To whom it may concern,
         
          This letter or as I might call it, a warning, I have taken notice that there are much too many people who seem to think they are either above and beyond everyone or they seem to think that if they commit to certain actions, that they will not be punished. Let me tell you, Adolf Hitler.. his actions-- he is still, to this day paying for them in his afterlife, whether that be in Heaven or in Hell. If you think your actions; both good and bad are going unnoticed and unrecognized, you are mistaken. If you live your life a good person, your deeds and your compassion will be seen by God. However, if you have lived a sinful life and spread crime and hate, without remorse, there will be no deeds for God to see. You will have much to answer for in the next life... In my opinion, I think you should live your life spreading good, not evil; helping, not hurting and loving, not hating. Every action or move you make will affect your life as a whole.. Thank you to those people who are morally responsible and respectable people. Look at the world around you right now. Look on the news and watch a new horrific tragedy form and become exposed before your eyes; murder, kidnapping, theft...etc. These hate crimes can be prevented and our world could be a much better place; a place that God intended. All of what I am saying is true-- and because I believe in proof;

Assaults: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_ass-crime-assaults

Burglaries: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_bur-crime-burglaries

Convicted: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_con-crime-convicted

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

8:30- 9:30 p.m.

Turn off your lights.. Unplug your electricity..

Let our Earth momentarily turn off so that..

Energy
301,150,000	- Energy used worldwide today (MWh), of which:
278,000,000	- from non-renewable sources (MWh)
22,930,000	- from renewable sources (MWh)
28,514,000,000	- Solar energy striking Earth today (MWh)
59,561,000	- Oil pumped today (barrels1)
1,310,055,910,000	- Oil left (barrels)
15,596	- Days to the end of oil 2
1,159,429,258,000	- Gas left (boe3)
61,023	- Days to the end of gas 2
4,413,602,547,000	- Coal left (boe)
152,193	- Days to the end of coal 2

1) Barrel = 42 Gallons = 159 Liters
2) If consumed at current rates
3) Boe = barrel of oil equivalent

Check the the time this blog was posted--5:20p.m. Now, check http://www.worldometers.info/ under Energy, and compare the numbers.. Can you spot a change? Let's slow down the numbers!

March 2, R.I.P. Dr.Seuss

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." 
— Dr. Seuss
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." 
— Dr. Seuss
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." 
— Dr. Seuss
"A person's a person, no matter how small." 
— Dr. Seuss 
"I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!" 
— Dr. Seuss 

A Psychic Meets The Fool On The Hill

     Why is that when a psychic sees the future, and tries to change it for the better, they end up being the cause of the problem or make the situation worse? That concept is very similar in my life...
     There is someone I know who has an opportunity to do something that is worth something.. but unfortunately, there are people in the way of that opportunity.. It is because he doesn't want to hurt those who love him if he took the opportunity, but by rejecting this 'chance,' he is making it harder for all of us, because right now, it seems as though he is wasting away at what could be or could've been a good life. 
     Most people learn from their mistakes.. but he hasn't. I don't care if he ends up hurting us for a bit, because it's better that way. He leaves for some months, some years, but brings home a better future. Or.. he makes promises while he is here.. doesn't keep them.. lives in his quicksand of mistakes.. tries to make himself available, but is making everything harder for us.. Why doesn't he just grow up and fix things.. 
     I understand that he means well, but this arrangement is not working. What's the point if you can't be there for us when we need it? What's the point if you barely know who we are? What's the point if you are all just talk, nothing more..? It's all a bunch of bull.. 
     I apologize for the foggy post, but this should be completely anonymous.. By the way, the same goes for the better half.. or the broken half I suppose... 
     They are both the same in the sense that the time they spend fixing things is so long, that in the process, they are ruining the situation to a higher extent.. and end up having to fix things all over again? Does that make sense? They have created this endless cycle for themselves.. This is complicated.. :(

     Sequel: Coming Soon

"Untitled"

Haven’t you envisioned your fear, 

your future in which you wait for, 

your life that is delicately ending every day.

Your fears are hidden in your core, 

and are presented in the dreams you perceive,

your future is only too near

and you strife to allow for sense,

your life, you believe will go your way.

How do you feel knowing your fate

is handled by another,

from the hands that brings your fear, 

the hands that move your future, 

and the hands that bear your death.

Does your power feel limited, 

knowing that your strength has weakened, 

weakened by your shivers and screams.

Does your past seem brighter, 

knowing that your future may be dimmed, 

dimmed by a lack of faith and control.

Does your existence seem lifeless, 

knowing your death is near and unexpected, 

unexpected by the fault of fate.

Steve Jobs killed music: Bon Jovi

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Jon Bon Jovi has taken aim at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, accusing him of "killing" the music industry with iTunes.

The rocker is saddened that children no longer enjoy the "magical" experience of buying records in a high street store because of the ease of downloading individual tracks onto an iPod.

And he lays the blame for the generational shift in music-buying at the feet of technology mogul Jobs.

Bon Jovi tells The Sunday Times Magazine, "Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it.

"God, it was a magical, magical time. I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?' Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."

"I Have A Dream" -Martin Luther King Jr.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.

But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Everything I Own by Bread

You sheltered me from harm 

Kept me warm, Kept me warm 

You gave my life to me 

Set me free, Set me free 

The finest years I ever knew, 

We're all the years I had with you 

And I will give everything I own, 

I'll give my life, my heart, my home 

I will give everything I own 

Just to have you back again. 

You taught me how to love, 

What its all, all above 

You never said too much 

But still you showed the way 

In my new, I'm watching you 

Nobody else will ever know 

The part of me that can't let go 

I will give anything I own 

I'll give up my life, my heart, my home 

I will give everything I own 

Just to have you back again 

Is there someone you know 

You're loving them so 

But taking them all for-granted 

You may lose them one day 

Someone takes them away 

And they don't hear the words you long to say 

I would give anything I own, 

I'll give up my life, my heart, my home, 

I will give everthing I own 

Just to have you back again 

Just to touch you once again 

As Loud As Silence

This poem is for the music and lyrics that inspires me, and
changes my attitude and views on the way our lives should be
led, and in the ways we should think. The lyrics I hear every
morning have the capability to change my mood for the rest of the day. 

The lyrics block out everything else in my mind, and are far from silence.

The words dab at my mind like a fist thrown into the skin

like the sharp texture of your hair

blowing wildly in the wind

as locked are the gates of heaven

as close as the opportunity to sit on Saturn’s rings

and as blazing as winter’s falling snowflakes,

in the peace within a war zone,

where lies the feeble raven.

Like a star rising from the earth’s core,

like a lonesome shadow

like the graceful whomping willow, 

a picture with no story, a dull sun

with no beaming rays

the dignity of a distressed damsel

like the loyal nature of a predator

like the powerless thunder,

like the whisper of luna

a man of the cloth swearing to the heavens,

a corpse with a pulse,

a terrifying child who thinks of not but death,

lying in the cell of a prison,

while pondering a beginning outside Genesis

and anticipating his controllable fate.

There can be no keener revelation

 of a society's soul than the way

 in which it treats its children. 

-Nelson Mandela

The Chrysalids

“And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man should have one body, one head, two arms and two legs: that each arm should be jointed in two places and end in one hand...and each leg shall be jointed twice and have one foot, and each foot five toes... And any creature that shall seem to be human, but is not formed thus is not human. It is neither man nor woman. it is a blasphemy against the true Image of God, and hateful in the sight of God.” (10, 11, 12) 

When I first read this passage, I felt an offense, a horrible feeling. I wondered how a society could live by these rules and think that this was what God intended for the world. I was curious whether this was actually written in a modern book or not. I couldn’t help think that these indications of ultimate perfection was because these citizens didn’t know anything about God or religion. 

The society prides themselves in being religious and worthy of God but even though they only have limited books to go by; Repentances and the Bible, the Bible should’ve been resourceful enough for them to understand that their path was far from God’s will,  because unlike them, God accepts everyone and loves everyone equally, which makes the passage nonsense. 

Furthermore, there is the fact that these laws defy science in the sense that science indicated that deformity is due to genetic abnormality, for example, six toes, would by our logical measure still be considered man or woman. Also, there are thousands of illnesses and diseases, that you may be born with or could later suffer from, that may disregard the laws. One may be born with no arms or a broken foot and such accidents are neither the fault of the child nor the mother. These occurrences are still in the image of God and their physical traits happened for unknown reasons, but perhaps fate. The mere fact that the society doesn’t understand this or understand God through the Bible indicates that they do not take seriously God’s creation. 

This passage helped me realize what I was to expect of the characters in this book. All I thought of was that they were closed-minded. The way Wyndham conveyed this dramatic and controversial twist is enticing and makes readers think. People shouldn’t be marked against their physical capabilities,  instead their actions dictate who they are on the inside.

Are all politicians liars? 

Is it that they go into the game decent players, 

and leave cynical and dishonest?

Or is it that they were always this way?

I am not naive when it comes to this...

I don't have faith in what they say.

I believe that the world problems happen, 

because of them..

whether they did it on purpose, 

or whether they had good intentions..

In the end, it is all their fault.. 

So, kudos. 

"WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE"

Me and all my friends 

We're all misunderstood 

They say we stand for nothing and 

There's no way we ever could 

Now we see everything that's going wrong 

With the world and those who lead it 

We just feel like we don't have the means 

To rise above and beat it 

So we keep waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

It's hard to beat the system 

When we're standing at a distance 

So we keep waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

Now if we had the power 

To bring our neighbors home from war 

They would have never missed a Christmas 

No more ribbons on their door 

And when you trust your television 

What you get is what you got 

Cause when they own the information, oh 

They can bend it all they want 

That's why we're waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

It's not that we don't care, 

We just know that the fight ain't fair 

So we keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

And we're still waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change 

One day our generation 

Is gonna rule the population 

So we keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

We keep on waiting 

Waiting on the world to change 

People in our modern society have different views of the authorities (politicians/government). Some are cynical and believe that nobody in power properly reaches out to the people they serve because most politicians are caught up in a self-serving circle. Some believe that some leaders are honest and they believe and support them. Which of the two views do you most find yourself believing? Why? Why do you think that people have become so untrustworthy of people in higher power? Are there any examples throughout history? What can we do to make sure that those in power are trustworthy?

-I have always been cynical towards politics and people in power because I have no intention of believing that any of the national leaders are honest and have everyone’s best interest when they push for certain changes in society. 

-Politicians, from the past have not reached the minorities when elected. They only adhere to the rights of the majority, who can manipulate the leader and result in intolerable decisions.

-I think that people, recently, especially the younger generations have become more opinionated because today we are exposed to news from all over the world confirming the uprise of human rights. If minorities are not accounted for, it is because of those leaders who discriminate in order to get voted to power. 

-I think those who have been affected by the law and may have lost family members, for example, due to the extreme cases of minority rights would have the highest potential of feeling negatively towards the authorities.

-Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Washington to a crowd of people and addressed the famous “I have a dream...” speech. This speech was remembered because its purpose was to bring justice to black people as slaves in the United States. They were under the authorities that administrated the rights to allow black people to be slaves for white people. 

-The holocaust can also exemplify the ignored rights of minorities; Adolf Hitler had over 6 million Jews killed based on their religion. Adolf Hitler’s immoral leadership was recognized world wide because he was the one who let the genocide occur because he was the authorities. The Germans allowed the Jews to be sent to concentration camps, and there was nobody who tried to stop it. 

-The actions of leaders ever since the world came to be have caused more evil than it has good and it would be smart to be aware of who we are listening to and who we are allowing to give us our rights.