Here is a slightly edited quote of a post I made a few minutes ago. As soon as I posted it, I had an idea. Why not make it into a whole new thread, and in this thread ask for your opinions on the matter. Then I got an even better idea, why not ask for suggestions on how we can help to better our country. I can't sit here and watch it go to shit, not anymore than it already has. So how about some ideas. There was one a while ago that had to do with gas prices. There was an email circulating the internet pleading with Americans to skip buying gas on a certain day of a certain month. It's a good idea, and it inspired me. (Especially since gas for REGULAR UNLEADED is $4.09 1/9 a gallon. How the HELL did this happen? I'm 18 years old, how does the government expect me to afford food, housing, or transportation when a majority of my paycheck goes to buying gas, just so I can go to work. (Yeah, that doesn't include non-work related drives anywhere besides the grocery store, the bank, the gas station, and work) Does anyone have ideas similar to this to combat another problem in the United States? I'm serious, I am tired of doing nothing besides voting. Voting can help, but voting alone isn't going to save our country. Show some love for your country, and throw down some ideas, who knows it could be the next big thing!
not buying gas on a single day isnt going to help any. everyone will be lined up the day before or after to get their gas. anyways i dont have any real ideas. the best i could come up with was more of a "me" thing like ride my bike instead of drive if i can. heres an interesting article http://www.businessweek.com/print/lifestyle/content/apr2008/bw2008041_945564.htm maybe ill go smoke a bowl and think of something
Maybe everyone can ride their bike/skateboard/rollerblades/scooter to work, or take a taxi/bus/subway/train if possible, for at least a week. I agree about everyone buying the next day, I figured the same when I heard about it. I was using that as an example, not neccesarily a good one aparently , but still one where you get the right idea, correct?
a week would sweet. currently it seems everyone should be buying gas from companies that do not import. US made gas. wonder if that would help... alternate fuels can be a problem too. if we started to used corn based gas then the price of corn sky rockets. but there is a type of grass (i think its some kind of wheat?) that can be used and would be easy to harvest. hell even seaweed can be used as well as hemp. its all there for us to be dependent but its not profitable (so the companes think) so nothing is being done. i dont know. it just sucks when most of your paycheck goes to gas just so you can get to work. it would be steller if hemp/mj in general was legalized. it would help out alot with quite a few things. i think once our generation reaches the age where it can be done it will be done. maybe even sooner. i seem to be rambling....
Alternative fuels would be nice, but wouldnt we have to do some engine conversions or something? Hmmm, U.S. oil, non-imported. Got a list of gas "Made In The U.S.A."? haha I cant ride my bike or do public transportation. In my area. I live about 10 miles from my work, it's all downhill one way, and uphill going home. It's FAR too steep to ride a bike, and there's no bike lane or anything anyways. Can't walk it either, no sidewalk, just steep, huge cliffs. There are no buses or taxis here either! I cant wait to get back to the city. Ahh!
i do have a list but cant seem to locate it at the moment. as soon as i find it ill post it up. that sucks that you dont have much of a choice. i dont either since my bike is back home so im just stuck with my jeep for now. i dont drive much other than work, bank, and to get food. Edit: Admiral Oil Co. — Michigan Afriquia — Morocco Aldrees — Saudi Arabia Amerika — South Florida U.S. Ampride — United States ANCAP — Uruguay Api-IP — Italy ASDA — United Kingdom Attock Petroleum — Pakistan Bharat Petroleum — India BP (advertising tagline "Beyond Petroleum", initials stood for British Petroleum, but with the merger of AMOCO in 1998, BP is the actual corporate name) BP Amoco — United States, mainly used now as a fuel grade, not as a primary brand Aral — Germany, Luxembourg ARCO — United States Burmah — Former gasoline brand used in the UK, Australia & Belgium Sohio — Former gasoline brand, now used as marine fuel brand in Ohio CHS, Inc. Cenex — United States(Mainly Midwest, Western U.S. and Southwest U.S.) Challenge (gasoline) - New Zealand Chevron — International Chevron — United States and Canada Texaco — Europe, United States and Latin America Caltex — Asia, Africa, Oceania Ampol — Australia (Almost all stations in progress of changing to Caltex) HydroTexaco — Norway and Denmark: joint venture sold (2007) to YX Energi Clark — United States (now defunct)[1] ConocoPhillips Conoco — southeast and central United States Phillips (Phillips 66) Union 76 (former brand of Union Oil of California, which has exited the retail fuel business) Circle K mainly on C-stores, often with 76 gasoline Jet — Europe and Thailand ProJet — Malaysia, sold late 2007 to Shell Turkpetrol — Turkey Delta — Panama Coastal — being phased out in most US States Copec — Chile Cosmo Oil — Japan Crevier — Canada Crystal Flash Energy — United States(Michigan and Indiana) Cupet — Cuba DEA — Germany and neighbouring countries - sold by RWE to Shell in 2001 Delek — Israel Emo — Ireland Engen — South Africa Eneos — Japan and China ExxonMobil Exxon — United States Mobil — United States, Australia and New Zealand Esso — International (not Australia/New Zealand) Esso/Imperial Oil — Canada Flying J — United States and Canada Fortum — Finland Neste Futura Frontier — United States Beeline Galp Energy — Portugal (formerly known as Petrogal) Galp Gasoline Alley Services (G.A.S) — New Zealand Giant Industries, Inc — southwestern United States Conoco(joint alliance to market the Conoco gasoline brand) — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah Giant — Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico Mustang — Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah Gulf Oil — Northeastern US (by Cumberland Farms); UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Madagascar (by independent licensees) Gull (gasoline) — Eastern US, Australia, New Zealand (North Island) Hess Corporation Hess — United States Holiday — US (Midwest from Michigan to Washington State and Alaska) Hindustan Petroleum — India Husky Energy — Canada Husky Mohawk IBP Co. Limited — India Idemitsu — Japan Indian Oil Corp. — India Ipiranga — Brazil Irving Oil — Eastern Canada and New England ENI - Italian petrol company Agip formerly IP - essentially the Italian Shell outlets acquired in 1974, which were sold to API in 2005 JOMO — Japan Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC) Q8 Kygnus Oil — Japan LOTOS — Poland Lukoil Getty Teboil — Finland Liberty Oil; Australia Marathon Petroleum Company Marathon Pilot Travel Centers, LLC — United States Speedway SuperAmerica Starvin' Marvin's Martin and Bayley Huck's Now — Midwestern US Maxol — Ireland Estuary MOL — Magyar Olaj és Gázipari Rt., Hungarian Oil in Hungary and Eastern Europe Meijer — Midwestern US Murphy Oil Corporation MurphyUSA — United States, primarily at Wal-Mart locations MURCO — United Kingdom N1 — Iceland Norsk Hydro - now merged with Statoil Hydro — Sweden HydroTexaco — Norway and Denmark, JV prior to sale creating YX Energi Rema Bensin — Norway (defunct) Uno-X — Scandinavia North Atlantic Refining — Newfoundland, Canada Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) — Pakistan OlÃs — Iceland OLCO Petroleum Group, Incorporated — Ontario and Quebec, Canada OMV — Austria, Germany, Eastern Europe Avanti — Austria, discount brand Petrom — Romania Oro Negro — Cuba Pakistan State Oil — Pakistan Pakistan Burma Shell (PBS) — Pakistan Pakistan Refinery — Pakistan Pakistan Oilfields — Pakistan Pakistan Standard Oil — Pakistan Paz — Israel Pemex — Mexico Pertamina — Indonesia Petrobras — Brazil BR Petro-Canada — Canada PetroChina — People's Republic of China Petrol Ofisi, PO — Turkey Petronic — Nicaragua P.N.O.C. — Philippines Petron Petronas — Malaysia Engen — South Africa Petróleos Mexicanos — Mexico Pemex Petróleos de Nicaragua — Nicaragua Petronic Petroleos de Venezuela Citgo — United States Pilot Corporation — United States Pilot Travel Centers, LLC — United States Pioneer Petroleum — Ontario, Canada PKN Orlen — Poland Benzina Orlen UniPetrol Quick Chek — New Jersey, New York QuikTrip — Midwestern United States RaceTrac Petroleum — Southeastern United States RaceTrac — Company Owned Stores RaceWay — Franchised Stores Reliance Petroleum Ltd.— India Repsol YPF — Spain Royal Dutch Shell Shell — International Shell Canada Motiva a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, sold under Shell brand Sainsbury's — United Kingdom Sasol — South Africa Saudi Aramco — Saudi Arabia Sheetz — Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina Sinclair — Western and Central U.S. Sinopec — China Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) — Singapore Speedway Speedy Q — Michigan Statoil 1-2-3 — Scandinavia Statoil — Scandinavia, Balticum and Ireland Stork — Japan Sunoco — U.S. and Canada (separate ownership) Tesco — United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland and Hungary Tesoro — United States Tesoro Mirastar — at regional Wal-Mart stores Terpel — Colombia Accel — Panama TOP — Ireland Topaz Energy — Ireland Shell (under licence) Statoil (under licence) Total — France, plus selected countries in Europe, Africa and Asia APCO — United States Vickers — United States United Petroleum; Australia Valero — U.S. Beacon (gas) — U.S. Diamond Shamrock — U.S. Shamrock — U.S. Total — U.S. Ultramar — Canada (formerly the parent company also supplied branded service stations in California and the UK) Wawa — Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey YPF— Argentina, Uruguay and Chile Wilsons Gas Stops — Atlantic Canada Zephyr — United States(Midwest)
no problem man. i had it down to just US based companies but no idea where that went off to. i think im out for the night. its 415am
history repeats itself. thats why people should kow history.to avoid former mistakes. Thoucidydes the very first historian wrote that his work would be "κτημα εις αει" possesion for ever.,for all humanity. when nations become so powerfull that become empires they become greedy and corrupted. tats what happened with ancient persian empire,ancient roman empire,the ottoman empire and will keep happening.you should read Marx ,Marx believed that capitalism, like previous socioeconomic systems, will produce internal tensions which will lead to its destruction. what you should wonder if you really think america is losing power is what america will leave to humanity as a powerfull empire and not to hit bottom. and i agree so much about the potential use of marijuana. not only by america but by europe asia etc too.
Yeah, I agree that the legalization and cultivation for the better of mankind, world wide, but.... Big things happen in small steps, and I think the first step (being that I am an American) should be America legalizing it and using it to it's full potential. This would probably cause a world wide domino effect, since the U.S. bullied so many countrys into outlawing marijuana.
IMO- Americans think it is so easy to change things. Instead of getting off their lazy asses and bettering the community, its easier to bitch about DISTANT things that aren't going to change. Because then you don't have to do anything but complain. My suggestion: volunteer your time. You can do so much to make a difference in peoples lives just by giving some time.
i agree with cheebaa. people like to think about what they can change but those are really things about our country that will not change, at least not with ample time and momentum. i think that the best thing you (the average citizen) can really do is serve your local community and the areas around you, bettering the place that you reside in. it'll improve the quality of life and happiness for yourself, your family and friends, and those around you who live in your community. i think what a lot of americans are losing is a sense of community. the household is the biggest community many people aspire to. then they come home, watch tv with their spouses and bitch about "americans" as a whole. it's a big fucking country. we're not all as connected as they think, they make us feel empowered through things such as the television and voting options. the internet is the closest thing we have to a national community.
We need less of a federal government, and more involved community governments. I'm too high to elaborate, but this is IMO one of the 1st things that needs to happen...but it won't.
If your referring to me and my thread, i was specifically asking for suggestions of things to do that very thing.
We definately need to take actions. How can our country justify doing all this trade with China, when they constantly commit crimes on people? Gas prices going up is terrorism. Hit Americans where it hurts...The pocketbook. Also we're a country that has all this hatred inside of it. Look at all the beatings and the videos of beatings coming out. Look at all the gangs and gang violence. I guess Nowadays its cool to be in a gang. Did you hear about the white girls who were playing some basketball on a court and some Black kids wanting on the court and the white girls asked them to wait there turn. The black kids left and got a group of thirty other blacks and beat the shit out of these white girls and as they did they chanted " Martin Luther King". WTF is this. Thats not what the Good Dr. was about. Not only is this RACISM to the MAX. It's stupidity. Fucking disgracing the name of Martin Luther King jr. We as a country need to get it together before we go out policing the world again. We need to unify. We need to throw Racism and Hate out the window. Bob Marley man. One Love, One People, One World. We need to Make our homeland a loving happy place man. America needs to bring back the Jobs to America and out of china and Unite the country under one banner. If you ask me we need a new flag. One star Not 50. To represent our Unity as a nation. Man i need a blunt. lol Much love.
Highly underqualifyied, but i will accept the nominations. jk lol Do you have to pass a drug test to get the job??