my younger sister
emailed me this

You know how

National Public Radio
has quarterly fundrasing to pay for programming
well
this is sort of like that
only more
hilarious




*wicked grin*

dammit people

fill out
this poll
and
yes you arent supposed to get the right answers
[its supposed to be tricky]
so dont worry about it

I want your biased opinions
just tell me what your gut
would tell you about each photo

it aint worth squat
if only three people answer it

and
yes
it is just for my amusement

but isnt that what yall are here for
to
amuse me?

no more drugs for that man

please ignore me
thats right
ignore this post
ignore my comments
yep
all of it

I am in a bizarre mood
and leaving weird comments
everywhere
[except for ikilled007, I meant that one]

I think I am going
to
play
forks and power outlets
for
a while

one of my old favorites

Two hunters from Alabama are out in the woods.
When one of them falls to the ground.
He does not appear to be breathing.

The other whips out his cell and calls 911.
He says to the operator,

"My friend is dead! What can I do?"

The operator, in a calm soothing voice, says,

"Calm down. Just take it easy.
First let's make sure he's dead."

There is a moment of silence,
then a shot is heard.

The guy's voice comes back on the line.

"Okay, now what?"

(no subject)

oh and in other news
my wardrobe is going to have to suffer
in ignomy for another day

turns out
because of the size of my order
and because the bill goes to my accountant
and the clothes come to me
[different states]
they dont like that sort of thing
and when you have too many zeros after the one
they get all nervous

so they put a hold on it
until they could verify it with me
over the phone

called them this afternoon
got it resolved

but it means
my clothes come on tuesday
instead of monday
shit
I will have to go buy something locally
to tide me over
cause I just
have that need for fresh duds

oh and apparently I clicked
the wrong pair of corduroy slacks
so I had to correct that

and apparently since they are more expensive
[a whole twenty dollars eeek!]
i couldnt just alter the order
had to remove the wrong ones
and
create a new order for the right slacks

no big deal a few extra minutes

but they may not come
until the next day

bummer

oh well
I am gonna head over to the main building
and use the gym for while
then
figure out where my cats have gotten off too