The Broken Spectrum Of The World - Delivered

The United Auto Workers Union has begun to strike at GM http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297806,00.html

It is my firm opinion that labor unions have fully aided the downfall of the United State’s industry, and therefor is the reason why most everything we buy is made in China, Taiwan, India, etc. They have constantly increased the production costs in each field until they have squeezed so much out of the company, that the company has no choice but to go overseas. These days just about the only thing you can get that is still made in the US is a vehicle made by Chevy or Ford, and even then the vehicle prices are insane, and the main people to blame are the labor unions.

I believe that labor unions should be rendered ineffective, by means that when union workers go on strike, they can be fired and new workers can be hired. The idea of collective bargaining is good when it is done among the actual workers for a particular job site, but unions are greedy and have no place in the work force. It’s insane when the janitor at a factory make $25 an hour.

Get rid of unions, give tax incentives, and raise tariffs on imported goods that are in direct competition with our industries, and you will see the US industry on the rise again, and employment rates will drop.

Taken from the Fox News Website http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297748,00.html

In just a few days the president of Iran will be publicly speaking to the students and faculty of Columbia University. In short the most crackpot extremist leader in the world will be speaking to a group of the most radical leftists in the world and they will probably greet him with open arms.

Now I’m not suggesting that he not be invited to speak, but I do question just how American the students and faculty of Columbia University are, because they would welcome such a man as the Iranian leader, but storm the stage when the president of the Minute Men comes to speak and debate his ideas of protecting our borders.

The president of the Minute Men was actually invited back to speak, but soon after the invitation was rescinded. It seems to me that the university is promoting selective free speech, and is working to ensure that foreign predators prevail, and oversee our collapse at home.

Syrup, by Max Barry, is a great read. I had read Jennifer Government and Company, the 2nd and 3rd books that he had written, which were awesome, with Jennifer Government being the best book I have ever read by far. I had always been leary of reading his first book though, as the title and short description had pretty much turned me off and I couldn’t bring myself to go check it out. However, I haven’t read anything in quite a while, so I decided I might as well go buy Syrup and see if it was any good. I bought the book well over a week ago and it pretty much never got touched, but last night I was in the mood to read something, so I picked it up. The next thing I know it’s 3:30 in the morning and I’m finishing the book up. It was great, and while it’s not as good as Jennifer Government, it is on par with Company.

I would recommend reading all three books, as they give a whole new perspective to the world we live in, even though they are fiction. Also I feel that after reading this book it has breathed life back into my writing career, and has gotten me motivated about writing again, so I hope the start producing some work very soon.

I’ve spent a great deal of my weekend running around to all of the auto part stores in the area trying to find front floor mats for my car. Not just any ole floor mat, but the mats that have the blue chevy logo on them. So far I have had very little success. I did manage to find the rear mats, but not the front mats. I even checked several websites to see if I could find them, ebay, yahoo, and even google, nothing. You’d think this stuff would be relatively easy to find………..
So just how hard is it to find something like this I wonder, hopefully not too hard.

Just pure comedy in my opinion. There’s nothing better then stumping people like this. I found this on a random website and thought that it’d be a great post.

So, I’m standing at a bus stop and they pull up. A car load of well meaning, bible thumping nut cases that are just frantic! The middle aged professionally dressed woman rushes forward…She takes my arm and with trembling voice, she asks….”Have you found Jesus?” Her eyes plead with an urgency that is out of proportion to a bus stop.

Now normally I just politely decline the sermon, and free religious paperwork that such folk pawn off on unsuspecting by-standers. But, unfortunately for her, she is the fourth car to accost me in the last 9 minutes. So by now I’m beginning to wonder what the heck is wrong with these people. I mean if it’s not Christians, it is the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Can a simple Druid get no peace?

So calmly as I can muster, without being sarcastic, I reply, “You people lost him, again?”

The woman looks confused. This is not the response she was hoping for and she needs to regroup. She takes a deep breath intending to launch into her sales pitch for her God, and church, paying no heed to the concept that I might not be into being converted. I decide to not let her get going so I launch into a speech of my own.

“What is wrong with you Christians? Every time I turn around you’ve lost Him!” I hit her with a glare of accusation. “I mean really…” I take a measured breath. “How do you expect to have anyone follow a deity that you can’t even find?”

The poor woman looks stunned. This isn’t going so good. Panicked she looks desperately to the car… Surely one of the men can help…. Undaunted I press on… “Maybe the problem is with you people. I mean Muslims never seem to loose their deity. Come to think of it neither do Jews or Pagans of any kind.”

I look at the man getting out of the car. He’s all smiles. “I realize you people used to burn people like me at the stake. What was that about… deity even? I may be a Pagan-heathen, but I have never ever woke up panicked that I couldn’t find my Goddess or God. They are always right where they should be… In the fire of my candle, in the air that I breath, in the earth that I stand on, in the water of my spring. I never feel abandoned by my deity(ies).”

“Of course, you Christians aren’t much fun,” I continue. By now they are all out of the car. Befuddled, aghast, and at a loss for words. “Of course,” I offer trying to give them some defense for losing Jesus. “He could have left due to religious differences. If I remember correctly, He was Jewish.

So if you are really so eager to find him,” I smile gently to soften the blow, “Check the nearest synagogue. He’s probably in there. Also you folks should try and remember that this is America… Where freedom of religion means ALL religions.”

Slowly they climb back into their car and drive away. I stand at the bus stop… No pamphlets, no bible, no dogma. I haven’t found Jesus, but I haven’t lost him either.