Our Taxes in Orbit

I seriously dislike the fact that our money goes into orbit. What are you talking about? I don't like the idea that we are constantly exploring space, I think that those millions of dollars spent on those kinds of things should be reinvested down here on earth. Maybe take an astronauts salary and put it to good use. I really feel that our money is squandered on space missions. The worst amount of waste is when we have satelite dishes pointed at the sky sending signals to no one in space. That is the biggest waste there is, it is absurd. I know that a lot of things have come out of space travel and aviation has gone a long way because of it. I appreciate all that, but I don't think sending people into space at this point and time is really helping. I'm sure people disagree with me on that, but whatever... it is what it is. A giant waste.

Affirmative Action

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/21/3442961/supreme-court-to-hear-texas-affirmative.html

On one hand I agree with affirmative action on the other I don't. I think filling a racial quota just for the hell of it isn't fair to other people who have worked just as hard to get somewhere and then are denied for reverse racist reasons. Let's face the facts, this is the truth. If you are only going to pick people out of a pool of races and exclude others that is also racism. So for example if there is a quota of 10 black people to fill and there are 10 positions open. Then there are 20 applicants total including the black applicants, but only 5 of the 10 black applicants really deserve to be selected, but thw whole lot is selected, then what does that mean for the other 10 people who were not selected? What do you tell them? "Hey, sorry you didn't get in. It's the color of your skin that was the problem..." isn't that reverse racism for the sake of filling a quota. Here is a simple way to fix this problem. How about blind applications. You don't know anything about this person other than they are applying to your college. None of your goddamn business what color or sex they are, just the fact that they are applying is enough. I think that is fair. If someone is selecting people based on race then we have a problem. Just like the heads of universities giving the children of directors of any departments a free pass into med school. That is not okay. It's also not okay that they get to go for free. So really this boils down to, is it time to move past affirmative action? I say yes, especially since there are other institutions that are exclusive to a color already which I think is weird and no better than the KKK in some instances. In college I remember seeing a group that was dedicated to young black men. I found it strange and very misleading information wise since I had the displeasure of over hearing one of the seminars. They were advising that these kids not use credit cards, ever... only to use their debit cards. That is the shittiest advice I have ever heard given to anyone.

Pan Handlers

It really makes me sad to see people on the side of the road begging for money or food. Let me clarify my selfish position, I don't want to see them there because it makes me feel bad. I don't think it is appropriate to just ship them off to some hole or something either and they definitely shouldn't be ignored that isn't okay either. I am not sure how to manage this problem because if I give them money they might spend it on booze or drugs. If I give them food its all good. However on my way home I don't have food on me to give and I just have these pan handlers staring at me like I am a terrible person for not giving them change or something. Realisitically I would like to do an experiment like in pay it forward where I could take someone in, give them what they need and let them ride it out until they could get back on their feet. Like a half way home, I would really like to do that.

Allergies

I know there are things worse than allergies that I could have such as cancer, diabetes or some other disease you just can't seem to dodge - but let me tell ya, all of the comparisons aside, jesus fucking christ allergies suck.

I checked pollen.com today and well, let's just say there is too much pollen in florida right now. Miami specifically, I am getting my ass handed to me by my sinuses and my nose. I am sufferring post nasal drip big time which is usually and indication that I am going to have a goddamn sinus infection. Sometimes I can dodge it, but not always. I wish there was a procedure where a surgeon could open up the air ways in my nose permanently so that when these bullshit pollen attacks happen I would no longer have to deal with the dread of not being able to breath. Some design... "Let me cut off your air way since I don't like what is in the air" makes perfect fucking sense.

Kingdom Come

I am on a mission and so far I have to say I am 50% complete with my mission. I am on the right track to getting everything I want the way I want and I have to say that money is what makes the fucking difference in this world. It is exactly like Tony Montana said, "First, you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women." I actually agree with all three of those things, but my priorities are different. I got my beautiful lovely lady without money and power. I am a lucky man.

I am however on the right track, I am getting the money and now I definitely see the power flowing along. Eventually I will build up my own projects that will give me more money, power and influence. I am going to keep fighting. I am going to keep fighting my way to the top. I won't stop until I get my 100K salary and I have at least 1/4 to 1/2 million dollars in the bank. I want to develop a life style for myself where money works for me and I hold a job for fun.

I want to open social programs, I want to help people. I just need to get myself to a position where I can do that comfortably.

Whoever said that money doesn't bring happiness is a fucking liar. Money always brings happiness, it just does it better when you came from nothing! When you had to work your way out of poverty, when you had to watch your parents work at a job they hated or when they worked at a fast food place to make ends meet. Money is a game changer, it gives you food for your belly and a safe place to sleep and rest. God doesn't do those things - YOU do those things. So those of you that think you aren't bound to material things such as money, take your thoughts of god and shove it. When you work your way up from a poor broken home, then talk to me about money not being an object of obsession.

I guess you could say I have a psychological problem with money, the fear of not having it. I've been laid off before and it sucks! I have the fear of losing my job too. However all that goes away when you have the money blanket to cover you.

LCK: Louis CK - Doing what I wish I could do

If you haven't bought your copy of his stand up it only costs $5 and it isn't from any distribution company. You can get yours here: https://buy.louisck.net/ I support what he is doing 100%. He asked nicely that people don't pirate his content and I will fall back to my rule of - if you can't afford it then meh - if you can afford it and you are pirating things anyhow, then you are an asshole. After all - it is 5 dollars! That is VERY reasonable and inexpensive.

Louis CK (LCK) is someone I seriously look up to. He is my comedian replacement for the antics of George Carlin (GC). GC and LCK are very similar in that they tell the truth. They are lucky that they can and not have to say how they feel like the way I have to. If I was a comedian or an author I would make this site up front and public in the sense that I wouldn't hide my identity. LCK makes so much sense when you listen to him, he is navigating life like the rest of us, he is just more conscience about it. GC was like that too. They both point out what people don't want to A. Hear and B. Acknowledge which is what makes them so admirable. They are saying what they mean, they aren't hiding from their true feelings. I mean hell it helps when you get paid to do it.

Please don't get me wrong, I am definitely not a religious person and I am not elevating either of them to a religious level - so please don't think that. I am saying however that they are model citizens regardless of what they do right or wrong in their personal lives. They are always up front and honest about what they think is going on. They are admirable people in my eyes. I do what LCK does, but I do it in a less funny way - I am just dead pan serious, I try to be funny, but I can't always come up with comedic content. I have to practice my freedom of speech in the shadows because if I did it openly I would probably ruin my life. I don't get paid to have an opinion unfortunately - only to write code for a hedge fund to make more money than I can even fathom.

Revenge

I really wish I could get some crazy psycho revenge on my old employer. It actually isn't my old employer really, it is a specific manager who is too much of a shit to handle what he is handling. He is failing badly and bringing everyone down with him and it is sad.

My revenge would begin with my aquiring the company that he works at, my old employer. This would have to be done secretly. I would then ask a legal team if I could legally get rid of someone without the backlash of them suing us. I'm sure there is a way. I wouldn't fire him yet, that would be too easy.

I would then present myself as the new owner and I would check on this asshole everyday with a phone call first, then I would show up in his office and waste his time, then give him shit for not getting his work done on time. I would keep this up for about a month. Then stop.

I would then demote him under another more deserving employee. I would make him sit in a cubicle. That employee would over see his bullshit activity. I would then cut his pay to a more reasonable rate for his lack of quality. At this point if he didn't start to look for work and was intent on staying for whatever ridiculous reason - I would then fire him for sexual harassment or something that would stick.

I would then make the internet know that he was a bad employee and no one should pick him up. When he has hit rock bottom, then and only then would I be happy. Unless before I do any of that would he agree to change his ridiculous narcissistic ways.

This is why I could never be president. I would handle evil doers in this way.

Real Talk - Tards

I think people need to be real with themselves and others about tards or retards. They need to SAY WHAT THEY TRULY MEAN. I'll start by leading this conversation. It is sad and unfortunate for anyone to have a retarded child AKA "special" children. Special is a word that is used as a euphemism for what people are really feeling. Oh my Tommy, why he is Special. This is a great example of saying what you mean. The word special doesn't sound as bad as retarded, so it isn't expressing what you mean.

 It makes me depressed and relieved all at the same time to see people with special children. Depressed because someone has a so called special child and relieved because said special child is not mine. Most special children and adults are pretty goddamn useless and really are inferior to more developed minds. That is not cruelty, that is reality and the truth. I am saying what other people are afraid to say. It is not a fucking pleasure to take care of special people, it is fucking irritating and sad.

Special children take at least 2-3 times more effort to take care of than regular children in my opinion because they are so mentally checked out. That being said what are the pros of mentally retarded children? I can't find any, there simply are none. Here is a list of cons:

1. They are expensive to take care of
2. Mean and loud
3. Inferior
4. Helpless
5. Useless
6. Burden on everyone's life and happiness
7. They usually have no idea what the hell is going on around them - so if their care taker dies - they wouldn't know it anyhow. So why invest the energy to begin with? It is simply not fair.

What are you getting at? Are you saying we should just kill all of them?
No. I am not saying that there should be an extermination effort, that is cruel and unusual punishment. It is never a child's fault that they are born, they are truly innocent until they can interact with others or hold a gun. I am saying that children are a preventable STD. Yes I am seriously equating children to sexually transmitted diseases. They grow like a cancer, just like all other human life and are entirely preventable via contraception and sterilization. I think that it should be illegal for people to have more than their share of children and I will make up a magic governing number of 3 children max. I especially think it should be illegal for people to have children if they know for a fact that they will indeed produce defective children.

Special children are a burden on everyone, not just the people who have them. It is cruel and unusual to bring a special child into this world because no one seriously wants to deal with that shit. If they are born under unexpected conditions, then there is nothing that can be done. If it can be prevented, then I say prevent it. Human neutering of welfare cases and crazy people - man or woman - should be on the table for discussion. Octo-mom should be neutered. That crazy bitch married to that crazy religious fuck on television with 10,000 children should probably be put to sleep or neutered. Fuck that guy from 12 kids and counting, holy shit it's sick. That stupid woman is being treated like a sow and it is on television for us all to watch in amazement and awe. Sickening. It's rape at this point, just like a lot of Jewish families.

You Can't Have Your Way and Contradict it Too

I have always taken issue with women wanting to dress like whores in public (I'm a huge advocate of doing so behind closed doors) and then expecting certain men's innate primal boner rage from not coming out. These men are also known as perverts and rapists. They are not the same and here is the difference. I am a pervert, if it is on display then I will look and even possibly take pictures of the whorish subject. I would never dare lay a finger on someone that I didn't know, I have enough self control to be hands off.

A rapist does not have control and will force his or herself on you regardless of how you feel about the situation. Congrats you have just become an unwilling sperm recipient. Of course a rapist doesn't only rape provocative whorish looking women, a rapist will probably rape anyone or anything given the chance. However, it might help to not be a giant orgasmic target either.

So women can argue about their freedom to dress like whores in public without catching flack from anyone, but that philosophical argument won't hold water while you are being raped. Try explaining to a rapist as he pursues you why he is confused about the whole situation and he really shouldn't be aroused and this whole thing is just a big mistake. Right...

So yay for women's freedom, but if you value your life maybe think twice about going out into public looking like a delicious whore.

To be absolutely clear, women are correct, they SHOULD be able to dress however they feel, but that argument alone will never stop a rapist from doing his dirty deeds.

Delayed Mondays

I love having Mondays off, but then it makes the following day the Monday of that week which makes me sad because I truely hate Mondays.

I am so sleepy right now.

I want to go home. Mostly what I need is a vacation. I need like a full week off to just enjoy myself at home, working on circuits and other things of the like.

Body Integrity Identity Disorder

Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID)

I am in shock and awe of this so called disorder and I could care less how much flack I catch for saying this, but this is a bullshit psychological disorder. I think the people that have it are sad uninspiring people who should really take a look at themselves and wonder what it is that is making them feel that way. How about you don't think about it and you realize that your disorder is only possible because you have the resources, time and money to think about your so called disorder. You people are no better than anorexics, bulimics and people with body dysmorphic disorder. These are all bullshit psychological diseases that could only be made up in first world nations!

Can you imagine the disgust of amputees hearing or even acknowledging the existence of stupid people who have BIID? I can't! What kind of fucked up world do we live in where someone wants to remove a limb because it makes them feel like they aren't whole? So you want to be disabled? What about people who are disabled that don't want to be disabled? Fuck all that, how about if we were to turn the clock back to an earlier time where if you severed a limb you were done for, survival of the fittest and so on? You have got to be kidding me here. Fuck you - you don't want your leg or your arm, tell that to people with diabetes or people who have lost limbs due to war and violence. You dare say you don't want to be a 100% physically functioning human being, you don't want a limb? Go die. You will just be a burden to others with your bullshit psychological disorder, just like down syndrome children and other retards who will never be useful to society. Just another crime against society and humanity.

Only in America among other places can we provide the foundation for people to even consider having such a problem. I can't imagine any poor Americans having this problem. Possibly middle class to wealthy would have such a stupid issue to worry about. Think of the people who don't know where their next meal is going to come from and someone with BIID is saying to themselves, "If only I didn't have my leg, I could get on with my life." WHAT THE FUCK! Like seriously, what the mother fuck? I just don't want to believe that these people exist, but they do. Go fuck yourselves, I hope you are ashamed of your so called disorder.

The Dreaded ePeen

Maybe you haven't heard the term used before, but there is this concept of ePeen or ePenis which is a measurement of an individual's internet penis or more formally known as their internet ego. A person's internet ego is different from their actual ego because the dipshits that act like total assholes on the net are hiding behind their fucking computer while insulting people from the saftey of their home where their location is usually safe. These same assholes are usually 12 year olds that when they are not dealt with early enough turn into full fledged trolls on the net when dealing with them professionally if you can call it that.

Let me be the first to point out that my blog has a definite attribute of ePeen in it for myself because it let's me say what ever I want without the fear of it hurting me in my regular life. The one and only difference is I am not throwing this content in anyone's face. I am just letting aggrivation out (normally) to no one really. There is the internet audience, but that is all. I don't advertise this site, so anyone who finds it - finds it by doing a search.

Anyhow back to the topic at hand...

I detest people who state the obvious when it is concerning a matter where it is inappropriate to state the obvious. For example on a forum where people are looking for help with a particular problem and their problem may be considered old or archaic for someone to point out that their problem is old or archaic is pointless. It doesn't solve the problem. It definitely doesn't answer the question that was asked. It only leads to annoyance. Slapping someone with your ePeen is not brave it is just annoying. If people had to give out their home information, telephone, personal email, home address etc to use these forum type sites they would think twice about being shit heads on the net.

All I am saying is, don't say mean shit to people you wouldn't say to their faces during a forum conversation. Want to go blog about it anonymously, go do that, but don't be an unhelpful prick when someone is asking for help.

How? That's How...

I often pondered as a younger person why certain people would find themselves in so much trouble personally, financially or both. I then realized recently why it is that some people are in the piss poor conditions that they are in. The people who keep their heads buried in the clouds are usually to blame for their own crappy short comings rather than another reason. They don't want to see it that way, but they are indeed responsible for their own stupid demise.

It all comes down to shitty decision making and the flaw of youth. Young people do stupid things and make very poor decisions at times. I have made some bad decisions, but they don't even begin to measure up to some of the shitty decisions I have seen other juvenile people make. After thinking about all of this for years and observing the same stupid people continually making the same bad decisions I have realized that there really isn't some larger more complex reason as to why some people make horrid decisions and ultimately screw up their lives forever. It is really quite simple.

Irresponsible, uneducated, stubborn, juvenile people tend to make really horrible life decisions such as not using a condom and ruining their lives by having a child out of wedlock. They also tend to not amount to much career wise and then struggle to live and provide for their family if they end up having one. Some of these stupid people run after a "dream" such as being an actor, artist, musician or some other lackadaisical lifestyle that will usually not become a viable source of income because they haven't been discovered or aren't good enough.

Illusions of Grandeur.

I have watched my high school classmates grow up to either be very successful or I have watched them fail miserably. A lot of them don't want to grow the fuck up which is frankly just sad.

If you want to be successful in life, you need to be honest with yourself and others. You need to work hard and be diligent to strive for your goals. You need to be realistic in what your are trying to achieve and most importantly you need to stop and think before reacting.

Money Money Money

I am only on month 1 and a half at my new job and I have to say again what a relife it is to be making the salary I deserve. It has enabled me to do things I couldn't dream of doing before.

I am going to schedule myself an appointment with a podiatrist so I can get new orthotic inserts for my shoes fucking finally. I won't be in pain anymore from having 16 year old inserts.

I will buy my mom a new TV so she can enjoy HD.
I will buy my brother in law a new TV so he won't ruin his eye sight while playing games anymore.
I want to explore my investment options since I don't have a 401K anymore. I will finally, after 3 years of waiting, buy parts for a new computer system. I will get a new car after 4 or 5 years of driving my exisitng car. I love my car, but it is time for a change. I have my wedding to pay for. Ultimately I want to pay down and off my student loans in their entirety. That will be about 300 dollars a month that I will get back. Then finally, finally I will start bulk saving. I will save gobs and gobs of my money for a big fucking rainy day. Then if I feel like it, I might buy a home, but only if I feel like it. I am sticking to my plan like I always have been. I am not going to be an irresponsible fuck and blow my money on stupid and worthless things. I am not going to show off my wealth to others by purchasing gaudy expensive things. I am going to remain outwardly humble, but I am going to celebrate within. Finally, my hard work has paid off in phase 1 of my plan for success. People told me taking out student loans was a bad idea, well look at me now, I can pay off my student loans in 2 years if I want to. Phase 2 of my plan for success is going into business for myself and making a name for myself. I will take some of my ideas and finally make them tangible, no more distractions. No more bullshit joint effort ideas from other people. No more sharing. I am in this for myself and anyone I am bringing into the picture will be an employee unless I have a change of heart. I have learned from past experiences, working on an idea with friends is generally a bad idea. Don't do it unless you don't mind losing a friend.

Rich Bitches

I was driving to work when I was waiting at a red light to transition to green so I could continue my day. I noticed behind me was a giant black Mercedes SUV with a blonde in it. This is definitely not uncommon in Miami of all places. You have a lot of daddy's girls and rich old men who want to be daddy's girl. I was watching this bimbo in my rear view mirror and I couldn't help to notice that she couldn't stop fidgiting!

She kept moving around, she wouldn't sit still. She had her hands in her hair at various times, combing it and teasing it. Flopping all over the place. At one point, like a dog, she started to comb the hell out of just one section of the tips of her hair like there was something in it. Then she stopped combing and was looking around, outside, in the mirrors, inside, then back to the hair...

Wow... must be nice not to have shit to do all day. She looked like she was on some shit, bouncing around like that for the length of a red light. I just found that to be interesting is all. That and I hate rich bitches. Worthless, brainless, trophy wives are not anywhere remotely attractive to me as intelligent women are.

Watch For Motorcycles! ...as they BREAK the LAW

Watch For Motorcycles! ...as they BREAK the LAW
They don't put that last part on the fucking stickers. I am tired of seeing all these people out there with "Watch For Motorcycles" bumper stickers, like it is supposed make me feel better about getting cut off on the highway by some pop-wheeling asshole. For fuck's sake it isn't fair that when I am stuck in traffic I see some asshole on a Kawasaki Ninja driving between the lanes. I have been tempted on several occasions to just swing open my door as I see them do it so they learn a fucking lesson about driving between the lanes. The same goes for when there is a band of two to as much as ten motorcyclists ruling the highway. It makes you want to hit them with your car because they are driving like assholes. Weaving in and out of lanes with inches to spare between cars is NOT safe obviously and more FRUSTRATING than anything. So yeah, if it makes me mad and I am relatively stable, how about the fuckers who are CRAAAZY might just want to slam on the breaks to knock motorcyclists over for fun and watch them die? So take the stick and shove it. I know that sticker only applies to Motorcyclists actually following the law, but it is self defeating when you have all of these other assholes on the road.

I think it is most insulting when some douche bag (male or female) on a Vespa or Vespa like two wheeled vehicle cuts in front of you while you are trying to get to work on time. Then just to have some asshole in front of you that is A. Driving too slowly sometimes and B. Is more dodgy so they shit between lanes in a split instance so you are constantly breaking because you are WATCHING FOR MOTORCYCLES. Well no thank you, I think that if someone is going to ride a motorcycle like a juvenile asshole, then they can die a young death when they think they are faster than a 2 ton 4 wheeled machine.

The same shit goes for any motorist that is in a 4 wheeled vehicle, if you get into a shitty accident because you think you can maneuver through everyone and everything without causing danger then you earn what you get whether it is death or a full body cast. I am mostly talking about assholes who drive their SUVs like they are war tanks, people in supped up Rice Burners, the VW Bug Crowd and the jerks in the Mini Coopers. Fuck you people. And a mega fuck you to the people in the Audis, Mercedes and Beemers on I95 South. Like I drive 80 mph usually, but holy Christ, the clubs on South Beach, Downtown and the Grove aren't going to close, slow the fuck down.

I think I would pay good money to see the assholes in South Miami who ride their motorcycles with different colored Mohawks on their helmets and ride like douche bags get crushed by an eighteen wheeler. Just being honest. I got really excited once when I thought I saw one get mowed down on the Turn Pike, just turned out it was someone else...

Budweiser Still Sucks

First thing's first, you should watch this link from Jest.com because it is hilarious.

Budweiser sucks real bad and taking a page out of Stone Brewery's Arrogant Bastard book (the text on the back of the bottle) no amount of overly expensive ad campaigns will make yellow fizzy water into beer or make it taste good. Fuck you Budweiser (and Miller and Coors) your beer makes me feel ashamed to be American. It is fucking embarrassing to hear people from other countries (England, Australia, Belgium etc...) bring up how pathetic and disgusting our American Budweiser is... I feel the worst for Soccer (Futbol) fans because in their stadiums I believe Budweiser has a contract with several stadiums for selling Budweiser exclusively. That is like people who are used to drinking Coca-Cola in their stadium being forced to drink shitty RC-Cola.

Well the fight will press on, one day I hope Budweiser corporation realizes that their beer is terrible and the only reason you can drink it on the job is because it is closer to water than anything else.

Google Calendar + Web Enabled Phone = Genius

For the longest time I have been having problems getting organized whether it was during the week or during the weekend, I was not getting through my long list of tasks. The vicious cycle would be that I would go through the week without thinking about or planning my weekend, the weekend would arrive and I would ask myself the same stupid thing each weekend "What am I supposed to be doing today?" Then I would ponder this for a good chunk of the day and next thing I know the day is over. The same thing would happen to me Saturday and Sunday. This went on for too long, I am actually sort of embarassed to admit the duration, but I think it happened like that because I would be so burnt out from the week I just couldn't think on the weekend.

I got my new phone, the LG myTouchQ C800, with a data plan and for some idiotic reason I never realized that I could use google calendar in conjunction with my phone... so I blame myself for that. I used to use a paper calendar/organizer, but my number one problem was remembering to look at the fucking thing. So now I am using 2 widgets, google calendar and my phone to remember what it is I am doing each day. This has increased my productivity about 10 fold and it just makes me happy that I am getting shit done!

So I recommend using google calendar with your phone so you can plan your months in advance and you won't forget anything again really.

Say What You Mean

Why is it so difficuilt for people to just say what they mean? It usually depends on the topic of course, but I can tell you this much without a doubt in my mind, plenty of misunderstandings would and can be avoided if people would seriously just say exactly what they mean to say.

Now being less vague about what I am referring to (I am going to say what I mean! You see!) I often find that people like to rely on inferrence and like to imply things instead of being explicit. This is a bad habit in my opinion because it leads to miscommunication or misunderstanding which can result in error; and ultimately possibly end in hatred or anger. Since that is the case I think it makes more sense to be explicit rather than implicit. This mirrors my philosophy on programming languages by the way, better to be strongly typed (explicit) rather than to be dynamically typed (implicit).

The only time it is okay to imply something is when it doesn't matter or when you are on such a personal and healthy level with someone they will understand what you mean simply by the look on your face, the gloss of your eyes, squint, grunt or whichever manorism that you may posess. My mother and I can communicate by looking at each other, we can say whole sentences by a glance or hand gesture. That is implied communication. I do the same with some friends and I do this plenty with my wife. I have a hard time speaking in the morning because of my breathing problems. My throat usually feels like it is on fire in the morning so I don't want to talk to anyone, I will glance, point and grunt usually.

I don't like being lead on or taken for a ride when someone can just be frank with me and tell me what they really mean or want to say. I find it more valuable for someone to be 100% honest rather than was my time. Essentially when people don't get straight to the point, it means they are intentionally or unintentionally witholding crucial information from you. An example of unintentional is when you are reading a crappy text book that won't teach you the lesson you so desire to learn, instead it throws in useless nonsense about history of what you want to learn instead of flat out teaching you. An example of intentional is when you are speaking to someone and they have something you need, such as a crucial piece of information in order for you to do your job, but instead of just telling you what it is you have to deal with 50 questions, blank stares, a story of bullshit or some equivallent bout of annoyance.

Treasury Direct

This government run site is pretty cool, love the idea, I am learning how to use it but I have a few complaints about it. First thing is, the site itself is not friendly, it is actually more hardcore than a banking site in terms of login security and the session itself. However I have found myself kicked out of the site more than 3 times in a single session easily because the links on the site would be broken or there would be a technical problem of sorts.
This site is a little short of irritating. It is fantastic because it let's me purchase government securities rather easily, but it doesn't explain any of them well enough where it counts. For example I bought a 4 week bill at 0% by mistake, I wasn't sure how to check the current interest rate on the bill before buying. After doing some digging I figured it out but too little too late. This is a good example of why the site isn't that great. I should be told what I am buying before I buy it.
Another example is EE and I Savings Bonds. When you are purchasing them there is no information on the rate of return and worst of all it doesn't tell you this juicy piece of information:
Savings Bonds cannot be redeemed until after a year (12 Months) and if you redeem them before 5 Years you lose 3 Months of your current interest.
Geeeee... that is something I would like to know BEFORE buying a savings bond. I had to dig around the site in order to find that information along with the goddamn rate of return.
So yes, great site for purchasing government backed securities. Terrible site for logic. I give them a 5/10 rating, but B+ for effort. If you want someone to use your site without pulling their hair out you should seriously consider doing some QA with real Americans first. Not gubbment drones. That is what feels like happened here.