Saturday, June 14, 2008

Non Stop Ass Rape

Stephen Harper’s Tory cabinet stated last week that they were going to fine $500 for those who are caught downloading music. No doubt the and movie industry has gone bankrupt because of such pirating, and are now looking for employment elsewhere. The actors and musicians as well are feeling the pinch due to all those naughty people pirating their work. Madonna was so consumed with this that she employed a staff of morons to sabotage downloaders. The problem that I see is that Madonna should be grateful to have enough tone deaf people alive in the world that should so much as desire to even waste the bandwidth to download her shit much less make her a millionaire.

I downloaded Pink Floyd Animals this week, and I suddenly found myself imagining the strange twist of irony should I be found out by our fearless bible-thumping Prime Minister and I started doing some math.

In 1979 I purchased the Pink Floyd Animals LP at 10.99 plus applicable taxes to play it on my $350.00 plus applicable taxes stereo system, in 1982, they no longer made stylists for my stereo so I was forced to buy a $735.00 plus applicable taxes to continue enjoying Animals, then in 1984, they stopped making stylists for that as well, so I was forced to purchase a cassette of Pink Floyd Animals at $12.99 plus applicable taxes as well as a contraption to play it on, the total on that being $250.00 plus applicable taxes. Due to lack of Government control regulations on car audio players, I was forced to purchase a second Pink Floyd Animals cassette in 1985 because the piece of shit player in my car ate the first one, and then again in 1998, because it happened again. At last, I was forced to purchase the Pink Floyd Animals CD at $19.99 plus applicable taxes because the format changed again as well as a new stereo system to play it on, not to mention the $180.00 I spent on the special edition Pink Floyd Box Set.

Stephen Harper can shove his fine up his conservative ass, but no doubt it’s tighter than a vacuum. I have paid $249.95 plus applicable taxes on Pink Floyd Animals in and of itself alone, not mention the thousands of dollars I’ve thrown away for the devices to play it.

But Stephen Harper has to find some way to finance Natives to live off the back of Canadians so this is probably his Ace in the hole. No doubt Roger Waters and the boys don’t think I owe than anything, because let’s face it, they probably have private Islands somewhere in the Pacific. And the government has made more than enough money on me, fleecing me for 15% taxes on all purchases made. Harper is cordially invited to fuck himself.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Oh yes, Freudz wrote a book