Most of your 40 points about quality healthcare and education, clean air, safer streets, offices, and classrooms are just nowhere near as important a priority as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdR0rA9VBrI&feature=related
PS We learned in class that these self-destruct mechanisms designed to "reduce collateral damage" work about as well as the Popcorn function on your microwave.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
They Can Have my Car When They Pry it from my Cold Dead Hands
Not much action on the blog of late. Are you guys all at the MTV beach house for Spring Break or what?
With regards to gun control in America, I uncovered an interesting bit of info today while researching how to get a truck driver's license in Europe:
Until 1913, beginning with New Jersey, people in the US were not required to pass any tests or have a license to operate a motor vehicle.
Public outcry over the number of fatalities associated with unlicensed drivers eventually forced all states to adopt laws requiring licensing. And guess which countries were held up as examples of statutes successfully ensuring roadways and eventually used as a models for stricter American "auto control" legislation?
That's right, good old France and Germany...
With regards to gun control in America, I uncovered an interesting bit of info today while researching how to get a truck driver's license in Europe:
Until 1913, beginning with New Jersey, people in the US were not required to pass any tests or have a license to operate a motor vehicle.
Public outcry over the number of fatalities associated with unlicensed drivers eventually forced all states to adopt laws requiring licensing. And guess which countries were held up as examples of statutes successfully ensuring roadways and eventually used as a models for stricter American "auto control" legislation?
That's right, good old France and Germany...
Psy Ops Conducted on US Citizens
This article in the NYTimes goes back to my post a few weeks ago regarding US TV news' instrumental role as Pentagon propagandists.
Very interesting take-away: in addition to obviously having a pro-military bias as former soldiers, many of the "retired generals" that appear as commentators on FOX or CNN whenever we bomb somebody are actually on the payrolls or boards of leading US defense contractors and weapons manufacturers.
Now do you suppose when the Pentagon pays for their flights to observe US forces in action in order for them to narrate indirect advertising for Lockheed Martin on CNN, that counts as government intervention in the marketplace?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?ex=1366516800&en=3ee97594863f8a01&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Very interesting take-away: in addition to obviously having a pro-military bias as former soldiers, many of the "retired generals" that appear as commentators on FOX or CNN whenever we bomb somebody are actually on the payrolls or boards of leading US defense contractors and weapons manufacturers.
Now do you suppose when the Pentagon pays for their flights to observe US forces in action in order for them to narrate indirect advertising for Lockheed Martin on CNN, that counts as government intervention in the marketplace?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?ex=1366516800&en=3ee97594863f8a01&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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