Apr 23rd, 2008
Netlets for Wednesday, April 23
I could not agree more with the April 20 letter of the day, "For Earth’s sake, will someone pick up litter?" It seems this is the week dedicated to keeping the earth clean and green!
However, I don’t think this small allotment of time is enough to educate people about keeping our living area clean.
Every day I see people throwing cigarette butts and fast-foot wrappers out of their car windows. Apparently eating and smoking break up the monotony of driving but these people can’t carry their trash home with them.
I was driving on Hwy. 100 with a friend one day and seeing a snowstorm of cardboard, plastic and other debris floating all over the road. We caught up to the offender, which was a junk truck with his load being blown all over the highway. The irony of this was that we both at the same time drove by a highway patrolman with a radar gun! He did not even look at the garbage or the truck, only oncoming cars that might be speeding. If an officer of the law is not going to stop and ticket this "litterbug" is it any wonder other people are going to do the same?
We called 911 and reported the truck, but I doubt the driver was caught.
My point is that unless more people become proactive and call people on their "litter habits, " Earth Day has little meaning.
A new inductee into the Adoption hall of Fame
Many Minnesotans may not realize this, but our Sen. Norm Coleman was honored last Wednesday night for his dedication to adoption and foster care issues through his work in the U.S. Senate. I was flattered by an invitation to present him with the honor of being inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame, as the award could go to a no more deserving man.
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10 Responses to “Netlets for Wednesday, April 23”
But really… uh… big friggin’ deal. Coke, Pepsi, sure we all have a preference, but it’s really a can of crap for your body. Spend $1 on something else and do your body right or something.Besides, Coke / Pepsi’s global agenda of replacing normal drinks with this pap all over the world is plain bad for humanity. There’s nothing good coming from a can of Coke / Pepsi!</rant>
All fun and jokes, but: The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) spokesman Doug Nintzel confirmed the tolling effort in a recorded interview.This was unprofessional and would have seriously pissed me off if I lived there.
Well I mean released. - from www.gnu.org/software/emacs -Latest stable release: 21.4 (Feb 6, 2005)But yeah, I’ve been using W32 emacs for a nice windows version of the cvs, too.
22.0.x was never released, right?
Greatest PR coup in history. I mean, the Coca Cola Corporation actually got people to protest for their brand, and got huge amounts of free publicity in the bargain.
And lo fifteen men and women of the British Royal Navy did sail upon the waters of the Gulf, where they did carry out a UN mandated patrol. And while they were patrolling upon the waters a force of Iranians did come among them and did seize them, saying that the waters upon which they patrolled were the waters of Iran, whatever their GPS might say. And so the fifteen did go with them, for they had had no training as to what to do in such circumstances save for a twenty-minute videotape advising them “not to do anything stupid”.
…AND was able to switch from real sugar to high-fructose corn syrup without anyone noticing the difference.
After two weeks focusing on politics, I decided we’ll try some of Hubdub’s other categories for a while. So Entertainment first.
It seems as if April Fools Day was just here yesterday, and now the end of the month is quickly approaching. So, before April slips away, let us take this opportunity to remind you about some not-so-foolish things. Like how important it is to wear your seatbelt and other ways you can improve your safety as well as the environment.