Sword's Tavern

Wait? What? What did I just say?  Well, it seems that our all powerful Government has gotten into the mobile phone business, and as usual they have decided that they want to spend, uh .. I mean lose money while doing it.  You see, they are giving away the phones and the minutes to use on them.  Oh, but only to people who are already latched on to the Government dole for support.  So, instead of rewarding people who are making their way on their own, they reward the people who are already getting handouts.  According to their own propaganda, you can “qualify for Assurance Wireless if you participate in Medicaid, Food Stamps/SNAP, Social Security Income (SSI), or other government programs”.  I was unable to find any type of definition for “other government programs”.

Wow, seems to me like they are sending the wrong message, and really, I think this is just one more way that the folks in charge are buying votes.  I mean, let’s get real, if you are already not having to work for a living because you are getting funded by the Feds, and now on top of that they toss in a new phone and service for free to boot?  Who the heck would you vote for, the people that keep giving you free stuff, or someone that might want to cut that back and expect you to take care of yourself just a little bit.

Yeah, that’s what I thought too.

I was sent this link recently that shared a story about Howell, New Jersey where they are waiting on hurricane Irene to come home and roost, and a local Best Buy there that is working hard to gouge people in need.  This article goes to show that the Best Buy in question is selling 24 packs of water at an astonishing $40.56!  That’s an insanely high inflated price, at a time when (as the article writer says, to which I agree) we should be working together to help one another, not fleece our fellow man in any way possible.

I knew Best Buy was run by a bunch of crooks, but this takes the cake.  Heck, I didn’t even know they sold water (they don’t in my home town), but I think they will sell anything if it means turning a buck.  Check out the original article for information and updates, I don’t want to steal their thunder, but this was one thing that had to be shared.  Just another notch in my hate stick for Best Buy.  Why do all big corporate companies also have to be jerks?

Oops, I did it again … no, I didn’t write a really bad pop song.  What I did do was break the site again *sigh*  Oh well, sorry if anyone came by (yeah, both of you) and saw the site down, sometimes I get ahead of myself I guess.  I’ll try to be more careful, but hey, what’s life without a little adventure!

Welp, for all you visitors that stop by here (yep, both of you!), I decided I am going to back fill some content on this sight.  Back fill?  What does that mean, you ask?  Well, I have some (mainly) music that has been kicking around for years now that I am going to add to the site.  Some of it is old stuff, some more recent, and some people who know me have already heard it.  I thought this would be a good place to put it though, since I will be adding newer stuff as I get it finished.  I’ll be tossing some song lyrics and stuff up here too.