As Americans, we are use to having things go our way. Whatever we want we tend to attain. This however could be ending very shortly due to us being on the brink of financial, natural, and social collapse. The U.S. has used up every inch, invitation, and dime it could possibly use and for this we must now suffer.
Talk about going bankrupt
The United States national debt is exactly $11,033,157,578,669.78 (that's in the trillions in case your wondering). as of March 2009. If we divide this evenly between every man, woman, and child in the U.S. it comes out to 36,000 per person. What in the world could we have possibly bought and how much of it that could have amounted to a debt like that? All the bailouts the government is giving out to banks, industries, and workers just adds to our deficit. The collapse is coming soon because by giving more bailouts, they are devaluing the U.S. dollar. Our money isn't going to be worth cents in other countries if we keep going in this path.
"Who needs trees? Not us. And by the way, global warming is a myth" the U.S. said
Like camping? Being in the beautiful outdoors, enjoying nature's amazing scenery? Too damn bad. The U.S. in 2005 had the seventh largest annual primary forest loss in the world. Global Warming is a myth? The way the weather is changing so drastically and fast, there is no other explanation but global warming. Other natural reasons for a collapse is the fact that we reached our oil peak almost 40 years ago. Yet the U.S. keeps pulling oil out of the earth but they're finding less and less. Have you noticed how the gas prices keep going up and up again? That is because they have to raise the price of the precious little oil we have left. It's not just gas though, it's everything we purchase that has some trace of oil lingering on it. If we've reached the oil peak already and soon we're going to run out what will we use in 10 years when the rest of the supply we have is gone?
Whose your daddy?
Soon the U.S. won't be anymore. We have always been very prideful of being the world's leading country. We take our job seriously and love to bully the other kids in the park (metaphorically of course). Once our financial collapse and natural collapse happen however we will need to depend on other countries and no longer have the upper hand. What will the once so glorious U.S. do when they are invaded and can no longer rule other countries? North Korea is just the beginning of defiance that will happen against the U.S. The only question left to ask is who will be the world's next daddy?
Other Resources
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/03/17/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4872310.shtml
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1115-forests.html
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
My Food, Your Food, Our Food
Food is a huge part of the American Way Of Life. People love to eat as a form of socializing, for emotional support, and of course as a necessity. As an American however, I feel like a lot about the food we eat is overlooked. Things like where the food comes from, how the food is made, how it's transferred, how we buy it, and then how we eat it. It comes as a surprise that so many people would ignore all these things about what they consume. This class has opened my eyes to a lot more about food than I've ever thought of. Now this can be seen as a bad or good thing. On the bright side, we see where, how, and what our food actually is but on the negative side we see where, how, and what our food ACTUALLY is. This unit was an eye opener I think we all needed because it helps us see another side to the food world.
While talking about our food ways in class, I came to notice that at school my friends and I have around the same diets. We eat fast food and junk during the day. When we go home however I see that our diets differ and some eat healthier than others. I wonder sometimes what are parents would think if they realized what we eat during the day. I know my father personally would not be very happy about my lunch or snacks. I eat like this though because this is basically all that is available to me around school. Which is a good marketing technique because there are a lot of schools around here and kids usually buy junk away from home. Restaurants know that so they like to build around schools.
The videos we watched in class or on our own brought a lot of attention to animal cruelty that I had not thought of before. I never thought about what the animal I was eating went through or how the meat actually got to me. Thinking about this showed me a whole new perspective to my opinion of food. Though I am not ready to turn vegetarian I have friends that haven't eaten meat since the unit began. Andy also taught us that their our such things as pasture raised eggs. I don't really know how much truth we could recieve from whoever we buy pasture raised things but at least it's a step closer to animal friendly food. I don't really think many Americans know how animals are treated and what they go through. It really is considered animal cruelty. Andy told us of some cultures who have rules against certain things done to animals like letting the animals see the knife. I think this is nicer to do towards the animals because they shouldn't be petrified before they die. I know understand why PETA tries to bring so much awareness to these factors.
I think Americans have to start putting more thought into the food they eat. This way we can do something about the poor animals that are suffering just for us to have something to eat. So think twice the next time you are eating meat and have a moment of silence for the animal who died to give you a full belly.
While talking about our food ways in class, I came to notice that at school my friends and I have around the same diets. We eat fast food and junk during the day. When we go home however I see that our diets differ and some eat healthier than others. I wonder sometimes what are parents would think if they realized what we eat during the day. I know my father personally would not be very happy about my lunch or snacks. I eat like this though because this is basically all that is available to me around school. Which is a good marketing technique because there are a lot of schools around here and kids usually buy junk away from home. Restaurants know that so they like to build around schools.
The videos we watched in class or on our own brought a lot of attention to animal cruelty that I had not thought of before. I never thought about what the animal I was eating went through or how the meat actually got to me. Thinking about this showed me a whole new perspective to my opinion of food. Though I am not ready to turn vegetarian I have friends that haven't eaten meat since the unit began. Andy also taught us that their our such things as pasture raised eggs. I don't really know how much truth we could recieve from whoever we buy pasture raised things but at least it's a step closer to animal friendly food. I don't really think many Americans know how animals are treated and what they go through. It really is considered animal cruelty. Andy told us of some cultures who have rules against certain things done to animals like letting the animals see the knife. I think this is nicer to do towards the animals because they shouldn't be petrified before they die. I know understand why PETA tries to bring so much awareness to these factors.
I think Americans have to start putting more thought into the food they eat. This way we can do something about the poor animals that are suffering just for us to have something to eat. So think twice the next time you are eating meat and have a moment of silence for the animal who died to give you a full belly.
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