Terrible Gas Pains
The Government and Soylent Green have the same tragically ironic beginnings; they're both made of people. And as such, none of the above are any good at math.
The Opposition (namely the Tories) is demanding that the Federal Gov't do something about the high gas prices. This 'something' happens to be the need to cut taxes. More specifically, the mythical Gasoline Taxes. Anyone who's been to a gas-pump lately has seen the impressive looking pie charts stickered on next to the price readout. According to these sources, 400% of the price we pay for gas goes directly to the government. Now, I'm not quoting the specific numbers here but the impression is the same: the Liberals are bleeding us dry... even more.
On first glance, a tax cut would lower the prices immediately. Gasoline would be free. More dinosaurs would be born, die, and fossilize into more petroleum reserves and free energy would rain down from above. The logic is rock solid and irrefutable. Don't even try to deny it.
However, for anyone within whining distance of Toronto we know that a good portion of these gas taxes would go to the city. Presumably this money is for public transit and the improvement of roads and sidewalks. I think it will just go to building a giant wall to prevent outsiders getting into the city and spoiling its' hipness. But that's beside the point.
So let us juxtapose these two theories:
1) Cut Gas Taxes and 2) Give Gas Taxes to Toronto.
Am I the only one able to see they might be connected?
Toronto desperately wants and needs a portion of this gas tax for funding. But they also want this tax to be lessened or removed. Now apply this to all of Ontario or even all of Canada. What we want is less of something that we want more of.
I say, leave the taxes where they are. They're a gentle reminder that there always has to be something on either side of the equals sign. Well, in the divide between the public and the Canadian Government, it's more like a lesser-than sign. You can guess which side we the people are on.
A Universal truth is that there is no such thing as free energy. Something must always be lost in the burn. And if that means there has to be just a little less pompous arrogance as more drivers become public transit passengers, I think it's a fair and even trade.
The Opposition (namely the Tories) is demanding that the Federal Gov't do something about the high gas prices. This 'something' happens to be the need to cut taxes. More specifically, the mythical Gasoline Taxes. Anyone who's been to a gas-pump lately has seen the impressive looking pie charts stickered on next to the price readout. According to these sources, 400% of the price we pay for gas goes directly to the government. Now, I'm not quoting the specific numbers here but the impression is the same: the Liberals are bleeding us dry... even more.
On first glance, a tax cut would lower the prices immediately. Gasoline would be free. More dinosaurs would be born, die, and fossilize into more petroleum reserves and free energy would rain down from above. The logic is rock solid and irrefutable. Don't even try to deny it.
However, for anyone within whining distance of Toronto we know that a good portion of these gas taxes would go to the city. Presumably this money is for public transit and the improvement of roads and sidewalks. I think it will just go to building a giant wall to prevent outsiders getting into the city and spoiling its' hipness. But that's beside the point.
So let us juxtapose these two theories:
1) Cut Gas Taxes and 2) Give Gas Taxes to Toronto.
Am I the only one able to see they might be connected?
Toronto desperately wants and needs a portion of this gas tax for funding. But they also want this tax to be lessened or removed. Now apply this to all of Ontario or even all of Canada. What we want is less of something that we want more of.
I say, leave the taxes where they are. They're a gentle reminder that there always has to be something on either side of the equals sign. Well, in the divide between the public and the Canadian Government, it's more like a lesser-than sign. You can guess which side we the people are on.
A Universal truth is that there is no such thing as free energy. Something must always be lost in the burn. And if that means there has to be just a little less pompous arrogance as more drivers become public transit passengers, I think it's a fair and even trade.
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Damn it all to Hell.
Every post has Spam now.
I'm going to have to add one of those "decypher the word" do-hickies on here? Screw this.
Just assume the first comment on all my posts are Spam.
I hate the web.
China tightens noose on media with new web rules
New Chinese regulations governing Internet news content will tighten the noose on freewheeling bloggers and aim to rein in the medium that is a growing source of information for the mainland's more than 100 ...
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Okay, I'm on the fence about this one.
Is it Spam or legit?
The comment about Chinese censorship is certainly worth noting but a huge non-sequitor. I'm anxious to know what that "100" is for. It's a high number and I don't want to be on the wrong end of it.
I know only two people actually read this blog and both of them are close friends.
Let me re-state my assumption.
ALL comments on this blog are Spam.
Even my friends. Spam, spam, spam!
Know what would be fun? Start writing comments in blogs that SOUND like spam, but are actually RELEVANT to the article being commented on. That would be a unique challenge, especially to get the typos and mangled grammer juuuuuuuuust right.
And of course, sign off with a link to your own website :)
Might go something like this:
"You are totally right! I agree! But the solution is far simplier: hot movers in the stock market! Read my blog on stock tips, it show you how to make more money to pay for your status-enhancing triceratops immolator."
That China poster - it's wecloseallsales.com. I am no communist, but I can tell when Capitalism starts threatening chinese rule. No wonder they are censoring. Chinese has had spam since the beginning of their culture - not in an electronic format until now, but darn isn't it getting annoying! Censorship for the win!
As for math, if you also realize that more than 30% of Canadians don't make it pass gr.10 math, and that since the Conservate government re-ramped Ontario's curriculum, only 63% of the students pass the gr.10 math test. Many can't do the math transitions from gr.8 to gr.9. Now, that's not to blame the government or Canadians in general. But some of us are just not very good in math . Guess what, our last education minister in the PC gov't didn't even finish gr.10 in his OWN province.
Soylent green is a better use of people it would seem. But the whole moral thing got in the way. By the way, can you guess how many barrels of cruel oil were burn at the extraction site to keep the oil prices high? I guess oil is not essential after all ...
Life insurance and censorship. Somehow they just go together ...
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