So it should be interesting with a republican senator in MA. I am sad that Joe Kennedy only got 22,000 votes. I feel like a lot of people would really like his ideas and stances, the issue is getting the message out there. Although I am not so sure a Libertarian President is good I think that a Libertarian senator would be fantastic. Especially in such a close senate a Libertarian would certainly shake things up.
I am hopping Kennedy runs again in 2012. Maybe he can get his message out there a bit more.
Who would have thought that anyone except a Democrat would get elected as a MA Senator though?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
To the requirements of the Service....part deux
Ok so apparently MARAD no longer requires the service of the T/S Kennedy (I liked the Enterprise name better). Have fun on cruise MMA
Voting
I am sick of people telling me to vote. I am sick of people telling me what is and is not my right versus what is and is not my duty. Worry about yourself and stop telling me to vote. If I want to then I will. If I don't that's not your concern.
I am not writing this because I don't want to vote or anything. In fact I think that's one of the most fantastic rights awarded to us in this country. But that is exactly what it is... a right. I hate the old idea (my parents did it all the time) that its your social and constitutional responsibility to vote. No its not, its your right to vote. If you do not want to take advantage of that so be it.
And another thing someone who is in the US legally can enjoy all the rights of the US Constitution that apply to them so stop saying that if someone doesn't vote then they have no right to complain. What about legal aliens? Or people here on long term work visas? They do not have the right to vote, but they most certainly have the right to complain about the government... its this funny lil thing called the first amendment.
Stop worrying about whether or not other people are going to take advantage of their rights and worry about yourself. If you want to vote then great! Go ahead and have a good time. If you don't want to vote then fine! Go ahead and have a great time. Thats the beauty of the United States, your rights are guaranteed no matter if you take advantage of them.
Ps. Facebook is the worse culprit of this. Obviously its your posts so do what you want, but please refer to the above when you are talking to me because I dont give two shits about who you vote for.
I am not writing this because I don't want to vote or anything. In fact I think that's one of the most fantastic rights awarded to us in this country. But that is exactly what it is... a right. I hate the old idea (my parents did it all the time) that its your social and constitutional responsibility to vote. No its not, its your right to vote. If you do not want to take advantage of that so be it.
And another thing someone who is in the US legally can enjoy all the rights of the US Constitution that apply to them so stop saying that if someone doesn't vote then they have no right to complain. What about legal aliens? Or people here on long term work visas? They do not have the right to vote, but they most certainly have the right to complain about the government... its this funny lil thing called the first amendment.
Stop worrying about whether or not other people are going to take advantage of their rights and worry about yourself. If you want to vote then great! Go ahead and have a good time. If you don't want to vote then fine! Go ahead and have a great time. Thats the beauty of the United States, your rights are guaranteed no matter if you take advantage of them.
Ps. Facebook is the worse culprit of this. Obviously its your posts so do what you want, but please refer to the above when you are talking to me because I dont give two shits about who you vote for.
Monday, January 18, 2010
To the requirements of the Service
I read today that the T/S Kennedy, Mass Maritime's training ship has been commandeered by the US government to help in the relief work in Haiti. All lower-class cadets will be offloaded in Florida and flown home, while the upper-class will have the option to go home or continue on with the ship and assist in the relief work.
Although it sucks for all those who were on cruise, I think that it was the right decision by the gov't and the Academy. Good luck to all those travelling with the ship to Haiti.
Although it sucks for all those who were on cruise, I think that it was the right decision by the gov't and the Academy. Good luck to all those travelling with the ship to Haiti.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
You are responsible for your own entertainment
I got this title, as any Mass Maritime grad knows, from Capt. Murphy. Being a youngie in Capt. Murphy's class was always an interesting time and I learned quite a bit, but this is what stuck with me.
While reading/watching/listening to the news I see a lot of people who don't follow this basic rule. Now before anyone gets worked up and says that I dont want to help people that need it blah blah lets get something straight. I am all for humanitarian aid and for helping out in natural disasters (such as Haiti right now) The issue I am having is more on the fact that no one is responsible for what they do and everyone expects someone (the government or just another person) to come take care of their issue. And that also doesn't mean money, sometimes it's the fact that blame needs to be assigned.
I read an article today about a mother whos 17 year old daughter drank a whole bunch of booze, got drunk, and ended up face down in a swamp. Drowned, very sad. The issue I have is then the mother then sues her daugheters friends who were at the party, the person who bought the alcohol, the person who supplied said bought alcohol, a mom who knew that drinking was going on and probably EVERYONE else in the immediate area for wrongful death. The death of a daughter must be a very sad thing and near impossible to cope with, but you want to ruin the lives of 8 other people because your daughter did something dumb? Yes the person who bought and supplied the alcohol and the mother who let the drinking go on are not the brightest bulbs. They lacked all common sense in letting this girl wander off and die. That being said they are not responsible for her death, she is. The girl decided to drink herself silly, wander off and then passed out.
Now I am not condoning anyones actions, in fact I think that the friends were scumbags for letting her go off on her own, I mean she flat out stated she was leaving and her friends thought it was funny. Stupid people, but it's not their fault its the dead girls fault.
I think this is a major issue in the world now, the lack of responsibility. Nothing that you do is your fault, its always someone else's fault. Its the person who sold you the drugs, its the person who sold you alcohol when you were under age.... no its not! It's your own damn fault!
Another example of people not taking responsibility is advertising. This is a little different than my above point because its people pressing an idea on me. Can they do it? Absolutely thats free speech baby. Can I say how much is pisses me off? Absolutely thats free speech baby!
So with that said Truth commercials (those annoying smoking commercials) shut up. I do not care about your wants and needs. If people want to smoke, drink, do drugs, or whatever to themselves then friggin let them. Don't annoy me by blaming government for letting people be dumb and kill themselves. You are responsible for your own entertainment.... worry about that..... I can take care of myself thanks
While reading/watching/listening to the news I see a lot of people who don't follow this basic rule. Now before anyone gets worked up and says that I dont want to help people that need it blah blah lets get something straight. I am all for humanitarian aid and for helping out in natural disasters (such as Haiti right now) The issue I am having is more on the fact that no one is responsible for what they do and everyone expects someone (the government or just another person) to come take care of their issue. And that also doesn't mean money, sometimes it's the fact that blame needs to be assigned.
I read an article today about a mother whos 17 year old daughter drank a whole bunch of booze, got drunk, and ended up face down in a swamp. Drowned, very sad. The issue I have is then the mother then sues her daugheters friends who were at the party, the person who bought the alcohol, the person who supplied said bought alcohol, a mom who knew that drinking was going on and probably EVERYONE else in the immediate area for wrongful death. The death of a daughter must be a very sad thing and near impossible to cope with, but you want to ruin the lives of 8 other people because your daughter did something dumb? Yes the person who bought and supplied the alcohol and the mother who let the drinking go on are not the brightest bulbs. They lacked all common sense in letting this girl wander off and die. That being said they are not responsible for her death, she is. The girl decided to drink herself silly, wander off and then passed out.
Now I am not condoning anyones actions, in fact I think that the friends were scumbags for letting her go off on her own, I mean she flat out stated she was leaving and her friends thought it was funny. Stupid people, but it's not their fault its the dead girls fault.
I think this is a major issue in the world now, the lack of responsibility. Nothing that you do is your fault, its always someone else's fault. Its the person who sold you the drugs, its the person who sold you alcohol when you were under age.... no its not! It's your own damn fault!
Another example of people not taking responsibility is advertising. This is a little different than my above point because its people pressing an idea on me. Can they do it? Absolutely thats free speech baby. Can I say how much is pisses me off? Absolutely thats free speech baby!
So with that said Truth commercials (those annoying smoking commercials) shut up. I do not care about your wants and needs. If people want to smoke, drink, do drugs, or whatever to themselves then friggin let them. Don't annoy me by blaming government for letting people be dumb and kill themselves. You are responsible for your own entertainment.... worry about that..... I can take care of myself thanks
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
addition to yesterdays post
The 14 Amendment covers the requirements of states to not make laws denying rights to certain citizens...just fyi
Monday, January 11, 2010
Articles of war
So this title was kind of a stretch to keep the nautical theme, but not entirely. In old times the British ran their armed forces using something called the articles of war. The articles of war laid down the rules that the British were supposed to follow. This post is about the US Constitution/ Bill of rights, a set of rules that the US is supposed to follow, but sometimes strays away from.
Today was the beginning of me trying to get up earlier in the morning, it didn't work quite as well as I wanted, but I was somewhat awake and definitely was out of bed earlier so I guess its a start. MF turned on the news and was buzzing around the room getting ready for work. I kind of drifted in and out for a while, but then she said something and it got my brain working. On the news they had just gone over a story regarding a lawsuit being brought against California's proposition 8.(Proposition 8 is the prop. overturning gay marriage in California.) The story was talking about how two attorneys (representing a couple of gay couples) would be pursuing a a lawsuit against the State of California arguing that a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
I am not sure why this wasn't thought of before. Now I know that many have issue with gay marriage, which is fine they are more than entitled to their opinion. I also know that many have religious reasons for not wanting the word marriage used (us damn Catholics) but in law that really is irrelevant. This goes back to one thing, a persons rights.
Argument 1 . No where in the US Constitution does it state that marriage is between a man and a woman. This is the argument I would choose, but I am a very literal person so this argument doesn't work for many people. There is nothing saying you cant do it therefore the Ninth amendment applies and the rights cannot be denied
Argument 2. Separation of church and state. This argument is what many people are using now to combat bans on gay marriage. I also greatly agree with this view point. I am a rather religious person think, but people get to worked up about the religious aspect of gay marriage. I am going to take a leap and say there is gay marriage has zero impact on religious marriage. Right now you either get married in a church/temple/mosque/ etc or you have a secular marriage. If gay marriage is passed that should only make a difference in secular marriage, in which case the "sanctity of religious marriage" is preserved.
I like both arguments, but really I would just like people to worry about themselves and not whether their gay neighbors are getting married. It's not the governments right to tell anyone if they can get married or not, case closed There are bigger things to worry about anyway..... the economy anyone?
Today was the beginning of me trying to get up earlier in the morning, it didn't work quite as well as I wanted, but I was somewhat awake and definitely was out of bed earlier so I guess its a start. MF turned on the news and was buzzing around the room getting ready for work. I kind of drifted in and out for a while, but then she said something and it got my brain working. On the news they had just gone over a story regarding a lawsuit being brought against California's proposition 8.(Proposition 8 is the prop. overturning gay marriage in California.) The story was talking about how two attorneys (representing a couple of gay couples) would be pursuing a a lawsuit against the State of California arguing that a ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
I am not sure why this wasn't thought of before. Now I know that many have issue with gay marriage, which is fine they are more than entitled to their opinion. I also know that many have religious reasons for not wanting the word marriage used (us damn Catholics) but in law that really is irrelevant. This goes back to one thing, a persons rights.
Argument 1 . No where in the US Constitution does it state that marriage is between a man and a woman. This is the argument I would choose, but I am a very literal person so this argument doesn't work for many people. There is nothing saying you cant do it therefore the Ninth amendment applies and the rights cannot be denied
Argument 2. Separation of church and state. This argument is what many people are using now to combat bans on gay marriage. I also greatly agree with this view point. I am a rather religious person think, but people get to worked up about the religious aspect of gay marriage. I am going to take a leap and say there is gay marriage has zero impact on religious marriage. Right now you either get married in a church/temple/mosque/ etc or you have a secular marriage. If gay marriage is passed that should only make a difference in secular marriage, in which case the "sanctity of religious marriage" is preserved.
I like both arguments, but really I would just like people to worry about themselves and not whether their gay neighbors are getting married. It's not the governments right to tell anyone if they can get married or not, case closed There are bigger things to worry about anyway..... the economy anyone?
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