High Definition Madness

On February 17th 2009 the entire American population is being forced to switch their television to digital or loose all signal. Who in their infinite wisdom came up with this brilliant idea you ask, why our congress of course. They slate the benefits of better reception and digital quality sound not to mention being able to see every facial blemish on all the actors and actresses; Wow Paris Hilton with a pimple, and I thought she was perfect. Oh, it's more flexible and efficient technology and also frees up parts of the airwaves to provide wireless spectrum for future innovative services by entrepreneurs. Hmm! I wonder who owns those new start up companies? This means that approximately 70 million television sets risk loosing signal unless they switch. Oh but switching is easy all you have to do is any of the following:
1. Buy a DTV converter (Hmm! I wonder who owns the company that makes those)
2. Purchase an HDTV television (Oh and don't forget to buy the high quality antenna for DTV. Hmm! I wonder who owns that company)
3. By cable or satellite

Dad says speak up America and tell them to stick it up their wazoo, lets all dump our TV's into the Boston harbor.

"Not the J word"

This morning I read about a girl who attends Wheaton College and is in the middle of a federal lawsuit with her former High School about her valedictorian speech she made. You see she said the Lord Jesus Christ was her personal saviour and that everybody should come to him. Oh my God she said the "J" word in school. The school made her apologize for such a blunder. It's OK if the Student's use the "F" word like it's an everyday part of the English language; it's OK if they show the crack of their ass and other body parts. Go ahead and smoke, Take drugs, binge drink, celebrate every holiday except Christmas but God forgive us if we mention Jesus in school. Dad says it's time to take the politically correct out of the school system and instill the values so desperately needed back into our children. It's time to take the board of directors and replace it with the board of elders (similar to the way the American Indian nation governs itself). It's time to get back to basics. I applaud this girl and her bravery for standing up for what she believes. Amen!!

Live Long and Prosper

The other night on Nightline I was listening to a story about a Canadian photographer who was doing a documentary on sharks. While filming his documentary he ran across a group of pirates illegally fishing sharks for shark fin soup. In his investigation he ran into a wharf with literally 10's of thousands of shark fins; the people that he would later call the shark fin mafia would cut the fins off and cast the remaining sharks into the sea. This was millions of dollars of of shark fin which is used as texture in soup and has absolutely nothing to do with the flavor; a soup that is basically for the rich. To quote Spock from Startrek 4 ; "To hunt a species to extinction is not logical"; if we only knew how prophetic that statement was. Once again mankind in their infinite stupidity has let money; the driving force of this world; interrupt God's ultimate plan. The shark is at the top of the food chain in the ocean and is part of the delicate ecological system. Imagine what a sewer hole the ocean would be if all the scavengers of the ocean were killed to extinction. I say grow up mankind. Live long and prosper Mr shark.

Traffic Sucks

One of my pet peeves like most everybody else in this world is traffic. It seems like there is no way to get away from it. One might think that this is caused by the influx of all the people to an area but Dad says different. I believe that this is caused by the way cities and work places are laid out. Enter the industrial complex. What do you suppose would happen if you built a complex that houses all the workplaces and you make it accessible by one or two arteries; well it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Since all the communities are built around this complex all the people drive down the same roads at the same time everyday to get to work. Imagine if factories and offices were spread out all over the county; one person goes this way and another that way ; nobody jamming the same artery day in and day out. The concept of the industrial parks wasn't for convenience it was to put money in the coffers of greedy land developers (that's a rant for another day). Well dad says, ride a bike, walk, work from home anything but drive in traffic.