Exxon/Mobile CEO doesn't want fracking water tower in his back yard...

Click here "what isn't good for the goose isn't good for the gander aswell" for an interesting read. I you care about the fracking subject

This used to ring true back in the day, and still sometimes in today's world, it is still true

Don't damn me

When I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been

An I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me

Be it a song or casual conversation

To hold my tongue speaks

Of quiet reservations

Your words once heard

They can place you in a faction

My words may disturb

But at least there's a reaction

Sometimes I wanna kill

Sometimes I wanna die

Sometimes I wanna destroy

Sometimes I wanna cry

Sometimes I could get even

Sometimes I could give up

Sometimes I could give

Sometimes I never give a fuck

It's only for a while

I hope you understand

I never wanted this to happen

Didn't want to be a man

So I hid inside my world

I took what I could find

I cried when I was lonely

I fell down when I was blind

But don't damn me

When I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been

An I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me

How can I ever satisfy you

An how can I ever make you see

That deep inside we're all somebody

An it don't matter who you wanna be

But now I gotta smile

I hope you comprehend

For this man can say it happened

'Cause this child has been 

condemned

So I stepped into your world

I kicked you in the mind

An I'm the only witness

To the nature of my crime

But look at what we've done

To the innocent and young

Whoa listen to who's talking

'Cause we're not the only ones

The trash collected by the eyes

And dumped into the brain

Said it tears into our

conscious thoughts

You tell me who's to blame

I know you don't wanna hear me cryin'

An I know you don't wanna hear me deny

That your satisfaction lies in your ILLUSIONS

But your delusions are yours and not mine

We take for granted we know the whole story

We judge a book by its cover

And read what we want

Between selected lines

Don't hail me

An don't idolize the ink

Or I've failed in my intentions

Can you find the missing link

Your only validation is living your own life

Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time

So I send this song to the offended

I said what I meant and I've never pretended

As so many others do intending just to please

If I damned your point of view

Could you turn the other cheek

But don't damn me

When I speak a piece of my mind

'Cause silence isn't golden

When I'm holding it inside

'Cause I've been where I have been

An I've seen what I have seen

I put the pen to the paper

'Cause it's all a part of me

Don't damn me

I said don't damn me

I said don't hail me

Don't damn me

(* -Not used by permission at all... Sorry Axl)

Silent protests

So I wrote version one yesterday, got it half done, ran out of wind. Decided to finish it today. Murr... I didn't save it and now it's gone... 

So here's version two

I have learned a few lessons on opinions lately, if you have one, someone always wants chime in and give theirs. At least that's the impression I get about fossil fuels and the extraction of such commodities and the shipment of said commodities. A necessary evil if you will. I will agree, but to what extent? I mean one could just take a stance and post anti-fracking, anti-pipeline  anti big oil articles. Or one could do something about it. I understand everyone, and I mean everyone needs said commodity. But to break the cycle of slavery to fossil fuels, is a start. Stop buying plastics, using plastics bags unless necessary. Stop idlying your automobile for long periods for long time. Don't waste the precious oil. Then we will have less demand thus less production. Less production cuts down on CO2 emissions which has been proven to cause... Climate change. Or so they say. There's a bunch of articles debunking this "myth" but there's also plenty whom support it. Just pick one and see where it takes you. Chances are someone isn't going to agree with you, but some people will.

Sort of going off topic I think, moral of the story, I'm going to start to protest in the way I chose to live my life, and not bluntly post things that may be offensive to others...although I shouldn't give a shit about others opinions. They are yours and mine. 

Budget story from November 17th, 2012

Costly windshield repairs

Budget’s repair facility is right at the Vancouver airport. Go Public watched as mobile glass repair vans came and went. The owner of a major windshield repair company told us it costs rental car fleets far less to replace a windshield than what Budget bills for.

"Regardless of the vehicle, they are getting original equipment manufactured quality products installed into their fleet for prices in the $200 to $300 range," said Glass Doctor owner John Goldsmith.

Mobile glass repair vans are often seen outside Budget's repair facility, which is right at the Vancouver airport. (CBC)

He said that quite often replacements aren’t even needed and that most small stone chips can simply be repaired — to top safety standards — for $50 or less.

"The strength of the windshield is vital. A stone chip repair restores that integrity to the windshield," said Goldsmith.

"We’ve had customers who’ve rented a rental car company car and they will come here first and have the repair done before returning the vehicle so they don’t get dinged with that big bill."

Go Public asked to interview Budget B.C.’s owner Belzberg about all of this, but was told he is not available. When we went to Budget’s head office in Richmond with a camera to try to talk to the general manager, Greg Harrison ordered us out of the building.

"You are going to have to leave the premises," said Harrison. "I am not talking to you."

Harrison later sent a statement, which confirmed that Budget does its own repairs.

"To ensure thorough, efficient repairs and minimal downtime for our fleet, many of our repairs and other mechanical work are done by Inland Transportation, a sister company which is certified and accredited by ICBC," the statement said.

It also indicated Budget charges for any damage it finds that was not noted by the customer initially.

"The customer ... signs off on the vehicle ready report before taking the vehicle. When the vehicle is returned, we inspect it again for any damage using the customer’s signed vehicle ready report as the basis for comparison."