Stuck in the house. Temp finally up to - 2. Blowing snow. Wind chill -32 so I am listening to the radio and working on photo's. And what do I hear. Things that tick me off.
I remember when they started making obesity the leading cause of all thats wrong in the world besides Bush. This was after cigarettes and after global warming and after car exhaust and after the ice age and after and after and after. They have managed to tax the heck out of anything they deem the worse thing. So really you can't tax cigarettes much more. I mean, aren't they up to about 6 dollars a pack in some places. The car industry is going down the tubes. I'll get to the the scam about global warming in a minute. So that leaves the fat.
Just tax them. Our governments answer to all the woe's of the world. Tax that sugar ladened non-diet pop drinking obese of the world. Tax those government workers who are obese in Alabama. "Just out of curiosity......What do they sell in their vending machines to eat for supper? Apples and fat free yogurt. I bet it chips and candy bars plus horrors of horrors.... POP. They should in turn turn around and sue them for not giving them healthy alternatives thus making them obese and ruining their health!" Just for the record I don't drink pop and I don't smoke so I this is not sour grapes. I am however obese!
Last year when the government started making this their newest cause.....besides global warming which I will get to in a second, I mentioned, "mark my words....they will find a way to tax this". And they have. Tax the pop people. Tax the obese. And I predict it won't be long before the government run health care system they will put into place will not cover you for all these sins. Don't work out daily? sorry can't cover you. Eat fattening foods? sorry can't cover you. Had any pop this week? Did you take seconds? Sorry sorry sorry. Not only can we not cover you, can I have some tax money for that?
You probably know I am against government in your face. I am against increased taxes. Oh and I do like seconds occasionally. Remember the pictures of all the people in China exercising out in the square before work. They have to show up early before work and work out. Its coming. Now....before you say anything. and I know your thinking it. Yes. Daily exercise is good for you. But it should be your choice. YOUR CHOICE.
Now as long as I am on a rant today I'll move on to global warming. You, if you have read my journal for long know my thoughts on that. I do believe in global warming. And global cooling and hot and cold. Did you know that the polar caps on Mars are also shrinking. Its a cyclical thing. It has happened since the beginning of time, before dinosaurs walked on earth, before man and long after man with our dirty little carbon footprints are gone.
Why do I think it is news now? I think it is because some rich man wants to get richer on it. He has created an entire company based on global warming. On selling carbon footprints, on taxing the guilt of people who feel guilty to be doing well, but not so guilty they want to give up anything. You can buy carbon footprints and drive green cars to offset your greenhouse emissions and sooth your guilty soul. You can toss your McDonalds sack and finished cigarette out of your SUV knowing you have purchased enough carbon credits from Al Gores company to last you a life time. Sheesh people.
This is not just the thinking of a silly little nurse in Iowa either. Leading scientists and people in the know have been trying to set the record straight for years now. Their funding has been cut, their books have been put on the back shelfs of Barnes and Nobles and their voices shushed. Because there is big money in this. Endless ways to tax the guilty. Who will be glad to pay. And pay big.
Wouldn't it make more sense to take care of our planet by picking up all the trash laying all over. To buy biodegradable packaging. To not toss your cigarettes and stop hacking goobers all over. Ride your bike or walk if your not going far. Reuse things. These are all good things. Demand manufacturers made things that can be repaired again instead of having to be tossed. Be repaired thus re-created all the jobs and businesses that went out of business when the toss and throw generation came to age. Shoe shops, small engine repair, appliance repair shops, camera repair, jewelry repair, shops shops, shops, and jobs no longer there. Simple things. Pick up your spring water bottle after your jog. Use the garbage bag. And trust your instincts. When someone tells you something wonder to yourself whats in it for them. And if it is lots of money, lots of power, a noble peace prize. Question it. Easy as that.
And one last thing. Why is it we feel guilty if we are successful? Don't we raise our children to believe they can be anything they want to be. Praise them when they are successful? Send them off to college with high hopes all their dreams come true. And then when people do become successful beyond their wildest dreams, like Bill Gates for instance, we get angry at them. They create jobs, new industries. Make other peoples life richer. But now they are the bad guys, the rich. Make them pay more. Make them feel guilt. Well unless of course your a football player or sports figure. The world is their playground. And who do they employ? Double standards and yes, maybe true sour grapes.
Well, If you made it this far congratulations. You don't have to agree with this. Personally I think you should, but you don't have to. Now I am getting on 4 layers of clothes to venture forth in - 2 degree weather with wind chills of -32. Because I still plan on baking cookies. Cheer all.
9 comments:
I come back after a few weeks to final catch up on reading, to a rant and rave...and I'm with you all the way on this one dear friend. I continue to say over and over, be the change you want to see. (Hugs)Indigo
I do agree, Julie. I've often felt that we should be focusing more on reusing instead of this "new throw away" concept. But as far as the govt. following suit, hahaha, if it makes sense, it sure won't be enacted.
hiya Julia!:0
umm :)
the commercialization of the holidays gets to me personally unless I hear some good music and then I mellow; it reminds me of Christmases past!
ummm I think we need to stop the burning and destruction of the rain forest. Scientists have said that this is definitely 80% of global warming because those forest are our lungs.We can support groups who buy the forests out... irregardless of that our climate is going colder by leaps and bounds.
Yes we should praise our kids...
I like it that we are now saying that there is a place for any kid nowadays...that didn't used to be said.
I love recycling and we try to do ti a lot
I wish that our city would have more recycle bins everywhere...
Kelli talks about that a lot in her blog btw
People should think about all of the money and helpers that Gates and his wife have poured into poor areas combating Aids and buying computers for kids
love,natalie
I so agree with everything you say. Starting with global warming, I have been saying for years that it is a natural phenomenon, it is something that has been happening since the world came into creation. I am not saying that man made pollution does not have any influence, any pollution is bad, but the world is always evolving. Mankind is stupid enough to think it stands still. A couple of hundred years ago, the Thames froze over regularly in the winter. Fairs were held on it, the ice was that thick. Now we rarely get ice or snow. London has also seen some alarmingly hot temperatures hundreds of years ago. This is nothing new, it is a natural cycle and will continue until the world ends.
As for obesity, cigarettes and the like, it is exactly the same over here. We have a "nanny" state telling us all the time what we can do, what we cannot do, rules and reguations are the norm. What happened to personal choice, what happened to freedom. We also are being taxed out of existance.
So, rant away. I have found someone who agrees with me.
i second that...and will have seconds too! lol i really do agree with what you've written here...manufacturers should start packaging their goods in biodegradable recyclable packages. maybe if there were incentives of some sort...i don't know what the answer is, but it's not more regulations by the government.
I agree too Julie. Also the hole in the ozone layer gets bigger and smaller in cycles. We're only told when it gets bigger making people think it's getting bigger all the time. Why not tell us when it's getting smaller too? People should walk or bike more, too many cars on the road for short journeys nowadays. Maybe if kids walked to school they'd not grow to be so big, I walked three miles to school and back every day. We need to educate the young so they'll carry on with the recycling and looking after the world. I don't drive, I woouldn't want to be part of destroying our world and using up our resources but we have a good public transport system in the UK. I understand that in some places people need cars to get around. It's good to have a rant sometimes! Jeannette xx
Julie for President! Julie for Pesident!
At last a common sense approach and outlook into how we all live our lives and how we should, as Indigo suggested, 'be the change we want to see'.
This 'Rant' of yours deserves to be front page for all to see.
I'm with you Julie...all the way.
Way to go my friend!
Hugs
Jeanie xxxx
I so agree with you girlfriend! Hope you're staying warm!
Very, VERY good rant and rav...er...post! and I'll have thirds if it's good enough!!
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