Angry Birds and Rick

It's been awhile since I've jumped on a fad.  The snuggie was the last one.  Angry Birds has now taken over my life.  I know, what took me so long!  For the same reason I stay away from Bingo . . . I knew it would get ugly once I started. 

In college, I had a Boxxle addiction.  I started skipping classes, even parties.  When I started dreaming about different levels I could do better, or I would boxxle my every day life in the grocery store, in traffic, etc., I knew it was time to go cold turkey.

Why is Angry Birds so popular?  Let me pull up my arm chair.  Could it be because we, the 99%, are angry at the corporate "pigs?"  As a side note, I admit this post could be better, but I am on 7-4 and I am perfect three stars so far.  I am so addicted, I have an extension cord running to my bed so that I can play so my phone battery won't run out . . . don't judge.

Maybe this game is symbolic of what we are feeling today.  Did the creator Peter Vesterbasdkjhskdjahfksjd do it on purpose, to mobilize all of us to take action against the pigs of today?  I read a few articles, but really, the game was calling me back.  I lost interest.  If you are so inclined, can you go ahead and read it for me and let me know?

Something I just learned . . . the head of General Electric makes something like 300 times an hour what his employees makes.  Okay, I'll entertain this idea, I'm sure you're thinking to yourself.  $300 an hour.  $1,000 an hour.  Oh, $2,000 an hour? 

30 Fucking THOUSAND dollars an hour.

I'm sorry, was I screaming?

That's someone's job . . . that's my job!!!  In ONE HOUR. 

In 1980, it was 5 times a worker's pay.  I feel like you and I have had this conversation before.  Several times, actually.

Is it really all that surprising that Rick Santorum is surging ahead again? 

We have Newt winning the South and the Protestant Evangelicals (except Florida); Mitt winning the Northeast and West, along with the less religious voters; and Rick winning the Midwest and Catholics.  I mean, Rick speaks Catholic--Rape is a Gift from God!  No wonder Catholic Priests have been molesting little boys for all these years!  It's apparently the eighth sacrament!

I am one crazy monk! Hmm that nun over there looks hot!

Angry Birds.  How angry would we really be if we didn't have Angry Birds to distract us?  Imagine our lives today if Martin Luther was hanging around in the 1500's, playing angry birds.  His protest against indulgences led the way to our modern day . . . what would you call it . . . bullshit detector? 

Think about it.  An Inquisition is pretty scary.  Scarier than Nikki Minaj.  Scarier than a low battery on my 4G.  Probably even scarier than not being able to play angry birds for a whole day!!!  Luther's friends, students, followers, town, thousands of peasants--wiped out.  And not by the usual drive-by stoning.  Oh no.  We're talking burned at the stake, impalement, the usual Catholic punishments of the 1500's. 

Who is our Martin Luther of 2012?  Is there one person?  Is it going to be Rick? 

When pigs fly, right? 

Do they?  I haven't gotten to that level yet . . .