Michigan sucks???
Hummm...
Well... I'll add my 2 cents and ask,"What part of Michigan sucks to you?"

As for this reader/writer, I think Michigan is a beautiful state. Rolling hills... wonderful National forest and parks...lots of inland lakes... not to mention the really nice beaches along the Great Lakes shoreline.

HOWEVER...
After growing up in this state, then moving out of state in the early 80's because the economy went into the tank.(I went to Texas), and returning about 5 years ago. It is my experience that the people of Michigan are not nearly as open minded and friendly as the people in the southern US. Most people in Michigan tend to be just downright "New York City" rude, condesending, and dismissive of others.
Detroit city is, as one CNN news reporter recently put it,"worse than downtown Baghdad" and has been put on the 2008 list of THE WORST place in the US to live. Flint was a close 2nd to St.Louis, but ended up the 3rd worst.
After living in a large southern city for 20 years, I see the potential that Detroit has as it's in a wonderful location.
But locations do not make great places to live. Buildings don't make a great city. The PEOPLE make a city great!
So what doesn't that say about the city of Detroit and Flint?

I was just at a Tigers game on Father's Day. All in all,I felt safe downtown. But I have say that I was not comfortable with the way I was treated by one of the venders who appeared to be nothing less than racist! The idiot didn't want to serve me and my son two freakin hotdogs...I assume because we were "white"...said they weren't ready...I could clearly see 15-20 behind the glass on the grill in front of me that were indeed done and sizzling away... walked away and watched as "one of the brothers" walked up and purchased 4 hotdogs and two soft drinks. The letter to the Detroit Tigers Organization is in the works.
Note:[ Want to get attention? Put it writing in a formal business letter! Phone calls get dismissed and ignored. But if you put it on paper and address it to the 'HGIC' head guy in charge... it gets attention! HaHa!]


You can't blame the government as WE THE PEOPLE are the government. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain. If you don't like the freakin' government... CHANGE IT!
We all understand that BIG MONEY runs this country. Mark my words on this page. The US is about to go through some real changes and it won't be all pretty. People are tired of getting screwed by credit card companies, by mortgage lenders, and by their "big business" employers. They are tired of white collar crime and they have just about had enough of the thugs on the streets. I doubt I'll be around to see it all changes as it's not going to happen overnight.

Maybe we should treat Michigan like a dirty fish bowl... Just dump it all out and start fresh.


So in my opinion,

Michigan doesn't really suck.

The PEOPLE of Michigan suck!


<§ix§tring§ jumps off the soap box>

As a trained musician... I'll chime in here and say whatever is pleasing to your ear is the best genre of music.
There are many reasons people are what I call "stuck" in listening to a certain genre of music. Influences include your parents and what they listen to,[if anything] Our peers in the adolecent years are also a BIG influence on what were consider "good music" and listen to most often.

As for me... I listen to everything from Mozart to Metallica!
I listen to Classical, Rock (All forms), Jazz, Blues, Country (Old and New), Bluegrass, even some Rap and Hip Hop.

Sheeesh...with my ear for music... I should be a music producer!

The bottom line is, if it pleases YOU and YOU like it... GO WITH IT and ENJOY!

Be well,

|||Tx§ix§tring§|||

Hello Amanda...

How are things in my old home town?
I sure do miss the food in Texas!! :(
But most of all I miss the people!! Texans are the most friendly people in all the world without doubt.
I live in Yankee land now and it's just not the same. Everybody here seems... well... grumpy.

Tell San Antonio I said "Howdy"

GO SPURS GO!

Be well,
|||Six|||

I'm working on my 3rd cup of coffee this morning and I feel wired like a
high powered electrical line! LOL!

Good Morning!

Hump day?
Be right back... gotta make a run to the drug store for some condoms!
Don't start without me! If you do... video tape it! Wait.. cancell
that.. I have a TiVo

I can throw in the guitar licks... Even some bass if needed.

Oh hell... Get out the multi-track and I'll play drums too! LOL!

Seahawks?
I don't see it happenin'

I foresee the Bears and the Colts going head to head in January.
But stranger things have happen. The Colts lost their chance lst year
even though they had the best record in the NFL!
The Ravens and the Chargers seem to be hot right now too.
I'm taking a wait and see attitude.

There is no doubt part of Al Gore's (inventor of the internet and global
warming science advisor) plan for his run at the Presidency in 2008.
LOL!
It's November 29th and here in Michigan it's a balmy 59 degrees today!
Very strange weather! We had snow on October 13th this year. It set a
record as to the earliest snow fall since weather records were kept.
The weather man says get ready as the cold front will be here tomorrow
and will drop temps about 40 degrees! get out your parkas and snowshoes!
The next global ice age is upon us!

The world is FULL of idiots that have no concept of life for other human
beings!
Cooler heads always prevail. As directed by the US Constitution and our
laws, I'll presume the "Mother" innocent until ALL THE FACTS are
presented. Stranger things have happen to find that people were indeed
innocent!
BUT! If she is guilty of such a horrible act. No prison time for her in
my opinion. Save my tax dollars and just use a .13 bullet to the back of
the head behind the court house!

Hey Sluggo...
I would suppose right after you get a firm commitment and you delete
your own profile.
Dating is just that... Dating. I've found that if I keep my distance and
don't play the clingy chase game, that it's easier to walk away. If a
lady REALLY wants you, she'll chase you down. If not, then you've saved
yourself a lot of time. Right?

It's simply fear rambill79.

Most people stop and won't pursuit what they really want because of
fear. Fear of failure. Fear of success. Just fear in general.
I've studied the human condition and the human being for a long time.
Why don't we go for that job that we really want? Why don't we approach
that beautiful woman we see on the street and just talk to her? Why
don't we take a chance and lay it all out there?
The answer is fear. It's that simple.
Fear is a primative emotion built into our brains as a way to keep from
being eaten by predators. Overcome fear, it wahtever it is, and you will
not only succeed beyond your wildest dreams, but you can also fail and
learn from the experience.

Just my insight into your question.

Be well,

Six

Photographer,graphic artist,printer,and guitarist/luthier.
How's that for art? LOL!

I gave them both up for Lent. LOL!

But I do smoke cigarettes like a burning house! And please don't take
away my Columbian Coffee!
Quiting weed and alcohol was nothing. I just stopped. No AA.. no NA...
none of that. I just decided that I didnt like it anymore and stopped
years ago.

Now if I can just kick these damned cigarettes! I hate smoking anymore!
I could bank the cash and have a really nice Fender Stratocaster in a
year with what I spend on cigarettes! Stupid huh?

Black male: Colan Powell.

Forget Hillary!

I'd vote for a woman if I liked her stand on the issues and thought she
presented a good plan for the future... Sure!

"...and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

600 and three score...
...one score is equal to 20...
so three score is 60 and then 6.

I guess I missed the part about adding those numbers to attain one sum
of 666.

As I see it, it's 600606 or 6002020206... or upside down & backwards
90Z0Z0Z009 or 909009... or just 999! HaHa!

Theologist have been digesting Revelations for ions. I am but a layman
to such things and do not intend to inturpet the word of God and/or any
prophets from years past.

Mine is but to be born, to live, and to die.
The rest is just "man" trying to put meaning to everything that touches
his life.

Pert.
Bonham is great too.

It's a toss up! Got a coin?