corporate monsters

I absolutely hate every cell phone company in the world.
They are so corrupt and ridiculous!
So basically cell phone companies are kind of like the DOT because they don't care about their customers. They know that no matter what they do everyone still NEEDS a cell phone so they will do whatever is needed to have one. The DOT doesn't care because everyone needs a license. So basically cell phone companies can charge whatever ridiculous price they want.
And what i understand is that their is really no way of creating competition. i know that there are different companies to choose from but each is as corrupt as the next. So basically in order to get reception all over the world your cell phone provider needs access to as many cell phone towers as possible. Each company owns their own towers and then pays to use other companies towers. So if one company decided to make their prices lower then the companies they are renting towers from would say, "No more towers for you" because then their lower prices would steal customers from their company. Basically the prices will forever be high because it's a never ending cycle.
Here is my horror story with my cell phone company. I started my own contract, with my mom's signature because i wasn't 18 at the time. My bill was about $80 a month and i had unlimited text messages and like 1200 minutes or something like that. It was the lowest plan they had which made me mad in the first place because i never used more then half of my minutes in a month. So i was way over paying for all of these minutes that i didn't use and i couldn't do anything about it.
That was just the beginning. So my sister, who is 20, decides to add herself to my plan. I told her as long as she could just add herself to my existing plan that would be fine. Because i wasn't using all of my minutes anyway and then i would only have to pay $40 a month. It sounded too good to be true. Trust me it was. She went into my wireless provider and asked them to do this. However they told her that the plan i had was only a single person plan, she couldn't be added to it.
Any normal person would say okay then walk out the door. Oh No not her. She decides to change my whole entire plan so she could be added to it. Ever since then i have been paying $150 plus a month. Every month i go in to ask why and they always have an excuse to tell me why i am paying so much. Every month i go in their to tell them i want my old plan back and every month they tell me i have to wait for a certain period of time before i can do that. I am getting so fed up.
Oh yeah and cell phone companies have these genius things called contracts that lock a person in for as little as two years. If i wanted to just walk away i would have to pay $300.
They have rediculous rules that are only in place for them to make money.
Corrupt jerks
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11/11....11

Veterans Day, formally know as Armistice Day, is.....Today!
It came about becasue of the ending of World War I, which was known as The Great War back then.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh hour to end the war. Which is why Veteran's Day is always on November eleventh.
The day was orginally created to celebrate the veterans of WWI but after WWII and the Korean War happened the holdiday was changed to Veterans Day to celebrate all verterans.
It is important that everyone knows about this day and why we celebrate it.
Even if you may not agree with war a still beleive that you need to celebrate and give your appriciation to those people who put their lives in danger to protect our country.
Today make sure you give thanks to any veterans you know and maybe even some you don't know.

True Life | I'm Obese |

I was sitting in my room and watching TV and this show came on about Obesity. It was talking about obesity being a genetic disease and an how eating is an addiction. The show was giving this man excuses for being fat and justifying his obesity. i found this sick and it made me think about our society. Then i noticed, it is only five o'clock and i am laying in bed watching TV.
How did it come to be like this? How are Americans so lazy?
We do as little as possible to get by.
It's not etirely our fault though
It's just how our culture is.
Compare us to China. They go to school all day and base their lives on the importance of education.
In America education is far from the top of our list.
Bush passes the no child left behind act which has good intentions. But without the money we need to follow through with it then it's crap. It is doing absolutely nothing for us. Kids skip school and hate doing their homework.
In china they are quickly excelling far past American technology and education.
Have you ever met a foreign exchange student?
They are so much more motivated and so much smarter. It's intimidating.
There is only one way to solve it.
We have to change. Our society has to start from the bottom and work our way back up. I think the best way to start is by converting our schools to year-round schooling.
It's to late for my generation we have to start thinking about our kids. How do we want our kids to grow up?

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Lykke Li

Lykke Li is a singer-song writter from Sweden.


She has her own Blog! Lykke Li's Notes


She has one ablum called Youth Novels that came out in Februaury of '08
Her music is very unique and folk sounding which is the feel you get from this debut album. She says that the album is very personal and is mainly about her own teenage expiriences. She says that she is a very shy person but in her album she can express her deepest feelings and emotions. Lykke Li says that she wouldn't like to be famous and be scrutinized by the public eye, corrupting her personality and life. She enjoys her quiet little apartment with her close friends she hangs out with.


I idolize Lykke Li because she has her own opinions and views much like my own. I like how she knows who she is and what she wants. Someday i want to be as sure of myself as she is of herself. I also love her music and the uniquness of it. She truley is an inspiration to me because of the way she thinks and portrays herself. She doesn't care about fame or even money she just wants to be happy and let other people enjoy her music.


She is inspired by visual things such as photos, movies and books
She is a fan of Richard Avedon Photos
Sally Mann Photos<----her mom Pedro Almodovar Movies


Her favorite musicians are
Dizzee Rascal
Tribe Called Quest
Amy Winehouse

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EDUCATION
McCain graduated in the bottom five of his class in the United States Naval Academy.
Then he attended national war college

Obama went to a small private liberal arts college for two years then transferred to Columbia university where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations he graduated with a bachelors degree. Five years later he enter Harvard Law School. He graduated from Harvard with a Juris Doctor which is a professional doctorate in law and in the top 10% in his class.

As you can see Obama is allot smarter and definitely allot more educated then McCain. Why would anyone chose to have someone who graduated in the bottom five of his class to be the leader of their country? That is ridiculous and i can't imagine how anyone can look past this fact.

THE WAR IN IRAQ
McCain supports President Bush's policies and if elected as president he favors the troop increase and wants to maintain troop levels.

Obama was against the war in 2004 saying "I am not opposed to all wars, I am opposed to dumb wars." He is against the presidents troop increase and supports a phased redeployment, meaning he wants to cut the number of troops in phases.

Obama's plan makes most sense because McCain wants to do what we have been doing for the past six years and it has not been working. I believe that we need to try something different because what we are doing is not working. I understand that if we pull all of our troops out we will have a problem because we are leaving Iraq alone and unable to support themselves leaving them susceptible and some say it could end in a genocide. But i believe if we have a well thought out and organized plan to take troops out slowly and carefully we could make it work. I believe that Obama has this well thought out plan.

TAXES
McCain wants to make Bush's tax cuts permanent. This give people earning $250,000 a year a cut on their taxes

Obama wants to let the tax cuts expire as scheduled

What is the point of giving people earning this much money a break on their taxes? They have enough money so why do they not have to pay to government the same proportion as everyone else? There is absolutely no reason for them to pay less. It would actually make more sense for them to pay more. If they have enough money they should be able to help out their country. I would feel the same way if i made $250,000 a year.

Compare and contrast

Everyone should do their own research and find out things about the people who may run our country. Also anyone who is eligible should get out and vote tomorrow!

Ignoring an issue isn't equivlent to not having one

Stress seems to be a never ending problem.
our society contains the most stress from any era in recorded history.
People are stressing over everything these days. If you are in my age group then it is all about college. Where will you go? What will you major in? What if you fail? How will you pay for it? What if you don't find a job when you are done? If you are older it could be a number of things from getting married to just dealing with money. These days people don't take enough time to relax and unwind from the day. It can get to the point where it become dangerous, causing health problems and early aging.


Ways to help prevent stress mainly include just taking time out for yourself to relax and calm. A very good way to relieve stress is doing yoga. Also if you manage your time and find time to relax and of course get plenty of sleep your stress will surely decrease immensely. You can find things to do during the day to help yourself relax such as listening to calming music in your car, soaking in the tub before bed, or taking a quick nap during the day.

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