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Carhartt. Levi’s. Disney. Coca-Cola. Gillette. The list goes on. Companies who have decided it is more important for them to make a social statement rather than focus on their brand. I suppose, to an extent, business has always been filled with people who make statements with how they run their business. But it used to be more about what they did, than what they said. Some companies were just all business — Leave the other stuff on the other side of the door; we’re here to make money. Others made social care part of the company — Thanksgiving turkey donations, holidays off, United Way drives.
Man this one was hard. I look out at my old smoker sitting in the backyard; thinking of all the years and hours we spent together; knowing how difficult that tube smoker could be, but remembering all the deep barked smoky meat which came from those hours of attention, and I feel like a traitor seeing it stand all alone with weeds growing around its legs. I remembered when we worked together to feed a whole round-up crew.
You know I spent over seven years as the manager of the meat and deli division of a $83 million Super Store. My division’s average sales topped $4 million annually. While I’d never place my experience as a manager above the experience of a well seasoned meat cutter, I learned a thing or two. I’d never make it as a vegan. Though I’m not one of those people who turn their nose up at vegetables, I prefer mine on the side paired with a great cut of meat.
Pork chops seasoned and grilled; spareribs or pork butt rubbed with spices and smoked with hickory until tender and mouthwatering certainly take center stage when thinking barbecue. Chicken has its place as well, especially in the smoker. And those ol’ boys from Louisiana have proved you can smoke almost anything that walks, crawls, or swims.
You see it used over and over. Especially when you see people compare what took place on January 6, 2021 to the BLM and Antifa demonstrations the two years before. It’s a word created to try to stop the discussion. It’s a word which tries to cancel the actions of one group of people in an effort to further magnify the actions of another group of people. Because for anyone trying to compare the actions on one single day, where the amount of violence, death, and destruction pales in comparison to the multi-city riots which took place for over two years, freedom of speech just can’t be tolerated.
I’m no expert. I don’t read the expert blogs. I like what I like, and that’s the only real reason I offer for taking a smoke and a shot. I’m not saying I haven’t gone overboard, but I primarily smoke or drink for the pleasure, not the buzz. Once in a while I expand my horizons, but I’m no connoisseur. When it comes to alcohol, I only drink for one reason: the taste I like even if some might say it proves I have no taste. Hell, some folks would argue that I might as well drink out of a Dixie cup.
I know. I know. I’ve just posted on this. But this “Evil Corporate Greed is Causing Inflation” bullshit going on on Twitter is driving me crazy. How can you be so simple, single minded?
Hey, I’m not a big corporation fan. I worked for one for over thirty years and my thanks was a layoff and a severance that went straight to paying my bills. But the idea that Corporate Greed is the cause of inflation is just so one-celled thinking that I can’t stand keeping quiet about.
So, for a moment, let’s just pretend there is no such thing as the “Evil Corporations.” Heck, let’s just pretend we are back in 1890 and every business is individually owned. All we have are bars, general mercantile stores, and livery stables. You go into your favorite bar and you order a shot of whiskey. You’ve been paying 25 cents for that shot of whiskey for as long as you’ve been coming to that bar. But guess what, today whiskey is 50 cents a shot. Can’t blame it on evil corporations, they don’t exist in our imagined world. Well, it’s just that damned old bar owner trying to get rich. Aren’t we all?
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on November 23, 2015. Putin arrived in Tehran for talks with Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani, with the Syrian conflict expected to be high on the agenda. The one-day visit will also see Putin take part in a summit of gas exporting countries. AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ / AFP / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEI DRUZHININ/AFP via Getty Images)
You know I speak my opinion, but I try not to get too Repub/Demo on here. But I’m just going to say it. If you buy into this shit, you are as dumb as a rock. None of these guys can be trusted. I’ve heard it the peace pleaders, they believe we should do anything for peace. Well, I think we should do a lot for peace, but not just anything. And I don’t think we should suspend belief for peace. Quite simply the only way you can believe that Iran will honor any peace agreement, is by suspending belief. They have proven it over and over. They have considered the US the Great Satan for years. They aren’t going to suddenly accept us.
Now, you have people saying that since we can’t use Russian oil, we’ll be able to buy Iranian oil after the nuke deal. Bahahah. Really? Like they would sell us a piece of bread if we were starving?
Well, if we make this deal, we keep them from having nuclear weapons. Really? The deal is to get them nuclear weapons.
And the idea that we have Russia, bed partner to Iran, negotiating a nuclear agreement for us, is beyond stupid. We are watching them invade a country that did nothing to instigate a war. How? Why? Under what circumstances could we ever trust them?
I say it again. If you buy into this shit, you’re a few beers short of a six-pack. When folks see you out and about, they say “There’s a village missing its idiot.”
Below are a few words which have been cast about by the media and politicians. They have been used as descriptive narrative with particular emphasis toward January 6th, Anti-Vaxers, Canadian Truckers, and individuals of particular political swing. Definitions provided are courtesy of Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary. I’ve used that particular dictionary because the 2022 form has been rewritten nearly daily as tech, politicians, and social hubs try to control the societal narrative. I present them without further commentary. Followed by a few quotes from a significant member of our founding fatherhood.
They say you can’t take it with you, but you might as well use it to insulate your casket. That’s all it will be worth.
When hyperinflation hit Germany, before World War II it took a wheel barrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread – $4.6 million to be exact. From 1922 to November 1923 a loaf of bread went from 163 Marks to 200,000,000,000. The Weimar government printed too much money (Marks) in their effort to pay reparations after the French invasion in 1923. This was one of three key elements which caused their monetary value to collapse. The money was so worthless, it was cheaper to burn the money than to buy coal or heating oil for fuel.
It continues. Two years and we still have fear dominating our lives. Folks, it’s pretty simple.
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You… Yes, You… are going to die. You are going to be boxed or burned. They’ll be tossing lilies at you. Shoveling dirt. Taking the big sleep. Feeding worms. You will look like the Crypt Keeper. You are a carbon based life form. Your inevitable end is only a matter of time. And time is the one thing you can’t control.
