The Octagon. A 6 foot high steel cage that surrounds MMA fighters to contain their mayhem. Just as important, once you’re in, you’re in. There is nowhere to run. The wrestling takedowns and punches to the head only stop when the recipient stops breathing consciously.

There are so many people I’d love to lock in the cage with me. Lessons need to be taught, and I am one hell of a teacher…

June Edition

NUMBER 5: Perez Hilton
There are so many reasons why I want to put him in a figure four leg lock. Nothing worse than a no talent writer to make tons of money by writing about celebrity garbage. And its bad enough that he was brought into pageants to ask questions as if he was a real journalist. But the media circus that surrounded his attack by the black eyed peas was absolutely comical. You can only poke a dog so many times with a stick before it reacts and attacks. I’m glad he got slugged. But I’d give him a real reason to cry.
Watch him get smashed

NUMBER 4: Bernie Madoff
So you received 150 years in prison. That certainly doesn’t refund any type of funds that may have destroyed families. When is enough enough? How much more money do you need? Is there a difference between one billion and two billion?

NUMBER 3: Brett Favre
Go away. Go away now. Actually, no. I want you to come back. I love that you continually embarrass yourself by saying you are a team player yet create a circus around your “retirement.” Favre has had more farewell tours than the Rolling Stones.

NUMBER 2: Courts that are suing for music downloads
Grow up. That’s all that can be said. You made an example of a woman who has ZERO chance of paying the hundreds in thousands of fines that you ordered. We’ve been ripped off by the music industry long enough. I’ve bought my share of Led Zeppelin albums. I think I should be entitled to download “Tangerine” if I want it on my iPod and I lost the CD.

NUMBER ONE: The people that are crying for Michael Jackson
It is pathetic enough to see people cry when a celebrity that they don’t know dies. But he was a child molester. He dangled his baby out of a window. His face looks like he truly was in the Octagon already with Wanderlie Silva. So stop crying people. He didn’t know you nor care about you. Now was I sad when Paul Newman died? Yes. Not because I just loved his work. But because he donated millions to charity. What is Michael Jackson’s contribution to this planet? Do you think the parents of the children he molested are crying? Are they playing his music over and over.
I guess as long as they paid for it and didn’t download it illegally, most will accept it.

BAILOUTS, BANKRUPTCIES AND BUFFOONS: The story of GM

According to the laws of capitalism, it is survival of the fittest. If one business makes more than its competitor, so be it. If one business can’t stay afloat, oh well. Sour grapes. Typically the rule isn’t to replace the grapes with a strand of fresh strawberries.
Yet General Motors is a different case. It is the second largest auto-maker in the world and employs nearly a quarter of a million Americans. The bankruptcy of the company would not only put the families of the employees (easily in the millions) at risk, but likely the foreclosure of the entire American automobile industry.
Pres. Obama knows this. Congress knows this. And educated Americans know this. This is why billions of taxpayer dollars have been pumped into the company in a bailout effort. Obama has sworn that he will stay “hands off” on the majority of issues and leave those up to management. He has also wisely forced CEO Rick Wagner out of his position and plans to replace a majority of the GM board. He has also smashed all car manufactures with new fuel efficiency requirements. While on paper that seems to only benefit consumers, car dealerships will soon realize that Obama has just made their products better and more appealing to consumers. After all, the reason to go Japanese is not the price or the design – it’s the durability and gas mileage of the vehicle.
So far, Obama has done a good job. Yet, I see problems in the foreseeable future. Yet I may be the only one, since this regime has yet to announce any type of actual future strategy for this company. When does the government walk away from the company? After it repays its debt? Does it even have to repay its debt? Will the government even walk away at all?
Exit strategy anyone? It must be in the Washington D.C. water. Once again, the “shock and awe” of the initial barrage has left our government clueless as to how get taxpayers out of the situation that they have found themselves in. Many are still waiting to hear how (or when) the President will be able to confidentially hand this company back to management.
While I agree with the bailout in principal, I have extremely varied views on its philosophy and execution. I feel that this company has lost its privilege to become wealthy and regain its power. Instead of giving GM a loan that it will never be able to pay back, why not invest taxpayer money into this company and retain it? The company should be operated as a non-profit corporation. Workers get paid. Management gets paid. Assets and profits should be allocated to relieve every taxpayer of a portion of their federal taxes every year.
Want a reason to buy GM? How about because technically you own it and every car you buy is actually lowering your taxes? And when the loan is paid back, GM can have their company back. Until then, they are the property of the United States government.
Is this socialism? Is this was so many Americans wearing anti-Obama t-shirts will say? Not likely, since most do not understand the true nature of the word. But in a sense, this company would be operated with a socialistic field. Absent will be the chance of capitalism for this company. Yet it is a privilege that they have already had and lost. Until their debt is repaid, I just can’t understand why the taxpayers should give CEOs another opportunity to make themselves fat in the pockets.
For every GM, there are thousands of business owners who have gone belly up. And there are no second chances in sight. GM should be thankful for any scrap they get. So put them back to work. Just this time, put a hammer and sickle in their hands.