I can PROVE that the argument, "If one can die for one's county when one is 18, one should be able to drink at 18" is TOTAL HOGWASH.
HERE'S WHY.
The words, "CAN DIE" is not the same as "DIED" for one's country.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between when:
(1) a man turn 18
and when
(2) a man turns 18 AND actually, enlists, goes through basic training and actually serves in a WAR zone (or in HARMS way).
This "18 and go to war and drink" argument is saying that TALKING and DOING are the same thing, of which is totally false.
Talking about going to war, and actually, "serving in a war" are totally different.
Even,
(1) "requiring someone to do something" (e.g. registering of selective service)
and
(2) "to have that someone to actually do something" (e.g. put one's life on the line) is a world of difference.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The New Orleans Mission is like the old Welfare System
The New Orleans Mission on Barrone Street in New Orleans is crushing the sales tax revenue of New Orleans.
Basically the New Orleans Mission is like the Old Welfare System with essentially no strings attached.
This New Orleans Mission is supposedly Christian based, but even Jesus punished the Pharisees in the Temple. The New Orleans Mission is clueless when it comes to the Bible on how to handle the homeless.
In regards to forgiveness, Jesus said something like 7 times 77, or something like that.
Which means a LOT of forgiveness!
However, Seven times Seventy-Seven does NOT mean forgive forever. IF one forgives forever, that would really be condoning the sin, correct?
If the New Orleans Mission knew what they were doing, why is the city of New Orleans in far worse shape than when the New Orleans Mission started in 1989, more than 20 years ago?
The convenient location of New Orleans Mission is really FREE ROOM and BOARD EVEN if you PANHANDLE or DO DRUGS.
All the homeless have to do to get free room and board is make it in before a certain time and listen to their message.
However, these homeless are so drunk or on drugs they can't even hear or concentrate enough to know what anyone is saying in the first place.
The New Orleans Homeless Mission is also very similar to the Indian Reservation where there is free stuff but some of the highest social problems ever!!!
Basically the New Orleans Mission is like the Old Welfare System with essentially no strings attached.
This New Orleans Mission is supposedly Christian based, but even Jesus punished the Pharisees in the Temple. The New Orleans Mission is clueless when it comes to the Bible on how to handle the homeless.
In regards to forgiveness, Jesus said something like 7 times 77, or something like that.
Which means a LOT of forgiveness!
However, Seven times Seventy-Seven does NOT mean forgive forever. IF one forgives forever, that would really be condoning the sin, correct?
If the New Orleans Mission knew what they were doing, why is the city of New Orleans in far worse shape than when the New Orleans Mission started in 1989, more than 20 years ago?
The convenient location of New Orleans Mission is really FREE ROOM and BOARD EVEN if you PANHANDLE or DO DRUGS.
All the homeless have to do to get free room and board is make it in before a certain time and listen to their message.
However, these homeless are so drunk or on drugs they can't even hear or concentrate enough to know what anyone is saying in the first place.
The New Orleans Homeless Mission is also very similar to the Indian Reservation where there is free stuff but some of the highest social problems ever!!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
New Orleans is so cool because it's so laid back
If New Orleans is so cool, because it's residents are so laid back, how can the residents of New Orleans justify being paid like other cities?
Furthermore, who would use that type of description on their resume or college application?
Lastly, since life is so short, why *lay back* and watch life past you by?
Furthermore, who would use that type of description on their resume or college application?
Lastly, since life is so short, why *lay back* and watch life past you by?
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Do Casinos and the Lottery really help Louisiana, or for that matter Las Vegas?
Just recently, it was reported that Louisiana casinos win $203 million in May.
So this blogger, xman20002000, at nola.com, makes a comment in a rebuttal to a previous commenter on this topic,
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is LAST PLACE in almost every category just like Louisiana is. Education, average income, health...all last place. Mississippi is one of the poorest states next to Louisiana.
And did we mention CRIME yet? Look at Louisiana, highest in the nation and New Orleans top ten worst in the world.
After 10-20 or more years of gambling and the MILLIONS of DOLLARS of revenue, what do Louisiana and Mississippi have to show for it as a whole?
And let's take a look at Las Vegas. Why the same thing, CRIME, the highest in the nation. And what do real businesses do when they are surrounded by crime, they LEAVE. Hence, no tax revenue from those businesses that leave, of course.
So while you see Louisiana got 200 million in revenue from gambling, they LOST all the other businesses that used to be in Louisiana, in my opinion, at least 10 or 100 times the amount as in the past as Louisiana is essentially dead last in everything and New Orleans has zero Fortune 500 companies and Louisiana has less than a half dozen small Fortune 1000 companies.
And lets look at all the "capital" infrastructure improvements that all the gambling revenue brings in. Well, all those nice buildings, sidewalks, centers are all offset by a bigger police force, more policing hours.
Oh, let's not forget REHAB.
That's rehabilitation. And if you think buildings and highways cost a lot. What about the gambling addict who turns into an alcoholic and drug addict? Then what about this addict's children? They have be supported by the state with lots of social programs. You think a building or highway costs, wait till you see decades of social services for the children of gambling addicts and substance abuse parents that need to be cared for 24hours, 7days, 365 a year for like 1, 3, 5, 10 or more years.
But what about the JOBS in Las Vegas? Same things like you see in New Orleans. All low income jobs for the tourist and gambling industry. Maids and low paid service industry jobs just like New Orleans.
POKER and BLACK JACK DEALERS
Oh and what about the poker and black jack dealers?
Do you really think they all make as much as you hear? Ask youself, how many people go to a casinos that are not on the Strip? And if they do, how much to they really plan on losing?
If this gambling industry made as much as you hear about, WHY is Las Vegas housing industry virtually all under water, e.g. 80-90% underwater or foreclosure?
THE QUESTION
If the Black Jack and Poker dealers and casino jobs PAID so much in Las Vegas, why can't they make their housing and mortgage payments? It's not like the housing was as bad as say California?
GAMBLING...RECESSION PROOF?
And didn't someone say that gambling is one of those industries that is "recession proof" as in hard time, people spend their time in casinos to increase their chances of winning? If so, what proof do they have? If gambling was really "recession proof", shouldn't all these dealers be able to make their monthly housing or mortgage payment? Apparently, someone should call the gambling industries bluff as it's not this recession.
So this blogger, xman20002000, at nola.com, makes a comment in a rebuttal to a previous commenter on this topic,
Suckers... and I guess Las Vegas is a home to suckers... Oh, the Mississippi Gulf is a suckers coast... Be advised gaming is an industry providing a destination for tourist, vacationers, travelers and of course gamblers... So the question is why did Louisiana turn away the gaming industry with the land based casino legislation...OK, who really doesn't get it?
Perhaps the TP could do a report on the health of the industry in Mississippi... Look at the capital improvements and revenue to the state... How much money comes to he City under the arrangement...
Some of you don't get it..
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is LAST PLACE in almost every category just like Louisiana is. Education, average income, health...all last place. Mississippi is one of the poorest states next to Louisiana.
And did we mention CRIME yet? Look at Louisiana, highest in the nation and New Orleans top ten worst in the world.
After 10-20 or more years of gambling and the MILLIONS of DOLLARS of revenue, what do Louisiana and Mississippi have to show for it as a whole?
And let's take a look at Las Vegas. Why the same thing, CRIME, the highest in the nation. And what do real businesses do when they are surrounded by crime, they LEAVE. Hence, no tax revenue from those businesses that leave, of course.
So while you see Louisiana got 200 million in revenue from gambling, they LOST all the other businesses that used to be in Louisiana, in my opinion, at least 10 or 100 times the amount as in the past as Louisiana is essentially dead last in everything and New Orleans has zero Fortune 500 companies and Louisiana has less than a half dozen small Fortune 1000 companies.
And lets look at all the "capital" infrastructure improvements that all the gambling revenue brings in. Well, all those nice buildings, sidewalks, centers are all offset by a bigger police force, more policing hours.
Oh, let's not forget REHAB.
That's rehabilitation. And if you think buildings and highways cost a lot. What about the gambling addict who turns into an alcoholic and drug addict? Then what about this addict's children? They have be supported by the state with lots of social programs. You think a building or highway costs, wait till you see decades of social services for the children of gambling addicts and substance abuse parents that need to be cared for 24hours, 7days, 365 a year for like 1, 3, 5, 10 or more years.
But what about the JOBS in Las Vegas? Same things like you see in New Orleans. All low income jobs for the tourist and gambling industry. Maids and low paid service industry jobs just like New Orleans.
POKER and BLACK JACK DEALERS
Oh and what about the poker and black jack dealers?
Do you really think they all make as much as you hear? Ask youself, how many people go to a casinos that are not on the Strip? And if they do, how much to they really plan on losing?
If this gambling industry made as much as you hear about, WHY is Las Vegas housing industry virtually all under water, e.g. 80-90% underwater or foreclosure?
THE QUESTION
If the Black Jack and Poker dealers and casino jobs PAID so much in Las Vegas, why can't they make their housing and mortgage payments? It's not like the housing was as bad as say California?
GAMBLING...RECESSION PROOF?
And didn't someone say that gambling is one of those industries that is "recession proof" as in hard time, people spend their time in casinos to increase their chances of winning? If so, what proof do they have? If gambling was really "recession proof", shouldn't all these dealers be able to make their monthly housing or mortgage payment? Apparently, someone should call the gambling industries bluff as it's not this recession.
Do Obese People really have the same Health Care costs like Regular People?
Websites like http://www.bigfatfacts.com/ imply that fat people have the same health care costs as regular fit people. Well, here are some reasons to consider.
The reason why fat people can have the same health costs like regular fit people is because fat people set the A/C in office buildings to like 65F. Thus, everyone else is freezing in the office and eventually gets a runny nose that leads to a cough and then a cold.
Then, in the Winter, the FAT people set the heater to again 65F cause they have built in fat "insulation" And again, the regular fit people catch a cold again cause it too cold.
So both the summer and the winter the regular people are sick from the office being too cold. But the fat people are fine in regards to office temps, but have other problems like diabetes, heart, back and knee problems cause they weigh too much.
The reason why fat people can have the same health costs like regular fit people is because fat people set the A/C in office buildings to like 65F. Thus, everyone else is freezing in the office and eventually gets a runny nose that leads to a cough and then a cold.
Then, in the Winter, the FAT people set the heater to again 65F cause they have built in fat "insulation" And again, the regular fit people catch a cold again cause it too cold.
So both the summer and the winter the regular people are sick from the office being too cold. But the fat people are fine in regards to office temps, but have other problems like diabetes, heart, back and knee problems cause they weigh too much.
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