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Hey! It’s April Fools Day! What a Load of Crap.

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May 162012

Originally posted 2011-04-01 06:34:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Hey Folks, Justin here. I am coming to you live on what is one of the stupidest holidays in the entire world. April Fools Day. Informal though it may be, why do we still bother to “celebrate” something that most of the world doesn’t even truly know the origins of? It seems there was a reference to it in Canterbury Tales back in 1392 that was badly translated and people were made to endure a full day of pranks and foolishness.

By the way kids, (notice I didn’t use that horrific BTW that has become so friggin’ popular. That is a whole ‘nother rant) back in 527 AD Byzantine Emperor Justinian delcared that on April 2nd all Justin’s in the world should have homage paid and gifts of “gold, silver and precious things in great quantity.” Check it out, that is tomorrow, I will just wait for all of the good things to roll in.

You see, that actually sound legit (almost) even though I made the whole thing up. Much like April Fool’s Day. My wife is currently preparing devious deceptions to taunt the kids with. She loves it. My kids love to play pranks and “get mom and dad”. I don’t get it. I have never really gotten it. I don’t care to play pranks for the most part. If I want to make someone look silly I can use words better than some silly prank.

So if you are into pranks, go for it. Just know that there are some people out there who really don’t give the rear cavity of a rat about it.

Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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Add social services to anything for a toxic brew

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May 152012

Old Gestapo Prison in the EL-DE Museum (Photo credit: Aaron Olaf)

You HAVE to act on this, folks. You just have to.

Today’s video is a bit longer than normal…a few second shy of 30 minutes…but it is important. Very important if you are a little boy in Utah.

Today I’m just going to tell you a story…a story about a mom, her little boy, a vindictive ex-husband, and an abusive government official who thinks she is above all control.

Now…let’s see if I can piss you off enough to get you taking action:
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Bob

Bob comes to us with a skeptical attitude and a full cup of Cantankerousness. He also writes about homesteading and yurts over at JuicyMaters.com and rants about politics at Common-Sense-Conversation.com Don't forget about "The Political Coot" right here Tuesdays at 8pm Eastern.

Let’s get behind Obama’s “fair share”

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May 102012

Maybe Obama’s campaign ads are working (you do know all those trips around the country…on your dime…were really campaigning, right?), but I’m beginning to agree with him that there are folks out here who don’t pay their “fair share”, and something needs to be done about it. Dammit, EVERYBODY needs to pay their fair share! Let’s figure out who the slackers are, shall we?

Bob

Who owns your land? The EPA?

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May 082012

We have a legeslature we hire when we vote them into office. It’s bad enough that we are pissing away our money by being corrupt liars in their actions, but they are lazy too. They work hard at not having to do what they were hired to do, and

Environmental Protection Agency Seal (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

one way they avoid work…and responsibility…is by handing responsibility AND POWER off to agencies that abuse that power and the people it is applied to:

A look at John Pozsgai’s battle with the EPA:

The EPA had enough of Pozsgai placing topsoil on his own land, so they set up secret surveillance video cameras to record some of the filling activity. Armed with this evidence and aerial photographs, the EPA had Pozsgai arrested and indicted in September 1988 for “discharging pollutants into waters of the United States.” Keep in mind that the “pollutants” consisted of earth, topsoil, sand, and clean fill. (Under the Clean Water Act, a child at the beach dumping a bucket of sand into the ocean is technically “discharging a pollutant into waters of the United States” and can be arrested for doing so without an EPA permit!) The EPA readily admits that no toxic or hazardous wastes were involved in this case.

Bob

Down with Spam!

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May 062012

Originally posted 2010-10-29 10:41:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This is not a new topic. This is not even fun. There are probably ten million posts about the evils of spam and here is another one. Evey morning for the past week or more I have been bombarded with over 400 of the same message, from the same sender. And they all are about viagra.

I really have tried to unsubscribe from these but I still end up with a ton of email. It is easy enough to delete but still, it takes so much time sorting through the crap. I know each and every one of you out there are sick of it too. Monty python has a slightly different take on spam:

That is still one of the funniest sketches ever. Now, onto email. There are those lists you get on that you may even opt on for that send you so much $#!^ every day they might as well be spam. And these guys are the ones who say how much they hate spam as much as you do. Maybe that is why our email list here is so anorexic.

These “bombardment marketers” (hey I coined a new phrase let’s get that out there) give everyone a bad name. We have been trying to grow our list here at the coots and so far, it is pathetically small. It is populated only by those who write here at the coots, plus a pity subscribe from Dr. Doolin from website in a weekend. Even Bob was ~~assimilated~~ er invited to join the coots after his joining of the list.

Justin

Justin is the young Coot with a Cantankerous Soul who continues to be educated by older, more cootish Ralph and Bob. His Cantankerosity is his own.

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