Missile Double Standards

Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't want to see North Korea with missiles. But India test fires a missile and it makes very small news. Why no objection? Why not hassle them about it. They have not signed the non-proliferation treaty, after all. I would expect to see a little disapproval.

Why not? Because they have a lot to offer the U.S. economically. Yep, outsourcing and all that. That's why they received that agreement earlier in the year ... seeing as the administration is pro-corporations. Like I said, I definitely don't want to see North Korea with missiles, but let's have one standard. This really Grinds My Gears.

Tags: India, Nuclear, Korea

TailGating When There's Nowhere to Go

Why bother tailgating me if there's nowhere to go?  I have a bunch of cars in front of me, so why bother tailgating?  You go around me, you just end up right behind someone else.  Ah, I see, you want to push everyone out of the way!  This really Grinds My Gears.

Global Warming ... What a Fantasy, Right?

No, I'm not upset by people who believe in Global Warming (or better named, Global Climate Change). I'm upset at those who, despite all the evidence, insist that there is no change. It's all cyclical. Well, OK, take a look at Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth ... take a look at the graph in part of the movie when he shows how, yes, CO2 has varied from time to time. But it has never gone over 300 parts per million. And now it's at 380 ... and if you look at the graph, has climbed incredibly since the Industrial Revolution.

But of course, we have nothing to do with it. Well, even if we don't, temperatures are going up, and we need to do something about it. This really Grinds My Gears.

Ads, Ads, Everywhere

I went to a supermarket today. It took me a while to notice it, but there was a LCD screen facing the shoppers ... not with prices on it, but with ads! There's nowhere you can go to avoid ads. This really Grinds My Gears.

Whatever happened to Customer Support?

Not only is the customer no longer right, frequently the customer is wrong. And, what Grinds My Gears, is when two customer service reps contradict each other. For example, I traded in a car. I was told NOT to turn off the automatic payment, as it was my responsibility to make sure the payments were still handled until the dealer sent in the paperwork. When I complained about the fact that they took out the last payment (not only that, the last payment was supposed to be $282 and they took out $330), they told me it was my responsibility to turn OFF the automatic payment. This despite the fact that the other rep told me not to do it!

My signal does not mean speed up ...

When I signal to change lanes, for some reason people seem to think, oftentimes, it means I want them to speed up and block my lane change. This really Grinds My Gears.

Leaving Your Parking Space ... Or Not?

Saw it today.  A truck in front of me was waiting for someone to leave a space.  The driver of the car in question clearly was getting into his car to leave.  So what does he do?  Sit there and create a huge backup.  Eventually we all had to pass by the space and move on.  I was convinced he did this on purpose.  This really Grinds My Gears.