Now That the War is Over...
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 31 2010, 11:49 PM
It's time for the moral equivalent of war...
Our most urgent task is to restore our economy, and put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work. To strengthen our middle class, we must give all our children the education they deserve, and all our workers the skills that they need to compete in a global economy. We must jumpstart industries that create jobs, and end our dependence on foreign oil. We must unleash the innovation that allows new products to roll off our assembly lines, and nurture the ideas that spring from our entrepreneurs. This will be difficult. But in the days to come, it must be our central mission as a people, and my central responsibility as President.
In this excerpt from President Obama's speech marking the "end of combat operations" in Iraq, we get the Full Wilson. We have to put the same effort into, er, building electric cars? Solar panels? I'm sorry, I'm just having a hard time understanding where we're supposed to push, here. If the industry has to create jobs while ending our dependence on foreign oil, it's got to be windmills or something.
This is the same call progressives always make--treat domestic issues and problems as if they are an enemy to be conquered at all costs. And to do that, we all have to be on the same page. That means your concerns about education had better be about the lack of funding and not the lack of learning. Your concerns about the economy had better be about the right kinds of jobs--they had better be green. All those idea springing from entrepreneurs had better be green ideas, or no soup for you!
You know, it's really not that difficult to let inventive people get their ideas off the ground and products off the assembly line. YOU just have to get out of the way, Mr. President. Get your hands out of their pockets and put them in your own. You don't have to lift a finger except to sign away your control.
Imagine all the golf you could play if you didn't have to worry about that pesky economy.
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Jon Stewart Shops for Cheap Shots at Goodwill
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 29 2010, 12:46 PM
See how many cheap shots you can count in this Video. And bad imitations of black people.
Amidst the potty humor (of which I generally approve, and by the way--I am a fan of Jon Stewart), Glenn's message probably gets through to a few people. I think Stewart makes a mistake by lampooning Beck. The more he does, the more of his ignorant viewers will check out Beck's radio and TV show. When they do, they'll find a guy with ten times Stewart's comedy chops (especially on the radio show) and a million times Stewart's knowledge of history and current events. Then, Stewart will lose what's left of his tiny audience.
Beck can get as many people to travel to Washington, DC for a rally as Stewart can get to watch his show from the comfort of their mom's basement. Well, maybe not as many, especially when Stewart gets Obama to come on the show--then all his viewers have to watch because they are either getting extra credit for watching or are the teachers giving the extra credit assignment. But you get my point. Stewart has to lampoon Beck because Glenn is the biggest thing around right now. But it's not going to hurt Glenn one tiny bit and is much more likely to alert a few right minded young people to a show with much more substance and, yes, humor.
Real humor. Not the kind you shop for at Goodwill.
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All Time Greatest Hall and Oates Song
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 28 2010, 01:40 PM
I'm wary of any list of "greatest music artists" that ranks Elvis below Bob Dylan, Prince, Michael Jackson and even Led Zeppelin and the Stones. Just put him first and The Beatles second and then get on with your little survey of music business people. Or put The Beatles first. I don't care. But let's not pretend that any survey that ranks Elvis #8 has any credibility whatsoever.
With that out of the way, "VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" List does a slightly better job of recognizing truly great artists than the Rock and Roll Hall of fame...
We've already covered Rush and Journey, so this week I think it's time we give proper props to one of the greatest duos of all time--Hall and Oates. (I don't think I've covered them, but lately I haven't been able to remember one way or another, and the search feature on this blog sucks.) Yeah, I know my metal head friends, Hall and Oates were the enemy back in the day when we were all fighting for musical legitimacy. Their stuff was cookie cutter bubble gum pop nonsense.
Or was it?
I've made many admissions as to artists I should have loathed, but this might be the toughest. I liked Hall and Oates even back then. Daryl Hall could flat out sing and John Oates is a great writer, a hook machine.
5. You Make My Dreams Come True
This is one of my top five "happy songs". It's hard to stay in a bad mood when I hear it.
4. Out of Touch
I loved that video the few times I was able to see the MTV. Of course they wore it out on those network video countdowns. They'd keep showing the same videos for like three years. But you'd watch anyway if you didn't have MTV. It was either that or Wally George.
3. She's Gone
Love the vocal on this one. I think Billy Joel tried to do something like this once and almost made it work. But he's no Daryl Hall.
2. Sara Smile
Great vocal again. I think many of us metal heads often mistook musical excellence for overproduction and commercial cynicism. This song is just great singing and great writing produced so that it all comes out right. Nothing wrong with that.
1. Rich Girl
I think this tops my list because of the good memories associated with it. With so much disco crap on top 40 radio back in the late 70s, this was one of the few rock-ish hits that broke through.
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Where Has Women's Sufferage Gotten Us?
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 27 2010, 01:45 PM
Evidently it's been a huge step backwards...
2. A significant reduction in marriage rates and a large increase in divorce rates thanks to pro-female divorce laws and the heavily female-biased family court system.
3. The doubling of the female work force suppressing wages and creating a vicious cycle where married women who don't want to work are forced to do so because their husband's real wages are lower than in 1973. To forestall the expected ignorance-based protests, I invite you to first consider what happens to the price of a commodity when the supply increases faster than the demand.
4. National insolvency.
5. A massive increase in sexually-transmitted disease.
6. A significant reduction of personal freedom for men and women alike.
I disagree with #3 because I don't buy the "real wages" measurement. I don't think it's all that useful when determining standards of living. It doesn't account for the enormous houses people have been buying or the high tech automobiles we drive. But the main thing is that it doesn't match the levels of productivity we've reached, and it's productivity that determines standards of living.
Now, I do agree that two family incomes have become increasingly necessary in order for otherwise middle class families to live like the upper middle class. But that makes women in the workforce more of a negative cultural impact than an economic one.
As for the rest of the list, I find it hard to argue that #s 1, 2, 4 and 5 have actually happened. #6 is a matter of perspective, and from my perspective, I agree. Now, the question is one of causation. Are all these things caused by women's suffrage or merely correlated?
You tell me.
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A Thought Experiment Starring Superman
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 22 2010, 04:51 PM
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created the Superman character in 1932, early in the Great Depression and the same year Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. What few people outside the cult of Superman know is that he was originally conceived as a villain. I think the creators of Superman got it right the first time. Power is only a good thing when doled out in small increments and spread out far and wide. Their re-writing of him as a hero took them from the realm of realistic thought into true fantasy. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Superman as hero is far more entertaining and inspiring than if he were a villain.
This leads me to a thought experiment involving a nearly all-powerful, benevolent individual. Imagine if such a person existed. This person could change the world for the better if he knew the right way to use his power. Most would agree that if he were to merely assume the role of dictator, bad things would follow. Of course there are those out there, so many in fact that you'd be uncomfortable in their presence, who would love for such an individual to take over and simply make everyone behave. But even in their case, one has to ask what they mean by "behave".
So ask yourself: What would happen if Superman used his powers to implement the policies of the various American political parties? What would happen if Superman came out as a staunch Democrat? A Republican? A Libertarian? A Green? I think the answer tells you which party is right--or at least closer to being right than all the others.
Think about it. If Superman used his strength and speed to force implementation of the progressive policies of the Democrat party or the even more socialistic policies of the Green Party, millions of Americans would have their lives turned upside down in a massive period of redistribution and regulation. There might come a time, once everything is reset to ensure equality, when freedom returns and people are allowed to think and act for themselves, but as soon as inequalities again appear, Superman will have to step in and reset it.
But here's the main thing about Superman as a progressive: Despite the fear that they have of his strength and invulnerability, many people would still resist him. He wouldn't be able to force progressivism on everyone without becoming a democidal monster. Enough people want to be free before they want to be "equal" that Superman would have no choice but to kill.
Now, imagine Superman comes out as a conservative Republican (I'm suspending my ever growing skepticism of the GOP as the party of conservatives for this experiment) or better yet a Libertarian. What would he be using his power to do? He would be forcing people to leave each other alone, basically. He would spend his time making people respect each others' property rights and constitutional liberties.
Who would resist that?
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All Time Greatest Steve Miller Band Song
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 21 2010, 02:13 PM
I'm not surprised that Steve Miller has become a college instructor...
Of course he's energized. He's meeting a younger, higher quality skank at the University of Southern California than he ever met out on the road.
But seriously, good for him. While I'm not as big a fan these days, there was a time in my late teens, early twenties when I blasted The Steve Miller Band daily. Miller himself was like the guitar prodigy who chose to use his powers to get everyone in the mood to party. Very selfless.
He killed me with his Members Only Jacket period, though. Mine was cooler.
Here's the list...
5. Jungle Love
4. Take the Money and Run
3. Jet Airliner
2. Rockin Me Baby
1. The Joker
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All Time Greatest Comic Book Series
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 19 2010, 11:47 PM
It would appear that Mother Teresa is getting her own comic book to celebrate the 100th year since her birth. I don't know what power they're going to give her, but I'm pretty sure her arch enemy will be Christopher Hitchens. I probably won't collect this one, though.
There was a time in the early 90s when I got caught up in the Great Comic Bubble. I collected for about a year, maybe. Then I got a girlfriend. Just kidding, nerds. I actually enjoyed collecting comics as long as I had the spare cash and free time to spend it.
My collection consisted mainly of Valiant comics. I had a few different Marvel titles but only two DC--a Batman graphic novel from the Gotham by Gaslight series and the whole Death of Superman run. What a wasted that was. The Valiant comics were much more interesting to me because of their use of history. Most of them featured characters from the past or had been to the past. My favorites, XO Manowar and Eternal Warrior were from the Roman Empire and pre-history respectively. If you're unfamiliar with the titles, it's because you're not a nerd nor has there been a movie made from them. I think the closest they got was a few video game crossovers of Turok the Dinosaur Hunter and XO Manowar, which brings me to my all time favorite comic...
1. XO Manowar
2. Eternal Warrior
3. Venom
4. Bloodshot
5. Solar: Man of the Atom
Okay nerds, what are yours?
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Flashback: We Don't Have to be in a Recession...
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 15 2010, 02:50 PM
...for the economy to be in trouble. But Fox News' John R. Lott assures us that everything is swell:
The average inflation rate under Clinton was 2.6 percent, under Bush it is 2.7 percent. Indeed, one has to go back to the Kennedy administration to find a lower average rate. True the inflation rate over the last year has gone up to 4 percent, but that is still lower than the average inflation rate under all the presidents from Nixon through Bush’s father.
And he's right. To a point. It's a no-brainer that the liberal media is and always has skewed economic news and data to help Democrat candidates during a presidential election year. We could all be pooping golden eggs and ordering filet mignon hamburgers from our robot slaves and the liberal media would claim it's the worst economy in six centuries.
Moreover, Lott is probably right about the leading indicators. They all look pretty good. While there have been a few ripples about job loss at my low to middle class school, there haven't been any massive layoffs from what I can tell.
But here's a big mistake in Lott's analysis:
He either forgot or doesn't know that fuel, food and housing costs are not counted in the Consumer Price Index. The CPI is the number quoted when reporting on inflation. So his assertion that "other" prices have fallen or remained stable just isn't the case. They've started to rise, not at an alarming rate, but they have started to rise. The real problem, however, is not the CPI but how low the dollar has fallen against foreign currencies. Our economy is growing, and people are still working. But for how long. The dropping dollar, while having a positive impact on exports, cannot continue without dire consequences.
The liberal media lies and so does the government. The economy is in trouble, but not for the reasons the liberals say it is. If they told the truth, they would have to promise to fix it upon being elected. And the things we need to do to fix the economy are the exact opposite of left-wing economics.
I wrote this almost two and a half years ago. Today, I feel like I'm living in a cartoon version of reality. Here we are at 9.5% unemployment and the media is looking for every possible reason why we're NOT in a recession. And it's even funnier that I didn't mention the housing bubble at that point. I had completely given up trying sound that warning and had just bought a house myself. This is how we become stubborn and seemingly narrow-minded--we listen to other people when we know we're right and get screwed. I'm more likely to punch a Realtor in the face than I am to listen to them again. Same goes with the economics "experts".
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All Time Greatest Rod Stewart Song
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 14 2010, 02:31 PM
Looks like 66 year old Rod Stewart is about to have his eighth child, the 2nd with current 39 year old wife. While I'm not a fan of serial polygamy, I do applaud his willingness to be fruitful and multiply. As far as I can tell, none of his kids are too screwed up--can't say that about Al Gore's kids. And Stewart seems to have the right attitude about it...
"It makes you want to keep very fit. I don't drink as much as I used to and exercise four times a week."
Good for him. Good for the planet. I would watch out for that Alastair character, though. I know he's only four, but that's quite a name to live up to.
Anyway, here's his daddy's top five songs of all time...
5. You're in My Heart
4. Handbags and Gladrags
3. Maggie May
2. Every Picture Tells a Story
1. People Get Ready
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BONUS: Click here for Kurt Cobain's inspiration for Smell's Like Teen Spirit
"Mankind's Worst Mistake"
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 11 2010, 10:55 PM
My son had to read the following article by Jared Diamond for his AP history class. I think it's been discussed before here at RN, but I thought some of you might be interested to know that you'd be much happier and healthier as a hunter-gatherer...
To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our Earth isn't the center of the universe but merely one of billions of heavenly bodies. From biology we learned that we weren't specially created by God but evolved
along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred
belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress. In
particular, recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our
most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we
have never recovered. With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality, the
disease and despotism,that curse our existence.
At first, the evidence against this revisionist interpretation will strike twentieth
century Americans as irrefutable. We're better off in almost every respect than people of
the Middle Ages who in turn had it easier than cavemen, who in turn were better off than
apes. Just count our advantages. We enjoy the most abundant and varied foods, the best
tools and material goods, some of the longest and healthiest lives, in history. Most of us
are safe from starvation and predators. We get our energy from oil and machines, not
from our sweat. What neo-Luddite among us would trade his life for that of a medieval
peasant, a caveman, or an ape?
<snip>
To people in rich countries like the U.S., it sounds ridiculous to extol the virtues of hunting and
gathering. But Americans are an elite, dependent on oil and minerals that must often be
imported from countries with poorer health and nutrition. If one could choose between
being a peasant farmer in Ethiopia or a Bushman gatherer in the Kalahari, which do you
think would be the better choice?
<snip>
One answer boils down to the adage "Might makes right." Farming
could support many more people than hunting, albeit with a poorer
quality of life. (Population densities of hunter-gatherers are rarely over
on person per ten square miles, while farmers average 100 times that.)
Partly, this is because a field planted entirely in edible crops lets one
feed far more mouths than a forest with scattered edible plants. Partly,
too, it’s because nomadic hunter-gatherers have to keep their children
spaced at four-year intervals by infanticide and other means, since a
mother must carry her toddler until it’s old enough to keep up with the
adults. Because farm women don’t have that burden, they can and often
do bear a child every two years.
<snip>
At this point it's instructive to recall the common complaint that archaeology is a
luxury, concerned with the remote past, and offering no lessons for the present.
Archaeologists studying the rise of farming have reconstructed a crucial stage at which
we made the worst mistake in human history. Forced to choose between limiting
population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with
starvation, warfare, and tyranny.
See? Read the whole article because I just posted some of the least silly arguments. Wait till you get to part about the gorillas building a Parthenon if they wanted or wise aliens with advanced space ships wondering why humans did some as stupid as inventing agriculture.
Just out of curiosity, how would you argue this debate if you were my kid?
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Booze or Lust?
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 9 2010, 10:34 PM
Apologies for the non-political posts today, but it has been impossible to get my mind going. School just started back and I've barely had time to drive home, get cleaned up and eat dinner. It's going to be a busy few months ahead so any blog posts between now and November are bonus posts.
There are a couple of questions I would like to ask of a rather existential nature. We'll start with an easy one just to warm up: Why do you think they never made a Top Gun sequal? I mean, there were like four Iron Eagles for crying out loud.
Alright, is your brain loose? Got all your neurons firing?
If you were addicted to both sex and alcohol, and you could choose to rid yourself of one of them, which would it be?
I am assuming that abuse of both are equally immoral, so I'm not angling for any particular conclusion. I'm interesed to see what you all think in terms of the damage each would cause. And, since it's likely to come up, I do not consider a person who cannot get enough sex with his or her spouse to be addicted--just lucky, really. There has to be a level with which the spouse is not comfortable. As for the drinking, we're talking about not being able to drink without getting drunk and doing so at least once or twice a week.
So, which would it be?
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Are You Adequately Prepared for Some Football?
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 8 2010, 05:13 PM
My squad starts hitting tomorrow. My boy's team started this past Thursday. Tonight is the first NFL pre-season game. The most wonderful time of the year is upon us.
Evidently there are quite a few of you out there who can't listen to or read a man's ruminations about America's Passion without it conjuring images of Al Bundy. To those of you for whom that description applies, I sympathize with your mindset. I just imagine how I feel when I hear people talk about cars or--far worse--surfing. I can't stand to listen to it, so if that's how you feel, go over to Ace of Spades and look at boobs. Oh, wait, he's talking about football, too. Sorry, you're screwed.
I'm going to make some college and NFL predictions now, so this would be a good time for all you haters to go back to the forums and argue about which is bigger, the number 4 or the number 5 or whatever the liberals happen to be distracting everyone with.
Here we go...
NCAA D1 BCS Champion--Alabama repeats.
As usual, the toughest games the Tide has on its schedule are within the SEC, and Alabama will win the SEC. Again. My Mississippi State Bulldogs will get to the Cotton Bowl and win. Dylan Farve will see limited playing time, but will shine. Ole Miss will not make it to a bowl. MSU beats them for the second year in a row.
No one cares about the rest of the conferences, but if any of you want to predict who'll win the Packed-In, er, I mean the PAC 10, go right ahead. I predict USC won't win it. 
National Football League
The Super Bowl will feature the Colts and the Cowboys--Colts win.
By Division
NFC East--Dallas
NFC North--Green Bay
NFC South--New Orleans
NFC West--Arizona
AFC East--New England
AFC North--Baltimore
AFC South--Indianapolis
AFC West--Oakland
That's right, haters. Oakland gets it done in their division. Why? Because it's too much of a coincidence that the last time the Raiders were good, they had a coach/QB combo whose names began and ended with the same sound. Gruden-Gannon? Cable-Campbell? Are you kidding me? That's a sign from above right there.
I also predict that Montclair High School will have a winning season at all three levels. The varsity will make the playoffs.
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What do You do With Your Cellphone?
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 7 2010, 08:53 PM
Brian Allain lists the ten things he's learned about cell phones in the lst ten years...
#2 – The bluetooth earpiece is definitely not cool.
#3 – The only thing less cool than the bluetooth earpiece is the belt holster.
#4 – Using anything other than a ring tone for your ring tone is a mistake.
#5 – Signs at the Doctor’s Office are to be ignored.
#6 – Don’t hate someone for using their phone to its full potential.
#7 – When a phone falls out of your pocket in the car, it immediately shrinks and lubricates itself to be able to fall through the tiniest of cracks so it can settle somewhere where it cannot be reached without pulling over and moving the front seat.
#8 – The “I never got your text” defense immediately destroys your credibility.
#9 – The least important thing my phone does is make calls.
#10 – The cellphone is one of the best diversion devices ever invented.
I highly disagree with #4. Having Come Sail Away by Styx on my old phone makes me nostalgic for my old phone. I can't get ring tones for my new one because I have to take it in and have them do something, but I'm too lazy to take it in. I do, however, generally loathe others' custom ring tones. Why can't everyone simply use songs from the following bands: Rush, Styx, Metallica (no Enter Sandman!), Journey or Lynyrd Skynyrd? Everyone can enjoy Tom Sawyer or Freebird.
I've also learned that it's really, really strange when you watch a movie from the mid-90s and see characters with both a cell phone and a pager. Does anyone remember what the point of that was?
Anyway, I mostly want to focus on #6. Allain goes on to say, "If we’re at dinner and there’s an intense argument happening over how old Snoop Dogg is, I am ABSOLUTELY going to take 45 seconds to google the answer on my phone. Don’t you dare roll your eyes at me. Moments like those are the exact reason I pay for the data plan. (and for the record, Snoop is 38.)" Hear hear. I absolutely love the information at one's fingertips. I of course do not use it since I would rarely need to, making the cost of such a plan utterly pointless. Mainly because I know most everything and would never, ever care to know Snoop Doggie Dog's age. (Is it different in Doggie Dog years?) But the point is I don't roll my eyes when a friend looks something up on his phone. I marvel. And I smile a paternalistic smile because my friend is learning something before my very eyes.
No, I mainly use the calendar, alarm clock and calculator. I'd love to do more, and will probably join the iPhone cult sooner than later.
So, what do you do with your phone?
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All Time Greatest Tom Petty Song
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 6 2010, 10:36 PM
I'm gun shy about new material by classic artists these days. It has been a rough few years since Metallica's Death Magnetic got them out of metal purgatory. But I'm cautiously optimistic about Tom Petty's new release, Mojo. Lately, I've been on a Tom Petty kick. Last weekend, I played in a little band at my mom's birthday--an epic/tragic story for another day--which included his duet with Stevie Nicks. I never thought about it, but my voice is about as suited to do his stuff as anything else (not saying much). Also, I've been listening to a few other artists who sound a lot like Petty, realizing that's why I like them so much. there's something about his straight forwardness that's refreshing even after all these years.
Here's my list. I'll see about getting a video together of my performance of Stop Dragging My Heart Around. (Alright, it's up. Just click the title.)
5. Free Falling
4. Don't Come Around Here No More
3. American Girl
2. The Waiting
1. I Need to Know
I should make this a top ten because there's so many. Oh well.
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Dating Jesus: Worst Break-Up Excuse Evah!
Posted by Mr. Naron, Aug 5 2010, 03:22 PM
After coming across this I don't even want to know what this True Blood crap is all about. I'll have some real vampire stuff for you guys within the next few days. Until then, the "dating Jesus" thing reminded me of something. Now, I've been a Christian for almost thirty-two years (for better or worse, believe me), and I've heard a lot of nonsense passed off in the name of our Lord. I've also had the pleasure of sampling more than a few break up excuses. My favorites include:
It's not you, it's me-We've all heard this one. It's so tired and worn out you just have to laugh when someone pulls it on you. There are, of course, many variations of it. There's the "I just need to be with myself" or "I need to work some stuff out alone" versions. Of course, she would be more than willing to be by herself with Brad Pitt or work some stuff out alone with him. So it's you, not her. When all is said and done, you're not Brad Pitt, and that's who she wants. The fact that a few of my girlfriends used that one made it impossible for me to pine over the loss for too long because it's hard to maintain any respect for the intelligence of anyone dumb enough to try that one.
I feel like we need to slow down--This one is always used, in my experience, by the ones who want to go from being friends to picking out china patterns within a month. And what they mean by slowing down is actually stopping altogether. It might be the most cowardly way to go. I suspect, however, there's some mental issues involved in this one considering the hot/cold nature of relationships that end this way. But it's hard to tell which women are crazy and which are just whimps.
I've found someone else--Were it not for the humiliation you feel at the time, you almost want to high five a girl for using this one. It's honest, to the point and gives you an excuse to beat someone up. Well, only if he knew you were going out with her when he made his play. I've been on the other end of that one, so I know it's possible to unknowingly wander into someone else's hen house.
And that brings us to probably the worst one I've ever heard, and I thank Heaven it's never been used on me. Evidently, some girls break up with their beaus in order to "date Jesus". I had a little trouble with even understanding what that means. From what I've been told, girls with no more scruples than Madonna will tell a guy she just wants to be with Jesus for awhile. Inevitably, she dumps Jesus for the next better looking dude who comes along.
I've always behaved with at least the basic level of dignity in break-ups, but I would not be able to if a girl tried to use the Lord as an excuse. I would have to berate her within an inch of her spiritual life. And if we ran in the same circle of friends, you can bet she would quickly find herself shunned Plymouth Colony style. I'd rather she cheat on me than turn Jesus into a dating maneuver.
And for any of you who have had this pulled on you before, I hope you set him or her straight on the issue. I imagine a few have blamed Jesus for the whole thing as if He had anything to do with it. But that's a discussion for another day.
So, what was the worst break-up excuse you've ever encountered?
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