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2011 was quite a year, to say the least. It was full of good and bad, as most years are. No one year is the same for everyone. A particular year can be prosperous for some, while being the worst of times for many, or filled with many blessings for some, while others experience catastrophe. That is just life, but by and large the issues of the day are good indicators as to where people stand in a society. What is important to the people by and large is very telling as to the condition of where they live. I think that one thing we can all agree on, is that 2011 was definitely a year of learning, as well as facing where we have come as a people, not just in the US, but in almost every country. My hope is that we learned what we needed to in 2011, so that we can make the changes needed for 2012 to be a better year.

On the nature side of things, 2011 provided quite a bit of disaster, from earthquakes and tsunami, devastating killer tornadoes, droughts and extreme heat waves, you name it, somebody got it. From these events we learned, once again, that life is so fragile and can be lost at any time, without warning. We also learned that we cannot out build nature. No matter how hard we try. We can continue to improve and we should, but because we are not perfect, nothing we build can ever be either. Poor Japan built well enough to withstand the earthquake, but could not foresee, prevent or out build the tsunami that followed as a result of the earthquake. Some of us also learned (as a result of that tsunami) that certain technologies (nuclear power) are not quite so safe as we are being told they are. Natural disaster can happen anywhere, at any time and if we have “clean energy” that can potentially destroy a planet (or at least a country or two), by something as simple as a major loss of power, to keep it at the right temperature, then maybe we need not use that so-called “clean energy” after all. I truly wish everyone would get that memo, especially the self-absorbed, egotistical politicians, who think they know it all. Don’t get me wrong, I realize that the nuclear power plants in Japan were damaged by the tsunami, but by and large the biggest threat was the power outage they could do nothing about, because they could not repower the plants to keep the reactors from overheating. I wonder if the public will ever be informed about the damage to life, human, plant and animal that happened as a result of that? It may take years before we truly can know, but some are at least talking about it. Take a look:

The Fallout From The Fukushima Disaster

According to that article, some folks have learned something from that, but sadly, most are full steam ahead with the Titanic mentality. Reports came out on December 26, 2011, that clearly showed, they had no idea how to deal with the disaster and had grossly underestimated the potential effects of tsunami on the power plant. In short, those of us that use our brains can clearly see that this is a technology that is dangerous, as no one truly knows how to deal with it in time of crisis. I think it is time we remember that when casting our votes and from what my research shows……….The countries that have pulled away from nuclear power have done so because the people put pressure on the politicians and demanded that they move away from nuclear power. Therefore, what we have learned from this whole thing is that our media and our politicians are not being honest on this subject and we need to put pressure on them to pull away from this so-called “clean energy”. It might also be a good idea to voice our opinions to the power companies themselves, most especially when they have plans to build nuclear plants.

As far as tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunami, drought, heatwaves, tropical cyclones, fires and all acts of nature that we have no control over………..The best we can do is stay informed, work on improving early warning systems, heed the warnings and leave when we are told to, build to the best of our abilities, without cutting corners and simply pray. When our neighbors experience the devastation of these disasters, we should always reach out in love and do our best to be a blessing to them in their time of need.

Now that the nature aspect of 2011 has been covered and before I go too far in another direction, I would like to make a few more points on the subject of “clean energy” and clueless, corrupt politicians. Solyndra comes to mind as a good place to do just that. Yes, the TRUTH about the massive amount of money blown on Solyndra (by the current administration and it’s cronies in Congress), a solar energy company that failed in 2011, has come to light. Solar energy has not yet been perfected. Obviously it is not yet a viable option, just pay attention to the life expectancy of your solar garden lights, or better yet, if you use them take note of how long they last and how they don’t work if you have cloudy days. This is a technology that has come a long way, but is not ready for prime time. It cannot be used as a sole source of energy for a home or business. It is just not there yet. Even a home or business that uses solar energy, at this point, cannot rely on solar energy alone. It is also a rich man’s technology, not affordable to the working class, as are most alternative or “clean energies” at this point. The politicians didn’t care though, they did not do their homework on the company or the technology, it just sounded good and they don’t mind gambling your money away. In fact they could care less about any of us. They are out for themselves. Now I realize that some politicians (stressing some) do care about the people, but not one on the progressive hard left does. They only care about their wealth and absolute power. They achieve their goals of power by catering to the laziest and most vile amongst us, facilitating them (with your money) for their votes, whilst they destroy small business and the working class. There are some on the right that I’m not too happy with either, but not because of the rhetoric of the hard left, just because I pay attention to the facts and what is going on in the world. What should we have learned from this? Please don’t vote for people based on them being smooth talkers that tell you what you want to hear. Don’t base your opinions on the opinions of their minions in the media and Hollywood………Research them on the issues they have been for and against. Let their actions speak louder than their words. 2012 will be an election year, so now more than ever we need to remember these things and do our homework and vote, based on our research and our values, regardless of what the media tells us, with their polls prior to elections, as well as their slant. One more thing about “clean energy”…….Those so-called energy-efficient or “green” light bulbs, well, now that more research has been done on them, they are finding that if you do not change one of those after it has burned out and leave the power on to it, it can over heat and explode and cause a house fire. Also they can emit gases and they are not sure if they are a health threat, but they are supposed to be recycled, not thrown in the trash, because they are filled with gases and can be harmful to the environment. Problem is…….They are still doing away with incandescent light bulbs and forcing you to buy these expensive, dim and potentially harmful light bulbs. Now might be a good time to stock up on the incandescent light bulbs. See what I mean about them not caring about the people?

Now that we are on that which is political, it is time to review the longs and shorts of the political issues of 2011. The politicians of 2011 did their fair share of screwing up. As I mentioned above there was Solyndra, but there was also another little issue called “Fast and Furious”, not a movie or video game by far, no, this was a real life major governmental screw up. Or was it??? Who knew What? When? Where and Why? Now this one was said to be a mission to catch the drug lords that are terrorizing the borders and both Mexico and the US, by supplying them with an arsenal of guns, allegedly to track and catch them, but the guns, once placed in the bad guys’ hands, were not tracked and one of our own border patrol officers was killed with one of those guns. At this point we do not know how many innocents could have been harmed by those guns. Many pundits are saying that this was a scheme to gain public support for taking away your rights to bear arms, but it was foiled. In my honest opinion this was an example of a lazy administration, that could care less about the people (maybe even has a little disdain towards the people, not sure) and before this is all said and done I have a feeling we will find out that Holder was not the only bad guy, it went all the way to the top (we shall see). My only hope is that more innocent lives are not destroyed and the whole TRUTH will be revealed.

Fast and Furious

There is so much more I could say about that which is political, in regards to 2011, as it has been quite a year for the politicians and their agendas. In closing on that subject, I think it is high time that the people, of not just the US, but all over the world start holding these people accountable for deliberately over spending, waste, catering to their special interests and the general attitude that so many of them have had, in that they think they know what is best for us and we do not know that, we need them to conduct our lives for us………NONSENSE!!!!!!! It is time for them to start listening, as well as the corruption to be punished. They work for us, not the other way around. Like many I am sick of them personally attacking each other to create scandals and diversions to what they are really up to. Real people have a hard time running for any office, as it has become too expensive and their families and personal lives will get torn apart, if the corrupt politicians perceive them as a threat. This is not what was intended. I hope we can find a way to fix this mess and throw the dirty corruption out of our government.

This was Part 1. Part 2 is one its way, as there was a lot that happened in 2011.

Happy New Year!

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