Quitting Has Never Been So Much Fun!

In these tough economic times, jobs are hard to come by. But that isn't stopping today's over-extended, stressed-out workers from voluntarily joining the unemployment lines. After all, quitting has never been so much fun!

Take Steven Slater, (former) JetBlue flight attendant. Fed up with facing abusive airline passengers everyday and working long hours in the confines of a flying metal sardine can, he finally did what pretty much every person would dream about doing in his situation. When a passenger bonked him on the head with a suitcase and told him to, "F*ck off," Steven stormed to the intercom, told the passengers to all f*ck themselves, grabbed a couple of beers from the galley, grabbed his personal belongings, opened the emergency door, activated that super-fun-looking inflatable slide, and slid down onto the tarmac. Then he ran to his car, drove home, and engaged in victorious sex with his lover.


How Did He Fit In That Tiny Plane??

Then there's this HPOA:


What's a HPOA?

No, she was not a member of the Hispanic Police Officers Association. She was an assistant at some sort of financial firm. She overheard her boss referring to her as a "HPOA." Apparently scrolling down the list of Google results further than I did, she discovered it meant "Hot Piece Of Ass." That, apparently, was enough for her to send 33 photos to various people in the company, which depict her getting progressively hotter and holding a whiteboard that slowly reveals her boss was a Farmville addict, abusing the company's internet in the interest of expanding his acreage. This was apparently cathartic for her. And has made her a minor internet star. Where she can show off her assets to potential future employers. Like Playboy magazine.

Finally, there's Matt Green, a Brooklyn engineer who decided to take a walk during lunch one day. That walk took him to Rockaway Beach, where he took a dip in the ocean. Then he turned and walked in the other direction. He's been walking for 138 days across the country for "no particular reason."


Nope, Not Him...


...Him

He seems to be having the time of his life:

He is armed with a push cart filled with supplies like rain pants, beef jerky, bear repellant and a plunger, which was given to him by a hardware store owner in New Jersey to ward off stray dogs.

A sign hanging from the front of his cart reads, "We may never meet again."

The 30-year-old Bay Ridge resident quit his civil engineering job and set out with no grand plans of raising money or awareness for a cause. In fact, he made no plans at all to stop at popular attractions.

"I've just been blindly following the route and seeing whatever I see," he said. "It's been more about the journey itself."

Ah, the seductive temptress of the open road: the beauty, the freedom, the plunger-adverse rabid dogs!

Hearing these stories kinda makes you want to quit your job, doesn't it?

...Eleven



Today is 8/9/10!

Ok, I just wanted to point that out.

Everyone get back to work.

Mosquerade

Some people are not too fond of mosques, it seems.

"Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate." --Sarah Palin

It's not about bigotry, say these bleeding hearts. It's about sensitivity. That's why they oppose a mosque two blocks away from the place they call "Ground Zero." "We are not bigots!" they insist. "We're sensitive!"

But what is sensitivity? Who are the sensitive, and why are they sensitive? Does their sensitivity have the morality of reason behind it? Or is it based on the fundamental lie that bigots use to rally the weak-minded to their cause?

Let's establish the facts. The mosque may be near the site of the World Trade Center, but it is not within eyeshot. Tourists visiting the site of the largest terrorist attack on American soil will not see Islamic flags or symbols through their camera viewfinders. People will also not hear any Muslim call to prayer-- a common sound around mosques worldwide: there will be no loudspeakers or minarets attached to this mosque. Much has been said about the center's "15 floors" and amenities, but the truth is, all will be contained withing a rather non-descript Manhattan building (so un-notable, it was rejected for landmark status). The fact is, if there were no news articles about the mosque's existence, no visitor to the 9/11 memorial would know the mosque was there.

The other fact is that those behind the mosque, and those who will pray in it, are undoubtedly not terrorists. Can we say this with 100% certainty? No. But we don't shut down Catholic churches because Eric Rudolph bombed abortion clinics. The truth is, there are millions of Muslims in America, and if every one was a terrorist, we would have certainly been all blown to hell by now. Terrorists are a minority which can exist within any religion or political persuasion. It was not so long ago that communists were all terrorists. And before that, it was Japanese people. And before that, it was the Irish. Americans have a way of branding a whole group for the actions of very few members.

So on what premises are the builders of this mosque supposed to be sensitive? Are they supposed to not build their mosque because people associate the Muslim religion with the terrorism that happened nearby? The people who make that association are unable to draw distinctions between the millions of peaceful Muslims and the hundreds of bad ones. What do we call people who can't draw a distinction between the good and bad members of a race, creed, or religion? What do we call people who believe that all members of a group fall in line with the worst, most vile stereotypes?

Do we call them sensitive?

I think not.

Palin calls for "Peaceful Muslims" to "refudiate." Her twitter statement should draw laughs, but not for the new word she created. We should instead chuckle at the contradiction. If Palin honestly believed any or most Muslims were peaceful, she would reject arguments against the mosque being built. In standing against it, she either supports the fundamental basis behind the "sensitivity," or believes that the center would be a tribute to terrorists. Who are the "Peaceful Muslims," Ms. Palin? Because if they're not the ones that currently live peacefully in and around the New York City community, then I don't know where else they could be.

Let the mosque be built. You'll never see it. You'll never hear it. The only ones who will are the Muslims: Muslims who are seeking a place for prayer, not a place for terror.

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Nice thoughts from NYMag on this issue, here.

A Tour Of NYC's Public Pools

This past Saturday, I took advantage of NYC's public pool system (not in the sense that it was drunk and I made a move, but in the sense that I went and enjoyed the pools for free). I wrote about the experience for Neighborbee. Check it out.

The NAACP Is Racist



By Robbie Republican

After all we've done for them, you'd think the African-Americans in this country would be grateful. I mean, we brought them to the land of opportunity, gave them great farm jobs and housing, and re-recorded their music using white singers to help share the fruits of black culture with the world. But no, apparently that's not good enough.

Now, I'm not a member of this "Tea Party" thing. Frankly, I think its a pretty girly name for a movement. Call it "Gun Party," and now we're talking. But when I heard that the NAACP was calling the Tea Party racist just because it's protesting the actions of Barack Hussein Obama, I became a Tea Party sympathizer.

I mean, it's the NAACP that's racist. My good friend Andrew Breitbart dug up a clip from a 2010 NAACP dinner where the keynote speaker, Shirley Sherrod, admits that she discriminated against a white farmer while working for the government Land Assistance Fund. Andrew titled his post, "Video Proof: The NAACP Awards Racism." You hear that people? Proof. And it's shocking:



My one question is why Andrew only presented 2:36 minutes of the 43-minute speech. Surely, the rest of the speech must have also been hugely bigoted and outrageous. Certainly, if we knew the larger context, this video would be even more shocking.

I reached out to the white farming couple who was discriminated against. I wanted to know how they felt being the victims of racism. But clearly, I was too late. They've already been brainwashed by liberal "mindwipe squads," and are now calling Little Miss Racist a "friend for life," who "kept us out of bankruptcy." Horrifying, I know.

Critics of the Tea Party need to understand something. These teabaggers aren't a bunch of racist, crazy, uneducated and ignorant radicals. These are good, honest, hardworking Americans who are fed up with the despotic regime of Barack Hussein Obama and his Democratic cartel. They pine for the sweet, wonderful days of George W. Bush's benevolent, harmonious Presidency, when baby lambs laid down with lions, and the air was filled with butterflies. Do you remember? I do. There was no war in Iraq, everyone's pockets were full with money, and the Gulf Coast was free of any disaster and misery. Remember how carefree we were? Remember how wonderfully the Republicans in charge did their jobs, with no failures or controversy at all? How beautiful life was, with hope on every horizon? Until a Pakastani immigrant named after famous terrorists hijacked our nation in a fraudulent Presidential election and declared the American Eagle an enemy of the state.

We need to get more proof like Andrew's video. More short clips of speeches, more torn out paragraphs and bite-sized quotes. For instance, did you hear Obama called our war for independence from Britain a "tragedy?"

"Obviously, it's a tragedy," Obama said.

Sure, that's from an article about the Spitzer sex scandal (yet another Democrat hypocrite), but you see, Obama could have easily been talking about 1776. It's all about context, people. Removing it takes great effort.

But it's worth it. It's what we have to do to save America. For, me, for you, and for all the white farmers out their suffering under the yoke of black oppression.

Stay strong my brothers!

Till next time.

Yours Truly,
Robbie Republican, Defender of Our Union.