Things I Dislike
Last Update - September 19, 2003
Feminists - Like NOW. Most everything they complain about is absolutely trivial stuff, like allowing women into Augusta Golf Club. It's a private club. If they want to have a boys club, so be it. There are clubs out there just for women, yet that isn't a problem. I am yet to hear a feminist argue for true equality, they just argue for special rights for women. They are some of the most hypocritical people you will hear in your life. They'll protest a Promise Keepers gathering, but when a stadium fills up with 20,000 women for a Women of Faith confrence, it's no big deal. This hypocracy bothers me most about all groups who exhibit it. You will find that I am for TRUE equality
Affirmative Action - I feel any preference based on race or gender is wrong. I referenced "TRUE Equality" in my previous dislike. I am unable to see how giving one person an unfair advantage over another based on thier race or sex is progress.
Animal Rights Activists - Or so called "Animal Rights" Activists. Animals are not people too, they are animals. They taste good. Peta is full of garbage. There are organizations out there, such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), that will KILL PEOPLE in order to save a monkey from having an AIDS vaccine tested on it. They oppose anything tested on animals that could cure a disease in humans. Humans were given a higher level of thinking for a reason. We are better than cows, and pigs, and monkeys, and dogs, and cats. Should we torture them for our amusement? No, of course not. But if I want to have a big juicy steak smothered in bacon or something, I'm going to have it.
I was looking at the Animal Liberation Front website today and I found some very disturbing instructions. This is a quote from the "What is ALF?" section of thier website:
"If you are a member of an active A.L.F. cell, send us any clippings, or your own report, with date, time, place, and a few details about the action. Send your reports on plain paper, using block capital letters, or a public typewriter that many people have access to. Wear gloves at all times so your fingerprints are not on the paper, envelope, or stamp. Do not give your address, and don't lick the stamp or envelope; wet it with a sponge. Remember you should expect that all of our mail and any other support groups' mail is opened and read by the authorities.
DO NOT inform us of upcoming actions BEFORE they happen. Towards animal liberation and freedom for all political prisoners,"
It was not edited by me in any way. Am I the only one that thinks this is a terrorist organization?
Environmentalists - Like Greenpeace. Most of the "facts" and "statistics" they cite are highly debated. For every study showing global warming exists and is caused solely by human interference, I'll show you one that says global warming doesn't exist. It really bothers me that these "groups" are allowed to go into schools around the country and brainwash children into believing thier biased views. I remember in junior high they pushed us to sell t-shirts with elephants and tigers on them to raise money for some environmental group. You think any school district would allow the National Rifle Association to use the students to sell shirts or magaizines as a fundraiser for the NRA? Not bloody likeley.
Grand Forks, ND - I lived in Grand Forks for two years while I attended UND. The town is horrible. There is nothing there. The city planners think it’s about 5 times the size it actually is, in other words, they think it’s Fargo. The only reason Grand Forks survives is because of UND. Unfortunately, the people of Grand Forks don’t understand this, and build everything in the city as far away from campus as possible. I timed it one night, and a round-trip journey from my dorm to the closest Taco Bell was around 30-35 minutes. The nearest grocery store isn’t all that close, and it closes relatively early. In addition to the distance from campus to everything there, most places close by 10pm. They have two Perkins, but they both close during the week at 10pm, and on the weekends they close at 2am. If you want a milkshake and mozzarella sticks at 2:30, you have to hit one of the two truck stops in town, which is another 10 minute drive from campus.
Mullets – Seriously, what are you guys thinking????? Hey, the 80’s were cool. A lot of the new wave music is great (“I come from a land down under!”). The wall came down in Berlin. Some great movies were produced (Back to the Future, Spaceballs, Top Gun, and Return of the Jedi just to mention a few.). Today’s very good looking 19-20 year old girls were born that decade (Oh, yeah). But come on, a mullet? Were they ever actually stylish? Go to Cost Cutters, give them $12 or whatever they charge, and get a normal freekin’ haircut! Those of you with mullets are the only people that look sillier than those people that wear snowmobile jackets (See my December 9, 2002 Rant).
The Alerus Center – One of the many reasons I despise Grand Forks. This place is billed as “the premiere events center/convention facility in the entire region” (AlerusCenter.com). It’s a barn with 13,000 seats and a ballroom. It was built mainly to replace Memorial Stadium at UND, the former home of UND Fighting Sioux football. For Bison/Sioux football games, the biggest games ever, they were able to squeeze in 13,000+ people. Maybe I’m the only one that thinks this, but when you build a new facility, shouldn’t you build one with more capacity? They could’ve spent maybe $1 million on Memorial putting in new seats, lights, and a giant tarp over the stadium and done the same thing that the $50 million Alerus Center does now. Another thing that really bothers me about the facility is the fact that it is public funded based on a 51-49 vote at the height of the 1997 flood. (For those of you that are unfamiliar, in April of 1997, floodwaters from the Red River overran most of Grand Forks, forcing the evacuation of thousands. During that flood came the vote for the ½ cent sales tax to build the Alerus Center.) I don’t think a tax should go up with the support of half of the people plus one. Most places require a super majority, or 60%, to pass a tax. Ugh, Grand Forks Sucks.
Guys Named “Bubba” – I realized one day that the name “Bubba” is the dumbest nickname that is possible. What do you think of when you hear the name “Bubba?” You think of a big fat dumb guy wearing a snowmobile jacket and a “Caterpillar” hat, driving a tractor to pick up his date/cousin on a Friday night. That is a “Bubba.” Many of you know I used to go by the nickname “Kingbubba” on Geocities. I’ve run from that stupid nickname. I don’t equate myself with the name “Bubba” at all any longer. I used to be too dumb to realize that was a stupid nickname. Now I realize the context of being a “Bubba” and I don’t want to be affiliated with that name. I may be a big fat guy, but I don’t consider myself dumb, I don’t wear a snowmobile jacket, I don’t drive a tractor, and I don’t date my cousin.
Snowmobile Jackets – You all know that I dislike snowmobile jackets, but I’ve never set forth my reasons for that dislike. One reason, well, have you ever seen someone wearing one? They look stupid. (Both the jacket, and the person.) Generally, people that wear them are buck toothed, wife beaters that speak of the superiority of Polaris over Arctic Cat (or vice versa). Sheesh, move to Grand Forks!
Council Bluffs, IA – Holy Crap! If there is any place on earth worse than Grand Forks, it’s Council Bluffs. I spent a few days there in the summer of 2003 helping my Sister and Brother-In-Law move the heck out of there. How they made it a full year, I have no idea. I talk about Council Bluffs a bit in my Grand Forks Sucks page. I was going to discontinue that page due to the awful state of Council Bluffs, but I’ve decided that the Grand Forks Sucks page is worth keeping. Go check it out for a more detailed explanation. Anyway, in Council Bluffs, guys with mullets are a dime a dozen. I actually saw a guy with a mullet driving an El Camino. Had it been winter, I’m sure he would’ve had on a snowmobile jacket too! I saw kids wearing only diapers riding their Big Wheels. The pictures displayed below are typical of Western Iowa. “Drive Thru Parking”? Isn’t that an oxymoron? I understand what they’re trying to say, but can’t you word it a little better? I saw a sign at Arby’s in Fargo the other day that said “Drive Thru Holding.” Doesn’t that make a little more sense? And if you’re going to use the oldest line in the book to celebrate someone’s birthday, get the freakin’ phrase correct! It should be “Lordy Lordy, **insert name here** Just Turned 40” not “30” you frickin’ morons!! It’s not that hard! The only advantage Council Bluffs has is that it’s next to a larger city, Omaha, NE. Omaha isn’t the best place on earth, but at least it’s an escape to a little bit of civility for the 14 normal people that live in Council Bluffs. (You know, if they combined the idiot strength of both Grand Forks and Council Bluffs, you’d have a black hole of intelligence so immense that no bit of culture could ever escape. What a frightening thought.)
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