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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Legalize It Already
Another politician felled by his own humanity. New York governor Eliot Spitzer is just the latest in an unending line of pols who've been caught with their pants down. If I were a politician I would have solved this problem long ago. I would have thought to myself, "A lot of us have been visiting prostitutes. Hmm. And we all control the laws. Hmm. I wonder how long it will take me to add those two things together and come up with a plan? Hmmmm."
I know this is America and we are the most sexually frustrated country in the world, but really, what's so wrong here? It is the oldest profession in the world. It will always be here. It always has. The government has no problem making money off of other vices, why is this one so taboo? Legalize it already people!
Not only do I think prostitution should be legalized, I think it should be subsidized as well. That could prove to be a tough one to overcome. I may be overzealous in thinking that I will see Universal Sex Care in my day, but I can dream. Until then I would settle for some sort of insurance plan. A $10 co-pay for a visit to a prostitute in my network wouldn't be horrible.
Sure the other side may argue that under a universal sex care package we would cease to get the quality we've come to expect. Is a BJ in Canada as good as one you'd get in the good ol US of A? Would the sex industry continue to grow if it was under governmental control? What kind of advancements in dildo technology will be made without the competition and encouragement of free market capitalism?
These are all questions that can only be answered by taking that first step. The Netherlands did it. Canada, England, Israel, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Nevada did it. Hell, even Iran did it. But can America do it? We used to be a country of pioneers. We used to be on the cutting edge. Now if the politicians would take a minute to think about ways to protect themselves from getting caught, we may get somewhere...
I know this is America and we are the most sexually frustrated country in the world, but really, what's so wrong here? It is the oldest profession in the world. It will always be here. It always has. The government has no problem making money off of other vices, why is this one so taboo? Legalize it already people!
Not only do I think prostitution should be legalized, I think it should be subsidized as well. That could prove to be a tough one to overcome. I may be overzealous in thinking that I will see Universal Sex Care in my day, but I can dream. Until then I would settle for some sort of insurance plan. A $10 co-pay for a visit to a prostitute in my network wouldn't be horrible.
Sure the other side may argue that under a universal sex care package we would cease to get the quality we've come to expect. Is a BJ in Canada as good as one you'd get in the good ol US of A? Would the sex industry continue to grow if it was under governmental control? What kind of advancements in dildo technology will be made without the competition and encouragement of free market capitalism?
These are all questions that can only be answered by taking that first step. The Netherlands did it. Canada, England, Israel, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Nevada did it. Hell, even Iran did it. But can America do it? We used to be a country of pioneers. We used to be on the cutting edge. Now if the politicians would take a minute to think about ways to protect themselves from getting caught, we may get somewhere...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Sunnier Skies or Belly of the Beast?
After six months of only intermittent employment I have come to realize it is time to move on. My love affair with New York is on the wane. I must follow the trail blazed by so many before me in the unending search for a better future. I need to go where there is the promise of work. I am moving to California. Los Angeles. Hollywood.
It's been beckoning me for many years. I knew I would heed its call eventually. Why did it take 34 years, though? Well, because I'm a bit slow. Practically retarded in some respects. It's been proven time and time again that I have a thick skull and must be beaten over the head repeatedly to notice what lies before me.
It seems my path is a switchback twisting through the mountains and I've found myself doubling back many times. I have finally reached a decent lookout point from where I can see the summit and am trying to discern a route that is more straightforward. And it appears that the next site on that route is L.A.
So now that I have a firm goal in mind, I can plan accordingly and begin to gather together the things I will need for this next adventure. It will take several months. I will probably have to get some wholly unrelated work to build up some cash from time to time.
I also want to start making a to-do list of things I want to do in New York before I go. It hasn't been all bad, but I've given the Big Apple almost 5 years of my life and I haven't gotten a whole lot back. A few more friends. Some varied experiences that could help later on. But nothing that is tying me here. I spent too much time here cursing the fact that I had no attachments in my life. I probably missed some things wallowing in self-pity.
If looked at the right way that loneliness can be a gift. I am free to do whatever the hell I want. For a man approaching his mid-30s with a Peter Pan syndrome, that certainly sounds like a good thing. I may never grow up, so it's off to Never-Never-Land to play for a few more years. And hopefully make some money doing what I love to do. Dream.
It's been beckoning me for many years. I knew I would heed its call eventually. Why did it take 34 years, though? Well, because I'm a bit slow. Practically retarded in some respects. It's been proven time and time again that I have a thick skull and must be beaten over the head repeatedly to notice what lies before me.
It seems my path is a switchback twisting through the mountains and I've found myself doubling back many times. I have finally reached a decent lookout point from where I can see the summit and am trying to discern a route that is more straightforward. And it appears that the next site on that route is L.A.
So now that I have a firm goal in mind, I can plan accordingly and begin to gather together the things I will need for this next adventure. It will take several months. I will probably have to get some wholly unrelated work to build up some cash from time to time.
I also want to start making a to-do list of things I want to do in New York before I go. It hasn't been all bad, but I've given the Big Apple almost 5 years of my life and I haven't gotten a whole lot back. A few more friends. Some varied experiences that could help later on. But nothing that is tying me here. I spent too much time here cursing the fact that I had no attachments in my life. I probably missed some things wallowing in self-pity.
If looked at the right way that loneliness can be a gift. I am free to do whatever the hell I want. For a man approaching his mid-30s with a Peter Pan syndrome, that certainly sounds like a good thing. I may never grow up, so it's off to Never-Never-Land to play for a few more years. And hopefully make some money doing what I love to do. Dream.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Old Interview
Here's an old interview from 2006 that I did for Timecode:NOLA.
They've just started posting stuff on youtube and I stumbled across it.
They've just started posting stuff on youtube and I stumbled across it.
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