The Whore of the World (USA)

Our borders are open. We are the 'spread, gaping hole' of the world. The Land of Opportunity, if you prefer. Personally, I like the diversity here in America. "Feel great about a melting pot, and pull the sheets off the ones who are not." As the punk band Schleprock sang in 1996's "Americas Dirty little Secret". Right? Well there are a few problems with this though. Let me preface this by saying, I am NOT a racist, I'm just an asshole. I have probably had more ethnic friends and girlfriends than the average person. Everyone from Jewish to Pacific Islander, and from European to African American, etc. I myself am tired of being 'white', and would actually like to be ethnic. However, things are the way they are. Now maybe this doesn't 'prove' that I'm not racist, but I just wanted to point it out.

Now, over the years I've had alot of people tell me that I should learn to speak Spanish. Why? Well because we have a lot of Spanish speaking immigrants coming to our country. Well, No, maybe I want to speak French. Now, the idea to 'speak Spanish' is fed through our media, our schools, etc. And 'Whites' are now a minority in California, soon they will be in other places in America. Thats fine though, great even. Whats not fine is this: I'm not going to learn your language just because you want to live in America and reproduce. You learn our fucking language. Whether we like it or not, English has been the main language in the land we now know as America for over 200 years (ever since we killed the Indians, but thats another story). But look, If I was going to move to France for a job or whatever, I would want to be fluent in French. I wouldn't want, nor expect, the French to cater to my personal needs. As much as I would like to be, I'm not the center of the Universe. Neither are you.

Number 2, if you want to be called African-American, Hispanic-American, or whatever else. Thats great, I totally agree with that. However, lets do this with some equality, shall we? From now on you need to refer to me as European-American, I'm not just 'white'. I have a history and an ancestral homeland as well. Also, just because I'm white doesn't mean I'm out to get you. "I ain't part of no conspiracy, I'm just your average Joe".--NOFX

The Best Country on Earth?

Here, a little research of mine. The sources check out.

Ok, so this is how the "Economic Equality" in the United States ranks with other industrial nations, from 4 different sources: U.S ranked sixth of six, seventh of seven, ninth of twelve, and fourteenth of fourteen. Here in the U.S, the richest fifth of the population earns eleven times more income than the poorest fifth of the population. 11 to 1! Needless to say, that is one of the highest ratios in the industrialized world. Just to give you an idea, Japans ratio is 4 to 1. And yea, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I knew there was a reason I wanted to go back to school.

55% of Republicans think it was the poors fault that they are poor, while only 13% blamed the system. On the other hand, 68% of Democrats thought it was the systems fault, and only 5% blamed the poor. However, to be 'fair' to the republicans, let me point something out: Back when the Whig Party collapsed and The Republican Party was created, the Democratic party coined itself as 'the white mans party' for almost 100 years....Yea, really.
(stat from 1979 survey in 'Equality in America' by Sidney Verba and Gary Orren. Just to be clear, I do not consider myself to be democrat, nor republican)

By the year of 1910 the top 1 percent of the U.S population received more than a THIRD of ALL personal income. This figure hasn't changed all that much since then. Hmmm, sounds to me like this 'democracy' isn't that far off from becoming a communist nation. In communist countrys, usually 1% of the people control about 99% of the wealth, etc. Here in the good ol' US of A, about 10% of the people control 90% of the wealth etc. At least thats the last accurate figure I heard. Please, enlighten me if you know any different.
(first stat source from 'Conflict and Consensus in American Public Education' by David Tyack and Elizabeth Hansot, 1981)

Among women on the great 'unsinkable' Titanic, only 4 of the 143 'first class' passengers were lost. 15 of 93 second-class passengers drowned. But 81 of 179 (nearly 50%) third-class women and girls were lost. The crew ordered those passengers to stay below the deck, holding some of them there at gunpoint. This shows how important it is to be wealthy and 'high society'. To me, it is the archtype that depicts Social Class degregation and separation here in the United States. Hmm, what would happen if a global catastrophe broke out nowadays? Who would be saved?? The Rich and Elite and their Alternative 3.
(Titanic stats from 'Social Class and Mental Illness' by August Hollingshead and Frederick Redlich, all other opinions contained herein, are expressed solely by yours truly. If you don't know what Alternative 3 is, look into it.)

Emo this, Emo that, Emo eat my ass

Now, Here's the 5 Easy Steps to becoming Emo-Fashion-Core. (I have blacked out the guys eyes in the photo in a feeble attempt to maintain his anonymity. I don't know who he is, but I thought that he closely fit the archtype for 'Fashion-Core'.)

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1. Dark hair, somewhat messy. Kind of like a reverse mullet, long on top, short everywhere else. It also slightly resembles a chicks haircut. Make sure to dye it black if you want to get the full effect.

2. Tight plain T-shirt, as seen here with a 'cute' little ring around the neck. It seems that the shirt usually has to rest above the belt line.

3. Tight jeans. Or Tight Chick Pants, either will work. Don't forget to have them faded and usually torn, because that makes you look really hardcore.

4. This guy here is missing the cool little tattoos on the forearms that we often see. Usually the tattoos should be something associated with love, or death, or burning, or depression, and/or weapons. Anything cliche will work I suppose.

5. Piercings. Gauged out. I'm not sure if he has them or not. Anyways, make sure your jewelry is really fuckin thick, that way everyone knows that you're a rebel.

With that, you're ready to go! Now, go get a Fender Telecaster and start your shitty teenage band