Angelic Faith

Greetings and hello to all my readers out there, yes now I have subscribers. I am very excited and very grateful for that. It means people are actually reading my blog. Woohoo! I am taking my saying back from WaMu. Life has kept me busy for the past few days, to say the least. You know, places to go, people to see, so on and so forth. However I wanted to at least update you as to what is going on and of course, give my commentary of the day. Thank you first off, to those of you who have subscribed to my blog. That is great and I hope you are enjoying what you read. I can only think you do because you have subscribed. By tomorrow you will see some new changes; for one, there will be a new link on here to the Military Online Magazine I will be writing for. They picked me up for my poetry and I am very excited. They happened to not only pick me up for my poetry, but for one of my most controversial poems. Also some stories will be moved to the proper blog. This is important because I like order. It is much easier for all if things are done in a somewhat orderly fashion. If I have time, the website will be expanded to the point that I’ll have written out what the humanitarian project is and what we are about.

Now to today’s topic….OIL…OIL…OIL…

I often sleep with the TV on. I know this is a bad habit; what is worse, I will sleep with the BBC on. I woke up to the Cyclone in Burma. That is something I am sure most of you would not like to wake up to, hearing about what is going on there. It is a terrible thing that has happened there, Mother Nature’s vengeance on people who do not deserve it. What does this have to do with oil, you may be asking? I changed the channel. I will catch up on Burma later this evening.

I changed the channel to the stock market reports, as if that is any better...Bloomberg was on. They were talking about Oil, Alaska, and the reserves. I have lived in Alaska, if you don’t already know this, now you most definitely do. There was a gentleman on, no I did not catch his name; I wanted my coffee, so I was not in the room to get his name. He was talking about how if we don’t open the reserves in Alaska for America, that 60% of our oil will not even come from our shores. This is actually an issue, as he was saying. I also agree it is an issue that we have oil here on our soil and we are not touching it because of a bill passed that will not allow us to touch it. People out there, we have our own oil, on our own soil, that is already set up, that is not being used. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

The interviewer asked him about a project that is currently in the works to strike out against “Big Oil.” People going on strike against “Big Oil” nationwide, not using their cars for one day. Just one day. I know, hard to think that some would actually walk or take public transportation; after all I am sure it is beneath some of them. This gentleman stated very clearly that this would not work. I disagree. I think that if every person, even if it were only in America, decided to strike for just one day, not use their cars, not go to the pumps, use public transportation, and actually walk, “Big Oil” might notice. I don’t know enough about the oil industry, so I am not going to pretend to. I do, however, know about the power of the people and the gifts that they hold within their hands.

Even if only half of America strikes out and did this, “Big Oil” would feel it. Companies live by supply and demand. If we do not demand it, the need of supply goes down, and companies feel it. It is just like the Wally world situation. If you don’t shop there, they are affected. This would have to be everyone agreeing to boycott and sticking to it just for one day.

Oil is now over $120 a barrel. This is going to affect you, the consumer. Instead of saying you can’t do anything about it, know you can. It is called striking, standing up for your rights as consumers. I understand some cannot get to work without the car, then car pool, take one car. Last I checked, a small car can hold 2 people and a van can hold up to 9. If this man thinks for one minute that we have no control over the Companies that “control” us, he is dead wrong. That is what they said about Hoffa and his ideas of the Union. By the way, I support Unions; I myself am going to be joining a Freelancers Union.

I understand this requires organization and people actually pulling together to make this happen, but it can be done. We can call it National Oil Strike Day. Who knows, maybe other countries will join in with us. I am not saying to do it for a week, though that would be great, however that is impractical. I am saying one day, get out and walk, take public transportation if you are able, and if you are not able to take public transportation, car pool. You might even meet someone new in a car pool, on the bus, or subway. There is a way to make “Big Oil” listen, because if you don’t do it now, we are all going to pay for it later when the cost goes over $200 a barrel. They are predicting that already, so you know that those out there behind the scenes, who report things, know this is going to happen. Even if it was just the big metropolitan places like New York City and the like, it would still create a situation for “Big Oil” to listen.

By the way, I take the subway everywhere I go or walk.

Just some points to ponder for you.

Until next time,

Aingealicia

Labels: blogging, Bloomberg, Oil, strike, Unions

Well a lot has happened in the last few days of not posting. If you take a look at my links to the left hand side you will see I have 2 new additions. Please welcome our Implicit Faythe website and a new online store. The Implicit Faythe site is for a description and listing of all those who will be working for me. It will be the main hub for all of the goings on with our Non Profit organization that has been in the works for several years of my life. The product store will help fund this site as well.

A leap of Faythe product site.

http://aingealicia.ispeedway.com

Non-Profit Organization website.

http://www.freewebs.com/aingealicia/

I am very excited about both sites, for they are the beginning of something I know others can and will be excited about when people see that the sites are actually working for humanity. Now more about the humanity fund. As I have stated before, this is for people who have slipped through the cracks, the families that are having a hard time in today’s economy; the single parents out there who are working 2 jobs, paying for daycare, and still have to pick between rent and food; the people who have suffered through natural disasters, fires, flooding, and have lost everything in an instant.

This however, has created a situation of not being able to work on my blogs as much as I would like. So now it is the time to play the catch up game. I am sure many know about this game that we play, which brings me to the topic of the day, New York City living.

I did not grow up in New York City or NYC as I like to call it. I am proud to be called a New Yorker by New Yorkers and others. This is an amazing honour, no, honour is not misspelled and I have just always spelled it differently. If you can make it in NYC, you can and will make it anywhere. Out of all the places I have lived, NYC has my heart, and always has since I knew of NYC in the small town of Lamar, Colorado. Yes, I grew up right outside of the Kansas world of flat lands. Let me tell you, this has been a huge step for a small town country girl like me. I consider myself not a transplant, but a NYer that has just come home.

I have seen so much beauty in many states, I cannot compare them. It would not be fair. Each state has taught me a great deal, not only about the land and animals but the people. If I talk about a state in which you live in way that you feel is negative, I make my apologies in advance if it bothers you, but not for my words. I have told you already, I have a New York attitude with a spirit of faith. Don’t take what I say personally; I believe in the first Amendment and utilize it to my place in life.

Back to New York, this city is amazing and is the heartbeat of America when you get down to the brass tacks of it. It is the land of opportunity, the place of business, and the heart of what we believe in as America. I have never seen such a diverse community in my life. The food here is beyond what anyone can expect, the sites are indescribable, and the livelihood of the state is something I wish all could feel, what New Yorkers have experienced, from the invasions of people who come from all over the world to the largest tragedy that we as Americans have ever felt of 9-11. I have never experienced such a community of the American Spirit as a whole. This does not mean other places do not have it, it just means for me, this is where I have truly felt it.

Some of our greatest minds, artists, believers, revolutionaries, and survivors have lived here. To me, I know why and feel it. I only hope to emulate it as I move forward in my life and to new states. I do want you to know, New Yorkers are not rude, they are just very time conscious. Time is a commodity that is as valuable as the stock market that runs the nation’s capitalism and much of the worlds. There is no other place like New York City, just like there is no other place like Portland Maine, Colorado Springs, Anchorage Alaska, or any other city in the world. Each one has its own gifts and personality.

I do take off one day a week for personal time, however when I get home, I usually end up working anyway. It is the habit of not only a workaholic but a New Yorker. If you are not going to work at it, you are not going to get anywhere, I have learned. I have a few tips for you if you come to NY. Subways are the greatest invention here. They have an amazing Subway; where else can you see the local starving artist and New Yorkers who are commuting back and forth? Biggest hint for the Subways: get a Subway map, just ask the attendant for one, they are free. It will not only give you the underground for travel but also the topside of NYC. Don’t worry about the big, live animals you see running on the rails, those are rats. Yes, NY has them. They will not bother you if you do not bother them, however do not call them dogs or kittens like some do. That is another story for another time. Take the Staten Island Ferry; it is one of the best ways to see the Statue of Liberty for free. You can go visit Staten Island and see it for free as well. Remember, a cab is going to cost you a fortune; for 10 blocks of riding in a cab in NYC you are looking at spending anywhere $10 to $15, depending upon the traffic. Yes, they charge you for sitting in traffic.

Visit the East Village; amazing artwork, great restaurants, great shops, and night clubs. Don’t forget to go by 42^nd street and Fashion Ave; SoHo is a wonderful place to visit for a variety of shops and eating establishments that are rare and unique. You will find Bryant Park has fantastic bathrooms that are clean and up kept daily. In the summer at Bryant Park there is a Carousel and in the winter there is Ice Skating. No trip to NYC is complete without seeing Central Park, plan a day for this. There are vendors that sell hotdogs and food items all around, a zoo inside and the wonderful Metropolitan Museum of Art, only to name a few. You can get a park map as well to find your way around Central Park. As I said, plan a day it, as it is a large park.

5^th Ave has a great number of shops in which you will find unusual, amazing things; Broadway with all its shows and billboards. Also make sure that when you are headed to the ferry, take a trip down by the Financial District, and make sure you look at the sidewalks. There are pieces of granite engraved with historical events that most miss, and two of the churches that stood after the 9-11 attacks when rightfully both should have been destroyed. Talk about the power of Faith.

Now for you visitors, welcome to NYC, however please, when you get here, make sure all of your belongings, including your party are with you at all times. This is for any big city, not just here. Please don’t stop in the middle of the sidewalk; this is the one way to be run over, cussed out, and made to feel a visitor is to stop right in the middle of the sidewalk. Besides that, how would you feel if you were in your hometown and you had visitors and they were to stop right in front of you? I highly suggest that if you are traveling by Subway, do not ask a Police Officer for directions, as you will end up in Coney Island. I know this personally. Ask an MTA person, they are easy to find, they wear blue with the big letters of MTA on it. Always do the buddy system.

Now if you have any questions about where to go on a budget, please feel free to leave me a comment and I will get back to you.

I have no goals as of today because I have to finish the other goals I placed up.

Until later,

Aingealicia