tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136932222024-03-07T22:52:38.856-05:00Semper FidelisEducation, vigilance and thinking for oneself are the best defenses against regressive stupidity and obtuse religiosity.
“VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS.”Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-75365768187260188792020-01-18T17:03:00.000-05:002020-01-18T17:27:50.323-05:00Christianity & Inconsistency
Christianity is so inconsistent. Preaching ‘judge not lest ye be judged’, Christians are always the first in line to judge. They quote biblical rules then ignore them wholesale. Some bible verses say God is kind, merciful and benevolent. Frighteningly, many others say he’s jealous, angry, cruel, unmerciful, destructive and ferocious. Some versesGnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-10966780771494419462019-12-30T00:13:00.001-05:002019-12-30T00:26:31.072-05:00Ruby's PR JobRuby Sinclair already knew it was not going to be a good day before she got to work that Tuesday. You could say the bloom was coming off the rose on the fabulous job she had thought she had been so lucky to get at the time. Oh hell yes, it had a certain amount of glamour and paid extremely well, but the duties were, well, let’s just say the duties were a bit on the arduous side for Ruby’s taste. Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-68201518156908444682017-12-31T23:59:00.002-05:002018-01-01T02:14:33.800-05:00Liars Are Gonna Lie - Especially Donald J. Trump
There are several sorts of Liars.
First is the Unconscious Liar. This is the person who unconsciously lies, either to spare themselves embarrassment or loss of pride on some little inconsequential bit of information or the other, or the person who tells small lies in order to spare someone else's feelings. These kinds of liars are sometimes unaware that their untruthfulness even comes out of Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-84726633555177722492017-12-25T09:43:00.000-05:002017-12-25T09:43:00.058-05:00An Open Christmas Letter to President Donald J. Trump
An Open Christmas Letter to President Donald J. Trump
December 25, 2017
To: President Donald J. Trump
C/o, The White House
In an Upside-down, Alternative Universe
Dear Donald -
May I call you Donald?
I deduce already that you must inevitably receive millions, nay perhaps even billions, of irate, hateful and disrespectful letters, tweets, emails and other unpleasant Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-55804249306335056062017-08-25T06:34:00.001-04:002017-08-25T07:50:33.827-04:00Don't Underestimate Trump Supporters!
Don't underestimate Trump Supporters!
I am as bothered by the current Trump chaos as anyone. Like many people, I am tempted to lump all his supporters into the ‘low-info, stupid voter’ category, who I am now calling ‘Trumplings’. It's evident that Trumplings actually are uneducated boobs who bought into Trump's con, and his ‘Make America Great Again’ scam. It’s just so hard to believe Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-34062577760602258872017-06-29T21:14:00.000-04:002017-06-29T21:43:30.052-04:00The Trump Nation and Taxes
"Tax reform" is in the news. The GOP has promised to do that. Golly gee, wonder where that is going? With the GOP now solidly in charge all around, any halfway sentient person already knows, except for Trump supporters of course.
Almost no one likes paying taxes, although you might think by all rights they should. For most people, and corporations too for that matter, the more income or Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-88013304775354795422017-04-11T10:48:00.000-04:002017-04-11T11:05:10.142-04:00RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STAFF
RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL STAFF IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:
A: Presidential staff are once again reminded that the President is always RIGHT, no matter what, or when presented with so-called 'facts' to the contrary. The President has access to information which staff does not, and always understands his own truth when staff may not necessarily be so advantaged;
B: Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-23007907623775261772017-02-26T07:41:00.000-05:002017-02-26T07:46:25.442-05:00A Smelly Old Goat Amongst a Herd of Complacent Sheep
So, a while back I went to see my cardiologist. I'm in my mid-seventies now, so that's no surprise. I'm on my third pacer now, an 'ICD' model which is supposed to give me a good solid jolt of electricity if my heart should suddenly stop. They say it's like being kicked in the chest by a mule and you would never forget it, and that if it ever happens you will always dread another jolt. A Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-15507603651121207012017-02-11T16:29:00.001-05:002017-02-11T17:01:56.735-05:00is Donald Trump Diabolically Clever or, Just Plain Nuts?
I'm finding I'm not the only one who believes our current not-so-beloved new president Donald Trump very likely has serious mental issues. In my view, there are only three possible explanations for his bizarre behaviors both during the election process and after he's taken office, to wit:
1. Donald Trump is clinically and pathologically nuts;
(Clinical definition of 'megalomania'): Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-50281486304626099562017-01-22T18:23:00.001-05:002023-09-15T15:30:52.767-04:00OK Right Wingers - you OWN this guy!
Attention, Trump supporters and Alt-Right ideologues!
You are fully responsible for the consequences of what you hoped for and have now helped bring to pass.
Due to your blindness, your ignorance, and your failure to uncover, or refusal to believe actual facts when shown the truth about this colossal con, our country as a nation is now saddled with a 'President', in name at least, Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-40778074839848441552016-11-12T17:57:00.000-05:002017-01-13T00:24:21.572-05:00The Cure For Trumpitis
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #ff2500} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial; color: #454545; -webkit-text-stroke: #454545; min-height: 21.0px} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Arial;Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-24269461362762501682016-10-27T22:44:00.004-04:002016-10-27T23:05:19.290-04:00The Last Three Little Pigs
Big, Bad Wolf
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. They were the Last Three Little Pigs of a kind. Before the Last Three Little Pigs, there had been many of their kind, but all except these last three had either been consumed by the Big Bad Wolf, or sent into exile by the mightiest of the Last Three Little Pigs. We shall hear more of this mighty little pig later, as you will see. Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-15440075877688244002016-09-25T15:15:00.001-04:002016-09-25T15:21:11.710-04:00Whoring for Jesus
By the time I mustered out of the Marine Corps I had learned some very good life lessons - 'Never volunteer for ANYTHING!' is one good one, especially for any military person. That is a worn out old cliche I know, but there are usually very good and solid back story reasons for any cliche. Another lesson I came away with was a strong intolerance for baloney of any kind. I don't easily Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-9907413827452188472016-09-20T16:31:00.001-04:002016-09-20T16:41:52.578-04:00More Than You Need to Know about Screech Rum
“Screech Rum”? Sounds like a joke or a spoof, right? But there really is such a thing as Screech Rum. Honest!. I first ran across Screech rum on a trip to Nova Scotia back around 1975 or so.
Rum has always been my drink of choice for as long as I can remember, I've tried many kinds of alcohol over the years. I've given honest tries of weeks at a time to sour mash Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-3446891176289025622016-09-19T18:08:00.002-04:002016-09-20T16:23:10.501-04:00THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and the HATCHET MAN
*You may believe it or not, but in a past life back during the late 'sixties, I worked as a mid-level supervisor for the General Motors Corporation at one of their huge assembly plants. My job was as a supervisor of a small operation in a building about three hundred yards outside and across a huge shipping yard away from the main assembly plant. There I was sort of 'out of sight and Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-81657626532772748952016-08-29T13:38:00.000-04:002016-08-29T13:48:10.151-04:00A Start on Solving The Gun Control Dilemma
A start on solving the gun control dilemma:
We have a serious problem in our country with too many firearms in too many evil or irresponsible hands. Gun proliferation problems in the United States make our nation a pariah among other advanced societies, and much of the rest of the world now look upon us as a nation of gun crazies. This is really not all that far from the truth.
Our Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-59684869371758151752016-08-06T22:11:00.000-04:002016-08-06T22:11:24.959-04:00Party Time in PhiladelphiaParty time in Philadelphia
I spent some time in Philadelphia helping train reservists for the Fourth Marine Corps District back in the day. It was good duty, with a lot more time for partying than I was used to.
We had a party one night. A few Marines, our girl friends and a few other friends. It was on the second floor of a row house in Philly. The place was somewhere near the University, in Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-71447583555047263352015-07-22T17:43:00.000-04:002015-07-22T17:43:48.288-04:00Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt
People believe what the want to believe and facts don't matter! I see the proof this over and over again, usually with people who are considered 'conservative'. Sure, there are some radical 'liberal' and 'progressive' people who do the same thing but is more of a conservative trait. Progressives are usually defined as being far more open-minded than conservatives.
I live in a very, very Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-37332995258391328232015-06-20T19:37:00.001-04:002015-06-20T19:42:32.736-04:00Never Trust a Fart - Ever!
I see it has been quite I while since I have posted to this blog. My excuse is many other things have taken my interest in the interim time. Now that I have a brand-new computer it has motivated me to add a bit to this blog. I pass along these words of wisdom to anyone who is getting on in years who is interested in a comfortable, ripe old age. At more advanced ages it is important to Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-25888642850700438922013-08-30T21:13:00.003-04:002013-08-30T21:24:23.477-04:00Michelle Bachmann & Rick Perry on First Mars Mission!
Mars One is a Dutch company recruiting people for a trip to Mars in 2022 - one way. Selected candidates never to return to Earth. The reason is both economical, since return transportation is too expensive, plus the fact the technology doesn't yet exist for the return trip. The company reports thousands of applicants, who send in $38 each for a chance to draw a slot for the mission. Total Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-17515760018575168472013-04-05T15:35:00.000-04:002013-04-05T15:43:07.949-04:00Our Myths of Democracy and FlagWe call our nation a democracy and our leaders talk about the ‘democratic tradition’ incessantly. We even go war to ‘bring democracy and freedom’ to other nations.
But, let’s take a good long, hard look at the actual definition of ‘democracy’:
From Wikipedia:
“a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives”
From Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-62787629445492937522012-11-29T17:46:00.000-05:002012-11-29T17:54:45.217-05:00Republican Election Day Meltdown
Though most are being unusually quiet lately, a few ‘conservative’ friends and relatives continue sending me RW propaganda. Some are really sweet fantasies, and maybe it helps to sooth all the burning new assholes Republicans received on election day all over the country. If so, to all my RW friends and relatives, welcome to your solace. I hope it helps.
However, I have taken the Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-46330384817755906002012-07-26T13:51:00.000-04:002012-07-26T13:56:36.230-04:00Our Breaking Political System
It is obvious to everyone. The US political system is breaking down. To some, it is already broken.
No one trusts politicians of either party - and with good reason. Congressional approval ratings are in the toilet and have been for a long time. The country is polarized into warring factions. No one will have a reasonable discussion with their opposition. Avarice, greed, fraud and Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-72942163985847964612012-07-16T11:47:00.000-04:002012-07-16T18:31:42.231-04:00You might be a Modern Republican if , . . . You know more than one woman under the age of thirty-five named "Ethel";
You can whine and eat at the same time;
You can whine and sleep at the same time;
Your pickup truck has a gun rack inside the cab and a cross and/or fish symbol on the bumper;
You use any kind of "anti-gas medication";
You know two or more guys your age you call "Bubba";
You have Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13693222.post-75573886116960228702011-12-27T22:51:00.002-05:002018-05-30T23:57:07.006-04:00My Uncle Bud
I sure get a kick out of my Uncle Bud Seawright. Oh, he’s not really my uncle, just a really good, long time family friend. The thing about Uncle Bud is, he calls things just exactly like he sees them. There’s no ‘finesse’ bullshit about Uncle Bud. And, Uncle Bud has a good bit to say about the current state of affairs in these good old United States of America today.
“Ain’t never been Gnarly Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09094971814599656203noreply@blogger.com0