Wie der Name schon sagt ist The Losers eine lose Neuinterpretation der original DC-Losers, orientiert sich aber an ein erwachseneres Publikum und erscheint deshalb auch auf richtigerweise auf Vertigo Comics.

The Losers sind eine US-Special Forces Einheit die durch Zufall auf ein CIA Komplott stießen und vom selbigen deshalb auch kurzerhand umgebracht werden hätte sollen. The Losers wollen nun so viele Beweise gegen den CIA sammeln wie möglich ist und so ihre Streichung von der Death List erpressen…

NaJa, ehrlich gesagt weiß ich nicht ob dies so ein kluger Plot ist. Warum soll der CIA davon absehen eine Gruppe zu töten wenn die Gruppe noch gefährlicher für sie wird?

Aber kann auch sein, dass gar nichts so ist wie es scheint, denn schon bei den ersten 6 Heften der Serie dreht sich die Handlung in viele verschiedene Richtungen. Keiner scheint für die Seite zu spielen für die er vorgibt zu sein und auch ob es der CIA ist der die Losers tot sehen will, scheint am Ende gar nicht mehr so sicher…

Dem zu Grunde liegt eine großartige Drahtzieher Figur namens „Max“ die ähnlich wie Keyser Söze bei den Usual Suspects im Hintergrund die Fäden beisammen hält. Oder auch nicht… Wer weiß.

Der Rest der Losers ist, wie bei vielen anderen Outputs des Militär-Genres, sehr gut in Funktionen aufgeteilt. So gibt es den abgedrehten Hacker, den schweigsamen Scharfschützen der sein Ziel nie verfehlt, den Chef der sich die Pläne ausdenkt usw. Sehr Archetypisch, sehr standardisiert und keine der Figuren kann durch sein Agieren besonders überraschen. Dafür haben sie aber alle einen Coolness-Faktor Hoch 10.

Die Story selbst, überzeugt aber nicht nur durch seine Wendungen sondern auch durch eine Menge Action und vielen, vielen atemberaubenden Szenen, die nur nach einer Verfilmung zu schreien scheinen. (Ich persönlich hätte da aber lieber eine Serie gesehen)

Als etwas störend empfand ich die starke Verwendung von Militär-Ausdrücken und -Abkürzung die die Loser zwar glaubhafter machen, wegen denen ich aber auch den Trade zweimal lesen musste bis ich alles komplett verstand.

Jocks Artwork ist.. ok. Also das passt schon, doch ähnlich wie bei der Handlung brauchte es auch hier ein zweites Mal lesen bevor ich es zu mögen begann.

Wer das „A-Team“ oder das „Dreckige Dutzend“ mochte, wird sich auch von der Charakterisierung der Loser angesprochen fühlen. Auch wer Andy Diggle erst vor kurzem durch seinen Thunderbolts Run kennen und lieben lernte, sollte sich die Loser zulegen, da er auch hier eine ähnliche „nichts ist so wie es scheint“ Schiene fährt.

Losers ist sicherlich nicht für Jeden geschrieben und ähnlich wie bei manchen Platten, musste ich mir Losers öfter durchlesen bis ich sie „Ante Up“ zu schätzen lernte.

Thrill, Humor, etwas Heist und viel, viel Action. Wer das mag, mag auch die Loser!

4/5

THE LOSERS, Vol.1: Ante Up! (TPB, Softcover)

VERTIGO COMICS, März 2004

beinhaltet The Losers #1-6

Last night, WWE delivered a strong pay-per-view with the 2009 Survivor Series. Six matches were on the card, including two championship matches. Both champions succeeded in their matches, both survived the triple threat. We know the outcome of all the matches, but who really won last night? Who really lost?

Hit the jump for the complete analysis of last night’s Survivor Series, with a match-by-match breakdown of who the real winners and losers were.

THE MATCH: The Miz, Jack Swagger, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison, Finlay, Evan Bourne, Matt Hardy, Shelton Benjamin in a Survivor Series elimination tag match.

THE WINNERS: Despite a valiant effort, the three-on-one onslaught of The Miz, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre proved too much for the Friday Night Delight, John Morrison. The young collection of heels won an impressive opening match that last just over twenty minutes. The aforementioned trio of Miz, Sheamus and McIntyre each survived.

THE REAL WINNER(S): John Morrison put up on a strong effort against three individuals, showcasing himself as the MVP of his team. Despite losing the match, John Morrison came out looking strong in defeat. The Miz continued on his path, leading to his team to victory over his former teammate. Since moving to RAW, Sheamus has been billed as a vicious monster, and he continued that last night by surviving and getting the win for his team. The final winner is Smackdown’s latest project, the young Drew McIntyre. McIntyre looked strong throughout the match, picked up two eliminations and survived the night.

THE REAL LOSER(S): It pains me to say it, but definitely Dolph Ziggler. Dolph has gone from a guy poised to win the Intercontinental Championship and destined to breakout as a main-eventer, to the first one eliminated in a Survivor Series elimination match that sees his team win with three survivors. To make matters worse, the match lasted over 20 minutes, and Dolph was the first person eliminated about four minutes into the match.

THE MATCH: Batista vs. Rey Mysterio

THE WINNER: Batista showed no mercy for Rey Mysterio, winning the match by referee stoppage following three Batista Bomb’s. Batista continued the onslaught after the match, sending his former friend away on a stretcher.

THE REAL WINNER(S): No one.

THE REAL LOSER(S): The feud is doing nothing for either individual. Rey Mysterio doesn’t come out of it looking good in defeat, he got massacred and the referee had to stop the bout. Batista because he’s supposed to be a heel, yet can’t succeed in getting the fans to boo him when he’s destroying a small fry like Mysterio. Besides, it’s not like the basis for this feud did anything but make Batista out to be a whining pussy.

THE MATCH: Kofi Kingston, MVP, Mark Henry, R-Truth, and Christian vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, C.M. Punk, and William Regal in a Survivor Series elimination tag match.

THE WINNERS: Kofi Kingston found himself in a tough situation, a handicap match against Randy Orton and CM Punk; two former champions. Kofi’s only chance to win the match, defeat two former multi-time champions. Kingston did just that to give his team the win, as the sole survivor.

THE REAL WINNER(S): CM Punk and Randy Orton looked like a million bucks in my eyes, for putting over Kofi in such a huge fashion. Substitute John Cena, DX, or the Undertaker in their spot, and that would not have happened. They’re not hurt by the loss at all. The biggest winner, obviously Kofi Kingston. He put on a great performance, and no one in the company is riding as big a wave of momentum as Kofi is right now. The focal point of the entire event has to be Kofi, it was his night and he seized it in a major way.

THE REAL LOSER(S): Mark Henry. The “World’s Strongest Man” lasted about two minutes. Pathetic.

THE MATCH: The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho vs. Big Show in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship.

THE WINNER: The Undertaker retained his title by forcing the massive Big Show to tap out to Hell’s Gate.

THE REAL WINNER(S): Chris Jericho was the highlight of the match, as he usually is. Jericho is definitely due for another reign as World Heavyweight Champion, and I hope he gets that opportunity to do so soon, say TLC in December. One on one with The Undertaker in a bit match type like a TLC match, certainly like the odds of Jericho walking out as champion,

THE REAL LOSER(S): Big Show lost the match, but did you expect anything else? Big Show may as well give up, he’s never going to win the World Championship again. Let’s end this pairing of JeriShow and movie Jericho back to where he belongs, let the Big Show go do some comedy stuff and stay away from the championship matches.

THE MATCH: Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Melina, Gail Kim, Eve Torres vs. Michelle McCool, Layla, Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, and Alicia Fox in a Survivor Series elimination tag match.

THE WINNERS: Team Mickie picked up the win when Melina eliminated Michelle McCool. Team captain Mickie James and Melina are the only survivors.

THE REAL WINNER(S): No one. This was a throwaway match that did nothing for the divas division.

THE REAL LOSER(S): WWE Creative. WWE has some really talented women wrestlers, so I can’t for the life of me understand why they continue to show them no respect and use them as simply fodder. This match was short and predictable, and the eliminations happened so fast it was just impossible to care about. Several of the divas deserve much better than this.

THE MATCH: John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match for the WWE Championship.

THE WINNER: John Cena won a hard fought contest, surprise surprise.

THE REAL WINNER(S): From start to finish, this match was exciting and excellent. All three men are granted winner status for their performance in the main event. Was it the match of the year? No, it didn’t come close to topping HBK/Undertaker from WrestleMania 25, but how many matches can? It was a wonderful triple threat though, and things got interesting anytime Triple H and Shawn Michaels locked up. I’m still hoping for one more Michaels/Hunter singles match, hopefully at WrestleMania 26.

THE REAL LOSER(S): This was a great match, nobody came out of it looking bad or in anyway a “loser”. Great showing by all three men.

"Roissy in DC" author: James C. Weidmann

Jimmy-The-Jew:  ”Roissy in DC”

Now, let me just say this.  I have never felt the need to dedicate a post to Roissy because we all know (in his many pathetic, repeated blog posts dedicated to me) that is exactly what he wants.  He wants to be the “dark villain” and the “dangerous man”.  Sadly, most women can see upon reading a few words of his that he is not a dangerous nor scary man.  He’s a sad, lonely, 40’s-something guy…..stuck in a big city…..where he just can’t keep up with the competition  (please refer to what he looks like and what he WEARS as a man his age to see what I am referring to).

*I am interested to see if Roissy “takes it like a man” or shrieks like a schoolgirl and demand it be removed.  ( I say this because Roissy has felt free to find and post photos of me, my family, my personal info, and anything else he can find to “call me out”).  I wonder if the “dishee” can also take it.*

Desperation drips from his false online persona like a broken rusty rain gutter that everyone gave up on fixing long ago……

If you are NOT familiar with blogger, “Roissy in DC“……I’d suggest you click and read a bit of his blog (you’re welcome, Roissy).

This is a man who claims to be a Master of Seduction, a Jesus-Like Savior of (wimpy) men, a Colossus of Gaming, and of course an all around “Ladies Man”.

He extols the virtues of dodging child support payments, physically intimidating your wives & girlfriends to “keep them in line”, and even encourages men to “raw-dog” it and have as much unprotected sex as you possibly can (gross….can you say STD’s and MORE babies in foster care???).

Unfortunately, the men he is preying upon don’t realize that he is NOT out to help them, NOT out “offer advice”, but out ONLY to reassure himself in his aging, middle-aged, desperation…..that ANYONE still wants to hear what he has to say.

You all know the expression “Well….if I’m going down….I’m taking everyone with me.”  THAT is exactly what Roissy’s “Game” advice to men is.  It’s like the crack under a recovering crack-heads nose…….the “miracle diet pill” to the lifetime Anorexic……and the walking, talking ENABLER of the further decline of modern men in today’s society.  He encourages men to go back to the “id”…..the caveman inside themselves…….and care about nothing but eating, sleeping, and fucking.

Every step that man has taken forward in the world, Roissy helps them to take a step back.  For every man who DOES have discipline and character (and self-control)……Roissy helps to enable 10 more NOT to be.

The chauvinism, arrogance, and cock-obsessed points aside……Roissy is a living breathing example of the stereotype that many men have been trying to not be a part of:  drooling, horny, pussy-obsessed, “cocks-on-wheels” with not a thought in their head except finding a warm-hole.  (Pardon the nasty expression, but that is the main thought process of men like these).

Anyway…..I received an email directly from a mysterious (and generous) Miss X.  This is evidently a woman who feels much the same way that I do and is tired of witnessing this sort of degradation in our society as whole.

*NOTE:  I will remove tidbits from the email that could/would give away the identity of “Miss X” and how she may be “familiar” with Roissy.  I will also mark my own comments with *asterisks* and Italics so there is no confusion.*

Dear Lady Raine,

I’ve been a longtime admirer of your contributions to the debate at Roissy’s. However, his recent smugness has exceeded even my tolerance, and I thought I might offer a little birthday present to you to offset the bile you’ve received from him:

I believe I know Roissy’s real name.

I know that you like investigation…. take a look at James (Jim) C. Wiedmann, employed by FINRA (a private finance regulatory body in D.C.). Also interviewed in the Mail and Globe article “When Players Turn Into Boyfriends.” See if this rings any bells:

The pickup artist’s message for wannabe players and boyfriends alike is essentially “don’t be a wuss,” says J. Wiedmann, a Washington-based white-collar-crime investigator. Mr. Wiedmann, who did not want his full name used, launched his “reality-based seduction” blog, “Roissy in DC: Where Pretty Lies Perish,” last year. Reviled and beloved, the blog is full of devilish relationship strategies.


“I’ve written about the importance of instilling dread in your girlfriend by turning off your phone twice a week, or calling her from a busy place where women are laughing in the background … despite her protestations to the contrary, a little bit of uncertainty goes a long way to keeping her aroused for you,” Mr. Wiedmann said in an interview.


Aside from the usual fawning and vitriolic responses to his posts, Mr. Wiedmann has been seeing more pleas for relationship advice in his inbox lately. “Most of my male readers ask for advice on how to win that ‘one girl’ over. They’re struggling to get out of the discount bin of the sexual market,” he says.

(http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article714983.ece)

Roissy published a blog entry entitled “I Am In the Globe and Mail,” but has recently deleted it.
(http://roissy.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/i-am-in-the-globe-and-mail/).

He is 41. His birth day and month are the same as listed in this profile, but he lies about the year. This is what he looks like.
(http://www.puaconnect.com/roissy/)

If you’d like any further confirmation, try a Google search for “Roissy’s real name.”

He loves to brag about his exploits, but abuses women while hiding under a cloak of secrecy. And now he is making it a personal crusade to attack all the women on his blog who are still willing to stick around. Please be careful — some of the men at his site are very angry and seem a few minutes away from snapping.

From one woman to another,
Miss X

*I also received this in my comments section from another one of my readers*

You should send Roissy a nice thank you card:

Jim Wiedmann
1778 Lanier Pl NW #9C
Washington, DC 20009

*OH, JIM…….LOL…..what does one even say about this?  Other than the fact that a 41 year old “finance-nerd” who dresses like he’s a 21 year old emo-prep college-boy.  The fact that he constantly berates women and evidently LIES about his age even to his own readership is really rather funny.  I recall so many articles talking about how “young hot women just LOVE old, pasty gross men” and now I know why he’s so desperate to get other men to believe this kind of thing.

You would think that JUST the fact that he’s a middle-aged, pasty-white finance-Jew posing as a playboy would be reason enough for people to disregard his opinions and advice (like most people already do)…..but there are and always will be looking for their “own personal jesus” to tell them it’s okay to hate women, hate life, hate responsibility, hate morals, hate “hard work”, and hate ANYONE AND EVERYONE that you can possibly think of to blame for being  what they have become.

This falls into my “Why People Are Assholes” post.  Roissy may not be a big-name who is going to influence anyone who actually matters……but he’s certainly known enough to be influencing men who otherwise may have turned to look at THEMSELVES (yes I know introspection is a crazy concept for guys like him) for their failures/shortcomings in life.

It’s a dangerous world we live in when there is a “miracle pill”, a quick fix, and a (insert random group) to blame for everything a person DOESN’T do to be responsible for their own lives.

Our good friend Jimmy-The-Jew, here is just one of them.*

Yes, Gentlemen....THIS is the man you are asking for advice on picking up ladies.....(Note: The....errr..."artwork" done to this pic wasn't done by me. This is the way the photo was when I saved it, lol)

*Yes, Ladies I know…..it’s hard to control yourself in the presence of such an Adonis, but please try to remain calm for the sake of our female dignity.*

Update:  Much like I expected….some of Roissy’s shrieking henchman came here telling me I have “stepped over the line”.  For a bit on the “history”….this is the first time I have published a “post about Roissy” on my blog.  Roissy has published at least 6 or more posts specifically about me.  Containing personal photos of me AND MY son….which is “unsavory” in the first place.  But he then continued over the past 6 months to try to slander me, give out personal info (like mentioning the town I live in as often as he can) and worst of all posts porno videos and says that it is ME in the video (and isn’t.)  He has publicly posted lies on his blog accusing me of prostitution AND pornography and attached my photos to the (complete lies) he is telling.

I never really bothered posting about it here on my blog, because anyone who knows me in real life knows those things aren’t true and are ridiculous…..but that doesn’t change the fact that Roissy likes to go and play in people’s lives and slander innocent people for his own amusement and to up his blog stats without remorse and without even having  a good motive to do it.  Just because it gets him attention.

Well I think it’s high time someone finally fixed his little red wagon, and I’m certainly the woman for the job

*Besides I’m just getting started…..remember what I told you in my “Revenge Tips”????  Keep your friends close and your enemies closer*

Now I know what was playing in the collective locker rooms of the AFC North this weekend…Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day”:

Why did I act that way last night? why did I get high? I never should have done that. Now I can’t get as much done as I wanted. Way to be responsible dumbass. I learned things I should have learned already. Always go to a party with a friend. Always. You never know what might happen. And 2, don’t get high around people I don’t know.  Regardless of how they might insist. I think I want to stay clean. I’m just annoyed at my lack of self control. And how I fail at meeting anyone but the losers. I feel like I can act normal around all the rejects. This is stupid. I should be able to act normal around normal people too

And I should have more fucking RESTRAINT! If I’m not using if for something I need, or if I know I don’t have anything important to do, its ok. But not when I know I have work to get done.

I want a dog or a cat. I still don’t think I can leave though… I need to figure out what I’m doing this summer. Maybe I can get a job over winter break at something sweet if I get a vehicle. Motorcycle? Keep it at moms? lol.

Yay for me!

 Your brother claims he wants to watch you beat off on camera. Maybe it’s time for you both to set sail to the fun land of go fuck yourselves.

I saw this note in TNR (happened to be about Sarah Palin) and came to this conclusion some time ago in my personal life:

To respond to an opponent, even harshly, even rudely, is to accord her a certain respect—to treat her as worthy of a response. But Palin is worthy of no such thing. She stands for nothing beyond her own self-promotion. She craves attention, and negative attention is a form of attention. Even ridicule can be a form of flattery.

I used to live with a housemate a number of years ago who was always spouting off crazily annoying right-wing pronouncements (“Joe McCarthy was right all along;” “Democrats are the party of death;” “I don’t respect people who join the military and take educational benefits afterward;” “The USMC would have won Fallujah I (in spring 2004) if they had just fought harder;” etc.) , and my friends and I would take the bait.

Eventually, we realized it was just better to just ignore him, and he’d eventually go away.  And he did.  He craved attention (probably because he was a lonely guy) and “negative attention is a form of attention.”  I guess this is true on the national stage as well – so just ignore the shtick of Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin — and Sarah Palin.  It’s just about sparking outrage for the sake of entertainment.

Wow, this came up out of the blue.  Apparently what has happened is that someone hacked into a couple of pro Global Warming organizations and found some information that Al Gore does not want you to see.  Supposedly, this stuff shows how they have fought to keep information from the Freedom of Information requests that prove Global Warming is not happening.  They have changed temperature data to prove that global warming is a serious problem.  Does this really surprise anyone? 

I think that these scientists should really lose all credibility and credentials for being lying pieces of sh*t.  They should be ruined professionally and prevented from ever being a scientist again nor should they be able to take a lessor job in the scientific community.  However, this probably won’t happen but it really should.  I’m tired of dishonest scientists trying to govern my life and how I live it.   It should be MY decision on how I want to live my life and my finances should govern what I do…Not some dishonest scientist who are inflating temps for the purpose of deception.  Yes, Al Gore can kiss every inch of my big fat @ss.

Again, I’ve been told how I am part of the problem since I refuse to agree with the idiots.  Really, if there was a legitamite problem, would scientist have to inflate temps and use dishonest methods?  Absolutely not if it were real.  I have never done anything special for earth day.  In fact, I’ve left every light on in my house and went to work and had all of those lights on too each earth day.  I guess this makes me much smarter than 99% of liberals who believe this crap.  This even makes me 100% smarter than Barak Huisane Obama.  Wow, to think that I didn’t even go to Harvard.

Peer reviewed means absolutely nothing.  Peer reviewed just means this is a group conspiracy to bilk the country of all of it’s money and ruin it with such idiotic programs as Cap and Tax.  Again, if this was a legitimate theory then why would numbers have to be inflated and why would they have to use so much deception?  This is easy!  Because I’ve called it the Man-made Global Warming Scam.  It’s a scam for the suckers and the idiots.  Al Gore has the mentality of a snake oil salesman.

Even though this has been the coolest year for the US, Al Gore is out there saying that we are warming.  Really Al?  Ya think?  I’m sorry, most of us have had to wear warmer clothes this year because of the “warming!”  If Al is smart, he’ll get rid of his stocks and investments based on green things and start advocating that global warming does not exist.  That way he won’t wind up eating macaroni and cheese because his house of cards are coming down as this crap is exposed.  It’s hard to advocate global warming when we have emails from these so-called “Scientists” engaging in dishonest reporting to prove their stupid theory.

Again, most of what Al Gore said would happen, has not happened nor is it close to happen.  Why don’t the AP pull people from fact checking Sarah Palin and have them fact check the hypocrite Al Gore? 

To see the level of dishonesty of what they’ve found on these websites, click here.  Again, these are hacked emails that show the level of dishonesty in the global warming movement and how they worked to keep the real data from the public who have a right to see the real data.  I think this is a abomination and I think said scientists should have their credentials revoked for their dishonesty.  They should also be tried on fraud charges and have all monies that they have been given for research  stripped and I also think they should be sued for money that they have gotten and spent.

Alright baby! Im back with another week of dead-on picks and no love for losers. Unless, I like you and you lose, then we are still cool…aaaannnyyywaaaayyyy….

So, last week as an OK week for me, posting a record of 8-6 again, bringing my yearly total to a whopping 32-19!!. That’s pretty awesome, eh?

Alright, back to business this week, here are Reid’s Wild Picks for Week 11, straight up, no chaser. (ok, you can have a chaser, but just this once)

1. Denver v. San Diego.
Winner: Denver. The bolts come up to the Mile High City for this AFC showdown. Now, alot of people are harping on my Co’s for having 3 bad games. I think we turn it around against the bolts. Yeah, I said that last week, I get it, but, its the Chargers. And we HATE the chargers. (but I love my friends who like the chargers ). So, Denver comes alive, Orten or not.

2. Miami v. Carolina
Winner: Carolina. I know Miami squeaked by the Jets last week, and I think Carolina’s win streak gets in the way of the fins.

3. Washington v. Dallas
Winner: Dallas. T-Rom and the boys will beat the Skins. I still can’t believe we lost to the Skins. No team should lose to them. No team.

4. Cleveland v. Detroit
Winner: …Detroit. I dunno, the battle of 1-8’s doesn’t exactly “capture my interest” or ” make me care”. So, i dont.

5. San Fransisco v. Green Bay
Winner: SF. I like both teams, but I think the 9er’s break through the heap and emerge victorious.

6. Pittsburgh v. Kansas City
Winner: Pitt. If KC wins, shit’s messed up dude.

7. Seattle v. Minnesota
Winner: Vikings. Too much power for a Seattle team that just can’t figure it out.

8. Atlanta v. New York Giants
Winner: Falcons. With the G-men on a skid, look for Matty Ice to put the chill on the Giants.

9. New Orleans v. Tampa Bay
Winner: Saints. Drew and crew have too much power. I like the Buc’s attitude improvement though. Maybe next year.

10. Buffalo v. Jacksonville
Winner: Jacksonville. Buffalo = dumpster fire. No water in sight. Or coach.

11. Indy v. Baltimore
Winner: Colts. GREAT GAME HERE. This will be a battle with Peyton emerging with a win. CEREBRAL.

12. Arizona v. St. Louis
Winner: Arizona. Sometimes they are good, sometimes not. I’m guessing good against a D like the Rams have.

13. Cinncinatti v. Oakland.
Winner: Bengals. JaMarcus is on the bench and that won’t solve a thing. Well…no, no it won’t.

14. New York Jets v. New England
Winner: Patriots. Brady rebounds after the 4th and 2 call. (Which, come on, get over it, he makes it and he is a genius). They win, and win convincingly.

15. Philly v. Chicago.
Winner: Philly. Chicago doesn’t have the personnel to make Cutler effective. Little different without Marshall and Royal running down your throws, ain’t it??

16. Tennesee v. Houston
Winner: Houston. I’m going against my instinct here and giving the edge to Houston. Why? Because I can. That’s why.

And there it is my friends, another week of awesome picks and awesome wins. I could get to 40 wins after this week, I think I can do it.

Going to a concert in Long Beach tonight, should be exciting. Since when is free drinks not exciting?? exactly.

-Reid

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Winners don’t give up. When life gets rough, they hang in until the going gets better.

Winners are flexible. They realize there is more than one way and are willing to try others.

Winners know they are not perfect. They respect their weaknesses while making the most of their strengths.

Winners fall but they don’t stay down. They stubbornly refuse to let a fall keep them from climbing.

Winners don’t blame fate for their failures, nor luck for their successes.

Winners are positive thinkers who see good in all things. From the ordinary, they make the extraordinary.

Winners believe in the path they have chosen even when it is hard, even when others can’t see where they are going.

Winners are people that believe in themselves.

Nice Article: Winners vs. Losers

Unemployed Dad makes $63/hr!

Pittsburgh mom makes $63/hr!

Mom learns secret to whitening teeth from home!

Ok, my question is… Who is stupid enough to fall for these??? ^^^  They’re just links to another blog now but on other pages they’re links to the SAME SALES SITES…

This brings me to my first point.  Who, in their right mind, would buy something from a commercial on the radio now a days?

I specifically avoid the following:

• Radio Commercials for specific products
• TV Commercials for specific products
• Radio Commercials for services
• Internet Ads for just about everything

Now, what I mean by ‘avoid’ is simple.  I would NEVER purchase something from a commercial I heard about on the radio UNLESS that is a restaurant or something such as a game/movie/show coming out.  I would also never call a service from radio either(mortgage lender/debt reduction/etc). Same goes for TV commercials they have just never proven to be trustworthy and after reading web sites like this (http://www.ripoffreport.com/) it seems like every single commercial you see anywhere is linked to some lame scheme to steal your money in one way or the other.  For the record, I know http://www.ripoffreport.com/ is a bad example but the website I used to love (infomercialscams.com) is gone for now. 

And I would NEVER or from/use a web page that is in the ads section of a search engine like google.  Let alone, use a service that is advertised on some page or is blinking and says I’m the 10,000th visitor….

What to do to solve this problem?  Figure out a new venue… The current advertising venue is old and lame and has been taken over by scammers and companies that aren’t trustworthy.  Mind you, there ARE some good companies that advertise obviously but they’re many many more scammer ads.

They all try to work you in to some damn subscription type process…

MY NEXT POINT…

Chidults (Child-like adults)…  This complaint stems from some friends we have… I’ll start by explaining what I mean.

I mean the people that are, I’d say 16> is a good age range and act like they have the mentality of four year olds.  Heck my sister (now 6) when she was four was more mature than the 2 friends I’m talking about.

Now let me tell you the stories so you can understand what I’m referring to…

Story 1

When my wife and I were getting married is the first time I started noticing it.  Noticing these 2 seemed to have to copy everything we did.  First, they complained about how “we had to have our wedding before them but they’re older” WHAT? We decided to get married and set our date based on the best time for us and the people we hired for it.  Not to top them as we didn’t really even know before that that they were getting married.  That is because of another smaller story.  They decided to get married after they both talked about not being sure about it.  One, in particular, the female said she’d call it off if another guy at work asked her out A MONTH BEFORE THE WEDDING.  He didn’t, I guess luckily, but after they got married he did mention to someone that he thought she was cute but wouldn’t want to mess up her new marriage.  Anyway, their wedding happened a few months after ours and it was oddly the same… They had it in the same place (ok because it is a nice place), they played the same type of a recessional music (ours was very unique and there’s was STRANGELY only about one off of ours…

That ones not HORRIBLE but there is more to come…

Story 2

This one is out of chronological order from the last but it has to do with housing.  I got a new job and we started looking for an apartment.  My wife had been told by the one(we’ll call her Barb) that she didn’t want to move out yet and wasn’t ready and preferred to live at home for a while more.  Barb then came over that weekend and went and not 3 days later they were LOOKING AT HOUSES.  Oh, that’s one thing I forgot to mention about these morons, they have to attempt to top everything we do… ATTEMPT… I really could care less what they do as we are happy..  They hurried up and bought some old house anyway.

Story 3

The last and final story, there ARE a lot more but not for today… RECENTLY we mentioned someday we were going to get a wiener dog… At the time we were told by them both they hated wiener dogs because they were ’stupid’ or ‘peed to much’.  2 days ago one texted everyone on her contacts list telling them they were going to get a wiener dog in a couple days from a lady!  Wow… what a surprise..

In closing, I’d just like to say, if you do read this (those who it’s about) and you know it’s about you then GOOD.  I hope you now know just how stupid you look.  It’s horribly transparent and just shows how immature you actually are.  Haha..

As I stated before, if I really cared I could do any of the stuff they have.  If I was really worried about them showing us up or having any of the stuff we want immediately we would have bought a house and we would have a wiener dog now.  But it’s not as important as being comfortable and being able to have freedoms hence the reason we don’t have any of that stuff yet.  As a final statement I’d like to challenge those 2 to have a kid.  Have fun (they haven’t used protection since they met)…

Eric Holder, Attorney General of the US, used no principles set down in the legal system to make the decision to try 9/11 Scumbag terrorists as criminals.  He talked to his wife and his brother-in-law.  Oh, yeah that’s a freaking blunder.  He asked people who aren’t charged with prosecuting terrorist where they should be tried.  Liberal arguments lack any resemblence of reason.  Here are the losing arguments of the week:

We prosecuted the 93 world trade bombers in civilian court.   Why can’t we do the same for the 9/11 terrorists?  (A)  Law enforcement built the case for this not the intelligence community.  Where this strategy will fall short is that the Department of Defense doesn’t have to maintain a chain of custody on evidence gathered at a battlefield.  They are not law enforcement.  So we could very well see the whole case thrown out of court based on there being no chain of custody for the evidence.  Is that fair?  Absolutely not!!!!!  What about miranda rights?  The military does not mirandize illegal combatants on the battlefield.  It has never been a requirement so now a liberal judge can throw out the charges just based on miranda rights.  Believe me, there are liberal lawyers chomping at the bit to say that not only did their client not receive miranda rights but was prevented to talk to their attorney until recently. 

Liberals have a hard time telling the difference between an act of war and a criminal act.  9/11 was most certainly a war crime if it had been comitted by a legal combatant.  However, terrorist scumbags do not fall within the definition of a legal combatant so they are in essence a illegal combatant.  I realize our supreme court has ruled that terrorist scum should be treated within the guidelines of the Geneva Convention.  However, if you look at the documents in question there are guidelines that must be met to be considered protected.

a.  You must be part of a recognized militia.  Scumbags R Us does not fit this criteria.

b.  You must have a military structure.  No, they have a structure but it isn’t like anything a recognized military would use.

c.  You must wear a military uniform.  Again, Scumbags R Us doesn’t fit into the category.

Holding trials in a civilian court system will only do one thing and one thing only.  It’s Eric Holder’s attempt to put the Bush administration on trial.  Coming from a liberal mind, he sees this as the answer because it knocks two birds out with one stone.  Eric Holder has zero credibility when it comes to dealing with terrorists.  Just look at the pardons that Bill Clinton signed as he was leaving office.  Read up on the Boricua Popular Army and how Eric Holder let these Domestic terrorists walk out of prison having their crimes pardoned.  As a Attorney General, he sucks big time.  However, he represents the quishy liberal philopsophy… Republicans are 10 times worse for the country than a terrorist scumbag.   The idea that he is going to punish those who should be punished is a wash.  He had 2 members of the Black Panthers intimidate voters at a polling booth and they walked scott free.  In fact, I have no doubt that Eric Holder and Barak Huisane Obama will give clemensy to ex-Senator William Jefferson for having $90,000 in his refrigerator.

Oh, I have no doubt that Eric Holder doesn’t want to botch this up and when it happens he’ll say he made a terrible mistake when these guys walk the hell out of our prison system after a judge has thrown out the case.  I’ve had liberals request that I apologize if a judge finds these Al Quaeda members guilty of all charges and sentenced to death.  Just the thought that these scumbags want death makes me not want to support it.  I agree with Ron White on this.  Each and every one of these terrorist scumbags wants to die for islam.  I’m just not sure if they’d be prepared to spend the rest of their days in one of our prison systems living with Big Bubba who is also in there for the rest of his life.  When you put the two together, I’m not sure they are prepared to engage in prison sex for the rest of their lives but I encourage the scumbags to bend over and pray 10 times a day.  Also, my thought is that I’m all for giving Major Nidahl Hassan the death penalty.  Sure, he can be their hero but he’ll also be our example so that others who are into the same bullshit can see what happens when we find a terrorist muslim scumbag in the ranks of our military.

Given the fact that the scumbags will be going to New York for trial, it’s safe to say that they want that big stage to play out the end of their time.  Hell Al Quaeda may plan another terrorist attack to put a exclaimation point on the trials.  Even another reason why Eric Holder is an idiot for doing this.  I can’t see why he wants to put the city of New York through another high alert for a terrorist attack.  This would not happen if we’d have tried these scumbags in a Military tribunnal at GITMO.  Terrorist don’t have access to GITMO so there wouldn’t be the backlash locally to disturb the proceedings.  Also, the military tribunnal will cost about 10 times less because the scumbags will abuse it as a opportunity to justify their conduct.

KSM pleaded guilty at a military tribunnal already.  Trying him in a military court system allows him to recant his plea and delay the proceedings.  I expect the scumbags and their attorneys to turn the courtroom into a circus mocking our court system.  So now, instead of treating KSM as a illegal combatant, we’re going to treat him like a citizen of the US giving him rights that our founding fathers NEVER intended to be bestowed on him.  In fact, our founding fathers had to deal with muslim pirates and apparently they did far worse to the pirates than we have at GITMO.  It doesn’t make it right but it does prove a point when it comes to how we are treating these scumbags.  How’s that hope and change working for everyone else?  I always said Obama will have you hoping he’ll do the right thing and you’ll hope that out of all of the dollars he’s taken, he’ll probably leave you with just change.

By the way, don’t email me just to say I’m hating on the president and Eric Holder.  I hate their policies.  I don’t hate them personally, I don’t know them.  I’m just pointing out they are not as smart as you idiots said he was.  Besides, honestly I hate terrorist scumbags  100 X’s worse than I hate Obama.

I think Glenn Beck hit the nail on the head when it comes to SEIU and Obamacare.  Poll after poll shows that the American public does not want Obamacare yet, it’s being forced down our throats.  Obama is doing Obamacare for Andy Stern and the SEIU union.  It makes sense.  The union’s growth isn’t exactly booming and one of the areas that is hitting the union between the eyes is providing healthcare to it’s members.  So they help Obama to get elected and in return the government takes this sore off SEIU’s back.

So if you think Obama is doing this for you, you are sadly mistaken.  It’s for Andy Stern.  You know, the head of the SEIU union that has met with Obama 22 times since he’s been in office.  So I thought that Obama said he wasn’t bowing down to special interest.  Obviously, yet again, the liberal messiah has lied.  Trust me, SEIU is a special interest group.  Unions are not a government entity.  They get their money from bilking it’s members for dues and strong arming people for membership.  Why else would Obama support card check?  It’s payback for SEIU’s help in getting him elected.  I have no doubt that Andy Stern was told that he’d get Obamacare and card check in return for his help in getting the liberal messiah elected.  So in fact, he promised Andy Stern that he’d have Americans pay for the union’s blunders.  They spent more money than they should have to get the liberal man child elected which hurt them in providing their end of the deal on union membership.

I support neither effort for SEIU.  Andy Stern is a liberal who spends money like a liberal.  Your union should do whatever it has to to survive, just like every business in the US.  If you’d have been looking out for your best interest, you would have made your political donations within your budget.  I feel no sympathy for union thugs who got themselves in a bind because of their partisan hackery.  To ask me and other Americans to pay all of this money to provide healthcare for union thugs is a outrageous especially when your damn money pool comes from other Americans who probably won’t be covered by Obamacare.  Goddamn Barak Huisane Obama for attempting to bilk Americans for money to help out SEIU while trying to make average Americans believe this is good for them.  Then again, this bad idea isn’t any better or worse than Obama’s Cap and Tax bill meant to steal even more money from hard working Americans by adding a climate change tax onto our Energy bills and at the pump based on a scam called man-made global warming.

Of course if you want to tip the lying president voluntary then by all means go ahead if it makes you feel better.  I personally don’t need any help in getting rid of my pay because the gas pumps have gone up causing food and other necessities go up in price.  If it was up to me, the lying president won’t get any more of my money than they are entitled. 

Liberals refuse to consider the grand idea of giving tax breaks for those who purchase their own insurance and simply put others on medicare/medicaid.  They’d also need to pass a law saying that pre-existing conditions are required to be covered.  This would solve the problem of having people uncovered and keep the government out of healthcare.  They wouldn’t even have to give them the full tax break for the full price of their health insurance.  Just make the tax break of half of what you pay for the insurance

Okay, so I moved to LA, and I really like it. Let’s get that out of the way–all of you people can stop asking me if I love or still love it. Even if I hated it, I’d tell you I loved it, because I’m not sure why you’re on my junk like that. So stop. Next person to ask me that question is getting verbally abused. Just so you know. Anyways, so even though I love it, there are some “cultural shocks” that make like, no fucking sense to me. Like, they’re mind blowing–in the bad way. For instance, people don’t walk here, although the city is TOTALLY walkable. When did half a mile become so far you needed to drive when you have sidewalks and pedestrian signals? Seriously? And I know you’re going to In N’ Out, your ass needs to walk. Get it together. Furthermore, there seems to be this weird obsession here with people and ethnicity/race. Never have I had so many people ARGUE with me about what I am made up of when I tell them I’m black. Apparently, that’s not an acceptable answer. Oh sorry excuse me, let me say I’m 1/16 white and 1/16 native american, because that shit counts so much. Get the fug outta here. Y’all are trippin. Okay, and those aren’t even the worst offenses. The worst happened to me today at the grocery store, and I was REALLY confused because I’ve been to the grocery store multiple times and don’t feel like I had changed anything, so maybe the way the line was going was just different today. Okay, here’s what happened:

I was going to the self check out line at Ralph’s, ie, the Cali version of Kroger. As I approached the line, I see that people are in line, but no one is in the last aisle. Like, there was no one there. Initially, I thought that both of the check out thingies were out of order, I saw that one was, but the closest one seemed fine. I was a little confused, but I was like ummm okay, and go to that one. Instantly, this douchebag with a longboard in his cart (yes, for real, there was a long board in his cart. And wait, not just one, but TWO–womp womp) like, runs over to where I am, yelling at me like, “What’s the deal, there’s one line for the whole section, wtf?” So I look at him like, seriously, “Wait, seriously? Since when?” And he’s like, “UH, since always, so you need to move and let me go.” Wait a fucking minute. First off, I definitely lingered by the machine for a sec to see if anyone was going to go to it, and no one did. Dude, I’m sorry if you’re too high to realize when there’s a machine open, but that shit’s not my fault. Let’s keep it moving, people. EFFICIENCY IS KEY. But, back to my story. So I look at this dude, and okay, apparently this is something I wasn’t aware of, and normally, I would have been more than happy to apologize and move, but this little shit was like freaking out on me for no reason. Incorrect and incongruent. Learn how to speak to me. So I say, “Umm…yea…so if that’s the case I’ll move, but yea…I need to you slow your roll – I’m not sure who you think you’re talking to like that. You need to calm it down.” And he’s just like, “Well you need to move.” Like, totally rude for NO reason.

So in my final desire to always have the last word (yea, y’all know I’m like that), I say, “Alright you idiot, I’ll move. Learn how to talk to people. Dumbass.” And then, LOL, the cashier overseeing the self check out is like, “Oh, ma’am, this one’s open.” Soooo….I still didn’t wait in line, I was finished checking out BEFORE this douche, who started yelling at the associate about where the entry was for potatoes…and was on my merry way in less than two minutes. Like really, son, you’re doing too much. It’s not that serious. AND REALLY, what kind of grocery store has ONE LINE for the entire self checkout!? I’ve been frequenting grocery stores for many years, and yea…there is always a line for each AISLE, not the whole damn thing. Except for CVS, but they make that shit clear. That was probably one of the dumbest conversations I’ve ever had. I’m like, actually dumber now for speaking to that guy.

So yea, I fucking love Cali. But this goes to show you–Douchebags are universal. You can’t escape them.

Good stuff but I can think of a few more. Think Steiner Brothers.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/104/1044681p1.html

This is my favorite from the list:

FYI, Randy Orton (the “little guy” being manhandled) is 6′4″ 245lbs!!!

if i wasn’t already in the habit of naming my posts by days of progress, i would have titled this post “conversations with a douchebag”. it’s a series of text messages between myself and a 26 year old boy. to put the conversation in context, we went to high school together, technically, but were far from friends. about two years ago, we ran into each other at a bar and there was chemistry. what followed was a series of facebook messages, texts and phone calls that resulted in me fooling around with him one night in his parent’s basement and him standing me up at some lousy bar because, he claims, his cousin had an asthma attack. fast forward months later, we reconnect, the lonely and romantic fool in me willing to give him another chance. this second time around included more fooling around in his basement and a movie (no, he didn’t pay for me). i soon after decided that if he wasn’t going to date me i wasn’t going to put out and the whole thing ended in a fiery phone conversation.

fast forward months later and he–an eternal suburban dweller/wal-mart employee with no education nor drivers license nor desire to improve his life but with a strong sense of self-pity, self-loathing and a circle of like-minded stoners and girls a few years his junior–tries again. this time, i’m in no mood to entertain the idea as i’m involved in another doomed affair with another loser with no desire to date me and i ask if he really thinks after all those past shenanigans that i’d ever put up with him again. of course, he acts utterly confused and is unable to understand why i would have such a poor opinion of him. he deletes me from facebook.

fast forward even further into the future (this past september). he sends me a facebook message despite the previous un-friending. fuelled by boredom, a lack of suburban friends and the need for a weed connection that doesn’t require an hour train ride, i humour him. i am re-friended and we engage in a few messages, one afternoon of texting and, his personal favourite, a series of facebook “pokes”.

the following events take place between 10:00 p.m. and 12:45 a.m. on friday, november 13, 2009…

him: hi…[insert his name]

me: hey you

him: wanna smoke? please?

me: i totally would but im in toronto right now

him: so sad

me: another time for sure

him: ya. so sad…sorry

me: sorry for what? and don’t be so sad

him: i am

me: unless u plan on staying up till 1

him: i will if i should

me: well its up to u. im catching my train now so i wont be back for an hour. but i could swing by on my way home.

him: lol im not goin 2lie i have been drankin and wil tryshit…bad day

me: we can just get together another time. its your call.

him: r u goin 2 care if i try? orwil i succed

me: what does that mean?

him: 4 real?like il try 2 kis u..

me: im not going to have sex with u if thats what ur asking

him: lol always like that, what if i didnt want 2 anyway? no spontanaity with u

me: u brought it up mr. spontaneous

him: wow..is that bad..i want 2 kis u again…maybe more..fuck,sorry!

me: im cool with  being someone u call when ur feeling bad and wanna smoke but not when u wanna get laid

him: ok so no makin out with [insert my last name]

me: no sex with [insert my last name]

him: wow..ur cold

me: relax. i havent seen u in ages so lets just start with hanging out first

him: u act likei wont try..want 2 so much

me: no u dont. u just had a bad day and ur drinking. keep telling yourself that and then we can just hang out like normal ppl

him: wow u so dont want 2..ok..

me: not when u act like this

him: so i try 2 kis u u SAY NO?

me: im just not so interested in being anyones booty call. can u blame me?

him: its no booty cal…fuck so negative dont uever just want 2let loose and have fun?

me: im actually really positive im just not really a casual sex person. i get too emotional. remember? u would be better off having me as ur platonic friend

him: just got ur plutonic friend…wow

me: ur so touchy. u cant expect to be friends with benefits when we’re not even friends

him: wow…k..fun is fun…i thought u might want 2 make out not fuck! maybe others lol but u have 2 b so serious

me: u say that about me every time but every few months u try again so u must not hate it that much

him: so do u want 2 make out on my couch?

me: dude. are u serious. i am 26 years old. im not making out with anyone on their parents couch.

him: ouch..ok then

me: u shouldnt be offended. u should agree

i have left out two texts from him that warn me is phone is dying. when i tell him to go plug it in he says he’s at “daves”. i don’t know dave. in fact, despite this seemingly unending drama, i have never met any of his friends. after my last text message and presumably after his cell finally does die, he calls from his house. in a move i recount with pride, i don’t answer.