Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Open Relationship 101

I have been in a couple of open relationships. I am currently in one now. Whenever my better half, way better half, or I mention it to a friend we always get that awkward initial look. The same one you would probably get if you told someone that you used to get paid $15 an hour to clean up after Bill Cosby. Ok, maybe not that bad but you get that idea. Even in 2015 it's quite an unorthodox lifestyle. It's not for everybody and not just because of the stigma associated with it. It's because they are really fucking hard. I have been in both closed and open relationships. Classic monogamy is way more boring but way easier to maintain. The rules are simple. Don't sleep with anyone but me and I won't sleep with anyone but you. This is also why most closed relationships are REALLY boring.

Most aren't that open about open relationships but in this age of progress, transparency, and pumpkin spice everything I think it's about time for a bit of a revolution. Actually revolution is too violent and violence should only be for BDSM. Let's call it a time for some evolution. There is a lot of myths that go on about being in a relationship where you can have options AND stability. Most see it as cheating which is the first head of this short sighted Hydra of misunderstanding that we can slice off.

1. Open Relationships are cheating

The Myth:

If you sleep with anyone other than the one that you love it is cheating.

***Disclaimer***

If you are a woman living in Saudi Arabia please add, "and your clitoris should be ripped out by Mohammed", to the myth.

The Reality:

It is true that you should never cheat on the one that you love. You can cheat in school. You cheat on your taxes. You can cheat on driving sober. You shouldn't cheat on someone that is willing to wash skid marks out of your boxer briefs so that you can feel more comfortable at work. That's love and you shouldn't disrespect it. That person is making themselves more vulnerable to you than anyone else on the planet.

However, what is cheating? For those that have been cheated on they know what hurts the most is the feeling of betrayal that can only come from someone you loved going behind your back. It's the act of deception which makes such an act cheating. That's why open relationships are not cheating since an open relationship is transparent. There are no lies and no surprises.

2. If you are in an open relationship you can fuck whomever you want.

The Myth:

Since you have the option of have other sexual partners you can sleep with whomever.

The Reality:

Total bullshit. This is actually a lesson I have had to learn the hard way but am quite relieved to have done so. An open relationship does mean you can sleep with someone other than the one that you love. On the other hand an open relationship is not a hall pass. If you are with someone that lets you do so then they do not love you. They might be desperate to keep you in their lives. They might be a porn star. They might just want to go behind your back while having an excuse to use against you. However they do not love you.

I have slept with others besides my love but it was after many, many, many conversations, understanding, and reassurances. After that it was still a mutual decision. Both partners have to be cool with it. NOT JUST YOU. If this is what you think an open relationship is then just be single. You'll be happier because of another myth about open relationships.

3. Open Relationships are easy.

The Myth:

Open relationships are easy because you can have multiple sex partners.

The Reality:

More bullshit. Open relationships are harder than a closed relationship since they require WAY more trust. You read that right. When you bring more sexual partners into the relationship there is way more temptation and way more possibilities to hurt your partner. This is why most people in closed relationships cheat. It's easier to not hurt your partners feelings when you have to lie to them.

4. Open relationships are awesome.

The Myth:

It's awesome when you can fuck other people.

The Reality:

Was it awesome when you were single? Unless you're famous you're full of shit. Open relationships CAN be awesome just like a closed one can. It's just about who you are in relationship with. Open relationships come with the same bullshit as closed ones and then some. It's a true test of character to be in one just like it is a true test of character to be in an MMA fight. I used to be an MMA fighter and thought it was going to be fun and glorious. In the end it was just as stressful as anything else along with being punched in the head. It's not a shortcut to happiness. There are no shortcuts to happiness. Happiness is just mere moments with life's hurdles in between.


5. Open Relationships are swinging

The Myth: 

If you are in an open relationship then you are a swinger.

The Reality:

Bourbon is always whiskey but whiskey isn't always bourbon. All swingers are in an open relationship but not all people in open relationships are swingers. Just because one has partners to play with doesn't mean the other will. One half can be perfectly content playing with just you while you play with others.



The Truth about Open Relationships:

Open relationships are still relationships. They require trust, attention, determination, compromise, and humility. Any healthy relationship is like that whether it's your best friend from high school or the one you are married to. Being in an open relationship just gives you more ways to spice things up. They aren't for everybody. There are some people that shouldn't be in any sort of relationship at all since they will never be mature enough to handle one. That's the true reality. Any relationship should be able to help you learn about yourself and some just never learn the lessons. An open relationship isn't a loop hole through that rule. Nothing is.







Friday, July 10, 2015

The Worst People to Deliver Pizza to and Why They Should Be Waterboarded

I deliver pizzas. It has it's pluses and minuses just like with sex without condoms. Yeah it's a job that sends you into neighborhoods where tragedy is a language. It sends you to people that treat you like the days of slavery never ended. Sometimes it just leads you to people with the sex drive of a porn star and the looks of Hellraiser with a chain smoking habit. Those are the ones that  really want the tip; no condom. On average the worst people tend to fall into certain groups and here are the most miserable of the miserable The kind of misery that leads to mass shootings and abstinence rings.

1. Thugs



There is a huge misconception that black people don't tip. That's not true. What is true is that you can tell if a black person is a thug by whether or not they tip; of if they rob you. They make the list for that simple fact alone but they are not the worst of the worst. Far from it. They won't tip you but they won't hide behind excuses like "I don't have any cash" when they paid by credit card. They'll straight up write a 0 right through the tip section of the receipt just to clear up any confusion. It's a dick move but it's honest. The next are far worse. Kind of like how when you get a flat tire with no spare and you think that's the worst only to get a call from that chick at Cinnabon that tells you she has a bon in the oven with your cinnamon all over it.

2. Red Necks



This group irks me on a whole bunch of levels besides being lousy customers. However they play the pity card with everyone and by pity I mean that they want charity for minorities being treated like human beings.  It's hypocritical to the point of nausea. I can understand thugs giving lousy tips because of the past 400 years but the only reason these people have for being cheap is an utter dislike for progress. The kind of progress that has made the act of tipping 20% for people that handle your food and get it to you in a timely fashion expected. Even though they aren't the worst they may very well take the thrown of the Inconsiderate Douchebag Kingdom with the Confederate flag coming down. It wouldn't be the first time they got angry over progress or human decency.

3. Frat Boys


I used to think these guys were just the worst drunks. They are about as responsible when it comes drinking as Donald Trump with a microphone. I'll be honest. Part of the reason why I liked bouncing, besides having easy access to sex, was that I got to beat the shit out of these elitist pricks when they got stupid. With delivering pizzas the shoe is on the other foot. It's not on in the sense that they can beat me up but more along the lines of having to be nice to them to pay rent. That's when they actually tip. Otherwise they'll pull that "I don't have cash" excuse while acting like they are doing you a favor. That's if they are straight.

Where it gets really interesting, and aggravating, is when they are into guys and want to have a gay porn pizza fantasy with you. I actually had this happen to me the other night. I had instructions to deliver a pizza to the back of a mansion and when I walked into the back there were two frat boys swimming in the pool together. That's a little odd but then again it's Charleston. It's hotter than a body builder's urine during the summer. Then they let loose the line, "Nothing to see here. Just two gay dudes swimming in the pool". That still didn't set off my gaydar since frat boys love to act homoerotic ever since Daniel Tosh landed a TV deal.

Then they asked if I wanted to get in the pool with them. DING! DING! DING! DING! DING!!!!!!

I may not be gay but I have lived in Charleston long enough to know what an invite to take a dip is. I was nice and said that I didn't have any swim trunks. They had a look like they wanted to say that I didn't need them but wanted to keep their straight face. They tipped me $9 and I left. This actually pissed me off more than if they would have stiffed me. Stiffed me on the tip; not my prostate. They were trying to buy my junk with a gratuity. That would have been fine if they were actually out in the open about being into dudes. I have been to plenty of gay clubs where I never had any problems because I can turn down someone interested in me while still respecting their dignity and not making them feel like trash.

On the other hand these assholes come from that train of thought that leads to politicians that fight same-sex equality adamantly yet have a Grindr account. These are the types that will engage in homosexuality yet will persecute it in state and federal legislatures while receiving kick-backs from Conservative Christian special interest groups. If red necks were hypocritical to the point of nausea these queef sharts do it to the point of sepsis.

4. Nurses


Say hello to the creme de la creme of human indecency. That's a brash statement but you haven't taken a $100 order to them only to get tipped $2. Don't get me wrong. If you are dying you absolutely would like to see a nurse if the the doctors aren't busy popping hydrocodone. I'm saying that is the only time you want to see them because that is the only time when they are actually a benefit to society. When it comes to anything else involving money they are about as considerate as Donald Trump is to anyone south of Texas. They call in orders that are needlessly complicated. They get pissed when those orders don't get their in 5 minutes since delivery drivers are supposed to be able to teleport or something. Then they don't tip you for the quality of service they receive while having an entitled attitude about it. They hide behind the fact that they're job is to save people in order to be shitty to them. It's the kind of rationalization that has made health care a for-profit industry when it's one of the last industries that should be. It's why people that need health care can't afford it and go into overwhelming debt because of it since there are assholes like this that take advantage of the fact that people eventually get sick. It's why so many people liked that scene from the Dark Knight when The Joker blew up the hospital. It's something we have all secretly wanted to do at one point or another. That or just punch the ER doctors in the face for sending you home with an untreated broken hip.

I'm sure there are some that I missed so if you work in the food delivery business then drop me a line. I'm Mr. Ginger. Have a nice day and don't take shit from nobody if they don't pay you properly.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Justice for the Charleston Shooting..

So it's been about a week and the sense of tragedy has kind of set in long enough for the anger to take hold. I am angry about it even though many think I have no right to be. A friend of mine's Aunt was murdered by Dylann Roof. Another victim was a customer at the pizza place that I work at. It happened a block down from the pizza place that I work at. It has affected everyone I know in the Charleston community including myself. It is bringing the Confederate Flag down and hopefully it will bring some positive changes to a state that has long swept issues dealing with racism under the rug. Bringing a flag down that has come to represent hatred and tyranny, or heritage as it's supporters refer to it, is only a step in the right direction. A direction that John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Nelson Mandela intended.

This isn't just an issue dealing with hate crimes, terrorism, gun rights, or even human rights. This is an issue that deals with justice and justice is supposed to be blind. It's not supposed to be based on looks but on facts. It's suppose to bring equilibrium that has been upset by a malicious anomaly such as Dylann Roof. I have some ideas for justice that take all of the dynamics involved in this atrocity into account. Here they are:

1. Say Race War One More Time Time Muthafucka!



You give Dylann Roof the death penalty. Then you get Samuel L. Jackson. Nothing says justice like Samuel L. He played Shaft. Not just layed it; played it. You have him dress up like Jules from Pulp Fiction. You sit Roof down in a chair. You give Dylann Roof some Burger King since Big Kahuna Burger doesn't exist. The cops certainly didn't have a problem with buying him a Whopper. You have Jules walk in the room. He takes a bite of Roof's burger and a sip of his Sprite before he begins to recite Ezekiel 25:17. After he recites that verse you have him shoot Roof right in the fucking head. That would be justice. Roof being put to death via a Bible Quote. He shot up a Bible study. He gets shot up during a Bible Study. Justice muthafucka!


2. Johnny "Bones" Jones




Obviously Dylan is going to be spending some time in jail which is basically a zoo for humans. Dylan is going to be a caged animal. That's not really enough even if he is put to death. He needs to be punished on a daily basis. Long story short he needs to have his ass whooped by someone that is used to whooping ass in a cage. Luckily we have the perfect candidate whom is in some legal trouble himself. None other than the former UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. He's called "Bones" due to his "skinny" frame. A frame that he has used to slice his opponents' heads open with elbow strikes.  I think we can all agree that Roof could stand lose some hemoglobin not to mention a few broken limbs. 


You can make Jones cell mates with Roof. I'm sure the American public won't have a problem with a few laws being bent to make it happen. Roof could be beat day in and day out by a Black Christian. I'm sure Roof would appreciate that irony while losing consciousness to the sight of Jone's Phillippians tattoo.


3. Roof is on Fire


Once Roof is dead he is going to need a proper funeral since our society is dead set on respecting those whom have zero respect for us. Roof didn't care about freedom of speech. He didn't care about equality. He didn't care about human rights. He didn't care about anything other white supremacy what it represents and what it is represented by. So why not give him a burial that is both fitting, ironic, and in the spirit Viking rituals to send a clear message to these wanna-be Norse nut jobs.


Roof loves the Confederate flag...




Since he loved that flag so much we wrap him up in it so he can be a bigoted mummy of sorts. A relic of an age that needed to die on January 1st of 1865. After he's wrapped up in this symbol of hate and cousin fucking he can be nailed to a wooden cross since white supremacists have a particular fondness of of those. After that you attach the cross to a crane and douse Roof's Good Ole boy colored death cocoon in gasoline while everyone sings Tupac's "Hail Mary" in concert. Then you have Beyonce set it on fire with a flamethrower. Once he's all nice and crispy you lift it up in the crane and put the flames out by dropping Roof in vat of raw sewage so that he can sink with the rest of turds. You broadcast all of this on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, BET, and MTV since the younger generation needs to get the point too.


And there you have it. Just one Gingers idea on how to kill a racist with a bowl haircut while making the bigots aware that shit like this will not stand any longer.


Until next time this is Mr. Ginger. Have fun. Be safe. Keep the kids away from country music and a have them listen to some Biggie. 

Friday, June 19, 2015

#Charleston has it's 9/11....




Clementa Pinckney 41
Sharonda Coleman-Singleton 45
Cynthia Hurd 54
DePayne Middleton-Doctor 49
Tywanza Sanders 26
Myra Thompson 59
Ethel Lee Lance 70
Daniel L. Simmons 74
Susie Jackson 87

I had a dream during my junior year of high school. I was riding over the Grace Memorial Bridge which is called around town here as the "Old Cooper River Bridge". I was in the passenger seat as my dad was driving and witnessed an airliner crash into the bridge below. This was in September on 2011. Two days later I sat in philosophy class and watched on TV as the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center burned and collapsed. My dad picked me up from school and took me home. I continued to watch the news in shock. The only solace I got was the same that most in our town had. It went along the lines of, "Terrorists would never attack Charleston". We all thought we would never have a 9/11. Now we have 6/17 and that day will become synonymous with when terrorism came to The Holy City. 


The names above are of the victims who leave behind loved ones whom are now left to find a way to move forward. They have to move forward while feeling as though their heart has been ripped out of their chests. This time it wasn't Al-Qaeda that Lindsey Graham preaches that we should put all our tax money into fighting. It wasn't ISIS. It wasn't some rogue state that starved it's citizens while building nuclear weapons. It was a 21 year old kid from Columbia; a graduate of White Knoll High School. A school I would see at wrestling tournaments. 


This is the sort of terrorism that everyone doesn't want to admit exists. It's fermented on gun ranges, in golf clubs, at cook outs, weddings, Wal-Mart, bars, strip clubs, truck stops, and even high school proms. It's bred in our households and now we live with the consequences of someone whom was radicalized by it. A kid that most would overlook that decided he had to "save the country". In their minds they feel as though this kid might be some sort of savior. Just like how those that become radicalized in the Middle East view Osama Bin Laden as a martyr. We are sickened by that but there are citizens of this country whom are right now cheering the fact that this kid turned monster carried out their sinister desires. They see what happened on 6/17 as a victory but they aren't burning the American Flag. They are hiding behind it while hugging the Confederate one. This goes on while we live in a state that still flies that flag at it's capital. 


This shit needs to stop; but it won't. We are too caught up in ourselves and in our individual perspectives. We are to concerned about me, mine, and myself. We don't care about tragedy until it's on our door step and the danger is still at large. We don't realize that we are the danger and that our apathy is what feeds it. It's what turns ignorance into malice. How do we become what this country was meant to be instead of what it is becoming? Do we even care about what we could be anymore or is it now a case of what could have been? Is it too late for us to change? Are we going to be proactive and look at how to help lend each other a hand to let those on the edge know that there are people that care if they step back? Or are we just going to continue to give that nudge?


After 9/11 I had some optimism for us but after 6/17 that has turned into a pragmatic sense of pessimism. I guess I hope that the nameless faces I see each day can prove me wrong. Can they? 


Saturday, June 13, 2015

10 People That Should Be Shot By The Cops

It seems like there is a new story every week about a cop drawing out his gun and shooting harmless people. It's not really anything new. It's just technology has gotten to a point of making it so that we can catch cops doing it. It's been going on since there has been cops. Just like how herpes has always been around but it took some scientist to say, "Hey that's herpes". It's always the same type of people that they shoot. They always seem to have some things in common:

-They like hip hop music

-They tend to wear hoodies, baggy clothes, or anything else that one of Stringer Bell's lackeys would wear on The Wire

Thanks to how our society operates a lot of us relate that to someone that needs to be shot instead looking at them as someone whom deals with life's twists and turns just like the rest of us. You show me a thug that needs to be shot and I'll show you a walking bad of flesh wearing a Lacoste shirt that needs to be smoked more for the sake of making the lines shorter at Chipotle. I have compiled a list actually. This is a list of people that the cops should take their anger out on when the Krispy Kreme light is off.

1. People that are against vaccinations


source: (http://wonkette.com/578360/calling-someone-an-anti-vaxxer-just-like-racism-and-gay-bashing-says-professionally-stupid-man)


The only difference between these people and sewer rats is that you can't go to jail for running a rat over with an SUV. That might be dehumanizing but we are talking about people that should be exterminated. I'm talking about people that are threats and it doesn't get much more threatening than small pox. Thug on thug crime might kill a lot of people but diseases have killed hundreds of milllions. Diseases that were the reason why vaccines were created in the first place. Yet we have these jerk offs that don't want to vaccinate their kids or themselves because they're "healthy". It's disgusting. They are like those people that refuse to shower once a day because, "They aren't dirty". Guess what? If you have gone more than 8 hours without a shower then you are dirty and that's if you haven't had a strenuous workout or taken part in a creampie gangbang. Even a regular gangbang. Nasty motherfuckers.

If you don't vaccinate yourself or your kids you are a sick dirty fuck and a threat. You're willing to risk the health of yourself and others because of some pseudo-science that claims vaccines cause autism. A claim which has been thoroughly proven wrong time and time again. These people should be shackled in a paddy wagon and given the same "rough ride" that Freddie Gray got. I think a few broken necks would get them back in line. That would teach them to not listen to Jenny McCarthy.

2. People that don't tip 20%

I have worked in food and beverage for about 10 years now; anyone that works in it knows that it sucks. It's a soul sucking job where you have to kiss more ass than a pornstar just to pay your bills. Most of these jobs are set up so that your income comes primarily from tips. It should be illegal but we are too consumed with what's going on with Taylor Swift's period career to care.  When the tips are good it's not so bad but when you have some pretentious dip shit that looks like he just came from the golf club while tipping you $2 on a two hundred dollar order it makes you want to drown them in Woodbridge. Every restaurant should have a cop on duty that shoots one of these jerk offs in the knee cap. It's not just the Woodbridge crowd. Every sect of humanity has their share of cheap assholes that need to learn how to be considerate of people that handle their food.

3. Cops That Abuse Their Authority

The whole point of this article is because of these closeted bigots with itchy trigger fingers. They are the type that see having a badge as a right to shit all over everyone and anyone that isn't lining their pockets. They don't care about protecting and serving the people. They just care about robbing them anyway they can while they make cops that look out for the community look bad. It's all about money and power to them. They'd rather sit on their fat asses and stoke their clubs to daydreams of 18 holes of golf while writing tickets instead of stopping actual crime. That's on their good days. On their bad days they can be seen on Youtube slamming teenagers on the ground for being at a pool party, kicking hand cuffed people in the head, and shooting Walter Scott in the back. They justify these actions by claiming they were in danger even though the last time I checked an unarmed suspect running from them is about as threatening as a treadmill. Yeah it might suck to actually burn some calories to do your job but if a cop is that lazy they do have these things called radios.

Good cops should have the legal right to shove a funnel down these douche bags' throats and feed them Clorox. That might clean them up.

4. Rapists




5. Paedophiles




6. Anyone that needs an explanation for 4 and 5.


source:(http://totalfratmove.com/angered-blogger-responds-to-our-high-waisted-shorts-column-tells-us-to-stop-wearing-cargo-shorts/comment-page-5/)



7. Dudes that say, "Bro"


source: (http://www.douchearchives.com)


Here's a group of dudes that could use some blood splatter on their favorite Ed Hardy shirt. They walk around acting like they get more pussy than Wilt Chamberlain and could beat a prime Anderson Silva in a street fight. They also have the mental aptitude of Kim Kardashian's clit. They ruin the gym. They ruin the bars. They'd ruin Syria if it wasn't already Syria. They also call everyone with a dick their bro. I don't even call my brother that. I have called him dick head, asshole, douchebag, fucktard, and the Aryan Hope (he has blonde hair and blue eyes) but I have never called him bro. I do also tell him I love him because he is family but I never refer to him like we have been in a frat. 8 out of every 10 fights that I had to stop or finish while bouncing in a club was due to one of these idiots. The rest have been either wannabe thugs or chicks.  On the flip side I have had yet to see one thug start a fight in a club since thugs only fight over real shit like drugs or prostitutes. I have had a few bow up to me but that's all that has happened because gingers have crazy in their eyes too. They know when it ain't worth it.

8.  Thomas Ravenel




Last but not least is this jerk off that should have his sinuses cleared with pepper spray before his bowels get emptied with a taser. Besides looking like Andy Griffith with a coke habit he is a former South Carolina state treasurer and the star of the cocaine fuled jizz stain of a tv show called Southern Charm. This dude is about as charming as an antibiotic resistant strain of syphilis.  I don't even think he should be shot over his drug issues. He should be shot over his woman beating issues and his nonchalant attitude towards it. He has a nasty habit of getting drunk and beating women that already have enough daddy issues. I actually had a friend tell me about how he came up on a girl that was holding her face and crying on King Street which is one of the main strips of the Charleston Peninsula. He asked her what was wrong and she pulled her hand away to reveal that half her face was covered in blood. He got the cops to come and when they went through her phone whose number came up? None other than good-ole T-Rav. Furthermore he uses his family's pull to make sure that he never faces any repercussions for it besides that which he gets from the court of public opinion.

9. People That Use Religious Freedom To Condemn Same Sex Marriage while engaging in Same Sex relations.





The trouser cake in the blazer above is Phillip Hinkle. He is a representative of the Utopia of Homophobia know as the state of Indiana. He is but one of a long list of the biggest and most malicious groups of anti-gay rights disciples whom have turned out to actually be into cock themselves. These guys have no problem with trying to force themselves on barely adult males and paying them to be quiet. Furthermore they do everything within their power to impose on their civil rights with legislation that just rings with essence of the Nuremberg Laws. Their excuse? Their religious beliefs which is pretty funny when you think about it. They have no problem being inside of other guys yet they preach it's a sin yet they want they want a guy named Jesus inside of them. They just need to be straight up shot in the balls since they have no respect for what anyone else does with what's between their legs; gay, straight, or bi.

10.  Guys that claim to be Asexual




Speaking of guys that need to be castrated via hollow point are these spurts of cock dust whose only arousal comes from World of Warcraft. These dudes are the virginal equivalent of a drug dealer that says he doesn't like money; the cream of the creeps. They claim that they aren't interested in sex just like how mobsters in mafia movies would invite a snitch for a "car ride". In this case it's not a greasy Sicilian that's going to be on the wrong side of some trauma but drunken passed out women. They look for any opportunity to get laid even if it's not exactly legal and when they get caught in the act they claim they there were only going to give a foot message because they are asexual. I actually had to intervene in such a scenario because such a creep was attempting to take advantage of friend of mine. He followed her to her house, entered her apartment with her, and then started putting his hands on her until she got a hold of me on the phone. Eventually he got on it and I asked him if he had permission to be in her apartment and he said, "In a manner of speaking".  That would be like if I shot up a Dallas police station from an armored van and said that Grand Theft Auto told me to do it in a manner of speaking.

It's not that these assholes aren't into sex. They just aren't into consensual sex. Just like priests that claim to be celibate but what they really mean is that there favorite spot to pick up sexual partners is Toys 'R' Us by the section that has the G.I. Joes. Honestly if the cops were to castrate these assholes they might as well go one stop further double tap them in between the eyes.








Monday, May 11, 2015

Comparing Apples and Oranges

I have been in plenty of debates and arguments in my life. They never lead anywhere and they are always about winning. Maybe a few have lead to some further understanding and knowledge. I can always tell when I am winning a verbal conflict when the opposing part drops the line, "Well you can't compare apples and oranges".

This is total bullshit not just for the sake of the fact that it's a cop out. It's also a load of rubbish because you totally can compare apples and oranges. Here's a list:

-Apples are sweeter; even the sour ones.

-Oranges are more sour.

-You have to peel an orange while you can bite into an apples. Apples are more user friendly. Oranges require some disassembly.

-Apples come in a variety of colors. Oranges comes in orange

-Both grow on trees. Not only can you compare them; they have something in common.

-Oranges have more vitamin C.

-Apples have more fiber. Apples make you poop more.

-Apples grow on rose trees. Oranges don't.

-You can make an apple pie. I have yet to see an orange pie.

-You can make cider out of apples. There isn't anything called Orange Cider.

-Apples are crunchy and juicy. Oranges are just juicy.

-Both go well on salads.

-Apples and oranges both go well with alcohol.


Yep. Just compared them.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Gingers Get Profiled too...

So being a white dude a lot of people that know me, the white ones, tend to be perturbed when I tend to veer more on the side of those that rioted in #Baltimore, not that I agree with the actual act of destroying property and causing mayhem, in that think cops have been murdering people of color for decades and covering it up; especially in the south. The reason I veer on the side is that I myself have actually experienced racial profiling by the police; in this case the North Charleston Police Department.

I used to have a friends with benefits relationship with a black girl whom is still a friend of mine to this day. She has been my friend even when she has seen me at my worst. She is probably one of the most kind hearted people you will ever meet.

One day I was hanging out with her and her younger brother at her place and we were all hungry. I offered to go to Taco Bell and her brother wanted to come. I drove us over there and we got three meals with three drinks. I got back on Dorchester Rd  and almost immediately I saw blue lights. I pulled into the nearest gas station, put my car in park, cut off the engine, and got all of the necessary paper work ready in order to show full cooperation with the officers. They came up on my drivers side and asked for my papers which I handed to them. So far nothing out of the ordinary.

That's when two other NCPD patrol cars pulled up. This had me quite confused. I had. and still have, a clean record and I wasn't speeding. I also used my turn signals properly when pulling out of the Taco Bell. Thats when officers came up on both sides and start grilling me on what my business in this part of town was. That's when one of the officers asked, "Well why do you have 3 drinks?"

I thought the question was pretty absurd so I responded with, "Well officer there are three hungry people in this equation and the three of us are also thirsty hence the three drinks." They were Mountain Dew​ baja blasts. Eventually they let us go with a warning for a busted tail light. Honestly I was quite confused and a little angry about  it. It's not like that pointed a gun in my face or broke my neck but I still felt like my rights had been impinged upon.

Later that night I was working security, ironically, at a downtown bar when I told someone what happened. He said, "Dude they were profiling you. You're a 23 year old white guy riding around with a 13 year old black kid. They probably thought you were trying to sell him drugs."

This blew my mind and quite honestly changed my opinion of cops ever since. It's also kind of why don't agree with the riots in Baltimore but I understand and can't really blame a bunch of urban youths for rising up against a police department that wouldn't lose sleep over killing them and covering it up. Not all cops are like that but enough are like that to where it's a major problem.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Fuck Ray Lewis

As we all saw in Baltimore this week cops can only get away with murder so much before the ones that they are murdering stand up for themselves. If you read throughout history you'll notice for certain groups of people such instances of chaos are referred to as revolts and for others as riots. If you have a group of people that listens to rap music then you are the latter unfortunately; especially if you like to wear hoodies. This is hypocrisy on a societal level. CNN, Fox News, NBC, The Huffington Post, and even Barack Obama have gone on to accuse those of acting against the injustices that they suffer as thugs, criminals, and hypocrites. The funny thing is that these entities are applying a double standard to those whom have acted out while living by a double standard themselves; yes a quadruple standard if you will. I actually excuse Barack Obama for being a hypocrite because he's a politician; contradicting yourself is part of your job. Even John F. Kennedy was a hypocrite at times.

However there is one person that I cannot excuse in their hypocrisy and it's Baltimore's very own grid iron hero Ray Lewis. I wouldn't even bring his name into it if it wasn't for this video he posted on youtube:

It's quite funny that Ray Lewis is preaching to those rising up against the Baltimore Police Department, for a murder that they tried to cover up, that they should just go home. What's even funnier is that Mr. Lewis says, "We know there is a bigger issue." While he is right that most everyone does know what he forgets is that he knows such an issue very intimately. That is due to the fact that he was charged with murder himself stemming from an incident that occured on Janurary 31st, of 2000 outside of a night club in Atlanta. An incident that he was later able to lawyer up for and plead down to an obstruction of justice charge on. There a few key facts with this incident to keep in mind.

-The white suit Ray Lewis wore that night has never been found.
-the knife used for the murder has had no fingerprints even though Lewis purchased it days prior
-the victim's blood was found in Ray Lewis's limousine
-He later testified against the other two people that were with him at the scene which was part of said obstruction of justice deal after old Ray Ray admitted to lying about not having been at the scene. Those two were later acquitted.

So yeah Ray.We know that you know there is a bigger issue. That issue is people that are able to get away with murder that have the means to lawyer up. You know? People like yourself. You aren't any better than the cops who murdered Freddie Gay. You're no better than Michael Slager whom was filmed murdering Walter Scott while he was on patrol. The fact that you are a role model for a city filled with with kids that are targeted by corrupt cops, the same ones you say didn't have a right to do what they did, are the same ones you are telling to go home from the comfort of your own mansion that you own. You own it due to a lucrative career in the NFL that you should have never had to ebgin with because you murdered somebody; probably two.

Maybe you should be a real role model and admit to what you did instead of hiding behind your religion, money, fame, and lawyers. Until then you are just another high profile individual that proves that with enough money and power you can break the law without suffering the consequences. You, just like the Baltimore Police Department, show that the laws don't apply to everyone equally. You show that those that are on the wrong side of the poverty gap are just cannon fodder to a system that is fueled by capital where numbers mean more than human lives. Yet you actually wants us to think that you care about the people of Baltimore; you don't. You are every bit as corrupt as those that have pulled the strings to bring Baltimore to state that it has become. A city that caters to the "haves" and does everything it can to sweep the "have nots" under the rug.

People like you are why disdain what our society has become. You hide behind wholesome values while you act like your closet is empty of skeletons. Yet you want those who actually take a stand to back down because they threaten what YOU helped to build. On second thought you are the role model for Baltimore; a city run by people that gives false promises, false ideals, and ignores the blood on their hands.

Go fuck yourself Ray Lewis. Go fuck yourself in Macy's window.