What a crazy year its been, it got off to a bad start and didn't get better. The pope gets attacked and there is another attempt on a plane. Is there not enough fear in the world ? But hey the Christmas sales are on full steam ahead so everyone is back to normal spending themselves in debt again regardless of what just happens.
Ok spending too much is down to each individual but the events at the "green" summit in Copenhagen are not showing good signs for the future. The issue of carbon emission is totally false, the media reports how China is dragging its feet and causing the rest of the developed nations ( read Europe and USA ) to stall over talks.
Consider this why would the minister of Sudan say that African nations signing up to the deal is committing suicide? Maybe because some countries in the world cannot provide the basics to its citizen today without the added complication of carbon tax and developing green technologies. How is a country supposed to develop green technology when it cant feed itself? has to buy certain amount of goods at inflated prices from certain governments and is in huge debt to the IMF? Its totally unrealistic.
In short:
The world does needs to move to a cleaner technology and STOP relying on PETROL and STOP polluting the ocean!
Kinda hard since the people who just battled over the oil fields are not going to be happy!
What we don't need is a carbon tax, Carbon dioxide is needed for trees to grow, what we need is to preserve the environment!!! Not tax countries and individuals on the amount of carbon they are producing. How is a village that only has COAL supposed to move to a green technology? It doesn't have the infrastructure or investment to do this, green technology is only for the RICH countries and the poor countries get TAX? what the fook!!!!
Why don't the rich countries pay the poor countries to preserve the farm land instead of force feeding them AID and destroying their lands?
Brazil and countries with the amazon forests should be paid by all countries to keep it that way.
Look at the O-zone layer scare, no one hears about it anymore because the O-zone is healing up, check the data its on the Internet.
Carbon tax for because of global warming? thats just BS, check the data!! first it was the O-zone and now its carbon? It's the thing that keeps the earth warm and helps the trees grow.
The polar ice caps are not melting ? yes during the summer and they grow during the winter because of the big warm thing called the SUN !!!
I wonder how many old people in the UK and across the world will die because they cant pay the heating bill to keep warm because of this "Carbon pricing " policy.
Moonmallow (the adorable plushie above) and I hope you and your loved ones have some very happy hollydays this year. ^___^ I've been busy with buying pressies for my friends and family, wrapping the pressies, and sending out cards to people over the past few weeks. Everything seems like a blur-- but a very happy blur!
I'm sending many warm thoughts your way. <3
I sent out an email to a bunch of friends to test the waters and to my disappointment they all celebrate X-mas i.e buying presents and getting drunk with Santa rather than Christmas and the birth of Jesus. Why would anyone celebrate Hanukkah, Diwali or Chinese new year without any intention to the purpose of that event?
I thnk it's one of the saddest things that Santa has replaced the image of Jesus... it's pure madness...
Geez this winter its really really cold!!!! I've got 2 pair of socks and 3 T-shirts but i am still cold!!
Good job i don't live in Moscow or Toronto LOL
Damn sick of hearing about Mr. T Woods and his affairs. He's like last year's Amy Winehouse, never out of the headlines. The latest thing on the radio about him was the excuse he did what he did because of what his father did and he was distressed by it. If he saw he own dad cheat on his mum, saw and felt the pain, yes you could say he saw and replicated that, equally you could say he saw the pain caused and vowed never to do it. You are responsible for your own actions and to like father ... like son , well I don't think it's black and white, a lot of it depends on yourself.
In my own world, my dad cheated on my mum am I going to do the same thing ? I saw the pain it caused and the trouble and it made me more determined not to do the kind of things that made me hate him. He's also a compulsive gambler spending most of his life in a casino, I feel so much revulsion that I've never stepped foot into a Casino ever.
Xmas time, festive time of year when people find a reason to get drunk and merry and say things like " christmas spirit/merry christmas" without any though about the CHRIST in christmas.
This year i've wished everyone a happy hanukkah, I wonder if they will know the difference?
X-mas time, another chance to practice "im busy so i cant make your wonderful party.. dam i really wish i could make it..." is lying in christmas spirit?
Uk has switched over to digital this month and the big news is that many people are still not using their 50inch flat screens to their full potential. A very low percentile of the population is watching High definition content and on the horizon according to TV makers is 3D vision in the next year or so. Already in the cinema there is the 3D movie Avatar and next year the world cup will be filmed in 3D by sony. This all brings to question, does this make any difference? Im no film expert but Avatar can be in 3D and smell vision but if its story line is rubbish then im not going to go watch it.
Same can be said in 3D sports events, if the actual event is rubbish then how is the 3D experience going to enhance it?
Why are companies making big pushes for features like High Def and 3D when it serves no purpose other than to stick people's asses onto a sofa for 5 hours a day. Of course its about money but surely sitting through a 3D version of a rubbish tv programe is just as bad as its 2D sister? Or is getting bored in 3D or high def the more " IN " thing?
I think in 20 years from now, children will look back at the time when people use to sit for 5hours a day and watch a screen and wonder how sad those people were. Also these childrean will ask how stupid were they in those times that they couldnt understand the relationship between obesity and the number of hours slumped infront of a TV.
