It's No Long "Fu** the Police": Technology introduces "Film the Police"

2011 is right in the middle of the golden age of technology.


Social networking sites have revolutionized how news is reported in an attempt to make governments accountable.


Revolutions now start on Facebook and Twitter. 


The Egyptian revolution started with the tweets talking about democracy in Egypt for example.


And the recent Occupy movement worldwide is also another great example of technology changing the news.

The footage from Occupy UC Davis was taken by citizens, and is a great way to hold police accountable for their actions. 

There is now a rap video that parodies N.W.A's controversial "Fuck the Police", and turns it into "Film the Police" by B. Dolan and a variety of other rappers. 

So, next time you feel threatened by a cop for whatever reason, pull out that cell phone, or camera, because the video will be proof.

I leave you with a video that is not about the police, but still applies to our lives. The educational rap made me think of a video my A.P. economics teacher showed my class. Sit back, and enjoy the laughs.

Fox vs The Muppets: Red, Green, and Ridiculous.

Spoof Poster of Twilight for the new Muppet Movie.

Do you want your kids to believe in communism? Well, that's what a Fox Business anchor thinks the new Muppets movie is out to do. 

Fox Business anchor Eric Bolling insists that Disney's newest edition to Jim Henson's long loved muppet series is the newest edition of Hollywood propaganda against consumerism and capitalism because the film's antagonist is an oil baron. 

Collection of Muppet action figures.

"It's amazing how far the left will go just to manipulate your kids, to convince them, give the anti-corporate message," he said. 

Personally, I find that to be totally ridiculous since 1) Disney is one of the largest examples of consumerism and capitalism, and 2) it's a children's movie for goodness sake. That's like saying Beauty and the Beast is promoting Stockholm Syndrome rather than being for pure entertainment purposes. 

It's the entertainment industry. They pick up themes from news around them, because that's what draws sales. Bolling obviously never took that into account. 

Apparently the film does not hit on the good that has come from oil use and drilling, but again IT'S A CHILDREN'S MOVIE. The demographic for the movie is probably between the ages of three and 10. Not everything is made for adults, or is it possible that he thought "The Muppets" were growing up when he did? 


**Images found on Google Images**

Has the War on Drugs Gone too Far?

This is in response to many articles that I have read, but the two (1 link and 2 link ) that were read most recently have me incensed. 

                                                    Illicit Drugs  (Weed, hash,
                                                  acid, coke, and some other drug)


150 drug raids are made every day in the United States.

People's houses are invaded that do not know anyone who does drugs of any kind.

Houses with children present are shot up while police look for the contraband materials, and only enough drugs are found for personal use.

Sound like a 1984, big brother state yet?

America had prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s. Gangs organized, and crime skyrocketed with the introduction of alcohol to the black market.

So who thought it was a good idea to make even MORE substances illegal?

I certainly don't know why we would continue to enforce a policy that creates unnessecary violence, and imprisions millions of Americans on nothing more than the personal use of a substance while on their own time. And to even CONSIDER taking away someone's LIFE for carrying more than 100 doses of a drug is out right crazy.


First off, Say WHAT?! Newt Gingrich, a presidential candidate, signed onto this idea. 


What made him think he has the right to tell adults how to live when it is the government prohibition that started the violence to begin with. 


If there is no embargo, there is no reason for the violence associated with illegal activities. 


Secondly, who decides what a "dose" is? And what IS a dose?  Especially since users have different tolerances and preferences.


I'm very vocal about this cause, because the government is treating adults like they are children by enforcing policies like drug laws, and I personally find it insulting that they believe that they can enforce a moral code that is detrimental to personal freedom. Especially since it is supposedly based in religious doctrine, because not every American is Christian, and not every Christian believes in the drug war. 

Plus, how many billions of dollars does the government spend on the enforcement and imprisionment of citizens? How much money would we actually GAIN if: we legalized; let prisioners with nonviolent "drug crimes" free(i.e. no theft, murder, or any other crime beyond their use); and we sold the drugs and EDUCATED people instead of outlawing it?

Doesn't that make more sense? especially since the US has budget problems since it has been running without a blannaced budget for so long. 

Conflict Diamonds: Americans and the Outside Word

CNN posted an article recently on conflict diamonds that made me think back to my international studies courses and model U.N. conferences.


Before I started participating in those activities, I was unaware of what confict diamonds were. But what I came to learn was terrible.


Many African nations have some form of conflict funding item (whether it's diamonds, mineral ores, wood, guns, etc.), and with every form comes human rights violations.


Sierra Leon is the most infamous case of what has come to also be known as "Blood Diamonds", and has a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio that is loosly based around events that took place during the civil war in Sierra Leon,  many of the same human rights abuses exist to this day.

An oversight process, called the Kimberly Process, was put in place in Kimberly, South Africa to help end the bloody treatment of men and women in these diamond mining facilities (It is located here because it is funded by the De Beers Diamond company who holds a large percentage of the diamond market).


But it has not worked out as hoped.


The numbers still don't add up with as many diamonds in the market, because the diamonds are easily smuggled into other countries by lack of police oversight and police corruption.


These smugglers can then sell the diamonds, and return with money to fund their activities.

                                           Enslaved workers using primitive
                                           techniques to mine diamonds. 




Did you know that people have been enslaved and forced to work as a diamond worker? and if they don't work as fast as the foreman wants they are either beaten, or physically maimed. 

                                                        A person who has had their 
                                                       hands cut off, because they 
                                                       did not work fast enough.


Unfortunately, most Americans know nothing about these conflict items that help fuel human rights abuse in Africa.


So tell that friend you have that is getting engaged, or your mother who wants a new ring for your parent's 30th anniversary.


It's estimated that even today, with the Kimberly Process in place, that 4% of the world's diamond market is made up of blood diamonds.


Don't help to fuel the fire, and consider other less expensive options for jewelry.


For example, cubic zirconia costs less than a diamond; doesn't look like cut-glass; and, is really just a diamond made in a lab.


So think before you buy this holiday season.


May your breaks be pleasantly warm.


And if you want to know about the declaration of human rights.

Rambling Wreck from Georgia..... (Who said anything about Tech?)

-+I am fully aware that the events took place almost a month ago, but this is a real issue that needs to be addressed for public safety+-


On August 25, 2011 my parents had their 21st anniversary and took a second honey-moon to Key West. They had a great time while there and even stopped by my cousin's new house in Fernandina Beach to see David and his family.

This is my parents on their anniversary.

That Sunday, August 28, going north just across the Georgia-Florida border on I-85, my parents encountered a man in a teal truck driving erratically at upwards of 90 mph, so they allowed him to pass. 


My mother called 911 when the man almost crashed into the suburban (our vehicle) several times.


 The time was 10:44 p.m. and the response of the 911 operator was a simple thank you and a that there were no Georgia State Patrol officers in the area. 


A few minutes later,  the man almost rammed my parents and a semi-truck when he attempted to cut between the two when there was barely a car's length between the two.

 My mother called 911 once again and got the same response along with a promise to transfer her call to the local police department. They wrote he number down at 10:47 p.m.


 She is called by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department at 10:52 and held a three minute conversation about the man's driving and my mom was given yet another "We have no units in the area".


 The man almost hit the semi yet again. When he finally passed it by partially running off the road (Mind you, this is a four-lane stretch of interstate highway),  the man threw out a half-empty beer can onto the side of the highway.

 My parents passed the semi in order to keep up with the man because the police had asked that they keep an eye on the man while there was no one available.


 He seemed to have things together for a short period of time, at least until he wanted to pass more vehicles. At this point he ran off the right side of the road and sprayed debris everywhere.



By this point my parents were beyond speeding to keep up with this man and had once again been transferred to yet another county with the same result.


At mile marker 29 my parent's gave up the chase and told officials that it is not their job to catch this man.They had been following him for about 25 miles.

Now for the point: The average citizen is told to call the police about anything out of the ordinary or that threatens lives. When my mother and father called, there was no one to help. It is outrageous that such would even happen. The people of Georgia, for the most part, work hard; pay their taxes; and all have the right to live. It is inexcusable that there was such a long stretch that neither the state nor the local districts were able to send help. It is truly dangerous for such to happen. I understand that it is in a rural area, but at least one officer should be near a major interstate highway.

This man's reckless actions endangered several other people's lives and was outright irresponsible. I'm not one for putting restrictions on people's liberties, the man has every right to drink or do anything else with his body that he feels fit, but when you start infringing upon another person's rights, that  is where your rights end. When people die, there is no second chance. Life is not a video game. I can't hit the restart button and make all of the events disappear. It is dangerous to drink and drive, do that at home or have a designated driver.

Katze Zeit :3

Katze means "cat" in German, and so I put a picture of my lost cat.

My images were found on Bing images with the exceptions of my cat and my parents.