Hypocrite rant

I'm the biggest hypocrite I know... Here's what I'm talking about... My stance on the Confederate flag is that it represents traitors committing treason against our beloved America... Then when I begin to read, talk, debate about wealth inequality in America, I find myself calling for a Revolution. It sounds hypocritical. Right, I mean who could blast a whole geographical secession then call for an economic one? The ability to do this without giving a rip who calls it hypocritical, lives in the intent. The intent of the confederate flag (and not to diminish it's entire meaning in one sentence but...) is the success of white people society by blatantly withholding God given rights to anyone that was not white. And I dont care to argue the "States Rights" reasoning behind the Civil war, for those of you who call it that... it was for states rights to have slaves. Get over it, the civil war was fought over slavery. Would there have been a Civil war if slavery had been abolished? Getting way off track...

 My next point of intent exists in the economical disparity of our day... And yes, there have been disparities since the beginning of time... but the last time it was this bad was right before we could call ourselves America... yes, I am saying that researchers and economists do recognize this time in America and the social divide being much worse than the founding of this country. And if you do not have over 20 million in assets and you feel the urge to argue or fight me on this point - You are idiotic. The wealthy continue to gain and give themselves lavish bonuses and severance packages that they themselves created [even when they leave a company in the worse condition its ever been in (go look at the former McDonalds CEO and his severance and how bad the company was when he left it, and look up how much they are paying him to consult for them now... like thats not a buddy buddy gig... in the real world aka poor people dont get to do a bad job at a company and then after they are fired, get hired on as a consultant for the job they did horribly enough to get fired)].

Meanwhile, the rates of inflation stay pretty consistent all in except one area - wages. Anything below the top earners, have almost stagnant wages (all the way up to 200k). The number one reason it's absurd is because there are profits. Companies that profit nowadays do not distribute the wealth, instead the top one percent usually get huge raises or bonuses. The worker ants of the company are nearly never given the opportunity to get out of their economic struggle. And we'd think that the guy at the top is making big decisions and leading the company in the direction it needs to go to see profit, right? But why is it that when all the factors come together, including the army ants who grind along day to day just like that top earner, and a company makes a profit, it almost always stays at the top? I will never understand this logic. And let me say there are a few companies out there who care about who works for them and gives the employed a opportunity to rise and make a living, not struggle a living.

 The mentality of these companies who tell you well if youre not happy there is a guy behind you that will take your place. What about the people who care and do their job well and make a difference in that place of work - remember in this hypothetical the company is making profits. This worker bee is dedicated and will to go the extra mile. But they are threatened into keeping their wages stagnant because they will be replaced. And that replacement may be better at the job or harder working..... but.... maybe they are not, or maybe once they find out the companies power move of threatening that they can be replaced at any moment by the next guy if they desire to earn more... then, lets say, they wise up to the company and the companies policy of you should be thanking us to be working for us because we can get another YOU.. And they wise up and do (what I've personally witnessed in many places of employment), they do the BARE MINIMUM. Knowing that nothing is coming as a reward for hardwork and they could be replaced at any time so why not get paid what the job requires of it aka its earning its wage - the bare necessity. Also a great song by a bear.

 That is the intent of economic inequality.
 The common poor putting in the work only to be replaced. This mentality that a company can replace you in a minute is awful, what happened to the days of old, where the people who worked there made that company. Nowadays, it's hire cheap and keep the wealth up top.

 So I guess I want a revolution. But I'm also willing to condemn one too. I condemn one being that it solely existed to keep inequality thriving. And I am ravenous for a revolution that is brave enough to stand against inequality.

 The one thing that makes me so sad is when I hear people, hard working people, fight against economic justices. These guys always say, well work harder or too bad you dont make enough its probably because your not qualified... honestly whatever they say or have said, if they are saying that and dont make millions, they are idiots. Because they are not being paid properly either. The wealthy have them fooled into believing that they make just enough. But in reality and this is the staggering number, can we honestly say we believe that the top earners should be making 380 times that of the average employee? Not the lowest employee - the AVERAGE. So if your average employee makes 50k a year, then the head of the company is making 19 MILLION. This is the reality for most of Corporate America.
There are always exceptions and I love those companies that are the exception. That give their employees the due they deserve. When you give a company your all and dedicate your career to it, and they in return recognize it and reward it, it is like the first sip of a cold drink on a hot day, refreshing and revitalizing.

  No apologies. I had to rant.

The Ballad of Boston... by Josh Dolan

A beautiful piece of artwork in honor of Massholes everywhere.

BOSTON SIRI.. a web series

This is our new series... Boston Siri, well name is a work in progress... but the concept is everything in Boston is a little bit different than the rest of the country... aka with a Masshole attitude... and Siri along with the questions asked to her are different. There will be new episodes on the reg.

This is without a doubt. THE cutest dance in the history of dance.

My Claire bear. At the end of Kung Fu Panda, Cee-Lo sings Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting and my daughter gets down. My little girl can BOOGIE!

Broke A$$ Dad

So this is it. The new blog. What will be here... Lets see... everything.

My children are important, ya know just the most important thing in the world, so why not entertain and teach them here... so if you have kids too.. lets all learn together.

I'll rant. Ya know what, Imma rant like a bastid on here. Also, I may type like a bastid on here. And for those of you not from the New England region - This means I may spell things phonetically once in a while. K. good.

Also, I may attempt my lot at comedy on here. Podcasts, videocasts, and photos.

And overall I hope you find this to be interesting.


Ok, first on the chopping block. I was just on twitter ( @BostonRobb ) <- shameless plug to my tweeter (yes I said that on purpose). And I was reading an old friends tweet about how he was about to go LIVE on this site called Twitch. For those of you who are like me and fahhkin clueless when it comes to certain things, that word is actually a website where people stream their video game-play live, while other people watch. Now your next thought may have been somewhat like mine, WHAT THE FAHK. Are you kidding. Please tell me your kidding. No, oh ok. WHAT THE FAHK.

Now, I'm 32 with 3 kids. I don't get to play video games much. Never mind enough to be good at them, and certainly not enough to have people want to watch me play. But aside from that, anyone else remember being a kid and playing video games? The WORST part was waiting for your turn. Seriously, that was the worst. If the game wasn't two player and ya had to sit there just praying that the guy playing would die so you could get your turn... or "accidentally walking in front of him while he was at a critical point in the game to fahk him up. I mean, am I not getting it?! Basically if I had to watch someone and just wait my turn, my thought process went like this - Fahk you, fahk you, fahk you, die die come on will you just die already.. YES ok my turn. NOW, There is a website that is essentially a virtual "standing around the kid playing the video game at the arcade" site where all it is, is this. WHO THE FAHK has TIME for this? Better yet, why the FAHK would you want to watch someone else play! Ugh. fahk. Maybe I'm odd. But if you asked me to watch you play video games, I'd want to kick you in the throat. Well, I guess in all honesty, I'd want to spinning back-kick you in the throat. I don't have time for that, I'm busy writing a sh*tty blog.

So where was I. Oh, This Twitch thing. Its popular, like wicked fahkin popular. The sad thing is how many teen and early twenty something kids are on there playing video games - DRUNK.. but hold on, thats not the sad part... the sad part is not them, its the asshats that watch them. I'd rather repeatedly punch a cactus in the dick then have to watch some "thinks he's funny when he's hammered" douchenozzle play video games. And while I sit here broke, they are making a rip ton of money playing video games. Well buddy, good for you, you can GFY.
Do video gamers retire? Do they hang it up once their too old for the hand eye coordination to be as sharp and quick as it once was. I don't know, nor do I care.



But seriously gamers, how the fahk do I get in on this money action part of it.. I know the secret code to get 50 lives on Nintendo's Contra... anything for that? Nope, well worth a shot.