Saturday, June 13, 2009
Tone Loc - Wild Thing, actually awesome!
Guy turned up to be good...
I mean it, this guy done went proper. He's doin' good!
I mean it, this guy done went proper. He's doin' good!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Howard Stern fired from WNBC
Everyone hates and everyone loves this guy.
Hated because he had no limits on topic.
Hated because he degraded American society, but...
Loved because he challenged "fake" American values.
Loved because he was a shard of honesty in a nation of people that out of them for 1 in 1,000-plus the a lie was the foundation.
My opinion is we kind of need him even if only to bust open stereotypes, because we don't educate reality. We do not promote honesty and he is a can opener.
Anyway, he's unemployed now, living on food stamps and I bet he's using public transportation now because limo's are not good on gas and walkin sucks too...
And...
LOL & this 1 too...
And...
Continued...
Hated because he had no limits on topic.
Hated because he degraded American society, but...
Loved because he challenged "fake" American values.
Loved because he was a shard of honesty in a nation of people that out of them for 1 in 1,000-plus the a lie was the foundation.
My opinion is we kind of need him even if only to bust open stereotypes, because we don't educate reality. We do not promote honesty and he is a can opener.
Anyway, he's unemployed now, living on food stamps and I bet he's using public transportation now because limo's are not good on gas and walkin sucks too...
And...
LOL & this 1 too...
And...
Continued...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
One moment is gravity
Some say one moment is gravity.
Some people don't believe it, but it's true and I can prove it.
One single moment in everyones life is the final one.
One moment, a fraction of a second is the final moment.
In that instant everything is gone and all of life is sucked through you.
All the past, all the future, even the present.
It is gravity because everything comes down in that very short segment of time.
Nothing survives it because reality expires and nothing is left.
I am often afraid to fight.
I am often afraid to love.
I am often afraid, too often afraid of that one moment but...
Without all the other moments that single one is meaningless.
Sing, dance, enjoy the moments before that one.
Try to allow others to also.
Defend your moments also and this does mean fight back.
Peace never earned peace. Man has always had to fight for peace.
Fear that final moment but earn every one before it with all you have.
In that last blink of the eye know you loved and you have tried...
Some people don't believe it, but it's true and I can prove it.
One single moment in everyones life is the final one.
One moment, a fraction of a second is the final moment.
In that instant everything is gone and all of life is sucked through you.
All the past, all the future, even the present.
It is gravity because everything comes down in that very short segment of time.
Nothing survives it because reality expires and nothing is left.
I am often afraid to fight.
I am often afraid to love.
I am often afraid, too often afraid of that one moment but...
Without all the other moments that single one is meaningless.
Sing, dance, enjoy the moments before that one.
Try to allow others to also.
Defend your moments also and this does mean fight back.
Peace never earned peace. Man has always had to fight for peace.
Fear that final moment but earn every one before it with all you have.
In that last blink of the eye know you loved and you have tried...
Mister Leon Russell
Incredible influence and fantastic artist!
In Massachusetts too...
Ballad for a Soldier (Leon Russel & Marc Benno)
"Tribute for our Troops out there.... Blessings!"
Best always posted last...
In Massachusetts too...
Ballad for a Soldier (Leon Russel & Marc Benno)
"Tribute for our Troops out there.... Blessings!"
Best always posted last...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Reasons ????
A man or child or woman with a "reason" is just a person with an excuse!
Here is their definition of reason. Mine follows...
taken from [here]
[ree-zuh
n] 
Show IPA
Related forms:
Here is their definition of reason. Mine follows...
taken from [here]
rea⋅son
[ree-zuhn] Show IPA –noun
| 1. | a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war. |
| 2. | a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action. |
| 3. | the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences. |
| 4. | sound judgment; good sense. |
| 5. | normal or sound powers of mind; sanity. |
| 6. | Logic. a premise of an argument. |
| 7. | Philosophy.
|
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to think or argue in a logical manner. |
| 9. | to form conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises. |
| 10. | to urge reasons which should determine belief or action. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 11. | to think through logically, as a problem (often fol. by out). |
| 12. | to conclude or infer. |
| 13. | to convince, persuade, etc., by reasoning. |
| 14. | to support with reasons. |
| 15. | bring (someone) to reason, to induce a change of opinion in (someone) through presentation of arguments; convince: The mother tried to bring her rebellious daughter to reason. |
| 16. | by reason of, on account of; because of: He was consulted about the problem by reason of his long experience. |
| 17. | in or within reason, in accord with reason; justifiable; proper: She tried to keep her demands in reason. |
| 18. | stand to reason, to be clear, obvious, or logical: With such an upbringing it stands to reason that the child will be spoiled. |
| 19. | with reason, with justification; properly: The government is concerned about the latest crisis, and with reason. |
Origin:
1175–1225; ME resoun, reisun (n.) < class="ital-inline">reisun, reson < class="ital-inline">ratiōn- (s. of ratiō) ratio
1175–1225; ME resoun, reisun (n.) < class="ital-inline">reisun, reson < class="ital-inline">ratiōn- (s. of ratiō) ratio
Related forms:
rea⋅son⋅er, noun
Now mine...
The "reason" is not the reflection on the matter but the excuse that it will happen again. It is not the reflection but the prediction of it happening again, because the reason is the means of understanding. When you are told a reason you are actually being told this "accept reason with the subjectivity and results"you are not being offered a cure but being offered a never ending ordeal.
No one ever had a bad reason to do anything right, right?
If so then nobody ever had a bad reason to do anything wrong then, right?
Then as implicated every reason is right and justified in its judgments and actions, correct?
This only means that reasoning is base on the bias of the other person.
In my world if a person has a reason to love me I will be loved, hate me I will be hated, not have faith in me I will never be trusted.
Because there is a reason!
Theory of Super Core Fields : Complete explanation.
Very interesting, very hard to believe but.... It does answer a few questions and is well worth the sit down & watch. It Is called a "theory" for a reason though, so keep that point in mind.
If anything it sparks the intellect and gives the mind a wonder!
If anything it sparks the intellect and gives the mind a wonder!
CG Animation explained with Toei "One of the best in the field"
This is really good. It is a type of look into the graphics industry and presentation of how they create these marvelous works.
Guru Josh Project...
[NSFBW] or [NSFTV's]
Pretty good techno dance vid but Not Safe For Brick Walls and Not Safe For Television Sets!
Pretty good techno dance vid but Not Safe For Brick Walls and Not Safe For Television Sets!
"Fuck The Federal Reserve!"
I Fukkin knew this was a dirty deal!
These pieces of shit are taking us piece by piece. "Fuck The Federal Reserve!"
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House lawmakers on Tuesday said they have subpoenaed the Federal Reserve to hand over e-mails, notes and other documents related to its role in Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.
The lawmakers' subpoena comes after claims that top government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis to complete the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch, threatening his job security. Lewis has testified that he had been advised by the officials, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not to disclose details of Merrill Lynch's difficult financial position, according to New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The Fed and Paulson have denied pressuring Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch.
"We expect to respond completely and fully as requested beginning today," a Federal Reserve spokesperson said.
The subpoena by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee comes as Bank of America's Lewis planned to testify on Thursday before the panel.
In prepared remarks, Lewis said his company had considered stopping the deal at one point because of "significant, accelerating losses" at Merrill Lynch. The bank decided to move forward with the deal after the government offered to provide assistance, he said.
"This course made sense for Bank of America and for its shareholders, and made sense for the stability of markets," Lewis said in prepared testimony. "We viewed those two interests as consistent."
Just a few weeks after the deal was completed, Bank of America's fourth-quarter earnings report showed the hit its balance sheet took on the Merrill Lynch transaction, making Lewis the target of shareholder anger. In January, Bank of America reported a $2.39 billion fourth-quarter loss and Merrill disclosed a more than $15 billion loss. The bank received $20 billion from the federal government in January after Lewis requested it to help offset mounting losses at Merrill.
Lawmakers say they are unconvinced that the Fed didn't take an active role in pressuring Bank of America to follow through with the deal and keep quiet about its worsening terms.
The panel, led by Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., has been investigating the matter, as well as the $20 billion in taxpayer money provided to complete the acquisition.
"The marriage between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch was a shotgun wedding pushed by the Federal Reserve," said Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the panel's top Republican.
In April, Attorney General Cuomo confirmed reports that Lewis had told him that Paulson and Bernanke had pressured him to go through with the deal.
The government helped orchestrate the acquisition of the investment bank during the same weekend in September that another investment bank, Lehman Brothers, went under, setting off one of the most intense periods of the financial crisis.
Bank of America completed its purchase of New York-based Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1.
Lawmakers had asked the Fed to release the some 6,000 documents involved in the case, but the Fed has expressed concern that information was confidential.
Associated Press writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this report.
These pieces of shit are taking us piece by piece. "Fuck The Federal Reserve!"
Congress subpoenas Fed over Bank of America acquisition of Merrill Lynch
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House lawmakers on Tuesday said they have subpoenaed the Federal Reserve to hand over e-mails, notes and other documents related to its role in Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.
The lawmakers' subpoena comes after claims that top government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis to complete the bank's purchase of Merrill Lynch, threatening his job security. Lewis has testified that he had been advised by the officials, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not to disclose details of Merrill Lynch's difficult financial position, according to New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The Fed and Paulson have denied pressuring Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch.
"We expect to respond completely and fully as requested beginning today," a Federal Reserve spokesperson said.
The subpoena by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee comes as Bank of America's Lewis planned to testify on Thursday before the panel.
In prepared remarks, Lewis said his company had considered stopping the deal at one point because of "significant, accelerating losses" at Merrill Lynch. The bank decided to move forward with the deal after the government offered to provide assistance, he said.
"This course made sense for Bank of America and for its shareholders, and made sense for the stability of markets," Lewis said in prepared testimony. "We viewed those two interests as consistent."
Just a few weeks after the deal was completed, Bank of America's fourth-quarter earnings report showed the hit its balance sheet took on the Merrill Lynch transaction, making Lewis the target of shareholder anger. In January, Bank of America reported a $2.39 billion fourth-quarter loss and Merrill disclosed a more than $15 billion loss. The bank received $20 billion from the federal government in January after Lewis requested it to help offset mounting losses at Merrill.
Lawmakers say they are unconvinced that the Fed didn't take an active role in pressuring Bank of America to follow through with the deal and keep quiet about its worsening terms.
The panel, led by Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., has been investigating the matter, as well as the $20 billion in taxpayer money provided to complete the acquisition.
"The marriage between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch was a shotgun wedding pushed by the Federal Reserve," said Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the panel's top Republican.
In April, Attorney General Cuomo confirmed reports that Lewis had told him that Paulson and Bernanke had pressured him to go through with the deal.
The government helped orchestrate the acquisition of the investment bank during the same weekend in September that another investment bank, Lehman Brothers, went under, setting off one of the most intense periods of the financial crisis.
Bank of America completed its purchase of New York-based Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1.
Lawmakers had asked the Fed to release the some 6,000 documents involved in the case, but the Fed has expressed concern that information was confidential.
Associated Press writer Jeannine Aversa contributed to this report.
My son and something else...
Please play this...
Now the "Something else..."
My son is buried on his families land.
The Farnam, Nebraska Cemetery is located immediately southwest of Farnam in the Northwest quarter of Section 1, Township 8 North, Range 26 West of the 6th P.M. in Frontier County, Nebraska.
Ordinance No. 66 of the Farnam Municipal Code (Vol. I, Supplement I, 1938) established the Cemetery Board. The Cemetery Board is responsible for the entire control and management of the cemetery, including maintaining lot ownership records.
The first parcel was deeded to the Cemetery Association by Clebert E. and Adeline Rice in 1891. Additional tracts were added in 1903, 1904 and 1940. Burials were made prior to 1891 when the land was owned by Jeremiah Walker (1887 to 1888) and Eugene Wood (1888 to 1890). The earliest date of death on existing tombstones is that of Hannah A. (Thompson) Owen: April 2,1887. (Based on information published in the Farnam history book: From These Beginnings, We Grew, 1982).
On the basis of published obituaries, it is known that there are unmarked burials. If the information presented herein is based on a published obituary rather than a gravestone inscription, it is so stated with the information.
Click Inscription Search to search the inscriptions* by name(s), date(s) or other information. If you have any questions concerning the inscription data, send E-mail to: Weldon Hoppe . If you plan to visit the cemetery and find specific tombstones, a series of cemetery plat maps are provided.
Links to photos of most gravestones are provided on the inscription page for each particular gravestone. Look for the link at the bottom of the inscription information. These photos are hosted by the NebraskaGravestones.org project.
Obituaries are being added as time permits. Please contact me if you would like to volunteer to type obituaries, or to submit paper copies of obituaries that you would like included in this project.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
I worked over 20 years for The United States Government.
I really did. I worked over twenty years for the judicial system in America. I was 100% efficient, successful and I followed through on everything, but I quit my job about 15 years ago.
What was my job?
I was a drug addict.
I noticed once that judges were making money off of me. Cops overtime pay off of me. Prosecutors were staying late to prosecute, lawyers were stealing everything they could from me and get this.... I was fuckin payin for it all!!!
I was not having any fun, drugs were okay in a sense to rebel with but they offered me no peace. I had to work overtime to pay the assholes who in part created the situation I was in.
I saw only one way out and that answer was "Stop playin a game with the assholes!"
So I quit.
Now no one believes me even after over 15 years but I did get out. Now the punks rip me off in court over dog tickets and slander, but I'm not the liar! Now the police still hate me, but I'm not the one playing that game. As a matter of fact I always thank the jerk-offs and talk kindly to them.
Result is as I knew it would be and that's that the judges and courts don't want me to live free or be free. That they miss the fun of the fight and the thrill of putting me down.
All I have to say now is "Thank-ya yer honer" and "when do I have to pay the dog ticket by?" and smile my best smile, knowing he heard me completely.
My advice to you is don't feed those assholes, don't help a cop get overtime pay, don't help a lawyer buy a BMW and don't for a minute think that doing drugs is in any way a revolt. It is not an excersise of freedom. It is if anything a part of the system that wants only to contain you!
What was my job?
I was a drug addict.
I noticed once that judges were making money off of me. Cops overtime pay off of me. Prosecutors were staying late to prosecute, lawyers were stealing everything they could from me and get this.... I was fuckin payin for it all!!!
I was not having any fun, drugs were okay in a sense to rebel with but they offered me no peace. I had to work overtime to pay the assholes who in part created the situation I was in.
I saw only one way out and that answer was "Stop playin a game with the assholes!"
So I quit.
Now no one believes me even after over 15 years but I did get out. Now the punks rip me off in court over dog tickets and slander, but I'm not the liar! Now the police still hate me, but I'm not the one playing that game. As a matter of fact I always thank the jerk-offs and talk kindly to them.
Result is as I knew it would be and that's that the judges and courts don't want me to live free or be free. That they miss the fun of the fight and the thrill of putting me down.
All I have to say now is "Thank-ya yer honer" and "when do I have to pay the dog ticket by?" and smile my best smile, knowing he heard me completely.
My advice to you is don't feed those assholes, don't help a cop get overtime pay, don't help a lawyer buy a BMW and don't for a minute think that doing drugs is in any way a revolt. It is not an excersise of freedom. It is if anything a part of the system that wants only to contain you!
Be Free - Live Drug Free!!!
My Sister "finally" visited my blog. I love you my sister!
Cox Communications (IP Address removed)
(Town name removed), Kansas, United States
Keep coming Sis. I'll even post for ya Hon...
(((((((((((((((((((Hugs an Kisses!!!))))))))))))))
The Sword of Malcolm came from Omaha!
Malcolm X (pronounced /ɛks/) (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz[1] (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans.[2] His detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence.[3][4][5] He has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.[6][7][8]
Please read more [here] or buy a book or look for more on the web.
Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. By the time he was 13, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. His childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance and his own experiences concerning race, played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in the criminal underworld in Boston and New York. In 1945, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison.
While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam. After his parole in 1952, he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years, he was the public face of the Nation of Islam. Tension between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, led to Malcolm X's departure from the organization in March 1964.
After leaving the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a Sunni Muslim and made a pilgrimage to Mecca. He traveled extensively throughout Africa and the Middle East. He founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., a religious organization, and the secular, black nationalist Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York.
Please read more [here] or buy a book or look for more on the web.
Nope, I think I got it this time..
Maps of Seven Deadly Sins in America...
Category: Culture 
Posted on: May 4, 2009 10:01 AM, by Razib
Via Andrew Sullivan, One nation, seven sins: Geographers measure propensity for evil in states, counties. Here's the methodology:
Greed was calculated by comparing average incomes with the total number of inhabitants living beneath the poverty line. On this map, done in yellow, Clark County is bile (see map on Page 2).Envy was calculated using the total number of thefts -- robbery, burglary, larceny and stolen cars. Rendered in green, of course, Clark County is emerald.
Wrath was calculated by comparing the total number of violent crimes -- murder, assault and rape -- reported to the FBI per capita. Vought and his colleagues used the color red to illustrate wrath, so Clark County looks like a fresh welt. Washoe is slightly statistically duller. Everywhere else is a friendly pork pink.
Lust was calculated by compiling the number of sexually transmitted diseases -- HIV, AIDS, syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea -- reported per capita. Here again, Clark and Washoe counties are worst. Carson City County is a close third.
Gluttony was calculated by counting the number of fast food restaurants per capita, and this is one category where Clark County is bested. First in deep fry goes to Carson City.
Sloth was calculated by comparing expenditures on arts, entertainment and recreation with the rate of employment. Here again Clark County is beat, scoring only average on the scale of sloth.
And pride, lastly, is most important. The root of all sins, in this study, is the aggregate of all data. Vought and his Kansas colleagues combined all data from the six other sins and averaged it into an overview of all evil. So pride, mapped in purple, shows the states two darkest bruises: counties Clark and Carson City.
Below are screenshots of the maps in standard deviation units; red naturally is more sinful, blue less sinful.
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7 Deadly Sins of America
Because if complexities of the issue I cannot post the article in full, but recommend you read it here at this [link]. I do however agree that America has been swallowed by a whore and will eventually end up in parts down the poop-schute!
Surry bout my spellin up there. Whaddo I know anyway?
Surry bout my spellin up there. Whaddo I know anyway?
Stephen King's idea, & it's good!
Stephen King - Read A Lot and Write A Lot
“If you want to be a writer,” says Stephen King , “you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
King, who has written over 50 books, emphasizes that writers have to be well-read. He adds that he has no patience for people who tell him that they want to be writers but they can’t find the time to read. The answer is simple: if you don’t read, you can’t be a writer. You have to read just about everything. In addition, you also have to write in order to develop your own style.
When it comes to the reading part of it, King explained during a lecture at Yale that if you read enough, there’s this magic moment which will always come to you if you want to be a writer. It’s the moment when you put down some book and say: “This really sucks . . . I can do better than this . . . And this guy got published.” So go ahead, read all you can, and wait for that magical moment. (Watch the YouTube video clip).
Kill Bill - Ballroom Blitz <-- Pretty good version
LOL, I havn't watched TV in many years. I have no idea what "Kill Bill" is or who, but action looks good and next is something called "Killer Song"
Seethers Wham tribute????
Here is Seether's new single "Careless Whisper", covering Wham's original tune. This is the full version and doesn't have a stupid watermark in the song like the other one posted online. Enjoy and leave comments.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmzzo4iznl5
"it actually is very good"
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmzzo4iznl5
"it actually is very good"
Seether - Careless Whisper
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At least we seem to be not particularly slothful--moderate in our slothfulness--it must take a lot of work to keep up with that other stuff.
Posted by: Moopheus | May 4, 2009 12:03 PM
Very interesting maps!
This story was first blogged by Catholicgauze [1], who is finishing up a graduate degree at KState.
[1] http://catholicgauze.blogspot.com/2009/04/geography-of-seven-deadly-sins.html
Posted by: tdaxp | May 4, 2009 12:04 PM
Hmmm, so according to Pride (the aggregate), it looks like the best predictor of sin is living by a body of water. You'd think all of us land-locked midwesterners would have nothing better to do but sin!
Posted by: Jennifurret | May 4, 2009 12:06 PM
Heh. Montana: low on the lust, but high on the sloth. I can think of one simple way to normalise both those things...
Posted by: Ed Yong | May 4, 2009 12:12 PM
Can anyone justify their odd measure of "greed"? Why would it be any better than, say, recording the fraction of local government amployees making more than 100,000 dollars per year?
Posted by: bioIgnoramus | May 4, 2009 1:54 PM
Hilarious,
but I'm guessing 'Lust' as measured, is potentially confounded with poor sex education/attitudes since it is purely a function of STD's per capita.
Posted by: tbell | May 4, 2009 5:14 PM
Interesting to compare wrath and envy - envy is basically non-violent crime and wrath is violent crime. They seem to be closely correlated with one major exception - the Seattle area, where they only have non-violent crime. I guess one more reason in my list of reasons to try and move there.
And bio, their "greed" is basically a measure of how overall rich an area is vs. how many people in it are very poor. I.e. an area where there is wealth, and yet people are too greedy to help take care of the poor and get them out of poverty. I suppose that's technically more of a measure of how easy it is to escape poverty relative to the overall wealth of an area, but I can't think of a better way to measure local greed off the top of my head. Maybe something like wealth vs. charitable donations and % of taxes going to social goods.
And I don't even know what your proposed metric would measure - first off if you're using a flat number like 100K you'd be insensitive to the differences in living standards in different areas. But let's disregard that and say you use the fraction of government employees making twice as much as the average government pay in that area - I guess that's a measure of degree of pay stratification in government jobs, but what does that have to do with greed?
Since presumably all government employees would be at least above the poverty line, there's no big greed involved in looking at wealth stratification among them.
Posted by: Coriolis | May 4, 2009 5:14 PM
Coriolis, your suggestion of "wealth vs. charitable donations" would surely be a better measure of greed, though presumably with the disadvantage of showing "liberal" areas as particularly greedy.
Posted by: bioIgnoramus | May 4, 2009 5:29 PM
I hate to say this, but it looks like lack of deadly sin might correlate pretty well with longevity in females.
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2009/03/map_of_health_in_america.php
Posted by: Sandgroper | May 5, 2009 12:57 AM
Oh, my goodness! I live in southeastern North Carolina and I never realized that I lived right smack in the middle of a hotbed of envy, lust, pride and wrath. Clearly I don't get out enough.
Posted by: Nancy C. | May 5, 2009 1:59 AM
So... living near the water is a predictor of sinfulness? Not surprisingly, it's also early in the list of stuff white people like.
Interesting, too, that the Dallas area seems a lot more sinful than Houston and its surroundings. Any Texans got a clue as to why?
Posted by: Martin Regnen | May 5, 2009 4:22 AM
Interesting, and good at least for a laugh. I found the proxy they use for 'sloth' the most problematic. In everyday use, 'sloth' proxies for 'laziness' - wiki elaborates on the biblical meaning, which correlates with the everyday meaning, but I can't figure out how their proxy actually measures even approximately. And sloth is highest in rural Montana, Missouri, Pennsylvania? Louisiana and Southern Cal I can understand. Wrath, on the other hand, seems well modeled. Much of the Midwest is placid, the South and the DC-NY Corridor pretty violent. I can buy that.
Posted by: justme | May 5, 2009 2:38 PM
I would've thought that Los Angeles, specifically Hollywood, would score higher in lust. I'm betting we pegged the meter on greed, though :)
Posted by: Matches Malone | May 5, 2009 5:06 PM
The Bible Belt is a hotbed for Envy, Lust, Pride and Wrath
FAIL :)
Posted by: Jon D | May 6, 2009 9:05 AM
Is there a reason that you covered up Orleans Parish, LA in every map? Did New Orleans outshine everywhere else so brightly that it needed to be hid?
Plus, I must object to the use of fast-food restaurants as a measure of gluttony, restaurants plus bars per capita would be a better measure. The use of fast-food only is probably a better measure of poverty than gluttony.
Posted by: Zulu_Big_Shot | May 6, 2009 2:42 PM
To M Malone- funny, I just sent this whole thing to a friend and my only comment was re lust in LA. I told her that all Angelinos go to Clark county or another Nevada place, the Chicken Ranch
Posted by: peg | May 6, 2009 7:33 PM
Lol. I live right in or right around a blue area in almost all of these.
Posted by: Casey | May 6, 2009 7:47 PM
This is a really disappointing post. The methodology is clearly sub-par and lacking in statistical rigor or meaning. These are maps of total crimes, or total existence of anything. If you'll notice, they track population centers where everything to do with population happens more often.
If these maps were corrected for per-capita occurrence then there would be some meaning. As it is, they are basically worthless.
Posted by: Dobbshead | May 6, 2009 8:03 PM
@Zulu_Big_Shot #15.
It's just poor use of an image editor. The Kansas State Univeristy logo is a square image with a white background. Where it's white on white, there's no problem, but the top left corner overlaps the SE part of Louisiana. Rookie mistake, really.
Posted by: Nielsen | May 6, 2009 8:25 PM
There,s a lot of red in the DC area for all of the sins.What,s up with that, Mr President?
Posted by: Finealta | May 6, 2009 8:33 PM
I find it an interesting statement on America's puritanical roots that "lust" is directly linked to disease. Sex is not a disease. Unsafe sex that spreads STDs is but one small slice of overall sexual activity.
Posted by: Garyo | May 6, 2009 8:55 PM
@ Dobbshead
As you can see, if you take the time to read the actual post, most of these measures *are* corrected for per capita. Don't you think that if it were centered around high population density areas, that NEW YORK CITY and the surrounding areas would have high reports for crimes? It helps to think before you disparage someone's research, even if it's research done in the spirit of fun.
Posted by: becker | May 6, 2009 9:08 PM
The Gluttony in Texas, is in an area that has few people, one fast food place would mess up every thing if measured on a population basis.
Posted by: Dan Atson | May 6, 2009 9:54 PM
I don't care how they took the statistics for this but for Pride, Texas should be BLACK. I'm from Texas and the people here are fairly die hard when it comes to patriotism for Texas
Posted by: Not that patriot towards texas | May 7, 2009 2:15 AM
Nice art. Far cry from science!
Posted by: Paul | May 7, 2009 2:34 AM
It seems like a better way to measure LUST would be using Strip Clubs and Adult Book Stores or even reports of Prostitution per capita. I believe tbell is correct, STD's can measure the quality of sex education, much better that actual lust.
Posted by: mz.mojo.jojo | May 7, 2009 10:47 AM
interesting idea, yet quantifying the 7 deadly sins is far more ambiguous than these statistics would give away. In addition, I have to disagree with the level of detail and thought put into the definitions of the 7 deadly sins, and the best way to go about measuring that data.
pride? the data for this was simply a mash-up of all the rest. If that was the case, this sin would not be called pride, it would be called "Sin". is the argument here that pride is the result of the other sins, implying that people who commit sins are a proud of what they have done? I think that's a grander statement than anyone has the right to put numbers to.
Good thought and an interesting project if you have spare time and love maps/statistics....just as long as people arn't fooled into thinking its realistic...
Posted by: hmmm | May 7, 2009 12:30 PM
I'm in a cartography class... mind if I use this concept? It will be for only one state, and I will use some different sources, colors, and measures. I really like the 7 Deadly Sins idea for mapping. I assume this isn't copyrighted, but I'd like your permission anyway. I can even show you the final result if you like.
Posted by: V | May 7, 2009 1:25 PM
Wow. This is for real ? I never thought that the numbers are so big.
Posted by: mattress | May 7, 2009 3:52 PM
I think this could be done in a much more effective manner using Google Trends.
Posted by: Sean Ferguson | May 7, 2009 4:05 PM
while I like the idea from a humorous point of view, I do not see any scientific value in it. the measures taken are wrong from the beginning. most are just dumb, some are even shocking. lust equals STDs? goodnes...
Posted by: Nico | May 10, 2009 8:34 AM
To hmmm... I think you got that backwards. I think they are saying Sin is the root, not the result. In otherwords, pride causes us to be wrathful, greedy, lusty, etc.
Condom sales could be used for lust, but again, that could be tied to sex ed. But if you are having sex /w birth control, it is defintely for lust reasons, not procreation. And how usefull: with this definition I have to avoid the lusty places. But if this REALLY measured lust, i'd have to pack my bags.
Posted by: Anthony | May 11, 2009 2:57 PM
AWESOME IDEA!
To hmmm... I think you got that backwards. I think they are saying Sin is the root, not the result. In other words, pride causes us to be wrathful, greedy, lusty, etc.
Condom sales could be used for lust, but again, that could be tied to sex ed. But if you are having sex /w birth control, it is definitely for lust reasons, not procreation. And how useful: with this definition I have to avoid the lusty places. But if this REALLY measured lust, i'd have to pack my bags.
Posted by: Anthony | May 11, 2009 4:41 PM
Hmmmm, I seem to be wrathfully slothful.
Makes sense to me. We take our sloth seriously in these parts. There's even a saying, "You can take my remote when you pry it from my cold dead fingers."
Posted by: lumberjack | May 11, 2009 11:29 PM
Utah... We love that pr0n
Posted by: Gordon B | May 12, 2009 3:07 AM
This is simply bullshit.
You are poor because you are in a poor town, hence you eat in a fast food, hence there are more fast foods in your area, hence you cannot spend as much in movie tickets as if you were rich.
Did not mommy told you that to compare two things you have to compare them, every and each other parameter being the same ? Jeez, grad school plz.
Posted by: Spinoza | May 13, 2009 2:34 AM
Shouldn't you use sexual assaults, pedophiles/sexual predators, and rapes in an area for lust? Lust is "an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body." (http://www.deadlysins.com/sins/) Perhaps even divorce rates, because love doesn't lead to divorce, so it must have been lust.
I don't think the mapping of , violent crimes, rapes, STDs, thefts, etc. in an area is useless, as previous posters commented. If I were moving to a new area, I would want to know these things. If I were a personal trainer, or a gym owner, or a nutritionist, the gluttony data may be helpful, along with other factors, in deciding where to open my business. Knowing areas with the most greed as measured by these students could help in deciding where to put soup kitchens, consignment shops and homeless shelters. I think the Sun's assessment of this project as a party trick is unwarranted.
Posted by: V | May 15, 2009 10:43 AM
Sin is sin.
Posted by: Simon | May 15, 2009 11:52 AM
The upper plains states are most morally virtuous. Why is that? I can think of a few factors such as white populations and low housing costs. Are farmers the major cause?
Posted by: Randall Parker | May 17, 2009 1:32 PM
such a surprise that gluttony is this level...
Posted by: gr3nade | May 22, 2009 10:48 AM
Isn't your sin of pride, 'false pride' and not pride. I see no sin in pride since pride is a virtue where as false pride is like taking credit for something you didn't do. As well, it states 'false pride' in religious text.
Posted by: Atrueoriginall | May 31, 2009 8:55 PM
To summarize: It's stupid.
Posted by: Artur | June 1, 2009 7:58 AM
Religion gets envy wrong -- envy is a virtue. it motivates us to strive to have the things we want to have; of course stealing is wrong; but stealing and evny do not have to be synonymous.
Again, Lust, well it's not exactly a virtue but it's certainly not a sin -- lust is to be thirsty (or hungry) for what our species longs for; we have no power over feeling this emotion, though we can in normal cases have some power over how we control this natural instinct.
Posted by: nyomythus | June 2, 2009 10:06 PM