Government, Please Bail Me Out

I am very confused.

I found out today that the six top banks in the USA have set aside $75 billion for bonuses. One of these is Citi, who was bailed out just a little bit ago. One top executive is actually getting $100 million. When asked why he received so much, a representative said, "For us to do our best, we must have the best." So to keep this trader, they MUST pay him an outrageous amount of money? I would be fine with a car that didn't smell like fire and a new Rubik's Cube. WTF!

So I researched this guy. Andrew J. Hall is the head of Citigroup's energy-trading unit. Citi is worried that if they pay him or not, they will be in trouble. Being a key trader, Hall could leave if he doesn't like the money, leaving Citi in deep trouble. If the do pay him, this will anger many Americans because the government has paid Citi $45 million in bailout money already. The government owns 34% of Citigroup and many believe that they have the ability to stop this payment.

I personally believe that any bank that has received a bail out must pay that back before any bonuses are handed out. Hall owns a castle, he won't be hurting if he only gets his basic salary. Banks are the biggest douche bags of any business. They beat tax collectors and politicians. They do so many underhanded things. The fees they put are retarded. They will charge you if you don't have enough money in there. Banks need to just put on their sunglasses and change their names to Chad.

That Should Be Invented

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received the first patent for an electric phone. In 1910, Henry Ford built the Model T. It was the first car that "everyone" could afford. In 1985, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was sold in the USA.

There have been many leaps and bounds to technology, especially in the last 20 years. I look at my enV touch and see so many things that were never even thought about just ten years ago. It has a pressure touch screen, microchips, plastic everywhere, and mathematics that might even scare Albert Einstein.

It is crazy to think that a couple generations ago, life expectancy was about 40 years old, where it is currently at 70. The advances in medicine and electronics are making the world a better, semi-healthier place with extreme overpopulation.

The thing that I wonder constantly from all these examples is why simple inventions haven't been created. There are many things that could greatly improve the world, and they have either been ignored or have had many failures. Here are some they I ponder why they haven't been invented:

1.) A working diet

2.) Efficient alternative energy.

3.) Way to sleep less (drug or practice)

4.) Teleportation

5.) Intentional genetic mutation

6.) Mind reading devices

7.) Virtual reality video games

8.) Drugs w/o side effects

9.) 100% contraception

10.) Way to instantly understand other languages/animals

I am personally very fascinated with 4, 6, and 7. That is why I have chose to go for a computer engineering degree at WSU. I want to be famous to the scientific community, not the common population, for the strides I will do for humans and the world. I want to die knowing that I made one person happy. So I will continue to ponder "why not" instead of "why" and try to make the world the best place I can.

Music: My Comfort

I don't know what it is but I have found a tight emotional connection to music. I can sit through The Notebook or any other sad movie and nothing. The only time TV show made me sad was the series finale of Scrubs. Music, on the other hand, can make me strong, confident, sad, exhausted, aroused, anything. Different voices and genres do different things at different times.

For example, Rob Thomas can usually hut me the hardest, he can make me go from sad to contemplative and everything in between. If you don't listen to him, you should. He has an amazing voice. (He also sings with Santana on the song "Smooth".) Here are my three recommendations.

1.)Her Diamonds

2.)This is How a Heart Breaks

3.)Little Wonders

Eminem is another singer who can pull on my heartstrings, but in a different way. Eminem can make me strong, but he can humble me, too. He usually gives me drive and focus. His songs are raw and real. He puts his heart on the table and his head on the line to show his emotions and provoke yours. He has many songs that range from funny to deranged. My three favorites are as follows.

1.)Till I Collapse

2.)Lose Yourself

3.)The Way I Am

Finally, I would like to focus on Nickelback. They have a grit, from the voice of Chad Kroeger, but a compassionate feeling as well. They have songs about sex, songs about love, and songs about charity. They do community work alongside their singing and endorsements. They have a strong presence that is unmistakeable. The fame mostly comes form the fact that if you are listening ti a Nickelback song you don't like, then just go to the next one and I promise you'll love it. Again here is my list of their top three in my opinion.

1.)Animals

2.)How You Remind Me

3.)If Today Was You Last Day

Songs may only be a three minute snippet of emotion, but it has a lasting effect. When was the last time you couldn't get a movie stuck out of your head?

It Starts With Coffee in the Crotch.

There is an epidemic that started a long time ago, frivolous lawsuits. The most famous of all this stupidity is the women who sued McDonald's when she spilled hot coffee on her pants and who would have believed it was actually hot. While looking through funny pictures on my iPod, I stumbled upon a story that makes me lol every time I read it. This is the most epic fail I have ever heard of. Well here, I'll let you read and decide, then I'll say my peace.

Charlotte, North Carolina. USA.

A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost 'in a series of small fires.' The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued.. and WON!
Delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company, which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire' and was obligated to pay the claim!
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the 'fires'.
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine. This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest!

As you can see justice is finally served. I wish that everyone who tries this bull shit would get the same punishment as this guy. Just think of a world where people sued for real reasons and people didn't extort anything they can get their hands on.

I personally believe in capital and corporal punishment. This story shouldn't be an exciting surprise and victory for human nature. This should be common place. Screw over the people who try to screw innocent people. I read that cultures that used public humiliation and extreme punishment, had less crime than places like America, who use pansy tactics like cable television in a prison with personal bodyguards. If we we regressed to our barbaric instincts, then we could have less problems, in my opinion.

All I have left to say is that I want to thank and congratulate the insurance company. Everything should be this ironic.

First Post!!!

Ok. So i think I am finally ready to start my blog. So basically I don't expect many people to read this, but what I want to do is keep friends and family up to date with what is going on as I start college at WSU. I will write at least once a day about anything I have done to my thoughts on life. I as well hope to have guest writing and other things to spread my horizon and my services. I want to thank Miranda Hein for helping to create the idea of a blog and Robert Archer for giving me an example of a blog. This will be an experience for me. I hope to be able to keep in contact with as many as possible. To do this, I have decided to connect a few different services to keep you up to date. Here are some crucial (as Isitt would say) address to keep us connected.

Blog: www.stcannata.blogspot.com

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