This is America

"Amid fears that President Obama is planning a clampdown on guns, Chris McGreal reports from Culpeper, Virginia, on a new US arms race"

So while un-employment and job loss are at a high and people complain of the lack of money in their accounts, American's buy more guns.

Take note that this article was written in the UK Guardian. Is this the picture that the world has of America? Fear Mongering, Gun Loving, Violence Thriving People? Maybe.....

"Chad Ramsey, the Brady Campaign's senior associate director, says that the NRA has spent $6.67m campaigning against Obama, a sum more than 30 times what it put in to the election campaign against Al Gore in the 2000 election. He adds: "The gun lobby, particularly the NRA, throughout the election has fomented this paranoia that the Obama administration and the Democrats were going to come and take your guns. I think folks responded to that. We're seeing people who are stockpiling weapons because they believed it. It's very problematic and scary. The gun lobby and the NRA have a real interest in spreading this fear. They get a lot of their funding from gun manufacturers and gun dealers. They're feeding their own coffers by doing this."

Rush.

A direct quote from Rush Limbaugh at his first televised address to the nation, at the
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Speech:

"And that I am arrogant. Neither of these things are remotely true. I can tell you a joke to illustrate this. Larry King passed away, goes to heaven. He's greeted by Saint Peter at the gates. Saint Peter says, "Welcome, Mr. King, it's great to have you here. I want to show you around, give you an idea of what's here, maybe you can pick a place that you'd like to reside." King says, "I just have one question: Is Rush Limbaugh here?"

"No, he's got a lot of time yet, Mr. King." So Saint Peter begins the tour. Larry King sees the various places and it's beyond anything we can imagine in terms of beauty. Finally, he gets to the biggest room of all, with this giant throne. And over the throne is a flashing beautiful angelic neon sign that says "Rush Limbaugh." [Laughter]

And Larry King looks at Saint Peter and says: "I thought you said he wasn't here."

"He said, he's not, he's not. This is God's room. He just thinks he's Rush Limbaugh."[Laughter] [Applause]"


Source:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106.guest.html

I love Media. I realized that just now. I am watching things on TV, reading blogs, updating my own blog, checking news, and everything that is so very important. Not really, I just enjoy it.

Quit Facebook

I just read an interesting article about the day the author QUIT FACEBOOK. I am sure right now you are thinking, "why the heck would I want to do that?" I think the author points that out himself when he says "“We are what we repeatedly do.” "

If you have never been to the AdBusters website you should check it out. They have some great articles about today's society.

Cycletoons!!

I love to see my feelings depicted in cartoon form. Especially my very passionate feelings about Large useless cars, angry motorists, and gas guzzling nations.





For more great cycletoons!!

This is a great strip about a couple bicycle advocates that I read daily.

The World Voted

I wish I had found this website before the election, not that it would have changed much

I sent a text to my dad after Obama took the west coast in a massive Electoral overflow. I wrote "We have just elected the worlds 44th president."

I wonder if he was one of the 23 Burundi voters on the site. It appears America is more conservative than the majority of the world. I have been wondering if there is need to change some thinking and ideas that are floating around the US. Especially when it comes to self defense, gun rights, "terrorists" and other violence issues.

What does it tell us about the need to change the way the US handles foreign afairs and war when we look at the 3,300 votes cast in Iran: 80% of which were for Obama.

Then again there is the one guy in Niue who voted for Mccain, giving this country a 100% vote for the republican. Does anyone know where Niue is?

The World Reacts

It is amazing to see the responses from world leaders to the election of Barak Obama. As I left the election watch party at Cosmic Pizza last night, I heard one guy say, "He can talk the talk, now lets hope he can walk the walk." The world thinks he can.



http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/11/20081155293464248.html