Monday, September 19, 2005
New Orleans & Urban Legends
New Orleans Urban Tales
imagine this, people are finally starting to question some things that were reported, this from the ny times.
imagine this, people are finally starting to question some things that were reported, this from the ny times.
OPEC & Its Happy Idiot Followers - Us
OPEC AGREES TO BE MERCIFUL from the ny times.
interesting to me that no one here last week mentioned england's gordon brown's whining to opec that they must help produce more oil to help with the 'shortages' and price increases taking place throughout great britain and elsewhere.
at some point you would think politicians would actually lead a change. that they would stand up and say we really have to get new technology going and stop our reliance on this commodity called oil. BUT NO that doesnt happen and we all know why it doesnt happen because politicians 99% of the time do not lead they just parrot what their public wants them to say particualarly when we are talking about such basic needs.
and therein lies the rub, we are screwed, we are not going to progress any until the publics understand that they are part of the problem and until they decide to be part of the solution - oil is going to remain a key component of our daily lifes.
what is so tough about using hybrids, about using other fuel mixtures, about using all things new? why is it that we love all types of new gadgets and buy them like crazy but for the life of us cannot stop buying cars that guzzle nothing but oil based gasoline?
as for the companies making the cars, they will only be compelled to sell other type of vehicles when the demand shows them that a profit is going to be made. they are not in business for the betterment of mankind.
people must lead this charge.........and until then we are going to continue seeing speechs like browns where officials beg for mercy from opec.
interesting to me that no one here last week mentioned england's gordon brown's whining to opec that they must help produce more oil to help with the 'shortages' and price increases taking place throughout great britain and elsewhere.
at some point you would think politicians would actually lead a change. that they would stand up and say we really have to get new technology going and stop our reliance on this commodity called oil. BUT NO that doesnt happen and we all know why it doesnt happen because politicians 99% of the time do not lead they just parrot what their public wants them to say particualarly when we are talking about such basic needs.
and therein lies the rub, we are screwed, we are not going to progress any until the publics understand that they are part of the problem and until they decide to be part of the solution - oil is going to remain a key component of our daily lifes.
what is so tough about using hybrids, about using other fuel mixtures, about using all things new? why is it that we love all types of new gadgets and buy them like crazy but for the life of us cannot stop buying cars that guzzle nothing but oil based gasoline?
as for the companies making the cars, they will only be compelled to sell other type of vehicles when the demand shows them that a profit is going to be made. they are not in business for the betterment of mankind.
people must lead this charge.........and until then we are going to continue seeing speechs like browns where officials beg for mercy from opec.
Monday, September 12, 2005
Death Reality
death sells.
death sells in politics - the mayor of new orleans claiming that 10,000 people in his city had died.......
death sells in the media, they love a good death story because they know viewers are attracted to them and they have no problem about repeating (or creating their own exaggerations) in order to feed the frenzy.
NOT to say the catastrophe in n.o and all gulf states wasn't bad but the death toll is going to be far less than predicted.
what is essentially left will be a clean up and engineering task over an area that is the size of great britain. it too will need to be financed properly.
i have read many predictions about new orleans being the first modern city to die, this is another example of the above. not only were great amounts of people said to be dead, but now an entire city was predicted to DIE. there were even comparisons given to ancient greece, egypt, rome in some articles.
news flash - expect to see mardi gras take place in new orleans this coming year.
ALSO, the real thing that needs to be examined and will NOT be is the amount of politics that has effected this mess. we have a n.o mayor who is not above party politics, a corrupt police force (the worst in the country in many surveys), a democratic gov. and state legislation known for graft accusing the feds (read republicans) about who is to blame.
more? ok.........the mayor of n.o and other dems would love a high body count and are counting on it to win more votes......because this is really all it is about. not polite to say but what we are witnessing is politics played at it lowest level.
chicago politicians know that in order to get elected first and foremost they have to make sure snow is removed from their neighborhoods promptly.
all politics are local.
the fact that the tv and print media were so keen to show the chaos breaking out is nothing surprising, nor is the fact that politicos such as the louisiana machine got involved quickly. howard dean is even jumping into the fray now.
the death count will be fairly accurate, they will NOT be able to lie about it. too much is at stake, it is like counting votes in florida at this point, each party is going to have their own people staked out at each office making sure numbers are accurate.
as sick as it is, it is the reality.
nice, isn't it?
death sells in politics - the mayor of new orleans claiming that 10,000 people in his city had died.......
death sells in the media, they love a good death story because they know viewers are attracted to them and they have no problem about repeating (or creating their own exaggerations) in order to feed the frenzy.
NOT to say the catastrophe in n.o and all gulf states wasn't bad but the death toll is going to be far less than predicted.
what is essentially left will be a clean up and engineering task over an area that is the size of great britain. it too will need to be financed properly.
i have read many predictions about new orleans being the first modern city to die, this is another example of the above. not only were great amounts of people said to be dead, but now an entire city was predicted to DIE. there were even comparisons given to ancient greece, egypt, rome in some articles.
news flash - expect to see mardi gras take place in new orleans this coming year.
ALSO, the real thing that needs to be examined and will NOT be is the amount of politics that has effected this mess. we have a n.o mayor who is not above party politics, a corrupt police force (the worst in the country in many surveys), a democratic gov. and state legislation known for graft accusing the feds (read republicans) about who is to blame.
more? ok.........the mayor of n.o and other dems would love a high body count and are counting on it to win more votes......because this is really all it is about. not polite to say but what we are witnessing is politics played at it lowest level.
chicago politicians know that in order to get elected first and foremost they have to make sure snow is removed from their neighborhoods promptly.
all politics are local.
the fact that the tv and print media were so keen to show the chaos breaking out is nothing surprising, nor is the fact that politicos such as the louisiana machine got involved quickly. howard dean is even jumping into the fray now.
the death count will be fairly accurate, they will NOT be able to lie about it. too much is at stake, it is like counting votes in florida at this point, each party is going to have their own people staked out at each office making sure numbers are accurate.
as sick as it is, it is the reality.
nice, isn't it?
