T H I N K

I'll tell you why. The joke... the joke's on us...

Rothrin was listening to: AC/DC - Highway To Hell.mp3 : while making this post.

That's right.... Teotwawki...

The downward spiral we're currently caught in has continued for quite some time, and I think just maybe the bottom of the toilet bowl is about to come into sight, so let's get right on to today's Meltdown Moments^TM!

A loyal citizen of the USA gets cheered on when questioning Obama's certificate of birth at this town hall meeting. The congressman in attendance gets boo'ed after he states that Obama is a citizen. Ya know, if you want to buy stock and get into the markets... I'd be buying stock in a company that makes pitchforks and torches. :-)

Here's something to warm your heart. Former head of Goldman Sachs and former Treasury Secretary being ripped a new one during Congressional testimony. Why, old Hank even admits getting an ethics waiver from the Whitehouse. Wait... ethics...waiver? So he can act... immorally? Exactly.

Speak of the devil! Here's a video about how Goldman Sachs destroyed the economy!

But wait! There's more! Yes, more Goldman Sachs skullduggery!

You know... I'll bet Bernanke is getting lonely over at the Federal Reserve with all this Goldman Sachs news, so let's give him some company by posting a story about how he threatened economic collapse if the Federal Reserve were ever audited! Why exactly would a collapse happen? I think the answer is obvious.

'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you -
Ye are many - they, are few...

Rothrin was listening to: KMFDM - Anarchy - Anarchy.mp3 : while creating this post.

There's not enough magic in the world as it is these days, and today, there's a lot less than yesterday. I'm sad to say that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died.

If you're reading this and you are young, you probably don't remember a time without cable or satellite tv, but I assure you, such a time did indeed exist. Cable started to really spread across the country in the early 80's, and at that time I had just got it. It was like the world opened up. So many more stations. So much new information. Only the arrival of the internet could rival that. In any case, back then, MTV was for music video's, not this reality tv crap that rots your brain that they constantly show these days. In 1983, for a whole week they promoted Michael Jackson's new video, Thriller. Everyone was talking about it. The hype was palpable. Then the night came. December 2nd, 8pm sharp. The video was amazing. It's hard to realize the impact that had back then in these days of information overload. Then, it was truly an 'event'. I still remember it clearly to this day.



I'm sorry you're gone Michael. I hope you've found peace and happiness at last. And, while you're up there, do the moonwalk for God for me, k?

Now Rothrin is going to go and put on his vinyl copy of Thriller. You guys remember vinyl records, right?

Arlen Specter:

Gone... Two Faced?


"I'm staying republican..." --- Arlen Specter, March 17, 2009

"... running as a democrat..." --- Arlen Specter, April 28, 2009


Rothrin was listening to: Nine Inch Nails - Gave Up.mp3 while making this post.

"Never let a good crisis go to waste..." --- Rahm Emanuel




Rothrin was listening to: Marilyn Manson - Man That You Fear.mp3 while creating this entry.

Rothrin was listening to: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper.mp3 while creating this post.

This year was a great year for games, including the PC side of gaming contrary to what you might have heard in some of the gaming press. Quite a few games had some incredible moments and deserve to be on the nomination list.

Stalker - Clear Sky. The second game in the series had a lot to live up to and it definitely succeeded. Once again you are free to roam a desolate, bleak, post apocalyptic landscape at times both beautiful and deadly. Great graphics and lots of nice scenery fill out a truly great game. If you liked the first, you'll like Clear Sky.

Fallout 3. Certainly the most anticipated RPG this year, Bethesda has come through with a thoroughly engaging story and a large, near seamless world to explore. Great graphics, a killer combat system, and a huge amount of options for your character add up to one awesome game.

Dead Space. A third person shooter/survival horror hybrid in space. What more could you want? Cinematically stunning, full of action, and with some truly horrifying moments, Dead Space is not a game you'll soon forget. Definitely a franchise to watch out for in the future.

Far Cry 2. Certainly a polarizing game in the online community; you either love it or hate it, and I loved it. With outstanding graphics, the best fire in any game to date, and an open world to explore at your whim, Far Cry 2 is a game to be savored all the way to the end, which I won't spoil except to say it was one of the best end game sequences I've seen.

Crysis Warhead. While Warhead uses the same game engine as Crysis, it's a different sort of FPS. The emphasis is much more towards head on non-stop action and, as with Far Cry 2, the end game is one of the coolest in quite a while.

Every one of those games deserves to be played and is a great game in it's own right. But, once again, Rockstar has come through with an unforgettable, amazing, and truly impressive game so we come to my pick for Game Of The Year 2008:

Grand Theft Auto 4. If you look up the definition of 'sandbox game', you'll see Grand Theft Auto 4. Want to go out to eat. You can do that. Want to go bowling, or to a show, or drinking? You can do that ( and even get caught for driving drunk ). Want to hit a strip club or pick up a hooker? You can do that. Go play pool? You can do that too. Buy clothes? yep. Go to an internet cafe? Yep. Get a cool cell phone. Absolutely! Go on dates? Of course you can. Steal cars? Yep. Blow stuff up? Yep. Just walk around the amazing huge city and see the sights? Yeah, that too. Take a scenic helicopter ride? That too, and on top of that you have one of the greatest gaming stories in ages that is told to you in the form of mission based gameplay. All of this in a living, breathing, metropolis with true to life weather, lighting, and day/night cycles. But wait! There's more! You also get some great multiplayer, and the PC version has one of the coolest features in a game ever; a full video editor that you can save gameplay clips at any time and edit them together later with complete cinematic control. Too cool. GTA4 absolutely outruns the competition this year and should be on everyones play list. Do not miss this game. Period.

Rothrin was listening to GTA4 OST - Marakesh - Zhdat.mp3 while writing this post.

I'm sure you are probably wondering why it has taken me so long to update the page. Rather than lack of time to write, it is because of the fast moving situation we find ourselves in.

First up is the election. It amazes me that the US public has chosen the path that leads to the downward spiral and eventual end of the United States as we know it. The election of Barack Hussein Obama is nothing more than the death knell of the USA. Oh there will be 'Change' for all you true believers of The One, but it will certainly not be the change you believed in. False hopes lead to bitter futures, and all of you are going to have a very, very bitter future coming. In the short time since the election, Obama has already backpedeled, tried to downplay expectations, and even removed his agenda from his website. Not exactly reaching for the stars now, is he?

All of you that voted for Obama have put not just a democrat into the office of the President, but a socialist. You can hear Obama, in his own words, admit going to socialist meetings, picking those friends wisely, seeing Marxist books for sale. It's sickening. He will raise taxes. On you, me, and businesses big and small. He will erode personal rights. He will make bad foreign policy decisions. He will, to put it mildly, facilitate the downfall of the United States. If you wake up some day in the near future, seeing Red, and a voice tells you Good Morning Comrade... well, you won't be dreaming, you'll have just woken up inside the United Socialist States Of America.

That is, of course, if there's any America left after the economic apocalypse.

I've done mass amounts of research into what is going on with the economy. So far, no one has done anything to fix the root causes of this problem. Not one thing. Now, I may not like or agree with these people that are in the group that is allegedly trying to fix things, but I know that at least some of them are smart enough to know what the real problems are, and yet, they are ignoring them. Or at the very least, not letting the public know what is going on. It is certainly a complicated issue and perhaps that is why I haven't heard one thing on the news about the base problem until yesterday when I noticed a story about the feds setting up a Credit Default Swap clearing house. That is the FIRST thing at all that has been put forward that will help. It's not enough, and it might even be too late now to save things, but at least it's something.

To be perfectly honest with all of you, the outlook is grim. Between this absolutely out of control economy and the coming onset of Obamunism, we are about to be hit by a double whammy of epic proportions. If we make it through, and that's a big if, the United States we will have, will not be the same Unitied States we grew up in.

Always remember: Society is like an overfilled balloon, and any little pinprick can make it pop in an instant...