Media 180
Just something off the top of my head:
I follow about 10 different news agencies... some local, some global, but mostly national. And, I just noticed something. It may be that I'm missing something, but it seems like there was a lot of new about politics, and about Americans were unhappy with the government, and how fucked up everything is, and bitch, bitch, bitch, moan, moan, moan, etc, etc, etc. And this has been going on for the last two or three years... So much so that I don't really remember when all the ridiculous amounts of political coverage started (hazarding a guess, I'd say the last year of Bush).
And I'm unhappy, damnit!
Oh, but there's always been a ton of political coverage, etc, etc.
But I mean... not as much as the last couple years... where it was like 2/3 headlines was: politicians does this or that, or political scandal, or so-and-so is a damned dirty liar, or Americans unhappy with government, or whatever.
And none of it was so much news as just like... the written equivalent of screaming at the top of your lungs.
And then, the last couple of weeks... suddenly...
nothing.
It's like a void.
Now, the only news about politics you hear about is a few mentions about foreign politics in the middle east, and republicans suddenly talking about how they support obama and "it's not their place to tell americans what to think" even though that's exactly what they've been doing for the last 10 months. But even then, it's still scant.
This smells kinda fishy. Kinda like there a group of people who were pushing to get certain things turned into news... like they were focusing on a small percentage of people, documenting their opinions and experiences, and then presenting it as the viewpoint and position of the majority.
Like... this group of people was trying to get something changed... perhaps get themselves in power... and then, they reached their goal... so now they don't have to spend the resources telling us the world is going to end.
...And of course I'm talking about the republican party. Duh. (I'm neither republican nor democrat by the way. I'm a Meat Popsicle.)
Unfortunately... there's a few problems with this: First off, they spent so much time whipping people into an unhappy fury that they've accidentally created a few segments of the population which are inevitably going to cause a backlash against politicians in general. No, I'm not talking about the Tea Party, because the Tea Party was just an objective oriented shard of the republican party, from everything I've investigated about it. I'm talking rather about the offshoots from the Tea Party. The Tea Party people who didn't fit into the Tea Party, or got kicked out of the Tea Party.
Second, unless they're planning on spending resources to convince people that things are better under them, people will eventually realize that nothing has really changed... And then next election cycle, their converts will flop back to democrats.
Blah blah blah. I forgot what I was talking about. Anyways, the talk of the Tea Party made me start humming a song... so... Music Video time!
Bad things happen to good people. Why? The victims of Jared Lee Loughner’s insanity
This is a question many people have asked. The more pious ones will reply that it is all but a part of God's will and/or that god works in mysterious ways. The more cynical ones will tell you that there is no reason, God is dead (and we have killed him), and that to believe anything else is sheer utter naivety. Ask a Buddhist and you'll hear of one of the Buddha's more famous teachings, one that goes something along the lines of 'Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.' There are as many different answers to that question as there are stars in the sky, I have listed but some of the more common ones I have heard.
Praying for Gabrielle Gifford: The Insanity of Jared Lee Loughner
Earlier today, Deomcractic Arizona Representative Gabrielle Gifford during her Congress on Your Corner in a local Safeway was shot point blank in the head by gunman Jared Lee Loughner. Luckily for her, the bullet went straight through her head, instead of bouncing around, so brain damage should be minimal and reversible. He shot 11 others, and upon having used up his entire clip, tried to flee the store. He was apprehended by a bystander and later arrested when the police arrived upon the scene. Gifford is currently no longer in intensive care, and is now playing the waiting game as the anasthetic wears off - but doctors are enthusiastic about her survival. As to the others, however, 7 are currently in intensive care. Alas, one of her political aides, Judge John Roll, a 9 year old boy, and an undisclosed other were not so fortunate and are no longer among the living, may they Rest In Peace.
Seeing as shooting a federal employee is a felony of the highest or second-highest order, this man is going to hang (inject?). The insanity defense is no longer a legal defense for federal cases after Hinckley’s acquittal.
If you click this link, you can watch the 3 youtube videos he uploaded to the internet. You can also go here and here for more information.
Sarah Palin may end up getting some flak because of this, and her usage of gun cross-hairs as icons on several states, including Arizona, the home of the recently shot-by-a-gun representative.
BBC News – US and Russia announce deal to cut nuclear weapons
BBC News - US and Russia announce deal to cut nuclear weapons.
Well well, finally some good news. I don't know about everyone else, but Nuclear weapons are not my idea of cool, and anything that reduces the stockpile is a good thing. I seriously felt i should post this here, because after visiting Hiroshima a month ago, I don't even want to imagine those things existing. Get rid of them all, launch them at the sun or something. Convert them all into Hyperion nucler batteries powering VASIMIR plasma rockets in space. Just, please, get rid of them.
Peace
Berga
Mother is accused of arranging sex | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register
Mother is accused of arranging sex | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register.
Yupp,... Iowa is officially "Fucked Up."
60 year old woman. ...And a pimp. See? Told you so. That's why all those old women have so much damned jewelry.
Australia bans small breasts
Australia bans small breasts - Somebody Think Of The Children.
Ok, Maybe it is just because I am tired and cannot sleep, but seriously. My country seems to be going down the toilet in a rather dramatic fashion lately.
First (OK, not first, but recently) it is the video games, Left 4 Dead 2 was pussified to the max to allow it to be sold down under. Let me tell you, it is pretty weak, i think goldeneye on the 64 was more violent. You want to know the interesting thing, in the same shop that I bought L4D2 I can get L4D which includes all the gore, decapitation and body piles (albeit smaller) of an abotoir running out of control.
COME ON AUSTRALIA, WTF
Second, the gov is trying to put in an internet censorship plan which bans certain sites on the web. Now, do the public get to see this? HELLS TO THE NO WE DON'T, the government has this list of things they don;t want us seeing hidden nicely away. Today it is nasty porn sites, tomorrow it is people advocating anything the government gets butthurt about, and next thing you know, welcome to North KoreAustralia, with supreme dictator Kim Jong-Rudd in charge. Do they even realise people who traffic illegal porn don't just Google the bloody stuff, they use sneaky means of moving it. The same way that drug dealers don't set up their bloody labs at the local police station!
come ON Australia, WTFH
And now, the censorship board is banning girls with small breasts that look like they might be under 18. What. The. F*CK. If you are a 25 yr old with small breasts who looks young, you are not allowed to have pictures of yourself in the public domain. So what if there is a guy who looks really femenine but is over 18, if he snaps his top half it is ok? Maybe next they will be handing out bhurkas and rounding all us atheists up and shoving us into camps.
The people who push for this stuff are Family First, essentially a front for the Catholic church. I bet that suprised you. They also deny climate change, oppose abortion and all the rest, but are definitely not a religious group trying to impose onto politics. Well, I guess most of the people who read this will be American so you know all about the religion/politics thing. Oh BTW I heard your president speaking today, at least he sounds like you could hold a conversation with him without facepalming fifty times.
SO, in summation, I am starting to get a little bit upset about older people like THIS WANKER, Michael Atkinson. Watch the vid, see the stupid in action. He is protecting the children, OH NOES, they might get hold of an R18 game. Well, only if their parents buy it for them you twit. Haha, did you also see the bit where he talked about the 'violent Americans' and the GTA Krishna killing. Ok, so i'm starting to rant and rave a bit now, I'll leave you all be. Maybe I will show the link between a lack of violent video games and torching the AG's house!!
Just kidding, I'm able to differentiate between games and real life.
(Angry) Berga out
A Cause of Mention
So, the donations for the Comic Creator's Alliance is live. Even if you guys don't donate to me, for the love of puppies try and give a couple dollars here. It's worth it. And no, I'm not a member of their little alliance. So no, Robin won't be on the wallpaper. Just figured I'd give a shout out, because it sucks when people see your cause but don't pass the word down the line.
What is it? From their site:
The People:
We're a group of Web Comic Creators, who have come together, volunteering our artistic talents to raise money for the purpose of ending human trafficking in the world today.
The Problem:
There are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide- more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, most of it sexual. The US Department of Justice estimates 16,000 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States every year.
The Project:
Web Comic Creators from all over the world are working together on a single drawing which will be available as a downloadable wallpaper for readers who donate to our fund raising drive!
All of the donations get split between Love146 and Gracehaven. Bickity Bam.
Actually that’s not too surprising
So here ya go: In, America, there's this thing, called the Healthy People plan, that outlines goals for the country for "Healthiness" and whatnot. The current plan was just reviewed, and... well, it wasn't too pretty.
I tried to tell my doctor that, but she didn't believe me.
Did Americans get any healthier over past decade?. [link to PhysOrg.com]
Am I writing about this because of the raging obesity epidemic in America?
...no, of course not.
I'm writing this to say: "NO SHIT, SHERLOCK. AMERICA IS A GODDAMNED CAPITALIST COUNTRY AND FOOD IS A ECONOMIC LINCHPIN. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER THIS CRAP."
Logically speaking, of course.
I mean, think about it. Capitalist country, run by it's economy, and the government tries to step in all lovey dovey, all outline a plan of "helpful" things to encourage people to live better.
News flash for that one, boyo: The Almighty Dollar runs capitalist nations, not the Almighty Bureaucrat. If letting people remain unhealthy is profitable, it will happen. If not giving a shit is profitable, it will happen. If crime is profitable, it will happen. If Death and Decay is profitable, it will happen.
Hopefully you have the glyph for it.
Until making people healthy becomes profitable, it won't happen. But to do so from a legislative standpoint would be to overstep the boundaries of government. Hell, just deciding that this is what you think is best for the American public, and then actually making laws to support your own agenda is overstepping the boundaries.
Premium Fue, then staying the garage all the time? Bad mix, brah.
So what's the better plan? Well, weight is gained when calories consumed is greater than calories burned. Keep that in mind.
Right now, we live in a society where we are expected to work very long hours with little purpose. People put in 9 hour days, but they really only have enough work for maybe half that time. But if you were to do all of your work in that amount of time, and then say, go home (if the boss was cool) they would only pay you half the amount, since you only worked half the hours.
Translation: You're not getting paid for the work you accomplish, or the job you do. You're getting paid based on how many hours of your life are spent on location. In a sort of hopeful spin, I assume part of the reason you have to stick around even though your workload doesn't justify it, is because of expectation that something might happen, and the company doesn't want to be shorthanded. Okay.
Right right. Easy stuff.
Well, that's a number of hours off your day. Now toss in commute time and logistics. Pretty much everything in America requires a car to get to. So now we have car related things to add to the time sink... And I'm sure you can see where I'm going with that. Point is, from my experience, working a 9 hour daily job, usually ends up taking around 11-12 hours a day.
But... The thing is, even though I'm running around a lot, and I'm stressed, and so much of my life is just ticking down...
...And as you sit it traffic, it all catches up with you.
...I'm not actually doing that much. I'm sitting in traffic, or I'm walking around a store, or I'm sitting at a desk for god knows how many hours. Not enough calories are getting burned to justify my diet.
My diet that is based on the cornerstone of Capitalism. Cheaper foods are worse for you. They're highly processed, with crap tons of things that the average person can't pronounce. The have no real content, just filler, because the filler that makes the food is itself cheap: See also Corn Meal. And I, like most people, have other things I need to buy, so I cut corners here and there. And as long as I'm sitting on my ass for most of the day to get the paycheck that can only pay for the cheapest food, I'm going to be unhealthy, because IT'S ALL I CAN AFFORD.
In terms of money, and in terms of time.
You want to encourage people to get healthy, you need to change the system so that people actually have the ability to do so. If I can finish my workload for the week in two days, then let me do so, then pay me for a full week. That way I can spend time doing other more enjoyable things, or get another job so I can finally afford fruits and vegetables.
Otherwise, you're just making all of us feel like crap by telling us that we need to get healthy when we have no money or time or opportunity to actually do anything about it.
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[As a side note to this: When I was in high school, I lost 180 lbs in a year, by biking every day and eating a good diet. I was also homeschooled at the time. I'm completely capable of doing that sort of thing again, but I can't, and that's why I realize that it comes down to a time and money issue. I lost weight back then because I didn't have any time obligations, and my mom bought all my food. Now, I have to work, and I have to buy my food, and I understand why my mom is overweight.]
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