In the news

Dear Readers,

I fell asleep at around midnight but woke up randomly and I cannot seem to get to sleep. I feel like an overdue blog is in order.

Life changes are in the works left and right, my friends. I have chosen to take my life in a different direction that should bring me more out of my life but still provide me with the necessities of life. The details on these changes will be explained in the future because I wouldn't want to jinx the direction my luck is going in.

As the insomnia was charging through my body like Heroine shoots through Courtney Love's, I surfed the interweb on a search for some news.

First stop: CNN, where one of the top stories is "Alcoholic Whipped cream selling fast." This is obviously something that would make the news during the recent debate over the legality of Four Loko. The very thought of delicious whipped cream being mixed with "the equivalent of 3 beers" makes my lips tingle with excitement.

Second stop: Fox News, where a story reads, "Armed Wis. Student Frees Hostages, Shoots Self." Apparently, a 15 year old got pissed about his terrible life and decided he wanted to scar an entire school district for life. You can put as many "experts" on Nancy Grace and have them explain the reasoning behind school shootings, but for someone to actually acquire the necessary weapons-not to mention, BALLS- to pull a stunt like this, there is something seriously wrong with the upbringing of this demented soul.

Third stop: MSNBC, where their top story says, "U.S. looks for way to prosecute over leaks." All I can say about this is, why wouldn't the U.S. charge someone for leaking these documents? It is simple, people, national security is our top priority. Our economy is going to keep going up and down, our kids are going to keep getting fatter and fatter, but we have a security problem in our country that goes beyond border protection. To have a snot nosed person leak sensitive documents about what goes on in the inter-workings of the department that keeps us safe every day, makes me physically ill. Whomever keeps leaking these items to Wiki Leaks has an obvious financial gain or has been wronged by our government in one way or another; I just hope we figure it out and make him/her pay.

I popped some Advil PM about a half hour ago and it is starting to kick in, so I'm going to wrap it up. I'll leave you with these two quotes:

"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
-Benjamin Franklin

"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it."
-Jacques Prévert

Goodnight, readers. Next blog, which is in the works, will be an epic one.

Border Wars

Dear Readers,

I'm excited to say that my Prop 19 BLOG got an insane amount of views from people from across the globe. In fact, there were two people from Denmark, ten people from England, three people from Iraq (I assume they were service members), and five people from Canada. I'm excited to see that something I write can actually get views outside from my facebook friends. Also, I was the "Featured Post" on Blogger.com for a solid fifteen minutes!

Now that my ego is inflamed, I have to say that I am aware of my flawed arguments concerning pot legalization, but it was my opinion and I stand by what I wrote. I feel like the next thing I will discuss on my quest to write about something serious at least once a week, is the war on border protection.

It is no secret to those who are close to me that my views on border protection and illegal immigration are very strong. I'll start off by just putting it out there that I strongly disagree with any form of illegal immigration regardless of the reason and I am very much in favor of a strong protection at all our borders and ports of entry.

Something I have learned in the last few years is that contrary to what most Americans believe, the Founding Fathers were skeptical of immigration. In fact, they had no objection to bringing in immigrants to specialize in jobs that Americans weren't specialized in. But, according to Thomas E. Woods, Jr., they were "convinced that mass immigration would bring social turmoil and political confusion in its wake."

“Suppose 20 millions of republican Americans thrown all of a sudden into France, what would be the condition of that kingdom?” Jefferson asked. “If it would be more turbulent, less happy, less strong, we may believe that the addition of half a million of foreigners to our present numbers would produce a similar effect here.” Alexander Hamilton was even more blunt about it. Again, I quote a piece from Woods, Jr., who found a text from Hamilton that said, the safety of a republic, according to him, depended “essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment, on a uniformity of principles and habits, on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice, and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.”

With this said, I will point out the arguments of the opposition. While I disagree with the notion that Americans should open their arms to endless immigrants with no criminal record and no trafficking motivations, I agree strongly that immigrants from other countries provide services to our country that our born Americans wouldn't do.

I have a big problem with specifically the border war on the Mexican-U.S. border. There was once a point, not so long ago, that Americans would cross the border to shop and ultimately stimulate the economy, but in the last twenty years Americans won't take the risk because of the dangerous drug cartels that have basically taken over the government. With that said, there are the people who just want to come to the country to provide for their families, but even the most innocent have the potential to have been corrupted by the drug, human, or organ trafficking that is killing our country.

In my opinion, I feel as though the increased border protection is more than neccessary to keeping our country's unstable economy in a decent state. My favorite thing to point out is that illegal immigrants do nothing for our economy except the few dollars that they put back in for food, clothes, etc. Most illegal immigrants send back upwards of 90% of the pay checks they receive from their low paying-and most of the time bad working conditions-jobs back to their loved ones back in Mexico. What happens when they get hurt? First off, a lot of the time they don't get the medical treatment they need in fear of deportation, but when it is so bad that they seek medical assistance, they go to our medical facilities. Our hospital systems in America are set up to be compassionate, and they give the immigrants medical treatment with government programs that are supposed to help out TAXPAYING Americans. This is a problem because with the "illegal" stamped on them, they never pay a dime in taxes that put these programs into work.

Readers, think what you want. Obviously I have a strong view on this and I hope it doesn't make you think less of me, or even more of me because this is a debate that has Americans at arms about. Keep your mind open, be educated about it, and try to see it from all angles. I've enjoyed writing this post, and I hope my lack of joking in this one doesn't turn you off from future posts. I promise I will have a good mix of serious and fun posts!

On a side note, do something crazy from the hours of 1:00am to 2:00am, because once 2:00am hits, you get to do that entire hour over again. One would argue that whatever you did during the first hour never happened.

Goodnight,

I quoted a text in the beginning from:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21626

Prop 19

Dear Readers,

The time of the 2 (or 4) years is finally completed! Every September, our airwaves are flooded with ads, propaganda, and forwarded emails from public office candidates in hopes that their negativity towards their counterpart or their love for the nearly extinct Eskimo Curlew will sway our vote one way or another. I don't know about you, but I sincerely hate political ads. The fake smiles, the fake words, and the fake quotations taken out of context make me want to kill of the rest of the beloved Eskimo Curlew's of the world (wondering about the Eskimo Curlew? Click here to learn more about them).

I do, however, enjoy a good debate. After voting ended today, I find myself with a bad taste in my mouth because all I know about the candidates that I voted for are the things said on The Daily Show, Colbert Report, and major news networks. If a good 'ol debate had happened, I feel like I could have learned more about them.

On a slightly different note, Proposition 19 has been SHOT DOWN by California voters. If you're not familiar with Prop 19, let me give you the official definition with proper citations:

"Proposition 19 also known as the Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis Act is a ballot initiative on the November 2, 2010 California statewide ballot. It would legalize various marijuana-related activities, allow local governments to regulate these activities, permit local governments to impose and collect marijuana-related fees and taxes, and authorize various criminal and civil penalties("State of California Initiative analysis". Lao.ca.gov. 2009-09-09. http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090512.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-05.). In March 2010, it qualified to be on the November statewide ballot(Banks, Sandy (March 29, 2010). "Pot breaks the age barrier". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/29/local/la-me-banks30-2010mar30. Retrieved March 31, 2010). It requires a simple majority in order to pass, and would take effect the day after the election ("California Constitution Article 2 Section 10". http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/.const/.article_2. Retrieved 2010-10-05.). Yes on 19 is the official advocacy group for the initiative, and No On Proposition 19 is the official opposition group."

I hope that clears it up for you, beautiful. Yes, you are beautiful. Anyways, I'm personally pleased with the fact that it got voted down because, in my opinion, California would have been the starting point of a new beginning for pot being socially acceptable. People who smoke aren't productive citizens in the least; lets be honest here, what major accomplishments have been made under the influence of marijuana? Ok, so what if Albert Einstein was rumored to have toked up on occasion? So what if Michael Phelps' face looks like a foot and he was caught smoking the gonge? So what if President Clinton puffed but didn't inhale (and I'm not talking about pot...BAM!)?

My point is, in my experience being around someone who smokes weed only brings conversations such as the following (all true stories):

1) What if, like, aliens are looking down at us and saying, like, "they are using dogs and cats as pets..." Like, their dogs and cats might be, like, productive citizens and, like, the humans are their pets....
2) Dude, I'm Fu*king high right now
3) Brah, I know everything there is to know, like, about the inner workings of, like, the restaurant business. If I was in, like, charge of the place, we would be millionaires.
4) Dude, hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa, I'm going to bed.
5) When are they going to, like, just, like, legalize this stuff? I can drive, like, better. Like, I focus better on, like, the road, and, like the rules of the road.

These are actual examples from people I have seen who were high. It is not a knock on these people because when they were sober, they were normal(ish) people who could carry on normal(ish) conversations.

That's all I have to say about that. I'm glad Prop 19 got shot down, but Pot lovers out there, please just listen to my plea: Stop whining about the fact that pot isn't legal. Put the roach down and do Coke like an adult (kidding...coke is bad too).

Goodnight Readers,