Michigan is voting to pass HB4111 which will allot $30 million to start up ObamaCare exchanges in our state. Get on the phones, write emails tell your representatives you do not support this!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Tips to Thwart a Rapist. Are You F**king Kidding Me?
Recently
the University of Colorado released some tips to avoid being raped. You’ve
probably heard about this, but I was so pissed off by it that I had to cover
it.
The
university, which does not allow “weapons” like pocket knives, guns, any kind
of metal knuckles oh and sling shots, suggests that women react passively to
attackers and of course try to run away. Obviously if you can get away and run
that’s the best bet. However, the most appalling suggestion made in this list
was that a girl tell the attacker she has a disease or is on her period. Right, because that’s going to stop a sick
nutjob? And seriously tell him you have a disease? If some dude has just
grabbed me and is intent on raping me I doubt my first reaction is going to be
to yell “I am on my period!” or “I have the herp!!” Come on people.
I
think worse and more degrading than suggesting women say they are on their
period to avoid rape is the suggestion to vomit or urinate on an attacker.
I
don’t know about you but I can’t just vomit or pee on command. I am a woman not
an animal capable of defecating myself when I am scared. Do these people really
think that we can just vomit on cue? Unless I’ve been chomping down sweets and
then decide to run a marathon before getting cornered by a rapist, I doubt I am
gonna be able to vomit on him.
What
gets me about this shit(and excuse my use of expletives but I am just so
disgusted by this whole thing) is that there is always this push for
empowerment and independence for women in our world today I’d really like to
know how those tips factor into empowerment.
Why
don’t we teach women how to actually protect themselves? Teach them how to fend
off an attacker with basic skills and even with *gasp* guns. I think the
likelihood of a potential rapist running off scared from me pulling out a
handgun is greater than him running off when I scream I am on my period while
stimulatingly trying to piss myself and vomit.
I
dunno, what makes you feel safer girls?
Vomit
or a bullet and some hand to hand defense training?
After
some serious backlash the university did remove their “tips” and replaced it
with this http://www.uccs.edu/pusafety/what-to-do-if-you-are-attacked-.html
and apologized, but not specifically for suggesting we piss ourselves on
command to avoid rape.
-Baby Doll
Monday, February 18, 2013
Smart Meters: Stupid For Our Health and Privacy.
There has recently been a lot of controversy over the
subject of smart meters. Concerns that they cause health issues like headaches,
anxiety and even cancer are causing quite the stir. So what is a smart meter? A
“smart meter” is really an advanced meter that gathers your energy usage and
sends it wirelessly to the utility company. Usually by means of updated gird
systems, and hub centers. Here in Michigan DTE is calling these grids “SmartCurrents”.
Much like I noted in my post on Vehicle Mileage Taxes and using a GPS to track
your driving offering navigation services and other services to drivers, Smart
Meters are being purported to be beneficial as well. They help you to better
monitor your electrical usage and will supposedly lead to lower energy bills.
That’s what the energy companies and supporters of Smart Meters say anyway.
Smart Meters are being pushed as “green” however if you
think about the amount of work it takes to change out entire communities from
older model meters to these smart meters or the technology that goes into
making them, they are really not all that green. Plus, I don’t know about you
but I don’t think microwave radiation is green. Don’t tell that to any of the companies
supporting and pushing their new advanced metering and mesh networks though.
There is plenty of evidence out there to support the
conclusion that smart meters put out a toxic and high levels of microwave
radiation. Just a quick search on Google turns up tons of websites discussing
the effects of radio frequencies and smart meters on health. The World Health
Organization has classified RFs as a carcinogen and the high EMF (electromagnetic
fields) that these meters put out are also known to cause a range of health
issues like, anxiety, headaches, insomnia, memory loss, confusion, mood
swings.
Beyond the controversy over whether or not microwave
radiation from smart meters is good, bad or indifferent to our health there is
the issue of privacy. Just like the Vehicle Mileage Taxes and the government wanting
to track where we drive, smart meters have their own privacy invading, big
brother is watching agenda. Your smart meter can tap into the radio frequency
of new “smart appliances”. That’s right, pretty soon your stove will be able to
talk to the electrical grid and to other appliances in your house. The idea is
that since smart meters are suppose to track peak energy usage times(and up the
price you pay for energy during those times of day) smart appliances would be
able to talk to the gird and each other in order to “save you money”. Your
stove for instance, can tell the fridge to lower its temperature until dinner is done cooking.
In an article on Grist, Colorado based grid set up company Tendril
CEO Adrian Truck said “When consumers buy a new fridge they’ll make a phone
call or go online and register their new appliance with the grid,” says
Tendril’s Tuck. “If they do that, the appliance will start to receive pricing
information and download algorithms to modify its behavior.” Whoa! I am
sorry but I don’t like the idea of my refrigerator downloading anything. The
thought of appliances being linked into this new mesh network and communicating
with each other sounds pretty freaky if you ask me.
Now of course the people
supporting this whole thing will tell you they’ll never use the information
gathered through smart meters against you. They aren't going to monitor you.
Why on earth would they do that? Frankly I think, just with having a GPS in my
car that tracks where I drive, having meters that can communicate with my
appliances and send information about my energy usage through a wireless grid
is not only creepy but an invasion of privacy. The controversy is endless, so I
urge you to research it yourself and come to your own conclusion on smart
meters and whether or not you want one on your home. That is if you can stop
them.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Billions of rounds of ammunition
Billions of rounds of ammunition
Lately the Government has been buying up a lot of ammunition. This by itself raises eyebrows of many but a closer look at the facts raises a lot of questions. Center stage for the purchase of ammunition in this story is the department of homeland security. Over the last 10 months they have purchased or made contracts with manufactures to obtain over 1.625 billion rounds of various ammunition.
However they are not the only government agency to buy up large quantities of ammo. The national Weather service has purchased 46,000 rounds of hallow point ammunition. The NWS is tasked with providing forecasts, public warnings, and other products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. Why do they need firearms and all that ammo to do their job?
The Social security administration has ordered 174,000 .357 magnum rounds. When questioned why they needed such an order it was claimed to be a clerical error and the order was for NOAA’s Fisheries office of law enforcement. They are responsible for the ecosystem protection and conservation of most of national marine life.
That’s a lot of ammunition in retro spec a average combat infantry company is composed of three to five platoons to form a company. A platoon consists of 16 to 44 soldiers comprising of four squads. The Military unit I was part of years ago was made up of five platoons to a company, 25 men to a platoon. This made our company 125 men strong. Average ammo we carried into battle varied on our mission. But the average was 3500 per platoon. This averaged out to 17,500 per company. This is not counting grenades, rockets or other forms of munitions, just small arms. So using this figure of 17,500 as a rough guesstimate DHS has purchased enough ammo to outfit almost 10,000 infantry companies. That’s a lot of men and firepower. At the height of operations in Iraq U.S. Soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month. So DHS has purchased enough ammo to wage an Iraq
So that begs the question of why do they need so much so soon? Is DHS getting ready for war? And if so with who? As more people have asked more probing questions of DHS they responded by classifying information pertaining to ammunition purchases. Why are they so worried about the public knowing how much ammo they are purchasing now that the cat is out of the bag?
Combine this with the fact that a study that was funded by DHS was leaked last year where they characterize Americans who are suspicious of the federal government and are reverent of individual liberty are labeled as right wing terrorists. So In a nutshell they are labeling a lot of Americans as terrorists. DHS mandate is to protect the U.S.A.
Draw your own conclusions based on the facts, use some reason and logic. But if you love your freedoms and don’t think they make you a terrorist then speak out. Your silence is their power.
For myself I can say this, this is not the country I grew up in. I want my old nation back where my freedoms and belief in them as unquestionable didn’t make me a terrorist, it made me an American proud of my nation.
-Ghost Rider
Friday, February 8, 2013
Celebrity Status
Why is it every time something happens politically,
Celebrities think it is their duty to come out and make commercials and stand
on their soap boxes touting what they think we should do, as though their opinions matter more than
ours.
This one has some strong language so be forewarned!
I see videos like this
Who are they to tell us what to do? I
am sick of celebrities hiding behind body guards, the bars of their gated
communities, creating videos and attending speaking events to tell us, like we
are their little peasants, that we should call for gun control laws, or
whatever political agenda they are serving at the time. The worst part about it
is we let them get away with it, we let them make their heartwarming PSA videos
telling us that Obama is like our daddy and we should trust that everything he
does is right, as Chris Rock did recently.
Yet, when an actor
like Bruce Willis comes out and says he does not support the gun bans or anything
that would infringe on constitutional rights, you hardly hear about it. He
doesn’t make a little video, he just says it. In an interview with the
Associated Press Willis said ''If
you take one out or change one law, then why wouldn't they take all your rights
away from you?" He’s right you know?
Why don’t pro gun celebrities make videos calling for
action? Why don’t they do speaking events? Probably because they aren’t little
tools of the government and wouldn’t get any attention except to be called
radicals if they did speak out.
Well, this is my call to action everyone. Here’s a list from
the Gun Owners of America of all the singers and actors who support gun
control. Let’s boycott them and put our support behind the artists who believe
we should have our freedoms.
And here are some artists we should be supporting (can I
just say, good job Chef Alton Brown!)
This one has some strong language so be forewarned!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Attack on The Second Amendment
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
The current gun legislation going on right now in Washington should have many people in America concerned. These people namely Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are pushing their own private agenda despite the facts that legal gun ownership reduces crime. A quick look at the statistics provided by the FBI is the clearest sign that responsible gun owners in America are having a positive effect.
In 2005 murders commented with a rifle were 445. In contrast the number of murders committed with hammers and clubs were 605. In 2006 murders commented with a rifle were 438. The number of Murders committed with hammers and clubs went up to 618. As we go on from year to year the number of murders committed by rifles continues to drop and blunt objects like hammers keeps going up. So if the people in Washington were truly concerned about your well being and health don’t you think they would pass laws against hammers and clubs?
Maybe a 5 day waiting period on that hammer you want to get at the hardware store.
Back to the facts, at the head of this gun legislation is Sen. Dianne Feinstein. She has headed numerous attacks on the second amendment before. Her original gun ban, which existed from 1994 until 2004, was not renewed by Congress after law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, testified it was ineffective in cutting crime. So, the FBI said it doesn’t work and the national statistics support that but they continue to push this agenda.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s new bill would ban 157 specific “assault weapons and ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.” The criteria of the “assault weapons” they propose to ban is the same as the 1994 ban. Clearly Sen. Dian Feinstein hates personal gun ownership in America and is determined to change it regardless of the facts.
This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
-Albert Einstein
-Albert Einstein
Recently I had a disagreement with a coworker about what the second amendment means. He was certain it had something to do with hunting or a well armed military. When I informed him that the Supreme Court of the United States first ruled in 2008 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess and carry firearms, he was certain I was wrong. I also explained to him that the Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions officially establishing this interpretation. District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home within many longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession listed by the Court as being consistent with the Second Amendment. In McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government. After hearing this he told me that I was making this all up and he walked away. This kind of Ignorance is what people like Sen. Dian Feinstein are counting on. They use these crimes like the Sandy Hook shooting to further their agenda and claim it’s about protecting people but when compared to the cold hard facts their arguments fall short.
Surprisingly a number of Sheriffs and serving military around the country have publicly said if they will not enforce the gun ban if passed into law. This is great news for freedom loving Americans everywhere. Go over to http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ and take a look, it will put a smile on your face. Also some states like Texas are pushing a bill called The Second Amendment Protection Act, that if passed into law will create a precedent for other states to follow.
While many patriots have said Molon Labe to the people in Washington our true strength is to organize and kill this before it becomes law. Call your congressman and tell them how much you hate gun control. Make a donation to the NRA or Gun Owners of America, after all they are at the forefront of this fight but most of all do not be silent and don’t sit back and let others fight this battle for you. Make some sacrifices and fight for your freedoms, or wear a slave collar and let others manage you from cradle to grave.
-Ghost Rider
Monday, February 4, 2013
Vehicle Mileage Tax: Just another tax or one step closer to a closed in society?
I had never heard of a Driver User
Fee, or vehicle mileage tax before until I found out through some friends who
are politically active here in Michigan that our Governor was considering
implementing such a tax on us. Apparently the .6% sales tax that we get slapped
on top of our gas tax just isn't enough to cover the roads. Admittedly I was a
little confused about what exactly a mileage tax was and how exactly the
government would go keep track of the miles I drive and the roads I drive on.
Naïve of me, I know.
A vehicle mileage tax is just that,
a tax on the miles you drive. This money supposedly goes to help maintain the
roads. Seems legit right? I mean we use the roads and particularly here in
Michigan the winter weather darn near destroys them every year! So what’s the
big deal with paying a tax that will help keep the roads fixed up and make them
safer?
The Rand Corporation, in their
document “Mileage-based user fees for transportation funding. A primer for
state and local decision makers” claims “the federal government and most states
levy fuel taxes on a cents-per-gallon basis, so real revenues will inevitably
decline unless the per-gallon tax rates are periodically increased to offset
the effects of both inflation and improved fuel economy” and with the subject
of gas price increases being a touchy one, most state and government officials
rarely want to go there. Rand Corporation also points out that with the
increase in fuel economic and alternative fuel cars the issues related to per-gallon
taxes will become more of an issue. That’s right, alternative fuel vehicles are
taking money away from the roads.
I
personally see a few issues with this. Obviously there is the issue of yet
another tax but what bothers me most is at its heart, Vehicle Mileage Taxes
seem like one more way for the government to monitor our every move and push us
into a closed in society where we have practically no anonymity.
So how would a tax strip away our
privacy? In order for the states to properly tax our mileage they would need to
know how much we drive and on what roads (since the taxes may vary depending on
what county or road you’re on). There are a few different ways states have been
looking at regarding this. The favored one appearing to be a GPS mileage meter
that is placed in the car somewhere(Is the Progressive Snap Shot coming to mind
anyone?) and collects the data.
Minnesota recently, in conjunction with the Battelle
Institute tested a way of monitoring mileage using cellphone towers. “The Global Positioning System (GPS)
collected data via an in-vehicle smartphone, an Android-based app created by
Battelle, and a Bluetooth vehicle ID module plugged into on-board diagnostics.
A commercial cloud service hosted the data warehouse. For privacy, the solution
saved anonymous location points and enabled auditing for a billing dispute only
by the owner of the phone that collected the data. Battelle’s solution also
provided drivers with value-added services of road sign display and support for
third-party navigation apps.” Seems the least they can give us in exchange
for monitoring our every move is some fee navigation. Other methods of tracking mileage would be
simply estimating annual mileage on certain types of vehicles and of course occasional
odometer inspections!
Now, once they have that tracking
system in order how are they going to bill us? Once again there are several
proposed ideas. Once again Minnesota has a great layout for this. The seemingly
less invasive option is charging the fee with vehicle registration. Other
options include invoicing to the GPS system (and let’s face it they’ll try to
attach payment directly to our checking accounts if they can). Still sounding
okay to you?
Back to the issue of privacy, first
there’s the concern with being tracked everywhere you go. The use of a GPS
system to monitor our mileage is just Big Brother bearing down on us more, but
what if the systems were to get hacked? Fear not, they have a solution for that
too. Why they’ll just delete your information as soon as you've paid your tax. Or
better yet, how about they just do odometer inspections? I trust the Government
and their concern for privacy about as much as I trust the guy on the corner
who tells me the car radio he wants to sell me isn't stolen.
In my opinion this tax is a ploy to
start bringing us closer to a closed in society. If you can’t afford to drive
your car, you are confined to one area mostly and suddenly you become much
easier to keep track of and to control. I am by no means denying our need to
pay to keep the roads we use up, but this is not the way. It’s easy to go along
with what the Government tells us. Particularly when in theory the ideas seem
good, but technology and innovation aside take a moment to look at the whole
picture and ask yourself why you’re okay with being tracked everywhere and how
you feel about being charged another tax. Don’t be fooled by the promise of
safer roads, ease and convenient ways to pay fees and “free” in car navigation
services. Just because the frosting on the cake looks good doesn't mean the
cake isn't poisoned.
Right now several states including,
Washington State, Oregon, Nevada and Colorado are testing or considering
testing out this new method of taxing drivers.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
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