Older to be younger

than a record's overcome her

Traded life for a number

and here we're left to wonder

why?

She's possessed by the skies

to change questions to cries

for seven year old eyes

that be too young to realize

Well done mom,

would you like another look?

I would rather see tomorrow than my name in a book

and I thanked you for the option cuz you let me set a goal

but, i can't nail the coffin or backfill the hole.......By myself....I'm told I want to fly....The youngest in the sky....I get to decide....All by myslef I get to see....

a life cut short by myself and me - RJDK

Hmmmmm....Let's talk hockey.

I love hockey and always have. As long as I can remember. Problem is that I remember too well. The current call for change has me wondering about that sniveling freak the NHL calls a commissioner; Gary Bettman.

Why does the game need to continually be changed or screened for ways to improve the game? These dickhead analysts on TV will just about drive you to drink sometimes. Why aren't they talking about this shit with other sports. Soccer nets aren't getting bigger. They don't give 2 shits if a game ends 1-0. Football isn't about to cutback on contact because a few people get hurt. Baseball can lull you to sleep watching a pitcher warm up. History of the particualer game can be maintained by leaving the fundamentals alone.

My latest shift was triggered by a viewing of someone's idea of how the nets should be restructured. Some fucking oval tubular thing. The "four by six" is the standard and dimensions of the net opening itself have never changed. Why should they? Not because some prick wants to increase TV market share in the USA. by trying to increase scoring. Essentially to spark interest in new market cities.

The forgotten stronghold and premier fan base for hockey is in Canada and the north is usually ignored in favour of the larger American cities. In recent months, some American city arenas had about 1/4 capacity some nights. Every team in Canada had near sellouts.

Even as the salaries have increased over the years, the revenue sharing has helped the smaller Canadian cities to be able to compete. The trend I am noticing now is that the watered down league with so many teams are trying to establish a new sport to an area where it is normally foreign. When hockey works as an attraction, there is no need for reminder that it is there. If it is affordable and available then there would be no issue.

Some teams in the southern states only warrant a minor league franchise with the fan base that is there. There are plenty of them as well. Coast to coast on the continental US looms a very large minor league professional hockey system. Canada boasts the predominant junior leagues and therefore major junior and tiers of junior teams are everywhere based on town or city size. The major Canadian centers carry the larger professional franchises, of course. With the number of minor league teamsin the US, it is no wonder that many people will go to a home town game rather than go to a major city. Typically the major city has a fan base that is also distracted by baseball, basketball, football, NASCAR racing, etc..etc.. The NHL wants to attract some of these people and they are sticking their fingers into the mix every year with rule changes and adjustments.

The main rule changes or nuances that I can't stand at the moment:

In no particular order...

1. The "No Zone" for goalies. I call this the Hasek rule. Part of this rule I like. Keep people like Hasek from wandering around and freezing the puck in the corner. What I don't like is that you can reach the no zone from the crease. I am just waiting for the day in the playoffs when this rule bites someone in the ass with a bad call. The diagonal should probably be at the same point on the boards, but the intersection with the goal line should be moved way over. Maybe even 90 degrees from the boards but at least further from the crease.

2. Instigator rule. I do accept fighting as a part of hockey. Goonery is a different facet that should be outlawed, but a good one-on-one tussle is what both of those people want to do. Consensual, motivating and also a release of emotion. You would never know what it was like unless you have ever been caught up in it yourself. Sometimes people do stupid things to your friends, as teammates, on the ice. A reminder of the ability to self-police the ice is welcome to keep all players in check. It prevents a deliberate injury attempt by someone having the person know that he will get more than a penalty for inappropriate play.

3. TV timeouts. Especially icing calls after a long stretch without a whistle lead to a 2 minute TV timeout. They have made it so the team that ices the puck can't change their players, as icing is usually carried out by tired players trapped in their own end. So, these TV timeouts let the players rest and take away the momentum from the team that just applied the offensive pressure. To me, that is taking away the ability to keep any flow to the game. It should be a hurry up and drop the puck if the offensive team is lined up type ruling. Offensive team can change if they want to, but they should dictate the faceoff. Not the fucking TV station.

4.Kicking motion. This is bullshit usually. A guy stopping on the ice taps a puck with his skate as he slides into it, is a goal. OR if he turns his foot to direct a shot in, is a goal. But, the league officials have this "kicking motion" that must be evident to call off a goal. I have barely seen one called that I have agreed with. Normally because it is the head office in Toronto ruling by replays at whatever rink in North America. They usually sit for 4 minutes talking to the ref on the ice over the phone and discussing the video replay. The on ice guy doesn't see the replay. I think he should. This would give him the ability to be on the same page as the video goal judge. The on ice ref sees it in real time so fast during the play, maybe the refreshing of the senses via video would be welcome.

I will carry on with this another time. But, maybe for now we should think more about getting a new commissioner than a new set of rules.

Merry Christmas.

Go CANADA go. World Juniors start Boxing Day.

Games are changed by the players.

Whistle the be whittled
anthem of the fiddle
Perhaps we need little
effort to feeed riddles

And now the misread
has found instead
feathers for his head
avenging since long dead

We want the dirt and
every last grain of sand

We want the time back
to give our lives back

You will pay
in every way

so, ignore the shit taste
sticking it to paleface - RJDK


Well, who'd a thunk an idjit lyke me could spell enough words to be published in the newspaper. This should offfer a little juxtaposition and perhaps reflect the spin on my letter. My last post was word for word what I sent to them in an e-mail and today, I am showing you the printed version. Edited, as is everything.

All the news you hear or see is partial truth, or straight bullshit. They claim to edit for berevity or legality or what have you, but if there is anything offensive to be said, that must be suppressed. I am not saying that my run on letter is perfect, but some of my points were reliant on some additional information. I could have gone off on that topic for days, but I had to keep it short for space and word constraints. Still, they just put it however they want it and think they are getting the point across. More true with real issues. World issues.

Anyways...here is the printed version....

Oct 06 2006
To the editor:
Re: letters regarding methods to maintain air quality (Sept. 29 Capital News).
The notion of having cars either equipped with expensive monitoring equipment or participating in a mandatory inspection program is just another example of armchair activism without real thought. Sure, we would all love clean air, but implementing expensive and ineffective means to go about it are beyond reason.
AirCare in the Lower Mainland is an absolute farce. The safe work practices that must be adhered while working in the inspection facility prevent the “inspector” from examining your vehicle with more than a mirror on a stick. Then they connect a questionably calibrated sampling system up to your car and then climb in and abuse your vehicle for 10 minutes so they can present you with a lovely page full of useless numbers and your total amount due at the bottom.
The commercial vehicles seem to get a free ride in this matter.
The low income people that can barely afford an old car end up having to pay for multiple emission tests and get a “conditional pass” for spending $500 trying to make their cars meet the standard.
The rich guy gets off with the cost of the inspection and has a cabin or second house in a town outside of the “mandatory inspection area” so can insure and drive his car under his second address and skip the mess altogether.
Also, the idea of OBDII is great on vehicles equipped with it out of the factory, but who do you really think is going to spend the amount of another car on fitting their older car with all the sensors that these emission monitoring computers look for.
How about this? Drive less and only where you need to go. Figure out better time and resource management.
Car pooling is great if that works for you, but there is always the forgotten needs of service people and salesman that rely heavily on their vehicles.
The HOV lanes were added in Vancouver to help the flow of traffic and usually they are empty during the rush hours.
Plant more trees around your house if you want cleaner air.
The only part of any of the letters I do agree with is making the large conglomerate commercial buildings comply with emission controls. Large industrial facilities are normally given a bad rap but emission control is usually a top priority for them and they are reminded of it constantly by public outcry.

Well, I wrote this letter to Kelowna Capital News because people are stupid. Lets put in cameras, lets implement bullshit systems and policies, lets beg for food and give it away at Thanksgiving, on and on....

I'm bitter. Can you tell?

Here's the letter....

I am writing to comment on the letters regarding methods to maintain air quality (Sep.29).

The notion of having cars either equipped with expensive monitoring equipment or participating in a mandatory inspection program is just another example of armchair activism without real thought. Sure, we would all love clean air, but implementing expensive and ineffective means to go about it are beyond reason.

AirCare in the lower mainland is an absolute farce. The McJobs it provides along with the true inability to do anything but collect more tax is about all it is good for. The safe work practices that must be adhered while working in the inspection facility prevent the “inspector” from examining your vehicle with more than a mirror on a stick. Then they connect a questionably calibrated sampling system up to your car and then get to climb in and abuse your vehicle for ten minutes so they can present you with a lovely page full of useless numbers and your total amount due at the bottom. The commercial vehicles seem to get a free ride in this matter. I have choked on black smoke from commercial vehicles more than once and still the guy in the family car gets stuck with the bill. Better yet, the low income people that can barely afford an old car (let alone a brand spanking new semi-emission friendly plastic shell with a motor), end up having to pay for multiple emission tests and get a “conditional pass” for spending $500 trying to make their cars meet the standard. The rich guy gets off with the cost of the inspection. And still, again the rich guy that has a cabin or second house in a town outside of the “mandatory inspection area” can insure and drive his car under his second address and skip the mess altogether.

Also, the idea of OBDII is great on vehicles equipped with it out of the factory, but who do you really think is going to spend the amount of another car on fitting their older car with ALL the sensors that these emission monitoring computers look for. If you have ever had to replace an emission component by itself without any labour, then you may comprehend how much an entire system fitted into an old car would cost.

How about this? Drive less and only where you need to go. Figure out better time and resource management. How many vehicles do you see in summer just “cruising the strip”? Electric trains are good for kids and the elderly with no real agenda, but on a day to day basis, commuters on their way to work would favour a direct route rather than transfer 5 times to all the buses and connections to get them to their destination. My sister was a transit user in Vancouver for many years and her route was like a sailboat tacking across the ocean. Most people would turn down an extra hour each way of commute time as a trade for sparkling clean air.

Car pooling is great if that works for you, but there is always the forgotten needs of service people and salesman that rely heavily on their vehicles to get them to and from places as a single occupant per vehicle. The HOV lanes were added in Vancouver to help the flow of traffic and usually they are empty during the rush hours. Good idea, but not very practical. People have come to rely on their vehicles.

Plant more trees around your house if you want cleaner air. I notice in these lovely new subdivisions how the whole place is burned, plowed & paved with little vegetation. That might be a better start don’t you think. Fix your own back yard before you go and irritate the lives of many with more regulation and law.

The only part of any of the letters I do agree with is making the large conglomerate commercial buildings comply with emission controls. All these big box stores generate a ton of emissions from large gas burning HVAC units going all the time. Next time you are out, look at all the stacks on these buildings. I’m sure they can afford to clean their exhaust gas with scrubbers and catalytic reduction. Large industrial facilities already have enough to deal with, but are normally given a bad rap because they are obvious targets. Emission control is usually a top priority for them and they are reminded of it constantly by public outcry.

P.S. I also agree that an obituary should be open to lost animal friends.



*The P.S. part was added to shut up some stupid bitch that was insulted by someone putting the loss of their animal in the obituaries. I say get bent and take your two bit opinion with you. Some people have animals as their only TRUE friends because the rest of the stupid morons in society are always scheming to screw you over and benefit from it somehow.


"Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position....such a heavy burden now to be the one born to bare and read to all the details of our ending...to write it down for all the world to see....but I forgot my pen...shit the bed again......"

"Speak for yourself. Question authority."

THE SIMPLE ECONOMY MANIFESTO



Most people are going to read this and discover that there is a simpler way to be. Deep down we all want the same things.

The Prohibition


How do mobsters get rich? If you said dealing, you are probably right. The prohibition of alcohol allowed for people to turn a profit for a product in demand. People just plain wanted it. A large number probably didn’t care. I wasn’t there to know.

The current dealing in “illicit drugs” in ALL communities seems to stand as a similar practice. There is an underground network setup and functioning rather efficiently making steady profit. Once alcohol was affordable and could be bought commercially, it became a background noise. You know it’s there, you don’t pay attention to it fully, and every so often it satisfies a craving so, you go and see what it is about.

Being that this is about what we refer to as “drugs”, I can only believe people will change their way of thinking by calling it something else. Spirit Lifters.

How did the crime problem go away with prohibition? Alcohol became regulated.

So, if you haven’t figured out where I am going with this, here is what I propose we do. It may seem outrageous at first, but it does require an open mind and the ability to forget all old thought patterns. The current system has not worked, has never worked and never will work. I don’t like to say never, but it only makes sense to try something else.

With all change there is a transition period. It will take time to round up and coordinate resources, but the simplicity of it is the reason for me writing.

Are you thinking “GET ON WITH IT!!!”?? Okay.

Regulate all drugs and let people do the drugs they want to.


There is so much money spent trying to prevent drugs from international travel. I won’t get into conspiracy theories about Government assistance in importing drugs. “Go and watch TV. Keep yourself occupied. Don’t mind me. I just have a war to fight over here in Vietnam. I might borrow your son or daughter for awhile. Yep, they’ll get home safe.” Daily propaganda.

The black market tax associated with illicit drugs is the whole root of the problem. If the drugs were in such large supply and pure, but still accessible, people could get their medicine and treatment without killing or stealing for it. No death. There just should be an outlet where you can pick it up. Hey, they have these places already. Pharmacies.

Pharmacists have some pretty potent drugs on their shelves. One could easily become addicted to any of them, but for the most part you are going to only get a small bottle at a time. I’m thinking regular folks here. Not the extreme cases of unfortunate people needing massive medication. That’s a whole other topic. Well, a spin off. Freeing up money and resources to direct attention to real issues like environment, health, smart economics, equality and research. People that are sick might get hope from money being put towards research for their new superbug that is immune to all of our bandaid fixes.

In these so called “Pharmacies” you can equip yourself with whatever a doctor considers you able to administer to yourself safely. See the relationship. Go and see a doctor and explain your needs. If you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to pay for a dose of medication, then you can carry on with your day. You wouldn’t have to be trying to scrape together $20 for a flap of some concoction that has been cut and buffed up and inflated to look like more of the drug you are after.

What this society needs is for people to be responsible for their actions. If you kill somebody while intoxicated by anything is not right. The idiocy of one can compromise the privilege of many. Some whiskey drinkers beat their wives. Others call it “Scotch” or “Bourbon” and are sophisticated. Every man has his poison. For some, they need help. Their poison has taken them over. The balance has shifted and the reason and logic vanishes.
“Who could do such a thing?”

The NIMBY's will be up in arms I'm sure, but we would expect to be able to rationally dedicate an area in any town or city to be a safe district or implement the comfort of your home law. You would be entitled to fulfill your habit as long as certain criteria was adhered to and that while intoxicated you must remain in your yard, but preferably in your house under certain conditions.

Drunk in public is already a punishable offense with a ticket or a trip to the room for the night. No different. Out of line in public you will get reprimanded. Furthermore, you will be held accountable for all of your actions whether intoxicated, or not, in public.

Bow to your master,
Be down on to your knees.
Call to your captor,
For mercy you will bleed.
Drown out my laughter,
Scramble if you please.
You're not a factor
I fear only me.

Soon to be a reality........

Happy summer to anyone that reads this.

Every time I set myself up with a plan, life takes over and kicks me square in the balls and says "No way are you going to have time to do that!"

So, today is the exception to the sore nuts. I will make time. So, to make a long story longer....

Here is a thought...what is more offensive to you? If I politely asked you to stop your big flap jack boobs from smacking off your gut...or George W. Bush and his inbred cousins. If I hovered over your plate of food at the dinner table and farted on it, only to realize that a little turdlet shot out and landed on your steak...or the idea of the continued FAILING war on drugs. If a filthy crack whore popped a pustulous sore in front of you...or the idea that your freedom is being slowly pulled from beneath you by means of popular vote.

Let's think about every other point and specifically the very last point.

Every proposed idea has ramifications and the possibility of negative side effects. The idea of cameras everywhere doesn't frighten people when they are said to be used for safety of the public. All in favour say..... HOLD ON. I agree cameras in certain places are essential. BUT, who remembers photo radar. Bad use of a camera. Webcams of naked ugly people. Bad use of a camera. I could go on and on, but I am sure the filthy crack whore pus is enough to fill your head with a bad painting for a while now. More laws and more security is not the answer. Look up life in Germany pre-WWII and see what constitutes ideal living....hmmmm...is that where we are headed? There are very interesting similarities to the current state of affairs going on in the world and specifically the USA.

Here are some to ponder...just Google..hmmmm.....East Timor. Huh? Where the is that? Well, it was a modern day massacre of thousands of people. Allied forces at work. Every ounce of war has some background political agenda. What we are told is a whole other story.


What we need is less secret police, less "intelligence" groups lacking the fruit of their namesake and ultimately less law. Keep it simple. The more complicated it is, the more maintenance it requires and the more likely it is to fail. They have to keep making laws to curb the people that abuse the current laws. Soon there will be so many laws that people will be confused as to what they are allowed to do. Overwhelm the courts with petty crap, then all the unpaid fines for paternal law enforcement all because nobody had the balls to say "STOP! You stupid morons with your heads in the sand. Put your half-witted ego aside and any desire at bettering your political career aside for the benefit of the people that elected you.

Government of the people for the people by the people. Don't let them tell you otherwise.

The revolution has begun. The leader has yet to step forward. The face will be known the moment it is shown and the lynchings will begin.

Another rant at society to wake up. Turn off your bloody cell phones. Take your headphones off your head. Turn off your bloody TV first and foremost. That has got to stop. Nauseating as it is. Just wake up and think for yourself. Too much stupid going around and that is contagious. More than avian flu. More than SARS. More than every other catch phrase illness to sway you into more fear and consumption. Does anyone hear about SARS anymore? "Oh, they kicked the crap out of that at the source." Like hell. I would speculate that that whole SARS epidemic was just another mutated flu bug messing up the program. El nino, la nina, weapons of mass distruction, 9/11, PATRIOT ACT...

That's what you get for eating tortured food. Stressed out birds and skinny calves and fat pigs eating fat pigs and cows being fed mysterious farm scraps. What have we become?

All I can say is prepare for war. Resist immunizations. Eat smarter.

.....and join the revolution.

If I offended anybody with my comments, then please take them to heart because you are probably in need of listening and this just may hit home more than you think.

HAPPY MARCH!

MARCH...TO THE BEAT OF THE WAR DRUM.

Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drum......pay no mind to the rabble....apc - MJK and co

PREDICTIONS...I have heard from a bird that the word is to hide all that you have for the
time is to come to beware the timewave. The I ching by King Wen and the calendar of the Mayan can be considered to be saying that the solstice on the twenty one becomes the day in twenty twelve of the twelve moons in the year that awareness will find a new form. Beware the eye of the illuminati. Consider the timewave. Zero on the timeline like Chuck D is to rhyme time and the homo sapien will suddenly shift and evolve into the luminous. The shamans and the witches will bring us to the divine and time will be standing still; forever to and fro. Timewave brings the time warp and the world as we know it will be what evolution intended and what creation stands to believe was the intention all along.

Happy February!

The month of my birthday.

Good things coming in 2006.

I have a new real job.

www.encompassgroup.ca

BUT!!!!! We are close to printing a couple sets of limited edition prints. We have some very talented artists working with us to develop the image we want to debut with. We will not disappoint.

A first impression should not be bad because the bad impression is the one remembered.

Well, my first post was a rant at society. This time I feel a little more peaceful. A lot going on is all I can say. Busy new year.

Went like this..... applied for a job, worked at my old job out of town, hired for new job while on last day out of town with old job. Monday I quit. Tuesday I went to the coast to bust me arse for 2 weeks. Then 2 weeks of sweet FA at home really. Just a blur of activity defining the first days of the rest of my life. Quitting was fun!!!! I was called names and everything. I obviously felt better about the career move than they did, but hey.....it's a long story. A piece at a time. Gotta learn, gotta grow. Can't stagnate. That sums it up.

Money people, money. Invest young and be rich younger. Unless you are freakishly wealthy from a genetic defect that made you millions in the circus. Ummmm....no.

Anyways, look for the shirts to come out to some stores in Western Canada. We might even sell direct.

Our women's clothing line is also available. We have our topless line. They are clear in colour and weightless. Very cool. Wear without a bra if you like.

Wish all that read this the best of 2006.

Talk to you soon