Are you kidding me? Wind power brings prosperity, anger

Wind power brings prosperity, anger

What kind of a moron is this guy? This whole 'not in my backyard' act is wearing pretty thin at this point. Don't these people realize that things must, and will change. The question is a matter of when and how. Will people like this prevent us from progressing our way of life, leading to mass power outages and deaths, or will those that care enough for each other prevail in their sacrifice? How ugly and annoying a highway is. It's loud, smells, and polluting of the air around you. A wind turbine is loud, visible and free (in a sense. While it does cost a huge amount of money to set it up, I'd be interested to see how much money it costs to mine coal and then burn it. At what point does the cost efficiency of a wind turbine surpass that of carbon based fuel. It most definitely does as the wind itself costs nothing)

Blah, a little hung over and bitter maybe, but seriously people, accept some sacrifice for the sake of maintaining your way of life.

Badbadbadbadbadbadbad

Seriously, I'm here to kill you.
I can't imagine why else I could've been graced by your presence.
To me, you are everything
Everything evil and wrong
Everything beautiful and perfect
You are a statue, decorated by the artist
Your leggings and your sneakers are made of skin of children
And your thoughts are recycled dreams, of dead leaders and failures
We won't recall your name, you'll be a statistic
And like any pawn, if you make it all the way, I'll crown you myself
But you won't because I can't let that happen
I need your space, and your air
Seriously, I'm here to kill you
I take apathy like sugar pills
Looking for meaning inside it's empty walls
I can find what isn't there, but I can't afford to look.

I'm here to bring you back to life
Cut the umbilical cord that binds you
like a tether, a noose with two loops
Now you can be free
With wide eyes and caring

Shit's all fucked up these days.
Method to cope?
Modern Life is War.




In other news, I think I'll name my new band Hipster Death March. Ironic considering I'm writing in a blog and like to dress pretty, but seriously, read the newest Adbusters article on Hipsters. It's pretty spot on and depressing.

Well, HIV, it's been fun. Asshole.

So it looks like maybe there's been a turning point in HIV research. Good, cause I wanted to volunteer for that huge nationwide field test in july.
I could have made $750 and felt like a really responsible, forward thinking citizen. Oh well, all hope is not lost. The world could really use a vaccine, pronto.
Let's look at some statistics.

Ok they're really depressing so I'm going to post a few links so you can see for yourself.

AVERT, a UK based HIV/AIDS charity. It has a good breakdown of statistics, both globally and regionally.

The CDC is another kind of sketchy, but still pretty important American Center for Disease Control. Lot's of information, but stats are only dated up to 2006. I know it's only two years, but for a disease that has only been identified for less than 30 years, 2 years is a long time.

The UN has the official UNAIDS/WHO numbers. Same stuff AVERT uses, but it seems more official.