Stuff on my mind
Category: I’ve had a few topics on my mind the past few days that are
blog worthy. I don’t have much time so I
will touch on each briefly and follow up at a latter date if I see fit.
First and most important: Go Sox!! Thank you to Mirabelli and the rest of the
gang for kicking some Yankee BEE-hind.
Hopefully they won’t get rained out tonight.
Second, the “Day without Immigrantsâ€, I feel I should
mention something about yesterday’s events for prosperity’s sake. I’m really not sure how I feel about the
immigrant issue. On the one hand,
immigrating illegally is a crime; on the other hand, there is something
seriously wrong with our immigration policy if the only way to live here (at
least for Hispanics) is illegally.
Fixing the policy for the future will be the easiest part, what to do
with the mistakes of the past is beyond me, and what about all the legal
immigrants who have been in the system for 10 + years and still aren’t citizens. Any thoughts?
I just can’t help thinking that we all have immigrants not too far back
in our genealogy (I’m 3rd generation), we have no right being
righteous.
Third, I’m sick of lazy Americans trying to solve our
dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable resources with quick fixes
(i.e. dump the federal gas tax of 18c per gallon during the summer driving
season). Boy can everyone talk the talk,
but when it comes down to it no one is willing to walk the walk and I mean that
literally!! I (besides my stupid commute)
make it a point to avoid the car as much as possible. However, I’m still going to re-evaluate my
car use and try to limit it further and I encourage all of you to do so as
well! The Diane Rehm Show yesterday had
a good discussion on oil policy if you are interested.
Last, I hate light pollution. How many of you (those that don’t leave in
apartment buildings) leave the outside light on all night? Why?
To scare away the bad guys; to act as a beacon to midnight guests?
While I think the porch light is unnecessary, I’m really bothered by
businesses (other than Store 24) that leave their lights on 24/7. I
understand the security concern, but wouldn’t motion sensored lights serve that
purpose. I don’t really understand the desire
to advertise 24/7; I don’t want to see your sign up in lights if you aren’t
open, I’ve actually been tricked before into thinking a store was open because
it had some many lights on after hours.
The same goes for the hallways in my apartment building, the place is ablaze
at night, couldn’t we do with every other light on, or perhaps less
wattage? Not only are unnecessary lights
wasteful (see #3 above), but that also disturb nature. You can barely see the stars because of the
light pollution of downtown Dover. A recent article in Science News outlined the
effects of light pollution from southern California
and Las Vegas on reptile and
amphibian species in national parks up to 300 miles away!! These nocturnal species
are going extinct because their feeding and mating behaviors are disturbed.
In summary, Go Sox, Go immigrants, WALK and SHUT OFF THE
LIGHTS!!