CAN I HAVE A CUP OF $15.00 GAS?

Someone with a gas card deal replied on another blog of mine that we cannot hope the government will fix our gas woes. So I wonder who will? $15.00 gas has been mentioned in the media.

Perhaps we will form citizen bands to pass gas from the refinery in cups down the interstates. We could all stand a few feet apart to cut the transportation cost. We could also get genetically engineered to siphon Hydrogen out of the air with gills so we could afford to stand there. Reverse umbrellas could act as water gathering devises so we can have a cool drink as we pass the cups along.

I feel this is more sensible than letting government, big government, charge us or whatever it does for its services. Unless government is killing people or locking them up it’s of no use. Sure. I believe that! It is everyone for themselves unless wealth’s way of privileged life is in question. Then we are all in this together, thank you that big government. Calling all suckers. Get ready to syphon.

Are you on-board?
I’m selling oil resistant shoes for those inevitable drips.

If all goes well I will be rolling in money, become a big success and not worry over energy cost. I will have the last laugh. Then I will make shares in my corporation public. Wow! Your pain will be my gain! Hurray pain, hurray!  I suppose I will be pro pain then.

CRAZY LIKE A SPAM

Spam

Spam on Spam.

Spam mixed with your words and some kind of code.

Spam in funny language’s that seem fake.

Spamtastic spam made to seem like a short reply.

Humungous spamaria flowing all over the page in blue so you can click on something (I never have) and go who knows where, down which drain pipe.

Welcome to the nonsensical world of the spammers who are apparently outwitting someone or something. But as far as I go, they are waisting their time.

Everybody must get spammed.

Have a spamerific day.

SECOND LIFE!!!!!!!

For those who missed the first?

No!

For those who were told to get a life, they got a real fake one. Where they end up often paying for their own imagination!

Imagine that!

It is free here.

No sexy and enhanced avatars. I laugh when I see the real people compared to their imaginary selves.

To each their own.

How dare you criticize cyberspace stuff!

Are not blogs essentially given to imaginary audiences?

How dare this writer question his own pondering!

We will convene our imaginary court.

With our imaginary judge and jury.

Then we will ban you from cyberspace for eternity!

Don’t condemn what you do not know.

Sorry.

I did not know second life could be carried out all inside the same persons head.

WHY WE BLOG

There may be some three and one quarter million (shortly) blogs on the WordPress.

So we ask this question: WHY DO YOU DO IT?

For many, it is not money apparently, but time is spent typing and coming up with whatever it is you come up with. Why do you do it? There, alone at the lonely keyboard? Today, just on the WordPress, some 100,000 something of you will type out many millions of words. Each word cost .01 calories to produce. This results in a net loss of carbon footprint; than if you were out walking, or talking with someone making body gestures and such. But close to being a couch potato. Perhaps a high definition onion.

Point number one; I just made up that calorie figure.

The blog-o-sphere Internets tubey thingy is full of unverifiable information, suggestions, conceptions, and notions, plus many things I will not mention. Amidst all this highly questionable material, still you decide to blog, and one of you actually decided to read this post.

Point number two; The search for meaning and affirmation in a life of disconnection.

Despite the anonymity inherent to most post, many continue there search for existential meaning on the WEB. For some, it is the opportunity to be heard, no matter how ridiculous ones expression is, or how much you are ignored in the real world. Observe the invisible one typing at this moment. Yes you typer, this is the Great Spirit of the Internet asking you, why do you persist? Is it in the vain hope that the collective information of the Internet will evolve into the future life form of humankind’s destiny, and in this thin prospect, you place yourself as a serving on the plate of being? Just in case that other afterlife thing does not work out as advertised?

Point number three; Nutty and flashy titles get recognition and attention. Is this cheep billboard self glory the reason why you type?

Observe the standard titles of many top post (this one excluded of course), they often seem intellectually/emotionally immature, yet the interest grabbed is worth the effort to come up with a better fish hook. Secret point number four; The self confidence natural to being the editor and producer of your own blog lets you speak in utter certainty about things you can never be certain of. At least not as certain as you let on.

But since it is late, I will discontinue this post now, yet insert tags and categories, a bunch of them, just on that odd chance that someone, yes just one, you, will listen to even things without perfect endings.

and Jimmy calling me to come into the cat pen and play. I built the adobe outdoor room.

FEAR AND PARANOIA RULES

FEAR AND Paranoia, they easily spread like wildfires. This truth, especially as it applies to men, has had the USA both use atomic weapons on another nation, and willing to start a nuclear war over the positioning of nuclear weapons during the Cuban Missile Crisis. We may like to point our fingers at nearly every contrary interest in the world as being dangerous, but when it comes to real WMD use, it is the good old USA that has shown its willingness to use them against other human beings.

Right. When we are at war, we do not consider the other side to be human beings, so that opens up this notion of wiping out your opponent. We are not the first nation or tribe willing to threaten genocide or obliteration of their enemies. Humans throughout history have done to others what they would not ever wish upon their own. This is exactly the problem!

These days we are building the equivalent of concentration camps, but for whom exactly? What worse case scenario are some planning for? Is this not like weaponry, that if someone builds them, they then look for reasons to take advantage of their assumed advantage?

How often is this kind of opportunist mindset, resisted indefinitely? We used atomic weapons right off the bat! And you are to feel justified that we did! Now why would not this kind of rationalization apply to other human beings as well? Well, it so happens it does, as we discovered on 9-11. 19 losers of a sort, allegedly changed the metric on conflict and all our rights being rendered conditional, into a kind of quasi martial law that lets the executive do whatever it wants.

Who knew our history of freedom and standing up for freedom could be rendered mute so easily? We have a new set of violations to the Spirit of America that have more or less gone under the radar. Since we have now established that “appearances” are used as an excuse to trump actual election tallies to completion, we now have a faux or designer pseudo democracy. One where a vote count within a few million can be exorcised with a political party biased court in place. We have already seen how easy it is to overthrow democracy from within, and how safeguards to most institutional abuse are now removed when one party decides to act as if it were to be the one party state!

DEALING THE FEAR DECK

We now have in place, those who do not care what legacy of all of our history they destroy in the perverted name of defending it. We also have a fourth estate and other institutions who will go along with the destruction of freedom, in freedoms name. The nepotism, crony ism, corruption, and incompetence expected when these sorts of conservatives, yes conservatives, decide to save freedom from itself, is blatant today right here in the good old USA. We have seen the willingness of leaders who care not what their actions produce in the world any more than those who drop atom bombs on other nations, for expedience sake of course.

So we are led to speculate on the next scenario possibly being conceived to swing the election from a public that will have its eyes plucked out metaphorically speaking, and so left to the hands that pull their ignorance around their own heads as if it were a gift from God. The blind will and are leading the blind, and nary a one can or will do a thing about it. We have created an authoritarian bank account here in America, all those deposits are going to go to some risky scheme some time.

It is quite possible that Iran is being set up to coincide, like the other attacks and warnings, with the electoral process in the US. We have seen how what is called patriotism, or rallying around the leader and the leaders associates, is expected and usually delivered by a stupefied and frightened public. Indeed, we could say that all the boisterous, and jingoist pandering as occurred before the Iraq war, will be greatly facilitated by a corrupt and compromised corporate forth estate. Who are highly vested in the status quo, as well as US supremacy, no matter how misguided or historically deaf and dumb the blundering investment will be. It is running on a delusional fantasy, with our ankles tied around its lead weight along side the ship of state.

We will also see the usual right wing sycophants with their bull horns, trying to keep any contrary truths out of view, or have them tainted with ad-hominem venom, to poison the public from exercising their critical thinking abilities, and otherwise, act like a cult ready to swallow the cool-aid.

We are being frisked by fear at the gas pump. The soaring prices will be met with other prices going up across the boards, while income dwindles. Corporations have the right to pass on their expenses to you. You have no such right! Hum? How could this set up to rob have happened? So called Free Enterprise? Know who actually gets the prise?

That some pols have the conservative candidate so close to the less, speaks to the lack of light going into many hearts, minds and souls. Under this shadow this Memorial Weekend, while we honor those who gave their lives for our right to be free, those who hate freedoms full expression, will speak of its glory and triumph. This, while those who live under the pale light left visible in the USA, see the glistening of barbed wire points, unwinding above fences around newly constructed internment camps. Who are these for? You may well find out soon enough.

THANK YOU FOR STRANGLING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

I remember hearing of how mass transportation was strangled way back when, so the more lucrative car for everybody culture could go forth and strangle us all. Not only does pollution and its car connections threaten the planet, but our consumer lifestyle is driving the worlds emerging “individualist” to all want the same things.

We gamble that some new discovery will magically save us in nick of time, but time may have already run out. Yet where is the US governments response to out of control oil prices expected to top out at up to $175.00 a barrel!  What are the plans?  The We the People plans? Were all in this together only when terror threatens the wealth’s portfolio’s, otherwise, the rest of us are good only for recruiting to fight purposes.  Go screw yourself, you want something for nothing liberals?

In these coming hurricanes, we are all in the bathtub together, the conservatives hands are legally around our necks.  For the structure of nation, the opportunist wind only blows one way.  Who can raise their prices, while you cannot raise you wages, or claim; “I am paying less on all my bills because I no longer can keep up with inflation.”  Right!

So in honor to the upcoming end of things I would like to thank all the predatory opportunist who live to destroy the commons and make a buck out of parting creation out to the highest bidder. I understand why you never gave a damn about me, or us. I know how appealing and addicting greed is. It is so addicting when one rises above the commoners; that being more like God in ones own mind and being able to display the evidence around you, seems like an ego’s grandiose dream come true.

I am glad to pay more and more until the wallet is empty so the wealthy oil executives and stock holders keep secure in their high expectation lifestyle. We live for your service, and I’m quite confident everyone reading this will send you a thank you card (if stamps are under a dollar) when our cars are decommissioned. We will wait for trains that do not come to anywhere near us. Commercials will tell how walking is so healthy for those of you who must.  How secretly lucky you are by your situation.  Don’t be too surprised if it happens.  But then; why would they even waist money on telling us how lucky we are to be in poverty?  Probably won’t have TV sets anymore!

So here’s to opportunist one and all. As societies and cultures atrophy around the rest of us, I hope your mansions air conditioners will work fine off of those personal oil and gas storage tanks of yours.

Keep cool. It is very important.

FOR TEXT ME–NOT

I am glad that I’m old enough not to get in on the texting craze.  Like I need to be typing symbols and nultiple punches just to get one letter, I can barely make out the numbers on my phone!

I once upon-a-time used a pager, before this millennium, to send symbols that meant words.  It was a cute way to send a message and not have to make an actual phone call, whoopee!

I see these kids walking down the street while looking insane and punching out whatever, like the car heading right at them didn’t matter.

Once it was the sorry sorts who had their “heads up in the clouds.”  Now we have the makings of many ailments to come for these join in the crowd text messengers, with their eyes in their fingers  Blurred vision, nerve damage to fingers and what not.  Not to mention that dent they left in some cars hood.

e+=n#j58oy the ride!

HDTV AND ME

THE END IS COMING! THE END IS NEAR! THE DIGITAL SKY IS COMING!

I am a bit confused.

What do you mean you already know that?,

My confusion is about high definition television being forced upon us for all our own good. I know; some of us can no longer afford our own good. Now soon not to afford gas. What next? Can not afford air or watter?

What do yo mean I digressed?

Anyways.

I am curious about those high-def ads on my analogue TV, they are so pretty and clear and all, but—

I do not receive HDTV!

I find the current situation to be fine, especially when I receive such a good view from my analogue vision. Why was it I had to have HDTV again, only now not be able to afford TV anymore? Oh, I forgot. My own good.

Oh how those corporations get together to siphon all the fuel out of our lives. Thanks leaders!

Wait a second! Maybe it is all some liberal double think plot to ween us poor off of the TV and into a political movement or something.

Wow! Those do gooding liberals are sneaky!

STUNNING, JUST STUNNING

The party that gave us K Street; now has some of those same nefarious characters involved in its presidential campaign.

K Street was an unprecedented campaign to get rid of one of the parties in our alleged two party system. As I remember it, corporations that donated to Democrats were to be punished for their “errors” of judgement. This contempt for democracy is said to be back in the ranks of the bumbling but can not be blamed John McCain’s bid for Bushes third term.

While McCain’s main critique of the presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama, is that he is naive and inexperienced, why is someone so experienced as John McCain, hiring on such highly questionable characters, many involved with foreign governments and lobbies that would quite possibly compromise foreign policy decisions to be? He does not need to answer that further, since he just announced that no one on his staff is to be a lobbyist. But since it was his style or choice so far, what has actually changed? What promise is there for the future? I know. Take his word on it. He suddenly changed again. Get over it. But Barack is responsible for what his ex preacher said, and his wife’s comments taken out of context? Both of those seem inherently less important to the nations interest.

America, the USA, has just endured a group of predatory opportunist who viewed the great American commons as their own feeding ground. Will Bushes third term holder now be beholding to all the compromised characters he seems to keep surrounding himself with? Will America fall victim again to fear and jingoism wrapped up in their security blankets of blind trust of “conservatives” who thrive off of perpetuating insecurities?

You know where help us if these shysters get back into the drivers seat once again. We and the world may not be able to contain their drunken driving skills.

YOU’VE GOT SOME SPLAINEN’ TO DO!

Where you live in the country or world will certainly make a difference in my questions to you, or about others. When I moved from the Chicago to California, I was shocked for how bad the drivers were there. That did not prepare me for how bad they were in Portland Oregon. Which in tern, did not provide any insight at all at how awful drivers could be until I moved to the renowned (actually!) friendly city Of Tucson AZ. However, I do hear that things do not get much better to the northwest in Phoenix.

For this post, I am only talking about driving a car. There are certainly other differences as well.

TRUE FOR YOU TOO?

Nowadays in Arizona, it is not unusual to have cars come up behind you at night an never dim their bright lights. It is not just inconsiderate, it is physically dangerous, blinding the driver in front and making them have to possibly maneuver in position to avoid the glare. That takes concentration off the road ahead.

It might have been this way for some time, but it was not always so in the past. I imagine it is all part of the self centeredness running rampant in a culture that has many feeling they are all on their own to survive, who cares about the other guy. You might be on the phone or talking, doing more important stuff than watching out for one another where it is most relevant in the moment.

Tucson was something like the worst city for light running in the nation. One can often see 5 cars making a left after the light has already turned green for the cross street. Tucson has at least a 3 second delay from red to green to accommodate slow reactions. The amazing aspect of this phenomenon is; you can go from intersection to intersection and see the same thing happen just minutes later. What are the odds that only people who turn left, turn without ever knowing if the light has turned against them?

For some reason, it is implied that a possible majority of drivers will do this; follow the leader and hope for the best. I have seen this happen a hundred or more times and never was there a cop. I have often seen gross moving violations with a cop right in the front of the intersection, and still no action. In 40 years of driving, I have never gotten a moving ticket, (one parking ticket the first year I drove to visit a sister at college and got a parking ticket for parking in a way I did not know was wrong. Ignorance is no excuse)

Then there are those always bright blinding blue lights.