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July 21st
Oh hell yeah, this past week has been great. I had the week off and I took full advantage of it, and spent as much time at the lake with my daughter as I possibly could. The unfortunate part is that well, the little brat out fished me all week long. Ok, maybe she isn’t a brat and she will always be Daddy’s little princes, but damn, out fished by my own baby girl. LOL
In all seriousness, I didn’t mind her catching more. I could set back and watch her fish for hours. She gets extremely excited no matter if it is a real nice fish or a two inch blue gill, the nice big small and excited screams that she lets out. It just brings joy to my heart and makes me proud every time we go.
Saturday night I took her night fishing for the first time. She had a blast. We sat back, watched the stars, and talked all night long. We only caught one catfish, but the quality time with Jezabel was what it was all about. When Jezabel was posing for the picture with the catfish she did the traditional thumb in the mouth that we have all either seen or done a million times. Right after I snapped the picture and went to take the fish back so I could release it the damn thing “bit” her. It was funny as hell. She was standing there looking at her thumb laughing her ass of telling me, and I quote, “I can’t believe that damn fish bit me!”
Shortly thereafter in all of her princess like glory she looked at me and said, “Daddy, you have to catch that fish again so you can DDT him and show him who is the boss, that way he will know he isn’t allowed to bite the princess.”
I couldn’t help but to hold her a little tighter and laugh my ass off. It was the most adorable thing I had heard in a long time. Jezabel is just as matter of fact as a person can be. I love my little girl; the time I spend with her is the most important time in the world.
On Sunday morning Jezabel and I headed out to the lake again. Jezabel and I always go to the same lake. It is a lake I have been going to and enjoying for over a decade, but I decided to try something a little different. There is another lake that’s only about a fifteen minute drive so I asked if she would like to try some place different, and of course she was all excited about the plan. We pulled into Hemlock Lake and everything started out like a normal fun filled fishing trip. We talked and fished until she decided she wanted to wander around and pick flowers. While Jezabel was off playing I sat there and was just enjoying the soft warm breeze and the gentle ripples in the water when all of a sudden my eyes were drawn to the far corner of the lake nearest the dam.
That is when is happened. No matter what I tried to think about or how many times I looked over to check on Jezabel I was continually drawn back to that spot. There is a lot of history in the spot that my eyes were drawn to. That spot was the reason why I hardly ever go to Hemlock Lake. Many, many years ago a very dear friend of mine and I used to walk hand in hand around the lake and we would always stop in the spot.
It is a beautiful clearing filled with daisies. I was amazed at how fast the memories came pouring back. I distinctly remembered getting out of her white Chevy Corsica, wrapping my arms around her and passionately kissing her before we started our walk around the lake. It was a warm summer night, the stars shining bright and the moon as big and bold as it has ever been. She and I walked hand in hand just talking about the beauty of the lake and stars.
Once we got to our favorite spot we laid on the ground holding each other looking up at the stars. Damn I remember it like it was just yesterday. I remember the sparkle in her eyes from the moon light, the way her one beautiful dimple looked as she smiled, hell I remember the outfit she was wearing. I’m not going to continue to bore you with the details of what I remembered, but there is a reason why I felt the need to tell you about this.
They often say that a song can transport you to a different time and different place. I want to tell you that sometimes even the place you are in can transport you back in time. For a few moments I was back in the summer of 1999. That night was what I consider to have been a perfect night and I night that I know now I will never forget. I’m not sure where the beautiful young lady is today and in many ways that saddens me. Perhaps one day I will have the privilege of looking into the sparkling eyes one more time.
The point to all of this is that nights like that don’t come into our lives very often and we are often too busy to realize when they are happening. Instead of worrying so much about tomorrow our lives would be a lot easier if we were more concerned with right now. If we worry about tomorrow to much we will never be able to enjoy today. Live for the moment, tomorrow isn’t promised to us. Every day we wake up is a new day for us to enjoy. Live life with no regrets and have fun. We only have one chance at life let’s live life to the fullest and have a damn good time in the process.
Since we are on the subject of a damn good time, I was watching a program on MSNBC about pornography the other day. I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the program, but I did find it rather interesting. Did you know the adult industry makes an estimated $13 billion a year? I always kind of thought there was a lot of money to be made but $13 billion. My first thought was holy shit I’m in the wrong business. LOL
They were talking a lot about society’s views on porn, which got me thinking. Call me crazy, but if the porn industry is making $13 billion a year, logic would dictate that the majority of Americans are ok with porn. That was my first thought any way. I also learned that even to this day porn is illegal in the state of Oklahoma. I personally think that is overkill, but I don’t live in Oklahoma any more so I’m not worried about it. Maybe someday they will step out of the dark ages and realize that porn is the oldest art form in the world.
There are many different forms of porn in this country and world. Porn can be artistic, soft, hard, brutal, or flat out depraved. I’m not going to lie about it. I enjoy and occasionally watch or look at porn. If I said I didn’t I would be a damn liar and we all know my views on lying. As with most things there are some types I like and some types I don’t like. Now I’m not going to ask you what if any porn you like and I’m not going to tell you what I like.
Even without knowing what each other likes I feel it is safe to say that there is some form of porn that we will think is crossing the line into obscene. Yes ladies and gentleman, even I think there is a line. I also think that the line needs to be pushed as far as it can be pushed and then crossed. It’s not that I think some of the more far out there stuff is appropriate or even right. Hell, some of it is flat out wrong. However, no matter if I feel that my personal line is being crossed I am a firm supporter in all porn with the exception of child porn.
You may ask why I feel that way and the answer is rather simple. I believe in our first amendment right. I believe that we as Americans have the right to produce, print, look at or watch the porn of our choosing. Did you know that some types of porn are considered by the government to be obscene? By the government considering some porn as obscene and banning its sale they are chipping away at our first amendment rights. If you want to look at a magazine and watch two hookers shit on each other who am I to tell you that you have gone too far? There are some people in the government that think they should have the power and ability to tell you that what you are looking at is obscene, therefore illegal.
The problem is that every time something is considered to be obscene and is banned there is another small piece of our rights flushed down the toilet. Since obscene is a matter of opinion our government should not have the ability to tell us what is and isn’t obscene. For example, you may find it obscene to spank your lover while fucking. I however don’t think that is obscene. So you can see where the problem is everyone has a different opinion as to what they think is obscene.
Here is a little food for thought. Every time you pick up the newspaper or turn on the television you will see something that is considered by some to be obscene. Every day of your life no matter what time of day there is usually one thing you will see that may be and is by some considered obscene. That one thing is dead mutilated bodies and war. I don’t care if the material is factual, people and wars or fictional people and wars they are still depicting the same thing.
Which is more obscene war or two people fucking? Depending on your beliefs, God created people and told them to populate the world. Correct me if I am wrong but isn’t fucking how you populate the world? Also, if I recall correctly the bible is against war and murder so by the bible’s own standard fucking and porn are less obscene than war and murder. Now I will be the first to admit that I am not a religious person, hell I’m not even sure that there is a God, however; most people against porn are very conservative religious people. It was supposedly God that designed the human body and God that designed sex. So who are we to spit in the face of God and his creation by deeming his creation as obscene?
Bottom line is that as of right now we all have the right to enjoy any adult entertainment, but if a few people in our government have their way we may no longer have that right. Even if you don’t like, agree with, support, or condone porn; this issue still affects you and your right to free press and speech.
Larry Flynt will forever be known as a smut peddler, but fact is he is much, much more. He has gone to court on more than one occasion so he could stand up for our first amendment rights. The sad truth is that not many people know that he did that. Larry Flynt should be considered a hero when it comes to defending our rights and freedoms. Fact if the matter is that Larry Flynt did more to protect our rights than 95% of Americans will even consider doing. He was willing to be prosecuted and took on our court system one on one never asking for help or support. How many Americans can say that they stood up by themselves to defend our first amendment rights? Mr. Flynt I for one would like to thank you!!!!! If not for people like you it may not be possible for me to have the rights and freedoms to type the Truth section every week. Larry Flynt will always be one of my heroes for standing up when he didn’t have to. At any point in time he could have simply laid down and did what the government wanted him to do, but he didn’t; he stood up and basically said fuck you and fuck the system!!!!
At the end of the day we all have choices. If you don’t like something on the TV turn it off. If you don’t like what a store is selling don’t shop there. If you don’t like what you see in a magazine don’t look at the magazine. If you don’t like what you hear on the radio turn it off or change the station. It is all very, very simple. If you don’t like something don’t look at it. I like having the right to choose what I can watch, read, or listen to. I don’t want the government taking away my right to choose.
The more we over look things like this the more likely we are to lose our rights and freedoms. If you are one of those people that thinks the government should have the ability to monitor what I can or can’t watch, look at or listen to all I have to say to you is FUCK YOU!!!
Until next time,
The Snakeman Deven Michaels | 
