Oil free Brazil

Brazil is close to accomplishing its plan of becoming an oil independent nation (article). It has been working on increasing its own state owned oil production as well as spreading the use of ethanol fueled vehicles. The ethanol is produced using Brazil grown sugarcane. Maybe we should look to Brazil and form a plan to reduce our need to buy OPEC oil. Or am I the only one concerned that we get our most vital resource from our biggest enemies?

Aliens and Thought Control

The most often tossed around numbers claim that there are 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Pundits are arguing back and forth as to how to deal with all of them. Forget all of the ideas discussed on the O'Reily Factor. This is about supply and demand. Much like the drug issue in our country, as long as the demand for this labor remains, the supply will keep finding a way to accomodate. Two things need to happen. We need to set up an effective system of controlling, or at least limiting, the enormous influx of poor, unregistered people into our country. Then we need to pass laws that provide stiff penalties for people and companies that employ illegal aliens. Of course we will also need to find ways to enforce both of these objectives. After that pressure has been applied to this problem, we can start finding ways to deal with all of the immigrants that are here. First, I would like to identify and track them. I don't think we can realistically deport 11 million people, but we also shouldn't pass laws that allow them to bring their families into the US. We can give them a grace period of immunity, and then urge them to report for processing. If all of their labor is replaced by higher priced American labor, then the prices of hundreds of things will rise considerably. But if we can find a program to allow them to work for low wages and report their income, then we can start to get some economic return to soften the blow. Companies would then be able to request "guest workers" as needed, and we could set up an entire industry catering to this need. Rather than have people cross in on their own, we could set up businesses to find them employment and housing, and make sure that we only take in the people that we really want to have here.

24 Season 5 Body Count

Hour	Number Of kills	Person Killed	Killed By Whom	Killed by what
H1	1	President Palmer	Sniper named Haas	.308 Sinper rifle
H1	1	Michelle Almeida		Car Bomb
H1	1	Slow Terrorist	Jack Bauer	By Knife
H1	2	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H1	1	Haas	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H2	2	Security Gaurds in bank	Terrorists
H2	1	Terrorist named Chevensky	Suicide	Cyanide pill
H3	1	Civilian (for attempting to use a cell phone)	Terrorists	1911
H3	1	Civilian (executed)	Terrorists	1911
H3	2	Terrorists*	Jack (assist Chloe)	Blew up a bomb attached to cell phone
H4	1	Civilian (executed)	Terrorists	1911
H4	1	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	1911
H4	1	Terrorist Cell Leader named Beresch	Suicide	Bomb
H4	10	Terrorists*	CTU Agents	Bomb
H5	1	CTU Doctor	Goverment Assassin named Hank
H5	1	Goverment Assassin named Hank	Jack Bauer	Scissors to Throat.
H6	1	Schaeffer, Cummings inside man	Erwich	Unknown
H7	2	Rossler's security guards	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H7	1	Walt Cummings	Himself	Suicide with his own tie
H7	1	Motrocycle mechanic	Erwich	Glock
H7	1	Computer Molester named Rossler	Inessa	Glock
H8	1	Mall Security Gaurd	Terrorist named Polakov	Supressed Bretta
H8	1	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	His legs
H8	11	Civilians in mall	Terrorists	Sentox Gas
H8	1	Terrorist named Polakov	Himself	1911
H9	1	Ewrich	Vladimir Bierko	Knife
H9	1	Nathanson's associate at computer	Vladimir Bierko's men	Gun
H9	1	Nathanson	Vladimir Bierko's men in helicopter	Gun
H9	2	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H10	2	Police Officers on motorcycles	Terrorists	Machine Guns
H10	2	Secert Service Agents	Terrorists	Machine Guns
H10	2	Terrorists	Aaron	Gun
H10	1	Secret Service Agent Driving the limo	Terrorists	Rocket Launcher
H11	1	Nurse	Terrorists	?
H11	1	Terrorist	Curtis	HK USP\P2000
H11	1	Crack Head	Terrorist	Gun
H11	1	Crack Head girlfriend	Terrorist	Gun
H12	1	Hot CTU Analyst	Terrorists	Knife
H12	1	CTU Guard	Terrorists	Gun
H12	1	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H12	1	Edgar	Terrorists	Sentox Gas
H13	1	Red Shirt	Ostroff	Sentox Gas
H13	1	Lyn McGill	Ostroff	Sentox Gas
H13	1	Tony Almedia	Henderson	Syringe to Heart
H15	1	Police Officer	Bierko	Strangled
H15	1	Police Officer	Bierko's men	Gun
H15	1	Security Guard	Bierko's men	Gun
H15	2	Gas Guys	Bierko's men	Gun
H15	1	Gas Engineer	Bierko's men	Gun
H15	1	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	Silenced gun
H15	1	Terrorist	Curtis	Silenced gun
H15	2	CTU Agents	Bierko's men	Guns
H15	3	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	Gun
H16	3	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	Gun
H16	1	Terrorist	Jack Bauer	Knife
H16	2	Terrorists	Wayne Plamer	Gun
H16	1	Terrorist	Henderson	SUV
H17	2	Medics	Henderson	Gun
H17	3	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	Gun
H17	2	Police Officers	Terrorists	Gun
H17	3	Terrorists	Army	Gun
H17	1	Banker	Terrorists	Gun
H18	3	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	Gun
H18	1	Terrorist	Heller's Guard	Gun
H18	1	Heller's Guard	Terrorists	Gun
H18	3	Terrorists	Jack Bauer	Blowed up a gas tank

Wounded

Hour	Number Wounded	Person	By Whom	By What
H11	1	Old Lady	Jack Bauer	HK USP\P2000
H18	1	Audrey Raines	Henderson	Knife

Other links
24 weblog
24 The Game
Blogs For Bauer - Kill Counter

I told ya once

Link: "15 women lose jobs after attending rally; manager says they were warned"

Americans work and don't protest, they sooner they learn that the better.

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An American Version of Big Brother

Big Brother is real and terrifying in China

Link:"China has recorded details of more than 96 percent of its population on a police database, state media reported on Friday, supplementing Internet and other state-sanctioned surveillance.

Since the 2003 launch of its "Gold Shield Program," the Public Security Bureau had collected information on about 1.25 billion of the country's 1.3 billion people."

It is coming to America, though in a different form.

link:"Google aims to be able to track its users to within 100-200 feet of their location through new wireless networks in order to serve them with relevant advertising from local businesses."

They can have my information as long as they do really cool stuff to it.

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Only in new York

Link

"The mayor acknowledged the same problem. "I don't think it's realistic to think that everybody can go to work," he said, "but we are going in the right direction.""

Yea right. The only people who cannot work in this day and age are the dead and comatose ones. Thanks to information technology we have created menial jobs that anyone can do. Again thanks to information technology we have also given those who are willing to work but unable to travel or do anything physical the ability to do something useful (like answer the phone).

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Iran and being backed against a wall

I haven't posted in a while. I have been spending my time getting engaged, learning how to cook, and visiting 1800 year old churches. But I intend to allot a little more of my time on this page.

The biggest thing I have been following in the news has been Iran. It is really a delicate problem and our president isn't exactly known for dealing with things delicately. One side is calling for no military action. This presents several problems. Iran is the fourth largest exporter of oil in the world. This gives it plently of leverage with other nations, and as oil rises past $70 a barrel, sanctions would hurt the rest of the world more than they would hurt Iran. Also, economic sanctions in no way guarantees that Iran will abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Others want to wait it out. They say that it is unlikely that Iran could make a nuclear weapon in less than six years, and even if they did they would be unlikely to use it for offensive purposes. I would like to remind these people that Iran is one of the largest state sponsors of terrorism, and any nuclear capabilities could be transferred to any of its pet terror groups. And while a convential warhead may be out of their reach at this moment, they are definitely capable of creating plenty of dirty bombs, which would be more practical for terrorists in any case.

So it looks like military action is the only option left, doesn't it? But even this presents problems. The US has hundreds of thousands of troops withing striking distance of Iran. Any bombing sets us up for retalitory attacks. If Iran pursued this option we could be facing a long, protracted, and costly war. It could be a war that we can't fight with our current resources. We have spread ourselves thin with Afghanistan and Iraq. If Iran took the war to Iraq, we would not only lost anything that we have built there so far, but it is likely that the numerous Shiite militias would support Shiite-led Iran. As other countries get involved based on their need for oil, geographic location, and religious affiliation, we could be looking at a potential world war. A world war with nukes.

And diplomacy is obviously failing. We don't have too much to offer Iran, and they seem to be obstinate just because they can. They seem to delight in causing a such a major problem. We can only hope a few good earthquakes do them all in.

Latino Connection

It is true that some people come to America to find fame and fortune, though I can't say that is true of the Latino's currently illegally in America. I have uncovered the truth to their activities and the information that I am going to share with you requires action.

The current crop of latinos have made it seem that they are here to send money back home, well that is not true. They are working hand in hand with corporate america to replace the government, and for that betrayal of american values they must be deported.

Ask yourself why a person would participate in lowing wages and lowing living standards, when you have the great republic of Mexico to live and work in. When you realize that they are making pennies on the dollar in America when they could be making a living wage in Mexico, you start to wonder why they are here in america. They are not here to enjoy "alternate lifestyles" or smoke weed all day long, because they work way to much for that. It then becomes clear that corporate america is paying them under the table to undermine the fair and balanced economic system we have.

They are on the direct payroll of the Wal-mart and McDonalds. When was the last time you saw a mexican in Costco? Ohh...Snap. When all of this becomes clear, you realize that they must go and come in legally and allow they government to place them in an approved and sanctioned job.

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Digging my new camera phone

Here is a pic of a vending machine at work. Ice cream and smart ones. Microwavable meals in a vending machine...I love technology. BTW...thats me in the glass.



Here is a place I ate lunch at. Just need to get a picture of pro choice cleanes and the collection will be complete.




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Europe the real bigots

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/04/14/D8GVVO687.html

"Soccer, with its many black stars, ought to be a showcase of multiracial harmony, especially in France, which draws heavily on talent from its former African colonies. Instead, the brawling soccer fans have emerged as the extreme fringe of a deeply troubled France _ one that is grappling with stiffening resistance to immigration, protests linked to youth unemployment and the perceived threat of globalization."

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Latino Gold

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-labor4apr04,0,5618062.story?coll=la-home-headlines


"As New Orleans redefines itself after Katrina, the influx of large numbers of Latino immigrants is another jolt for a city that has historically thought of itself as black and white."

Not ture. New Orleans before the hurricane was 80 percent black. They city has never really thought of itself as black and white.

"The [latino] group slept in a park for a month, showered with hoses and used bushes as toilets. By day they put blue tarps on roofs for a FEMA subcontractor.

"We ate once a day," Santos said. "We'd buy canned food from a store that had a few things for sale.""

Contrast that against this....

""There are thousands of blacks that are still out of town who can't get back to town because there's no housing," said Elaine Smiley, an African American, as she oversaw the renovation of her home in the Gentilly neighborhood. "If we had enough of those blacks back here, they could do the work.""

The mexicans did not need houses.


"But the laborers have brought a single-minded focus on work that many residents say is foreign to the Big Easy. "We're here to work," said Juan Sanchez. "We're doing this to build our own houses in Mexico.""

That is one reason why we need to keep them out. They are not hear to build a better America, just a better Mexico.


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Somthing Useful

Well I have had a few problems out of my old bank. Since I have closed the account in Memphis I have two charges come through on the account. One charge was from January the 8th from a restaurant. The other charge was from January the 27th and from a different restaurant.

I closed my accounts at the end of February.

Apparently, if you use your PIN the charges go though immediately, but if you use your debit card as a credit card the charges can go though at any time.

The bank said that it was not their fault. It is not my fault. They also said they would turn over my account to a collection agency if it is negative for 30 days. While it might go on my credit, the lady said it was only on their for 7 years. I probably will wait them out , just out of spite. Secondly, i doubt the collection agency can find me and I also doubt they will do anything serious about it for the small amount of money. Of course i could hire a lawyer just to piss people off, and I might do that.

But to by myself some time, I decided to dispute the charges, just to make the bank do a little work.

Oh well, I learned something useful.

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Illegal

A few comments on the illegal situation in American.

1) When you have an porous border and do not take care of it, you get what the problem we have now: Lots of illegals and they all think they belong

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/27/060327202800.c290z4uh.html

"The latest protest came after one of the biggest protests in recent US history Saturday when more than 500,000 people marched in Los Angeles against the immigration reform bill that would make it a felony criminal offence to be in the United States illegally. "

2) Why don't we send a few ICE agents down there are arrest a few.

"The bill would also require employers to verify social security numbers with the Department of Homeland Security, beef up penalties for immigrant smuggling and stiffen penalties for undocumented immigrants who reenter the United States after having been removed."

3) Of course that SSN has long been a de facto PIN, they might as well make it an actual pin, right? Because they can't solve the problem with the current laws they might as well enact a few more.

"At least 11 million illegal immigrants, most of them from neighboring Mexico, live in the United States and are responsible for keeping the human machinery of US cities humming. "

4) Yea right, what about the other 290 million in america.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/28/060328144530.5qwylcsk.html

""Today we march, tomorrow we vote," was the warning chanted by many of the 500,000 protesters who brought the second largest US city of Los Angeles to a standstill Saturday when they marched against the proposed crackdown on illegal immigration. "

5) Illegals and teenagers can't vote, and i am for keeping that that way moron.

http://www.nbc4.tv/education/8312992/detail.html

"Truant students could face discipline ranging from suspension to exclusion from certain school-sponsored functions. Students who are cited by law enforcement officers can face fines up to 200 dollars and 20 days of community service."

6) Good there are consequences in America, and it is about time the illegals learned that.

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Wanenmacher's Tulsa Arms Show

Wanenmacher's Tulsa Arms Show sat. My frist time going, looking forward to all the guns. The webpage says it is the largest in the world. I have high hopes.

http://www.tulsaarmsshow.com/frames.html

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not really

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_gunwatch_archive.html#114355506030315508

"But in the ongoing debate over Nebraska's proposed concealed carry law, I find myself torn, perhaps because I'm dealing with it from a painful perspective that forces me to reconsider my own liberal [sic] outlook. My 24-year-old daughter, Rachel, was murdered on May 28 of last year. The man who climbed in through a bedroom window and killed her ......If any of the victims had been carrying a weapon, the outcome of that tragic confrontation would almost certainly have been better; it could hardly have been any worse. "

Actaully the death of your daughter had nothing to do with the conceal and carry laws. She could have owned a gun and kept it in her house, but choose not to. Though conceal and carry may save lives, it had nothing to do with the death of your daugther.

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I think he is right

Source:"I would imagine that Russia and China feel that Iranian oil and money is more valuable to them than a non-nuclear Iran is. They are probably correct in that assessment. It is unlikely that a nuclear Iran would be much of a threat to either nation, while Iran being nuclear would weaken the United States.

As an additional bonus, if the U.S. ’solves’ the Iranian problem its own way, that will also probably benefit both China and Russia. Both nations would be happy to see our resources used against Iran, indirectly strengthening their own regional positions. Being able to paint the U.S. as a unilateral cowboy nation would just be a bonus."

Maybe we should call their bluff. I am not suggesting attacking or anything like that, I am suggesting tactical isolation and see what happens. I am pretty much resigned to the fact we can only delay Iran's ascension to the nuclear level. Might as well make it hurt our enemies in the process. I don't consider China and Russia as our enemies, but they sure are not our friends.

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One of my dogs

My roomate has a couple of dogs, here is a picture i took of one with my cell phone. He is not even the cute one.

V for Vendetta

So i went to see V for Vendetta, with stewardess and her sister.

Short version
The goverment got blowed up.

Longer version
The goverment was blowed up by a man who believed in the primacy of ideas and the importance of freedom.

Political comments
The government was a religious right wing fascist government that rounded up the sinners and the homosexuals. So that would have to make V a liberal, which since he did not use guns, it is possible. "V for Vendetta" for also had a great line about what happens when people who don't have guns meet people who do.

Miscellaneous
I really liked the movie and so did the girls. While it had a lot of action, it also had a large amount of dialogue that referenced a lot of shakespeare. The very first meeting between V and EV had the most impressive display of alliteration that I have seen in any movie.

Another thing, what that some of the horrible things the government did in the movie are not really all that impossible. Many of them were done by Hitler.

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24:Silent Clock

Edgar was silent clocked, now he can go visit his mother.

Checking in

I do not have internet yet where I am staying, but I hope to have that soon.
Though here goes a quick breakdown on the move.

Pros
6 hours closer to girlfriend.
Have cut my commute by over 10 mins, it was around 15 before.
My office is closer to the bathroon by about two thrids.
I also park probably 90 percent closer to my office.
My office has a window, which i can see.
I am living for free.
I am getting paid more.
United States Shooting Academy opens in june

Cons
I share a office with someone and that person the window.
I have three roomates, if you don't count the two dogs.
The house I moved into smells funny.
I am making slightly less money, because the state i moved to has a income
tax.

Overall i think i came out on top.

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