OK so i JUST posted a blog on Geography but this is kind of a follow up.
The subject of this post came up in a Religion class actually. And by that i mean a class on Religion taught by a Professor of Theology are Eastern Kentucky University. Which by the way is PAINFUL to take if you are not a idiot. Because you are the Minority.
90% of the people who seam to take religion classes are Bitchy Women who are STUNED to find out that the whole class is not about THERE Religion despite the title being World Religion.
(If you really want to make them mas use 1 Timothy 2:11-12 on them) "let a women learn in silence with all submission. And i do not permit a woman to teach or to have authoirty over a man, but to be in silence" Now its important to note that i don't really buy that crap. Its just usefully to shut up really bitchy religion women in Theology classes. (But i digress)
So our Theology teacher asked us one day, wile we were talking about religion in the new world how many country's are in North America. Almost every one in the class answered Ether 2! (Most of the religious Harpy's) or 3 (Most of the kids right out of high school) One girl answered 10. I answered 17. (The answer is 23)
The teacher admitted that he himself did not know, but he like me and the other girl knew it was more then 2 or 3. The point to asking is this. Most people think North America is Canada and the United States MAYBE Mexico.
But if you look at a map North America Starts AT PANAMA! So that's all of Middle America (which by the way is a region not a continent, just like the middle east of the Caribbean) And BTW the Caribbean is part of North America as well, along with Greenland. (which is itself not counted as a country in the 23, sense its part of Denmark)
The reason i couldn't get 23 right was because i don't know all those little one island nations out in the Caribbean.
Now this confusion comes from two sources.
The first being the use of the word Middle America. (Meaning the area from the Yucatan Peninsula to Panama) Mean the southern part of Mexico on down. People also call it Mezzo America. (which means middle in Latin.. i think its Latin) The point being this has nothing to do with Geography, its actually meant to represent the part of North America that is still largly inhabited by Native Descended people.
The second source is that schools in middle American. (Mexico on down in this instance) Teach that south America starts at Mexico. WHY? Because they consider every above Mexico white and every one below Latino. Part of the La Raza idle. (La Raza means The Race)
The problem with this is again consistency. First off. In most nations Latino's like middle easterners are Caucasian. Secondly they largely consider Lation in America to be white. Which just doesn't make sence, many of them have been there much longer then America or Mexico.
Not to mention that if a Mexican went to Columbia and said "I am Latino" The Columbia's would tell them. "No your Mexican" Because indeed, the Colombians are much closer to being Native Americans then most people from Mexico.
So the entire Middle America thing is just Bunk, there is no real consistent reason to separate it, and if you did why isn't the Caribbean in there? Because its a subo-political idle trying to pass its self off as Geography.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Geography 101. (Continents)
OK so back onto Geography.
There is a big discusion in the geography community that has been going every sense some smart ass Geography student looked at the map and said.
Wait.... Europe and Asian are basically the same landmass.
Or.
Wait..... North and South America are connected by a small strip of land.
Or.
Wait..... Asia and Africa are connected by a small strip of land.
OK so the problem stems from one fact.
There is no GOOD definition of a Continent.
The most widly used is "Continents are understood to be large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water."
OK so that means.
#1. Large. But large is a general term. Asia makes up 30% of the earth's landmass. So its Large by any comparison, but really just saying large is pretty slip shot.
#2.Continuous. OK so this one isn't that bad. And this is were most people throw in Asia/Africa and North/South America. The Argument is that a tiny little strip of land doesn't constitute Continuous.
#3. Discrete. So if you take Europe to a hotel and do the Nasty it wont kiss and tell.... No wait, when they say Discrete they mean apart from other 'enter word here' land masses in this case.
#4. Ideally Separated by Expanses of water. That's kind of iffy as well that's like saying a Sandwich Ideally has bread on it.. but we will let it slide.
OK so there are a number of opinions about how many continents there are, but they tun the gamut from 5 to 7.
Now what we are looking for hear is a good CONSISTENT count of Continents.
7. The first being the Seven Continents model. This is the one most westerners are taught in school. North/South America Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Europe and Asia. OK so the only trouble with this one is that Asia and Europe have NOTHING dividing them. Some people say the Ural Mountains do. But screw them, no one said anything about Mountains counting, if they did then India/California would be there own Continents.
Now the reason that Asia and Europe are separate is ~Drum Roll~ Because the Europeans and Asian's want it that way. NO REALLY that's why, because the cultures of the two land.... area's (Senses its the same landmass) Are so different they like it that way. That and if its was the same area then it would be HUGE. 36% of the earth's land mass. and holding 71% of the earth's population.
6a. aka:The smart six.
ok so the first of two counts just stats the above. That Asia and Europe are the same land mass, and should be the same Continent, in fact many people who use the 7 Continent count still use the term Eurasia (Notice that Europe is first in the name, Despite being small, having less people and being 2nd alphabetically, Course Asiope sounds dumb) the up side to this count is that it's consistent at least.
6b. aka:The crazy six.
ok so this one has the same number of Continents as the above, but this time idle is that Europe and Asia are different land masses but the America's (North and south) are the same land mass. Now i think most people right away would see the trouble, THIS is not consistent. If north and south America are the same land mass, shouldn't Africa/Asia be the same? or Europe and Asia be the same? I mean North and south america are only connected by a 70 mile wide Isthmus most of it being lake.
Africa and Asia minor. (The middle easy) are only connected by 119 mile wide Isthmus, most of it being natural river. So what that 30 miles make all the difference?
Now to be fair, this is mostly taught in South / Middle America. And most people who teach this also think North America is much smaller then it is. (As do most Americans) So there grasp of Geography is more of a Social idle and less of a Earth Science.
5. The Crazy five!
ok so this one is crazy for the same reason as above, this one is a combination of the two above. America (A combo of the north/south) Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica.
OK so again we go back to the Africa/Asia thing. Why are they separate if north and south America arent?
And Finally.
4! aka: The consistent one.
You ever see a movie were there is ONE Sane guy in the whole movie? This is that guy.
This one just takes the 5 Continent idle and makes it NOT CRAZY by saying.
"Hay is Africa is touching Asia, And Asia is touching Europe. Then.... Arent they all the same landmass?
Yes, yes it is. Afro-Eurasia aka Afrasia aka Eurafrasia aka Eurasica.
Or as i like to call it the African-Eurasia SUPER CONTINENT!
is just that idle that you must be consistent in your counting, and that anything touching anything else is the same landmass. The problem with this model is simply that this new super continent comprises 56% of the worlds landmass and 85% of the population of the planet.
The idle of Continents is to divine the worlds landmass into smaller parts so you can quickly and easily refer to places, if you say Afro-Eurasian Crisis. That's pretty general.
PS: Tectonic theory.
So people have the idle, or have posed the idle that you could just use Tectonic plates to decide how many Continents there are. But there are a couple problems with this idle, #1. Continents are older then Tectonic Drift theory. By o..... 1800 some odd years. #2. Continents are a matter of Geography, Tectonic plates are a matter of Geology. And THOSE are NOT the same subjects my friend. #3. If you did that there would be screwed up Continents.
For instant Austrailia and India are on the same plate. The middle east is on its own plate, Greece is ALMOST on its own plate, All of Eurasia is on one plate with the exception of the north easy part of Russia. The Phillippines are on there own plate, Panama as well. So you see the trouble.
There is a big discusion in the geography community that has been going every sense some smart ass Geography student looked at the map and said.
Wait.... Europe and Asian are basically the same landmass.
Or.
Wait..... North and South America are connected by a small strip of land.
Or.
Wait..... Asia and Africa are connected by a small strip of land.
OK so the problem stems from one fact.
There is no GOOD definition of a Continent.
The most widly used is "Continents are understood to be large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water."
OK so that means.
#1. Large. But large is a general term. Asia makes up 30% of the earth's landmass. So its Large by any comparison, but really just saying large is pretty slip shot.
#2.Continuous. OK so this one isn't that bad. And this is were most people throw in Asia/Africa and North/South America. The Argument is that a tiny little strip of land doesn't constitute Continuous.
#3. Discrete. So if you take Europe to a hotel and do the Nasty it wont kiss and tell.... No wait, when they say Discrete they mean apart from other 'enter word here' land masses in this case.
#4. Ideally Separated by Expanses of water. That's kind of iffy as well that's like saying a Sandwich Ideally has bread on it.. but we will let it slide.
OK so there are a number of opinions about how many continents there are, but they tun the gamut from 5 to 7.
Now what we are looking for hear is a good CONSISTENT count of Continents.
7. The first being the Seven Continents model. This is the one most westerners are taught in school. North/South America Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Europe and Asia. OK so the only trouble with this one is that Asia and Europe have NOTHING dividing them. Some people say the Ural Mountains do. But screw them, no one said anything about Mountains counting, if they did then India/California would be there own Continents.
Now the reason that Asia and Europe are separate is ~Drum Roll~ Because the Europeans and Asian's want it that way. NO REALLY that's why, because the cultures of the two land.... area's (Senses its the same landmass) Are so different they like it that way. That and if its was the same area then it would be HUGE. 36% of the earth's land mass. and holding 71% of the earth's population.
6a. aka:The smart six.
ok so the first of two counts just stats the above. That Asia and Europe are the same land mass, and should be the same Continent, in fact many people who use the 7 Continent count still use the term Eurasia (Notice that Europe is first in the name, Despite being small, having less people and being 2nd alphabetically, Course Asiope sounds dumb) the up side to this count is that it's consistent at least.
6b. aka:The crazy six.
ok so this one has the same number of Continents as the above, but this time idle is that Europe and Asia are different land masses but the America's (North and south) are the same land mass. Now i think most people right away would see the trouble, THIS is not consistent. If north and south America are the same land mass, shouldn't Africa/Asia be the same? or Europe and Asia be the same? I mean North and south america are only connected by a 70 mile wide Isthmus most of it being lake.
Africa and Asia minor. (The middle easy) are only connected by 119 mile wide Isthmus, most of it being natural river. So what that 30 miles make all the difference?
Now to be fair, this is mostly taught in South / Middle America. And most people who teach this also think North America is much smaller then it is. (As do most Americans) So there grasp of Geography is more of a Social idle and less of a Earth Science.
5. The Crazy five!
ok so this one is crazy for the same reason as above, this one is a combination of the two above. America (A combo of the north/south) Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica.
OK so again we go back to the Africa/Asia thing. Why are they separate if north and south America arent?
And Finally.
4! aka: The consistent one.
You ever see a movie were there is ONE Sane guy in the whole movie? This is that guy.
This one just takes the 5 Continent idle and makes it NOT CRAZY by saying.
"Hay is Africa is touching Asia, And Asia is touching Europe. Then.... Arent they all the same landmass?
Yes, yes it is. Afro-Eurasia aka Afrasia aka Eurafrasia aka Eurasica.
Or as i like to call it the African-Eurasia SUPER CONTINENT!
is just that idle that you must be consistent in your counting, and that anything touching anything else is the same landmass. The problem with this model is simply that this new super continent comprises 56% of the worlds landmass and 85% of the population of the planet.
The idle of Continents is to divine the worlds landmass into smaller parts so you can quickly and easily refer to places, if you say Afro-Eurasian Crisis. That's pretty general.
PS: Tectonic theory.
So people have the idle, or have posed the idle that you could just use Tectonic plates to decide how many Continents there are. But there are a couple problems with this idle, #1. Continents are older then Tectonic Drift theory. By o..... 1800 some odd years. #2. Continents are a matter of Geography, Tectonic plates are a matter of Geology. And THOSE are NOT the same subjects my friend. #3. If you did that there would be screwed up Continents.
For instant Austrailia and India are on the same plate. The middle east is on its own plate, Greece is ALMOST on its own plate, All of Eurasia is on one plate with the exception of the north easy part of Russia. The Phillippines are on there own plate, Panama as well. So you see the trouble.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Geography 101. (You get a F)
OK so as i stated before, I am a Geography student, at a university.
And something i have come to appreciate is people who can find stuff on a map.
A study done by 50+ University's, using college student's, college professors, school children, there teachers, people on the street and MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Has shown that 1 out of 5 American's can't find the United States on a map.
And that's not a average, that's almost across the boards, for instance college professors and members of congress had the best scores, at 5 out of 6 being able to find it. So that means that one out of six of the people leading our nation can't find it on a map. And ~Clears thought~ Not to upset some people with the rest of the study but, Briggam young university were the people doing the congress part. (If you don't know Brigham young is a fairly conservative college) And they found that. Out of the 90 members of congress that could not find the United stats on a map. 67 of them were Republicans.
Now I'm not bringing that up to make fun of Republicans. (They do that with out my help) I bring it up to make a latter point. But moving on, out of the 4 of 5 americans who can't find the US on a map, 1 out of 4 of them Can't find Canada or Mexico on a map. And out of the 3 remaining 1 of them can't find France, Great Britten, Germany, Japan, China, Russia, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Afghanistan or Pakistan on map. (That none of them, not just can't find one of them)
Why?
Because under Regan, Most of the funding for Geography, and many other "Liberal arts" Subjects were cut, and the stats that suffered the most were pore southern stats. (Mostly Republican) Hence the reason they had lower scores.
And the reason is simple, Many American's, Notable the Extreme right, but largely across the board, just don't think its Important to know were other places are, and maybe there right, but think about this.
When the same test was done in other nation's, Almost every one knows were the U.S. is even, people who don't know were there own county is. (This happened allot in African country's)
Why? Because the U.S. has allot of power, and many would say does allot of good and or bad, in other nations. So American Citizens should at least be able to find places that we influence.
Just memorize the nations i have mentioned today people.
If you don't your on my Idiot list.
And something i have come to appreciate is people who can find stuff on a map.
A study done by 50+ University's, using college student's, college professors, school children, there teachers, people on the street and MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Has shown that 1 out of 5 American's can't find the United States on a map.
And that's not a average, that's almost across the boards, for instance college professors and members of congress had the best scores, at 5 out of 6 being able to find it. So that means that one out of six of the people leading our nation can't find it on a map. And ~Clears thought~ Not to upset some people with the rest of the study but, Briggam young university were the people doing the congress part. (If you don't know Brigham young is a fairly conservative college) And they found that. Out of the 90 members of congress that could not find the United stats on a map. 67 of them were Republicans.
Now I'm not bringing that up to make fun of Republicans. (They do that with out my help) I bring it up to make a latter point. But moving on, out of the 4 of 5 americans who can't find the US on a map, 1 out of 4 of them Can't find Canada or Mexico on a map. And out of the 3 remaining 1 of them can't find France, Great Britten, Germany, Japan, China, Russia, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Afghanistan or Pakistan on map. (That none of them, not just can't find one of them)
Why?
Because under Regan, Most of the funding for Geography, and many other "Liberal arts" Subjects were cut, and the stats that suffered the most were pore southern stats. (Mostly Republican) Hence the reason they had lower scores.
And the reason is simple, Many American's, Notable the Extreme right, but largely across the board, just don't think its Important to know were other places are, and maybe there right, but think about this.
When the same test was done in other nation's, Almost every one knows were the U.S. is even, people who don't know were there own county is. (This happened allot in African country's)
Why? Because the U.S. has allot of power, and many would say does allot of good and or bad, in other nations. So American Citizens should at least be able to find places that we influence.
Just memorize the nations i have mentioned today people.
If you don't your on my Idiot list.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
People are brown! Get over it.
OK so a good friend of mine were sitting around one day.
And for what ever reason. (Can't remember have slept sense then)
We were trying to figure out what color tone our skin was.
And my friend after sitting there for a moment, had the idle of.
"Hay lets go look up color's on Wikipedia and see were we fall"
Now before i go any further into this discussion, let me say this, I'm Caucasian, and so was the friend i was having the conversation. And i turned out to be a 'Desert sand' My friend who has a decidedly more olive tone ended up being a 'Wheat' And as we sat there looking throw color.
We came to a discovery.
The entire human race. (Unless they are albino) Are brown.
End of story. That's it don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_brown
There.
OK so no crap people.
Even before this i knew two things.
#1. I have NEVER seen a black person. I have seen people who have dark skin.
#2. I have NEVER seen a white person. I have seen people with light skin tones.
And people are called yellow and copper as well.
But every natural skin tone falls into the brown pallet.
And besides another race question.
They still call 'White people' Caucasian, But don't call 'black people' Negroid.
Now i know why.
But the question is why do they still call them Caucasian.
But that being said.
*Black is a bad name because no one is black.
*Negro is bad because its derived from a bad naming convention. (Not all 'black' people are from the Niger River Vally) And it now has a negative connotation.
*'Colored' is bad because all people have color (Brown)
*And African American is stupid because its very presumptions.
I say this based on the points that.
#1. Not all black people are from Africa. Many Indian's are darker in skin tone then Africans.
#2. Not all African's are black. There are many white Africans, And in north Africa most people would say the populous was Arabian. (If you didn't know, Middle Easterners are all white, as are Latino's)
#3. It makes the assumption that they are American's. I know a man from England who is black, now what?
And Finally its kind of disrespectful to say. "O your from Africa." You would never say "O your from Europe" to a German would you? There are 53 Country's in Africa. The Continent is the size of one and half north America's. (Which has 23 Country's, Not two)
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So the point is this.
Human's are humans.
Ether go with that theory or the idle that we have Cultural Identity.
No one would say that Spanish people are like Norwegians. But both are predominately white and Europeans. Just like despite what he right wants you to think, not all Americans are White, Cristian (Or even Protestant) Conservatives.
And for what ever reason. (Can't remember have slept sense then)
We were trying to figure out what color tone our skin was.
And my friend after sitting there for a moment, had the idle of.
"Hay lets go look up color's on Wikipedia and see were we fall"
Now before i go any further into this discussion, let me say this, I'm Caucasian, and so was the friend i was having the conversation. And i turned out to be a 'Desert sand' My friend who has a decidedly more olive tone ended up being a 'Wheat' And as we sat there looking throw color.
We came to a discovery.
The entire human race. (Unless they are albino) Are brown.
End of story. That's it don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_brown
There.
OK so no crap people.
Even before this i knew two things.
#1. I have NEVER seen a black person. I have seen people who have dark skin.
#2. I have NEVER seen a white person. I have seen people with light skin tones.
And people are called yellow and copper as well.
But every natural skin tone falls into the brown pallet.
And besides another race question.
They still call 'White people' Caucasian, But don't call 'black people' Negroid.
Now i know why.
But the question is why do they still call them Caucasian.
But that being said.
*Black is a bad name because no one is black.
*Negro is bad because its derived from a bad naming convention. (Not all 'black' people are from the Niger River Vally) And it now has a negative connotation.
*'Colored' is bad because all people have color (Brown)
*And African American is stupid because its very presumptions.
I say this based on the points that.
#1. Not all black people are from Africa. Many Indian's are darker in skin tone then Africans.
#2. Not all African's are black. There are many white Africans, And in north Africa most people would say the populous was Arabian. (If you didn't know, Middle Easterners are all white, as are Latino's)
#3. It makes the assumption that they are American's. I know a man from England who is black, now what?
And Finally its kind of disrespectful to say. "O your from Africa." You would never say "O your from Europe" to a German would you? There are 53 Country's in Africa. The Continent is the size of one and half north America's. (Which has 23 Country's, Not two)
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So the point is this.
Human's are humans.
Ether go with that theory or the idle that we have Cultural Identity.
No one would say that Spanish people are like Norwegians. But both are predominately white and Europeans. Just like despite what he right wants you to think, not all Americans are White, Cristian (Or even Protestant) Conservatives.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Stupid freaken text boxes.
OK so i understand the point behind the text boxes. (You know those things that ask you to enter the text that is in the box, to you know show that your a real person and not a bot program)
But the question is why do they half to look like a money wrought them?
I mean are bot programs so advanced that they can read a image now?
And if they are do you really need to be a CIA coda breaker to read the image that is needed to fool the bots?
And the thing is, most places now have a handicap bottom, to give you a easier to read group of words.
So if you can use easy to read words, why have the hard to read words in the first place.
But the question is why do they half to look like a money wrought them?
I mean are bot programs so advanced that they can read a image now?
And if they are do you really need to be a CIA coda breaker to read the image that is needed to fool the bots?
And the thing is, most places now have a handicap bottom, to give you a easier to read group of words.
So if you can use easy to read words, why have the hard to read words in the first place.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
I live in a white ghetto. (Greetings from clay county Kentucky )
OK so first off i want to give you a geography lesson.
I live in the State of Kentucky, which is the 4th poorest state in the United States.
I live in Clay County Kentucky, Which is the poorest county in the state of Kentucky.
The Per Capita Income for clay country is $9,716. (As of 2000 census) Making it the 18th poorest county in the nation. And the poorest "white" County in the United States, Only being beaten out by country comprised mainly of Swamps and Desert in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
And Most notably 10 of the country's that beat out Clay County are Native American Reservations.
So i am by no means saying that people in Clay County are the poorest people in the world.
Simply this. $9'716 per person is about he same (About $10 less) then what people make in Brazil.
My county is a third world nation. Or if i wanted to use Current Policitcal Language i live in a developing county located inside the borders of a developed county.
I can to the epiphany that i lived in a White Ghetto, in the same place i came across almost all of my epiphany's in life. At Disney.
I was in my last apartment, the one i spent the most time at on my 2nd stay with Disney.
The household was comprised of. (I'm only using first names)
Myself. (From Clay County Kentucky)
Jamal. (From Washington D.C.)
"D" (From Chicago Illinois)
Derrik. (From Sweet Water Texas)
Abdulla. (From New York City)
Juan. (From SauPalo Brazil)
So in this house hold we had, Myself, Three African Americans, And two Latino's One from a family that lived in Texas seance before it was Texas, and another from Brazil)
Now even if we had a very mixed household, we all got along fine.
After some remixing on the rooms, putting myself and Jamal in the same room because Im a quite sleeper, and he's a very light sleeper. And putting Juan and Abdulla in the same room, because Juan got up very early for work, and Abdulla got up very early to pray to Mecca.
Now on to Jamal, he had trouble with rooming with Juan early on, because Juan Snores and gets up early. And Jamal is a VERY light sleeper, so much so that i eventually ask him. To which D answered that he had been in "The joint" And was afraid i would shank him in the night. We laughed and then Jamal answered the question. "Because i live in Anacostia" Now i knew what that meant, Anacostia is a WAR ZONE. He explained that on more then one occasion he actully had to dive to the floor because of stray bullets hitting his families house.
When asked why they didn't move away, he answered "Because they can't afford to" He then told us that he was going to college on scholarship, and wanted to get a good job so he could Move his family away from there. Then we started a conversation about high school.
And we both maid a discovery.
Nearly every one that we both went to high school with, was ether dead on in prison. Most of the males. (All of them with my last name) Have been in Jail with the exception of me.
As we kept talking we both came to the conclusion that i live in a white ghetto.
Now there are differences.
Clay county is not a war zone, but there are dangers, if you wander in to the wrong patch of forest, you can be harmed or killed. Something a census worker found out not to long ago.
And for nearly a century the county was run with the same politics that were used in the 1890's.
Two families owning everything, the same family always being major, corrupt judges, voting fraud. Murder, Drugs and corruption.
Wile Jamal's home was more dangerous, he told me he would never live in a place like clay county, we are poorer and less free, until recently we lived in a kind of feudal system.
The family's at the top doling out the wealth and good jobs in the county to family and people who acted as there lap dogs.
The thing is, That clay county, if you Ignore the people could be one of the most beautiful places i have ever been. And if you know the county you can easily stay away from danger. But if you do your almost living apart from the rest of the people.
And just list Jamal's family most people are just to pore to move away.
The only real jobs in the county are state jobs. In particular working at the state pen.
And soon they will be building a Recycling plant that will give jobs to about 300 people.
But again most of the jobs will go to people from the county's around Clay, and people who are in the "Loop" and it comes to my attention that the county's entire economy is built on handling other people's refuse. Human or otherwise.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/census-worker-killed-by-a_n_299725.html
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The link above shows what i mean by, corruption and human waist.
I live in the State of Kentucky, which is the 4th poorest state in the United States.
I live in Clay County Kentucky, Which is the poorest county in the state of Kentucky.
The Per Capita Income for clay country is $9,716. (As of 2000 census) Making it the 18th poorest county in the nation. And the poorest "white" County in the United States, Only being beaten out by country comprised mainly of Swamps and Desert in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
And Most notably 10 of the country's that beat out Clay County are Native American Reservations.
So i am by no means saying that people in Clay County are the poorest people in the world.
Simply this. $9'716 per person is about he same (About $10 less) then what people make in Brazil.
My county is a third world nation. Or if i wanted to use Current Policitcal Language i live in a developing county located inside the borders of a developed county.
I can to the epiphany that i lived in a White Ghetto, in the same place i came across almost all of my epiphany's in life. At Disney.
I was in my last apartment, the one i spent the most time at on my 2nd stay with Disney.
The household was comprised of. (I'm only using first names)
Myself. (From Clay County Kentucky)
Jamal. (From Washington D.C.)
"D" (From Chicago Illinois)
Derrik. (From Sweet Water Texas)
Abdulla. (From New York City)
Juan. (From SauPalo Brazil)
So in this house hold we had, Myself, Three African Americans, And two Latino's One from a family that lived in Texas seance before it was Texas, and another from Brazil)
Now even if we had a very mixed household, we all got along fine.
After some remixing on the rooms, putting myself and Jamal in the same room because Im a quite sleeper, and he's a very light sleeper. And putting Juan and Abdulla in the same room, because Juan got up very early for work, and Abdulla got up very early to pray to Mecca.
Now on to Jamal, he had trouble with rooming with Juan early on, because Juan Snores and gets up early. And Jamal is a VERY light sleeper, so much so that i eventually ask him. To which D answered that he had been in "The joint" And was afraid i would shank him in the night. We laughed and then Jamal answered the question. "Because i live in Anacostia" Now i knew what that meant, Anacostia is a WAR ZONE. He explained that on more then one occasion he actully had to dive to the floor because of stray bullets hitting his families house.
When asked why they didn't move away, he answered "Because they can't afford to" He then told us that he was going to college on scholarship, and wanted to get a good job so he could Move his family away from there. Then we started a conversation about high school.
And we both maid a discovery.
Nearly every one that we both went to high school with, was ether dead on in prison. Most of the males. (All of them with my last name) Have been in Jail with the exception of me.
As we kept talking we both came to the conclusion that i live in a white ghetto.
Now there are differences.
Clay county is not a war zone, but there are dangers, if you wander in to the wrong patch of forest, you can be harmed or killed. Something a census worker found out not to long ago.
And for nearly a century the county was run with the same politics that were used in the 1890's.
Two families owning everything, the same family always being major, corrupt judges, voting fraud. Murder, Drugs and corruption.
Wile Jamal's home was more dangerous, he told me he would never live in a place like clay county, we are poorer and less free, until recently we lived in a kind of feudal system.
The family's at the top doling out the wealth and good jobs in the county to family and people who acted as there lap dogs.
The thing is, That clay county, if you Ignore the people could be one of the most beautiful places i have ever been. And if you know the county you can easily stay away from danger. But if you do your almost living apart from the rest of the people.
And just list Jamal's family most people are just to pore to move away.
The only real jobs in the county are state jobs. In particular working at the state pen.
And soon they will be building a Recycling plant that will give jobs to about 300 people.
But again most of the jobs will go to people from the county's around Clay, and people who are in the "Loop" and it comes to my attention that the county's entire economy is built on handling other people's refuse. Human or otherwise.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/census-worker-killed-by-a_n_299725.html
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The link above shows what i mean by, corruption and human waist.
Working at disney part 3. Transportation.
OK so i covered living at Disney and the basic idle of working there.
Now is one of the jewels of the Disney Program.
Transportation.
OK so let me set it up for you.
When you do the program you have three choices for getting to work. (four if you like $30 cab rides)
#1. Have a car. This can be very handy and will really cut down on your commute depending on were you work. But of coarse it cost money, and the guards can... and DO check the car when you come in and out.
#2. Have a friend who has a car. This is slightly less handy because they might or might not have work when you do. But you can make A KILLING as a cheaper then normal cab service on your day off.
#3. Take the bus. Now there are about 1600 CP's at any given time. More if a short group is in. (Large influxes of college program people doing the program for 2-4 mouths in the summer) And remember that means twice a year, because we get allot of Brazilian Summer program people in the fall.
And seance most people work 5 days a week that means on any day there are about 1143 (Rounded up) People going to and from work. And that's not counting the people just going to the park for the day as guests.
That's OVER 9000!!! (More like 3000) People a day being transported on the buses. Buses start leaving at 6:10.AM. (Zombie Bus One) And end at 4:10.AM. (Zombie bus Two)
And run about every 30 minutes.
The buses are name starting at A-Bus, and ending at the K-bus. (that's about 450 bus trips a day)
OK so stuff you should know about the buses.
#1. They are very punctual.
#2. They are very serious about there time chart. If you get there 1 second after they shut the door, you are S.O.L. my friend.
#3. A bus is meant to hold any were between 54 and 80 passengers. And it can hold ALLOT More. I have seen at least 120+ people on a bus before.
#4.Most of the drivers are ether.
A:Not native English speakers. And wile i am very good at understanding people and it is a requirement for them to speak English. Some of them DO NOT.
B:Are retired and working there to have a little extra money.
#5. Time.
Depending on were you work and were you live, your round trim can take between 30 minutes (EPCOT) And 1 Hour and 16 minutes. (Magic Kingdom)
Wile i have never been on a bus that broke down it does happen. And i have never been on a bus that had a accented, but it does happen. I have on the other hand been on a bus that ran over a wild boar. (There all over the place down there) And it did bust the tire. And i was late for work and they don't care why.
You best bet is that you have a really nice manager that will set your time chart back a hour so you don't half to be at work until a little latter.
All bus drivers fall into a couple groups of driving ability.
First you have the Import drivers who cant drive, cant speak understandable English and talk on there cell phones wile driving. (Illegal and against company policy)
Second you have the Import driver who can drive, Can talk Good English and at least use a blue tooth. (Legal but still against Company Policy)
Third you have the guy who is 60+ years old, who can kind of drive, constantly tells the "Kids" on the bus to quite down. (Something we don't have to do and are not going to do)
And then. Theirs Charles.
OK so Charles is the only bus driver i know by name because he is like the Michel Phelps of Bus Driving. Things i know about Charles from talking to / riding with him.
He is from Saint Paul Minnesota.
He is the youngest son of a family with like like.... 80 kids or something.
His family were dirt poor dirt farmers.
He is at least 65.
He can fit a 10 foot wide bus throw a 4 foot opening without damaging anything but the space time continuum.
The reason i know that Charles is at least 65 is that he flew Jets in the Vietnam war as part of Operation Rolling Thunder from day one. The operation started in 1965. And Charles had the job of attacking North Vietnamese Surface to Air Missile Sights. Witch is allot like bull fighting on the crowd is throwing rocks at you at the same time.
Now this is important to say because most people drive a tour bus like it was a boat or ship.
Charles on the other hand drove it like it was a Multi-Million Dollar Jet Fighter. He always drove the same route, the late Magic Kingdom bus.
A bus that never had less the a billion people on it, they gave Charles this job because they new that if Charles was about to have a crash he would simply Slam on the brakes pull up and let the other Vehicle fly under us before destroying it with a air to air missile.
Charles actually dressed up for the Halloween bus, wearing riding pants, a leather jacket, leather skull cap goggles and a big scarf.
Needless to say if you ride the bus and see a sweet little old man, with white hair, and glasses who's name tag that said Charles. Strap in and enjoy the ride, your in good hands.
Now is one of the jewels of the Disney Program.
Transportation.
OK so let me set it up for you.
When you do the program you have three choices for getting to work. (four if you like $30 cab rides)
#1. Have a car. This can be very handy and will really cut down on your commute depending on were you work. But of coarse it cost money, and the guards can... and DO check the car when you come in and out.
#2. Have a friend who has a car. This is slightly less handy because they might or might not have work when you do. But you can make A KILLING as a cheaper then normal cab service on your day off.
#3. Take the bus. Now there are about 1600 CP's at any given time. More if a short group is in. (Large influxes of college program people doing the program for 2-4 mouths in the summer) And remember that means twice a year, because we get allot of Brazilian Summer program people in the fall.
And seance most people work 5 days a week that means on any day there are about 1143 (Rounded up) People going to and from work. And that's not counting the people just going to the park for the day as guests.
That's OVER 9000!!! (More like 3000) People a day being transported on the buses. Buses start leaving at 6:10.AM. (Zombie Bus One) And end at 4:10.AM. (Zombie bus Two)
And run about every 30 minutes.
The buses are name starting at A-Bus, and ending at the K-bus. (that's about 450 bus trips a day)
OK so stuff you should know about the buses.
#1. They are very punctual.
#2. They are very serious about there time chart. If you get there 1 second after they shut the door, you are S.O.L. my friend.
#3. A bus is meant to hold any were between 54 and 80 passengers. And it can hold ALLOT More. I have seen at least 120+ people on a bus before.
#4.Most of the drivers are ether.
A:Not native English speakers. And wile i am very good at understanding people and it is a requirement for them to speak English. Some of them DO NOT.
B:Are retired and working there to have a little extra money.
#5. Time.
Depending on were you work and were you live, your round trim can take between 30 minutes (EPCOT) And 1 Hour and 16 minutes. (Magic Kingdom)
Wile i have never been on a bus that broke down it does happen. And i have never been on a bus that had a accented, but it does happen. I have on the other hand been on a bus that ran over a wild boar. (There all over the place down there) And it did bust the tire. And i was late for work and they don't care why.
You best bet is that you have a really nice manager that will set your time chart back a hour so you don't half to be at work until a little latter.
All bus drivers fall into a couple groups of driving ability.
First you have the Import drivers who cant drive, cant speak understandable English and talk on there cell phones wile driving. (Illegal and against company policy)
Second you have the Import driver who can drive, Can talk Good English and at least use a blue tooth. (Legal but still against Company Policy)
Third you have the guy who is 60+ years old, who can kind of drive, constantly tells the "Kids" on the bus to quite down. (Something we don't have to do and are not going to do)
And then. Theirs Charles.
OK so Charles is the only bus driver i know by name because he is like the Michel Phelps of Bus Driving. Things i know about Charles from talking to / riding with him.
He is from Saint Paul Minnesota.
He is the youngest son of a family with like like.... 80 kids or something.
His family were dirt poor dirt farmers.
He is at least 65.
He can fit a 10 foot wide bus throw a 4 foot opening without damaging anything but the space time continuum.
The reason i know that Charles is at least 65 is that he flew Jets in the Vietnam war as part of Operation Rolling Thunder from day one. The operation started in 1965. And Charles had the job of attacking North Vietnamese Surface to Air Missile Sights. Witch is allot like bull fighting on the crowd is throwing rocks at you at the same time.
Now this is important to say because most people drive a tour bus like it was a boat or ship.
Charles on the other hand drove it like it was a Multi-Million Dollar Jet Fighter. He always drove the same route, the late Magic Kingdom bus.
A bus that never had less the a billion people on it, they gave Charles this job because they new that if Charles was about to have a crash he would simply Slam on the brakes pull up and let the other Vehicle fly under us before destroying it with a air to air missile.
Charles actually dressed up for the Halloween bus, wearing riding pants, a leather jacket, leather skull cap goggles and a big scarf.
Needless to say if you ride the bus and see a sweet little old man, with white hair, and glasses who's name tag that said Charles. Strap in and enjoy the ride, your in good hands.
So everything that happens, happens for a reason.
OK so i was reading about the Somali Pirates and again was angered by one single fact.
EVERY THING that happens in the world is some one's fault.
And most the time if it happens to a country its there fault.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the U.S.A. It's one of only... four or so nations i would ever want to live in, but the US like most other nations has a good deal of nationalism going on. "Greatest Nation on earth" Being my point.
I might go with One of the Greatest nations on earth.
Also political spin does allot, commercials saying how bad Canadian and British health care for instance. (Dispite the fact that people from both places live longer healthier lives then Americans)
My point being this.
The Somali Pirate thing didn't just start for no reason.
It started as Somali Fishermen attacking Fishing boats from other country's for illegal fishing in Somali waters. This is not a joke, people from other nations were coming into there waters and steeling there lively hood. Like Mexican in the US.... only you know. There Actually Steeling people's lively hood.
Most every problem the US has ever had, was caused at least in part by the US its self.
The American Revolution started as a bunch of rich people wanting to overthrow a bunch of rich people, and they did it by talking the poor people into fighting for them. Now that being said, they did have some valid points, and they did end up doing something really great with it.
World war II. We basically backed the Japanese into a corner that forced them to pick between doing what we told them to do. (Because we wanted to run the Pacific) Or going to war with us. So of COARSE they sneak attacked us. We were the larger power a head on war would have been pointless.
Now again, that doesn't mean we shouldn't have fought back, or that the Japanese weren't going FUCKING nuts in China and killing people. Just that we DID have something to do with it.
Point being, is this.
If you are my generation, or later, FUCKING THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING! it will have Impact on your life and the lives of your children.
And if your from the baby boomer generation. FUCKING SHAME ON YOU! YOU GREEDY SELFISH PRICKS!
EVERY THING that happens in the world is some one's fault.
And most the time if it happens to a country its there fault.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the U.S.A. It's one of only... four or so nations i would ever want to live in, but the US like most other nations has a good deal of nationalism going on. "Greatest Nation on earth" Being my point.
I might go with One of the Greatest nations on earth.
Also political spin does allot, commercials saying how bad Canadian and British health care for instance. (Dispite the fact that people from both places live longer healthier lives then Americans)
My point being this.
The Somali Pirate thing didn't just start for no reason.
It started as Somali Fishermen attacking Fishing boats from other country's for illegal fishing in Somali waters. This is not a joke, people from other nations were coming into there waters and steeling there lively hood. Like Mexican in the US.... only you know. There Actually Steeling people's lively hood.
Most every problem the US has ever had, was caused at least in part by the US its self.
The American Revolution started as a bunch of rich people wanting to overthrow a bunch of rich people, and they did it by talking the poor people into fighting for them. Now that being said, they did have some valid points, and they did end up doing something really great with it.
World war II. We basically backed the Japanese into a corner that forced them to pick between doing what we told them to do. (Because we wanted to run the Pacific) Or going to war with us. So of COARSE they sneak attacked us. We were the larger power a head on war would have been pointless.
Now again, that doesn't mean we shouldn't have fought back, or that the Japanese weren't going FUCKING nuts in China and killing people. Just that we DID have something to do with it.
Point being, is this.
If you are my generation, or later, FUCKING THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING! it will have Impact on your life and the lives of your children.
And if your from the baby boomer generation. FUCKING SHAME ON YOU! YOU GREEDY SELFISH PRICKS!
"God button?" Get the hell out!
OK so I'm sure most people have herd about the "God Botton" Firing.
OK so if you have not.
This is how it goes. A guy in Florida was fired for wearing a button that had a US Flag on it and read "...one nation, under God... Indivisible" OK so before every one freaks out and go's "OH NO IT'S CENSORSHIP!" Not really, home depot, like basically every major and many minor company's around the WORLD, have a damn dress code!
That's the way the world works people, if Home Depot tells you. "You can't were button's on your uniform that we don't provide" That's it, end of story, the law suit this guy is filing, he will end up paying for. (Florida is a loser pays state)
How do i know this. Because people have level law suits like this before and have ALWAYS lost.
If the company police said, you can wear any button you want as long as it doesn't say god on it. Then the man might have a case, but it didn't it just said no buttons of your own.
And not only that, its freaking hypocritical.
People complain that people are infringing on there rights, but then they try to tell a company how to run its self.
The law stats that you cant discriminate against some one on the basis of sex, race, age, or religious views. So if home depot said, NO CHRISTIANS! Or NO BLACKS! then the guy would have a case. (He wasn't black it was just a example)
Going back to my time at Disney.
They have a dress code called "Disney Look" And its VERY strict.
They have been sued over it many times, and never lost. Why?
Because its consistant.
For Instance, with respect to hair.
For males. It stats that.
"Your hair but be cut above the ears, not spiked, above the collar and not obstruct the view of the eyes" Also you can't were hats that the company don't give you.
The best case i have seen some one level at Disney is a Sikh man. If you don't know, Sikh's are from India and as part of there religion can't cut there hair, or beard, but must keep both very neat and clean. (These are the people from India that were turbans)
So the guy couldn't work for Disney because. #1. His hair was to long. #2. He had to were a hat that wasn't Disney issue and #3 he had a beard. (Also against Disney Code)
But he lost the suit because it was based off a hair rules. It didn't say No Sikh's. And just as the Sikh man had the choice and right to say. "I'm not going to shave, cut my hair, or take off my hat" Disney had the right to say. "We are sorry, but you do not portray the clean cut timeless 1950... ish looks.
The Rules are fair. For Instant, "Cornrows" are not against Disney Look, as long as they follow ALL the other rules. (And look much better that way)
OK so I'm done dropping knowledge, Wisdom, Spite and Frustration on you.
OK so if you have not.
This is how it goes. A guy in Florida was fired for wearing a button that had a US Flag on it and read "...one nation, under God... Indivisible" OK so before every one freaks out and go's "OH NO IT'S CENSORSHIP!" Not really, home depot, like basically every major and many minor company's around the WORLD, have a damn dress code!
That's the way the world works people, if Home Depot tells you. "You can't were button's on your uniform that we don't provide" That's it, end of story, the law suit this guy is filing, he will end up paying for. (Florida is a loser pays state)
How do i know this. Because people have level law suits like this before and have ALWAYS lost.
If the company police said, you can wear any button you want as long as it doesn't say god on it. Then the man might have a case, but it didn't it just said no buttons of your own.
And not only that, its freaking hypocritical.
People complain that people are infringing on there rights, but then they try to tell a company how to run its self.
The law stats that you cant discriminate against some one on the basis of sex, race, age, or religious views. So if home depot said, NO CHRISTIANS! Or NO BLACKS! then the guy would have a case. (He wasn't black it was just a example)
Going back to my time at Disney.
They have a dress code called "Disney Look" And its VERY strict.
They have been sued over it many times, and never lost. Why?
Because its consistant.
For Instance, with respect to hair.
For males. It stats that.
"Your hair but be cut above the ears, not spiked, above the collar and not obstruct the view of the eyes" Also you can't were hats that the company don't give you.
The best case i have seen some one level at Disney is a Sikh man. If you don't know, Sikh's are from India and as part of there religion can't cut there hair, or beard, but must keep both very neat and clean. (These are the people from India that were turbans)
So the guy couldn't work for Disney because. #1. His hair was to long. #2. He had to were a hat that wasn't Disney issue and #3 he had a beard. (Also against Disney Code)
But he lost the suit because it was based off a hair rules. It didn't say No Sikh's. And just as the Sikh man had the choice and right to say. "I'm not going to shave, cut my hair, or take off my hat" Disney had the right to say. "We are sorry, but you do not portray the clean cut timeless 1950... ish looks.
The Rules are fair. For Instant, "Cornrows" are not against Disney Look, as long as they follow ALL the other rules. (And look much better that way)
OK so I'm done dropping knowledge, Wisdom, Spite and Frustration on you.
Disney college program. (Or the most magical chain gang on earth! part 2)
OK so i went over the whole getting to Disney Thing.
Now I'm going to start explaining the whole thing to you.
And I'm going to start with housing.
OK so when you get to the program, every one is on one of three programs.
#1. The Disney College Program.
This is for college student's from the U.S.A. And about 70% of the people CP's. (College Programmer's) working are on this program.
#2. Career start Program.
This is for High School Student's who just graduated.
I think this is a great idle, most every one should take a year off after high school before going to college, after all you have been in school seance you were five people. About.... 1-2% of the people doing to program are in this boat, and even if they are Career Start program partisipent's they are still called CP's.
#3. International Program Students.
Again still called CP's. These are student's from other country's who are there to work.
Again about 28%-30% of the student's are ICP's. But they are still called CP's.
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So there are 4 apartments that house CP's. (Three the first time i did the program)
The first and most infamous is Vista Way Apartments. A.K.A. Vista Lay. It made the Top 10 list for penthouses best places to get lucky. (I'm not joking)
Basically think of a dorm with 1600+ people from all around the country / world, were some of them are aloude to drink! It's like a 27/7/364 Frat Party. (Also don't use the hot tub near the bus stop... Just trust me on this one)
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There is also Chattum square and... some other place that are basically much calmer versions of Vista. And then Finally the Commons, The commons houses nothing but International CP's.
I lived in Chattum and Vista wile there. And honestly its a mixed bag, you meet less people and do less stuff at Vista, but then again you get less sleep as Vista as well.
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The first time that i did the program i had nothing but good things to say about my experience. (That is wile talking about housing) First appartment i had went through allot of room mates because of the rotation. I roomed with a French Guy (Who was really nice) A German Guy (Who reinforced my dislike of Germany) And a guy from Wales. (Who got kicked out of the program with hitting another cast member)
But after a while the house was below 51% Occupancy so i was re-located to another apartment, In this apartment it was a gathering of American's i found this far less interesting, not because they were Americans but because they were drunk frat boy Americans. Nice guys just not that Intellectually compelling.
Finally i was moved again, this time i picked were i wanted to go, I moved in with some coworkers who i had become good friends with and this worked great. (Mainly because we all kept the same hours)
The program housing is interesting because it lets you meet people that you normally wouldn't, some times this can be a bad thing, but most the time every one gets along. I mean why not? Your all away from home, some of you for the first time. And you all are trapped (Or at least it feels that way) In this surreal world.
The Disney Program make you feel like you live on this Island Apart from the reast of the Non-Disney World. But not in a lonely way, because what ever your going throw, there are other people Right there going throw it as well.
And i guess the best part is you find out that even if every one in the apartment is from diffrent places, backgrounds and cultures. You can still all get along, and if it taught me anything its that all the problems in the world today that people say are because of Religion, Race, Ethnic Hatred and bad blood between people. And really because of stubbornness and ingrained knowledge that we get from the people before us.
In short, if some one has told you that another group of people are bad or your enemy. You have been lied to. (I have reasoning for not liking Germany, ill get into that latter) But i never really Disliked a Germany Because of that, I disliked or liked them based on other things. (Like being a Douche Nozzle)
Good job people before us, its ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!
(OK enough story time for today kids, Ill be talking about Transportation next, so stay tuned)
Now I'm going to start explaining the whole thing to you.
And I'm going to start with housing.
OK so when you get to the program, every one is on one of three programs.
#1. The Disney College Program.
This is for college student's from the U.S.A. And about 70% of the people CP's. (College Programmer's) working are on this program.
#2. Career start Program.
This is for High School Student's who just graduated.
I think this is a great idle, most every one should take a year off after high school before going to college, after all you have been in school seance you were five people. About.... 1-2% of the people doing to program are in this boat, and even if they are Career Start program partisipent's they are still called CP's.
#3. International Program Students.
Again still called CP's. These are student's from other country's who are there to work.
Again about 28%-30% of the student's are ICP's. But they are still called CP's.
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So there are 4 apartments that house CP's. (Three the first time i did the program)
The first and most infamous is Vista Way Apartments. A.K.A. Vista Lay. It made the Top 10 list for penthouses best places to get lucky. (I'm not joking)
Basically think of a dorm with 1600+ people from all around the country / world, were some of them are aloude to drink! It's like a 27/7/364 Frat Party. (Also don't use the hot tub near the bus stop... Just trust me on this one)
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There is also Chattum square and... some other place that are basically much calmer versions of Vista. And then Finally the Commons, The commons houses nothing but International CP's.
I lived in Chattum and Vista wile there. And honestly its a mixed bag, you meet less people and do less stuff at Vista, but then again you get less sleep as Vista as well.
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The first time that i did the program i had nothing but good things to say about my experience. (That is wile talking about housing) First appartment i had went through allot of room mates because of the rotation. I roomed with a French Guy (Who was really nice) A German Guy (Who reinforced my dislike of Germany) And a guy from Wales. (Who got kicked out of the program with hitting another cast member)
But after a while the house was below 51% Occupancy so i was re-located to another apartment, In this apartment it was a gathering of American's i found this far less interesting, not because they were Americans but because they were drunk frat boy Americans. Nice guys just not that Intellectually compelling.
Finally i was moved again, this time i picked were i wanted to go, I moved in with some coworkers who i had become good friends with and this worked great. (Mainly because we all kept the same hours)
The program housing is interesting because it lets you meet people that you normally wouldn't, some times this can be a bad thing, but most the time every one gets along. I mean why not? Your all away from home, some of you for the first time. And you all are trapped (Or at least it feels that way) In this surreal world.
The Disney Program make you feel like you live on this Island Apart from the reast of the Non-Disney World. But not in a lonely way, because what ever your going throw, there are other people Right there going throw it as well.
And i guess the best part is you find out that even if every one in the apartment is from diffrent places, backgrounds and cultures. You can still all get along, and if it taught me anything its that all the problems in the world today that people say are because of Religion, Race, Ethnic Hatred and bad blood between people. And really because of stubbornness and ingrained knowledge that we get from the people before us.
In short, if some one has told you that another group of people are bad or your enemy. You have been lied to. (I have reasoning for not liking Germany, ill get into that latter) But i never really Disliked a Germany Because of that, I disliked or liked them based on other things. (Like being a Douche Nozzle)
Good job people before us, its ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!
(OK enough story time for today kids, Ill be talking about Transportation next, so stay tuned)
Disney college program. (Or the most magical chain gang on earth! part 1.)
OK so let me set the scene for you, Its 2006 I'm a 23 year old college student who has lost basically all motivation to do... pretty much anything. So I am walking to class when i see the poster on campus, 'DISNEY COLLEGE PROGRAM!'
ok so i have nothing to do after class so I decided that it couldn't hurt to go to this thing and see what there angle was. So after a 45 minutes presentation i was sold, I did the paper work and thought nothing of it for another 2 weeks, when to my suprise i got phone interview, and then a offer from disney to work in the program. The offer was to work as a "Custodial Cast member" That's Disney speak for Janitor. (Or so people not working Custodial will tell you)
OK so normally i do my homework. (That is that i study stuff before i undertake anything) In reality i normally over plan stuff. Or at least over think stuff, but that William had been overpowered by apathy. So on April 15th I arrived in Lake Buena Vista Florida.
OK so now i need to explain the entire Disney college program thing.
Here is the jest, you come to Florida, stay in a apartment complex much like the gated community that are all over Florida.
They pay you Minimum wage for Florida, and charge you a very reasonable amount of rent. (When you consider, it has free utility, cable, internet) And Transportation. (I will get to that latter)
OK so i get to Florida and jump throw all the hoops to check in, then i get places into my "household" now on a note i picked to live in a "wellness" apartment, this is a apartment were people can't have alcohol, I was 23, and I'm not that uptight, the thing is i had experience with drunk dorm mates from college.
Now the household are in reality 1 to 4 room apartments that hold 2 to 8 room mates. They are OK apartments, the heating / AC work (Most of the time) And they give you everything you will need to stay there for 4-12 months.
Then you go to work after a introduction to Disney called Traditions. I won't go into this, lets just say it's allot like the process that you go throw to join the Army, just with more pixie dust.
So i worked on Main Street USA, In Magic Kingdom, As a custodial. Now just for a good idle of what that means, that means on a AVERAGE day, i had to clean up after 30'000 people, 1-3 parades and fireworks.
And the thing is, I (and the VAST majority of the people i worked with) LOVED IT.
Because the thing is, 10% of your time is spent cleaning, and then 10% is spent looking for stuff to clean. And 80% of your time is spent talking or helping guests.
(Well that's long enough for right now, I will put part two of this out at some point)
ok so i have nothing to do after class so I decided that it couldn't hurt to go to this thing and see what there angle was. So after a 45 minutes presentation i was sold, I did the paper work and thought nothing of it for another 2 weeks, when to my suprise i got phone interview, and then a offer from disney to work in the program. The offer was to work as a "Custodial Cast member" That's Disney speak for Janitor. (Or so people not working Custodial will tell you)
OK so normally i do my homework. (That is that i study stuff before i undertake anything) In reality i normally over plan stuff. Or at least over think stuff, but that William had been overpowered by apathy. So on April 15th I arrived in Lake Buena Vista Florida.
OK so now i need to explain the entire Disney college program thing.
Here is the jest, you come to Florida, stay in a apartment complex much like the gated community that are all over Florida.
They pay you Minimum wage for Florida, and charge you a very reasonable amount of rent. (When you consider, it has free utility, cable, internet) And Transportation. (I will get to that latter)
OK so i get to Florida and jump throw all the hoops to check in, then i get places into my "household" now on a note i picked to live in a "wellness" apartment, this is a apartment were people can't have alcohol, I was 23, and I'm not that uptight, the thing is i had experience with drunk dorm mates from college.
Now the household are in reality 1 to 4 room apartments that hold 2 to 8 room mates. They are OK apartments, the heating / AC work (Most of the time) And they give you everything you will need to stay there for 4-12 months.
Then you go to work after a introduction to Disney called Traditions. I won't go into this, lets just say it's allot like the process that you go throw to join the Army, just with more pixie dust.
So i worked on Main Street USA, In Magic Kingdom, As a custodial. Now just for a good idle of what that means, that means on a AVERAGE day, i had to clean up after 30'000 people, 1-3 parades and fireworks.
And the thing is, I (and the VAST majority of the people i worked with) LOVED IT.
Because the thing is, 10% of your time is spent cleaning, and then 10% is spent looking for stuff to clean. And 80% of your time is spent talking or helping guests.
(Well that's long enough for right now, I will put part two of this out at some point)
Presedent Obama's Noble Peace Prize.
OK so its a little old in the new's now, but of course most people who watch the news no that the Nobel peace prize was given to our president (That's the US's not the worlds people) Barrack Obama. Now the Committee gave him this award for. "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" Now I as a angry Right wing of the left part of the middle of the road conservative liberal. Have to admit that sounds a little shaky.
And even Mr. Obama more then likely took the award with a "Ya right" Look on his face. But the prevailing aptitude over on the right side of the fence is that (As sported by Lonesome road Glen Beck) Is that the committee gave the "Black president" a award for being a black president.
See there are Several problems with this idle however. The first being that, there have been DOZENS of black world leaders, and DOZENS of non-white Nobel peace prize winners. And the fact of the matter is that the right are basically the only group of people who give a crap that Obama is "Black"
Second problem i have with this statement is that Obama is half African American. (Also a title i don't like) But since he isen't 100% Lilly white, he's like a AKC registered dogs half Rottweiler half beagle puppy. Just not up to the high standards of Neo-rightards. Because anything less then 100% white is tainted according to them.
And finally, if the right wanted to make a big deal out of this they would point this out. "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" He got the award for being a Liberal! OMG the Nobel peace prize committee gives prizes for not being a rightard.
And in fact that's the problem with the whole situation, Obama got a Nobel peace prize for NOT BEING GEORGE "SKYWALKER" BUSH! And if you think I'm kidding I'm not. He got the prize for admitting the are country's out there other then the United States.
And why the hell not, I mean the Right are the group that hated France for not going to war with us. A little hypocritical telling people they are free to do what they want, but if you disagree with us on a Major Issue that could cost Billions and get your people killed, then we hate you and we are no longer friends.
So when a man comes along after eight long years of his tall in the saddle political attitude OF COURSE people are going to give them man a prize.
And even Mr. Obama more then likely took the award with a "Ya right" Look on his face. But the prevailing aptitude over on the right side of the fence is that (As sported by Lonesome road Glen Beck) Is that the committee gave the "Black president" a award for being a black president.
See there are Several problems with this idle however. The first being that, there have been DOZENS of black world leaders, and DOZENS of non-white Nobel peace prize winners. And the fact of the matter is that the right are basically the only group of people who give a crap that Obama is "Black"
Second problem i have with this statement is that Obama is half African American. (Also a title i don't like) But since he isen't 100% Lilly white, he's like a AKC registered dogs half Rottweiler half beagle puppy. Just not up to the high standards of Neo-rightards. Because anything less then 100% white is tainted according to them.
And finally, if the right wanted to make a big deal out of this they would point this out. "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" He got the award for being a Liberal! OMG the Nobel peace prize committee gives prizes for not being a rightard.
And in fact that's the problem with the whole situation, Obama got a Nobel peace prize for NOT BEING GEORGE "SKYWALKER" BUSH! And if you think I'm kidding I'm not. He got the prize for admitting the are country's out there other then the United States.
And why the hell not, I mean the Right are the group that hated France for not going to war with us. A little hypocritical telling people they are free to do what they want, but if you disagree with us on a Major Issue that could cost Billions and get your people killed, then we hate you and we are no longer friends.
So when a man comes along after eight long years of his tall in the saddle political attitude OF COURSE people are going to give them man a prize.
you might be able to spell, but your still a moron.
OK again a little context.
I as you might have gathered can't spell for crap. For one i am Dyslexic, And secondly I was LIED to in school when i was a child.
You see as part of the No Moron's opinion left behind program. I was told that I could spell the English Language Phonetically. Pho,no,net,ick,ly... ... ... (Looks it up on Google) phonetically.
And there in lies my point. Phonetically isn't spelled Phonetically. Its spell Funetickly.
But that isn't the English languages fault. It's the fault of the moron's who made the English Language.
I mean I'm not the worse speller I have ever seen, in fact I don't normally misspell words, I spell the wrong words. Homophones are my bane. (That's not a metro guy's Nokia) Those are words that sound just alike but are spell and mean different things. (Two, Too and To)
The reason that these words are like this is because of one fact. The people who came up with the English language think the reader is stupid. And I mean that in the most serious manner, the people who came up with English, Made it because they wanted a simple language that there Stupid Plebeians in Great Brighten could speak. Before that they all spoke Gaelic, Latin or French.
Example.
It's nice to meet you.
Vs.
It's nice to meat you.
Now the makers of the English language just assume that if you use the latter of the two sentences, that the ignorant masses would think... Why is this guy I don't know trying to make me into a pork chop.
Meat is the food right not meet? I forget some times.
Any ways the point of this is that just because I can't spell that well, It dose not mean that I, or any one else that can't spell is less intelligent then you. For instance, the VAST majority of people I have talked to in college cant find Crap on a map. (I'm a geography Major) One out of five American's can't find America on a map! And one out of the four that can can't find Canada or Mexico on a map.
It's all about applied knowledge.
I think English rules are Stupid, so I don't pay them much attention, Most people Are Ignorant Self Absorbed Morons, and don't think they need to know were other country's are. (Because "America IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!") Like they have been too or know about any were else.
We are both in fact right.
Your not stupid because you don't know were Bangladesh is, and I'm not stupid because I can't spell.
BUT YOU WERE NEVER LIED TO IN SCHOOL ABOUT HOW TO FIND STUFF! I WAS LIED TO IN SCHOOL ABOUT HOW TO SPELL.
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In all seriousness. It's very easy to talk to some one and tell if they are a Moron or not, it's not so easy to read what they are writing. And in all fairness, My spelling is in fact, Improving over time.
I as you might have gathered can't spell for crap. For one i am Dyslexic, And secondly I was LIED to in school when i was a child.
You see as part of the No Moron's opinion left behind program. I was told that I could spell the English Language Phonetically. Pho,no,net,ick,ly... ... ... (Looks it up on Google) phonetically.
And there in lies my point. Phonetically isn't spelled Phonetically. Its spell Funetickly.
But that isn't the English languages fault. It's the fault of the moron's who made the English Language.
I mean I'm not the worse speller I have ever seen, in fact I don't normally misspell words, I spell the wrong words. Homophones are my bane. (That's not a metro guy's Nokia) Those are words that sound just alike but are spell and mean different things. (Two, Too and To)
The reason that these words are like this is because of one fact. The people who came up with the English language think the reader is stupid. And I mean that in the most serious manner, the people who came up with English, Made it because they wanted a simple language that there Stupid Plebeians in Great Brighten could speak. Before that they all spoke Gaelic, Latin or French.
Example.
It's nice to meet you.
Vs.
It's nice to meat you.
Now the makers of the English language just assume that if you use the latter of the two sentences, that the ignorant masses would think... Why is this guy I don't know trying to make me into a pork chop.
Meat is the food right not meet? I forget some times.
Any ways the point of this is that just because I can't spell that well, It dose not mean that I, or any one else that can't spell is less intelligent then you. For instance, the VAST majority of people I have talked to in college cant find Crap on a map. (I'm a geography Major) One out of five American's can't find America on a map! And one out of the four that can can't find Canada or Mexico on a map.
It's all about applied knowledge.
I think English rules are Stupid, so I don't pay them much attention, Most people Are Ignorant Self Absorbed Morons, and don't think they need to know were other country's are. (Because "America IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!") Like they have been too or know about any were else.
We are both in fact right.
Your not stupid because you don't know were Bangladesh is, and I'm not stupid because I can't spell.
BUT YOU WERE NEVER LIED TO IN SCHOOL ABOUT HOW TO FIND STUFF! I WAS LIED TO IN SCHOOL ABOUT HOW TO SPELL.
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In all seriousness. It's very easy to talk to some one and tell if they are a Moron or not, it's not so easy to read what they are writing. And in all fairness, My spelling is in fact, Improving over time.
The Generally crappy state of my life.
OK so lets lay a little ground work.
I think you all need to know why i am a cranky little man.
First i would like to say its not all that bad, it could always be worse. "It could be worse, you could be on fire":Grahm Locke.
I have a few good family members. Mixed in with the criminals and the low life's.
I have a few good friends, And i mean really good friends. Despite there failings.
OK so to understand my plight a short history is in order.
#1. I started college at 17, and managed to fail every class with the exception of orientation.
#2. After returning to college two years latter i did alright.
#3. In 2006, I ran away to work at the circus. (The Disney college program) And this still stands as one of the greatest things i have ever done.
#4. I came back and......... Well i don't remember much from this period in time. I think I might have blacked out.
#5. In 2008 I returned to the mouse and did the College program again, but this time i had a plan.
#6. In 2009 I got shingles the week before I was suppose to join the army.
#7. In 2010 I got a waiver for the shingles and joined the army... And got shingles again wile at basic... And that was the end of my army experience... This is one of the great disappointments of my life. But I Enjoyed it wile I was there, I did my best and I made some good friends.
#8. In 2012 In went over seas to Japan to teach english for a year. Enjoyed it very much and now am back home. (Hope to do it again if nothing else comes up)
#9. Worked at a call center helping people sing up to the Affordable care act. Which was supprisingly rewarding... Until I got laid off.
So now.
I have constant pain for the Shingles. (Post herpetic Neuralgia) And RamseHunt Syndrome.
In pain, and were a eye patch, (Which is pretty bad ass)
Unemployed.
Can't pay for college.
Owe about 40k in school loans.
And at this point shit started to go south.
OK so i get home, go throw M.E.P.S. (That's the proccess you go throw to join the army)
And the week before i ship to basic training, i get Shingles. (Herpes Zroster) Which is nasty shit.
And for people who don't know what Shingles are. Google it.
I have in on the face. And the doctor basically put it this way.
"It's like having a Second-degree burns over the right side of your face and eye... But it's going to last for much longer, maybe the rest of your life"
So any ways, that the general reason i am cranky. But don't get me wrong, I was cranky before that and will be cranky far after/if the shingles fade.
_
As a up side I should start CDL training latter this August.
I think you all need to know why i am a cranky little man.
First i would like to say its not all that bad, it could always be worse. "It could be worse, you could be on fire":Grahm Locke.
I have a few good family members. Mixed in with the criminals and the low life's.
I have a few good friends, And i mean really good friends. Despite there failings.
OK so to understand my plight a short history is in order.
#1. I started college at 17, and managed to fail every class with the exception of orientation.
#2. After returning to college two years latter i did alright.
#3. In 2006, I ran away to work at the circus. (The Disney college program) And this still stands as one of the greatest things i have ever done.
#4. I came back and......... Well i don't remember much from this period in time. I think I might have blacked out.
#5. In 2008 I returned to the mouse and did the College program again, but this time i had a plan.
#6. In 2009 I got shingles the week before I was suppose to join the army.
#7. In 2010 I got a waiver for the shingles and joined the army... And got shingles again wile at basic... And that was the end of my army experience... This is one of the great disappointments of my life. But I Enjoyed it wile I was there, I did my best and I made some good friends.
#8. In 2012 In went over seas to Japan to teach english for a year. Enjoyed it very much and now am back home. (Hope to do it again if nothing else comes up)
#9. Worked at a call center helping people sing up to the Affordable care act. Which was supprisingly rewarding... Until I got laid off.
So now.
I have constant pain for the Shingles. (Post herpetic Neuralgia) And RamseHunt Syndrome.
In pain, and were a eye patch, (Which is pretty bad ass)
Unemployed.
Can't pay for college.
Owe about 40k in school loans.
And at this point shit started to go south.
OK so i get home, go throw M.E.P.S. (That's the proccess you go throw to join the army)
And the week before i ship to basic training, i get Shingles. (Herpes Zroster) Which is nasty shit.
And for people who don't know what Shingles are. Google it.
I have in on the face. And the doctor basically put it this way.
"It's like having a Second-degree burns over the right side of your face and eye... But it's going to last for much longer, maybe the rest of your life"
So any ways, that the general reason i am cranky. But don't get me wrong, I was cranky before that and will be cranky far after/if the shingles fade.
_
As a up side I should start CDL training latter this August.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Greetings from Captain Eyepatch.
OK so let me introduce myself, I as my name suggests am a eyepatch wearing captain.. OK so I'm not really a captain, And the eye patch is only worm on occasions.
But that being said, most of the people i know would say that wile a cranky little guy, i am at least knowledgeable about stuff and... things.
I Keep up with news, and give just enough of a crap to know some of what's going on, and don't give so much of a crap that i am Really Far left, or really far right.
So i will be giving you my take on news, life, love and... everything.
O ya, and there will be ranting.
But that being said, most of the people i know would say that wile a cranky little guy, i am at least knowledgeable about stuff and... things.
I Keep up with news, and give just enough of a crap to know some of what's going on, and don't give so much of a crap that i am Really Far left, or really far right.
So i will be giving you my take on news, life, love and... everything.
O ya, and there will be ranting.
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