A tale of two Countries

As I was reading BBC news this morning, I came across an article explaining how Russian President Vladimir Putin had decided to support moving an oil pipeline away from lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake in the world and home to many rare and endangered species such as the Amur Leopard. I didn't even know there were leopards in Siberia. Tigers, certainly, but not leopards. Then on American news, the fact that George W. Bush planned to ease oil prices by impeding his old adversary, enviromental protection. What sort of world is this? Anyone who wants to know my plan for saving gas money can just skim down to the next blog and read it. That would be a much better idea than destroying the enviroment just so some people can save a few extra bucks. I am young enough that I don't want to be develping asthma or something by thirty because the stupid anti-enviromentalists want to have a cheap SUV. It won't save anything whatsoever. All that will happen is that the air will be smoggier, gas will still be rising in price-China's not going anywhere-and the oil companies get just what they've always wanted. Free rein to destroy our world. Somebody, please, write to your senators. I plan on doing just that, it takes more than a blog to protect the only planet we'll have in the foreseeable future.

It's a MAd Wolrdkljs

Has the world gone mad under our noses? The United States is fighting a war on fear, Japan and South Korea are at daggers again over a bunch of uninhabited rocks, and to top off the madness GAS IS OVER THREE DOLLARS A GALLON! Okay, face it people, in light of Iranian nukes, what's a few bucks at the pump? Mind, I confess to biking more than driving but that's no large sacrifice. Americans need to lose some weight. It's a fact. There should be a new reality show, biggest loser, Bikefest to work each day. Save the bucks, lose the pounds. Piece of cake. Pun intended.
Ta
Roman Wolf

The hypocrisy is killing me

How hilarious. The President of the United States brags about our freedom of speech while a legit member of the press gets arrested for shouting out how the Chinese government is persecuting a religious group which I cannot spell with any sort of dignity. What happened to the thing I've been told about all these years, that America is a free country where you can say whatever you want to the President of the United States and not get killed for it? I guess you don't get killed, but nobody ever says anything about not being sent to Belarus and killed there.
Good bye from a disgruntled Roman Wolf

Return of the Native Blogger

Sorry to have taken so long, I've been experiancing slight technical difficulties on this end for the last few days. About my idea, well, I've already explained it in the best detail I can. But can people truly influence government at the national level? The ideal democracy, according to the Greeks who invented it, consists of about 100,000 people. The United States has far more than that. Of course, they were referring to a true democracy, not a republic like the USA, so that doesn't matter as much.
Or does it? So many people say that there vote doesn't matter, that with so many ideas floating around, no politician can possibly serve their needs, or that there simply isn't such a thing as American. Now the impossibility of being an American, a true American, not just a citizen or a member of some action group, or an apathetic person who is sick and tired of hearing about politics. Some of those probably wish that I would start rambling about my sore throat or something. Too bad. I won't. But I do have a sore throat and think I will leave off for today. Ta for now.
Roman Wolf

Well, what can I say? I don't want to talk about the Media today, and I'm sorry about not doing it on Tuesday but life is like that. I had an idea this morning as I was making my sandwitch and trying to ignore my golden's buttery brown eyes that stared me down and chanted silently, "Give me food. Give me food." Then, as I often do early in the morning, I started thinking about politics, and what the citizen can do about them. This citizen often does little more than rant under a Roman Wolf alias and explain political theory to a canus familiaris but one day no doubt I'll be doing a lot more, and under my real name at that. As I was going to say before going off on a tangent, I had an idea to try and make government more under citizen's control, or at least reason's. Say there was a commision, not composed of equal number of Democrats and Republicans but of the lesser political parties who have far less say in the elected government and composed a silent and often disgruntled minority. That commision would serve as a check on all three branches of government, writing regular reports on the performance of all three that could be acessed by the general public. This would serve to correct certain disparities of American government.
Firstly, many people feel that the third parties are worthless, and hesitate to vote for them for fear that it would be "Throwing away their votes". This might show those people that the third parties can act, and would, if given the chance. In the long run, it may even increase the number of powerful political parties on the spectrum at a time when neither party seems to be worth voting for. John Kerry was not a very good candidate for president in 04, he simply was somebody other than Bush. If there were more dominant parties, there would be more viable options for president.
Secondly, many Americans feel out of touch with politics, and this could be a chance for them to feel something is being done at the higher levels.
Thirdly, with only minorities, party loyalty and subsequent covering for their friends could be eliminated. Anyone who thinks that this isn't a problem should google Scooter Libby and remember that Bush once swore that people who leaked information should be punished. Then the punishment stopped before Cheney, and far below himself.
If you like this idea, please, please leave me a comment. I am always open to discussion.

Roman Wolf

newspapers, part one of a two part series

Hello Again, whatever folks happen to read this. Few people do, which makes me insignificant. Why, Whoeveryouare asks, are you starting a blog with such self-absorbed pity? There are many blogs for me to read, blogs of Note and Importance and Circumstance! How can I find time to read the blog of some Roman Wolf?
(There's a moral here soon, let me assure you)
Well, that's the situation newspapers are in. People want to read things that seem worth their while, so to find things worth their while reporters have to track down stories that will sell the paper. Whatever sells the paper makes up the contemporary definition of good journalism. Low key as I am, even I have faced that. Seems nobody cares about the Bandy World Cup, although the TV News picked up and carried that story instead of me because the paper didn't bother publishing it. That's the one that gets to me.
Then we come to another aspect of media. Reporters are portrayed in movies as snobby, nosy fools who interfere with people for no good reason. There is always a good reason. But this is Monday and I will cover that tomorrow, I promise. Don't fret, I'll Be BAck.