Hello, Blog!
It's Friday, glorious Friday. The day we all look back to see who we laughed at or criticized most this week. Not delaying anymore characters let’s get right into this list.
#5 Tony Hayward stepped down as CEO of BP afterwards he said he wants his life to return to the way it was. REALLY?! You ruin much of the south's only source of income and hinder the south's fishing industry (a HUGE PART OF THEIR ECONOMY) and you’re crying because you have to go to Russia on a twenty-four million dollar estate. Please sir, get a reality check stat.
#4 The U.S. Military failed this week as some of you may know. Dan Choi was released from the military for telling the public he was gay. Now, anytime you throw out a member of the military due to his sexuality it is sad, however this man knew how to speak Arabic. Having a soldier able to translate is a BIG DEAL and an even bigger deal when you throw him out for being gay.
#3 The supporters of Arizona's new immigration law had a major setback this week. Police cannot question the legal status or ask anyone for legal documentation. This is definitely the most controversial section of the law and now that it is blocked I think it's safe to say it's back to the drawing board for the supporters.
#2 That dumb blonde on in the mornings on ABC. Yeah, Elisabeth Hasselbeck! Nice guess! In all fairness that probably wasn't too hard. On topic now, recently on The View she said that older lesbian women are women who could not find men....*Facepalm* why does she still have a job?
#1 And this week’s fail of the week was our good friends the U.S. Government. You got caught lying about Afghanistan. Unfortunately, I don’t know what's worse, the fact you got caught lying about losing in the Middle East or the fact that over 50% of the country already knew.
On a more serious note, as I was writing this I had heard on the news that little Kyron Horman -- the boy missing in Oregon -- has been spotted and is being held captive. The biological parents have asked that the stepmother release the child and that they are 100% sure she's behind it with help from affiliate.
I hope your safe, return soon Kyron.
And with that good night blog.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Judge blocks part of Arizona Bill
Hello readers, today, as a lot of you know, more of the immigration tension heightened as a judge blocked a portion of the Arizona Immigration law. Before I talk anymore about this I suggest reading TangentX on Immigration for my stance on this subject, thank you. tangentx on arizonas immigration law
Okay, now the blocked portion is cops having the authority to question an individual's legal status. I looked at the CNN comments about this, and boy are the Arizona law supporters extremely unhappy.
It was the usual bigoted racial comments that the Internet is so well known for these days. Most that support and don’t support, however, seemed pretty misinformed. Isn't that with most politics in this nation? I mean, a lot of the people you debate with on the internet about issues end up in a verbal war due to the no consequences of it because you'll never meet this person face to face.
Ok, back on topic. I'm pleased with the outcome of today. A lot of people are downplaying the severity of this block but I think it was one of the most important parts of the bill. I do think both sides will have a few benefits. The pro-Arizona law will have safer streets simply because now the police won’t have to deal as much with illegal immigration activity. Think about it? If an illegal was arrested and can be thrown out of this country do you think those illegals are going to be very cooperative? Most criminals already try to be as difficult as possible, imagine if it was also a threat of staying in America or not.
The Arizona police will have to deal less about questioning legal status and more on whatever crime they did to get in trouble with the police. Of course those anti-Arizona Bill supporters are happy about this. However there is probably dissatisfaction from both sides. One wants the bill completely removed. The other wanted police to be able to question the legal status of criminals. And, of course, there is that growing category of this nation who side on the "Who gives a damn?" and "What's going on?"
To sum it up, it's a good victory for those against this bill, and for those who support it probably a step back. As you may know I am against this law. I've said it before so today is a win for us against obviously but, there’s still a lot to be done.
Stay safe and good night.
Okay, now the blocked portion is cops having the authority to question an individual's legal status. I looked at the CNN comments about this, and boy are the Arizona law supporters extremely unhappy.
It was the usual bigoted racial comments that the Internet is so well known for these days. Most that support and don’t support, however, seemed pretty misinformed. Isn't that with most politics in this nation? I mean, a lot of the people you debate with on the internet about issues end up in a verbal war due to the no consequences of it because you'll never meet this person face to face.
Ok, back on topic. I'm pleased with the outcome of today. A lot of people are downplaying the severity of this block but I think it was one of the most important parts of the bill. I do think both sides will have a few benefits. The pro-Arizona law will have safer streets simply because now the police won’t have to deal as much with illegal immigration activity. Think about it? If an illegal was arrested and can be thrown out of this country do you think those illegals are going to be very cooperative? Most criminals already try to be as difficult as possible, imagine if it was also a threat of staying in America or not.
The Arizona police will have to deal less about questioning legal status and more on whatever crime they did to get in trouble with the police. Of course those anti-Arizona Bill supporters are happy about this. However there is probably dissatisfaction from both sides. One wants the bill completely removed. The other wanted police to be able to question the legal status of criminals. And, of course, there is that growing category of this nation who side on the "Who gives a damn?" and "What's going on?"
To sum it up, it's a good victory for those against this bill, and for those who support it probably a step back. As you may know I am against this law. I've said it before so today is a win for us against obviously but, there’s still a lot to be done.
Stay safe and good night.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
WikiLeaks show true colors
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!
Sorry I haven't made any new entries lately, but that’s over now, and I will now talk about what was just uncovered a few days ago. The "WikiLeaks" documents released ninety-one THOUSAND military documents, most of them from the Bush administration, and their attempts at democracy in Pakistan.
The documents date up to December 2009. These documents consist of how our "friends" of the Middle East, Pakistan, continue to take money that we give them and turn it over to Al-Qaeda behind our backs! Now, that obviously is irritating for everyone, but what irritates me is what I don’t see more people being angry at. The fact they have KNOWN because these are all documented that Pakistan was just giving the money back to Al-Qaeda.
Why would you give them more and more if they had known Al-Qaeda was getting the money? Something to think about.
Another thing is these Pakistan officials have far different ideas then what we have presented. I'll give you an example; the government paid Pakistan to open up an orphanage to house one hundred children, and donated toys to the facility. It opened up and the facility was checked some time later and only thirty kids were in it out of one hundred. They checked again a year later and the place was wiped clean. No orphans and the toys were gone.
They have done this countless times to us taking money and running. You can’t go in there and try to promote democracy when the entire Government is completely corrupt and backstabbing. It's an impossible mission. These guys are in power, why would they say "Oh yes, Democracy, let me just give up my spot and let Democracy decide".
Ok, no one is going to go for that if you are already in power. Furthermore it's been going on as early as 2003. Once again, these guys are fighting an unsuccessful war. They keep donating and they keep taking the money and running. Why are we still letting men and woman die for no cause? This mission is impossible. We need to get out of this place now.
Now it ends in December 2009, like I mentioned above. So the Government has come out and said progress has been made since then. Should we believe them? They keep telling us we are winning and the mission is such a success but these military documents are telling us different. We aren't doing much good there.
The Government claims we have made progress. Unlike Bush, Obama has refused to let the dictator ruler walk all over them. Again I don’t know how truthful that is. They have claimed to have been making great progress since the beginning. Now, it does get a little better by the year on these documents, but not as much of course as the Government has portrayed.
I'll put this as I see it. This mission is a failure, change it or let’s get out. Simple as that.
Sorry I haven't made any new entries lately, but that’s over now, and I will now talk about what was just uncovered a few days ago. The "WikiLeaks" documents released ninety-one THOUSAND military documents, most of them from the Bush administration, and their attempts at democracy in Pakistan.
The documents date up to December 2009. These documents consist of how our "friends" of the Middle East, Pakistan, continue to take money that we give them and turn it over to Al-Qaeda behind our backs! Now, that obviously is irritating for everyone, but what irritates me is what I don’t see more people being angry at. The fact they have KNOWN because these are all documented that Pakistan was just giving the money back to Al-Qaeda.
Why would you give them more and more if they had known Al-Qaeda was getting the money? Something to think about.
Another thing is these Pakistan officials have far different ideas then what we have presented. I'll give you an example; the government paid Pakistan to open up an orphanage to house one hundred children, and donated toys to the facility. It opened up and the facility was checked some time later and only thirty kids were in it out of one hundred. They checked again a year later and the place was wiped clean. No orphans and the toys were gone.
They have done this countless times to us taking money and running. You can’t go in there and try to promote democracy when the entire Government is completely corrupt and backstabbing. It's an impossible mission. These guys are in power, why would they say "Oh yes, Democracy, let me just give up my spot and let Democracy decide".
Ok, no one is going to go for that if you are already in power. Furthermore it's been going on as early as 2003. Once again, these guys are fighting an unsuccessful war. They keep donating and they keep taking the money and running. Why are we still letting men and woman die for no cause? This mission is impossible. We need to get out of this place now.
Now it ends in December 2009, like I mentioned above. So the Government has come out and said progress has been made since then. Should we believe them? They keep telling us we are winning and the mission is such a success but these military documents are telling us different. We aren't doing much good there.
The Government claims we have made progress. Unlike Bush, Obama has refused to let the dictator ruler walk all over them. Again I don’t know how truthful that is. They have claimed to have been making great progress since the beginning. Now, it does get a little better by the year on these documents, but not as much of course as the Government has portrayed.
I'll put this as I see it. This mission is a failure, change it or let’s get out. Simple as that.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Oil above Justice
The Associated Press recently investigated and gave out statistics publicly about the oil spill and BP. I wish to share those with you right now before I give you my take. First up, did you know that the oil spill has cost BP nearly four billion dollars? Sounds like a lot right? Not to BP. Another fact, four billion dollars is ONLY a QUARTER of what BP profited in 2009.
In the 1970's, when another oil catastrophe took place, oil companies provided the Government ideas for companies investing into state of the art clean up techniques. To ensure that another spill wouldn't happen again.
You've seen what they’re doing to clean up the spill, real state of the art, huh?
Once again BP wants to sweeten up the Government by saying they will invest in state of the art clean up to prevent another spill from happening again. Even though they promised that in the 70's and it's happening again now. Another thing, the judge that will be deciding whether or not BP will be banned from offshore drilling for six months, has STOCK IN BP.
Fear not, oil hasn't touched Washington, right? In 2009 McCain/Palin ran with the idea of having an energy cap law. It has been dropped. I saved the best for last, though, the statistic that shocked me the most. As of day 100 we have only lost a quarter of what America uses as a whole in ONE DAY.
Ladies and gentlemen, oil is our drug. We are so dependent on oil it's ridiculous. We have given BP and other oil companies so much power and money, that BP will go absolutely unscathed. While we search for alternative energy, remember these same companies are dishing out millions of dollars to silence alternative energy. If we got competition in energy with oil we would be less dependent therefore they will have less power and profit. And as we watch history repeating itself with their promises of state of the art technology to the government in the 70's and to today I hope you realize that what they are doing is just a repeated attempt to save their companies and profits.
There’s another spill going on right now and it's going on all over our government with our representatives having stock in BP etc. BP ruined a major source of income and economy in the gulf. They have taken away what people base their lives on. And through all this BP can just lie to Washington and each and every one of us over and over again and they will receive NO JUSTICE just a small hole in their pockets out of LAST YEARS PROFITS.
I really hope that I am not the only person who says NO to what BP is saying.
In the 1970's, when another oil catastrophe took place, oil companies provided the Government ideas for companies investing into state of the art clean up techniques. To ensure that another spill wouldn't happen again.
You've seen what they’re doing to clean up the spill, real state of the art, huh?
Once again BP wants to sweeten up the Government by saying they will invest in state of the art clean up to prevent another spill from happening again. Even though they promised that in the 70's and it's happening again now. Another thing, the judge that will be deciding whether or not BP will be banned from offshore drilling for six months, has STOCK IN BP.
Fear not, oil hasn't touched Washington, right? In 2009 McCain/Palin ran with the idea of having an energy cap law. It has been dropped. I saved the best for last, though, the statistic that shocked me the most. As of day 100 we have only lost a quarter of what America uses as a whole in ONE DAY.
Ladies and gentlemen, oil is our drug. We are so dependent on oil it's ridiculous. We have given BP and other oil companies so much power and money, that BP will go absolutely unscathed. While we search for alternative energy, remember these same companies are dishing out millions of dollars to silence alternative energy. If we got competition in energy with oil we would be less dependent therefore they will have less power and profit. And as we watch history repeating itself with their promises of state of the art technology to the government in the 70's and to today I hope you realize that what they are doing is just a repeated attempt to save their companies and profits.
There’s another spill going on right now and it's going on all over our government with our representatives having stock in BP etc. BP ruined a major source of income and economy in the gulf. They have taken away what people base their lives on. And through all this BP can just lie to Washington and each and every one of us over and over again and they will receive NO JUSTICE just a small hole in their pockets out of LAST YEARS PROFITS.
I really hope that I am not the only person who says NO to what BP is saying.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Fail Friday
New concept I'm trying on this blog. I'm taking any story I find from the week and presenting them as the low points. In other words: Major Fails!
Fail #1 BP closes the oil spill...only to find another hole. I'm not surprised every day we hear more miscalculations and mishaps by this billion dollar company and here we are at Day 100.
Fail #2 Sharon Angle is scared to answer any questions given out by the Media. So much so that she avoided the media at her own press conference. Don’t worry she's got a solution. She will questions every day but only on the topic she wishes to speak about on her campaign. Oh please, Sharon, when did the Media have rules?
Fail #3 Massey Mine had an accident killing nearly twenty eight people only for Don Blankenship to say he doesn't feel guilty about it. And why should he? He only dealt losses to twenty-eight families. He saw the error in his ways and has fixed this all through lying about new safety regulations. Massey Mine has adopted the change? Absolutely not.
Fail #4 Glenn Beck today wanted to talk about his 9/12 project and how other people are getting involved with projects of their own. He says we must be reminded by how together we were as a nation on 9/12 by protesting and politically dividing us more. Makes sense…only not so much.
For Fail #5 We have a tie ladies and gentlemen for failure of the week over the same incident. We got Bill O'Reilly who took a tape twenty years ago, but didn't play the entire tape, only the part they wanted to hear. He tried to use it to say there’s reverse oppression in this country from Blacks being racist to Whites. Way to go Fox!
And then we got our big man in office. The most powerful position in the world getting brutalized by Fox for over a year now, and just now he finally realizing that Fox news it out to get him. Come on Obama, keep up! And way to go, blaming the entire media for this and not Fox news. Yeah just blame MSNBC too. How dare they defend you on a daily basis, Obama? Fight the battle, Obama, or just ignore them and don’t let a conservative network do YOUR decision making. You’re in politics, dude, we all knew full well that you had inexperience but, come on. My little brother could tell you Fox news is out to get you. They have for over a year now.
That's my top Fails of the week. You can decide on O'Reilly or Obama?
Fail #1 BP closes the oil spill...only to find another hole. I'm not surprised every day we hear more miscalculations and mishaps by this billion dollar company and here we are at Day 100.
Fail #2 Sharon Angle is scared to answer any questions given out by the Media. So much so that she avoided the media at her own press conference. Don’t worry she's got a solution. She will questions every day but only on the topic she wishes to speak about on her campaign. Oh please, Sharon, when did the Media have rules?
Fail #3 Massey Mine had an accident killing nearly twenty eight people only for Don Blankenship to say he doesn't feel guilty about it. And why should he? He only dealt losses to twenty-eight families. He saw the error in his ways and has fixed this all through lying about new safety regulations. Massey Mine has adopted the change? Absolutely not.
Fail #4 Glenn Beck today wanted to talk about his 9/12 project and how other people are getting involved with projects of their own. He says we must be reminded by how together we were as a nation on 9/12 by protesting and politically dividing us more. Makes sense…only not so much.
For Fail #5 We have a tie ladies and gentlemen for failure of the week over the same incident. We got Bill O'Reilly who took a tape twenty years ago, but didn't play the entire tape, only the part they wanted to hear. He tried to use it to say there’s reverse oppression in this country from Blacks being racist to Whites. Way to go Fox!
And then we got our big man in office. The most powerful position in the world getting brutalized by Fox for over a year now, and just now he finally realizing that Fox news it out to get him. Come on Obama, keep up! And way to go, blaming the entire media for this and not Fox news. Yeah just blame MSNBC too. How dare they defend you on a daily basis, Obama? Fight the battle, Obama, or just ignore them and don’t let a conservative network do YOUR decision making. You’re in politics, dude, we all knew full well that you had inexperience but, come on. My little brother could tell you Fox news is out to get you. They have for over a year now.
That's my top Fails of the week. You can decide on O'Reilly or Obama?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
TangentX on Arizona's Immigration Law
I'm sure everyone knows about Arizona's new immigration law. Everyone is passionate about this debate and so am I. Majority says that what Arizona is doing is correct. Well, I'm here to say, not so fast. I have asked but never gotten an answer from anyone when I say “What's the difference between a legal immigrant and an illegal immigrant"? They both come from foreign countries. They both, for the most part, are here to work hard and be a part of the greatest country in the world. So, I must say, the only difference I can find between them is one starts with “ill” and the other doesn't.
First off, I want to give you a fact that might surprise you. In the last ten years property damage and law breaking has dropped 20% even during the peak of crossing illegally in Arizona in the year 2000. Second, it has been proven with multiple cities across the bordered areas near Mexico that border towns have proven to be safer than other cities. Interesting since so many illegal’s pass through, right?
Did you know that computer companies like Google and Yahoo were actually created by immigrants? It’s amazing that an immigrant, who supposedly takes jobs away, could create thousands of jobs in return.
Now to my next stump that I haven't understood from most people against illegal immigration, what’s the difference between an illegal and an American? It's just the simple fact that you were lucky enough to be born in this great nation and the other born in another. We also always brag about being the greatest country in the world and the land of opportunity. You tell me, if your living dirt poor and in a foreign nation and see Americans, or other countries, saying America is the land of opportunity and freedom, I think we can all agree myself included that we would want to be a part of that.
And perhaps the most dishearting statistic of them all, did you know in order to become a legal citizen of our great nation it takes 131 years! Something tells me you won’t be living to see the day you'll be a legal citizen. The US only hands out ten thousand work visas a year. I also want to point out the minority within a minority. Not all immigrants cross over to steal from the Government in fact most immigrants from Mexico aren’t told about their own benefits. And what about the simple economic known fact that if the people who make it are paid less than the goods themselves cost less and are more likely to take part in competitive prices.
Oh, did I forget to mention Canada, Australia, and Britain? They are doing what we used to do, have open borders for skilled working immigrants. If they are having the supply of workers, something tells me there stocks are raising the ranks of exports and wealth is going to rocket.
Did I forget to mention that securing our border is actually impossible? That's right. Don’t listen to what your representative has said, they are using it as a token to earn your vote. You tell me putting patrol over the vast border of Mexico that is only protected by a twelve foot fence and has more holes than Swiss cheese makes sense. Build the fence higher? Give the patrol machine guns? The Berlin wall wasn't impenetrable. Secure this border from possible terrorist attacks why would they bother? The 9/11 terrorists all had tourist passes and because of that came in legally and free.
But even if they did, why would they go for the border that does have some defense? What about our friends to the north, Canada? They have a border and a clear shot to America too. And that border? Even longer than Mexico's so to put patrol on both are a lot of resources and a lot of men.
You might say you could lose more money from the Government in that then those who are cashing in on welfare. What about the ones who do come in with bad intentions and make money with drugs? You're right, we can’t really stop them. Maybe that’s why we should stop paying attention to a common working foreigner and concentrate more on these drug cartels.
Arizona is the sole state who wants to do this to take out the working immigrant, right? No, Ohio Texas, and Georgia also wish to follow with Arizona and are in consideration.
It's time for us to remember how we became the top export country in the world. Our immigrants who worked hard and wished to achieve more and fought tooth and nail for the American dream. Why not do the right thing and re-introduce the guest work program. You work for America you get paid and you go home. Or we increase the amount of work visa's and maybe make a serious dent in this one hundred thirty one year wait for legal citizenship. Rather than take hard working men and women looking to be a part of the greatest melting pot in the world. I've told you all I know and my beliefs the choice is yours and America's, good night.
First off, I want to give you a fact that might surprise you. In the last ten years property damage and law breaking has dropped 20% even during the peak of crossing illegally in Arizona in the year 2000. Second, it has been proven with multiple cities across the bordered areas near Mexico that border towns have proven to be safer than other cities. Interesting since so many illegal’s pass through, right?
Did you know that computer companies like Google and Yahoo were actually created by immigrants? It’s amazing that an immigrant, who supposedly takes jobs away, could create thousands of jobs in return.
Now to my next stump that I haven't understood from most people against illegal immigration, what’s the difference between an illegal and an American? It's just the simple fact that you were lucky enough to be born in this great nation and the other born in another. We also always brag about being the greatest country in the world and the land of opportunity. You tell me, if your living dirt poor and in a foreign nation and see Americans, or other countries, saying America is the land of opportunity and freedom, I think we can all agree myself included that we would want to be a part of that.
And perhaps the most dishearting statistic of them all, did you know in order to become a legal citizen of our great nation it takes 131 years! Something tells me you won’t be living to see the day you'll be a legal citizen. The US only hands out ten thousand work visas a year. I also want to point out the minority within a minority. Not all immigrants cross over to steal from the Government in fact most immigrants from Mexico aren’t told about their own benefits. And what about the simple economic known fact that if the people who make it are paid less than the goods themselves cost less and are more likely to take part in competitive prices.
Oh, did I forget to mention Canada, Australia, and Britain? They are doing what we used to do, have open borders for skilled working immigrants. If they are having the supply of workers, something tells me there stocks are raising the ranks of exports and wealth is going to rocket.
Did I forget to mention that securing our border is actually impossible? That's right. Don’t listen to what your representative has said, they are using it as a token to earn your vote. You tell me putting patrol over the vast border of Mexico that is only protected by a twelve foot fence and has more holes than Swiss cheese makes sense. Build the fence higher? Give the patrol machine guns? The Berlin wall wasn't impenetrable. Secure this border from possible terrorist attacks why would they bother? The 9/11 terrorists all had tourist passes and because of that came in legally and free.
But even if they did, why would they go for the border that does have some defense? What about our friends to the north, Canada? They have a border and a clear shot to America too. And that border? Even longer than Mexico's so to put patrol on both are a lot of resources and a lot of men.
You might say you could lose more money from the Government in that then those who are cashing in on welfare. What about the ones who do come in with bad intentions and make money with drugs? You're right, we can’t really stop them. Maybe that’s why we should stop paying attention to a common working foreigner and concentrate more on these drug cartels.
Arizona is the sole state who wants to do this to take out the working immigrant, right? No, Ohio Texas, and Georgia also wish to follow with Arizona and are in consideration.
It's time for us to remember how we became the top export country in the world. Our immigrants who worked hard and wished to achieve more and fought tooth and nail for the American dream. Why not do the right thing and re-introduce the guest work program. You work for America you get paid and you go home. Or we increase the amount of work visa's and maybe make a serious dent in this one hundred thirty one year wait for legal citizenship. Rather than take hard working men and women looking to be a part of the greatest melting pot in the world. I've told you all I know and my beliefs the choice is yours and America's, good night.
The slow train to equality
So I was watching CNN earlier and they were talking about Arizona's border patrol members. And one of them, the one they specifically interviewed, was a legitimate Nazi. He said it himself that he was in fact a Nazi. He went off to say and I quote: “Why aren’t there any white countries? Why, if you go to China, there’s a Chinese country? Same with North Korea and Mexico. Why is it suddenly a bad thing for an all white country? We were founded by angry white people".
You know, I'm not surprised that the people on border patrol like to beat up minorities, but I didn't expect this.
Let’s begin with each of his quotes.
Ok so he goes off saying why aren’t there any white countries? Well, my friend, there are some if you travel to quite a few European countries you'll be majority white. You know why there white though? Because it's always cloudy and rainy and the sun is never out so just go where the sun doesn't shine much...Antarctica? Next he tries to give some examples of if you go to China you only seen Chinese. Uh, no? I'm sure there’s plenty of minorities in China. Americans have always had that dream to go to Tokyo I'm fairly certain a few have. In Mexico they have white people. Ironically, a news story once was Americans crossing the border…to Mexico.
The only example that actually made sense was North Korea because, no one is allowed in or out of that country, so there you go. What America has started off with claiming there the giant melting pot of the world (Still true to this day) has spread everywhere. There’s no country with one only race. There’s majority, of course, which in America white people had since the beginning. You only barely lost the majority race now, but that also depends on what source you look at.
Next he says we were founded by angry white people. Angry and white, yes he's actually right. Ioo bad it's invalid. They were angry and white but, against who? Other angry white people across a little pond called the Atlantic Ocean as they were fighting for independence. Oh and I'll say it for the one hundredth billionth time someone has ever said this but; Native Americans were here before us. We were not an all white landscape never ever never.
Ladies and gentlemen, as easy and as much of a nut job he made himself sound, I think there is one thing he did have a point on. He justified the fact that The United States is moving extremely slow in racial acceptance, in religious acceptance, and homosexual acceptance. We may be #1 in a lot of things like military and exports but, we don’t stand tall as the #1 nation. No we don’t because we don’t stand as a nation. We are more split than Paula Abdul’s personalities.
This is a place where you are race and religion first and American second to some. That’s Ok but to me it’s wrong. We are all Americans and individuals. Furthermore we are slowly becoming accepting of our traits of our skin color but, the pace is painfully slow it was over two hundred years ago that Abe Lincoln signed the Emancipation to free slaves. Two hundred years and yet black people are still hated and blamed for things they had nothing to do with. And while black people are becoming accepted slowly the hatred has shifted once more to our friends from the south we call them Mexicans. But this time it's not just the south and north divided this dislike reaches all corners of our country. Two hundred years ago we freed the slaves and two hundred years later were pulling over Mexicans to check if they are American.
And so our country continues to blame those who are defenseless and outmatched in numbers. Until the day comes where our blame on a small group of different people comes we can never truly be one nation.
You know, I'm not surprised that the people on border patrol like to beat up minorities, but I didn't expect this.
Let’s begin with each of his quotes.
Ok so he goes off saying why aren’t there any white countries? Well, my friend, there are some if you travel to quite a few European countries you'll be majority white. You know why there white though? Because it's always cloudy and rainy and the sun is never out so just go where the sun doesn't shine much...Antarctica? Next he tries to give some examples of if you go to China you only seen Chinese. Uh, no? I'm sure there’s plenty of minorities in China. Americans have always had that dream to go to Tokyo I'm fairly certain a few have. In Mexico they have white people. Ironically, a news story once was Americans crossing the border…to Mexico.
The only example that actually made sense was North Korea because, no one is allowed in or out of that country, so there you go. What America has started off with claiming there the giant melting pot of the world (Still true to this day) has spread everywhere. There’s no country with one only race. There’s majority, of course, which in America white people had since the beginning. You only barely lost the majority race now, but that also depends on what source you look at.
Next he says we were founded by angry white people. Angry and white, yes he's actually right. Ioo bad it's invalid. They were angry and white but, against who? Other angry white people across a little pond called the Atlantic Ocean as they were fighting for independence. Oh and I'll say it for the one hundredth billionth time someone has ever said this but; Native Americans were here before us. We were not an all white landscape never ever never.
Ladies and gentlemen, as easy and as much of a nut job he made himself sound, I think there is one thing he did have a point on. He justified the fact that The United States is moving extremely slow in racial acceptance, in religious acceptance, and homosexual acceptance. We may be #1 in a lot of things like military and exports but, we don’t stand tall as the #1 nation. No we don’t because we don’t stand as a nation. We are more split than Paula Abdul’s personalities.
This is a place where you are race and religion first and American second to some. That’s Ok but to me it’s wrong. We are all Americans and individuals. Furthermore we are slowly becoming accepting of our traits of our skin color but, the pace is painfully slow it was over two hundred years ago that Abe Lincoln signed the Emancipation to free slaves. Two hundred years and yet black people are still hated and blamed for things they had nothing to do with. And while black people are becoming accepted slowly the hatred has shifted once more to our friends from the south we call them Mexicans. But this time it's not just the south and north divided this dislike reaches all corners of our country. Two hundred years ago we freed the slaves and two hundred years later were pulling over Mexicans to check if they are American.
And so our country continues to blame those who are defenseless and outmatched in numbers. Until the day comes where our blame on a small group of different people comes we can never truly be one nation.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Blame Game
Before I write this tonight I want to be clear and upfront about this:
If you don’t feel comfortable hearing about this event I suggest clicking somewhere else or reading my other blogs that are not as serious. Secondly, the event discussed was a tragedy. I don’t mean to diminish or sound insensitive about what occurred, thanks.
Columbine, probably the biggest and bloodies school shooting in U.S. History. I don’t think I have to explain what happened on that day at Columbine, but I want to talk about some other topics that have sprouted out over this tragedy. As some of you may know there’s this campaign to increase awareness over bullying called Rachel's Challenge.
I support it. In fact, they came to our school. The speaker was actually shot by the two teenagers. I don’t remember exactly how it went, but I don’t want to talk about my personal experience, I want to talk about a experience I have heard happened at one of these assemblies. One of the speakers said that the teenagers involved were influenced by violent movies and video games.
No No No No No!
Yes, it is true, they were very involved with video games in fact they even made a few levels of Doom (Eric). The Media, and politicians, jumped all over the Video Game industry over this revelation. The industry has been demonized after this tragedy and are even starting to ban certain video games.
There’s a term that they are using for this now. It’s called "Ultra Violent" video games. Now, I ask you, what does this define? What falls under this category? Nothing. Nothing does because that term doesn't exist! Do we not see what they are doing? They are trying to manipulate Video Game content games like GTA, CoD and the fact this term doesn't exist, it can fall under anything. Even Mario could be "ultra violent".
And you know why I'm confident video games didn't do this?
I have looked into this topic several times. I have seen some of the blog entries by the perpetrators of this tragedy. They were egotists they believed they were above us. They believed they were above the human race and they were more evolved than what we are. I don’t know what Video Games convey that you are above humanity.
In fact, they even believed they were geniuses and, what were there motives? They wanted to be remembered. They wanted the satisfaction to taint the world with this memory of this shooting of what they did. They wanted a legacy so they shot up as many innocent people as they could (Rachel included).
They originally wanted to set off a pipe bomb in the lunch room when it was most inhabited to, of course, try to kill as many as possible. Mainly because they felt those who claimed responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombings in '95 were their "Competition". They wanted to surpass that bombing with their own.
I think the bullying was more of a cause than "ultra violent" video games. And, even then, it doesn't appear it would have changed anything if they weren’t bullied. They still hated humans because once again they believed we are inferior.
I do think if a set of ears were there things may have went differently.
Now, I want to talk about another thing in this shooting; the media.
First they claimed video games the next you said Marilyn Manson. I think we all remembered that one. Somehow, someway the Media needed a scapegoat for this. Who else but the guy that most people don’t agree with? And when Harris' diary was discovered to uncover all of this info on his egotistical ideas where was the media?
No-where
So, to this day, we still hold to the idea that Manson and Video Games caused this horrific incident and it's garbage! You don’t turn a TRAGEDY INTO A FEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST VIDEO GAMES AND MANSON. This was a TRAGEDY nothing more nothing less. What happened was caused by two kids who were rejected and believed they were above us. That is what I stand by, and the fact that this is still what is being used instead of the teenager who killed his own mom thinking she would "Re-spawn". That is someone who needed help. Just like the Columbine shooters. They all needed help and were never given it. We won’t blame ourselves for not being a lending ear to help these kids get through the evil thoughts. We want to blame something unrelated to lessen up our guilt.
And I'm no major Manson follower; I can understand why people think he’s a freak or don’t like his music. Even I don’t like his music much other than one to two songs. But I praise him for letting the media have it for blaming him for this shooting and Gamers.
Instead of telling each other why Halo sucks and Call of Duty owns maybe you should rise up to your congressmen and tell them to keep one of the biggest forms of entertainment in our great country still less censored than most other countries.
Rest in peace Columbine victims, Good night.
If you don’t feel comfortable hearing about this event I suggest clicking somewhere else or reading my other blogs that are not as serious. Secondly, the event discussed was a tragedy. I don’t mean to diminish or sound insensitive about what occurred, thanks.
Columbine, probably the biggest and bloodies school shooting in U.S. History. I don’t think I have to explain what happened on that day at Columbine, but I want to talk about some other topics that have sprouted out over this tragedy. As some of you may know there’s this campaign to increase awareness over bullying called Rachel's Challenge.
I support it. In fact, they came to our school. The speaker was actually shot by the two teenagers. I don’t remember exactly how it went, but I don’t want to talk about my personal experience, I want to talk about a experience I have heard happened at one of these assemblies. One of the speakers said that the teenagers involved were influenced by violent movies and video games.
No No No No No!
Yes, it is true, they were very involved with video games in fact they even made a few levels of Doom (Eric). The Media, and politicians, jumped all over the Video Game industry over this revelation. The industry has been demonized after this tragedy and are even starting to ban certain video games.
There’s a term that they are using for this now. It’s called "Ultra Violent" video games. Now, I ask you, what does this define? What falls under this category? Nothing. Nothing does because that term doesn't exist! Do we not see what they are doing? They are trying to manipulate Video Game content games like GTA, CoD and the fact this term doesn't exist, it can fall under anything. Even Mario could be "ultra violent".
And you know why I'm confident video games didn't do this?
I have looked into this topic several times. I have seen some of the blog entries by the perpetrators of this tragedy. They were egotists they believed they were above us. They believed they were above the human race and they were more evolved than what we are. I don’t know what Video Games convey that you are above humanity.
In fact, they even believed they were geniuses and, what were there motives? They wanted to be remembered. They wanted the satisfaction to taint the world with this memory of this shooting of what they did. They wanted a legacy so they shot up as many innocent people as they could (Rachel included).
They originally wanted to set off a pipe bomb in the lunch room when it was most inhabited to, of course, try to kill as many as possible. Mainly because they felt those who claimed responsibility for the Oklahoma City bombings in '95 were their "Competition". They wanted to surpass that bombing with their own.
I think the bullying was more of a cause than "ultra violent" video games. And, even then, it doesn't appear it would have changed anything if they weren’t bullied. They still hated humans because once again they believed we are inferior.
I do think if a set of ears were there things may have went differently.
Now, I want to talk about another thing in this shooting; the media.
First they claimed video games the next you said Marilyn Manson. I think we all remembered that one. Somehow, someway the Media needed a scapegoat for this. Who else but the guy that most people don’t agree with? And when Harris' diary was discovered to uncover all of this info on his egotistical ideas where was the media?
No-where
So, to this day, we still hold to the idea that Manson and Video Games caused this horrific incident and it's garbage! You don’t turn a TRAGEDY INTO A FEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST VIDEO GAMES AND MANSON. This was a TRAGEDY nothing more nothing less. What happened was caused by two kids who were rejected and believed they were above us. That is what I stand by, and the fact that this is still what is being used instead of the teenager who killed his own mom thinking she would "Re-spawn". That is someone who needed help. Just like the Columbine shooters. They all needed help and were never given it. We won’t blame ourselves for not being a lending ear to help these kids get through the evil thoughts. We want to blame something unrelated to lessen up our guilt.
And I'm no major Manson follower; I can understand why people think he’s a freak or don’t like his music. Even I don’t like his music much other than one to two songs. But I praise him for letting the media have it for blaming him for this shooting and Gamers.
Instead of telling each other why Halo sucks and Call of Duty owns maybe you should rise up to your congressmen and tell them to keep one of the biggest forms of entertainment in our great country still less censored than most other countries.
Rest in peace Columbine victims, Good night.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sport Heroes woes
Hello Blog readers, today I want to talk about something I thought about as I watched “Mike and Mike” this morning on ESPN. As usual, Dwayne Wade made a stupid comment. (When you get paid to train ten hours a day and to play for two hours to shoot a ball in a hoop you lose some IQ points, apparently.) And I got to thinking about the new "Big 3" in Miami and you know what I realized?! A sports superstar’s life kind of…sucks.
You are attacked for everything; LeBron will never be able to peacefully walk in his hometown again. He probably won’t be able to go to any of the top cities that had bids in for him. But, I don’t pity him; I still feel he did it unprofessionally.
Yet I got to thinking and looked into Sports "heroes" deeper and I realized we have an obsession in this industry for the contracts. We ALL look up and care about how much these players are making a year, making a game, making an inning. How long is the commitment? How much upfront? Now it’s no secret these guys make tons more than they should. Breaking a hundred million in just a sports contract alone isn’t unprecedented anymore. In fact we say "eh coulda got someone else but OK.” Remember when A-rod got his contract to the Yankees? "Oh my goodness that’s more than my entire family will make in my life! All for hitting a baseball and stomaching Madonna?!"
These people make a lot of money but I want to bring up a statistic that shocked me.
Did you know 7 out of 10 professional athletes go bankrupt within 10 years after retiring? Hundreds of Millions in endorsements and in contracts, all too just go bankrupt? Anyone reading this will say "I could live off that for the rest of my life and then some".
I probably could too HOWEVER look at how they are paid.
Some are paid at the end of the year in bulk unlike us where we get a small amount of pay every two weeks. Imagine if ten million dollars appeared in your bank account right now? Would you spend all ten? Most would, myself included, and without even realizing it. We can easily mismanage our money if we have a surplus of it or even just make a ton at once. If it appears so fast it may seem like money will come in forever.
And unlike an Author or a Movie Star, that’s not true. After these guys snap a leg or retire from age there’s nothing. They can’t even get a job at ESPN unless you’re lucky. Those commercials and endorsements? Gone! A movie star can get roles often and can work a lot longer people, work into their eighties. A football player will be lucky with ten good years. The common belief that cash cows are meat and no one cares for them can never be any truer than in sports. And if you are a "hero" you may never have to pick up the tab at a bar again but, if you're going to be broke in ten years after retirement, chances are you won’t even be recognized from that has-been look.
And if it couldn't be worse after you leave the game you played passionately for your entire life, you can’t go to camp, you can’t play. If the biggest hobby or whatever job you have that you love to do, and you did it for years of preparation, and are suddenly kicked out I don’t know can you say DEPRESSION? Farve is a unfortunate example of this I don’t think life matters outside football for that man and just because of this the entire country hates him unless you’re in Minnesota.
Not even for Minnesota, there still mad about that interception and, that brings up my next point for this unforgiving society we live in. If you make one stupid comment like Wade made earlier you’re tarnished FOREVER. No matter what you do, people won’t forget. Take Michael Jordan, anytime you get in a conversation about him some moron has to go off and say "HAHA remember when he tried to go into baseball, what a tool!" Unfortunately this goes to all walks of life Sports, Politics, Movies you name it we never forgive anyone for anything. MJ has been dead for a year and if you go to one of his music videos on the internet that has comments you'll still hear "PEDOPHILE" even to a dead man.
Our society is just cold hearted wolves who bite your ankles at the one second you slip.
So, the next time you think of “Wow, I wish I was a sports hero”. Or the next time you force your kid to go beyond the high school jock by not showing him the outside world other than a couple of weight sets, just remember what you’re signing up for?
You are attacked for everything; LeBron will never be able to peacefully walk in his hometown again. He probably won’t be able to go to any of the top cities that had bids in for him. But, I don’t pity him; I still feel he did it unprofessionally.
Yet I got to thinking and looked into Sports "heroes" deeper and I realized we have an obsession in this industry for the contracts. We ALL look up and care about how much these players are making a year, making a game, making an inning. How long is the commitment? How much upfront? Now it’s no secret these guys make tons more than they should. Breaking a hundred million in just a sports contract alone isn’t unprecedented anymore. In fact we say "eh coulda got someone else but OK.” Remember when A-rod got his contract to the Yankees? "Oh my goodness that’s more than my entire family will make in my life! All for hitting a baseball and stomaching Madonna?!"
These people make a lot of money but I want to bring up a statistic that shocked me.
Did you know 7 out of 10 professional athletes go bankrupt within 10 years after retiring? Hundreds of Millions in endorsements and in contracts, all too just go bankrupt? Anyone reading this will say "I could live off that for the rest of my life and then some".
I probably could too HOWEVER look at how they are paid.
Some are paid at the end of the year in bulk unlike us where we get a small amount of pay every two weeks. Imagine if ten million dollars appeared in your bank account right now? Would you spend all ten? Most would, myself included, and without even realizing it. We can easily mismanage our money if we have a surplus of it or even just make a ton at once. If it appears so fast it may seem like money will come in forever.
And unlike an Author or a Movie Star, that’s not true. After these guys snap a leg or retire from age there’s nothing. They can’t even get a job at ESPN unless you’re lucky. Those commercials and endorsements? Gone! A movie star can get roles often and can work a lot longer people, work into their eighties. A football player will be lucky with ten good years. The common belief that cash cows are meat and no one cares for them can never be any truer than in sports. And if you are a "hero" you may never have to pick up the tab at a bar again but, if you're going to be broke in ten years after retirement, chances are you won’t even be recognized from that has-been look.
And if it couldn't be worse after you leave the game you played passionately for your entire life, you can’t go to camp, you can’t play. If the biggest hobby or whatever job you have that you love to do, and you did it for years of preparation, and are suddenly kicked out I don’t know can you say DEPRESSION? Farve is a unfortunate example of this I don’t think life matters outside football for that man and just because of this the entire country hates him unless you’re in Minnesota.
Not even for Minnesota, there still mad about that interception and, that brings up my next point for this unforgiving society we live in. If you make one stupid comment like Wade made earlier you’re tarnished FOREVER. No matter what you do, people won’t forget. Take Michael Jordan, anytime you get in a conversation about him some moron has to go off and say "HAHA remember when he tried to go into baseball, what a tool!" Unfortunately this goes to all walks of life Sports, Politics, Movies you name it we never forgive anyone for anything. MJ has been dead for a year and if you go to one of his music videos on the internet that has comments you'll still hear "PEDOPHILE" even to a dead man.
Our society is just cold hearted wolves who bite your ankles at the one second you slip.
So, the next time you think of “Wow, I wish I was a sports hero”. Or the next time you force your kid to go beyond the high school jock by not showing him the outside world other than a couple of weight sets, just remember what you’re signing up for?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Jesse 'crazed one' Jackson
Jesse Jackson…just when you think he’s vanished for good he comes back down to our planet to say something stupid. This time he’s going on about how the Cavilers owner is a racist. Why is every comment that has to do with a white man to a black man have to be racist to this guy? Look, if this guy thinks saying dumb comments (I HIGHLY doubt race has anything to do with Cleveland’s anger. That the only man who had a shot at winning a championship just left, let alone it was his hometown, and he did it in the most EMBARASSING fashion possible) has to do with racism just because there multi racial than everyone should be in jail I suppose. It happens every day. Even as you look at the quotes from the Cav's owner I only see some comments made out of the stress of the moment but, I don’t see any racism at all.
A one hour special to go 20 minutes in just to tell you, “Hey, I love you guys, but I wanna win a title. Could he have had a press conference and held up that Heat jersey next to Pat Riley like EVERY SENSIBLE PLAYER DOES?! No! So don’t go off saying race has anything to do with it. The funny part about this is that Mel Gibson tells his girlfriend to get raped by a pack of (Well you fill in the blanks) and where’s Jesse?!
NO WHERE
He went back up in his little spaceship back to his home planet where in the most unsuspecting moment he will be zapped back down to Earth to say yet another dumb comment.
You know if every time someone from a different race in the business world said ANYTHING negative about someone of another race we should all be segregated. Let the Chinese only do business with the Chinese, black only with black, white with white, and Mexicans with only Mexicans. Which, if he’s so for the cause, is the exact opposite of what he preaches to want.
A one hour special to go 20 minutes in just to tell you, “Hey, I love you guys, but I wanna win a title. Could he have had a press conference and held up that Heat jersey next to Pat Riley like EVERY SENSIBLE PLAYER DOES?! No! So don’t go off saying race has anything to do with it. The funny part about this is that Mel Gibson tells his girlfriend to get raped by a pack of (Well you fill in the blanks) and where’s Jesse?!
NO WHERE
He went back up in his little spaceship back to his home planet where in the most unsuspecting moment he will be zapped back down to Earth to say yet another dumb comment.
You know if every time someone from a different race in the business world said ANYTHING negative about someone of another race we should all be segregated. Let the Chinese only do business with the Chinese, black only with black, white with white, and Mexicans with only Mexicans. Which, if he’s so for the cause, is the exact opposite of what he preaches to want.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Behind the Fence
At this time last summer my family moved across our town to an apartment complex. There are three complexes around where I live to the right and behind one. Months have passed and more recently I have noticed the complexes that surround us are more dangerous than the one I reside in. I have tried to figure out how one complex that is only separated by a wooden, broken down fence can be worse than another and after long thought and looking at the complex's every day for awhile I have come down to one conclusion…Rent.
The people are the same. We have a heavy black population to the complex behind the complex I live in and the complex to my right. We have Mexicans (me included). We have whites. We are our own little melting pot on this block. So how can one complex be better than another in the ways of crime?
A few months back a man was murdered behind that old fence my parent’s park their car in front of everyday. Two weeks ago a group of kids started throwing rocks at my own mother and her car when she came home from work.
Around my complex we see plenty of dumb decisions, but never to the capacity of my right or behind. Why? They are all owned by the same people. The complex is run by two older women. The only logical explanation I could come up with is rent. The rent at each of these complexes is cheaper than our complex. A desperate family or a neglected family is definitely more likely to be involved in criminal activity than a financially safe one (usually) and color of the skin is not restricted. Black, Tan, White; it doesn't matter here. The poorer you are the more desperate you get, the richer you are the more likely you’re a target. Why do a lot of poor people end up in jail? A lot of people ask because a rich man stealing has nothing to gain. He’s already rich, why steal?
Rules, laws; all of them are meant to protect the wealthy. A poor man isn't likely to steal from another poor man or even poorer man. If there’s a whole group of poor houses and there’s a three story house on that same block, who's more likely to get robbed? You'd probably get a fatter paycheck from the rich man, wouldn't you agree? So I believe whole heartily that the only reason our attitude and our activities and practices are different from each complex is simply because rent is cheaper than the other.
Each being poorer than the next, each more desperate and in need of survival, and that’s what it all comes down to. It's not a certain race. It's not a certain people. It's economic status. And, yes, it does have to do with the environment. I believe heavily in the environment a child or person is raised. I'm not rich. I've flirted with poverty all my life. I am in poverty with my family. But I have never robbed or stolen. Why? Because my Parents and my other Family members guided me that it was wrong. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen in every household. People will do anything to survive. It can be anyone so, before you believe or hear the next time some misinformed moron say that Black men or immigrants are more likely to steal than a white man, just remember in each of my complexes I live.
In there’s many white men as poor as dirt like a Mexican or Black and don’t ever be told that he is less likely to steal in his economic state than they are.
End
The people are the same. We have a heavy black population to the complex behind the complex I live in and the complex to my right. We have Mexicans (me included). We have whites. We are our own little melting pot on this block. So how can one complex be better than another in the ways of crime?
A few months back a man was murdered behind that old fence my parent’s park their car in front of everyday. Two weeks ago a group of kids started throwing rocks at my own mother and her car when she came home from work.
Around my complex we see plenty of dumb decisions, but never to the capacity of my right or behind. Why? They are all owned by the same people. The complex is run by two older women. The only logical explanation I could come up with is rent. The rent at each of these complexes is cheaper than our complex. A desperate family or a neglected family is definitely more likely to be involved in criminal activity than a financially safe one (usually) and color of the skin is not restricted. Black, Tan, White; it doesn't matter here. The poorer you are the more desperate you get, the richer you are the more likely you’re a target. Why do a lot of poor people end up in jail? A lot of people ask because a rich man stealing has nothing to gain. He’s already rich, why steal?
Rules, laws; all of them are meant to protect the wealthy. A poor man isn't likely to steal from another poor man or even poorer man. If there’s a whole group of poor houses and there’s a three story house on that same block, who's more likely to get robbed? You'd probably get a fatter paycheck from the rich man, wouldn't you agree? So I believe whole heartily that the only reason our attitude and our activities and practices are different from each complex is simply because rent is cheaper than the other.
Each being poorer than the next, each more desperate and in need of survival, and that’s what it all comes down to. It's not a certain race. It's not a certain people. It's economic status. And, yes, it does have to do with the environment. I believe heavily in the environment a child or person is raised. I'm not rich. I've flirted with poverty all my life. I am in poverty with my family. But I have never robbed or stolen. Why? Because my Parents and my other Family members guided me that it was wrong. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen in every household. People will do anything to survive. It can be anyone so, before you believe or hear the next time some misinformed moron say that Black men or immigrants are more likely to steal than a white man, just remember in each of my complexes I live.
In there’s many white men as poor as dirt like a Mexican or Black and don’t ever be told that he is less likely to steal in his economic state than they are.
End
Oil Spiel: Leakage stopped (for now)
After months of irreversible spillage into the Gulf of Mexico a cap has finally stopped the leakage but, of course BP has finally told the truth for once and said, "Don’t hold your breath, it might not be over yet," perhaps the most honest statement in this whole ordeal. If this cap breaks and Oil returns to spilling into the gulf BP should dig there black oil slick sandy graves at beach side because they will officially be over.
No, not really.
Nothing else will happen to them if they close it people will forget and go on to the next big story probably the Ashton Kutcher violent outburst on the phone (that's my prediction, just imagine it...)
On topic; a lot of people lately have said "Don’t shop at the BP" which doesn't make any sense. The BP's where I live, and probably where you live, are run by a family business. What that dimwit that runs BP does is his decision. The family that runs the BP down the street to you have no say in his or his monkeys (I mean advisors) decisions. All you're doing is breaking another business in this economic downside that has claimed many, don’t add to the list. I say if you don’t shop at BP continue to not shop at BP; don’t line anymore pockets than you have too. But, if you shop at BP often, don’t re-route where your quick stop is.
Next will be a long clean up and trying to get boats back on those waters. But, judging by the fact hundreds of thousands of gallons spilled every day, it will be a very long time. Also, all through this ordeal, anyone notice how BP tried to downplay how much is spilling? When it first spilled and broke headlines it was only 100,000 gallons a day then they "re-researched it" bumped to 200,000 "re-researched it" again up to 500,000. They have done nothing but lie to the public these last couple of months and the Government really should do something about it.
But I can see the wrong approach already being taken
This clearly happened because BP and its workers failed to take the precautions necessary. And what do we do when they can’t take the precautions necessary? We add more precautions if you can’t eat 3 scoops of ice cream you don’t add 3 more scoops of ice cream. Adding more precautions is just more precautions that won’t be followed.
Once again Obama was being too soft. I don’t blame him that the spill happened I blame him for the fact he bended into what the conservatives campaigned for the entire time: "Drill baby drill!" He spoke against it (the conservatives supported it) and was debated on TV. He WON the election, got a Democratic majority in the senate and house, and what does he do? He signs an offshore drilling law? What the hell is that? Don’t democrats dominate everything? Once again Liberals are being pushed around. It could be one Republican and all the rest Dems and still be pushed around, put it together. If Obama signs more of these offshore drilling bills and companies like BP keep recklessly extracting oil these spills will be a hell of a lot more common, so please don’t.
Oh, and by the way, BP making a Youtube channel and advertising on every other vid I watch to befriend you? Really? Are you really more concerned about getting what little support you have now. You already are hated just for being an oil company. A cheap attempt is all it is. And the fact you can’t even comment on their page or videos?
Stupid.
No, not really.
Nothing else will happen to them if they close it people will forget and go on to the next big story probably the Ashton Kutcher violent outburst on the phone (that's my prediction, just imagine it...)
On topic; a lot of people lately have said "Don’t shop at the BP" which doesn't make any sense. The BP's where I live, and probably where you live, are run by a family business. What that dimwit that runs BP does is his decision. The family that runs the BP down the street to you have no say in his or his monkeys (I mean advisors) decisions. All you're doing is breaking another business in this economic downside that has claimed many, don’t add to the list. I say if you don’t shop at BP continue to not shop at BP; don’t line anymore pockets than you have too. But, if you shop at BP often, don’t re-route where your quick stop is.
Next will be a long clean up and trying to get boats back on those waters. But, judging by the fact hundreds of thousands of gallons spilled every day, it will be a very long time. Also, all through this ordeal, anyone notice how BP tried to downplay how much is spilling? When it first spilled and broke headlines it was only 100,000 gallons a day then they "re-researched it" bumped to 200,000 "re-researched it" again up to 500,000. They have done nothing but lie to the public these last couple of months and the Government really should do something about it.
But I can see the wrong approach already being taken
This clearly happened because BP and its workers failed to take the precautions necessary. And what do we do when they can’t take the precautions necessary? We add more precautions if you can’t eat 3 scoops of ice cream you don’t add 3 more scoops of ice cream. Adding more precautions is just more precautions that won’t be followed.
Once again Obama was being too soft. I don’t blame him that the spill happened I blame him for the fact he bended into what the conservatives campaigned for the entire time: "Drill baby drill!" He spoke against it (the conservatives supported it) and was debated on TV. He WON the election, got a Democratic majority in the senate and house, and what does he do? He signs an offshore drilling law? What the hell is that? Don’t democrats dominate everything? Once again Liberals are being pushed around. It could be one Republican and all the rest Dems and still be pushed around, put it together. If Obama signs more of these offshore drilling bills and companies like BP keep recklessly extracting oil these spills will be a hell of a lot more common, so please don’t.
Oh, and by the way, BP making a Youtube channel and advertising on every other vid I watch to befriend you? Really? Are you really more concerned about getting what little support you have now. You already are hated just for being an oil company. A cheap attempt is all it is. And the fact you can’t even comment on their page or videos?
Stupid.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The hero or the villain?
The Barefoot Bandit got caught in the Bahamas recently embarking on a chase with police that will be talked about for a long time. He has been arrested for committing over one hundred crimes over various states, mainly the pacific coastline, where he escaped from a mental facility. Now, I usually wouldn't talk about this probably until I had heard that he was being escorted to his holding location and people were caught yelling "You're a hero, Barefoot Bandit!"
A lot of people including my grandmother, who was watching the television with me when we both saw this, was very surprised and shocked that someone like the Barefoot Bandit would be called a "hero". Myself? I'm not surprised, in fact I expected as much for the two years he eluded the police and taunted them and frustrated them. The ENTIRE Bahamas was in search of this man. Why? People love criminals! There’s sooo much to think about when you see a criminal outside or in a book or in a movie
Why is he doing this? What is his motive? How is he able to elude law enforcement for two years? Isn't it incredible how he learned to fly a plane on his own?
This ALWAYS enters the public’s mind when they think of a criminal and it always will. As kids we play cops and robbers and in my experiences a lot more wanted to be a robber than a cop. Who wouldn't we all want to be that cold manipulator that makes the snowglobe wall we call society crack and shatter. He was caught in the most dramatic of ways a three hour boat chase. Plus the fact he crashed a plane to even get to the Bahamas. Oh and the fact he runs BAREFOOT and is only nineteen and was on the run for two years.
Mark my words he will become a legend, folk songs will be written, you name it. I can already hear the comparisons to Robin Hood, minus the give to the poor part. We always care more about a criminal than a hero. We know why heroes are heroes most of us are capable of being heroes. I'd expect more to disarm a man with a knife than being the man holding a knife stabbing a human being until their demise. That takes much more than just morals. We’re always taught to do the right thing if someone goes wrong and doesn’t do the right thing even after being told all there life to do the right thing
There always will be that fascination.
TangentX
A lot of people including my grandmother, who was watching the television with me when we both saw this, was very surprised and shocked that someone like the Barefoot Bandit would be called a "hero". Myself? I'm not surprised, in fact I expected as much for the two years he eluded the police and taunted them and frustrated them. The ENTIRE Bahamas was in search of this man. Why? People love criminals! There’s sooo much to think about when you see a criminal outside or in a book or in a movie
Why is he doing this? What is his motive? How is he able to elude law enforcement for two years? Isn't it incredible how he learned to fly a plane on his own?
This ALWAYS enters the public’s mind when they think of a criminal and it always will. As kids we play cops and robbers and in my experiences a lot more wanted to be a robber than a cop. Who wouldn't we all want to be that cold manipulator that makes the snowglobe wall we call society crack and shatter. He was caught in the most dramatic of ways a three hour boat chase. Plus the fact he crashed a plane to even get to the Bahamas. Oh and the fact he runs BAREFOOT and is only nineteen and was on the run for two years.
Mark my words he will become a legend, folk songs will be written, you name it. I can already hear the comparisons to Robin Hood, minus the give to the poor part. We always care more about a criminal than a hero. We know why heroes are heroes most of us are capable of being heroes. I'd expect more to disarm a man with a knife than being the man holding a knife stabbing a human being until their demise. That takes much more than just morals. We’re always taught to do the right thing if someone goes wrong and doesn’t do the right thing even after being told all there life to do the right thing
There always will be that fascination.
TangentX
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