it's such a shame to see the american auto industry refusing to make more fuel efficient vehicles for us. they threaten the common sense request with "too much high cost" and "cutting american jobs."
so making more fuel efficient cars will cut jobs? how do you figure?
well everyone at the top want s to keep making their cut; so higher cost in process and manufacturing means they won't take a small cut to fund the transition, no, they will keep making their billions and cut the little guys jobs at the bottom to fund the transition then blame us for the unemployment rate because we want better cars. such greed and lack of motivation to move into a positive future is so, infuriating, distasteful...i don't even know what to call it, but these people running these companies should be allowed to be here.
if we as americans want better cars, better fuel efficiency, better environmental impact, it would be in our best interest to completely boycott all american cars. buy only foreign cars. threaten them to close down or meet our demands for better productions. the problem is there are good, decent working american people with jobs there, and i wouldn't want to jeopardize their livelihood. what can we do in such a situation? 30 mpg is nothing and they tout that like it's sliced bread. and our emissions are no where near what they are in other countries. why? why is the industry forcing us to pay for more gas? why is this industry forcing us to lose money? why is this industry so against the american people?
foreign car manufactures are already turning to and using more efficient fuel sources, allowing cars run 40-60 mpg. they have been experimenting with methane, corn and hydrogen. yet we are still in bed with OIL. your life as an american isn't worth anything compared to OIL. our desired for a better america is worth nothing compared to OIL. as long as there is OIL you will never see the benefits that people around the world have.
back in the 90s saturn had an electric car that meet all these demands we are screaming about today and the auto industry destroyed that option for us just to keep billions in their pockets. it's enough to make you not have any kind of pride here.
american pride isn't about owning and buying everything that's american no matter how they are made. i consider myself a patriot and believe in the rising of american pride but most of my purchases and car i drive are japanese. they have it right over there. they make the initiative to innovate and better the life of people without having to make such a big fuss about it. i know it has happened in the past, but not like it happens here.
we don't really care about pollution, we don't care about our environment, we don't care about the cost of energy, we only care about "our time", what's on tv?, entertainment, drinking, having a good time. we are sending the message to all american businesses that "yeah, we like getting screwed by you", because we take it. we don't stand up for anything as a whole. that is why we are in the situation we are now. and guess what? it's too late. high gas prices. inefficient cars, poor environmental repercussions.
it's our faults and all the american industries took advantage of american selfishness and lack of pride and made damn sure it stayed that way - because we keep paying them.
do america a favor, buy japanese.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
guns and american violence
this is from msnbc http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15111438/ written 2007. it states Myth No. 3. “No one knew.” Myths about school shooters.
Before most of the attacks, someone else knew about the idea or the plan. "In most cases, those who knew were other kids: friends, schoolmates, siblings and others. However, this information rarely made its way to an adult."
here's the complete section of the report by National Institute of Justice Journal, No 248--Preventing School shootings
This article summarizes USSS Safe School Initiative: An Interim Report on the Prevention
of Targeted Violence in Schools (Washington, DC: U.S. Secret Service, National Threat
Assessment Center, 2000). The summary is published with permission from NTAC
Prior to most incidents, the attacker told someone about his idea or plan. In more than three-fourths of the cases examined in the Safe School Initiative, the attacker told a friend, schoolmate, or sibling about his idea for a possible attack before taking action. In one case, an attacker made comments to at least 24 friends and classmates about his interest in killing other students, building bombs, or carrying out an attack at the school. Some of the conversations were long enough that peers conveyed detailed information about the plans, including the date it would happen.
However, the study identified a major barrier to the prevention of targeted school violence. In nearly all of the cases, the person who was told about the impending incident was a peer, and rarely did anyone bring the information to an adult’s attention.
i'm wondering if these people that knew prior are being help accountable and tried as accessories to these shootings. probably not. you never hear about this side of the story. if they are not, there is no real urgency in doing everything possible to prevent school shootings. these people need to start being held accountable. let me ask you something, if your child was killed and you found out that someone knew about it and didn't say anything what would you feel?
firearms are a really big problem in america. crime, school shootings, accidents. there is a lack of understanding when it comes to guns. guns are a sensitive subject. but i stand behind the right to own them. i'm a gun owner, but these kids, criminals and some nra stances are making it very difficult be seen as a good law abiding person and makes it so easy to demonize gun ownership.
guns stand for freedom and they stand for independence. but not today because of what's going on. you can't demonize guns or the people that lawfully, respectfully, and responsibly use them. we need to demonize the criminals and the corrupt dealers that sell guns to criminals.
when it comes to these kids shooting other kids, not only are they held accountable, but the parents should be held accountable too. i grew up ok, and so did many others. we had parents that cared for us and taught us right, even in the presence of other trouble makers and people that had no respect for what's right, we grew up ok. the parents are at fault too. these parents didn't teaching their kids right. if we started holding them accountable, you can bet that the leniency and lack of discipline parents today give their kids would quickly stop.
people that don't know anything about guns shouldn't talk about guns. all guns have one thing in common, they are dangerous in the wrong hands. it's a tough thing to talk about especially when families are victims of gun violence and they speak out against guns. but we can't simply run off to ban them. a gun is a gun for someone that is a victim, i understand that. but a gun is not a gun if you know about them.
there was a study done by the justice department or if you search "Guns Used in Crime". it states that the majority of guns in crimes are handguns and assault rifles are less used. the percentages of rifles used are small in comparison. it's an old report, but i imagined not much has changed up to today. but i'm wondering why is there such a big push to ban "assault rifles" and not ban handguns if they are the ones criminals prefer to use? it doesn't make sense. most crimes are committed with handguns, why are we not pushing to ban handguns? instead we are making so much effort on banning rifles that are rarely used?
but it doesn't matter when talking about guns. guns are guns. you either have respect them or you don't. you either respect them or you fear them . owning a gun is a big responsibility. most law abiding americans are responsible, i think. but that isn't the issue. the truth about all this hasn't even been touched. the truth is even if you got rid of all the guns in the world, we would live in danger from criminals. with no guns around criminals would turn to other weapons. guns are only a small portion of our history, before guns there was the sword, before the sword, there were arrows, before that we threw rocks at each other. we can ban the right to own or buy guns, but what about the guns in the hands of millions of criminals? there's a big gun trafficking problem here; you think a gun ban will stop that too? it won't. a gun ban will put our lives in danger from criminals that don't follow our laws.
let's say for argument's sake, we got rid of all guns and ideas of violence in all mediums; got rid of every person that has knowledge of violence, got rid of all weapons and gave this world to our children to rule without any trace of violence - i can see in the beginning that things would be peaceful, but i guarantee with my life, that one day, one of those people, or maybe their children will introduce violence into society again. and eventually one day, someone will throw something at someone else and kill them.
Before most of the attacks, someone else knew about the idea or the plan. "In most cases, those who knew were other kids: friends, schoolmates, siblings and others. However, this information rarely made its way to an adult."
here's the complete section of the report by National Institute of Justice Journal, No 248--Preventing School shootings
This article summarizes USSS Safe School Initiative: An Interim Report on the Prevention
of Targeted Violence in Schools (Washington, DC: U.S. Secret Service, National Threat
Assessment Center, 2000). The summary is published with permission from NTAC
Prior to most incidents, the attacker told someone about his idea or plan. In more than three-fourths of the cases examined in the Safe School Initiative, the attacker told a friend, schoolmate, or sibling about his idea for a possible attack before taking action. In one case, an attacker made comments to at least 24 friends and classmates about his interest in killing other students, building bombs, or carrying out an attack at the school. Some of the conversations were long enough that peers conveyed detailed information about the plans, including the date it would happen.
However, the study identified a major barrier to the prevention of targeted school violence. In nearly all of the cases, the person who was told about the impending incident was a peer, and rarely did anyone bring the information to an adult’s attention.
i'm wondering if these people that knew prior are being help accountable and tried as accessories to these shootings. probably not. you never hear about this side of the story. if they are not, there is no real urgency in doing everything possible to prevent school shootings. these people need to start being held accountable. let me ask you something, if your child was killed and you found out that someone knew about it and didn't say anything what would you feel?
firearms are a really big problem in america. crime, school shootings, accidents. there is a lack of understanding when it comes to guns. guns are a sensitive subject. but i stand behind the right to own them. i'm a gun owner, but these kids, criminals and some nra stances are making it very difficult be seen as a good law abiding person and makes it so easy to demonize gun ownership.
guns stand for freedom and they stand for independence. but not today because of what's going on. you can't demonize guns or the people that lawfully, respectfully, and responsibly use them. we need to demonize the criminals and the corrupt dealers that sell guns to criminals.
when it comes to these kids shooting other kids, not only are they held accountable, but the parents should be held accountable too. i grew up ok, and so did many others. we had parents that cared for us and taught us right, even in the presence of other trouble makers and people that had no respect for what's right, we grew up ok. the parents are at fault too. these parents didn't teaching their kids right. if we started holding them accountable, you can bet that the leniency and lack of discipline parents today give their kids would quickly stop.
people that don't know anything about guns shouldn't talk about guns. all guns have one thing in common, they are dangerous in the wrong hands. it's a tough thing to talk about especially when families are victims of gun violence and they speak out against guns. but we can't simply run off to ban them. a gun is a gun for someone that is a victim, i understand that. but a gun is not a gun if you know about them.
there was a study done by the justice department or if you search "Guns Used in Crime". it states that the majority of guns in crimes are handguns and assault rifles are less used. the percentages of rifles used are small in comparison. it's an old report, but i imagined not much has changed up to today. but i'm wondering why is there such a big push to ban "assault rifles" and not ban handguns if they are the ones criminals prefer to use? it doesn't make sense. most crimes are committed with handguns, why are we not pushing to ban handguns? instead we are making so much effort on banning rifles that are rarely used?
but it doesn't matter when talking about guns. guns are guns. you either have respect them or you don't. you either respect them or you fear them . owning a gun is a big responsibility. most law abiding americans are responsible, i think. but that isn't the issue. the truth about all this hasn't even been touched. the truth is even if you got rid of all the guns in the world, we would live in danger from criminals. with no guns around criminals would turn to other weapons. guns are only a small portion of our history, before guns there was the sword, before the sword, there were arrows, before that we threw rocks at each other. we can ban the right to own or buy guns, but what about the guns in the hands of millions of criminals? there's a big gun trafficking problem here; you think a gun ban will stop that too? it won't. a gun ban will put our lives in danger from criminals that don't follow our laws.
let's say for argument's sake, we got rid of all guns and ideas of violence in all mediums; got rid of every person that has knowledge of violence, got rid of all weapons and gave this world to our children to rule without any trace of violence - i can see in the beginning that things would be peaceful, but i guarantee with my life, that one day, one of those people, or maybe their children will introduce violence into society again. and eventually one day, someone will throw something at someone else and kill them.
does anyone feel differently?
has our history shown anything differently? violence can not be stopped; no science, no law, no religion, no intellect, no books, no speech, no ideas, or will of the people, morals, or values will ever change that fact. we can do all we can to prevent violence, but we must start with issues that are a factor in violent behavior; not the means-to-an-end once violent behaviors are carried out.
guns aren't the problem. we can make efforts to stop guns from being used but that isn't the problem. the problem is we will never stop crimes. we will never stop criminals. we will never stop violence. that is human nature. if we killed every criminal today, we will have to kill many more tomorrow. it's in our human culture. it is human design. that is something no one wants to hear, but that is the truth.
we are missing the point.
guns aren't the problem. we can make efforts to stop guns from being used but that isn't the problem. the problem is we will never stop crimes. we will never stop criminals. we will never stop violence. that is human nature. if we killed every criminal today, we will have to kill many more tomorrow. it's in our human culture. it is human design. that is something no one wants to hear, but that is the truth.
we are missing the point.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
the lesser of 2 evils
i can't understand for the life of me - people that say, "well, looking at my voting options, i'll vote for the lesser evil of 2 evils." evil, right... you do know what that implies? "well if you don't vote you have no say in what goes on." WHAT? are you kidding me. i don't understand how that propaganda sank so fast in the minds of americans.
being presented with a line up of people that are worthless and i have to choose one, i'd choose none. that is an option as well. that is my option. i choose not to put anyone in power that i don't feel i can trust, or is a leader for the people. you can't trust any of these people. they don't care about you or me. they will only make there lives better and forget about you. in fact we don't even exist to them. we exist as stepping stone votes, not as individuals.
the truth is if we all didn't vote for any of these people, you can believe that will make the biggest impact and have the loudest voice ever in american history.
imagine that...
but that is unpatriotic. that is undemocratic, that is plain ignorant. that is dangerous. that is not american. why? because we wouldn't be "behaving" the way they expect you to behave. to follow the painted line they want you to follow. it's interesting that the more they tell you "you need to follow these rules, you need to participate this way, you need to believe in everything we do." the more our freedom to question and to even demand change seems to be unamerican.
your vote is not your voice. i choose not to vote because these people set in place by the system are not on my side. that is the voice i want america to hear. not "gee, i'll vote for the lesser of 2 evils like you want me to; rock the vote!"
being presented with a line up of people that are worthless and i have to choose one, i'd choose none. that is an option as well. that is my option. i choose not to put anyone in power that i don't feel i can trust, or is a leader for the people. you can't trust any of these people. they don't care about you or me. they will only make there lives better and forget about you. in fact we don't even exist to them. we exist as stepping stone votes, not as individuals.
the truth is if we all didn't vote for any of these people, you can believe that will make the biggest impact and have the loudest voice ever in american history.
imagine that...
but that is unpatriotic. that is undemocratic, that is plain ignorant. that is dangerous. that is not american. why? because we wouldn't be "behaving" the way they expect you to behave. to follow the painted line they want you to follow. it's interesting that the more they tell you "you need to follow these rules, you need to participate this way, you need to believe in everything we do." the more our freedom to question and to even demand change seems to be unamerican.
your vote is not your voice. i choose not to vote because these people set in place by the system are not on my side. that is the voice i want america to hear. not "gee, i'll vote for the lesser of 2 evils like you want me to; rock the vote!"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
reconstructive thoughts
my first posting is a little negative. it's the cause of years of looking at what's going on around me, and how everyday, the controlling class makes us believe that things are not as bad as they seem. and even worse, how the people around me succumb to the propaganda.
i should deconstruct my thoughts and present them again in a more absorbent way. like i said it's important not to rant. but it's part of humandesign to get so passionate and infuriated by the evolution of america. it truly is tough to see nothing but the negative when the more you live the more you notice how things really are designed to work against you.
i should deconstruct my thoughts and present them again in a more absorbent way. like i said it's important not to rant. but it's part of humandesign to get so passionate and infuriated by the evolution of america. it truly is tough to see nothing but the negative when the more you live the more you notice how things really are designed to work against you.
we need leadership
i'm not an authority, i'm not an expert. i haven’t written a book, studied law or politics for school or credit. i’m not involved in politics. i'm just an american. a person, like you and everyone else, with perceptions, thoughts, and feelings about america and us as a working system. i see this system not working because there is no true leadership.
i've thought for some time now that it's time speak about this place; to the people. things need to be said and we need to start listening to people that are willing to tell you the truth. the times are turning downward; to black; to ashes; to smoke - in most places, but in america, it seems we have a little more time to make the 180 out of the downward spiral.
but my truth is sometimes harsh and hard and, well, too inhuman for people with a blinding pursuit of hope to swallow. I don’t blame them. It’s good they are that way and haven’t given up. We need more people like that. On the other hand, blind hope sets us further and further away from reality and when it comes time to face it those people have prevented themselves from being completely prepared to deal with and accept reality. the truth can’t be generic, or softened, or pc, or void of passion, or what’s accepted by the “experts”, endorsed by the hand that feed and control us, or one liners. truth is complex.
the truth starts with leadership; passed along by leadership; and protected by leadership and is not swayed by anything. there in lies the problem. people are easily swayed. and our leadership has been swayed for many, many years.
leadership needs to start coming from the youth of this country. we need to take notice and start climbing up to those positions. there are too many older generations at the helm, trying to direct this country down old rusted, warped tracks that worked a long time ago., but america today is different, i don’t need to tell you that, we all know that. Unfortunately that hasn’t really sunk in yet. the generations of tomorrow are getting lost; getting tired to fast; getting overstepped; getting sloppy; getting too apathetic; getting too destructive, getting lied to, getting distracted, getting forsaken. all these people fighting to take control of our lives and direction of america are just trying to make a name for themselves, etching there names in history; making a career in “making a change”, “we need change”, “change”, “this country needs change”, “the people want change”. undoubtedly over the decades we seemed to have gotten worse and worse and worse, a little more here a little more there; masking the bad with 20 or 30 band-aid policies and laws that will eventually, progressively fail the people and the rare one good change coming out of every 2 or 3 administrations that makes little impact to the overall failing machine. and then they distract our attention daily to make us forget the little things here and there that are corroding our land, our home, from the inside out.
i know for sure the systems we deal with everyday, in schools, in medicine, for consumer goods, of corporations, of our finances, in banks, of credit cards, for family expectation, even of entertainment work against us. i know for sure the law doesn’t really work for people. i know for sure the police don’t serve or protect us. i know for sure this government doesn’t really work for people. i know for sure we don’t care about each other. there’s just too many things to name that work against us.
i don’t pretend to know all the answers for everything, but i can offer some answers to some of our problems that we seem to ignore, or simply don't realize. the truths about us and america are hard to hear and accept, but it's important to not rant about them, so i want to take some time thinking about how to present them to you. it's important to not get the wrong message across. i have hope in a better america. i'm also blinded by hope. maybe some of you out there will understand and see some truth in what i say. others may not, but the great thing about that is with the willingness to discuss we can come to an understanding. something lost in america today. true understanding.
i wish i could be a leader. we desperately need good leaders real bad these days. i wish i could become a leader, but i’m not charismatic or elegant in speech. unfortunately that is one trait that matters more than what is actually said by most "leaders."
i've thought for some time now that it's time speak about this place; to the people. things need to be said and we need to start listening to people that are willing to tell you the truth. the times are turning downward; to black; to ashes; to smoke - in most places, but in america, it seems we have a little more time to make the 180 out of the downward spiral.
but my truth is sometimes harsh and hard and, well, too inhuman for people with a blinding pursuit of hope to swallow. I don’t blame them. It’s good they are that way and haven’t given up. We need more people like that. On the other hand, blind hope sets us further and further away from reality and when it comes time to face it those people have prevented themselves from being completely prepared to deal with and accept reality. the truth can’t be generic, or softened, or pc, or void of passion, or what’s accepted by the “experts”, endorsed by the hand that feed and control us, or one liners. truth is complex.
the truth starts with leadership; passed along by leadership; and protected by leadership and is not swayed by anything. there in lies the problem. people are easily swayed. and our leadership has been swayed for many, many years.
leadership needs to start coming from the youth of this country. we need to take notice and start climbing up to those positions. there are too many older generations at the helm, trying to direct this country down old rusted, warped tracks that worked a long time ago., but america today is different, i don’t need to tell you that, we all know that. Unfortunately that hasn’t really sunk in yet. the generations of tomorrow are getting lost; getting tired to fast; getting overstepped; getting sloppy; getting too apathetic; getting too destructive, getting lied to, getting distracted, getting forsaken. all these people fighting to take control of our lives and direction of america are just trying to make a name for themselves, etching there names in history; making a career in “making a change”, “we need change”, “change”, “this country needs change”, “the people want change”. undoubtedly over the decades we seemed to have gotten worse and worse and worse, a little more here a little more there; masking the bad with 20 or 30 band-aid policies and laws that will eventually, progressively fail the people and the rare one good change coming out of every 2 or 3 administrations that makes little impact to the overall failing machine. and then they distract our attention daily to make us forget the little things here and there that are corroding our land, our home, from the inside out.
i know for sure the systems we deal with everyday, in schools, in medicine, for consumer goods, of corporations, of our finances, in banks, of credit cards, for family expectation, even of entertainment work against us. i know for sure the law doesn’t really work for people. i know for sure the police don’t serve or protect us. i know for sure this government doesn’t really work for people. i know for sure we don’t care about each other. there’s just too many things to name that work against us.
i don’t pretend to know all the answers for everything, but i can offer some answers to some of our problems that we seem to ignore, or simply don't realize. the truths about us and america are hard to hear and accept, but it's important to not rant about them, so i want to take some time thinking about how to present them to you. it's important to not get the wrong message across. i have hope in a better america. i'm also blinded by hope. maybe some of you out there will understand and see some truth in what i say. others may not, but the great thing about that is with the willingness to discuss we can come to an understanding. something lost in america today. true understanding.
i wish i could be a leader. we desperately need good leaders real bad these days. i wish i could become a leader, but i’m not charismatic or elegant in speech. unfortunately that is one trait that matters more than what is actually said by most "leaders."
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