Yes, I know it has been quite some time since i have last posted anything on here... sorry... Its not without some reason though - the addition of a newborn baby girl may just have some higher importance of my time than writing (or ranting mostly) here.
Today i wish to complain about a familiar topic - one that i have already complained about before... driving! It seems that almost every day around here, i either see an accident, or am almost involved in one myself due to other people driving sooo badly!! I am luckily very observant and very careful at driving, mostly due to my love of un-damaged cars and my riding of motorcycles - both of which tend to make you a very concerned and aware driver. Now i know some of you out there will be quick to blame all of our foreign friends that have moved to town and just recently got a license (or dont have a license in many cases) BUT! so far, in most cases, they are driving scared and are super careful themselves! The majority of all horrid drivers i see on a daily basis are folks that have lived here forever, grew up here, people that should know better. There is no excuse 99% of the time for the things these terrible drivers are doing on our streets - even the simple things like yeilding to the right, looking before changing lanes, etc... It brings me to this question, do we need to have mandated re-testing of drivers every 10 years or so? I would not be opposed to this - retake the written test, and go for a drive. it doesnt take long - and just maybe it would help save some lives, or at the very least save some beautiful automotive sheet metal - i know it would more than likely save me from getting so pissed off at other drivers that it could keep me from having a heart attack!
Seriously though - Driving rules were made for a reason, we all need to know them better.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Guns
Hello all!! Its been awhile, so I thought I would share my thoughts on a topic today: Guns. As I was reading this article today at Madville Times, titled "Gun Laws Getting Looser Under Obama", I had these thoughts on it:
The article basically says that some states have loosened their gun laws lately.
Sounds like a great thing to me!!
But dont give any credit on this to Obama as the title implies. It is clearly the states that are giving their fellow citizens what they have asked for - more freedom to do as they wish. The Obama admin. has clearly had nothing to do with it.
If you think more gun laws/controls should be in place across the U.S., then maybe we should write a new article titled: "Yet another thing the Obama Administration hasn't finished yet..."
Possible addition to the SNL skit?? :)
I for one enjoy very much the ability to throw some guns into my truck, drive across town to the gun range, and put holes in paper targets. Anything that would limit my ability to do so will not sit well with me.
Switch guns with cars for a sec. If we suddenly started severely limiting what places you can drive one to, or started banning which cars you can even own, people would go nuts on that too right?
Of course, no matter what laws are in place, criminals will still get their guns to do wrong - just like drunks without licenses will still get in cars and kill people.
With stricter laws, the only real people affected will be those of us who love to shoot legally for fun, sport, competition, or hunting.
The article basically says that some states have loosened their gun laws lately.
Sounds like a great thing to me!!
But dont give any credit on this to Obama as the title implies. It is clearly the states that are giving their fellow citizens what they have asked for - more freedom to do as they wish. The Obama admin. has clearly had nothing to do with it.
If you think more gun laws/controls should be in place across the U.S., then maybe we should write a new article titled: "Yet another thing the Obama Administration hasn't finished yet..."
Possible addition to the SNL skit?? :)
I for one enjoy very much the ability to throw some guns into my truck, drive across town to the gun range, and put holes in paper targets. Anything that would limit my ability to do so will not sit well with me.
Switch guns with cars for a sec. If we suddenly started severely limiting what places you can drive one to, or started banning which cars you can even own, people would go nuts on that too right?
Of course, no matter what laws are in place, criminals will still get their guns to do wrong - just like drunks without licenses will still get in cars and kill people.
With stricter laws, the only real people affected will be those of us who love to shoot legally for fun, sport, competition, or hunting.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Washington Money
Most of the news lately is filled with talk on massive government changes to banking, healthcare, etc.. While I do agree that things need to be changed in these areas, I think one major thing has to happen first before any of it will be done right - cut off the money...
I think we can all agree that there is no way washington will ever get things done the right way if lobbying and corporate money keeps swaying votes in their favor all the time. This goes for both Dems and Repubs - both sides are continuously swayed by outside sources that are not their constituents - and that makes me very angry at times... I know it cannot be an easy task to completely rid the government of these things, but I think we have reached a point that we must try - only problem is how? With everyone being so money-hungry in this country, i dont see how you would be able to convince the house and senate to enact such a massive change. Do you? Again, it just has to be done at some point - at least in my goofy right-winged brain i think it does.
And an additional thing i keep pondering (kinda fits with this same topic) - can we make a massive change to the way bills are written? Here is my idea - make it mandatory that each bill that is put before the house or senate can only contain one item.
What i mean is this: if the bill is about building a bridge across a river, thats the only thing that can be in that bill - no earmarks, no pork, nothing else. Just that one item alone. This is another thing that really has to get changed at some point for our government to work better - and of course its another thing that I have to ask- how?
I think we can all agree that there is no way washington will ever get things done the right way if lobbying and corporate money keeps swaying votes in their favor all the time. This goes for both Dems and Repubs - both sides are continuously swayed by outside sources that are not their constituents - and that makes me very angry at times... I know it cannot be an easy task to completely rid the government of these things, but I think we have reached a point that we must try - only problem is how? With everyone being so money-hungry in this country, i dont see how you would be able to convince the house and senate to enact such a massive change. Do you? Again, it just has to be done at some point - at least in my goofy right-winged brain i think it does.
And an additional thing i keep pondering (kinda fits with this same topic) - can we make a massive change to the way bills are written? Here is my idea - make it mandatory that each bill that is put before the house or senate can only contain one item.
What i mean is this: if the bill is about building a bridge across a river, thats the only thing that can be in that bill - no earmarks, no pork, nothing else. Just that one item alone. This is another thing that really has to get changed at some point for our government to work better - and of course its another thing that I have to ask- how?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Schools... Lacking anything?
I was reading a post on Dakota Today that made me think... Am I nuts, (dont answer that) or are the schools in this state missing somthing?
Doug was posting about recent traffic deaths, which included lack of seatbelts being worn... I try to wear my seatbelt every time, but every so often I either forget or don't want to - I doubt i'm the only one that does this...
The topic got me thinking though - there are an awful amount of kids/adults out there driving right this very second that have had little or no training. Huron is a great example of this fact - almost every day I see drivers with no clue what the laws are/or don't care. Certainly they have learned enough to operate the vehicle, yes, but a huge amount know nothing beyond that. And why is that? Shouldn't something as serious as operating a multi-ton machine, and the laws governing the safe driving of them be important enough to require all schools to teach the theory, priciples, laws, and handling of these cars/trucks? Afterall, it's something most of the public does on a daily basis - and shouldn't our schools be teaching/hammering the things like this into us that we actually use every single day?
Now i know we have "drivers ed" , but a massive amount of kids do not take it. It is a step in the right direction, but hasn't ever evolved past that. Its time that a program like this with classroom time combined with hands-on instruction becomes mandatory for our high school freshmen.
Anyway, i could ramble on, but i better stop here - although this post also applies to our schools teaching proper handling of money, checkbooks, credit cards, 401k's, IRA's, Investments, Insurance, etc... another topic I feel that we seriously lack schooling on - both in High School and College...
what do you think?
Doug was posting about recent traffic deaths, which included lack of seatbelts being worn... I try to wear my seatbelt every time, but every so often I either forget or don't want to - I doubt i'm the only one that does this...
The topic got me thinking though - there are an awful amount of kids/adults out there driving right this very second that have had little or no training. Huron is a great example of this fact - almost every day I see drivers with no clue what the laws are/or don't care. Certainly they have learned enough to operate the vehicle, yes, but a huge amount know nothing beyond that. And why is that? Shouldn't something as serious as operating a multi-ton machine, and the laws governing the safe driving of them be important enough to require all schools to teach the theory, priciples, laws, and handling of these cars/trucks? Afterall, it's something most of the public does on a daily basis - and shouldn't our schools be teaching/hammering the things like this into us that we actually use every single day?
Now i know we have "drivers ed" , but a massive amount of kids do not take it. It is a step in the right direction, but hasn't ever evolved past that. Its time that a program like this with classroom time combined with hands-on instruction becomes mandatory for our high school freshmen.
Anyway, i could ramble on, but i better stop here - although this post also applies to our schools teaching proper handling of money, checkbooks, credit cards, 401k's, IRA's, Investments, Insurance, etc... another topic I feel that we seriously lack schooling on - both in High School and College...
what do you think?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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