Making a Real Dedication to Renewable Energy

People call liberals "tree huggers" and other derogatory names because we like to favor the elimination of waste and pollution.  Personally I don't think this makes any sense.  The fact is that there is a toll that is taken on the environment when we burn fuel, dig up minerals, and pump oil out of the ground.  Not only does it effect the environment through waste, but there is only a finite amount of these resources available.  I don't care if we have 50 years worth or 100 years worth...they will eventually run out.  We should be investing in clean, and completely renewable resources.  By investing, I don't mean the small investments we are making.  There needs to be serious dedication to a change in our energy (sorry Sam...I know much of the family makes a living in coal...but this is what I believe). 

Last year, a solar tunnel was unveiled in the U.K. This is a 2.2 mile tunnel for trains that was covered in solar panels.  Enough panels to power 1,000 homes per year and reduce the CO2 emissions by 2,400 tons per year.  Imagine if we developed a series of similar renewable green energy sources and began to move our country away from dependence on finite natural resources.  I know it would hurt the oil companies...poor oil tycoons.  But it would be an amazing transition for our country.  We are one of the most developed countries in the world...we should be leading the way in green energy.  But that's what you get when your politicians (I'm looking at you Mitt) are in the pockets of big business.  Screw the future, screw our children, screw the environment...they need that dollar.

In My Studio

The wife and I were just watching television and saw a commercial with Nick Cannon.  That guy cracks me up.  Of course, any time we see Nick Cannon it makes us think of one of the brightest moments from America's Got Talent.  While the contestant, Sponjetta Parrish, didn't make it through...this performance and song will live forever.

Pickpockets, Jersey Shore, and Monkeys

Tonight’s blog is all about trends I don’t understand.  We’ll start with one I noticed tonight.  My family and I went out for dinner tonight and then did some shopping.  I noticed that a bunch of young women kept their cell phones in their back pocket.  Not just in…but sticking out of their back pocket.  You can call me old if you want…but what kind of stupidity is this?  

These girls should just put a sign on their ass that says “cell phone available for pickpocket, please help yourself.”  I just don’t understand how these people can make it through life. 

Next issue.  I really don’t understand this at all.  Jersey Shore.  Everything about this show is horrible. Last year I got my wife tickets to Britney Spears.  They were good seats so I went with her.  (By the way…did you know Britney Spears actually sings?  I had no idea.  I was just there for the view.)  One of the opening acts was Pauly D.  I almost had to tear my eyes out and ears off because of that fool.  He stood in front of his computer (which I’m sure had a pre-set music list) and played other people’s music.  To get the crowd excited he would occasionally yell “fist pump!” into his microphone and all of the morons in the stadium would go crazy.  There are no words to describe how horrible this was.   

The only thing that makes this memory bearable is the announcement that Jersey Shore has been cancelled.  Talk about Decision 2012.  Cancelling this stupid show is probably the best decision I’ve heard all year.  Now we just need them to do the same to Snooki & JWoww.  God help me…I just felt my IQ drop 10 points because I typed those names. 

“Why don’t they ever bring back or remake good shows, like ‘BJ and the Bear.’ Now there’s a concept I can’t get enough of, a man and his monkey.”