Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Inconvenient Truth

A comment on a little film by Al Gore called The Inconvenient Truth came skipping to mind.


Deep in the film Al Gore discussed an Auto’s company financial profitability in relation to the sales of gas-friendly vehicles. His simple statement was if you sold cars with good gas mileage your sales were up. He noted Honda/Toyota was up 10-20% while Ford/GMC were down 5-20%. Mr. Gore noted this trend over a certain period of time. Looking past the scary/aging face of Gore, I got hit with the truth – he was talking about this shit back in 2005! The Auto Industry had THREE YEARS to react instead of flying into our Nations Capitol in private jets requesting bailout money!


Which brings me to the RIDICIOUSL-BAILOUT-THAT-MY-GENERATION-WILL-PAY, if Al-Freaking-Gore can spot the signs for a troubling auto market then the banks of this great nation could have spotted the impeding doom of our financial sector.

Americans are granted the privilege of choice. With choice, comes sense of accountability. If my neighbor is making meth in his back yard, I don’t tell myself, “Oh my religious-god-fearing neighbor will call them in”. OR If I see a hit-and-run, I don’t think to myself, “oh someone will call the police.” As Americans, if they see someone wronged, they should step in. This same attitude needs to be applied to all, equally; including the educated and wealthy.

As Americans voted Obama into presidency believing he is the catalyst for change. However, Obama may be the face of change but the people are the legs and hands of the nation. Change will only occur until we finally accept our responsibilities, which ensure our freedom and our way of living. Universally we need to agree that the first step of change starts within us, instead of waiting for some guy to make a documentary.

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