http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nasa_announces_plan_to_bring_wi_fi
NASA plans to revolutionize its headquarters by bringing wifi to it. This is truely ground breaking. I predict the mission will begin, and a the crucial turning point, it will fail, wasting all of the money they put into the mission.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
That thing we have to do.
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/chicken_shit_asteroid_veers_away
So basically we almost got destroyed by this asteroid, but then the little punk realized that he would get destroyed also, so he chickened out.
This article really means a lot to me. I think it says so much about the state of the world and the need for courageous men and women to rise up and do what they have to do to save everybody around them. Had this asteroid decided that it wasnt a wuss, there wouldnt have been anybody large enough to catch the asteroid, or hit it with an enormous baseball bat and send it back to where it came from. We either need to find a way to resurrect Paul Bunyan, or lift the ban on steroids in MLB.
I think that everybody should just get along.
So basically we almost got destroyed by this asteroid, but then the little punk realized that he would get destroyed also, so he chickened out.
This article really means a lot to me. I think it says so much about the state of the world and the need for courageous men and women to rise up and do what they have to do to save everybody around them. Had this asteroid decided that it wasnt a wuss, there wouldnt have been anybody large enough to catch the asteroid, or hit it with an enormous baseball bat and send it back to where it came from. We either need to find a way to resurrect Paul Bunyan, or lift the ban on steroids in MLB.
I think that everybody should just get along.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
I lost count
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-holder9-2009mar09,0,6188148.story
In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes, despite the fact that according to federal law it is illegal for anybody to sell or possess marijuana. Due to these clashing policies, many controversies have arisen. Federal DEA agents have been raiding dispensaries, which distribute medical marijuana, and locking up users and sellers of the medicine. Obama promised to end these raids, but they have continued, the most recent just two days after his election. However, last week, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that the Justice Department would no longer raid these dispensaries. Now the question remains of what to do with the 100+ people who have been arrested in these raids. The stopping of these raids is definitely a wise decision considering the DEA’s limited resources.
I cannot believe how stubborn and ignorant the federal government can be. Marijuana has shown worthwhile medicinal values, and a state chose to legalize the use of it, but the DEA would attack them constantly. Isn’t there a meth lab somewhere they should be busting? I am glad the raids have ceased, but I believe they never should have begun. The federal government needs to consult with a state government when ever states pass a law the feds don’t like instead of arresting everyone acting upon the law. Thirteen states in all have legalized medicinal marijuana to some extent, and hopefully more will come.
In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes, despite the fact that according to federal law it is illegal for anybody to sell or possess marijuana. Due to these clashing policies, many controversies have arisen. Federal DEA agents have been raiding dispensaries, which distribute medical marijuana, and locking up users and sellers of the medicine. Obama promised to end these raids, but they have continued, the most recent just two days after his election. However, last week, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that the Justice Department would no longer raid these dispensaries. Now the question remains of what to do with the 100+ people who have been arrested in these raids. The stopping of these raids is definitely a wise decision considering the DEA’s limited resources.
I cannot believe how stubborn and ignorant the federal government can be. Marijuana has shown worthwhile medicinal values, and a state chose to legalize the use of it, but the DEA would attack them constantly. Isn’t there a meth lab somewhere they should be busting? I am glad the raids have ceased, but I believe they never should have begun. The federal government needs to consult with a state government when ever states pass a law the feds don’t like instead of arresting everyone acting upon the law. Thirteen states in all have legalized medicinal marijuana to some extent, and hopefully more will come.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Editorial 4
I think the court made the exact right decision. If a parent doesn’t want their 12 year old picking up hookers in Grand Theft Auto, parents shouldn’t let their kids play Grand Theft Auto. Why does a bill need to be passed to make it so one must be 18 before buying that game? The thought that somebody my age could not go and buy Halo is ridiculous. Should cigarettes, porn, and Halo be equal in the eyes of the law? Not at all. Parents who are concerned that their kid will shoot up their school because of their choice in video games should spend less time writing their senator and more time hugging their kid and raising them to be mature sensible adults.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-games28-2009feb28,0,4975089.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-games28-2009feb28,0,4975089.story
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Editorial #3
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/nyregion/17chimp.html?ref=opinion
Due to the recent attacks in Stamford Connecticut, laws regarding pet primates have come under scrutiny. After a 200 pound chimpanzee named Travis attacked and critically injured his owner’s friend, many are arguing that exotic pets such as Travis have no place in the American household due to their dangerous and unpredictable behavior. The Captive Primate Safety Act has already made it through the House of Representatives and is expected to quickly make it through the Senate. This Act will make obtaining a pet primate much more difficult in the future, and ban interstate transport of primates as pets.
The recent attack was certainly a tragedy, but one must question the judgment of a 70 year old woman living with a 200 pound wild animal who treated it as if it were a child. Though I think that owning an exotic pet like Travis, is a horrible idea, I do still believe that people should be allowed to have exotic pets, but with more regulations. Dangerous pets should never be allowed to run around freely like Travis, and the owners should always have to have a way to stop the animal if it posed an immediate threat to public around it, even if it means carrying around a gun. The article points out that there may be as many as 15,000 primates living in the United States as pets, and they have yet to lash out and attack somebody. Those statistics show that one can have a pet monkey without it ripping off your friends’ faces. Maybe those considering getting a pet primate should consider one smaller than a chimpanzee. I do not believe that congress should step in and make further laws about having exotic pets just because of this one incident.
Due to the recent attacks in Stamford Connecticut, laws regarding pet primates have come under scrutiny. After a 200 pound chimpanzee named Travis attacked and critically injured his owner’s friend, many are arguing that exotic pets such as Travis have no place in the American household due to their dangerous and unpredictable behavior. The Captive Primate Safety Act has already made it through the House of Representatives and is expected to quickly make it through the Senate. This Act will make obtaining a pet primate much more difficult in the future, and ban interstate transport of primates as pets.
The recent attack was certainly a tragedy, but one must question the judgment of a 70 year old woman living with a 200 pound wild animal who treated it as if it were a child. Though I think that owning an exotic pet like Travis, is a horrible idea, I do still believe that people should be allowed to have exotic pets, but with more regulations. Dangerous pets should never be allowed to run around freely like Travis, and the owners should always have to have a way to stop the animal if it posed an immediate threat to public around it, even if it means carrying around a gun. The article points out that there may be as many as 15,000 primates living in the United States as pets, and they have yet to lash out and attack somebody. Those statistics show that one can have a pet monkey without it ripping off your friends’ faces. Maybe those considering getting a pet primate should consider one smaller than a chimpanzee. I do not believe that congress should step in and make further laws about having exotic pets just because of this one incident.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Editorial 2
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/opinion/17tue2.html
I am all about granting DC a representative who has a voice in the house, but I don’t know if the bill that is going through congress right now is the right way to do it. The bill should not pass congress because both factions gain something from it; it should pass because citizens in the district deserve a voice because they pay taxes for this nation, go to war and die for this nation, and help elect our president. Republicans who don’t like this bill because it gives the democrats who seem to be dominating them at the moment another vote against them are being completely selfish and unfair. I don’t care if everybody in DC were Nazis; they are still Americans and deserve a voice in the House of Representatives.
I am all about granting DC a representative who has a voice in the house, but I don’t know if the bill that is going through congress right now is the right way to do it. The bill should not pass congress because both factions gain something from it; it should pass because citizens in the district deserve a voice because they pay taxes for this nation, go to war and die for this nation, and help elect our president. Republicans who don’t like this bill because it gives the democrats who seem to be dominating them at the moment another vote against them are being completely selfish and unfair. I don’t care if everybody in DC were Nazis; they are still Americans and deserve a voice in the House of Representatives.
Editorial 1
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/opinion/15sun2.html
I do not think that a grave injustice is being done by banning press coverage from places like Dover Air Force Base. If I were a soldier who fell in the Middle East (which I just might be if I don’t get into college), I would not want to be remembered and honored by my nation by having a picture of the box that I will be trapped in for the rest of eternity circulated in newspapers. I would much rather my beautiful smiling face be shown where people could gain a little of the individual that I was, not my box that looks just like everybody else’s. To those who think that one cannot grasp how many soldiers make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation without seeing a picture of a few coffins draped with the stars and stripes being brought off of a plane, I think you are wrong. An actual number value of the total lives lost is a thousand times more powerful than pictures of a handful of the coffins being brought back.
I do not think that a grave injustice is being done by banning press coverage from places like Dover Air Force Base. If I were a soldier who fell in the Middle East (which I just might be if I don’t get into college), I would not want to be remembered and honored by my nation by having a picture of the box that I will be trapped in for the rest of eternity circulated in newspapers. I would much rather my beautiful smiling face be shown where people could gain a little of the individual that I was, not my box that looks just like everybody else’s. To those who think that one cannot grasp how many soldiers make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation without seeing a picture of a few coffins draped with the stars and stripes being brought off of a plane, I think you are wrong. An actual number value of the total lives lost is a thousand times more powerful than pictures of a handful of the coffins being brought back.
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