“How are you?”
Jan/101
Author: ted
body by satan!
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The Wonderful World of Cars!
Sep/090
Author: Brion
herp derpToday my car, a fabulous red Saab, did this:
- Slightly exaggerated.
I pop the hood and my radiator fan is fully ablaze. I calmly shut the hood, walk away and go into the fetal position. The fire department got involved as did every pedestrian that passed by. But this car crisis wasn’t a total loss; as the smoke cloud got bigger, I realized something that I think the world needs to embrace: Cars are bad. Let’s do some math:
I bought this car for app. $1,500.
I fixed the radiator for app $200.
I replaced the clutch for app. $500.
I have spent app. $800 for gas (over 5 months).
This means that I have spent a total of $3,000 on this car.
I have no insurance besides collision for other vehicles.
I am selling the charred remains for $0.
You do the flipping math.
In France, however, a solution to my mathematical dilemma is already in production:
- The “car” of the future.
Its called CAT (compressed air technology), a car that runs on nothing but compressed air. Contrary to popular belief, the air tank poses no threat as far as explosions go. Sounds nuts huh? Here’s some more math (approximated):
Price to own a CAT car (estimated united states market price) – $17,000.
Price in Paris – $9,500 (confirmed in 2002).
Price to refill your air tank – $2.50.
Miles to the “tank” – 300.
Probability of catching on fire – 0.
CAT > CAR
Native Americans — Where does blame lie?
Jul/091
Author: Brion
herp derp
- Chief Sitting Bull.
Among the many hot political subjects is that of the Native Americans. Ask anyone about them and they’ll probably tell you about a nature-loving people who were massacred and driven out of their own land, and then add how truly sad that was. It is absolutely true that many Indians were killed needlessly by white settlers and that they were driven from their land unrighteously. The right-winged seem to maintain a cold silence and tend to look away when confronted about the subject. The left-winged seem to love to rot in their own guilt about the subject, very publicly.
I think the most important question is: “How does this injustice cross over into modern days, to whom will justice be served?” It would be logical that if we were truly sorry we would return the land to its rightful inhabitants and try to compensate them for their lost land and loved ones. But no land is returned, no effort to reimburse is made.
Of course, the idea of serving justice is futile because the individuals who were responsible have long since passed away. I live on this land, but I am not personally responsible for the Indians’ loss.
To political figures I say this:
Learn to accept that those tragedies are in the past and that nothing can be done to undo them.
The most justice that anyone could do to the Native Americans is to not let their culture, their religion or their characters fade away. Know who they were, acknowledge the crimes committed against them, and keep their story alive, and you shall bear no guilt for what happened to the Native Americans.