List of American Icons/institutions I'd love to see destroyed.

[BigDaddyFin]

Cancer Fundraisers. This drew my ire for a different reason.

1.  October is cancer awareness month.  Given that everyone in the civilized world knows what cancer is, do we need to raise awareness and HAVE A WHOLE GODDAMN MONTH DEVOTED TO IT?  THEY MAKE EVERYTHING AND ITS MANUFACTURED SISTER COME IN FUCKING PINK NOW. 

2.  The reason I finally got pissed and decided to bash cancer.  They have this thing in Raleigh called Le Toure Du Femme.  For those of us who aren't fronch, that's english for fruity broads on bikes.  So if you're going to have a cancer fundraiser, since it affects women AND men, why the fuck would you have a cancer fundraiser that only women are allowed to participate in SON OF A BITCH.

Everyone knows I'm on Skoal so I don't go on a five state shooting spree.  And then they slip this shit in?  Is it a even a disease anymore?  Or is it just trendy?  You be the judge, but you know what, unless it says ST. JUDE's on it I'm not giving money to, fuck you get a tumor and die.

[fyo]

Nice to see the touch of "crazy" I was missing from the original rant

[Sunstroke]

...  For those of us who aren't fronch, that's english for fruity broads on bikes. 

There's the laughtrack I was craving in the original...

Nice to see the touch of "crazy" I was missing from the original rant

Agreed...you could almost "feel" the psychotic twitch.

fuck you get a tumor and die. 

OK...maybe a hair too psychotic.

[mecadonzilla]

Cancer Fundraisers. This drew my ire for a different reason.

1.  October is cancer awareness month.  Given that everyone in the civilized world knows what cancer is, do we need to raise awareness and HAVE A WHOLE GODDAMN MONTH DEVOTED TO IT?  THEY MAKE EVERYTHING AND ITS MANUFACTURED SISTER COME IN FUCKING PINK NOW. 

2.  The reason I finally got pissed and decided to bash cancer.  They have this thing in Raleigh called Le Toure Du Femme.  For those of us who aren't fronch, that's english for fruity broads on bikes.  So if you're going to have a cancer fundraiser, since it affects women AND men, why the fuck would you have a cancer fundraiser that only women are allowed to participate in SON OF A BITCH.

Everyone knows I'm on Skoal so I don't go on a five state shooting spree.  And then they slip this shit in?  Is it a even a disease anymore?  Or is it just trendy?  You be the judge, but you know what, unless it says ST. JUDE's on it I'm not giving money to, fuck you get a tumor and die.

There's actually a lot of truth in your rant, sir.  The business of charity is making quite a profit.  Donating their time and money to a charity make folks feel better, so they donate with abandon to feel good/trendy causes like breast cancer awareness.  Unfortunately, it takes a lot of cash to keep the PR machine rolling and to feed the business of running a charity.  After salaries and promotional considerations are paid, I don't think a whole hell of a lot of money is actually making its way to funding anti-cancer research from these organizations.  The operational costs of some of the bigger "charities" are staggering.  Here's an excerpt from an article I found:

At one time, the American Cancer Society spent only 26 percent of its national multibillion-dollar budget on actual medical research, allotting the other three-fourths to “operating expenses.” In 2005, the Phoenix New Times reported that the Arizona branch of the organization spent a gasp-inducing 95 percent on overhead costs, leaving cancer victims “only the crumbs.” At the Arizona branch, the nonprofit spends 22 times as much on paying employees, maintaining the offices, and keeping the coffee machine running than on the cancer victims they are supposedly aiming to save.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/5/15/corrupt-charities-pstrongcorrection-appended-see-belowstrongp/

It's an opinion piece from 5 years ago, but I think it gets the point across.

[StL FinFan]

Charity Navigator keeps track of how much money goes where.

American Cancer Society page http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6495

[shamrock]

Not really an American institution,but I would love to see ALL "reality" t.v. shows disappear from the face of the earth.They're not really about "surviving"or a "race" or even driving a big truck on an "ice road"...they're all about this person can't stand this one and she's a bitch or lets act like we're all friends with this one then stab her in the back,in short,baby- shit gossip that most people grew out of by 8th grade.I can't stand em.geesh.

[CF DolFan]

Not really an American institution,but I would love to see ALL "reality" t.v. shows disappear from the face of the earth.They're not really about "surviving"or a "race" or even driving a big truck on an "ice road"...they're all about this person can't stand this one and she's a bitch or lets act like we're all friends with this one then stab her in the back,in short,baby- shit gossip that most people grew out of by 8th grade.I can't stand em.geesh.

What if it really was about surviving? We could throw people into the desert, artic, jungle or even Compton and the last one alive wins a million dollars!

[Thundergod]

3.  Academia.  I won't get into the political aspects of it because that's on record.  It's too goddamn expensive to go to an average college now.  Think about this for a second.  You can spend approximately what it costs to buy a Ferrari and when you get out, everybody has the same degree you do and guess what, they're working in a call center making the same $25,000 a year you are.  Also, stop fucking with the little kids.  I know it's the times we're living in, but stay the hell out of their lunch box, stop teaching them about sex in kindergarten and let them be children and enjoy childhood for awhile.  Believe me it gets taken away quick enough.  To make matters worse I actually learned more from the adults in my life than I ever did in a classroom.  Clearly I'd have been no worse off skipping college.  Also it's time to come to grips with the fact that Academia is a business now just like anything else.  The only difference is it's also subsidized.  Textbooks don't have to cost $100 and be reprinted in new editions every year.  You don't HAVE to buy every kid in school a goddamn personal laptop.  And no my child should not need a $200 graphing calculator to do their math homework. 

I read your other ones, but this stuck out most.  It is such a sham right now.  If I had a kid that was graduation High school right now, I would tell him to figure out what he wants to do and go to a specialized school.  College is a huge waste of money, and what do you learn.  Not that much.  Basically you pay a bunch of money, and then you get a piece of paper that says you graduated.  There are lots of people who graduate, who aren't any smarter than when they got it.

+2

[Dave Gray]

I'd like to see the decline of tobacco in this country.  It's already happened a lot, but I think that smoking in public places has got to go.  It's fuckin' gross and makes everyone sick.

[tepop84]

I'd like to see the decline of tobacco in this country.  It's already happened a lot, but I think that smoking in public places has got to go.  It's fuckin' gross and makes everyone sick.

I hate smoking too. 

Another thing I hate is people who hit the lock button twice and honk their horn.  Hit the lock button when you get out of the fucking car, or just hit the button once. I would love to kick the person in the balls who decided that would be a good idea.  It is fucking annoying.

[StL FinFan]

^ I do it to make sure my doors are locked because the kids don't always shut them all the way.

[BigDaddyFin]

If you're bitching about smoking, and you happen to be a fan of legalized marijuana, you're probably going to end up on here.  Just FYI.

[bsmooth]

I'd like to see the decline of tobacco in this country.  It's already happened a lot, but I think that smoking in public places has got to go.  It's fuckin' gross and makes everyone sick.

It makes people sick in open air places? Love to see the research on that. There are many things done in public that make people sick or feel uncomfortable. Just today at lunch a guy came in wearing so much aftershave, that I started to get a headache. But is this worse than "hippies" who do not bathe or use deodorant?

[Dave Gray]

Yeah, it makes me sick.  What is "open air" anyway?  People smoke near the doors at my job and despite being outside, the smoke just lingers.  It's friggin' gross and makes me cough.

I don't want to make smoking illegal.  I just wish that people would do it where there aren't other people.

[bsmooth]

Yeah, it makes me sick.  What is "open air" anyway?  People smoke near the doors at my job and despite being outside, the smoke just lingers.  It's friggin' gross and makes me cough.

I don't want to make smoking illegal.  I just wish that people would do it where there aren't other people.

It means the opposite of being stuck in an enclosed building, such as a casino, bar, work, etc. You do not want it to be illegal, just utterly isolated far from the possibility someone might get a whiff of smoke.