HILLARY Y LAS MUJERES HOY EN DIA.

Ojala Hillary Clinton llegue a la Casa Blanca.  Ojala.  Me pregunto si las cosas que le ocurren a las celebridades no altera la carrera de Clinton.  Parece como que todo lo que la mujer ha logrado hasta este momento en la historia se derrumba con los escandalos de Hollywood.  Tendra algo que ver?

Tags: HillaryClinton, BritneySpears.

Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense

Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense

 

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

 

Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and Maybe it was my fault.

 

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

 

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

 

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Tylenol, sun lotion or a Band-Aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

 

Common Sense lost the will to live as churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

 

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

 

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

 

He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim.

 

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

Tags: CommonSense

INCONVENIENT TRUTH

I finally saw An inconvenient truth. It's shivering!  Pollution, contamination, extermination of the rain forest, fertilizers, pesticides, gas, oil, children dying on the streets, a polar bear floating on a tiny piece of melting ice, even high prices f Starbucks have something  to do with the end of this planet.

Al_Gore is doing a great job.  He is talking to everybody about this problem where all of us are big contributors.  When the movie was over, I went to check the light switches, the recycle bin outside of the house, even the one in this computer, no leaking water anywhere, no heater on; well, I want to participate following all the instructions that Al Gore mention at the end of his movie.

It is amazing how far he has gone spreading his philosophy on saving the planet. He goes all over the planet.  Even some main portions of the movie were shot inside the airplane, the real locations.  He is doing a great job. No question about it.

However, his face denotes a little tension? a little anger?  or is it only my assumption?

 Brian Walsh wrote an article in Times Magazine where he talks about the amount of carbon dioxide that a person creates by flying. 

(Click here to read it:

 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1584796,00.html)

According with Walsh's numbers, 5,200Lbs. of carbon dioxide per passenger are emitted ina round trip flight between New York City and Tokyo.  There are approximately 15,700 miles in that flight. 

So it comes to 0.33Lb of Carbon Dioxide/mile/person.

I was thinking, Gov. Schwarzenegger uses his personal airplane to fly from Los Angeles to Sacramento almost every working day. Of course, he pays for that.  He doesn't take taxes money.

That is about 1100 miles a day times 5 working days = 5,500 miles times 0.33Lb/Carbon Dioxide = 363 Lbs/week.

363 Lbs/week times 52 working weeks = 18876 Lbs of Carbon Dioxide a year just Mr. Governor himself.

I think  he travels with more people, how many would they be?  10? 5? 15?

OK, therefore, 18,876 times 10 passengers= 188,760 Lbs of Carbon Dioxide a year.

In 9/11 they said there are around 30 000 airplanes in the sky in a regular day.  The control towers had to manage a great part of those airplanes.  If that is true and we consider 100 people per airplane, traveling 1000 as an average, that gives us 361 billion Lbs of Carbon Dioxide a year.

I wonder if the term SECOND HAND FLIER is the right term or should  I be called Second Class Flier?

I'm used to be minority, it's OK. 

 

Tags: Al Gore, Inconvenient truth, Second Hand Smoker, Airlines

el nuevo cine mexicano.

Que alegría ver all cine mexicano ganar el Golden Globe por Babel Official Site.

FELICIDADES!  Gracias a González Iñárritu, van a incluir la Ñ en las teclas mecanográficas. Eso ya es un triunfo.

La fórmula mágica ha llegado a su cumbre.  El entretejer varias historias para llegar a un final donde todo se amalgama y se conjuga ya funcionó, ya esta reconocida, premiada, admirada y sobretodo marcando historia en el arte del cine.

La fórmula empezó quizas con Almodovar, el resultado es magnifico, los ejemplos son muchos y todos dignos de verse y admirarse ) Conejo en la luna, Secuestro Express,  Matando Cabos (2004), Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003),   Hable con ella (2002), Carne trémula (1997).  Qué vendrá ahora?  Cuál será la nueva sorpresa?

Tags: GOLDEN GLOBES, BABEL, ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑARRITU

SOME MOVIES...

 Babel Official Site  : A beautiful tribute to ignorance.

Children of Men - Official Movie Site. Starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine; Directed by Alfonso Cuaron - :  is it about children or immigration?

 

..THE QUEEN..   Helen Mirren and Michael Sheen  may get an Oscar.  The movie redeems the Queen. 

 

Fox Searchlight - Notes on a Scandal  Love is a scandal anyway.  No matter who loves you or you love.  Judi and Kate will get more recognition for this movie.  Kate was supreme in this movie.  Better than Babel of course!

Tags: BABEL, CHILDREN OF MEN, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, THE QUEEN.

YOU, THE PERSON OF THE YEAR.

TIME.com: Person of the Year: You -- Dec. 25, 2006 -- Page 1

 

Does that mean, YOU the American people?  If the magazine reaches Congo or Darfur, or Irak, are they also the person of the year?

Tags: time magazin, person of the year

WHERE IS THE TECHNOLOGY??

Sparkey, my dog, got a microchip on his back a couple of months ago.  There's a high probability  to find him if he gets lost.   Keep that in mind, when you go camping or you want to do extreme sports, give yourself some common sense, get a RANGER RADIO, A GPS AND then get lost. Cell phones are good servers in THE CITIES, at urban level.

Climber who died identified; search goes on for others - CNN.com

Why is that in winter we hear from somebody lost in the icy mountains and in summer we hear from somebody bit by a shark.  That ruins the season!  Can we trade summer news for winter news?