Holy Fuck

The F Word
The F Word

Fuck, fuck this, fuck that, fuck that fucking motherfucker…

I am tired of hearing these totally meaningless terms uttered every three words, mainly by speech-impaired individuals (or aged adolescents).

I am not a prude and I occasionally use four letter words (good, nice, holy, jive, jerk, bozo, mojo, mumu, puce, buns, wife, caca, spam, boob, oink, milf, shmo, orgy, butt, smut, gaga, fart, food) but… I don’t use any of those words in a sickening repetitive fashion.

And the word “fuck” has become so common in the American lingo that it does not shock anybody anymore because repetition numbs the senses.
It certainly does not have the same impact as a mousy looking nun occasionally bursting in a loud “holy shit”.

The word is not shocking anymore, it is simply tiring.

I am presently watching on HBO (Hot Baloney Online) a television series called “Six feet under” and Claire (an innocent looking teenager) cannot utter any sentence without using this word. It is fucking tiresome.
Repetition to me is the indication of a constipated mind. Get a good laxative and flush it out for crying out loud.

“We are a country of excess. So it’s not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.” Norman Lear

 I am pretty sure that in every language on earth they have swear words, but I don’t think (I could be wrong) that they have anything like the American “Fuck” epidemic.
And it is extremely catchy. Kids are extremely susceptible to it. Vaccinate them early.

“Egyptian legal agreements from the 23rd Dynasty (749-21 B.C.E) frequently include the phrase” if you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copulate with you!” Reinhold Aman

Was this their equivalent of “fuck you”? I like it better. It sounds more confident and elegant than a vulgar “fuck you”.

So if you are a “fuck” addicted fiend, stop it. You sound retarded and in need a good fucking spanking!

Alain

Une bonne action ne reste jamais impunie ☹

I have not written anything in my mother tongue for a long time, so here is a (politically incorrect) refresher:

☹☹☹☹☹

Je lisais ce matin dans l’Express (je lis n’importe quoi):

« L’accueil par les autorités allemandes de centaines de milliers de migrants suscitent une recrudescence d’actes xénophobes et de manifestations d’hostilité envers les étrangers ou les responsables associatifs et politiques. »

ça vous étonne ? Moi pas.

Tout d’abord, soyons précis. Qu’est-ce que cette vilaine bébête que l’on appelle la XENOPHOBIE?

IMG_0875« La xénophobie est une « hostilité à ce qui est étranger », plus précisément à l’égard d’un groupe de personnes ou d’un individu considéré comme étranger à son propre groupe (endogroupe). »

Excuse my French, comme on dit dans mon quartier, mais dans le monde animal on est tous plus ou moins xénophobe.
Demandez à un groupe de lions de partager leur entrecôte avec quelques hyènes affamées… Good luck guvnor!

La xénophobie, C’est juste une affaire de chiffres.
Accueillir quelques étrangers traumatisés par une guerre civile, bien sur. Mais héberger des régiments entiers de refugiés, c’est une autre paire de manches.

J’aime les bêtes, c’est bien connu.
Quand mon nouveau voisin vient s’installer près de chez moi avec son caniche et son minou, je leur dis « bienvenue dans le quartier ».
Mais quand il emménage avec une meute de « Grand bleus de Gascogne» forts en gueule, c’est autre chose.
Au bout d’un certain temps, lassé des aboiements incessants, je suis prêt à dynamiter son chenil.
Serais-je pour cela un cynophobe?
Nenni ma mie !

Et qui pourrais me dire avec certitude si parmi tous ces petits Syriens si bien, il n’y a que des gens qui nous veulent du bien ?
J’ai des doutes, mais j’espère que l’avenir me donnera tort

Et comment subvenir aux besoins d’un large groupe de gens incapables même de s’exprimer dans notre langue, et qui se regrouperont automatiquement dans un nouveau ghetto ?

Parce que derrière cela, il y a toujours une affaire de gros sous. Un cheptel humain, c’est cher à entretenir.
Beaucoup de gens se demandent même, pourquoi donner la priorité a des étrangers quand nos concitoyens sont au chômage et n’arrivent même pas à se loger ?

En toute chose, l’excès nuit.
Même dans la sacro-sainte charité.

Alain

Vox Populi Redux

Here we go again.
A slew of wannabe presidents have thrown their gloves in the ring to claim the presidential title.
A farcical version of the Amassing Race is now underway.
The candidates are indeed amassing obscene amounts of money to fuel this ridiculous contest.

My first objection to this masquerade is that this so-called race is far from being an even contest. It is merely a fight between lightweights and heavyweights, the weight in question being money.

In boxing, a lightweight would never be allowed to fight a heavyweight. It would be deemed unfair, unsportsmanlike. But in politics (where low blows are allowed, even encouraged) this rule strangely does not apply.

So our vaunted “democratic” elections are basically a rigged contest between Big Money versus Pauper Money.

In my modest opinion, every candidate should be allowed the same (small) budget to run his or her campaign and make do with it. No big donations would be permitted and the poisonous Political Action Committees would be outlawed.
Any money surplus should be used to shore up the Social Security and improve medical care.

Right now, we have on the right a pompadoured buffoon leading a pack of lemmings and on the Left deluded socialists fighting windmills. Pathetic!

I am a middle roader. I don’t care for extremes. I don’t care for polarization.
In a government, I want consensus. I don’t want to see our system deadlocked and paralyzed for months.

Margaret_Thatcher_01And I don’t want a warmongering president either; but on the other hand, I want a president with spine, and often women have shown more backbone (Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Malala Sousafzai, yes her too) than their male counterparts.

I don’t want a businessman for president either. These “captains of industry” have no idea what politics are all about. I want a poker faced Chess Grandmaster that can anticipate his opponents’ next twelve moves and have a parade ready for each of them.
As a matter of fact all candidates should know how to play chess. It should be an absolute prerequisite for those who want to the Oval Office.

My ideal candidate would be in the image of Teddy Roosevelt.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

 “A proverb advising the tactic of caution and non-aggression, backed up by the ability to do violence if required.”

 I want a president who is not going to show his hand in advance and who keeps his cards close to his chest.
Some women are excellent poker players and I would not mind at all having a gentlewoman as a chef and as a commander in chief.

But please spare me all this tired baloney (and money) about fair elections.

In November (close to the Day of the Dead), I will vote for the least objectionable (male, female or transgender) candidate.
A non-bombastic person who has truly the wellbeing of ALL (not just a few) Americans at heart.

Do we really have such a gem among the candidates? Chi lo sa…

Allez Alain