The World Of J.R. Blog

jr650212 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:44:22 +0000

Vote for me to win!

jr650212 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:16 +0000

Click on the link, watch the video, rate it, and post a comment!
Vacation Video

Here are just a few things that are currently pissing me off to no end.

jr650212 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:48:04 +0000

1. Just heard Obama say he wants to send 1.5 billion dollars a year for 5 years to Pakistan/Afghanistan, some damn stan. Here we sit with the sick, limp and lazy, the blind, crippled and crazy starving and homeless and he wants to send MORE money to foreign countries. How insane.

2. People crying about AIG bonuses. If you don’t think they should get paid under their contract, tell your employer you don’t want to get paid for a year, then get back to me.

3. Stupid people – They’re everywhere!

4. Congress – Yesterday they were talking about getting involved in how the college football national championship is determined. WTF? Since when is college football a national priority?

5. Affirmative Action – I think it is part of the problem with our country. When companies hire people based on race, handicap, gender, etc., the best qualified candidate doesn’t usually get the job. No wonder there are no Phi Beta Kappas working for the government. If you don’t believe what I saying, and you are a white male in your 40′s, go look for a job, you’ll see what I mean.

That’s all for now….. I’ll write some more later.

Have a great day!

J.R.

Daylight Saving Time Facts

jr650212 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:01:49 +0000

Daylight saving time in most of the United States starts this year in the early hours of March 8. The “spring forward” marks the second time the country has observed the switch in March rather than April since changes to the system were adopted in 2007.

Contrary to popular belief, no federal rule mandates that states or territories observe daylight saving time.

Most U.S. residents set their clocks one hour forward in spring and one hour back in fall. But people in Hawaii and most of Arizona—along with the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands—will do nothing. Those locales never deviate from standard time within their particular time zones.

The recently revised federal law, first passed in 1918, now stipulates areas that observe daylight saving time must switch back to standard time at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November.

Likewise, the rule requires that regions that observe daylight saving time begin at the same time on the second Sunday in March.

The Dawn of Daylight Saving Time

The U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., sets what is known as standard time in the country through its maintenance of atomic clocks. But the observatory has nothing to do with regulating daylight saving time.

Oversight of daylight saving time first resided with the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1966 the U.S. Congress transferred that responsibility to the newly created Department of Transportation.

Congress ordered the transportation agency to “foster and promote widespread and uniform adoption and observance of the same standard of time within and throughout each such standard time zone.”

So why is a transportation authority in charge of time laws? It all dates back to the heyday of railroads.

“In the early 19th century … localities set their own time,” said Bill Mosley, a public affairs officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“It was kind of a crazy quilt of time, time zones, and time usage. When the railroads came in, that necessitated more standardization of time so that railroad schedules could be published.”

In 1883 the U.S. railroad industry established official time zones with a set standard time within each zone. Congress eventually came on board, signing the railroad time zone system into law in 1918.

The only federal regulatory agency in existence at that time happened to be the Interstate Commerce Commission, so Congress granted the agency authority over time zones and any future modifications that might be necessary.

Part of the 1918 law also legislated for the observance of daylight saving time nationwide. That section of the act was repealed the following year, and daylight saving time thereafter became a matter left up to local jurisdictions.

Daylight saving time was observed nationally again during World War II but was not uniformly practiced after the war’s end.

Finally, in 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, which standardized the start and end dates for daylight saving time but allowed individual states to remain on standard time if their legislatures allowed it.

A 1972 amendment extended the option not to observe daylight saving time to areas on the border of two time zones but within the same U.S. state.

Before the move by Congress in 2005 to extend daylight saving time, the most recent modification occurred in 1986, when the start date was moved from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April.

Evening Daylight

The drive behind the switch is “to adjust daylight hours to when most people are awake and about,” Mosley said.

Daylight saving time decreases the amount of daylight in the morning hours, so that more daylight is available during the evening.

Not everyone benefits from the change, Mosley conceded. Farmers and others who rise before dawn may have to operate in the dark a while longer before daybreak.

And some experts suggest that the extended hours implemented in 2007 to save energy won’t actually do the trick. That’s because people may use more electricity during the darker mornings, canceling out any savings from not using as much power at night.

Daylight saving time, however, can bring many benefits. Mosley said research has shown that more available daylight does decrease the number of traffic accidents, traffic fatalities, and incidences of crime.

Congress noted other advantages while updating legislation in 1986, including “more daylight outdoor playtime for the children and youth of our Nation, greater utilization of parks and recreation areas, expanded economic opportunity through extension of daylight hours to peak shopping hours and through extension of domestic office hours to periods of greater overlap with the European Economic Community.”

I Think I’ve Figured Out What Happened!

jr650212 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:57:36 +0000

After reading this I’m sure everyone will think I’ve lost my mind. I think I have figured out why the economy is like it is and what is wrong with this country. Technology is the blame. Dr. Theodore Kaczynski may have been correct. For those of you who are from another planet, don’t listen to the news, or didn’t pay attention in school, Dr. Theodore Kaczynski is more commonly known as The Unabomber. In his “Industrial Society and Its Future” he argued that modern technologies would erode human freedoms. Most people think he was deranged, but in fact he was highly intelligent.

I could go on and on forever about this, repost his manifesto, or let you read it for yourself and draw your own conclusion.

I will let technology work for me and let you read it yourself by clicking on this link:
Industrial Society and Its Future

Have a great day, and may the force be with you!

Universal Healthcare

jr650212 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:07:41 +0000

Ok, so I am sure everyone has been hearing on the news lately that Obama and a bunch of other dumbass politicians want to give everyone free healthcare. I’ve read the constitution and I don’t remember it saying anything about free healthcare for everyone. When I sit back and think about it, healthcare is probably the reason why we are in this screwed up position today. Think about it, people didn’t used to live as long. Now we have a lot of senior citizens living forever. Draining medicare, social security, taking all the good jobs at Wal-Mart, etc. They aren’t the only ones either. When you add in the sick, limp and lazy, blind crippled and crazy people, how many people are getting free medical care already? Now they want to give it to everyone else. I say no way, Jose!
So what is my solution to all of this? It’s real simple. No healthcare for anyone. If you can’t pay for it, you get no treatment. If you get no treatment, eventually you will die. This way we can thin out the population a bit, the lazy people will magically cured, more jobs for everyone willing to work, any future social security problems will be solved and the government will save a lot of taxpayer money.
I’m sure I’ll receive some hate mail over this, but guess what? I really don’t care.

I'm Tired Of The News, How About You?

jr650212 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:03:40 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching the news, where there is news. Lately there hasn’t been any news. It’s the same old thing over and over again. Obama this, Obama that, more layoffs, stocks are down, planes crashing, blah blah blah.
If I had my way here are the only stories I would allow to be broadcast on these subjects.
1. Today’s Top Story – We are pleased to report there were no plane crashes, no automobile accidents, and no deaths in the U.S. today.
2. On The Political Front - President Obama could not be found today, no one really cares.
3. In Financial News - The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all time high of $27,778.99, with Bank stocks leading the way.
4. In Other News - A spokesman from Monster.com sends his apologies to users of the job search site. The site was out of service for several hour today due to the massive amount of postings by potential employers that exceeded the capacity of their servers.
5. Oddly Enough - Auditors at the I.R.S. discovered an internal accounting error today. The details are still unclear about when and how it happened, but they have issued a statement that the government has more money than it knows what to do with now. They have declared that there will be no more income tax due from anyone until further notice, and they will be sending refunds with interest to all taxpayers.
Thanks for reading,
J.R.

What I Learned Watching The Presidential Address To Congress

jr650212 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:35:03 +0000

In case you missed it, last night President Obama addressed Congress. Here is a list of things I learned.

1. Obama does not know who invented the automobile. He wants the country that invented the automobile to be the leader in the industry. That would be Germany, the automobile was invented by Karl Benz ( Source Library of Congress ).

2. Energy costs are going to go up in the future. Obama wants to use more wind, solar, and other “green” energy. To me that sounds expensive. If the government pays for it, they will want to control it, and we all know how well they are at managing things.

3. Obama sure likes to bring up how he inherited a huge deficit. In my opinion, he did not inherit anything, that debt is property of the American people.

4. Education starts at home. So says Obama, anyway. What the hell are teachers being paid to do? When I was in school, we learned in school, did most of our work in school and feared the teachers. The only thing we feared more than the teachers was asking our parents for help.

5. Obama is not an economist. He is living in some fantasy land where he thinks that getting the bank to loan some money will solve everyones problem. So, someone explain to me how in the world you are first, going to get a loan, and second pay it back, if you do not have a job. What we are in now is sorta like flying a plane and it goes into a flat spin. The natural reaction is to pull back on the stick, but in reality that is the worst thing you can do. You have to fight human nature and let the stick go and let the spin correct itself. That is what we need to do, let this downward spiral hit bottom and work our way back to the top.

My final thought for the day is this. The government really does not want to help you when you need it. They want to wait until you are totally down and out on the streets. For example, let’s say that you lose your job, can’t find a new job, and bills are starting to stack up on you. You have some money in 401K. Can you get it to pay your bills? Sure, after you pay a penalty and a huge tax rate on it. Can you get some government assistance? NO, you have a huge 401k. In other words, they only want to help if you are totally down and they can keep you there where they want you.

What The Government Is Not Telling You

jr650212 — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:37:42 +0000

Is It 2009 or 1984?
1. The stimulus package will not work, it is a spending bill for the democrats “pet” projects and a payback to supporters and it’s only a down payment, they will cry for more money to be spent when after spending 1 trillion dollars nothing happens.
2. They want to control every aspect of your life.
3. You think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it’s free.
4. In the last few months they have almost doubled the amount of money printed and in circulation, this will devalue the U.S. dollar even further and will result in double digit inflation.
5. If they give you something, it’s not free, expect to give something back to them.

What’s Shakin’ America?

jr650212 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:32:58 +0000

I hope all is well with everyone. I wish all was well with me, but it is not. I am very disturbed. Why? I’m sure your first guess would be the election, but you guessed wrong. It’s not who won or who lost, not what will happen in the future, but what has happened to the American public.

In the last few weeks I have been called every name in the book. Why, because I have an opinion. I have never and willl never call anyone a name because of their opinion. I don’t get it. A few weeks ago I posted a video stating why I would not vote for Obama. I never called anyone a name, never talked about their sister, just stated my reasoning. I don’t think anyone even watched it all the way through, or maybe not at all. They just started posting their trashy comments. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that the internet has created a generation that hides behind the keyboard. I challenged all the people with negative comments to say those things to my face and they all went silent. I’m not a violent person, I don’t fly off the handle quickly, I’m easy to get along with most of the time. I will say this though, anyone that knows me really well, knows better than to fuck with me. I don’t get mad, I get even. For example, you steal a dollar from me, I will steal 10 from you. You cut off my finger, I will cut off both of your hands. Just for clarification, I don’t cut peoples hands off, I don’t steal, those are just figures of speech. Anyway, I’m getting sidetracked on my message here.

Now here is the part where I state my opinions. If you want to disagree, disagree, that’s fine with me. You are entitled to your opinion, but so am I. I believe that the problems we have today are directly related to how children have been raised for the last 20+ years. The kids now run the household, the schools, everything. They are never wrong. Everyone is afraid to tell them no. I think the first time they pop off to their parents or any other adult they should be subject to some wall-to-wall consuling. The discipline needs to start at home. Now let’s talk about school. First of all it is not the teachers fault if all kids do not pass. Why does everyone need to pass? It’s a fact of nature that some people are more intelligent than others. Deal with it. Parents need to keep their asses away from the school and let the teachers do what they are supposed to do, teach. And if you are helping your kids with their homework, you are part of the problem. They need to do it and be held responsible. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not giving the school systems a free ride on this, they are part of the problem as well. School testing is the worst thing ever. I think we need to go back to teaching the basics. Kids today have trouble doing basic math, they have a very limited understanding on how government works, and I’m not sure they even teach science anymore.

Ok, so enough of that, I think you get my point. The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow. It’s time to straighten up and do the right things. It’s an easy thing to do, but we need to start today. In closing, I hope that everyone will stop and think before they start talking, especially when they do not have the correct information.

Sincerely,

J.R.

Formerly a proud American.