Pedestrians: Drivers who have found a parking place.
With the increased cost of gas and the negative effect fossil fuels are having in the world one would think that we would want to keep cars moving forward at any cost in order to increase gas mileage. Right? NO! We have managed to give the “right of way” to pedestrians, people who don’t burn any fossil fuels (although they do actually produce a little methane from time to time) Cars have to stop and yield to walkers, people who themselves could easily wait until the cars have gone by and then cross the road when it’s clear. But if you come to a crosswalk sign in your car and see a person waiting to cross you have to stop your 2 ton gas burning car and let the person (non gas burning) cross. Not only do you have to stop but the ten cars behind you have to stop as well. When I was a kid this was the rule for crossing a street: Stop, look both ways, look to the left then to the right and then back to the left, wait for traffic to CLEAR and then cross. Simple. When did this all change? Heck gas was 27 cents a gallon when this rule was in place, now it’s four dollars and cars have to wait for people.
Not only that but have you ever notice that when a person does cross the road they turn into human glaciers? They do! You have to drive a stick in the ground next to them to detect any movement because they walk so slow! That’s that.
The China earth quake. First, terrible thing people suffering, really terrible. One observation though. China asked for 300,000 tents needed to house people who have been displaced by the earth quake. Okay, that’s fair. But my tent was made in CHINA! What the heck, how am I suppose to help them in that? Do I call them and say, “Hey I would like an order of 300,000 tents have them shipped to me so I can ship them back to you through an aid organization?” Or, “I would like an order of 300,000 tents but don’t ship them just keep them for yourself” That’s that.
Tolerance: I’ll wait on this one for now we just had company show up
