The Devitalization of Revitalization

What? Let me explain. Ok, so the title leaves you wondering about the subject of this article. Devitalizing what kind of revitalization? My neighborhood, maybe your neighborhood, the neighborhoods of most, but not all inner cities. In order to revitalize something, it first has to be devitalized. How do we do this to some of our finest cities? Scenario #1- Imagine a great inner city neighborhood, where crime is not permitted to flourish, the local school system is fantastic and the city is well maintained and roadways are well paved. Sounds like suburbia right? Well, who would want to sell a beautiful, well built home with a paid off mortgage and move out to the newly constructed, very expensive, up to your neck mortgage payment, in a newly developed neighborhood in suburbia, if they were living in utopia? I know I wouldn't.

Scenario #2- Your city used to be the city in scenario #1. Now, it has become a city of crime, a city with the worst school system in the county, litter is a problem and the roadways are deplorable. Time to get out. Problem is, your lovely well kept and paid off home isn't worth what it used to be. Deflation due to devitalization has struck.

Scenario #3- Lending institutions (aka, big banks and insurance companies), construction companies, realtors, investors and so forth could and would not lend, build, sell, invest, or insure these newly constructed homes, if there were no buyers. That is where devitalization comes in. They have to have customers. Not everyone can afford these new homes in suburbia. But, if you have say a $70,000 paid off home as a down payment, you could afford one if you sell to someone who could afford yours. So, first we devitalize and give people a reason to move(and buy), making a lot of money on devitalization, then we make more money on revitalization. Tearing down old neighborhoods and revitalizing them. Buy up property for pennies on the dollar, attracting businesses with cheap land(which was worth something at one time), that investors that have no ties to the city bought at an inflated price, but now may be worth more due to revitalization and presto, you have devitalization of revitalization. Cause and effect, yin and yang. What went up, must come down. History repeats itself and money makes the world go round. If you find any truth to this article, leave a comment.


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The Unreality of Reality T.V. / Take 2

Ok, Just when I thought I've seen it all, I'm wrong again. I'm talking about "Fat Guys in the Woods". This show has fat guys in the woods who have to find something to eat on their own. What a novel idea. If that's not enough to make you want to lose weight, how about fat guys who work on cars? First, they feed us America's Biggest Loser, where obese people try to lose weight, then they want us to think it's cool to be obese. Hey, I have an idea for a new show! Rescue Producer. This show rescues us all from all of the other rescue shows on television. They rescue restaurants, rescue bars, rescue hotels and any and all of the other rescue shows that they may come up with. How about a show called RESCUE ME?!? What do you guys and ladies think about that one?

How about a show called Housewives of Convicted Killers on Death Row? It would fit in with all of the other housewives of this or that, that are on T.V. By the way, did you hear that they are going to televise Charlie Manson getting married? Man, I hope the Prez doesn't decide to interrupt the broadcast with a speech! I hope I don't miss that one. Come on HBO, Cinemax(or Skinemax), Showtime, or the Playboy Channel.....here's a show for you guys. Really Obese People Trying to Have Sex in the Woods While Being Rescued from Really Skinny Naked Porn Paparazzi, with Dr. Phil. Oh, what a show! Signing off until next time......


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The Black Friday Freak Show

Thanksgiving. The day in which we are supposed to gather together with family and loved ones and give thanks for our abundant blessings. We can sit around and relax and ponder the upcoming Christmas holiday and the birth of Christ. Where along the lines did it turn into a sickening freak show? People don't care about taking the day to give thanks and relax. Their worlds are now centered around "Black Friday" deals. They are brainwashed by the news media and corporations into believing they will get the deal of the century, on whatever items they are craving and believing they can't live without. When they get home from the stores, do they feel their life is complete, because they just got that sweater for 40% off of the price that was marked up 200% for the day? What they don't realize is that the stores will have the same prices on most of the items, the next day, week and month. Check the ads sometime and see for yourself. That TV that you just bought for $300 and bragged about on Facebook, because you got the best deal in the universe, will be the same price the very next weekend. Just watch.

And now, stores are opening earlier and earlier, backing it all the way up to Thanksgiving day. Why? Because the maniacs will be out there in the cold, in the tents, waiting in line to get that blue ray player for $29.95. I wouldn't wait in line in the cold with a bunch of lunatics, if you gave me a free TV. Meanwhile, all of the poor employees don't get to enjoy the holiday with their families. They have to be there at the store to provide the hordes with their shopping frenzy. Who is in charge of these decisions? The heads of these companies. All they see is the numbers. All they care about is the cash outs and end of year bonuses they will be getting, all at the expense of the lowly workers, who have to put up with this nonsense. The VPs and CEOs are all at home nestled snug in their beds, with visions of dollar signs dancing in their heads. What will it be in a few years? Black Tuesday September 20th? They keep backing it up earlier and earlier. Who will be the first greedy company to open next?

Our politicians and law makers should put a stop to this insanity. Stores should be closed on all holidays. If you didn't get what you needed before the holiday, then you can get it after. Unfortunately this will never happen. All of the law makers today are on the take. Money runs the world. They will never tell companies not to open on a holiday. They are looking for the kickbacks. The only way to stop the mess, is to boycott these stores. If the day came and no one showed up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on Thanksgiving day, they would quit opening at these times. But, that is another impossible situation. God forbid people would enjoy their Thanksgiving dinners and stay home for the evening. No, they can't wait to get out into the cold, like a bunch of wild banshees and wait and push and shove and claw their way through the doors of whatever greedy store they have the need to go to. Remember this as you are running wild in some store this Thanksgiving, or Black Friday. Somewhere in a mansion far, far away, the CEO of the store is laughing all the way to the bank, cause the joke is on you.


JP

Men's Room, Ladies, Both? What?

Recently, some cities have passed ordinances, requiring businesses, as well as public locations, to turn their restrooms into "Transgender", or "Unisex" bathrooms. The Transgender community is claiming that their rights are being infringed upon and that they should have the right to use whatever restroom makes them feel the most comfortable. What?!? And our legislators and governing bodies are actually making this happen.What about the rights of the people that want a "men's", or "women's" restroom? I don't want to wonder who is in the next stall, when I go into a restroom. What is this, some kind of free for all? Where are the laws on the books covering these topics and who wrote them?

And where do children come into these situations? What about their rights? What about their safety and comfort? So now I have to let my child go into a restroom, with anyone who feels like walking in whichever restroom in which they feel "the most comfortable"??? So, the creeps and gutter snipes and perverts can just hang out in any restroom they want? Who will be monitoring this? Are these city councils and governing bodies thinking about these things, or are they more worried about what the public perception is? They are terrified of some bogus lawsuits claiming discrimination, for whatever, whoever can come up with. Lets go through a few scenarios.

Scenario #1- A transgender man, who was born a woman, yet identifies as a man, has to choose a restroom. Is he dressed as a man and portrays to be a man? Then he should use the men's room. Right? Especially if he has undergone an operation and now has male anatomy.

Scenario #2- A transgender woman, who was born a man and has male anatomy, or has undergone an operation and chopped the male parts off has to choose a restroom. If she is dressed as a woman and portrays as a woman and especially has woman parts now, she should choose the woman's restroom.

Scenario #2 can become tricky if the transgender woman still has male parts. But why, if she portrays herself as a woman and dresses as a woman, choose the men's room? She would be ran out! With these law makers, we could have perverts dressing up and using any restroom they want without consequence. What a fiasco! The whole gender neutral thing is getting out of hand. Choose one side, or the other. Be a man, or a woman. If you are both, then pick a side and stick with it. That way, all you have to worry about, is who is bombing out and stinking up whichever bathroom you chose to be in the next time you have to use a public restroom.


JP

Cell Phones will control the world!

What would we do without our cell phones? We rely on them to call people, text people, Facebook, face time, tweet, Instagram and whatever else people do with their phones. What would happen if you were out somewhere and couldn't get in touch with someone. I'd bet about 75% of the population would have a nervous breakdown. Now, these cell phones can do anything. You can ask Google anything you want and the thing will give you an answer. Hey Google....what is the weather like today? How deep is the ocean? How high is up? Should I breathe? And now, with Domino's Pizza, you can tell your phone to order you a pizza and it will get one delivered to your door? Will it leave the delivery boy a tip too? What's next? Will our cell phones sleep for us? Eat for us? Think for us? And how many "G" does your phone have? How about the "LTE" part? Do they have LTEF now too? If you can see where you are at all times, who can see you at all times?

Why do we have all of this fabulous technology? Is it all fun and games? Can it be used against us? Sure. Each phone is a tracking device. If someone wants to find you, they'd have no problem. What we say, text, browse and even where we are and go can be monitored at any and all times. Think about that, the next time you use your phone. They can monitor what I am writing right now. How far will all of this technology go? Will it eventually become a negative part of our lives? Has it already? Go to a restaurant sometime and watch whole families pull out their phones and stare and become mesmerized by their phones. All the while, not saying two words to each other. They have to see what so and so is doing, or where they are. And, more importantly, they have to let everyone know where they are and what they are doing. Guess what? Who cares? I don't care if someone just got the Caesar salad at the Olive Garden. I don't care if they just brushed their teeth with some new toothpaste. Instead of a smart phone, they should be called brag phones.

 Our social and personal skills are eroding, due to this technology. Will communicating through technology be our only form of communication one day? I hope not, but it is headed in that direction. Kids today know texting as the norm and some will probably think it is weird to simply call someone and carry on a conversation. Technology is taking over our lives. Is it controlling you? How smart is your "Smart Phone"? Have they become smarter than us? Will they become smart enough to one day control the world?


JP

The Wussifying of today's children!

Each morning on my way to work, I often get caught waiting for a school bus at a bus stop. I've been noticing an interesting trend with the parents of the children. They are sitting in cars at the end of the driveways, streets, or parking lots with their children waiting inside, for the bus to pull up. What!?! My parents never drove me down to the bus stop and let me wait inside the warm car. I had to walk down the street and wait in the cold, rain, snow, whatever the weather was. Furthermore, I didn't want to be seen with my mommy, when I was 12 years old. It was an unwritten code! If the kids in my school would have seen my mother walking me to the bus door at that age, I would have never lived it down. This practice by these parents is I believe, turning these children into wusses. Make them wait in the cold! Now, I do believe that if there are dangerously cold conditions where frostbite can occur, or if they do not want them waiting by themselves for worries of abductions, then I understand completely. But, waiting in the car at the end of the driveway.....come on! The parents in these cases most certainly are wusses themselves and are only teaching lazy and wussy behavior to their unsuspecting children. How about walking them to the bust stop and getting some exercise, or sitting on the porch and waiting for the kids to get on the bus. That way, they are in plain view, where the parents can watch them getting on the bus safely.

Does this seem harsh? I don't think so. We do have to watch out for the boneheads that forget the laws of the road. I have also seen the bus pull up to the stop with lights flashing and people coming the opposite direction, just keep going. Don't they realize that they are supposed to stop. This also goes for the morons that don't feel it's necessary to pull over and stop when an emergency vehicle is coming down the road. Pull over! They just keep driving right along side the ambulance! They should have their tires shot out! People today don't pay attention when they are driving. They are texting, talking, doing their makeup, brushing their teeth, or chomping down a hamburger. Instead of the police pulling people over for going 5 miles over the limit, these creeps need to be pulled over and fined! They, for sure, are the same people waiting in their cars with their kids with the heat blowing, when it's only 55 degrees outside, or standing and carrying on a 10 minute conversation with the bus driver, while cars are backing up for a mile down the road.

JP

Ebola: from Africa to your backyard!

Today, they broke into television in Cleveland, Ohio with a warning, for anyone who had been to Cleveland Hopkins Airport, or anyone who had flown on a Frontier Airlines flight from Dallas to Cleveland. One of the nurses, who took care of the since deceased Ebola victim in Dallas, flew in to Cleveland to visit family in Akron. Now wait. How was she allowed to leave the state? Why wasn't she quarantined? How was she allowed to book, yet board a commercial airline flight and fly anywhere? The story sounds too fishy to me. It sounds like a setup. Do they want the virus to spread? From these recent events, it sounds like they do.

Does this girl have a brain to infect? If you just got done treating and taking care of a patient with a deadly disease, why would you want to go and visit family and friends out of state and take a chance of infecting them? And what about her family? If it was one of my family members and they called and said they were coming into town to visit, I would tell them to wait a while. They could visit me next summer or something. No way! Stay away!

How many people did she come into contact with in the Dallas airport, let alone Cleveland? What about her family members? What about the people they came into contact with? It could spread like wildfire in no time. Who is the bonehead running that hospital? Are they on the take? How much was the payoff? The President was on TV talking about how he met with some of the nurses and doctors who have been caring for these patients and he kissed and hugged them, because he trusted the precautions that they took! Yeah right! Do you expect me to believe that one? Hahahahaha!

So, what about a cure? What about a vaccine? They have one, but will they use it? And when? How many will have to die before they do? Is it population control? Is it a money making scam? Are they waiting for people to get sick and die, so some drug company can sell the new medicine and vaccines and the powers that be make billions? Probably. The coming days and weeks will tell the story. By that time, will we be reading it in our own backyards?


JP