Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 38
Sign: Pisces
City: Guatay
State: California
Country: US
|
|
|
|
November 2, 2009 - Monday
|
Current mood:  amorous
Category: Life
I guess I'm normal. At least I'm mostly normal.
I have a few idiosyncrasies that drive people crazy.
One of my biggies is that I hate people who are perpetually late. As for me, I would rather be an hour early than a minute late for something. It seems that there are some people who are late for everything no matter what. Those are the ones who make me nuts! Sometimes, things will happen and we will all be late for something from time to time. That's OK and I understand. It's the ones who are always late that really bug me.
On the other hand, I can't remember ever being late for anything. But that's just me.
The habit of mine that really causes friction is that I hate to have my picture taken. I mean I really hate it...I think the last picture taken of me was about eight years ago. And no, I have no pictures of me from my wedding to Jack.
Maybe the camera really will steal my soul. I don't know...I just don't like it. And that means I won't do it.
The person it bothers the most is my Marketing Director, Andrea. For obvious reasons, she wants pictures of me to put on book covers and such. She'd like to make life-size cardboard cutouts to put up at various places. Hell, if she had the chance, she'd have billboards all over town.
Ain't gonna happen, babe!
Subscribe to Melodee's MySpace Blog
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
 | Currently listening:
Space Elevator
By Inquisitor Betrayer
Release date: 2006-09-26 |
|
Powered by  | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009 - Sunday
|
Current mood:  dirty
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some stories alone...
Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!
Can you believe this?
"...assured his client would never behave 'like a fugitive'."
So, does that mean that for the last thirty-plus years that Polanski didn't know that he was wanted for a whole laundry list of sex crimes against children and flight from justice charges?
The worthless fuck may be a baby-raper, a pedophile, and an escaped convict, but he is not stupid. He managed to avoid being caught for a long time.
Another thing he isn't is all that.
Sorry, folks, but the turd is a so-so director at best. His best work was Rosemary's Baby, and I have to say that was a funny movie. The old Jewish Satanists with the "chocolate mouse" is still hilarious to this day! What's that? Oh, it was supposed to be a scary movie? Sorry.
Yeah, yeah...the artsy-fartsy types out there will rave about what a talented man Polanski is. Talent is a purely subjective thing. I think Elvis and the Beatles suck. I never cared for Michael Jackson all that much. But it doesn't matter.
Let me put it to you in plain and simple language...
Should we forget that Roman Polanski raped and sodomized a little girl after giving her alcohol and drugs just because he has directed a few movies that some people like?
I think not!
Of course he's going to run if released on bail. He doesn't care about the money. Neither do his friends in the film industry.
Why?
Because they know that when he is sent to prison in the US, he'll be someone's bitch.
Let's see how old Roman likes it up his ass.
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
| Currently listening:
Space Elevator
By Inquisitor Betrayer
Release date: 2006-09-26 |
|
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 27, 2009 - Tuesday
|
Current mood:  cooky/wacky
Category: Writing and Poetry
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the star of an erotica romance novel? Have you thought in the dark recesses of you mind what it would be like to actually do the things that the heroines and heroes of those passionate stories do?
You're not alone! Most readers of erotica and erotica romance have those fantasies, and here's your chance to make them a little more real!
Announcing Melodee's
It's All About Me
contest!
For all the details on how YOU can be the star of an erotica romance novel, just visit Web Site and click on the CONTESTS link to the left.
Subscribe to Melodee's MySpace Blog
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
| Currently listening:
Space Elevator
By Inquisitor Betrayer
Release date: 2006-09-26 |
|
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 26, 2009 - Monday
|
Current mood:  breezy
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some stories alone...
Freezing To Death In The Dark
Have you ever noticed that if you move the first two letters around that nuclear becomes unclear?
Anyway...
Believe it or not, I really don't like the idea of using nuclear energy to generate electricity. There are a number of problems with nuke plants. Some of the biggies are:
(1) Cost. Nuke plants are very expensive to build. A good deal of that cost—as much as 60% by some estimates—is due to excessive regulation, but even if that were corrected, a typical nuke plant would cost about 30% more than a fossil-fuel plant of the same capacity.
(2) Waste Disposal. What do we do with the radioactive waste left by a nuke plant? The solution so far has been to bury it. Sorry, but that's not a solution any more than sweeping the dirt under the rug. A few ideas have been tossed around, like putting it on a rocket and sending it into the sun. No, that won't hurt the sun in any way, but do you really want to trust NASA not to blow it up? I don't.
(3) Lack Of Personnel. The American education system is such that we can't—or won't—produce people who can design, build, or operate a nuke plant. Sorry folks, but we're way too worried about making sure that our engineers—and I use the term loosely—know about the history of rock and roll instead of how to design a power plant.
But, despite all of these issues, I don't see that we have much choice.
Wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and other technologies are great solutions to our energy needs. At least they will be great solutions when we can actually make them work. Right now, none of these are viable on a large scale, and I honestly doubt that they will be "ready for prime time" for at least twenty years or more.
The trouble is that we need new, large scale power plants much sooner than that, on the order of between now and five years from now.
We can do one of three things...
(A) Build More Fossil Fuel Plants. Between the costs of fuel, damage to the environment, and increased dependence on foreign suppliers, this just isn't a good idea. There are literally hundreds of ticks on the downside and few on the upside.
(B) Build More Nuclear Power Plants. Still not the best possible answer in the long run, but we could do it and it will meet our needs long enough to get the other, long-term solutions online. No pun intended.
(C) Freeze To Death In The Dark. 'Nuff said.
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
| Currently listening:
Space Elevator
By Inquisitor Betrayer
Release date: 2006-09-26 |
|
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 25, 2009 - Sunday
|
Current mood: amorous
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some stories alone...
The Music of the Night
Have you ever seen The Phantom of the Opera?
How about Cats! or Evita or Jesus Christ Superstar?
I'm really not talking about the movie or video versions of these shows, though that does count. I really mean have you ever seen the stage productions of these musicals? Honestly, the stage versions are much better than the movies.
OK, I'll be fair here...the movies of both Phantom of the Opera and Evita were pretty good. I'm not a big fan of Madonna, but Antonio Banderas carried Evita. Damn he's good looking! Good looking enough that Jack, my husband, is real uncomfortable with the idea of me meeting him!
Anyway...
These are musicals. As if you didn't know. Many people are surprised that I not only like musicals, but that I can actually enjoy them. After all, I'm deaf as the proverbial post. And that's precisely why I can—and do—enjoy the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber so much...
I have to be able to feel the music. I have to put my fingers on the speakers and concentrate on the vibrations. And I mean really concentrate. I shut out everything else, often closing my eyes so I can focus on the sounds. That's the only way I can pick up the beat and notes that the composer, conductor, and performers blend together into the wonderful thing that you, the hearing public, call music.
It is this focus that gives me an edge over you.
I don't miss even a single note. I "hear" every tempo change, every shift in key, each sound from every instrument and voice all come into my mind and are processed to build work into a coherent and beautiful work of art.
And the work of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is unique. They are filled with wonderful changes in beat and pitch that are absent from the pieces of other composers. In particular, I have "heard" Phantom performed where some of these shifts were removed by the conductor to make it easier for the performers. I'm not sure if the performers didn't want to work that hard or if they weren't capable of performing the piece as written, though.
As I wrote this, I was trying to remember how many times I have seen some of these works. I can remember seeing Cats! maybe fifty times. I've been in the audience at least that many times for Phantom of the Opera. I've seen Jesus Christ Superstar probably twice that many times. I own them all on CD (several versions each) and have them all on DVD and/or Blue Ray as well. And I watch and listen to them on a regular basis.
Oh, and toss in the other operas from Webber, and the collection gets pretty big pretty fast!
I'd like to wish Sir Andrew the best of luck in his treatment for prostate cancer. The article is quite upbeat about his prognosis and I pray that's the case.
For now, let's all help him make the music of the night.
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 14, 2009 - Wednesday
|
Current mood:  pissed off
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some stories alone...
Morons On Parade
OK, Melodee...take a deep breath and just calm down.
It didn't work.
The following contains adult language. If you don't like that, stop reading here.
What a collection of fucking idiots! Sorry, but these pathetic morons have really pissed me off!
How dare the so-called Nobel Foundation judges! First, they have the lack of frontal lobe activity to award Barak Obama the Peace Prize, forcing me, of all people, to agree with the dictator of a third-world rat-hole farce of a country. Then, in their oblivious stupidity they attempt to defend their clear lapse of both sanity and reason.
There is no doubt that Mr. Obama is indeed making some moves that might lead to less tension and therefore peace, but ask yourself this...
How do these EFFORTS, none of which have come to fruition, compare to the actual ACTIONS of people and groups like:
Theodore Roosevelt (1906)
The Red Cross (1917, 1944, and 1963)
Woodrow Wilson (1919)
Albert Schweitzer (1952)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964)
Henry Kissinger (1973)
Anwar al-Sadat and Menanchem Begin (1978)
Mother Teresa (1979)
Desmond Tutu (1984)
The 14th Dalai Lama (1989)
Mikhail Gorbachev (1990)
Need I go on?
All of these people and groups, as well as most of the Nobel Laureates from 1901 through the end of the 20th century actually DID something. Yes, there are a couple in the last decade or so who did nothing but talk. I refer you to 2001, 2005, and 2007 in particular.
Anyway...
Who knows what the future might hold. In a few years, maybe Mr. Obama will deserve the prize. Maybe not. If I knew the answer to that, I would be making a fortune in the stock market and wouldn't need to write for a living.
But the fact of the matter is that as of right now, here in late 2009, Mr. Obama has done nothing. Nada. Zip.
Faced with these facts, I urge the following two steps...
(1) Mr. Obama, decline the Nobel Peace Prize. Return the money and the medal. Do it now before you look like as big of an idiot as the Nobel jury and turn the United States into a farce.
(2) The leadership of the Nobel foundation must immediately sack the Peace Prize Jury. They clearly are either: Brain damaged; Stupid; or Bribed. No matter which, they are obviously loose cannons that are making a mockery of the entire Nobel Foundation.
The bottom line is that people all over the world, in free countries and in dictatorships, are looking at all of this and asking themselves the same question...
What The Fuck?
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 13, 2009 - Tuesday
|
Current mood: aroused
Category: Writing and Poetry
I'd like to invite you to join me for two special events this week...
First, on Tuesday October 13 Whipped Cream will be posting my latest interview. This is one of the most explicit interviews I have ever done, and nothing is taboo! Be sure to check it out at http://www.longandshortreviews.com/WC/interviews.htm on Tuesday!
The interview is now LIVE!
Second, on Wednesday October 14 I'll be on the Whipped Cream Yahoo! Chat Loop for an all-day chat with anyone and everyone who happens to show up. This will be a no-holds-barred chat, so be sure to drop by to see just how the mind of a best-selling author of erotica and erotica romance works! Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whippedcream2/ and join the group so you can participate!
By the way...I am sometimes asked if men are welcome or if these chats are a sort of virtual "Girl's Night Out". Let me answer that question with another question: What good is it for a woman to talk about erotica and romance with no men around?
So, guys, come on down!
No pun intended!
Hope to see you there!
Subscribe to Melodee's MySpace Blog
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 12, 2009 - Monday
|
Current mood: frisky
Category: News and Politics
I can't seem to leave some stories alone...
The Beginning of the End
OK, we've all heard the predictions from every soothsayer that the universe—or at least the world—will end on December 21, 2012.
The sad part is that some softheaded folks out there actually believe it's true.
There are several reasons why a person might believe such nonsense, and none of them are a good sign...
First, they are just plain stupid enough to actually believe everything they hear. No matter how crazy the idea is, if someone who they think is an "expert" or somehow has a superior standing to them tells them something, some people will just blindly accept it as the truth. There is a name for such people...Democrats.
Second, they suffer from one of several possible mental disorders. Most would suggest that these people have some form of paranoia, but I disagree. I think they are narcissists. They have the mistaken impression that we humans occupy some special place in the universe and are deserving of the full attention of the laws of physics. There are two old sayings..."Mother Nature has no memory" and "Mother Nature is a bitch."
This means that we have a good deal of people running around loose who are either stupid, paranoid, or so self-centered that they can barely function. Outside of Washington, DC, this is NOT the norm!
So, how do we fix this?
We don't.
We make money on the deal. I think I'm going to start underwriting End Of The World insurance policies.
The above detailed dingbats each give me $10,000 and in the event of the world or universe ending on December 21, 2012 I'll pay them or their beneficiaries $1,000,000,000.
The really sad part is that I bet I would get a ton of takers on the deal.
And He's Right
This really kills me.
Other than Hugo Chavez, is there anyone who thinks that Hugo Chavez is not just another third-world dictator?
But I am forced to agree with him.
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
October 11, 2009 - Sunday
|
Current mood:  cold
Category: Writing and Poetry
I'd like to invite you to join me for two special events this week...
First, on Tuesday October 13 Whipped Cream will be posting my latest interview. This is one of the most explicit interviews I have ever done, and nothing is taboo! Be sure to check it out at http://www.longandshortreviews.com/WC/interviews.htm on Tuesday!
Second, on Wednesday October 14 I'll be on the Whipped Cream Yahoo! Chat Loop for an all-day chat with anyone and everyone who happens to show up. This will be a no-holds-barred chat, so be sure to drop by to see just how the mind of a best-selling author of erotica and erotica romance works! Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whippedcream2/ and join the group so you can participate!
By the way...I am sometimes asked if men are welcome or if these chats are a sort of virtual "Girl's Night Out". Let me answer that question with another question: What good is it for a woman to talk about erotica and romance with no men around?
So, guys, come on down!
No pun intended!
Hope to see you there!
Subscribe to Melodee's MySpace Blog
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|
September 14, 2009 - Monday
|
Current mood:  electric
Category: Life
Last week I entertained you—at least I hope I did—with a little tongue-in-cheek dissertation about how we could save money and gas by reverting to nothing other than old cars. Today, I'd like to take a more serious look at two intertwined problems that the world is facing...
First of all, just about every state is facing budget problems. The economy is such that tax revenues are down and spending hasn't fallen to keep things balanced. We could argue all day about how to cut spending, but that's beating a dead horse. We could also talk about raising taxes, but people can't make ends meet now. Instead, let's look at a way to increase government income without raising taxes or decreasing services. At the same time, we can reduce gasoline use—and thereby oil use—and probably save a few lives in the deal, too.
This past weekend, my family and I took a little road trip. Honestly, we were bored to tears and wanted to go for a ride. So we all piled in the truck, hit Interstate 8, and headed east. We ended up in Yuma, AZ. We did some driving around the town, stopped at a rather large mall, had a nice lunch, and in general enjoyed our trip.
But there was an ulterior motive...I was watching the other cars on the freeway.
I won't even pretend that our truck is a "typical" family car. It's a 2008 Ford F-350 Super Duty with a 7.3-liter diesel engine. It's a four-door crew cab and has the full size bed. It's set up to tow our big fifth-wheel travel trailer. The puppy isn't designed to get high mileage.
On the way to Yuma, a trip of about a hundred miles, we set the cruise control to 60 MPH. On that trip, we averaged about 16 MPG. On the way back, we set the cruise control at 70 MPH and got only 11 MPG. That's a 45% increase in mileage by driving 60 instead of 70! On the slower trip to Yuma, about 300 cars passed us. On the way home, only about 125 cars passed us.
And on the two trips combined, we saw exactly four highway patrol cars, and not a single car was pulled over by those highway patrol officers.
OK, those are the facts. Now, let's look at the impacts...
I won't assume that my truck is typical here either. I think it's reasonable to assume that a more typical car will see an improvement in MPG by moving from 70 MPH to 55 MPH of around 30% or so. Very simply put, that means that by slowing down to 55 MPH, we would instantly reduce our gas consumption by about a third.
At the same time, I believe that we would also see a reduction in deaths and accidents on the freeways. I have no facts to back that up here, but I think it's simple common sense.
But, these savings of gas, money, and lives can only happen if the speed limit is enforced. That's where the governmental incomes come into play...
Speeding enforcement is a revenue stream. Frankly, the people who want to drive 80 MPH will do so no matter what the speed limit is, so why shouldn't they pay extra for that?
Just as an example, let's say that the fine is set at $100 for every 5 MPH (or fraction thereof) over the speed limit. Drive 75 in a 55 zone, and that's going to cost you $400. Just on our return trip, that would have generated at least $50,000 for the state of California. In less than two hours. On one stretch of freeway.
Does anyone know offhand how much a CHP officer is paid? I don't, but I can promise you it's no place near what they are worth. I can also assure you that it's well under $25,000 per hour. Yes, we'd need more officers to make this work, but the return far outpaces the spending.
I think it's more than reasonable from back-of-the-envelope calculations that California could take in $3,000,000 a day in speeding fines. Assume a 60% overhead, and that still puts $1,200,000 a day into the state coffers.
Folks, that comes out to half-a-billion dollars a year.
And we would save gas.
And we would reduce pollution.
And we would save lives.
Is there a downside that I'm missing?
Oh, and don't tell me about the extra travel time. Think about it...on a 100-mile trip, it would take one hour and forty-nine minutes at 55 MPH. At 70 MPH, it would take one hour and twenty-six minutes. Leave twenty minutes earlier. On a more typical commute of about twenty miles, the time difference is more in the range of four minutes. This is not a reason to avoid doing the right thing...it's an excuse to drive too fast.
Besides, have you ever noticed that the people who speed are always late anyway? They have no concept of time management and no respect for others. We'd be better off with them removed from the gene pool.
And someone will bring up the idea that fines from law enforcement shouldn't be used as a revenue stream. Why not? There's nothing in the constitution that prohibits that. In practice, law enforcement, especially traffic laws and speeding in particular, have always been treated as revenue streams, even if they aren't called that. Let's call a spade a spade, then.
And there is the question of having enough CHP officers to enforce the law. Hire some. That eases unemployment, stimulates the economy, and makes the roads safer. But we may not need as many new officers as you might think...use robotic radar cameras.
Personally, I favor a national speed limit of 55 MPH. Yes, just like we had for so many years. But it must be enforced. The NTSB would come into a state, set up radar systems to track enforcement, and any state found not to be enforcing the law properly would loose federal funding. No muss, no fuss. With the old system, several states—most notably California and Texas—failed to enforce the law. Even today, at 70 MPH, California fails to enforce the law, and it is costing the state dearly.
As you can see, we can kill several birds with one stone. The problems facing our country and the rest of the world are not isolated issues that each must be solved on a case-by-case basis. They are intimately linked and when addressed in the big picture can be removed in chunks.
All we need is the courage to actually do something.
Subscribe to Melodee's MySpace Blog
Keep Loving!
Melodee Aaron, Erotica Romance Author
Melodee's Books at BookStrand
Melodee's Books at Fictionwise
Inquisitor Betrayer
Powered by | | English | | Albanian | | Arabic | | Bulgarian | | Catalan | | Chinese | | Croatian | | Czech | | Danish | | Dutch | | Estonian | | Filipino | | Finnish | | French | | Galician | | German | | Greek | | Hebrew | | Hindi | | Hungarian | | Indonesian | | Italian | | Japanese | | Korean | | Latvian | | Lithuanian | | Maltese | | Norwegian | | Polish | | Portuguese | | Romanian | | Russian | | Serbian | | Slovak | | Slovenian | | Spanish | | Swedish | | Thai | | Turkish | | Ukrainian | | Vietnamese |
|
|
|
|