The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Month: May 2011

Accountability

Accountability. This is the key.  This is link that connects pretty much every woe we face today.  The one factor that I am totally convinced is most responsible for the state of this society – Accountability.  And in truth – the utter, complete, and contemptuous LACK of accountability on the part of pretty much EVERYONE. From Dictionary.com: Accountability –noun 1. the state of being accountable,  liable, or answerable. 2. Education . a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable  for

Fear – revisited

I originally wrote this a year ago.  But based on much of what I have been posting lately, I think it is time to revisit, edit, and readdress this. Dear fellow Americans: Stop letting everyone dictate our nation’s direction and agenda with FEAR! Fear is a greater weapon than any bullet, blade or bomb.  And fear is being used as a weapon to control our actions DAILY. When did we start to let Fear rule our lives so completely? The

Big oil gets all the breaks

Today, reading news online, I stumbled, literally, across this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_company_subsidies It was buried beneath all kinds of thoroughly unimportant stuff – but nevertheless, it is an attempt on the part of some senators to actually DO SOMETHING USEFUL. To sum up: A trio of Senators have proposed legislation to end the subsidies that the big oil companies currently receive. Big oil makes BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I repeat, BILLIONS in profit – and yet they get SUBSIDIES.  Subsidies are for entities

An open letter to my fellow American citizens re: terrorism

Dear United States of America, It is my sad duty to inform you that on 9/11/01 the terrorists won. I know this is going to be an unpopular point-of-view – but it is something I think we need to acknowledge, because it ultimately effects the lives we lead now, nearly ten years later. After that day, we fundamentally changed the way we do things.  We changed how we view our security, we changed how we attempt to protect ourselves, and

The Electoral College and You

I want to talk about a topic that most people know pretty much nothing about, really: The Electoral College. In the interest of blissful ignorance, I have to wonder just how many people are aware of just how this antiquated system works? Did you know that we do not elect the President and Vice President of the United States? Nope.  We do not elect them.  We cast a vote, sure…but the actual election is done by 538 people. That’s right,