5.13.2006

Celebrities Should Stay Out of Politics I heard on a commercial break for 60 Minutes that the Dixie Chicks are trying for a comeback. Interestingly enough how the dixie chicks have become old news and everything, I'm curious as to how much of a comeback they are going to be able to make. Looking back now, they might think that because the President is suffering record low popularity that maybe people will forgive them or what not and listen to their music again. I'll admit that I like the Dixie Chick's music. Hey, if they make a successful comeback, all the more power to them. One thing that people should understand that you will always have the freedom of speech in this country, however you have to realize that you are not free of consequences suffered because of your speech. Celebrities should take note to hold true to this if they want to keep their careers, unless they wish to sacrifice their popularity for a chance to be heard. Strange, there are plenty of conservative celibrities, but I don't remember them bashing Clinton. And for that matter, I didn't hear a lot of Gore or Kerry bashing either, unless you count Saturday Night Live, to which no politician is exempt. Correct me if I'm wrong. In fact, the conservative celibrities I know about tend to keep their opinions to themselves or just merely show support for their candidate. I don't mind celebrities backing one man, whoever that may be. There is something I have learned in my experience with the world. Politicians, by and large, are crooks with dirt. Mostly because they are human and they make mistakes, and there is always something to dig up on them. A truly honest person, the kind that most people invision as the perfect president, is a person that will never run for office. I'm not a huge Bush fan, I haven't really agreed with his policies inacted while in office, especially of late, and I've also grown greatly disappointed with the Republican Party (one of the reasons why I say I'm conservative and not a Republican), but I still respect the office he holds and the fact that he is President. I still don't regret voting for the man, and maintain that indeed, I am not sorry. Interestingly enough, when you show support of something or somebody, it tends to go over better then to be against something or somebody. Hence, why when all of these celebrities appear to come out against something (namely, our President), their careers start to take a nose dive. Case in point, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Springsteen (anybody hear much about him lately?), Jane Fonda, anybody spoofed in Team America: World Police, and the Dixie Chicks. Seems with the lack of block busters as of late, it seems like Hollywood in general has taken a hit. I know I haven't seen many movies in the theaters late. Somebody should take note. Labels: Not Sorry, Politics, Rant -Risawn: # 6:31 PM - |

12.01.2005

A Note to My Readership I just wanted to let you all know how much your comments meant to me. I found out I was deploying to Kosovo in October of Last Year and had been gearing up for it through November. I didn't know what would really come of my blog, which I had already had for three years before that. In fact, I thought it would probably die and I wouldn't use it that much. My blog has been on its deathbed before where I wouldn't post much of anything for a few months at a time. Well, I posted my infamous Not Sorry Pic and my blog got a lot of attention. I wasn't sure how I would be able to handle this at the time with my deployment, and decided to try to keep my blog up anyway. This deployment has been a difficult one for a variety of reasons, which I won't go into here, but I have found a lot of support from my readership and I was able to hang in there. You all made me want to fight this issue, this blog has been a tremendous help for me while I've been serving here, so I want to thank you for your support and encouraging words, and for being there to root for me in this. I've got a couple of months left and I'll be out of the army (for now, don't know if I'll get back in) and I have a feeling that this blog will continue to be there. I've always been a bit baffled by the readership I get, I don't know why you all find me interesting, but I'm amused and in awe by the attention this blog has recieved. My Executive Officer made the comment to me when he told me that I could continue blogging that I have a lot of guts to post personal thoughts on such a public forum. I don't know why blogging has appealed to me, but its a hobby I'm glad I've taken up. I think this deployment is ending on the right track. Once again, thank you for your support, it means a lot to me. Labels: Army, Blogging, Not Sorry, Picture Ban, Thanks -Risawn: # 8:58 AM - |

9.13.2005

Past Haunts Note: I wrote this blog post a few days ago on September 10th, but I didn't have time to actually read through it so it was worded properly enough to make me comfortable to post it. I just recieved the moment to actually sit down and proofread it and make it acceptable to me to post. The thing about blogs, is you got these old posts that can resurface now and again. Also, its always good fun to look through the old comments that people have put, or new ones that you forget to read. I don't go back and read old postings to often because to me they're practically ancient history. Well, sometimes the past postings are brought to my attention courtesy of another forum. That of Electronic Mail. Such as the case with this post, my comments on the Sorry People of America, and they are a Sorry Bunch indeed. So I get an email from a guy who is anonymous, calling himself No Namer and asking me to read his comment. His english isn't the greatest, but I'll give him the pass because he's obviously foreign. I haven't had a 'troll' in the sense come by and hound me on my turf in a while, but I will leave the comment because unlike some websites, I believe in the right to free speech, just as I believe that the Sorry Everybody Folks had every right to say whatever they wanted to in regards to the election, just as I have every right to disagree with them. And when they post their pictures online they are setting themselves up for fodder from people who disagree with them, just like I set myself up for Fodder with my posting with the people that disagree with me. Anyway, his comment really didn't have anything to do with the blog I had posted, but rather it had more to do with him painting all American Soldiers as being War Criminals. Maybe that's a broad generalization from reading the comment, but its the first thing I note when I see it. "did you ever be in house where AK 47 painted blood on walls? did you ever look in eyes of dying human? did you ever go in afganistan without weapons? do you talk to does people on pictures?have you ever talk to bunch of people in one place that not agree with you without guns?did you ever cryed and tears fall on M16? did you ever saw burned human and you dont know is that man or woman?did you ever talk to woman that american weapon kill her son and hosband?were you ever shot and youre enemy help you survive? did you ever talked to man who wanna kill himself? did you ever talked to woman who was raped by american ranger ?have you ever talked to muslim who have no gun? "i dont think so." Obviously this guy has a score to settle with someone, or maybe he saw a few things, I don't know, he didn't exactly say if he had experienced these things or not. Have I experienced them? A couple, yes. In fact, many times I have found myself surrounded by people who disagree with me and my political beliefs. You know what we do? We agree to disagree, as I have quite a few friends who are radically different from myself in this area. You know what? They are still my friends. I think that is the only thing he really posted that applied to the post he commented about. And FYI, I know a few muslims that are really good people, I knew one in high school that did shape a lot of my thinking on the Muslim world as he was a genuinely good person that had a deep conviction in his faith. Knowing him made me realize that not all Muslims can be painted with the broad stroke of Radical Islam. Unfortunately, there are the ones that give the rest a bad name. And it is most unfortunate that I haven't had the opportunity to talk to him since 911. Its interesting to me that the Insergents currently making a mess out of Iraq today are doing more harm to their own people then they are doing to the American Soldier trying to restore order to their world. I think that says a lot about the insergents, doesn't it? Which is one of the reasons why I do not mind going to Iraq and serving there. So, have I experienced all of the things that No Namer mentioned in his post. No, and I hope I don't have too. So, where is he going with this? According to his email, I get the hint he's Bosnian but I can't be sure on that. I don't know if he realizes that I am currently serving in Kosovo which is predominantly Muslim (and the Albanians love America) My own response to the Not Sorry Crowd was my infamous pic "I am Not Sorry", and of course, my Follow Up Explanation. I explained my real problem with the sorry folks as well. This is my website. I often speak very frankly on it. You can agree with me or you can disagree with me, that is your right, you can even tell me so, which is why I have comments available. I will not censor anything that is put on here in reply to what I say. I am somewhat befuddled however, by the email that brought this comment to my attention that admits to being so Sorry for me. Labels: Current Events, Not Sorry -Risawn: # 3:46 AM - |

8.26.2005

Referrals from the Dead I had a little blast from the past recently. Ok, so not so much, it was more in regards to before this deployment. During my brush with my 15 minutes of fame in regards to the whole election and not sorry photograph that got me, oh, about 95% of my readers. In retrospect, that whole incident couldn't have come at a worse time in regards to me trying to keep up with it and get ready to deploy. But I spent a good portion of the two weeks following my posting of that picture just tracking down how far it had gone, which led me to forums, blogs, and of course, even the democratic underground. The little referrers javascript I had placed only a few weeks earlier on the bottom of the website really came in handy. Apparently I startled a few people when following back on references and posting out of the blue. Well, since a lot of people have blog rolled me, its harder to follow those referring links now. But every once in a while, I come across a link that rises from the dead. Especially something like a Forum Topic. Case in point, Lightfighter's Tactical Forum (unfortunately you have to register to see it). When I initially found them, I think I gave them a shock when I posted there. Following referrers. *sighs* Those were the days. Labels: Blogging, Not Sorry -Risawn: # 11:42 PM - |

4.09.2005

Sorry Everybody, Five Months Later. . . The "Sorry Everybody that we're Pathetic Losers that can't Grasp the Concept that Kerry was just an awful Candidate and obviously not a good replacement for the current commander in chief and we have nothing better to do then to take pictures of ourselves and lament about it online to the glee of fellow losers like ourselves!" Crowd apparently has a book. The fact that I'm just now hearing about it (because I stumbled by accident back onto the website) must say something about its clout. Becuase I ceased to view that site about the time when I realized that they were completely irrelevant. How I feel about these people can quickly be summed up here. Note: I don't hate Kerry Voters, just Kerry Voters who think that it is their duty to belittle anybody that thinks differently then themselves, and then expose the hypocricy of them calling themselves 'liberals' and touting 'Diversity'. Diversity is a difference of ideas as much as it is a difference of cultures, you bunch of bigots! A lot of liberal's idea of diversity is a faculty composed of every different ethnic group, but all sprouting leftist ideaology. Umm, that's not diversity. That's a Democratic National Convention. Besides, I have to hand it to this little website for giving me the exposure that it did! Because I wouldn't have posted me toting my badass M203 and posted it online as a rebuttal if I hadn't seen this. Labels: Not Sorry -Risawn: # 7:26 AM - |

2.05.2005

T-shirt News Let me tell you a story. It all started with a picture. A picture largely taken in jest. It has become semi famous amongst gun advocates and some right wing web-blogs. It is a picture of me toting an M203 Grenade Launcher. You know the picture. The picture was taken on a sunny October afternoon. It was then filed away into my hard drive and then it sat there. The presidential elections came and went, to the dismay of millions. Some decided to whine and bitch about the outcome. Others felt the need to poke fun at the whiners and bitchers and set up counter websites in patriotic jest. I dug out that picture from my archives of old pictures and plopped the words “I am not sorry” along the bottom and donated it to the counter websites. I crosslinked it to my blog just for kicks and giggles. All hell broke loose and my quiet and usually spontaneous blog spiraled out of control and I got about three dozen marriage proposals in the course of three days. Er, I wasn’t prepared for that. On top of all of this, I was receiving orders to deploy to the Balkans as well, so my life was kind of busy. Fast forward to mid December. I was in Fort Lewis in the middle of mobilization and everything had quieted on the Blog-Front. And I get an email asking if I would become Patron Goddess of some conservative website that is all for the right to bare arms and hot chicks that like to bare them (amongst other conservative topics). I laugh, and am promptly told my time is up. I close down my inbox and don’t answer right away, on account of my limited internet access and very busy life. Finally, come January, I remember this email I got and decided that it would be rude not to answer it (along with the sixty other emails in my inbox also currently awaiting to be replied to and I vow heavily that I will indeed reply to them, eventually). My reply? “Sure, whatever.” Immediately I am informed that I am being sent a T-shirt and they are expecting photos. Ok, no big deal. However, I don’t yet have an address to send the T-shirt to. Fast forward to Hohenfels Germany. It is cool that I am in Germany, sucks that I’m in Hohenfels. The food is lousy, and I am promptly placed on the Hohenfels Weight Control Program. Also considering the fact that I walked damn near everywhere I went and was often skipping meals (and eating beef Jerkey and Gummi Bears instead, Nutritious) I probably lost a good three or five pounds in the week that I was there. But I did get an address to send my mail too! I was in Hohenfels for about two weeks or so. To long in my opinion. Finally we fly over to Kosovo, where after two weeks of eating Dog Food and Egg Loaf, I am introduced to Chow Hall Heaven. The outgoing people were commenting on how everyone tends to gorge themselves the first two weeks of getting here. I was no exception. The food, it was edible! And there were so many choices! I’ll take that, and that, and that. . . Um, let me just say that I’m now starting to limit my choices at chow time. Then, just today, I get my first package in the mail. Sweet! Packages are awesome! And low and behold, what does it hold? An Official Patron Goddess T-shirt from Silent Running (with a warning that I have minions). Um, I tried it on for good measure and took some pictures just to try it out and see how they would turn out, because Dad Nab It, the minions want their T-shirt Photos! I think I need to start hitting that gym and start eating less grease and more salad before I get a decent picture for the masses. Because right now I’m feeling less Goddess and more Cow. And I don’t think the minions are Hindu and worship cows. And I ain’t just saying that because I’m female and by default think I’m fat. Because I’m usually comfortable with the way I look. Just, um, five weeks of wearing nothing but Camouflage and it tends to camouflage my body even from me. I vow to look drop dead sexy by the end of this deployment. Crosslinked : Silent Running Labels: Minions, Not Sorry, Pictures -Risawn: # 10:35 AM - |

11.19.2004

Clearing up Some Misconceptions Alright, as of recently, I've gained a rather large readership (as to how many of those will stick around, only time will tell). A few of them are trolls that appear to be the type that lurk around website and post pointless comments from time to time, but that's beside the point. The point is, upon first glance, this blog has created a few misconceptions about me. I thought I would clear that up. 1) I'm a Redneck that likes to kill things. Ok, so my ancestry does take me back to Arkansas, that doesn't make me a redneck. I'm from a middle class family that lives in suburbia. Despite the fact that I do own a gun and am a member of the NRA, I have never actually killed anything with a gun. I use guns to go target shooting and have them around for self defense. I honestly, don't have the stomach for killing critters. But I'll eat them just the same. I even tried to be a vegetarian at one time. Lasted a month. It's hard to do when you're family is full of rabid carnivores and your mom makes a kickass beef roast. Besides, a better label to call me by is Geek. 2) I don't know how to spell Incoherent. Ok, you sorta got me. It was at first a typo but I noticed that incoheRANT fit in nicely with the blog. It grew on me. I left it. So no, it is NOT a typo! That's the name of my blog. 3) I'm a new blogger that has only recently started. Believe it or not, I've actually had this blog for three years now. The reason why the archives are not currently up are simple. a) I've had this blog from before blogger recently updated their system and allowed individual pages for their free members. b) it's always been on my own server. c) One day when I was trying to upgrade all of my blog info and individually post to old blog posts, something fried while in FTP mode and suddenly all of my webspace was *poof!* gone. d) I declared my previous blog a lost cause and decided to start of fresh. This might have been a good idea, I had some interesting things in my previous blog that were probably best left not to the eyes of the public (let me reiterate how much the name of this blog fits). So, why have you never heard of me before now? Mostly because I write on this thing on again and off again. If you want proof, here is page ONE of my early blog. Sorry, comments didn't exist back then. And it's really rough (I didn't get photoshop until about eight months later). And the content was basically about absolutely Nothing! Pretty much what somebody writes about when they don't know what else to write about, and constantly reminds their readers that they don't know what they want to write about as well (that is always entertaining). For a further treat, the second page. My humor can be seen a bit here, and if you can't tell, I wasn't a happy camper at the time. Why didn't I get this kind of fan fare before? Well, one, because I didn't actively seek it, and two, I didn't have bad ass pictures of me wanting to kick some ass on my blog before. And Three, my updating habits were highly 'on again, off again'. And they were largely the kind of thing people wrote when they were bored. It does have some archival links on that site, but sorry, they don't work. It's bad enough that I'm letting possible trolls in on my little secret that I'm not the greatest driver in the world in snow. And I learned the 'Car likes Oil' lesson the hard way. 4) The airborne wings in my sidebar mean I'm Airborne That's a long story. My goal is to earn them. I do not have them yet. That little box to the side was a little reminder of my goal to go airborne when I went active duty military. My active duty plans have been thwarted by my current deployment to Kosovo, which I don't mind, because I wanted to deploy REALLY bad. I'll keep on this site now that it has created a bit of a stir. I'm expecting it to largely die down here shortly, which is a welcome relief to tell you the truth, but I promise I'll keep it going as best as I can while I'm deployed. Though when it comes to military matters, Foxholes and Dogtags will probably become a lot more lively (still working on it and getting it ready for when I leave!) Labels: Not Sorry, Profile, QnA, Random -Risawn: # 9:38 PM - |

11.18.2004

My Contempt for the "Sorry's" I think this subject has been driven into a well enough already, but becuase in the last couple weeks this has been a rather large theme on my website, I thought I would endulge further. First and foremost, Sorry Everybody.com is a free speech forum. These people have every right to publically state their disagreement with this country (with an exception of those in uniform, but that's another post). However, free speech does not mean freedom from the consequences of your speech. Those people chose to place their pictures on a public forum. I have the freedom to turn around and diss those pictures and publically berate them. Some of them are honest people who are just looking for a forum to vent their frustration, but I think they are by and large stupid and unamerican. And I'll tell you why. I have a problem with people calling other people idiots, morons and close minded becuase these people happened to choose to use their freedom to disagree with them and voted for Bush. I said this before, I'll say it again. That is blatant bigotry. It is unamerican to try to suppress a person's right to vote. There's a lot of people on that page that publically state that the terrorists should bomb the red states. People pleading for the terrorists not to bomb their own county that's in a red state. The Stranger, a Seattle Zine, posted this editorial in their magazine, and the people who are in this mindset are complete and utterly backward in their thinking. You have got to be kidding me! DEAR OSAMA BIN LADEN I'm sorry. You were right. We deserve to be blown up. After last Tuesday, well... what can I say? You had us pegged dead-on the first time--although I was in denial and refused to believe it up until now. We as a nation obviously ARE a bunch of mindless sheep, grown fat with consumerism and easily led down the primrose path into corruption. After what happened November 2, there's just no denying it anymore. I'm ashamed that I was so blind for so long. After 60 percent of eligible voters turned out and 51 percent of those voted for Bush, I can't do anything but concede your point: There are no innocents left in America. We've brought this on ourselves. Go ahead and do your worst. We've got it coming--in a big way. All I ask is this: Give New York a break, okay? And leave New England, California, and the rest of the West Coast out of it as well. We're on your side already! Please, stay focused and plan your next attack against the real enemy: those "red states" in the middle of the map. Fly a Cessna into the stands of a NASCAR rally. Put a suicide bomber on the Arch in St. Louis. Drive a truck-bomb into the Grand Ole Opry. Release anthrax at an Astros game. It's all good! They've got it coming. I'm just sorry it took me so long to figure out how very right you were. Can you ever forgive me? --Anonymous This editorial, I don't care how satirical it is, is hateful, meanspirited and downright treasonous. These people are doing nothing to help the fact that this nation has been torn assunder by this election (again) and I for one don't feel that it is my responsibility to give a helping hand in bringing them into the fold again. If they don't love this country and all they can do is plead with the enemy and show how much they hate those red staters, I say they can go to hell for all I care. Another Note - I also think that these people who write in to Sorry Everybody who are speaking for 48% should stop it all ready. You don't speak for anybody but yourself. I don't think many of those that voted for Kerry agree with them. There are plenty of Kerry Voters that still love and honor this nation and while not thrilled with Bush are willing to go that extra step to make America the great nation that it is. They are not pleading with Osama and making idol comments of hate toward those that disagree with them. If you are a Kerry Voter that matches this description, I have no contetion with you and respect your opinion and your right to disagree with me. If you are a Kerry Voter that matches the former description, I'll help you pack so you can get your stinking ass out of this country. Labels: Not Sorry -Risawn: # 10:17 AM - |

11.17.2004

Merchandising, Continued. . . So, the merchandising continued. Apparently some people were serious about this thing, so I looked at some images that I could use, taking this from a photo I took with a digital camera. There was some resolution issues, and I was trying things with photoshop and getting the picture to work out ok. Needless to say, this can be harder then it looks. For those of you wanting to get something, I've set up a cafepress shop and tried to put some stuff on that (the resolution needs to be higher then I have for a decent poster, apparently, I need to brush up on my photoshop) How many of you are interested in this? No, seriously? I'm not sure if people are serious or half joking. I'll put some ideas up on the CafePress shop and let you scroll through them. You can be the judge. Let me know if there is anything else you might want through them. And if you know of a better shop to sponsor it through, please let me know as well. I don't want to rip you guys off. UPDATE - Ok, this is kind of lame. Apparently I can only do one image with each item at a time. So if I wanted to make five posters with five different images, I'm outaluck. Ok, asking anybody who might know of a better source for merchandising. ANOTHER UPDATE - Alright, I'm looking at other options, mainly due to the fact that Cafepress really is kind of expensive. Though I don't want to give any far lefters extra ammo. Still looking for ideas. Anybody? UPDATING CUBED - Somebody brought up a good point, and in fact, it was the major point of me not really wanting to do this in the first place. This is a topic that will not really make a difference in a year or two. It's caught up in the here and now. That's why I always joked about merchandising in the first place. I was certain people were joking about it. Maybe I should just make up some images and protect them on a server, and the people who want them can email me for the password or something, that way I know it's not just going anywhere and I can control the datafiletransfer thingee that is killing me. MORE FUN WITH UPDATES!!! - Ok, so somebody suggested that I go to Exposure Manager for my merchandising, unfortunately they don't offer posters but they offer pictures just the same. I shall direct you to the gallery, this is about all I could upload at this time at no cost to me. I chose a few of the more commented sayings and am now leaving them for you to do as you wish. You can order them or whatever. I also left an unedited version of the picture if you wanted to, I just removed the hose because the hose distracts. Still free to comment as you want to. If you think I should do anything differently, I'm listening! (not doing a lot of replying anymore, but still listening!) Labels: Not Sorry -Risawn: # 7:50 PM - |

11.16.2004

Explaining 'Not Sorry' Now that I've gotten a few comments from people about my "not sorry" picture with me toting a badass M203, I thought I would explain a little bit more in detail what I'm not sorry about. I'm not sorry that George W. Bush was reelected President. I'm not sorry for being American. I'm not sorry for being a Soldier. I'm not sorry for the opportunity to serve my country. I'm not sorry for democracy in action. I'm not sorry for Freedom, and mostly the freedom to express myself. I would not be sorry if John Kerry were elected president. I would still not be sorry of being an American if he was. My photo is not directed at liberals or the anti-Bushites. The suppression of their voice is the suppression of the thing I love. My picture is a representation of myself and that of being a soldier. A soldier is a person whose duty is to defend their country, and defending the homeland means bearing arms against enemies of this nation. I see my photo as beind directed at Terrorists. George Bush has made a directive in the war on terror. I am not sorry that I get to help continue it. If you don't notice, my picture speaks for myself and myself only. I'm not speaking for the 51% of american voters who chose to vote for Bush. Their reasons are not the same as mine. I'm not speaking against the 48% of voters who chose to vote for Kerry. They had the freedom to vote the way they did. I do not ever wish for that to go away. My words are simple, blunt, and to the point. I am not Sorry. Read and interpret it as you may. And no, I am not a cook. Hell no, you couldn't pay me enough to be an army cook! "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse." John Stewart Mill Labels: Not Sorry, zzz -Risawn: # 6:36 PM - |

11.13.2004

Sorry Everybody, continued. . . I've been following the Sorry Everybody Site again, and I can't help but laugh my ass off. But perhaps I should explain where I'm coming from and how I feel about these people. 1) They lost the election due to the fact that the candidate running against Bush was a lousy candidate that had neither a message or an agenda. That, and his senate record was pathetic. Most of their votes obviously, by their rhetoric, was a vote against Bush. They were so caught up in trying to oust Bush, getting caught up in their own hatred and the talking points of the left (and they call us Sheep) that they could only see their side. They don't take the time to see the other. Their first instinct is to attack people who disagree with their 'intellectual superiority', and that makes them bigoted. 2) Although this was continually broadcasted on the news as being an extremely close race and the fact that Bush was generally ahead in the polls on most occasions up until the very end of the election, they still acted shocked at the results, proving once again that a lot of people don't live in the real world and are only caught up in their fantasies. There's a little saying, hope for the best, prepare for the worst. If Bush was their worst nightmare, they sure weren't preparing for it. 3) I've surfed that website quite a bit and found a few pictures posted multiple times. I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if 10% of the pictures on that website are posted at least twice. 4) Why are these people apologizing for their vote? Why do they claim that they are intellectually superior to all republicans and continually lump voters in one broad group, that every kerry voter agrees with them and all bush supporters worthless, blind and complete idiots? These are literally the people that preach tolerance. I don't see it from them. So, anyway, here is a tutorial to all of those sorry liberals who feel the need to apologize on behalf of the nation, here are some dos, but mostly don'ts, on how to go about doing this adequately and refrain from getting the conservatives from jumping on your ass and ripping you a new one. (some of these can go for the We're Not Sorry crowd as well) 1) Keep You Children Out of It. You can post a picture of your kid holding a sign baring your thoughts, as long as it is obvious that those are your thoughts and not supposedly some sign from the kid. Kids don't know any better. In fact, if you want to discuss ignorance and sheep, kids generally are swayed in the same direction as their parents. Kids are innocent. They truely don't know better. Claiming that they do doesn't make it any different. Same goes for Pets. 2) Make yourself look halfway decent. If you come across looking like a total fat slob, the other side will rip into you faster then you can say "I was born like this". To Conservatives, ENOUGH with the Glamour Shots from the 80s. I'm going to have to side with the libs on this one. You might as well take a digital camera and take a picture holding up a hand drawn sign, people will take you a lot more seriously. Believe me on this one, I have your best interests in mind, Glamour Shots look CHEESY!!! 3) If you are going to photoshop words into the picture, make them half way legible. And Avoid using Red Font. Red Font is the devil, you can't read it and it looks like bloody hell. On further news, avoid using generic pictures and photoshopping words onto them. What is going to say that you yanked this photo off the internet and posted words to it? 4) Your message should speak for yourself and yourself only. Stop speaking for the other percentage of americans that voted the same as you did. Everyone votes for different reasons and not everyone agrees with you. That goes for blue and red states, too. 5) That said, stop bashing the other side and calling them idiots and morons and close minded and whatever else. This goes in hand with 4. People vote for different reasons, they don't coincide with you. If you bash them becuase they believe differently then you, this makes YOU the bigot, not them. 6) if you are going to make a handwritten sign, make them legible and easy to read. 7) If you are going to take a famous quote to make your point, do realize that there are a dozen more quotes that we can use to refute yours. 8) Using the clout of the celebrities as a reason to vote a certain way is not a particularly swaying device. For several reasons, a) celebrities generally fall into the 1% of the population that libs despise. b) celebrities generally don't understand middle america for that very reason. c) Celebrities are expressing their opinions on issues, they have a right to speak, but they do not have the right to be heard any more then you do. d) Celebrities are paid to entertain. If you look at the activists, most of them have very little schooling. The ones that do tend to have enough sense to keep their moutsh shut. 9) Show your face, or at least part of your face. You come across as a chicken if you aren't willing to put your money where your mouth is. Labels: Not Sorry, zzz -Risawn: # 7:00 PM - |

Trolling The DU I've got to say, I've never had such a laugh in my life. These people are pathetic. And what's more, they had a post about the We're Not Sorry crowd, basically the libs were all offended because the Sorry Everybody Crowd is a bunch of pathetic whiney losers and conservatives had the nerve to rebute them. They commented on me specifically about a half dozen times and posted my picture, as well as commented indirectly. Man, this whole spiel makes me laugh so hard! I wanted to post a reply telling them that I had a good laugh and also confirm that despite popular belief, I really am in the military, I hold the rank of Sergeant and I know how to use that weapon I'm holding. That weapon also belongs to the military. But I guess I could show them my Ak-47. And my reply to you out of your mind Libs, How does one get through to you bigots??? What they said, about me specifically "Tell the barely pubescent girl in the fatigues that she looks like an idiot, certainly not tough or intimidating" - Union Thug "This is fucking GREAT! Is this real or is it a joke? I mean, Come on! This has got to be a joke... It's Reese Witherspoon as Rambo." - Skinner "I was thinking that too, Skinner! Now if I could only think of a godo line from "Legally Blonde"..." - fudge stripe cookays "Maybe I'm losing my mind... ...but I'm getting a hard-on looking at that pic of the girl with the big gun." - Fighting Irish "These are freaks and ugly ones at that. That female thing in fatigues is just gross!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it Ann Coulter's sister?" - Maestro "They pose with their guns? What is that all about? And that disgusting girl with that gun that weighs more than she does, she is just downright stupid looking" - Maestro "This one is a bit scary.... Wasn't she in Terminator 3?" - Rinsd " Looks like some major penis envy here." - Crunchyfrog "Oh, I'd make her feel sorry in the morning. If not sorry, walking funny." - DS1 "the new face of fascism- chicks with assault rifles. yes, DU ladies, I know- i called her a 'chick'. i think she deserves that, at the very most" - Upsidedownflag "she's kinda hot. if she wasn't straight and I wasn't hitched..... something about scary girls in camo with big mean guns..." - puttothesword I don't think I laughed this hard in a long time. These people are so freaking close-minded and pathetic! My picture basically insists that I'm not sorry for my vote. I'm not bashing the left for voting the way they do, I only bash them if they take a bigoted approach by calling everyone who voted differently from them idiots (and there are a lot of people on that sorry everybody that take that stance, maybe I'll start commenting on more again). Bigot must be my new favorite word. That "we're not sorry" thread at Democratic Underground can be found here. Shows the lame ass side of some of the libs. However, I do admit that some people on the Not Sorry site didn't do themselves many favors, and set them up much like the Sorry Everybody crowd did. But I stand by my post. And in fact, I'm proud that I made Democratic Underground! I think I'll troll there more often! Labels: Not Sorry, zzz -Risawn: # 4:45 AM - |

11.12.2004

merchandising? I've had several people come to my site asking for my Poster. I don't have a poster. Somebody mentioned that I should make one. Besides, the air hose attached to the M203 needs to come off, I'd have to get on photoshop and do something about that. Otherwise, well, hmm. . . maybe I should look into that? UPDATE Ok, so I'm trying to work out this poster idea, but I've run into two problems. First, I took a picture with an M203 that is specifically used for similation purposes and has a big fat hose hanging off of it. You can't ignore that. So I photoshopped it off. Ok, that works alright. But secondly, well, the photo is taken in a middle of a classroom! There's a table and some chairs in the background (well, the grenade display is pretty hoorah), but still, when you're thinking of army and bad ass rifles with grenade launchers attached to them, you're thinking of wide open spaces and charlie in the distance, not a bloody classroom! That left the options fairly open. How about smack dab in the middle of the desert? Or plant myself in the middle of a Washington Rainforest? (well, fort lewis really does kind of look like this) Or maybe post in front of one of my beloved Hummers. Or, perhaps at a Gun Show? HOw about a field of poppies? or I could be cliche' and superimpose myself in front of a flag. Eh, the options are a bit endless. I guess I could go about trying to perfect my photo shopping skills and make one that is pretty high-speed, but I'm not sure if I'm up to it. I guess my best option is to just blanket the background and post obscene messages. Hehe, requests are open! The following are rather tame. And of course. ***the quote, "Good, Bad, I'm the Guy with the gun," is off of Army of Darkness, in case you were wondering, I slightly altered it becuase I'm not a guy.*** Eh, maybe I should just quit while I'm ahead and the idea is still fresh? Last thing I wanna do is grind it into everybody's head. I personally like my LJ icon. Meanwhile, more chicks in uniform (being me) and weapons. . . Private E in the middle of Basic Training. I was a color guard, and therefore, I had a 'rifle'. This picture is kind of funny. Same place as aboves only in Class A's. Color Guard, during the brief period I was a ROTC Nazi. On the Range, still a private. Still in Uniform, different kind of projectile. Full Battle Rattle Itz a hummer, but I was a private so I didn't know better. Anti Tank, much different in projectile. And this picture was taken at the same time as my now infamous one. I'm making roughly the same 'face', but at a different angle and I look on the verge of cracking into a laugh. I still like the SAW. The SAW in Simulation was very very fun. Whoops. No weapons, but rather funny regardless. There you go. Enjoy. Update - More superimposing ideas from my brother. This should be fun. Me in front of a Mushroom Cloud. Me on a swiftboat! Me playing Halo! (if I don't watch it, I'll run this into the ground!) Update Some of my Readers are doing their own photoshopping. Courtesy of Aaron Labels: instalaunched, Not Sorry, Photomanipulation -Risawn: # 10:12 PM - |

11.07.2004

All American BadAss In response to those of the 48% of American voters that feel the need to apologize for not doing enough to convince the "blind, illiterate and stupid idiots" that compromise the approximately 51% of American Voters that voted for Bush. This is my reply to you. Labels: Not Sorry -Risawn: # 8:09 PM - |

Sorry Everybody! Somebody decided that they needed to post to the world that 'most' of americans were truly sorry about the election results. Ah, isn't that something? They've gotten quite a few posts now, and it's actually fun to surf through them. Mostly because some of these people are showing their absolute cluelessness. While a few of them are probably well educated and very sincere and just looking for a place to vent their frustration, I decided to poke fun at the obviously stupid ones as well as take note of the. . . more interesting ones. Um, didn't Bush win in Texas, therefore capturing more then 50% of the Vote? Oh yeah, that's right, it was 61%. Oh, maybe their talking about the fact that most of Texas' Population of 21 Million didn't even bother to vote (just over 8 million did)? (well, we might have to make some consideration for the fact that their are children, immigrants and felons that live in the state of Texas) Get your facts straight, or I'll label you as an idiot. Last I checked, democracy was still breathing and had quite a healthy pulse. Bigot. Just what in the hell is THAT supposed to be anyway? The Suicide Hotline is 1-800-784-2433. The Homicidal Hotline is 911. Yeah, and that's the half of Americans that voted. No thanks, I don't like to drink. Ah, isn't that sweet, he's apologizing for me. Bigot. "we" did the best we could? What, did you register your dog to vote? "If you disagree with me, your a Dumb Fuqz!" Bigot. How could the other 49% ignore that Kerry had absolutely no agenda, kept babbling on about a plan that he would not allude any details of, and couldn't make up his mind on even the simplist details? From what I hear, the latest Newsweek Zine has an interesting look at the details of politics behind the scenes and the Kerry Camp was a train wreck. But I could have told you that. Maybe if the Democrats had elected a halfway decent candidate, he would have won? Oh well, I guess a majority of American's would rather vote "for" somebody rather then "against" someone. You vote for your reasons, I'll vote for mine. Bigot. That's a lot of cookies! (illegible font on the bottom, for the life of me, can't make it out.) Get in line, dude. But hey, if you want to leave, go for it! That will leave more conservatives to vote for another republican in four years. SHHH!!! Don't tell him about George Soros, Michael Moore, Barbara Streisand, Sean Penn, The Dixie Chicks, Alec Baldwin, John Kerry, Madonna, Cher, John Edwards, Bruce Springsteen, Danny Glover, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt. . . Winner of the "Trying to be Artistic and Dramatic and Coming Across as Cheesy and Constipated" Award! And I guess I'm amongst the illiterate half of Americans. Bigot. Guess you should strip and go live in the woods then, that paper was probably produced using oil, the electricity in the lamp in the background uses oil, the charger you use to charge your digital camera definitely uses oil, as is the company that MADE the camera, yep, oil. Your clothes, transportation, everything to create anything these days basically uses Oil at least at ONE point in their production. I guess they could spin off the Organic Idea and start stamping products that are 100% OIL free in their production. We could sell them in Adobe Huts lit by Candles. At LAST!!! Somebody I agree with! I don't like Kerry either! Meanwhile, don't you terrorists get Washington Mixed up with those Jesusland Red States! Although over 50% of the land mass is red (so a majority of the population is in the blue counties, so sue me, but Washington at first glances looks pretty red to me! if you really want to see an interesting Blue State, take a good look at California.). (just felt like pointing out the blatant hypocracy in the above 'joke'.) Funny that Marine doesn't LOOK like he's in Fallujah, (combat uniform is not Dress Blues, thank you) so I can't see exactly how he's speaking for them. Another Thought: Yeah, I'm sure Fallujah IS Sorry. Now we're going to go in there and KICK THEIR ASS!!! Still another Thought: Ok, I'm questioning this one. Either this is a mock or that's a marine that is definitely NOT in sync with his Corps. Hey dude, that all depends on your definition of what "good" is. Bigot. Note - This one looks borderline Spoof, cause that sign can be read in SEVERAL ways. To bad the bottom got cut off. You got me on this one. You think a right winger might be poking fun at the Democrats here? Or a democrat poking fun at himself? I'm really beginning to think a Conservative might have snuck into the mix with this one. I mean, he's egging the terrorist On! And remember, Alaskans have GUNS!!! Ok, that one's a joke. And a great one at that! (reads to both sides of the political Spectrum!) Sorry dude, you're going to have to duke that one out with Canada. And besides, you already did try to vote with your Guardian Fiasco! And I'm sorry that your country re-elected a conservative AND a Bush Sympathizer. Go HOWARD!!! Ok, this one is DEFINITELY a Mock-up! Hat Tip / Squidly. PS - STAY TUNED FOR MY OWN SUBMISSION!!! If it doesn't get through the Sorry Filters, it will be sent here, where sorry sympathizers get a small taste of their own medicine. Update - More takes on this mess from other blogs, Say Anything, Ace of Spades, Tim Blair, Six Meat Buffet, Evil Pundit, Precision Guided Cowboy, Sparse Matrix, (i'll add as I find them) and I agree. What are they thinking? Providing us with such fodder, I can't wait until this picks up more wind (kind of curious what kind of field day Cadet Happy and his L33t PhotoShop Skillz would have with it) bigot n : a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own. Even more ironic because liberals preach tolerance. (liberals can be bigots too.) MORE UPDATES - Jim Treacher has some good commentary too. EVEN MORE UPDATES!!! - Kurlander has some funny sayings captioned. Also, Little Green Footballs has some good comment threads going in a couple of posts. Here's a video with some of the images set to music courtesy of Hous of Dog. I would go through and comment on more pictures, however I stopped reading the site after it got a bit overwhelming. People are just flocking to show off how pathetic they really are, but providing some pretty damn good fodder for us right wingers. I might try my photoshopping skills later. Further NOTE - I honestly don't care who you voted for. I'm a conservative, but I am not all 'Bush is the Bestest President EVER!!!1!' I voted for the guy, I'm not thrilled with him, but I considered him better then the alternative. I made my vote and if Kerry would have gotten elected, I think I would have moved on with my life and not felt the need to apologize for the fact. My main biff on these morons listed above is that they are calling anybody who voted differently then them an idiot. A bigot is a "a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance." This is not a trait aimed soully at conservatives, as liberals are usually the ones who consider themselves 'open minded', though they aren't when they have viewpoints differing from theirs. Case in point, these people have lumped everybody who voted for Bush in one category, making them 'bigots'. Me? I don't care who you voted for, I've got a lot of close liberal friends that are good people. These idiots opened themselves to ridicule by people like me. Hey, I did the same thing when I posted a picture that got dogged by the Democratic Underground. You know what? I laughed. I dealt with it. I moved on. If you disagree with me, good for you. Now you can post a comment in my comment thread that I may or may not read and get on with your lives. Thanks. Labels: Not Sorry, Politics -Risawn: # 1:50 AM - |