damn it, rain
This is BS man, it's raining again. It's like the summer of constant rain around here. I don't know what the deal is, but it is a whole lot of crap. Ok enough bitching about the weather, since that is entirely out of anyones control. I've had a fairly dull week thus far, albeit it's only wednesday. I did get to see Kevin and Kevin yesterday which was cool. We watched some crazy as videos of what happens when you mix mentos and diet soda together. It's like those science fair volcanos that everyone knows about, but never built. But this is way sweeter, and likely a good deal cheaper too.
So After I got home last night, I was in the process of turning my phone off when Nick called me. He was having a 6/6/06 party at his house, so I went over and drank a few beers with him Jason, Ryan, and Nick's new roommate J-Money (can't remember his real name). It was pretty cool, Jason was telling us his war stories and stuff, and you've got to give him some credit for being able to still be so normal. After being a tacticle sniper for 3 tours, he's seen and done some pretty wild shit.
A point which he brought up last night I've been mulling over for a bit, and I'm still not totally sure what I think about it. Basically to sumerize, what he was saying is that if you look at all the bullshit, corruption, exploitation, and general fucked up underhanded shit that goes on in our government and major coporations, our entire way of life depends on it. Even though no on wants their products to be made from child labor, or in unsafe sweat shops, that the conditions that are in place now are better than they would be if left to the rule of other countries. If our coporations weren't over seas doing all this underhanded shit, and all of our products were made in the US, there is no way they could be cost competitive. Everyone would still be buying the cheapest they can get, and it would be sending all of our money out of the country. So are corporations (which I've always loved to hate) a nessisary evil for our lives. Could we really do with out them? And what is this country going to be like in 20 years, when as we speak $2.5 billion a day is being bought up by foreign companies.
So After I got home last night, I was in the process of turning my phone off when Nick called me. He was having a 6/6/06 party at his house, so I went over and drank a few beers with him Jason, Ryan, and Nick's new roommate J-Money (can't remember his real name). It was pretty cool, Jason was telling us his war stories and stuff, and you've got to give him some credit for being able to still be so normal. After being a tacticle sniper for 3 tours, he's seen and done some pretty wild shit.
A point which he brought up last night I've been mulling over for a bit, and I'm still not totally sure what I think about it. Basically to sumerize, what he was saying is that if you look at all the bullshit, corruption, exploitation, and general fucked up underhanded shit that goes on in our government and major coporations, our entire way of life depends on it. Even though no on wants their products to be made from child labor, or in unsafe sweat shops, that the conditions that are in place now are better than they would be if left to the rule of other countries. If our coporations weren't over seas doing all this underhanded shit, and all of our products were made in the US, there is no way they could be cost competitive. Everyone would still be buying the cheapest they can get, and it would be sending all of our money out of the country. So are corporations (which I've always loved to hate) a nessisary evil for our lives. Could we really do with out them? And what is this country going to be like in 20 years, when as we speak $2.5 billion a day is being bought up by foreign companies.
added 6/07/2006 12:17:00 PM
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