What do we live for and what is our purpose in life?

I remember talking with my brother a few days after he got married in Japan. He told me he was saving everything he could for this new kid that he was bringing into the world. Now, this is a wonderful thing. Don’t get me wrong. Bringing a new life into the world and actually being prepared for it? Awesome. That kid is going to be OK. He’ll teach him/her some life lessons and now has someone who will throw his ass in an assisted living home. And the cycle will repeat. (Nah, just kidding. Japanese don’t do that to each other… Right?)

It made me think – what am I doing? Is this all there is to life? Right now my fiancé and I are saving for the wedding. After that, we save for what? A vacation? Is that all I have to live for after this? You know that’s what retirement is, right? Just a long and final vacation.

OK so that is depressing. But it gets more so. Check this out: how do we amass all this money for a long vacation? We do this by working ourselves to death. I currently run with two jobs and I’m taking a test that will get me more money in the future. On the outside, people congratulate me for working so hard. But what is the opportunity cost? Life. I miss out on life events no matter how small. From little parties to birthday celebrations. Who hasn’t used work as the excuse to miss out on an experience? And what if you don’t like doing what you do? You become miserable.

Is the answer finding something you like to do? Maybe. But I think I want to explore another option…

Maybe experience is the answer to life. Maybe all these little video games got the idea wrong. In RPG’s we continually gain experience and level up. We keep leveling up because we want to be strong enough to beat the game, have bragging rights or whatnot. But guess what happened? Somewhere along the line gaining experience has become a time sink and grind. Much like work, we grind and grind hoping that the countless hours we spent killing dragons will amount to some great feat like saving the world. Guess what? In real life, we don’t have all this experience and do something really wonderful with it. Usually, we just die. Maybe we impart some of this knowledge on future generations, but at the end of it all we get no princess, no congratulations, or cake. We get dead.

Now how depressing is that? So maybe at the end of the day, we should re-think our lives. Watch “Click,” or maybe even “Yes Man.” Or maybe step back from it all and re-watch American Beauty. Think about it a little bit and maybe find an answer. Or just continue to grind away.

A mid-life crisis and I’m not even 30. Weak.

This made me laugh my ass off....

http://www.hulu.com/watch/57938/saturday-night-live-wii-guys

Latest picture of Soundwave from Transformers:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/transformersnews.php?id=8024

Why does every key decepticon need to be some funky jet thingy? In the movie, when the autobots came to Earth they are "normal" robots who take shape of Earth like items and it looked to be the same with most decepticons except Megatron and now Soundwave. Where did those two mimic those jets / spaceships?

I actually liked the movie, but I'm not thrilled that Bay moved away from some key items from the cartoon. Especially with some very key characters.

I was on a shitty session of playing shorthanded holdem and that video made everything all better. Congrats for easing me back from that little thing I was inching toward, tilt.

And Bryant those books I heard are awesome. I got fucking screwed because I wiki'd a bunch of Star Wars shit when I heard Lucas might start writing something about the future of Star Wars...way after the Skywalkers passed. And my thirst for knowledge ruined all those stories. Besides...who likes to read? I'm all about Twilight. I'm kidding. Seriously.

Speaking of Star Wars, I've seen a few things lately.

1. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The movie was so-so, but entertaining. The cartoon on Cartoon Network is also pretty good. It can be kiddie at times and you get sick of hearing "I have a bad feeling about this," but I do keep watching it. The one thing I notice is that the guy who voices Anakin is 100 million times better then Hayden Christiansen. He sounds tougher, less whiny, and more in control which is the way Anakin should've been. Though what reminded me on why Star Wars can be stupid is that they had a whole episode on how Jar-Jar Binks needed to save Padme. Hearing that guys voice is like scratching nails across a chalkboard.

2. Star Wars: Legacy
So this is a pretty entertaining graphic novel. It's about another rising of the Sith, years after Return of the Jedi. The main character is Cade Skywalker who is a descendent of Luke. He starts off as a pirate (Han Solo style) who does not embrace his destiny up front. He's a kick ass Jedi, but also has the power to heal people too. I like the artwork and the storyline so far. If anyone is interested in reading any of these, I have the first 3 volumes and I just got the fourth to read as well.

I'm not a huge Star Wars nerd as well, but I find the storylines intriguing and how someone can come up with such a mass universe is beyond my imagination.

More on that last video and Star Wars
I read a few of the comments, including fanboys jumping to Qui-Gon's defense. One that I saw attributed his embarrassing post-saber-battle exhaustion and goofy impalement mishap to his preference of "Ataru style". Curious, I looked up Ataru on Wookieepedia. This is like looking up the meaning of the Klingon gibberish Worf barked out in anger when his honor came into question for hesitating to take Picard into the neutral system. Which I did not do. Because I already knew. Just kidding.

I always liked Star Wars, but never geeked out hardcore on it. But for some reason I couldn't help but read about the seven forms of lightsaber combat. The philosophies, stances, strengths, weaknesses, and main users are given for each one. Since any boy growing up in the 80s would be demented not to love Star Wars, I figured at least a couple of you might want to look this up too. I also found the Galen Marek/Starkiller story interesting.

Even mo' fo' yo' inner Star Wars geek
It just so happened that immediately after I unearthed this critical information, my brothers and I each received Star Wars Heroes & Villains playing cards. This set consists of two 55-card decks of normal playing cards (3 jokers), one for heroes and one for villains. We had a good time (a) guessing who the jokers, aces, kings, queens and jacks were, and (b) laughing at all the other random characters thrown in to complete the deck, which only a true hardcore would know about (like my younger brother, who was able to verify information with his library of Star Wars reference books). So feel free to take a guess at which were the top characters in each deck, and then I can post the answers later on.

Hopefully someone who knows Star Wars will find this as funny as I did. Watch the video, then read the title and watch it again (it's short), and repeat as needed/desired. I was laughing surprisingly hard and watched it at least ten times.

Metal Gear Solid 4

It's been a pretty long while since I've stayed up all night playing a videogame, but MGS4 seems to be doing the trick. If you've ever played a Metal Gear game and you've been curious for answers, this game seems to be tying things up nicely so far. 2nd this is the EXACT reason why I got a PS3, everything else is just a bonus. (well Blu-ray was a big factor too)

In terms of Graphics, this is one of the prettiest games I've seen. Everything seems to move so smoothly and I don't recall seeing any "pop up," even in the most intense actions scenes. And most importantly, every lady in the game seems to show off their pretty features (Steve knows what I mean).

The soundtrack is pretty good and is appropriate for many of the cut scenes. If anyone wants a copy of it, let me know.

Overall game play / control is pretty good, though I will say I seem to have been spoiled by games like Rainbox Six, Gears of War, and even to some extent Grand Theft Auto in terms of how the shooting mechanics work. I wish in this game they put something where you could actually hide behind cover.

The story is overloaded with a lot of junk about the nanomachines, but it seems to go through a lot more detail of how they got there - the Patriots, who certain characters are and why they're important, etc. I gotta say after walking through an intense battle / mission, I happily was able to sit back and watch a pretty lengthy cut scene. The overall story is just engaging to me and like a good book, it gets me caught up and just want to learn more. I find myself on Wikipedia looking up and reading past story lines so that I can make total sense of some of the stuff I've seen so far, there's just so much information.

Anyway, if you haven't gotten the game, I highly recommend it. It's just a great Metal Gear game and I'm pretty sad that this will be the last one. (Though I bet their will be sub-games or something like those PSP versions)

I'm with you on Indiana Jones. The plot was not as exciting or as mythical as the other movies. Covenant of the Ark and the cup of Christ to the Crystal Skulls....? I'll blame George Lucas for this one.

I really did enjoy the movie, but I have a feeling if I watch it again it will make me reminiscent of the 2nd time I saw the Star Wars prequels. I loved them in theaters for nostalgia sake, but when watching them again, I realized, damn, these weren't that good.

The action scenes were great and I enjoyed the actors they chose.

In terms of overall ranking:
Last Crusade
Raiders
Crystal Skull (tie)
Temple of Doom (tie)

If you haven't seen Iron Man, I found this to be a great comic book movie. It'll be interesting to see if the new Hulk movie is just as good since these are the first two that have come out under the new Marvel productions. Though I don't know a whole lot about Iron Man's background / story - Robert Downey Jr. was a great Tony Stark / Iron Man.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I know everyone on this blog is an Indiana Jones fan. I'll say that before I saw it last night I made sure I knew nothing about this movie. No trailers, no news stories, no reviews. Part of the magic of this series is the surprise, so I'm warning you right now, if you haven't seen it don't read beyond this paragraph. I'm not going to spoil plot lines, but personally I hate reading analysis before seeing the movie.

Let me preface a little more... I remember my parents taking me to see The Last Crusade in the theaters. To an eight year old, that was THE reason you went to the theaters. You wanted action, comedy and a true hero. I was hoping that this movie would bring me back to that time and it did. At least as much as it could so many years later.

Analysis
The beginning. What the hell? Something just felt wrong about seeing Indiana on the big screen once again. At first I thought it was me. Had I grown too old to accept a new Indiana Jones movie? Is this something that I'm going to walk away from disappointed that they ruined a wonderful series? Happily the idea grows on you, much like visiting an old friend you haven't seen in a while. At first you don't know how to act or think, but soon you settle into a nice groove.

It feels like Spielberg spent extra time in the beginning setting up your expectation of the movie. He shows the limitations of a 19 years aged Harrison Ford, and shows that Indiana is in a new age without the old Nazi enemies. It's a nice introduction but seems a little heavy handed...

I like how Harrison Ford picks up right where he left off. Indiana is still the professor at heart; he rambles his thought processes, and makes his cynical remarks. It's a formula that worked for the last three movies so why mess with a good thing?

Plot
Unfortunately I found the plot was a tough one to swallow, even after his last adventure. I had to keep reminding myself that this man has seen hearts ripped out of people, met with the protector of the holy grail and found the fabled ark. But even these adventures pale in comparison with what David Koepp has in store for him this time around.

Final Thoughts
In the end however, I really enjoyed this one. I wouldn't rank it above The Last Crusade by any means, but it was good for the nostalgia.

In closing, I want to remark on a metaphor that had to be pointed out to me, but I thought it was very fitting. In the beginning, we have the old school Paramount logo, and it fades to a gopher mound. It's a fitting way to bring the audience back down from their high expectations and settle into a great summer movie - Which is exactly what this movie delivers.

Just a quick post. I thought it was funny :)

11 signs you're no longer a hard-core gamer

Cooking

I like to cook. I don't know how it happened, but I guess because I have extra time now that I'm out of school I cook.

So far I'm doing easy things, but let me tell you - Salmon is your best friend. It's easy, cheap and you can fake a good meal with it. Let me share a quick example.

Fast Salmon Meal

2 Salmon Fillets (The kind with the skin on one side...)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Don't go with the cheaper oil!)
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Spinach
Small Red Potato
Rice (Optional for non-asian folk!)
Chardonnay Wine

So I did this using a George Foreman Grill because I hate firing up an outside grill for just two people. Besides, I kind of like the grilled salmon smell. Feel free to grill this fish however you want, but I don't recommend baking it.

Start your rice.

Pre-heat your grill.

Wash the spinach and cut off the end of the stems. You can throw them into water and boil but I prefer to steam them. Supposedly it's more healthy for you. Steam for roughly 5-7 minutes. Look for that nice bright green color.

Prepare your salmon. I got the frozen kind at Safeway. Just rub it down with a little olive oil (Both sides) season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. (You may want to go easy on the salt. The soy sauce is usually good enough)

The red potato can actually go in the microwave, just make sure you poke it with a fork though. Put in the microwave for 3 minutes, turn and cook for another 3 minutes.

Throw the salmon on the grill. On the foreman, it only takes 5-6 minutes.

When plating, start with the spinach. Make a little bed of it, and place the salmon on top. Top the salmon with three leaves of spinach. Add rice, and red potato.

Serve with your choice of chardonnay.

Total time - 20 minutes.
Total Cost: $16.18
Salmon (2 fillets) - $8.20
Spinach - $1.99
Wine (Cheap but good - Concannon) - $5.99

And that's it! Your serving a healthy meal that is visually appealing. The red, pink and green look real nice on the plate.

Big Dog

This robotic beast of burden will impress and perhaps scare you. Watch the whole thing. The kick recovery is cool and the ice slipping, with its eerily animalistic leg motions, freaked me out. I swear it looks like head-conjoined twins in some inconsiderately-designed shared-backpack apparatus.




(I stole this from Reid's blog. He occasionally posts interesting engineer nerd stuff, as well as academic updates that indicate his EECS powers have far surpassed mine. I should have known once he started whooping me in Tetris Attack.)

This is a little old, but I love it nevertheless... If you haven't seen the trailer for SoulCalibur IV, this is it...



It's a great time to be a gamer again... Unreal Tournament III, Crysis, StarCraft II, Soul Calibur IV, Street Fighter IV, MGS4 - I could go on and on... Or I can go on a rant on how new IPs are hard to create.

Instead I'll post a link to some really really old free games.

That's what I've been doing with my free time. You know you want to play Kings Quest again. It's a lot better than tingly balls.

Hey, you know who else has a system for everything? The Mexicans at my work. And they just lost 35 dollars to me playing street craps. Systems don't work. Tingly balls do.

haha we're so playing next time. How about this? I know you guys are going to Japan, but want to plan a Vegas trip near December? (By that time you should have recovered a little bit...) I think there's a marathon going on near the beginning of December which is why I was thinking about going.

But that roulette thing... don't you get paid 2-1 for winning? So it'd actually look like this:

A B C
A +4 +2 +2
B +2 -2 -2
C +2 -2 -2

Edit:

Never mind, I get it... I'm an idiot. I'll just leave that diagram for stupidity's sake.

Why you should not play Roulette
BRIAN... No... Not you too?! Steve once said he had "a system" for roulette that seemed to work. Such claims make logic- and math-minded people cringe, and on darker days, cry. It's true that it's the 0 and 00 slots on the wheel that throw the odds in the house's favor. But even without them, there is NEVER a player edge. A fair gamble has even odds, so the casinos start there and tweak the games in their favor. Observe...

Say all the numbers fall into rows A, B, and C, or columns 1, 2, and 3. You bet $1 on row A and $1 on column 1. In the long run each number, and therefore each row-column combination, should come up with the same frequency.

     1     2     3
A   +$4   +$1   +$1
B   +$1   -$2   -$2
C   +$1   -$2   -$2

Without the 0 and 00 slots you would break even. Remember, when you only win one bet you lose the other, so most of the time you either win one or lose two.

Why you SHOULD play roulette
All that nerdspeak being said, I must admit roulette has become one of my favorite casino games. This is because:

(a) You can make lots of bets. Red/black and odd/even are boring. Rows and columns aren't much better. But in this game you can scatter chips all around the felt, which is fun. Until they all miss and you see the dealer wipe a whole table, spotted with a pastel rainbow of chips, clean. Hey, no game is perfect.

(b) You can play hunches without risking a major mistake. All the bets are equally valid... or close enough. Feel like betting your birthday? Your lucky number? Go ahead. You can bet all your surrounding friends' lucky numbers and then if their number hits... it's hi-five time.*

(c) Your money doesn't disappear crazy fast. They give you enough time to pick your numbers, and there's the suspense as the ball spins around the wheel. (It'd be really exciting if instead of real time you saw a slo-mo zoomed-in view of the ball when it's about to stop somewhere. I think I'd love that.) And then they put that crystal salt shaker down, hopefully near some bets. In contrast, some of those blackjack dealers must be really eager to see pissed off faces. $10 in 10 seconds sounds about right. Entertainment value: ZERO. You're down $50 before you even see a waitress.

(d) It's gambling for dummies. I know, this doesn't really appeal to my personality type, but it makes the game easy for a whole group to play and enjoy. There's no thinking required and no important decisions to make. No stress unless you're betting your bus-ride-home money.

*If you got excited there you failed the test. It's NEVER hi-five time.

Well, it sounds like you love vegas for the same reasons that I do. Of course, I like getting liquored up and going to lounges and clubs too, but that's just me.

circus circus. I have to admit that I've never stayed there before. It's a little too far down the strip, and when I think of that hotel, i think of fun games where you win prizes. I don't want prizes. I want money. Plus I'm a spoiled brat who wants to stay in nicer places even though they can't afford it and it costs way more than it should. But you've confirmed one thing i've heard about it...the food is god fucking awful. But if you're paying less, who cares! As long as you're on the strip, you can cab/walk it to places with better grub.

Next time you go to vegas, since you love buffets, I would suggest going to the Bellagio buffet, the Spice Market buffet in Planet Hollywood, and the Paris buffet for breakfast or lunch. I also heard that the Wynn buffet is pretty good..comparable to the Bellagio buffet. Do NOT go to the excalibur buffet, or the MGM buffet. Both are ass, and for that price, I expect good stuff.

Man, that's awesome that the whole slipping them a 20 thing worked! Do you think that the reason she didn't do anything at first was simply because she didn't see the 20 that you put in there? Or was it more because you were going to take it away? Man, I hella want to try that at the next hotel I go to in vegas!

As for gambling, there this monopoly slot machine that's pretty fucking cool. I forget the name of it, but it's in my latest vegas trip myspace pics. Basically with the bonus round you have to make a choice between two chance cards, one of them is a good thing (increase bonus values, give you more bonus spins) and one of them ends the bonus round. It's pretty fun.

A couple trips ago, I saw a guy playing roulette with 50 grand in chips in front of him. He was dressed like a bum. wtf.

Next time you go to vegas, I saw you splurge and stay at one of the fantasy suites at the Palms. Go take a look at the prices for ONE night in those suites. You'll probably throw up.

Vegas Trip

I love Vegas, but I suspect for different reasons than most of you guys. I'm kind of a fan of the people watching, those touristy things that people do in Vegas, the buffets and of course the gambling.

Spur of the moment, Alycia and I decided to take a trip to Vegas on Presidents day weekend. We just wanted to get away for a weekend, and since it was last minute, we booked through Expedia. I think the total cost was ~650.00, which seemed cheap enough. The price we paid was that we left Oakland at 11:30 PM, and came back Monday 6:00 AM. We were also assigned to a manor room in Circus Circus, but more on that later.

The Hotel

So when I booked at Circus Circus, I failed to do my research on the place. I just figured it's sort of on the strip and it's cheap! Why not? I missed a few key facts...

1. Manor rooms at CC are really rooms apart from the main hotel. Its like a motel attached to the place. It's noisy, walls are thin, it's quite a walk to get there, and the quality is severely lacking (According to pre-trip, post-booking research.)
2. This should have been obvious, but the fact that there are so many fricken little kids running around is annoying.
3. Also obvious, but the food in a word is gross.
   
4. It's actually quite a walk from the hotel to the rest of the strip, and even to the monorail.

Having said all that, in the end, I was actually quite pleased at staying at Circus Circus. Numbers 2-4 were observations after the fact, but I really wanted to do something about the manor room. I did some more research, and found what is known as the "$20 dollar tip." The premise of this is that customer service people are not the most highly paid people in America. They also have the ability to upgrade rooms for guests. Now put two and two together...

So we got to the hotel at around 2:30AM on Saturday. The check in line was surprisingly long for that early in the morning. Alycia had overheard another clerk tell a guest that all upgraded rooms had been booked.

When we were called, I put the 20 between the drivers license and the credit card and asked about an upgrade before giving her the cards. She gave me the same response without checking the computer; that all rooms were booked. I apologized, and I tried to palm the 20 back into my pocket. I guess she noticed what I was doing and saw the money... She started typing on her keyboard, and in a few minutes kind of whispered that she could get me into one of the newer, remodeled rooms. I tucked the twenty under the agreement I had to sign and thanked her profusely. She ended up giving us a 2 for 1 at their buffet and $25 in free slot play. I'm not sure if that usually comes with the check in, but free is free!

When we got to the room, I was pretty impressed. It was on the 28th floor overlooking Las Vegas Boulevard. It was definitely remodeled; there was a comfortable bed, really soft pillows and a Plasma TV (but no cable...) You don't know how relieved I was to not have to stay in a motel type environment!

Checking the web site, the difference between a manor and a reg room for 3 nights is only about 20 dollars, but the intangibles such as not having to walk very far to the room (you should see how far the people in the other tower and outside need to walk), the high floor/far distance from the elevator (less noise), having one of the remodeled rooms and the strip view was awesome and worth the money. I might have to try it at a different hotel next time... Some say that you can get upgraded to a suite if you talk to the right people...

The Food

I'm a buffet junkie when it comes to Vegas. I love the variety that comes with the territory. Unfortunately, I'm not the most patient of people, and will usually go to the cheaper places if I know there isn't a line.

This time around, for breakfast we went to Circus Circus (2 for 1!) and Riviera. Both do not get a thumbs up. But we knew going into it the food wouldn't be that great. They are both below standard - only Riviera had a small one person omelet station and the variety was just the typical. The food was way too greasy and the eggs too standard.

For dinner, we actually ended up going to only one; Caeser's Palace: Cafe Lago. I loved it, but I know it's not for everyone. For starters it does not have a salad bar... But then again, who wants to be healthy or waste money eating this? The buffet is a little on the small side, and both times we went, had a variety of foods (3 - 4 Italian choices, 3-4 Asian dishes, 3 American dishes, 2 soups). For a nice but overrated touch, they offered sushi. Of course, buffet sushi is never great, or even good... Anyway the main reason why I loved it was for their Prime Rib (Very moist, and flavorful), Crab legs (Small, but I'm a sucker for crab) and shrimp (again, standard but great!). I know I can get these things at most other buffets, but I kind of like the smaller buffet. The reason is that it seems like the overall quality is usually better. The waiters were a little slow, but the room was very classy. The reason we went a second time was because the line for the Bellagio's buffet was way too long. We were able to get in to Cafe Lago both times without waiting. (Huge thumbs up in my book!)

On a side note, we stopped at the Tropicana for a quick snack at the Garden Cafe. They have the best onion rings I've ever tasted. It's breaded nicely so you get a nice outside crunch but the inner sweetness before getting to the onion itself. Yum...

Gambling (Stupid casino games)

I've developed a scary penchant toward the more stupid betting games in Vegas. For instance, this time around I played a slot machine connected to "The Big Event." It's 5 slot machines combined sharing a big gaudy screen in the middle. The hook is that you're playing a regular slot machine, but at random someone will trigger "The Big Event," where all players who were betting X amount get to participate in 1 of 6 monopoly-esque games. You don't do a thing, but it builds a sort of team spirit among players. Obviously, the more players the better the odds (or so we like to think.) It was an interesting way to spend an hour or so to say the least...

I also tried the pong slot machine. That was actually kind of entertaining. I didn't play for very long since we needed to keep going, but a luck/skill combo was a welcome break to just sitting around and pressing buttons.

I gave the casino some of my money in roulette again. I know the house always has an upper edge but maybe one of the math people can help me out... Hopefully you've looked at/studied the board before or you may not understand what I'm saying. Say you lay down two bets, one on a random group (first 12, middle 12, last 12) and one on a column. Your chance of losing is (without counting the 0), should be 4/9, correct? (You can break up the board into 9 segments evenly...) But the chance of winning one bet is 4/9 as well. However, there is a small chance - 1/9 that you will hit both. Odds in the casino run 2:1 for winning on a row or group. So if you discount the 0 or the 00 on live tables, you'd end up positive in the long run, right? I know my experiment didn't really work, but that's because I only played with 20 dollars :)

I tried a 3-6 poker session on Saturday night at Circus Circus. It was disappointing to say the least... I think I played from 11:30-5:00 AM, but was up only about 30 dollars. (I guess that is right, aren't we supposed to be playing for one big bet per hour?) I really wanted to be up so much more, but I wasn't getting the cards to play. There were 4-6 players seeing almost every flop and I could count the number of players obviously better than me on one hand the entire night. I wish I had better command of the game because I know if any one of you guys were at the table you would have cleaned house, good cards or not...

All in all it was a good trip. We ended up at the bodies exhibit at the tropicana, not quite worth the 35 dollars, but still entertaining. Saw some crazy high limit blackjack bets at Bellagio (How are these people getting that much money to begin with?), walked probably 10 miles, and saw the "new" hotel; Planet Hollywood.

Do you guys have any tips to share while in Vegas?

Let me put a political spin on this..

While it certainly can't be put on the government, I believe a large part of it is.

The economy is in the toilet because of his "business only" attitude. The actual citizens don't get enough financial help or employment, and you got a bunch of people who are buy houses they can't actually afford. Then, when the market goes to shit and the lenders come to collect, there's nothing to collect! People lose their houses, the supply goes above the demand, and the market goes even shittier.

Plus, did you hear about the latest budget that was offered up by the monkeys in the white house? Money would be put towards homeland sec., defense, and FDA. Money would be taken away from Medicare/Medicaid, education, and domestic programs. The deficit would be pushed up in to the ranges of 400 something billion. Awesome. Awesome. Is november here yet? This fucking idiot needs to get out of office and do something productive like juggling chainsaws while drunk.