Sweetness Follows


"And no one, not the Democrats or the Republicans, are asking the question, how bombing Baghdad is a remedy to stopping the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons."

"I'm not saying there won't ever have to be a military option. But the military to use the excuse that we're going to have a military option right now because that's going to make us safer from the use of chemical or biological weapons makes no sense. Where are you going to bomb? You think you're going to destroy these weapons if you drop bombs? We don't know where the weapons are. That's the reason the inspectors can't find them. What are you doing?" - Jerry Springer, click for transcript from Crossfire.

Jerry makes some very good points. He calls his show stupid too. It's going to be hard for people to take him seriously if he makes a political run, but I bet he'd pull it off. He has all the money and fame in the world, he has nothing to gain really except for fighting for causes and the country he believes in and I respect that.

Here's something to read:

Taxi Experiment

So I tried to be a taxi driver and it lasted one day.

The way things work here. They are very interesting. I see the cabs taking people from place to place. Cab drivers are an interesting group. They see people of all walks of life. They see the rich neighbourhoods. They see the poor. They see the love. They see the crying. They don’t get paid well going places. They do, however, get the well paid going places. On the other hand, they take desperate and lost souls and transport them around. They are carriers of diseases. They drive and drive and drive. Stop and think. Think and stop. Turn right. Turn left. Take your money. Something smells in here. Did you just do what I think you did you smelly pig? Go to the next place. Drive around all day and come back to my home to sleep. Drive around all day to be able to afford a place to stay. It just seems that they drive and drive and drive. When they're finished driving and come back home, it doesn’t feel like home. Perhaps I was trying to find something. What was it though? Why is it though? Where are you going? It’s the first question I asked to all my passengers. Someone’s going to take you there no matter what, whether it’s a cab, a truck, a car, or by hitchhiking. I will tell you one thing though, once you realize you are going there, you might as well drive there yourself. That might require more work, but it will be worth it. Or will it? Where are you going? Where I am going is something I’ve never asked myself seriously. I’ll just keep driving along. Going for the ride. Taking everyone else for their rides.

The day was going along fine. I only forgot to put the meter on 17 times. My shift was almost over and then I ran over a ferret. Yeah, a ferret. I got out of the car and these kids were crying on the lawn right in front of the mess. I parked in a driveway and found out it was their ferret so I apologized. I got back in the cab and I started to drive away and ran over a squirrel as I backed the car up out of the driveway. What were the chances of that? I mean, seriously! I got out of the car and a crowd gathered.

Then I woke up.