33 Miners in an RV

If you've been watching the news lately, you may have heard about some miners that are trapped in an RV. Well, actually they aren't in an RV at all. They're trapped in a mine under the Atacama Desert in Chile. The area in which they are enclosed is approximately 550 square feet, just a bit bigger than the RV in which I am enclosed in whilst writing this paper. Thus, I am in a unique position to relate to those miners who are trapped down there. With 33 people in 550 square feet, that gives each person just over 16 square feet each. That's about the size of the slide I'm sitting in to write this post. Chile officials have contacted submarine specialists to learn about how people should stay in shape while trapped in such a small space. They have also met with NASA specialists on how to take care of the miner's psychiatric needs. I think that might be going a little far. I sleep in a 24 square foot box every night and I don't need psychiatric help so far as I know *eyebrow twitches*.

So I do share many similarities with these trapped miners. The difference? I'm sharing this space with three other people and two dogs (one of which can take up lot of room, let me assure you), whereas these miners share that same space with 33 other unshowering people for about four months, or until a rescue tunnel can be dug. Even I have problems with just three other people. For one, my little brother has the top bunk. He can't just leap out of his bed every morning, however, because that would shake the whole trailer like we just had a 10.0 earthquake. So he has to step down onto my bed and, consequently, onto me as well (not too delicately I might add). Even my dogs are kind of hard to bear in close quarters. For example. Ginger, the biggest, gets up at exactly 4:00 a.m. every morning and starts running around the house and barking to try to wake us up so we can feed her. If that doesn't work she turns to me (of course) and licks my face. The end to every single dream I have ever had is being drowned because I have a dog that has enough slobber to run a City Public Water system for two hours.


Another difference is that as I look around I have several comforts to make living in a small space much more comfortable. For example a tv, a radio, a computer on which I am furiously typing in order to go to the library, and (probably most important of all) a toilet. With a sewer hose waiting to take any unsightly matter out of sight and out of mind. Not exactly out of smell, but that's beside the point. The miners have no such comforts. I was watching the news report and specifically saw a box of Huggees diapers being passed down through the supplies hole. *shudders* I really hope you're not eating while you're reading this post.

Despite these small (and, in one case, disgusting) differences, I just thought those miners down there having some quality time with their unshowered buddies might feel a little better knowing that someone has had experience in that same circumstance and has turned out ok.....so far.

Bingo night for criminals

Well, I suppose this is just pure spite on the part of the Obama administration. In response to my recent illegal immigration post they have officially opened what I call Illegaland (or maybe "Dozens of flags entertainment!"), a brand-new illegal immigration resort. This place has everything a law-breaker could ask for, including bingo, movie night, free cable and HD, Internet, self-improvement classes and Pilate's dance classes. All free! Well, not for the law-abiding tax payer. But for the morons who chose not to follow our laws and pay taxes, it's a wonderland! What? Send them back where they came from? Heck no! That would be just wrong! Let's let them sit here in our country and feed off of our money!







Sounds crazy, right? The worst part is that I'm not making this stuff up. If you read my blog you know I like to be satirical. With this administration, though, I'm kind of out of a job. They're being so insanely stupid with taxpayer dollars that all I have to do is report the news and it's funny to those that don't know it's the truth.







Look, if we provide these people with accommodations that are better than the place they come from, what's to discourage everyone else to come here illegally? Detainment centers are sometimes better off then most middle-class homes in other countries. Illegal immigration is ILLEGAL. Doing so means breaking our laws. Just like stealing, murdering, or any of the other crimes you can commit. How would we all feel if a thief was getting to sit back and watch Dumbo in prison? Sometimes... I just don't understand...







Coragon, signing off.

Oil Spill

As you all probably know, a BP oil rig recently spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. And, lo and behold, the Obama administration and environmentalists are already trashing off-shore drilling. The oil spill is tragic, yes, but why aren't they letting the fishermen and other people do something? Why are they just sitting on the beach and not doing anything? The only people who have taken any action are the people at BP. What can the environmentalists and the Government (one and the same) stand to gain from this? Dead fish. Dolphins. All kinds of dead plants and other marine life. One of the main campaigns of environmentalists is ending offshore drilling. So, if they play this up to be a huge catastrophe, they can use it as a major weapon to outlaw offshore drilling. Or, maybe not all offshore drilling, but destroy BP (a non-governmental company).

That statement is not as controversial as you might think. Why else would they be making all these halfhearted efforts to stop the spill. If the government really wanted to stop the spill, believe me, they would. What would be a really controversial statement would be saying that the government created the incident. I guarantee that if it was a Republican administration, that's exactly what everyone would be saying. "BUSH DID IT!!!"

Speaking of finger pointing, Obama recently spoke (this guy doesn't know when to be quiet, does he?) about how BP should not be pointing fingers at him for anything. He then turned around and proceeded to blame Bush for any bad thing that's ever happened during his term in office. That's hypocrisy at its highest level.

Speaking of hypocrisy, I'm sure every one of you has heard of Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign. First off, I don't call a couple of appearances on Sesame Street a campaign. Secondly, Sesame Street covers a whole 6% of kids. If I was four-years old and watching Sesame Street, I would be saying, "Who are you and why are you lecturing me? Bring out the cookie monster." While she is doing all that, however, Obama is eating burgers left and right. I can see it now, Obama sitting in the Oval Office eating and Michelle bursting in wielding a bottle of hairspray and screeching, "PUT DOWN THE BIG MAC!"

Also, where did the recent rise of environmentalism come from? Back a hundred or even fifty years ago, you could go out, shoot a cow, cook a burger and eat it and not be condemned by the media. But now, it seems, the life of a small, non-significant little fish is more important than the lives of hundreds of farmers out in California. When you put these things in the right perspective, they seem rather ridiculous to me. For example, the fact that the majority of people who are so worried about the environment fly their private jets to the conference in Copenhagen (where, by the way, they couldn't land because of the snowstorms). Now, let's see, wouldn't you say that flying a private jet to get somewhere creates a significantly bigger carbon footprint than us driving in our trucks to get somewhere. If they really wanted to be environmentally friendly, they could drive a lawn mower (sorry, I meant Smart Car) everywhere they go. But do they do that? The unsurprising answer is no. So why should they expect us to do something that they won't?

I think that we do need to keep our planet clean. God gave us dominion over the earth, and made us stewards over his creation. Taking it to this level, however, is simply ridiculous.

Coragon, over and out.

That makes no sense whatsoever.

I find myself saying that phrase quite a lot. For one, there are infomercials. My favorite (meaning the one with which I spend the most time yelling at the TV) is the HD sunglasses. They are sunglasses which advertise to not only protect your eyes but somehow allow you to, quote, "See the world in HD!" Alright, first off, HD means that the definition resolution is at it's highest. ON A TV. You can't just put on sun glasses and see colors better. Your eyes already see the world in REAL definition. The whole point of High Definition is to make it look MORE like REAL definition. Definition doesn't get any more high than REAL.







Also, I heard a story on Fox News about some company thinking about putting chocolate in baby formula. And that quote, "Some parents are outraged." Number one, I notice that people get outraged about a lot of things nowadays. ("Someone forgot to flush. Some people are outraged.") I suppose that they have some reason to be outraged. Childhood obesity is a big problem in the U.S. However, I highly doubt that giving kids chocolate formula is going to get them hooked on chocolate for the rest of their lives ("Nobody move! This is a hold-up! Hand over all your chocolate Blizzards! NOW!"). Besides that, if you don't like the formula, DON'T BUY IT. There are plenty of other formulas to choose from, and this same company (enfagrow) has many other flavors that no one is quite "outraged" about. So, obesity is not going to be a problem. I didn't see anyone outraged when Nesquick came out with chocolate milk.

On another note, I am getting really sick of the Bachellor and the Bachellorette on ABC. I can't believe people actually watch it. I might understand if you watch it for one season, but if you are coming back for season 5,346, I have to question your taste in television. Honestly, it's the same plot over and over. A bunch of women compete to marry a random guy whom they have never met. Tears, people go home, Mr. Bachelor has trouble making up his mind. Enter 3-hour season finale. Then, the lucky winner drives off into the sunset with Sir Smoochesalot, and they live happily ever after. We assume such, as we don't hear from them again. Then, one of the rejects gets a season all to herself. Repeat process indefinitely until we have successfully driven the guy population of the world insane.

Where oh where did The Dick van Dike show go?

Illegal Immigration

I once entered in speech and debate. The subject for debate was Illegal Immigration. Now, I must admit, I had some fun thinking about ways to stop illegal immigrants (my poor victims were Juan and Maria) from coming over the border (i.e. landmines, pits filled with spikes, and other such unrealistic things). But, I imagine the best way to do this is make this country even worse than the one they are coming from. So, with the Obama administration running the US economy into the ground, I guess it's all an anti-illegal immigration policy?


But now, Arizona has passed a law (that really was already valid in over 20 states and matches current federal law) that police had the right to ask for identification from suspects. And already people are calling them Nazi's or racists or saying that it is color-oriented. But, in reality, the only way the police can ask for identification is if the suspect has already been noted for suspicious activity (for example, the back of their car dragging the ground because of the four people stuffed in the trunk. Real story.) So, no. Police aren't harassing poor Latinos on the way to get some ice cream (to quote Senor Obama). The only way they can ask for said papers is if the Latino has done something worthy of suspicion. That doesn't sound much like Nazi's to me.


As a matter of fact, this brings to mind yet another of my pet peeves. Everyone pities the Native Americans and villifies the settlement of Europeans in North America. Now, don't get me wrong, some of the things the U.S. did to the Indians was wrong (for example, the Trail of Tears). But I get sick at all the things our founders were accused of. For example, there is a rock at Plymouth Rock, erected to a day of mourning for the Indians for the landing of the pilgrims. Isn't that a little over the edge? Well, I guess they had a right to be mad about the illegal immigrants who came into their land (sound familiar?). Those darn white people. They took everything from the Indians. The Indians were here first. Well, what about the Mexicans scrambling over the border illegally by the bucket load? We were here first and we have deeds to the property. And some of those same people are taking our money and smuggling it back to Mexico. Not to mention the fact that they are bringing in drugs by the millions.


And another thing. Because these pilgrims came to America, they introduced technology unknown to the Indians. Without us, it would have taken the Indians much longer to discover these things. So, what I propose to do to the Indians is give them back their lands. Yes, give their lands back EXACTLY the way they were when we got here. Take their iPods out of their ears, restrict their computers and phones, and give them back their Teepee's and animal skins. See how well they can hunt for their own food with a crummy bow and dull arrows. When you put it that way, life with the whites ain't so bad.


Now I'm not being racist here. I actually have a smattering of Indian descent in me. I just get sick of all these people complaining about their lands being taken away. Well, let's just think about all the people who got their lands taken away by insurgents. Romans. They allowed barbarians into their lands as sanctuary and then the barbarians killed them, slaughtering millions of Romans. Yet I don't see any day of mourning for those poor Romans. Not even a stupid rock commemorated to mourning the day the barbarians got in. We just view it as history.


Now, some might say that, "Well, the barbarians weren't racist! The Americans fought the Indians just because of the color of their skin. If the Indians had been white, the Americans would have just accepted them into their culture." Well, yes, but you know what? The Americans tried that. But the Indians didn't want any of the whites culture. All they wanted was some guns, a few of those cool jingle bells (I wrote about this in a Trailblogger post) and that's it. Besides that, the main issue with the indians was land. If the indians had been white, I'm pretty darn sre we would have fought them anyway. They were standing on land that we wanted and they weren't about to just hand it over. Now, say we had lost the Indian war. Would we be mourned? I really doubt it. I think we would have been written down in history as losers, and that would be that. Couldn't that just be the way everything was done?


Coragon, signing off.

Current Events catchup

Wow. It's been awhile since I did a current events post. You guys must be heartbroken, huh? *cricket's chirp randomly* ...but, anyway.

It seems that Obama has contradicted himself yet again. He, along with many others, criticized Bush for golfing during the War in Iraq (and, as a matter of fact, he stopped golfing because it takes too much time away from his work). Yet, Obama is doing the exact same thing and none of those people are getting upset. In fact, Triple Bogey Obama golfed more times in a year than Bush ever did during his whole time in office (32 times in 1 year to 28 times in 8). So, if a regular game of golf takes an average of 3 hours (without any water hazards or golf cart malfunctions), then Barack has spent about 96 hours on golf alone this year. He also chooses to golf while Poland is mourning the deaths of several of their leaders in that awful plane crash. "Well, hey, I AM sad and all about your president getting blown up, but uh... let me be clear. Since I uh...can't be there at the moment because of this volcano eruption, I'm just going to golf to pass the time."

Speaking of the volcano, I don't see a reason why everyone in Europe has to close their airports. I can understand that planes can't go North and West, but why not South and West? If the volcano is in Iceland, why can't someone take an indirect route to America through Africa or Italy?

Also on foreign countries, I am really confused about Russia closing all adoptions based on this one incidence. I mean, just because one crazy lady sends a kid back doesn't mean that you can't let anyone else have a kid that has already passed all the tests. It's an isolated insodent! There's no reason to stop all adoptions based on one peson's actions.

Upcoming movie reviews. I will DEFINITELY be seeing Iron Man 2, so be expecting a review soon after it comes out. And, I will also be doing a game review on Mount and Blade: Warband (new game, but I haven't played it enough to do a full review. I'm not QUITE an expert gamer. Just close.)

Once again, my idea for becoming president has come up. I was interviewed by Fox News a few days ago at the Tea Party in Boston (yes, yes, hold the applause. It was pretty much only because I said I was from Texas. It seems that to most people, Texas=Cowboys and they needed a good old cowboy hick to get a good angle.) and when she asked me how I felt about things, I told her that basically the Government should listen to what the majority of the American people want because the Government is elected by the people (in other words, A=A). Then the reporter remarked that what I said was very well spoken and that quote, "We might be talking to a future president here!"

So, who'll vote for me? (answer the poll)

Coragon, signing off.

Health care summit

Well, I realize it is a little late, but today I'm going to talk about the Health Care Summit that took place on February 25. Now, it was introduced as bipartisan, but I didn't feel like I was watching a bipartisan summit. I was watching President Obama proceed to blame everyone besides himself for the way the economy is going. All I saw was an unorganized meeting in which Obama did the majority of the talking, and spent the majority of that time trashing the Republicans. As a matter of fact, Obama spent nine more minutes talking then all the republicans combined. Democrats, including Obama, spent 233 minutes talking, while Republicans spent 110. And whenever the Republicans brought up a talking point, Obama either jumped around the point, or just dismissed it entirely. When AR senator McCain brought up a point about different states receiving different health care, Obama said, "Well, let me make this point, John, because we aren't campaigning any more. The election's over." He then proceeded to talk about how they shouldn't be arguing about talking points back and forth and talk about how to get things done. That's…not…arrogant at all. At least now we know what he's like without his teleprompter. By the way, Obama can't speak without his teleprompter at all. He had to use it to talk to a bunch of 6^th graders. They spent the entire time staring at his knees, he spent the entire time waving his hand like a conductor and swiveling his head like he was watching the world's slowest tennis match, and never made eye contact with the kids. Look it up on Youtube. But…I thought he was such a great speaker? Not only can Obama not speak without his teleprompter, but he can't speak well period. Have you realized the number of "uhhhhhhhh"'s he throws in to his speeches? Besides that, he doesn't realy seem to know what he's talking about. He's contradicted himslef numerous times as far as job production, and other key issues and predictions. The only thing he does do is talk and talk and talk, and not really communicate anything. He leaves people just as confused as when he came into the room. I would be fine with all this if he were a cashier at Wal-mart, but this guy's kind of running the country. Even I know how to run a country better than this guy. I've managed to do very well in all the Total War campaigns. Coragon '26 anyone?