Kony 2012

Okay, so a lot of my posts are silly stories or my illogical brain having ideas, but this one has a different tone. By now most of you I am sure have heard of Kony 2012. A movement to make Joseph Kony famous. Please watch the following video (yes it is almost a half hour, yes it is definitely worth your time), and then read my thoughts afterwards. 

http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc

So here's the deal: this man is a monster. Whatever else you may hear about this, no matter what, he is still doing some horrible things. Yes, the organization only gives about 32% of the money it raises to the people that they are raising the money for. You have to keep in mind that the people running the organization need to have a living too. Something as big as the invisible children is not a hobby, but a full time deal. And that money that goes to the people in those countries in need is still more than they would have without their help. 

What I really think is that this movement is a great idea. We can show to the American government that we are not always a selfish people (because, let's face it, we really are sometimes), and that we want to help people that doesn't give us a huge reward in return. I also think that this movement being worldwide is AWESOME!!!!! It is seemingly simple and cool to want to do something as a country, especially our country. But to cross borders, stand hand in hand with someone who is once looked upon as the enemy and send that message to this man that his actions are pure evil, what an amazing thing to be apart of. It is natural as humans to have enmity towards someone that is different, whether that be different race, ethnicity, religion or whatever else that sets us apart. Easily that turns into wars and hate. Look at the wars our country has been in of late. Started by hate across religious lines. This movement can be the start of something great. Dropping this hate, indifference for each other. The Irish Catholic, American Atheist, Iraqi Muslim and Japanese Hindu can no longer look at each other as enemies, someone below them, a particle of dirt and just reach out and help people of a continent that is largely ignored. What is to say that could come of this next? This can be the beginning of no longer hating each other but working together. So let us start with removing a huge hate power in the world, this Joseph Kony.

Idiot Freeway Drivers

Yes we have all seen them, and, well, been them. Now I could go on and on all about the idiots that I have experienced on my way to and from my college. That would be incredibly boring and take forever, time in which I do not have. So I will spare you my life story. However I do have one story to share in hopes to bring attention a needless and potentially dangerous idea that has passed through some driver's mind. 

So on my drive home the other day, I was in the third lane, driving the typical 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit (Typical in my area anyway), and following the car in front of me a little close, along with that car and the car in front of it. I was jollyily passing tortoise cars in the third lane when I passed by a parked state trooper on the other side of the freeway. Now, I don't necessarily know about where you live, but where I live, there are Jersey barriers between the different lanes of traffic on the interstate. So when the lead car of this packed in line saw this parked cop car, they decided that they would slow down to the speed limit. Now, yes it is wrong to speed. However, when you have a line of cars such as this one, going the speed that we were, slowing down to the speed limit was not a smart move. For one thing, there is no possible way for that trooper to pull you over. They cannot cross the freeway, there is a barrier. They cannot see your license plate to call it in, there is a barrier in the way. And when you have that line of cars, we were all lucky to not have gotten in a pile up. 

So this is what I am trying to portray: if there is a cop on the opposite side of the freeway, and you are in the city where it is impossible to cross the freeway, PLEASE do not slow down if there is a line of cars behind you. If you do so, you may be avoiding imagined possible tickets, however you will be risking your back end and fault for a needless pile up.