The Internet Blackout

So I'm sure some of you today saw the Internet blackout that was going on with Google, Reddit, Wordpress,Wikipedia and many more.. Whats it mean?? Well lets take a look at it.  There are two laws that the U.S. government are trying to pass, Protect IP Act, PIPA for short and  Stop Online Piract Act, SOPA for short .  Now what these two laws do are really mess up the internet as we know it. Lets say that PIPA passes, Websites that the government deems  guilty of copyright infringement, they will force your internet provider to block these pages from you. Any website that has a link to said website will face legal action as well. Including and not limited to search engines, directories, and blog sites. Also they will force advertising service to pull all add from those pages. Now lets look at SOPA.  This bill basically work along side PIPA to act as a Black List for Mega corporations and the U.S. government, so they can pick and chose who get paid. IMAGINE THAT . So if after all that you still wonder how that effects you?? Well you know that cute video on you tube you love of that hot chick singing  that Katy Perry song you love. Well no more that's against the rules. Or the video you wanted to post of you doing that killer version of Tainted Love that you hope is going to make your band huge.....nope sorry. How about this Blog ? Sure it will stay up as long as I don't post anything bad about the government, or any large corporations. Also this would stop any site from opening that the government feel could one day online piracy could occur. I mean come on is this for real? It's sound like something out of a Sci-Fi movie where no one has the right to do anything. So if this bothers you at all please take a moment to sign this Petition to help site such as this one to live on. 

Am I crazy???? I feel like sometimes I'm crazy. I watched a documentary just now called Inside Job. Now keep in mind that there are parts of this movie that I don't understand, but the parts that I did understand really pissed me off. I get so mad when I think that all I have is my common sense and still I can see whats wrong with this country. How in the world can we allow these bank people to give million dollar bonus while the people they are screwing are losing there houses, cars, and most likely there credit rating for the rest of there lifes? Its like the bailout, they give the banks millions to save them from  going bankrupt and then the bank gives them self a million dollar bonus.... Hows that work? That's like me giving someone $800 for there rent and I see them the next day out buying a new Xbox 360. I mean how mad would you be? But yet we let it happen. As long as people like that run Washington things will never get better, and how long can it go on before it all breaks down?  

Pay Day

Lets look for just a second at one of the problems that are facing america right now..MONEY. In the United States minimum wage is 7.25 an hour, that's 15080 dollars a year before taxes, insurance, social security and whatever else comes out of your check a week. The last time the minimum wage was raised was in 2007. But dig this in, 2007 a gallon of milk $3.09 a gallon of milk in 2011 $4.99.  How in the world does this compute to anyone? Now lets take Congress salaries in 2007 $160,000  that works out to about 77 dollars an hour, an in 2011 $174,000 that works out to 84 dollars an hour. That's a $7.00 dollar an hour raise for congress in 4 years and nothing for the people who work there asses off to keep this country going. And what would they say if you ask them about it.... Who cares about $7.00... I'll tell you who the people who are still making $7.00 an hour on minimum wage. Tell you what if we made the people who pass these laws, live by them, I bet minimum wage would get raised. Trust me I think people who work hard should get paid for there work, but what makes work hard? I could and would make the decision that these guys make for a far lot less. Are they tough decisions sure, but they become easier if you make the right ones first. Do you think that if maybe you raised minimum wage say a dollar for starters in your district and when you needed to raise taxes a penny to pass that school levy that it would make it a little easier to swallow. But instead lets give congress a raise nothing to the avg. person and then ask for a tax hike for the schools. Then when that fails and they close another school lets blame the people for not voting in a tax hike.  I'm no politician or economical genius but I like to think my common sense makes Cents.......

Don't tell me what to do......

Ok so I get that laws are put in place to protect people and I'm fine with that. Its when the law starts telling me what to do to protect myself. I'm a American adult if I don't want to wear a seat belt well that's up to me I'm only hurting myself. Its not hurting anyone else.... Now people will say what about your family and friends. What about them its not hurting them any more than if I drown swimming in a pool but as of now its not a law I have to wear floaties.... like I said as of now. Don't get me wrong long before it was a law I never rode in a car or drove without my belt on. But that doesn't mean I want the government telling me I have to. Kids should always be buckled up no matter what sure make that a law its hurting someone else if I wreck. And when that kids turns 18 and can make the decision to vote in the FREE WORLD leader or to pick up arms and kill someone for this country then they should be able to decide for them self if they want to wear a seat belt......

Today's Youth

Me....what do you think about all these governments being overthrown ...19 year old's response what government overthrow?. This is a kid that has graduate and is attending college. Sure you don't have to keep up with everything but dam it pisses me off when more people know more about the fucking Kardashians than they do about government overthrows all over the world. Now question is which way do I go with this rant.. Kids today or the mindless crap we call t.v. Think ill go with kids. Is it me or have kids gotten less intelligent (Oh who am I trying to not piss off no one is reading this) stupider. Kids now days have so many excuses not to work at anything. Why didn't you do your homework?  I have a.d.d. and I can't concentrate. But I just watched you play through 7 games of Madden.. So the problem is you didn't want to concentrate on the homework but that's ok cause you have a.d.d.. Does it feel like any time any kid doesn't want to do something someone is there to cover for them. Who is going to take over what little will be left of this country? No kid today wants any responsibility for anything. From there careless regard of the law to farming to simple math. Kids don't care..Someone else will do it. WHO? This country is killing itself and it bothers me.