TC the Terrible

You know the coolest thing about the Internet?  I can get beat up verbally for having an unpopular opinion.  Yep, people are now sending me better hate mail than my ex-wife’s lawyer ever did.  I’d love to respond to each and every one of them, but damned if my job doesn’t keep me busy all day.  It amazes me how much time some people have on their hands.  But at least they keep ordering books and DVDs (really crappy ones by the way) so I’m good with it.

• Speaking of people buying crap, Wal-Mart is pushing discount drugs now.  This is a bad idea.  There is a reason that drug makers have high profit margins, it’s called research and development.  It takes years and billions of dollars to bring a new drug to the market.  If you cut the profit margin on current drugs then there’s not enough funds left to develop new medicines and cures.  Cheap drugs sound good, and on the surface looks like a splendid thing, but over the long term it harms more than it helps.
• There is nothing wrong with rich people getting richer in my opinion.  The Bush years have been better for the economy than the Clinton years so it comes as no surprise that personal wealth is on the rise.
• This place makes a damned fine hot dog, so it only makes sense that the military would want to tear it down. It must be a sign that the war on terror is going well if the brain trust of the Pentagon can be bothered with something this trivial.
• Joe Gibbs is sure getting the love this morning.  Wilbon and Snider are both making him out to be the savior of all that is football holy.  I hope they are right.  If not closed captions on the big screen could be a moot issue.
• Kids, even smart ones, have always cheated on homework.  Since the Internet makes it easy to cut and paste research papers schools need tools to guard against that technique.  These kids are only bitching because they are having to do more original work now. 

I’ve talked before about donut day here at the office.  As dumb as it may sound donut Friday is a near sacred ritual here.  If you fuck up your turn in the hopper your career will suffer, just that simple.  Needless to say that as of ten minutes ago someone’s career was spiraling down the toilet.  Good stuff.–

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TC

The following post was sent to the server prior to 0800 today.  The electrons got misplaced enroute so I’m reposting in the interest of a fair fight.

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I guess my lesson learned for the week is that my writing pisses people off.  First I used my desk as a note pad and my anal-retentive (does the hyphen really go there?) boss blew his stack.  Hell, it was in pencil and most of it came off on the first pass.  Sometimes I get on a roll and need to draw things out when I’m talking to people.  Yesterday the closet thing to write on happened to be my desk.

Then there’s Ricky D. Taylor, also known as Ridor.  All the hate filled comments on the blog the past 24 hours have come from readers referred by his site.  The non-hate comments are from regular readers that understand there’s more than one opinion in the world.  I’ve got a tough skin so the hate stuff doesn’t bother me because it serves to make my point.

None of the people posting opposing views (except Ridor) have had anything of merit to say.  Their comments fall into pretty simple categories; 1) I’m an idiot/retard/dick, 2) bad things should happen to me, and 3) I’m guilty of a hate crime [pretty sure that the First Amendment has got my back on this one].  Not one of those posters could make a defense of their position on the subject.  And that is very typical.

The vast majority of the time when a person or group feels disadvantaged they want to strike out at someone.  The three

people suing the ‘Skins and FedEx say they are trying to get the most out of their ticket dollar.  Fine, but the people being sued have tried to come to a compromise on this issue and the plaintiffs refused the offer.  So the suit isn’t really about the quality of the game, but about the agenda of a couple of people. 

Another thing, why is it that the people/groups that claim they are pushing for inclusion of everyone always the most violent towards their critics?  If you look back at the comments from yesterday is there a single one (other than Ridor) that sounds like an intelligent argument?  Hell, get mad at me over my opinion all you want – that’s fine.  But if you are going to take the time to comment try to have something to offer the debate when you do.  That’s not a lot to ask.

But hey, thanks for all the books and DVDs you guys have bought in the last 24 hours.  My check from Amazon is all but in the mail for the month.  I could have never done it without you.

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TC

Guess what?  I’ve got a couple of people reading the blog that a) aren’t ready to kill me, and b) know how to form an argument.  The fact that they agree with me is beside the point.  Any way, AlaskaMike is behind a firewall that allows him to see my site but prevents him from posting comments.  (Can he sue his employer for denying him ACCESSIBILITY?  Just asking.)  Here’s what he would say if he were allowed to.

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From: alaskamike
Date: Sep 21, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: You hit a nerve
To: TC <tctheterrible@gmail.com >

Man, you really started something with the post about football.  Here are several observations:

1.  The refs use hand signals, announcing penalties over the PA system is (relatively) new.  It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a football game, but as I remember, the penalties are displayed on the boards.

2.  As far as hearing the game being a requirement – I can think of a lot of instances where we were watching a game at home and we weren’t listening.  We were either talking or listening to music, or something else.  You don’t need to hear the commentary to enjoy the game.

3.  The vicious comments you’re getting are the kinds of comments I would expect from a post about a certain religion – not football stadiums.

If nothing else, it demonstrates the breadth of your readership.

AlaskaMike

That folks is a reasonable thought out comment.  Too bad some of the loud mouths posting here can’t do as well. 

And by the way, FedEx field is not required by the ADA to provide closed captioning.  There are of course others who are posting about this and some of the better comments are here.

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TC