what is a man that does not make the world a better place?

to all the innocent victims of the michael phelps tragedy i offer you my deepest sympathies. michael phelps was given a gift, the ability to swim with great athletic confidence. this young man used his gift to bring this country home many gold medals from the greatest athletic competition in the world. unfortunately, after an awe inspiring performance, we have recently discovered that he is still a human being therefore making him prone to mistakes. case in point, the recent release of a photo in which he is smokitng marijuana. first tho i would like to congratulate the hero of the hour, the brave person who captured this on film. it must have been a very difficult and stressful decision to make to turn the photograph over to authorities. authorities that would use proper discretion to bring mr. phelps poor judgment into the light of the masses. im sure the man of the hour was conservatively compensated for his heroic efforts. mr. phelps was once uplifted and his accomplishments made him an inspiration to the youth of this decaying society. like his hero, australian ian thorpe, phelps is a man worth looking up too and modeling your life after as he did with mr. thorpe. phelps, a young man that has dedicated his life to the pursuit of olympic gold, should have known how society works and that amidst his intense training that takes up almost all of his time, the repercussions of his actions.....

oh wait...

he has been training the vast majority of his life. He has won 16 olympic medals, 8 gold at the last olympics alone. if nothing else the gold medals should distract you from anything else because that is what this society is obsessed with. money gold and all things monetary. this reminds me of our hero from earlier. what a scum bag. this person held the fate of another person in their hands and decided that they would turn it over for money and let someone else deal with the difficult decision of how to address what michael phelps did or to protect the innocent people that uphold him as an american hero. im sure whoever this person is never committed a moral crime in his or her life aside from standing next to the person hitting the bong and thinking if they had a picture of this it might be worth some money. i would put money down that whoever this person was, was next in line to hit the bong. i guess my question in all of this is why would someone choose to take hope away from someone else? im sure they received money along with that hope. i will say michael is an idiot for getting caught. honestly though, what he did is so small in compared to the person who took the photo knowing very well what would come of it. i hope that persons bank can turn all the hope that person collected into money because my bank doesnt provide that service yet...

computers are for customers only

have you ever thought what it would be like a hundred years from now? or how about two hundred years from now? will there be flying cars? will meals come in pill form? will anything be futuristic like it was supposed to be in 1984? or how about this, will the trash be over flowing? will wildlife only be seen in books because of the insane urban sprawl that has wiped out livable habitat? will pollution reach a point that it makes seeing the sun a special moment? what will your childrens children think of what we are turning the planet into? these questions are only the first that come to mind when i take 2min to think about this subject. i wonder about the legacy that i will leave behind. will i leave a lasting impression or just an impression that lasts. what i mean is will i change the way a few people think about consuming and leave a lasting impression or will i continue to consume and consume and contribute to the growing mass of trash? there are so many things that are recyclable that people over look. how about homes? instead of repairing a home in need i see more and more that they just knock it down and build a new one. i know it is possible to bring an old house back to life and it can be easy if you know what youre doing. when they knock it down it now creates double the trash. why why why? maybe because people are lazy and modular homes are cheap. they only last 50 yrs but who cares because the people that lived there for 25 have moved and the next batch only 10 and guess what? now someone comes in the house is run down so they knock it down and rebuild. lame lame lame. laziness and greed. the two things in this world that do the most destruction. instead of buying new threads at the mall go to a second hand shop. i rarely buy new clothes and only for a certain event that requires something i dont already own. i mend or have someone else mend my old clothing to the point that it is no longer salvageable. there are so many things in my home that i dont touch or need. why do i have them? well a lot were gifts and others i never stopped to think about what i was doing in purchasing them. today tho when i buy something i think about where it was made, how it was made, and what will happen to it when im done with it. if i dont agree with one of the three things i dont purchase it. im not a diehard patriot but i do believe in this country i was born in. im not racist but i try to only buy things made in this country because it helps this country. people see the bleeding hearts all over the world and miss the ones right next to them. lets leave a lasting impression and start cleaning up this country. try to consume less, buy less and if you have to buy american. help your neighbor in the house next to you not the continent next to you. i would love to think people will be proud to be from this country in the future, not the current trend of people turning their backs on it.