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Welcome back, I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I know my last post went on and on and probably seemed somewhat of a commercial at the end, for my new business. I hope you all can look past that, and continue reading, because I do not plan on doing that very often. The whole reason for me creating this forum was to express my views of the ever changing world around us. And I'm thinking to myself right now, "people must be thinking, Why the hell should I care what this guy says or thinks, he's a nobody, and x-cable guy, he don't even know how to write an interesting commentary", but, I just want to put my two-cents in the vast collection of voices out there, many of whom have a somewhat questionable agenda.
I just want to start off by remembering "the good ol' days". Remember, not too long ago, not having to wear your seat belt when you jumped in your car and went down to the corner market? How about, for all you fellow smokers out there, being able to relax and have a cigarette or cigar after a meal at a restaurant. Did it seem like you were doing anything wrong when you would light up after eating that hamburger and fries at the fast food place of you choice? Does second hand smoke really affect non-smokers like we are told, or are we being duped to have just one more freedom taken away from us. Doesn't the openness in a room allow for the harmful properties of a cigarette to be low enough that it wouldn't harm a non-smoker or child? I know that many restaurants installed ventilation systems and/or separated smokers from non-smokers and children, but somehow that wasn't enough. I know I am one-sided on this, because I'm a smoker, but if someone in a restaurant asked me not to smoke, I would have put it out or stepped outside.  maybe some others wouldn't do the same, but hey, ask to be put in another section, or go to another restaurant, or complain to the manager, if the restaurant gets a lot of complaints, maybe they would change their policy, don't go to the government and lobby to have someone's freedoms taken away! We are losing our freedoms at a staggering rate these days already, we don't need our fellow countrymen and women to instigate it further.
How about that new health care system the President is trying to force through, do you think it is a good idea?
If you do, did you know that if you cannot afford health care in the future, you may find yourself locked up behind bars? Or, did you know that one of the agendas of it is to put a computer chip implant into every American, to hold information about you or track you? Did you know that implant is referred to as 666? Do you still believe it is a good idea??? Do you think its a good idea to get the flu shot every year? If you do, you might want to look at the contents of it at the website of the CDC. Can you trust the government to be involved in something like your health, when they may be involved population control? Look at our drinking water supply, why are certain chemicals allowed in it that are known to be dangerous in high quantities and cause our bodies harm over long periods of time even with low doses? I'm not saying our government is all bad, or all have bad intentions, but if even a small percentage of our leaders do have a messed up agenda, isn't that cause for a "little" worry? Don't you worry that not long ago the US was the most powerful  and wealthy nation, now it seems by most reports that China may be the most powerful? I can't remember in any of my history lessons where China was a good allie. In fact, I remember them coming to anyone's aid to fight against us. But yet they are somehow allowed to steal fresh water from our Great Lakes (Michigan) and take it back to their country in mass quantity, with our leaders looking the other way!! Well , you might say our country owes them a lot of money, from what our government borrowed from them, but where does it show that they have taken that water, and reduced what we owe them in return? I'll bet they haven't decreased our debt from it by even a nickel. Why couldn't they go and get that water from somewhere else, or, they're rich, why couldn't they buy it or at least lower our debt to them for it? Why do our leaders seem to be dragging their feet and not getting this economy back to good shape and letting crazy things happen? I don't know myself, and if anyone out there has some answers to any of the above questions or comments to anything I have said, please feel free to post. I will not remove anyone's comments unless they use profanity or threaten anyone. Until my next blog...thanks for reading.
Wes
 

The world today through my eyes, by Wes

Get ready to hear a lot of content in my blog that may be boring to some, interesting to some,(hopefully) and may even sound crazy to some people. I'll start out telling you a little about myself, since I'm the owner of this blog. I am a 39 year old man, living without any employment for the last couple of months, no money, no job opportunities, turned down by unemployment compensation, (so far;...I'm fighting it:) and only eating what my family, neighbors, and city's food program supplys me. I know that seems pathetic, but I kinda' brought it on myself. In October, I quit a job I've had for almost 12 years, making a little over $20/hr,due to a lot of reasons. Primarily, I quit it due to health and safety reasons. I worked for a major Cable company, and for the last couple of years I have been having trouble dealing with a progressing fear of heights. As you know, this type of fear is not safe or healthy to have on a day to day basis when you are in that kind of work. I could not get up in the morning and look forward to a day at work, and would actually feel sick before starting my shift. I usually didn't let my fear overwhelm me to the point where I could not preform my job duties satisfactorily, until the last four months or so. It did effect my job performance a little bit the last couple of years, but my Supervisor was still pleased with my work overall. It was all coming to an end though, and did end after problems with my attendance. If I did not quit, the company would have fired me for attendance problems, within a couple of days anyways. My Supervisor looked shocked as I handed him my resignation. I was in shock too, because I knew I probably couldn't get another job making anywhere near the same amount of money. It all happened just a couple of weeks after I almost fell  from my ladder. This was the second time that month that I had a close call. I didn't have this type of fear when I first started working in this indusrtry, but recent natural back injuries and leg pain the last few years, have taken my confidence away while climbing. Many times I would be up on a fully extended ladder, and the fear would enter my mind, and my leggs would uncontrollably shake, causing me to be even more afraid of a possible fall, sometimes over a gate or fence...or pitbull!
I know it sounds kinda silly, but I really couln't keep on working there under that kind of pressure. The people who still do work there have some kind of super powers or something, considering climbing isn't the only stress associated with the job. There were many other stresses I was having to deal with there at the same time; from showing up late to appointments, irate customers, dogs, overly friendly cats, working without help on big jobs, shortage of equpment, keeping my work van clean and organized, crawlspaces, customer home phone and security alarm issues, company always adding new job responsibilities, and trying to improve personal production numbers to satisfy the company's big wigs, even when the numbers' criteria was seemingly structured to make us fail. I had been talking to my supervisor in private meetings with him about some of my frustrations, for over a year prior to my resignation, but I couldn't mention to him about my ever-growing fear of heights, until I quit, because there was nothing else the company had for me to do. When I first started having problems, I tried to apply for a job within the company for the Theft Department, in which I was fully qualified with my experience as a team leader in the local Leakage Dept., and all my bosses told me I would probably get the job. But, a new hire I trained just happened to be a cop, and the company decided to choose him instead. So there it is, I lost a good paying job, and can't even find
a good  $10/hr job here in Michigan due to this messed up economy. I have however, been using this time away from working, to learn more about computers and the Internet, and I think I wan't my next job to be more along the lines of that. I know how to fix computers, (for the most part) and now I  am a Webmaster, and I have recently earned several certifications in programming and Web design, and I am trying to get a new home business off-the-ground. I will continue my bloggs later, but if you or anyone you know in Michigan in the areas of Garden City, Westland, Dearborn Hts, Canton, Wayne, or Livonia needs a hand with their computer or programs, or mabe they can't get their internet working or some cable tv problem, have them call me at the number provided at my site. Or just shoot me an E-mail! http://hpch.wes.pro.tc/
home-pc-help@live.com  Thanks for reading, and merry Christmas!