Wednesday February 15, 2012

Alphaape's past comments

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    Alphaape

    That said, the few news outlets that deign to report on this (most are blacking it out at the behest of their corporate overlords) have unequivically stated that Occupy Wall Street is (as I said before) remarkably diverse and rather difficult to caricature.

    Though a few representatives of minority groups have appeared among the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters in New York City, photos and videos of the left-wing mini-throngs indicate they suffer from a serious lack of diversity. And the protesters themselves told The Daily Caller on Tuesday that they are conscious of the issue, if not the inconsistency it demonstrates. A 40-photo Washington Post slideshow showing hundreds of angry protesters in New York and other cities includes no more than 15 clearly identifiable minority protesters, and just six African-Americans. The rest of the protesters shown are white, and most are male. In 26 photos from San Francisco and Chicago gatherings posted on OccupyTogether.org, only one person from a minority group is clearly visible, and it’s unclear whether he is a protester or a bystander. Minority groups are similarly underrepresented in photos and videos posted on OccupyWallSt.org, the self-described “unofficial de facto online resource for the ongoing protests happening on Wall Street.”

    Posted in: Protests against Wall Street spread across U.S.

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    Alphaape

    @just-a-guy: It's 50 states not 53.

    Correction: It should read 50 states not 52 as you stated.

    Posted in: Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide

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    Alphaape

    The American spring, jasmine revolution throughout the 52 states!! Go people go!! Topple that doomed system and spit, a fool's errand!

    @just-a-guy: It's 50 states not 53.

    Posted in: Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide

  • 0

    Alphaape

    It said the utility needs to streamline its operations by selling off 700 billion yen worth of assets such as resorts, housing for employees and offices over the next three years.

    Never understood why an employer would want to provide housing for employees. I wouldn't want to live in a "company house" reminds me of share cropping back in the US, the same kind that Jimmy Carter's family owned on the Peanut farm. People lived on his family property, and had to buy feed and supplies from the "farm store" that his parents owned, letting the workers buy it on credit (which they charge high fees). Isn't that the same with living in a company house? Can't earn equity, even though you may be paying lower rent you are giving your pay back to the company.

    What resorts do they own, and who was able to visit them? I think wha they should do is get rid of the "extra stuff" and get down to the business of producing energy in a safe manner. Pay the workers a decent salary and they can find their own place to live and not rely on the company to provide.

    Posted in: Panel on TEPCO reform calls for more cost-cutting measures

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    Alphaape

    A plastic bag has no benefits to offset the larger environmental impact they cause. On the other hand, condoms are very effective in preventing the spread of communicable, sexually-transmitted disease. Therefore I think it is really stupid to claim that it's "silly" for a city to pass them out while banning plastic shopping bags. There's really no comparison between the two

    I normallyuse plastic bags for a lot of other things around the house beside just throwing them out after carrying them home. Though small, they make good garbage bags. So if by using a "smaller" garbage bag than using that 9 gallon "Hefty Bag" has no benefit, then I guess you are right. Never mind that a small plastic condom rapper or condom is in a landfill.

    If you notice my post, I didn't say anything about the use of condoms in stopping the spread of disease. I believe that they should be used. My point is that a meddling city council in SF should stick to what it is supposed to do, fix the crappy roads in SF (some of the worst in the nation), get rid of the bums that seem to have carte blanche due to pandering to them, and run an effective government, not trying to push some agenda to make themselves "feel good" without having to do any hard work.

    Also, how many trees are used to make paper bags?

    Posted in: Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf

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    Alphaape

    Condoms are made of latex -- a completely natural substance that biogrades over time when exposed to sunlight, earth, or water.

    @yabits: FYI, the large-scale use of disposable condoms has resulted in concerns over their environmental impact via littering and in landfills, where they can eventually wind up in wildlife environments if not incinerated or otherwise permanently disposed of first. Polyurethane condoms in particular, given they are a form of plastic, are not biodegradable, and latex condoms take a very long time to break down. Experts, such as AVERT, recommend condoms be disposed of in a garbage receptacle, as flushing them down the toilet (which some people do) may cause plumbing blockages and other problems. The plastic and foil wrappers condoms are packaged in are also not biodegradable. However, the benefits condoms offer are widely considered to offset their small landfill mass. Frequent condom or wrapper disposal in public areas such as a parks have been seen as a persistent litter problem.

    While biodegradable, latex condoms damage the environment when disposed of improperly. According to the Ocean Conservancy, condoms, along with certain other types of trash, cover the coral reefs and smother sea grass and other bottom dwellers. The United States Environmental Protection Agency also has expressed concerns that many animals might mistake the litter for food.

    So, I guess you need to do a litle research. Though I am not against condom usage, I think it is silly for a city council to give them out, while banning the use of plastic bags as a step to "save the planet." Climate changes will occur even when humans will not be here. Just keep watching those History channel "Live After Humans" and you will get the picture. They happened before we got here, and will happen while we are here and long after we are gone.

    Posted in: Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf

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    Alphaape

    Wow, those were all pretty scary times, what with environmental extremists threatening the very fabric of our existence. How did that all work out, by the way? Can you imagine (and would you desire) to return to the old days?

    @Laguna: Answer this: If the city of San Francisco, that bastion of far left environmental extremists have passed a city ordinance that bans the plastic shopping bags from stores in 2007 due to their claims of them being bad for the environment, then why does that same city council pass out free condoms? Aren't they plastic too?

    The whole global warming faction is full of situations similar to the above. It's all about controlling people.

    Posted in: Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf

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    Alphaape

    'Comprehension problems' indeed, since you can't even understand how you unwittingly agree with global warming; it says it's returning to a condition that existed THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, meaning it took thousands of years to get where we are -- not the recent few centuries and rapid rate at which things are 'returning'.

    @smithinjapan: Do you have data that states that back thousands of years that the rate of change was the same or slower? I would like to see that since I don't think the Babalonians kept such accurate records.

    Maybe I should state my point clearer. I don't believe in "Man made Global Warming." Does global warming occur, yes it does because it is a natural phenomina. But selling carbon credits, and cap and trade will do nothing to stop it. Let me ask this, if under cap and trade underdeveloped and third world countries can get away making money by making industrial nations pay, then what happens when say a volcano erupts in an underdeveloped country. A volcano that normally puts as much particles in the atmosphere in a day than all the cars on the earth in a year, do they then have to pay back to the nations they sold their carbon credits too? Since they will be over their cap. Oh but I guess there must be a provision to allow natural occurences. If that is the case, then my point is made.

    Man can't really change the world as the global warming alarmist like to think. But we can be careful and as Woodsy Owl used to say "Give a Hoot and Don't Pollute."

    Posted in: Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf

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    Alphaape

    The loss is important as a marker of global warming, returning the Canadian Arctic to conditions that date back thousands of years, scientists say.

    Denialists are worse than Birthers.

    So there in no global warming Mr.George Bush??

    Guys, you need to read with comprehension. The article states that it is returning the Candian Arctic to conditions that date back thousands of years. I don't believe that they had cars, airplanes, and other so called instruments that cause "global warming" as those who are trying to sell people carbon credits and cap and trade. If the temperature of the earth is getting warming, it is part of a natural cycle. Nothing we can really do about it.

    Now we can be better stewards of the globe, trying not to put excess pollutants in the oceans, and not cutting down all the trees and draining marshes and other avenues to reduce pollution. But driving a prius, or replacing a light bulb is not really going to do anything to stop the advancement of nature.

    Posted in: Canadian Arctic nearly loses entire ice shelf

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    Alphaape

    It is not about the fact that, in order to succeed in mainstream, white America, one has to adopt the language and cultural values and cues that make whites (and those who have aped them) feel comfortable, it is the question of how much of ones own culture one feels compelled to reject (as inferior or "degraded" -- quoting your word) in the process.

    Then answer me this, why is it all those amnesty proponents keep saying that the illegals must learn English, and take a test on American citizenship so that they can blend in and become "American." I don't see them saying that they can become "(you fill in the country)-Americans" but Americans.

    Posted in: Cain wins early Florida test vote

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    Alphaape

    I am throwing back the terms made by libertarian-conservative -- and Herman Cain supporter -- Neal Boortz. Boortz has pontificated for many, many years on "black urban culture" and how it is grossly inferior to white mainstream culture. Cain has appeared on Boortz's show a number of times and the two seem to hit if off very well. Therefore, you need to research Boortz's views on black culture and thereby educate yourself. Cain has no problems with them.

    Though I don't agree with Boortz on all his views, he is right on the "black urban culture" line. Not so much that Blacks need to forgo their experiences in urban settings, but if they are going to succeed then they must take on main stream American attitudes and values. We keep hearing that in order for amnesty to pass, that the many Latino and other immigrants in the US illegally need to learn how to "speak English" and be able to understand what it is to be an American. Same thing goes for some of the Blacks (notice I didn't say all) who follow the thinking that going to school and using proper grammar and getting good grades is "acting white" something I have had to teach my nieces to do because they are getting heat from their peers because they use proper English and are in AP classes, all the while still living in the "hood" as it were. So not wanting to extol an urban culture that has been degraded by hip-hop to the extent that men are wearing pants down below their waist, children not being taught to achieve academically, and unwed pregnancy running rampant is not a bad thing.

    As far as being "authentically Black" let's look at Cain. He will tell you he was brought up in an urban working class environment, which is true. He also graduated from Morehouse College, a Historically Black all male college that persons the likes or Rev. MLK, Julian Bond, and other Black male leaders have gone to. To me, that is more "Black American" than the current president who went to all white undergraduate schools, and Harvard and has been extolled as having a great speaking ability and is an academic achiever.

    So according to you, he's not truly Black or has lived the "urban experience." I guess you could say so if he hung out in Waipahu while he was growing up in Hawaii.

    Posted in: Cain wins early Florida test vote

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    Alphaape

    Uncle Ruckus won't vote for a Democrat and neither will you, no matter who he or she is.

    There are African-Americans who believe European-based culture (aka "mainstream white") is superior to "black culture". I believe a large part of the supremacist leanings that exist today in the USA spring from that position

    @yabits: For someone who is supposedly a liberal, you really do hold to their racist beliefs. Why is it that just because someone doesn't want to vote Dem they are an "Uncle Ruckius"? You keep throwing that name out, I imagine that you are probably as Quisling.

    As for your comments on what Blacks believe, so where did you get your degree in Black Studies? That is probably the silliest thing you have posted, and you have posted some silly things. Please for my own knowledge, please tell me about "Black Culture" and what it is. Sine obviously my 40 plus years of being a Black man from the deep south I must have missed it. .

    Posted in: Cain wins early Florida test vote

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    Alphaape

    It still is a long way off until the election, but at least I have to give the GOP this, they at least try to present an honest election. Sure there are differences of opinions among the candidates, but that is what you want in a Democracy. People with differing opinions bringing forth the discussion,and then the public deciding after hearing the candidates who they want to elect.

    Can's say the same about the Dems. They only want persons who will follow the strict party line. That is good sometimes, but they are going to shoot themselves in the foot if they don't get another person to at least challenge Obama for the party nomination. They need to give the people in the party the chance to express their choice. If it is going to be Obama then fine. But don't just "annoint" him as the nominee. Funny, how they can be (Dems) all or nothing with Obama, but during the 2008 election, they had to rely on "super delegates" after the regular primary elections. I guess the belief in one person, one vote does not apply. I wonder will they have that again next year.

    Posted in: Cain wins early Florida test vote

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    Alphaape

    A bit over the top as far as binding the arms and legs, but the kid did desrve a good old fashioned "a** Whooping" by his mother. He nees to learn to obey rules and at a minimum respect his parent's home. My parents told me do what I want (when I got older) but don't bring that crap around their house that they paid for.

    I wonder where the father is in this story.

    Posted in: Woman arrested for beating 13-year-old son with wooden sword

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    Alphaape

    With a lethal injection, Georgia executed Davis at Jackson prison on Wednesday despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that made him a poster child for global efforts to eradicated the death penalty.

    I don't get it. He was there beating the homeless man with the gun but didn't fire the shot that killed the cop. If he was iwth a group of persons, and claims his innocence, why didn't he name the person who shot the officer. Just satying "I didn't do it" is fine, I have no problems with that, but if your life is on the line, you need to start brining proof.

    Posted in: Filmmaker Moore demands Georgia boycott after execution

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    Alphaape

    Racism and hipocrasy...... alive and well in the good'ole US of A.

    @Tahoochi: If this was true, then the two KKK men who killed the Black man in Texas, one of whom was executed also today and the other is up next would be free and not be on death row.

    AlphaApe, funny you talk about this like it was some kind of media circus and yet I'm willing to bet you didn't even know this guy's name until now - the very day of his execution. The media has largely ignored this story, just as they largely ignored the brutal murder of a black man by some drunken white supremicists about a month ago, just as the media is largely ignoring that Rick Perry executed a man who was proven innocent and then attempted to cover it up. If there is any media bias at all, it's to the right.

    @HumanTarget: Not true. I know about this guy in GA for a long time. I am Black, and I have many relatives that are on those "support this cause" mails from some of these protest groups and I get them all the time. I also know of the case in Mississippi of which you speak of. If the media is ignoring these stories, it is not because of the right, but the left doesn't want to show that things are not as well as they said they were. You have the Sharpton types now on MSNBC, and they realize if they want to stop the losing of their audience, they need to tone down the rhetoric that those types are used to yelling. Just like the cases of the street mobs running in mass to rob stores in major cities, and the perps happen to be mostly black youth, they don't really show those stories.

    Do this, take a look at the story of the cops shooting two bystanders while in a shootout with a perp in North Beach in San Francisco. That story is not being played too well in the media since it would hurt the tourist industry too bad. But, if the same thing would have happened across the bay in Oakland, immediately it would be another case of "No Justice No Peace" and the cops are bad.

    I say the media tends to lean to the left. This case is a prime example as compared to the Texas execution. Instead of crying about "justice not being done" in this case, no one is saying "Justice has been done" for the KKK killer. It will not draw any sympathy for a cause.

    Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry

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    Alphaape

    Also executed today was one of the White Supremist who dragged a Black man down a dirt road in Texas in 1998. Funny how in that case, many of hte same protestors that were for the stay of execution for this guy were enraged at then Gov. Bush and the state of Texas for taking their time in convicting this guy, and saying that there was "No Justice, No Peace" in Jasper Texas and branding the state as a racist haven.

    The family of the deceased man in Texas said that the punishment "a step in the right direction," and that "We're making progress, I know he was guilty so I have no qualms about the death penalty."

    I guess Sharpton and the rest of the crowd who shouted that there was no justice in Texas decided that they could get better air time with this case. I remember the protests and the claims against then Gov. Bush on his civil rights record, and here we have a member of the KKK executed for killing a Black man (not many have been executed for doing that) and instead they still want to rally for someone who is black but guilty.

    I mean if the protestors keep saying that the death penalty is targeted heavily at minorities, they should have been in Texas in droves to finally see justice done.

    Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry

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    Alphaape

    @USNinJapan2, Very good post. I also want to bring up this point. If I as a married man can get charged in the UCMJ with adultery with another woman, then would a bisexual be exempt? Since DADT ended, the military still doesn't recognize gay marriage. So, as in the case of the LT who was all over the Navy Times web site that got married in VT at the stroke of midnight, he could still be in a realtionship with a woman (if he choses) and not get charged with adultery. Yet, me as a heterosexual will face a charge.

    I wonder how this will affect the military priests.

    Consider this, if they tell us now in the military that we can't go to "prostitutes" since it is morally wrong, then why can they turn around and say that a homosexual is morally right if they stay in a committed relationship?

    I just think that they made too much of an issue with the repeal of DADT, and didn't really think about what will actually happen.

    Posted in: U.S. military ban on gays ends

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    Alphaape

    @George Palmer: Please tell me that is fiction. If that is a true story, that government worker should be tried as an accessory. Hard to believe that this type of mentality exists here in Japan.

    I know that there are many reasons for suicide, and not trying to turn this into a discussion on Christianity or religion, but if most Japanese don't have religion, then what do they believe happens to them if they die?

    If they don't know what happens to them exactly, and are brave enough to commit the "ultimate act" to face the unknown, then wouldn't they have the same outcome if they didn't kill themself and stayed alive to face the unknown here on earth. If you can make that great a leap on "seeing what will happen" by killing yourself, then I would imagine that you should be able to handle life's ups and downs.

    Any comments from posters would be appreciated.

    Posted in: Woman jumps to her death at Shin-Koiwa Station; 5th suicide there since July

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    Alphaape

    Well at least he had the good decency to do this away from the public, and not jump in front of a train like the lady just did in front of the NEX. Not trying to joke or make light of both situations, but at least with sky-diving, you jump out over open areas, away from the public so that you will not land on anyone or in any hazards. He at least thought enough about trying to not harm anyone when taking himself out. Unlike that woman or the others who jump in front of trains here in Japan.

    Posted in: Skydiver sheds parachute midair to kill himself

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