JFK

Probably the world’s leading international airport and a notoriously bad airport in the Queens borough of New York City known for its congestion, horrid layout, traffic gridlock and smelly Pakistani cab drivers waiting to stiff you for a ride into Manhattan. The airport is a “culprit airport” for traffic congestion in the U.S. If it just barely rains in New York, traffic at JFK will be delayed for hours, causing headaches in other cities. In the winter it’s even worse. The airport is laid out in such an illogical manner than no one can figure their way around. It was originally laid out in a logical way, but rapid growth caused it to grow beyond what it could handle, leading to the congestion of today. JetBlue is the largest carrier out of the airport in terms of passenger traffic. JFK is the main hub for low far carrier, jetBlue Airways.

I hate JFK and would rather go through Newark anyday.

by [e-mail] March 29, 2008

prosperity gospel

a doctrine taught by mostly evangelical Christian televangelists that wealth and propserity are promised in the Bible for devoting your life to God, or that a life of wealth and health and prosperity are signs of God's favor. Unfortunately, the prosperity gospel is not just unBiblical, but is used by these televangelists to get you to donate your money to their organization. I am a Christian myself and dont buy into the prosperity gospel.

The prosperity gospel unfortunately leads others astray and exploits one's desire to have wealth and health in this life. In a way, the prosperity gospel teaches a person to pursue wealth and not God himself, and could be considered a form of idolatry. If the prsperity gospel is true, then why wasn't Mother Teresa or Jesus rich?? Does being "poor" mean you are being chastised by God? Just a few thoughts.

by [e-mail] July 15, 2009

karate kid

One of the best movies of all time. Directed by John Avildsen, this 1984 drama centers around a displaced youth who seeks self-defense training from an aged maintenance man named Mister Miyagi to defend himself in a Karate Tournament against a San Fernando Valley biker gang. Most of the movie was made on location throughout the San Fernando Valley in 1983.

The Karate Kid is one of the most well-known dramas of the 1980s.

by [e-mail] September 12, 2007

Dirty Jobs

A show on the Discovery Channel, hosted by Mike Rowe, that shows the ins and outs of dirty and tedious jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us. Each week Rowe does the job on location with a team of experts, and often utilizes sarcasm and humor to cover his frustration and disgust. And you can tell when Rowe hates what he's doing. One of the most disgusting jobs he did was being a sewer cleaner, making molds from sharks and artificially enseminating horses.

Dirty Jobs is disgusting, but very entertaining, and shows me the jobs to actually avoid in this life.

by [e-mail] November 14, 2009

Flint

One of America's classic Rust Belt cities, located in Eastern Michigan and north of Detroit. It has lost more jobs and more people than most other cities except for nearby Detroit. It was once home to Buick and called "Buick City," but those were the days. The city of Flint now has just one auto plant left. The loss of jobs and people has made Flint one of the most dangerous cities in the country, except for Detroit again.

Flint is a hell hole and no desent human being would EVER want to live there.

by [e-mail] December 29, 2007

Watergate

The most infamous political scandal in US history that resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon and his VP Spiro Agnew in 1974. It centered around a burglery at the Watergate hotel in Washington by the president's operatives to dig up information on his political enemies. The scandal later used a political enemies hit list, firings in the executive branch, wiretapping, threats, the IRS, and intimidation directed toward Nixon's enemies. During Nixon's endictment he refused to surrender tapes to the FBI that he knew would have resulted in his prosecution. Once Nixon knew there were enough votes in the House to impeach him and enough in the Senate to convict him, he resigned in disgrace--the only President to do so. A few months afterward, the new President Gerald Ford gave him a total pardon, allowing him to keep retain his law license. For the rest of his life he continued to deny any involvement in the scandal--at least directly.

Watergate was one of the saddest chapters in American politics in the 20th century. If it weren't for the Watergate scandal, Nixon would go down in history as being a very good President or average at worst.

by [e-mail] December 09, 2008

Christmas

My favorite holiday and time of year. A holiday created by the early Christian Church to celebrate the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, around 6-3 B.C. This is the REAL meaning of the holiday and it has NOTHING to do with an old, fat geezer giving gifts to kids. Jesus was NOT born on December 25th, as many people believe. That is just the date that was selected by the early Church to remember his birth. He was actually born sometime in the Spring, to fulfill prophecy.

Christmas is a time people present gifts to each other to commemerate God's gift to humanity--Jesus, God's begotten Son. The Christmas tree represents Christ's sacrifice on the cross. The red colors we see signify his shed blood.

The legend of Santa Clause is almost entirely pegan and has almost NOTHING to do with Jesus. The idea of Santa Clause came from Saint Nicholas in the Middle Ages, who gave gifts to children at Christmas. The idea of flying reindeer guided by one that has a red nose as a light is complete hogwash. And I have no idea how the sleigh came about. Santa Clause is depicted as an old, fat man with a white beard and likes to eat snacks left by children on Christmas Eve. According to urban legend, Santa Clause will not drop by until all all children are asleep.

I have no idea how the idea of stockings and coal came about.

No matter what Christmas means to people, it is the most celebrated holiday of the year.

by [e-mail] November 25, 2007