The World According to Me.

President Obama will say today in Miami that he is doing great things for long term energy independence such as reducing use and increasing production, in the same breath he will then say that the President can do little to stem the tide of high gas prices. What President Obama will forget to mention is that the recent reduction in use and increase in production are the results of a terrible economy, of which he has been at the helm for 3 years/with a fully Dem party Congress for 2, and he will neglect to mention that oil prices are driven far more by speculation, than events. He will focus on Iran and claim that the Middle East and China are to blame, what he will neglect to recall is that he cancelled a pipeline that would have crushed speculators hopes and dreams. The sheer thought of a new oil pipeline through the US would have sent the dollar per barrel price plummeting to the basement. Currently, oil price per barrel is a little higher than Saudi Arabia wants it. The Saudis are...

The things I think I think about Syria: 1) it is a nation, with a government and a standing army 2) it has every right to run its nation the way it wishes, however, the 'world' has every right to do no business with that nation 3) it is killing its people in a civil war, not unlike the United States, France, Spain, England and others have done in their pasts. So I'm wondering why the US would consider "arming" Syrian rebels to fight the governments Army? Isn't that essentially a mercenary style declaration of war without having to involve Congress or actually 'declare' war? Guess I missed something in history where the world decided that as long as your troops weren't fighting directly, it wasn't a war. Secondly this theory that Countries can call for other Countries leaders to step down. I'm sorry but when did the world elect the leader? They didn't, so that said, get out of another nations business. There are no 'world police...

I purpose that we get together as a nation and order up 535 copies of Any Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". Never has there been a more obvious turning point in American history where ingenious founders have crossed paths with societal woes. For those of you familiar with the text, you'll see the easy comparison to modern times; to those of you not in the know the book covers essentially the legislative destruction of private industry for the sake of a greater good, and the horrific result. The book is over 1,100 pages long so you'll need to be dedicated to read it..though it is much shorter than the average legislative bill. And if you can't seem to stomach the idea of actually using your brain to paint pictures in your mind, you can always watch the partial version of the story in the movie "Atlas Shrugged Pt. 1" which tells the story nearly verbatim. I strongly recommend anyone who dares call themselves a Libertarian or believes at all that maybe priva...

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I’m on a search, a search for a new agency that doesn’t report 70% bad news while overlooking anything good or positive happening in the world. I’ve tried the usual suspects – CNN, FoxNews, USAToday, Washington Post, NY Times – and all of them have let me down. For the last week I took time to count how many of the “Top Stories” were either about Death, War, Violence, or general discourse. I then looked specifically for “good” or “educational” stories that simply updated the reader on what is going on in the world. Sadly, nearly 7 out of 10 stories were either about Political Smears, Murder, Investigations into Murders or general things going wrong in the world. Well, frankly, I’m getting tired of this. I would love to find a news source that didn’t focus on the bad, instead just told you what was happening without spinning fear. The only media outlet I’ve found so far is my local paper, which of course focuses on local issues. It is really disappointing America, let’s do better. Ins...

Today there was an entry on CNN Health discussing how 90% of Americans eat too much salt and how that is responsible for higher blood pressure, and essentially death. Well, this is completely, utterly untrue and unfounded by the medical community. All this so called knowledge is based on small studies from the 1940's that have been disproved over the last 50+ years. This is just like the egg yolk discussions of the early 90's. It is a shame that new agencies seem to feel OK with blatantly misleading the masses; if you weren't intelligent enough to look it up, you'd believe it. Fact of the matter is salt in general consumption in no way changes how your blood pressure or overall medical function will be. Yes, salt or sodium retains water in your body, so you could simply get 'fat' from water retention or cause other issues based on excessive water, but salt itself is not the problem. I really wish the so called medical community would do their job. BS CNN ...

Is it just me or can the over 35 crowd not let race go from their general banter of why things don't go their way? I work with a group of 20 some year-old people and never once is race brought up in regards to, well, anything. But when you read CNN and other liberalish news agencies it is always some topic, whether crime or politics or way of life, race is brought up. It is like they just can't get over it. They can't accept that the digital age has all but replaced skin tone. Nobody cares that someone is black or white, they care what they say and do. Race is a concern of those born before 1975, other than that, it doesn't matter. This topic throws back to an interview I saw of a old S. Korean man who said "Korea will not be one until all those who remember the war are gone". I kind of see today's "racism" in the same light. Until those folks of the early 60's and 70's are gone, we'll continue to hear how 'race' plays some r...

Why did we never head back? After the mid 1970’s the United States, and apparently the world, decided to never return to the moon. Why? It seems odd, doesn’t it? The “space race” of the 1960’s, the scientific value of exploration of a lunar environment, the sheer dollars spent, why would we not go back? Consider the information we could bring back from the moon, weather sensors, high-resolution cameras, web feeds, everything and anything you could think of, why have we not gone back? Now I’m not one of those ‘theorists’ that thinks we never made it to the moon in 1969 – I believe we did. I do however wonder what happened up there and why we abruptly stop going after Apollo 17 and budget cuts under Nixon (which totaled less than 50 million saved). More importantly, why has no one else gone? You can’t tell me that Russia both during and post Cold War doesn’t want to say to America “hey we were there last”. Why wouldn’t China have attempted something? The idea that nobody wants to go t...

I saw a headline in USAToday that said "GOP Not talking about unemployed when focusing on Economy". Well, there is a very simple reason for this. There is absolutely no sense in supporting the unemployed, you need to make companies (i.e. the economy) more successful so there is a need to hire the unemployed. Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson both advocated for no unemployment funding in the foundation of the United States, because they knew that paying people to do nothing simply leads to paying people longer to do nothing. Yes, it sounds insensitive to say this to a person who has lost their job, however this is reality. To fix unemployment, you have to fix the economy first. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-02-02/gop-field-not-focused-on-unemployed/52938474/1

I've got to say, hearing about how housing sucked....in November of 2011...is not a current event to me. The media making a big deal out of shitty housing numbers from 3 months ago, while skimming over the fact that January 2012 saw its best stock start since 1997, is nuts. Can we focus on the 'good' news for one damn second? Seems like we are hell bent on always telling you what sucks, not mentioning what went well for the fear that somehow it has a political affect. Seriously, this current campaign by the Republicans is making me sick. Just shut up with the bashing on one another. Did everyone forget Newt G was a total d-bag that had more Ethics violations than the current crew of clowns. He single handed made Clintons' near impeachment a side bar in most news conversations. How sad is that? Not to mention the media will do anything to make it look like a race between Newt and Romney. Romney is destroying Newt everywhere, Newt wins one BS primary and all the sudden ...

President Obama was quoted with the following: "This is one of the biggest things I'm going to be pushing back on this year, this notion that this is somehow class warfare, that we're trying to stir up envy," Obama said. "Nobody envies rich people, everybody wants to be rich. Everybody aspires to be rich, and everybody understands you've got work hard to be successful. That's the American way." I'm afraid our dear leader needs to look up the definition of envy, which Websters Dictionary defines as: a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc. Hmm, it would seem that nearly every American envies something, and the idea of being well off is certainly something to go for on the bucket list. To say that Americans don't envy the rich is irrational, irresponsible and simply out of touch. America is founded around the concept of reward for success, and in recent years Americas fixatio...

A Marine was arrested when attempting to check his legally owned firearm. He had a carry permit from another state, here in lies the problem, that states license to carry isn't recognized in NY state. Now I'm a lifer in the NRA and a huge supporter of independent rights and the 2nd amendment, however, I need to take a different side on this issue. One thing you're taught when applying for a right to carry a firearm is rules of other states. In this case, the Marine should have known his right to carry was not national. Should he face a felony? Of course not, it is a legitimate error and he had no intent to do anything illegal - however - it is illegal in New York. Sorry NRA friends, this Marine should have known better.

Another government involved failure, this time, with eco-friendly law enforcement vehicles: Can we please stop pretending we're ever going to do anything as cool as Robocop? And the comparison by Mr. Li (the CEO for the government funded cop car) begs for $300M because he can't sell his idea - and worse, he compares modifying a Ford to be a cop car as the same equivalent of a Cessna be used by the Air Force..um..not really. Government, just GET OUT.

Only in America...only in America can a 15 yr old punch a kid in school, threaten to engage police, then wave a pellet gun which looks like a Glock or HK at two cops - get shot - and have the parents wonder why the police shot him. Really? I mean, FUCKING really? This kid pulls a gun on police, and the cops are the problem? I don't care if the kid was a Saint that never said a bad word in his life; he pulled a gun on police. I also love the after the fact d-bags that ask why the police didn't pull a Lethal Weapon TV move and shoot the kid in the knee. Yeah because that is what is crossing your mind while a kid attempts to shoot you. I'll ask you a question, which ones of the guns below is real? Now after you spend 30 or more seconds studying them at close range in a calm environment - imagine you're a cop in a school hallway and a kid aims one of these at you, how are you going to tell what is what? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-01-04/texas-student-...

Today marks the last of the US troops in Iraq - this date was laid down years ago..and is finally here. What is absurd is how Americans are handling this great day. Instead of celebrating their return, the immediate response was partisan political non-sense. Some times Americans make me sick.

Please tell me why this pipeline is a "bad" thing? It brings jobs, money and control to Canada and the United States over energy. To think that the President is not on board with this because of his environmentalist door knockers in San Francisco is disgusting. He is pissing away the future of America over a new 4 year campaign. How about you take a minute to think about something other than your party, Mr. President? This pipeline is 1700 miles in length and secured by Canada (a life-long friend to the US) and the United States. It is insane that it is even up for debate on whether it is happening. How you implement may be something you work through as you go, to make sure you do as little environmental damage as possible, however doing it..should be a fore gone conclusion. If we combined Canadian oil-sands with natural gas in the United States (4 times the amount of natural gas exists in the US as compared to ALL of the oil in Saudi Arabia) - energy would become truly secu...

There was an editorial cartoon in the USA Today which showed a family in love with Tim Tebow praying but scared to death of the show All American Muslim; and it eluded to hypocritical Americans. What it didn't include was the fact that Tim Tebow is a football player who shows his religion, Tebow isn't an exploit from Hollywood hell bent on being provocative. I feel the same way about a Muslim 'show' as a I would one titled "Christians in Egypt", it is simply stupid. Your faith should be something you know in your heart, you shouldn't feel the need to force others into embracing it by calling them shallow, scared, insecure or moronic. And if you do feel that need, don't be surprised when others push back. While people should be all tolerant, they aren't and no amount of 'shoving' it down their throats will ever make them more compassionate.

Foxnews runs this reel about "Stars who lost their looks" - it should simply be called "We're conceited and don't like people aging". If you look at the photo lines you'll see Warren Beaty, Jack Nicholson, Mel Gibson and a host of others. These are all folks who gained fame in their 20's and 30's and are now nearing either 50 or 80. If I look half as good as some of them at 80 years old, I'll be impressed. Just one more reason America is going down the crapper. Another American Fail

The National Highway and Transportation Safety Association wants a national ban on cell phones in cars (hands free or not) because they believe cell phones cause such a distraction that they need removed. What they don't tell you is that all traffic accidents in the nation for a year that may or may not have been related to cell phones totaled.....less than 3,500. In the nation. While this number isn't small, remember that they aren't confident cell phones played a role and that tens of thousands of accidents occur every year; making this a small overall percentage. Not to mention the fact that one of their key 'examples' was that of a 19 year old who was on his phone while driving his truck and caused essentially a 38 person accident. What they glean over was the fact that in his state, it was illegal for him to be on the phone already. So what NHTSA wants to do is create another law, on top of a law. If the driver already broke the law, why would another law stop...

Iran Downs US Drone - reverse engineering it Iran, really? Does anyone buy your bull crap? For the last 65 years Iran has had oil fields built and maintained by the Chinese and Russians because they can't figure out how to take advantage of their own resources. They still use 1960's military technology, and rely on the scraps Russia is done playing with. They haven't been able to build a Navy since 1979 and they have no ability to maintain control of their populous aside from complete brutal fear. Does anyone in the world, with common sense, believe there is any possible chance Iran reverse engineers a circa 2007 US Drone? No. That is the answer, plain and simple. So why worry? Well, you should worry because the folks that could do something with US technology (our real adversaries) Russia and China, can do what Iran claims. Now, the odds that they would share that knowledge with Iran are slim to none. China would be far more likely to share with N. Korea in an effort to ...