This is one small reason why the world hates U.S.
This story outlines something that happens every year somewhere in the states.
I’ve been in areas of the world where people are crushed to death in stampedes to get food, basic necessities of life, maybe saved from an attack. Here, we stampede and kill people for stuff. Just everyday stuff. Crap. Shiny shit. It wasn’t a stampede for a buy one, get one free on bread and milk, but for consumer electronics, toys, stuff that really doesn’t matter.
There are many reasons I have gotten fed up with serving the people of this country in different forms, this being one of them. The people I serve don’t care that I do, don’t care that anybody does, as long as they get their non-essential stuff to show other people.
I don’t know, it makes me sad to know that there are thousands of people giving up everything in their lives to make this country safe, so the population can remain dumb, ignorant, and complacent so they can focus on shiny shit. This is even more pronounced in a time when people should be saving the money they have to support their futures and that of their families instead of being taken over by the rush of anxiety because they hope they get one of those Sony’s for 1/3 off before they run out of them.
As much as I love my country, I really just can’t stand the people in it much anymore, along with the fucked perspectives of what’s important.
Keep your head on a swivel the next few weeks
There has been increased indications of multiple attacks across the U.S. coinciding with the elections and/or with the new president taking the oath of office. That’s a 2 month time-frame for anybody keeping track.
The indications seem point to multiple attacks during concurrent times at various locations. There isn’t any indications that I’ve been made aware of that that seem to stipulate one general area of the country, nor a minimum size announced in possible attack criteria. This sounds, and is vague, but what it means to me is that anywhere is a target. Anywhere. What it means is that everybody out there needs to pay attention, keep their heads on a swivel, use your gut feelings. It means looking at everyone you see in the eye, paying attention to traffic patterns and your own traffic patterns. It means just paying attention to your surroundings at all times, force yourself not to be complacent, question everything.
It doesn’t mean target a certain ethnicity or religion. With the real upswing in Britain with Polish immigrants turning to radical Islam as a case in point, this is a real critical point. It’s not the middle eastern man or woman, the Pushtu or the Southern Asians. It’s not the Filipinos or the the white woman wearing a headscarf. It’s everybody that you need to be aware of.
Just be aware and vigilant. Pay attention to what you do and what others around you are doing. Trust your gut instincts. If you have a bad feeling, call the local law enforcement. Keep your head on a swivel.
Thinking critically post debate and post bail-out vote failure
I’m not going into a lot of specifics here, because quite frankly I don’t have the time, being at work and all. However, I do want to point out some of the points in various news releases between McCain and Obama during the past day.
I’ve noticed that while John McCain is being very blunt, and to the point on specific issues on Obama’s voting record and requests for earmarks, his campaign is being called an attack campaign. I guess if you don’t know, or can’t respond to what he’s saying, it would leave Obama feeling a bit in the corner.
On Obama’s retorts to what McCain has been pointing out, he hasn’t actually fought a single point. When confronted with the fact that his staff seems to be made of Freddie and Fannie execs, he generalizes by saying that McCain is more or less ‘old school’. As a matter of fact, I can’t think of a single bullet that Obama has let loose to counter any of the accusations on his voting record, his intentions with the taxes, with his staff made of those who profited off of the sub-prime mess, or what he see’s should be the fix.
As far as I’m concerned, McCain is probably one of the least political candidates that I’ve seen in years. He seems very willing to give an answer….though, some of his answers I feel most people don’t have the foresight to understand, however; Obama gives the generalizations that we’re used to in politics…A lot of saying something but nothing really specific. Even worse, he isn’t debating the points against him, just hoping that playing the school yard “Nuh Uhh!” argument will eventually work.
I have to admit that a few months ago I was conflicted on who I was going to vote for. A few months ago, it was a dead even race for me. The past two weeks however, and my annoying ability to read people, I’ve made up my mind.
I want to emplore anybody out there to do the same. Think critically, look at what’s really being said, look at the stakes, and look at the issues. Don’t just sit back on party lines and say “I hate them because I hate them”, or “We need someone with less experience so politics isn’t a key”. Those arguments are hollow.
