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Nation of Fear

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Posted by PunkJohnnyCash on Feb 1, 2009 in Fear And Loathing | 0 comments

As long as it is profitable CNN & Fox will continue the fear mongering. The masses tune in to see the next thing to fear.  Congress is buying into all the new doomsday scenarios.  We love to be scared, so we turn it on.  Advertisers still pay top dollar to get that 30 seconds into your line of view.  Now if you turned your attention to C-Span or began to use the internet with places like www.house.gov.  You may be able to pull the information out and figure out for yourself what you think and come to a serious conclusion.  But as long as you allow corporate sponsored hype dictate your world view you will still continue to buy into this nation of fear.

But once again beware killer tomatoes were only the beginning.  Popeye should be dead his spinach was full of E. Coli.  Now the biggest threat the world has ever seen has come about and it is called peanut butter!  Fear peanut butter.  Do you remember that movie The Stuff?  You know it was about killer yogurt. I can just see a remake in the works.  It seems to be on everyone’s mind.  What in your refrigerator will kill you. Watch out mom!  It’s a peanut butter spinach and tomato sandwich!  It’s okay we’ll just pay someone to radiate the food.  It’s going to kill us all!  But we must make sure the nation receives digital converters so every home has Television.  How will the masses know what to fear without digital television?  We have the right to life liberty, the pursuit of happiness and digital television induced paranoia.

Our nation is addicted.  We shut down for a sporting event so everyone can watch the advertisements?  What the hell?  We are talking about advertisements on the news!  Pop culture is a thing of the past.  Welcome to the modern moron culture!  It’s going to be okay, President Obama says so.  Just keep spending.  Don’t live within your means, just avoid peanut butter and you will be safe.  Don’t forget to buy American so we can keep the failed companies afloat.  Just overlook the fact that their products may not fit your needs, and do it because they couldn’t remain relevant. Nobody will have jobs unless we keep the old ways around.   Also make sure you are still paying the horse feed company and the buggy manufacturers, this is the future!

Update: (Oct 2, 09) This article came out in early February, and I wanted to add a little update to draw attention to our newest fear, The N1H1 Swine flu. We’re still at it.

Defender offers real deal to core

Tamworth Herald, The September 15, 2011 New cars Land Rover Defender Price: Pounds 21,895-Pounds 32,295 THE latest Land Rover Defender gets a 2.2-litre diesel engine that complies with Euro5 emissions rules and also offers better refinement.

Other than that and some minor trim changes, it’s much as you were, but it’s still the go-to choice for serious off-roading.

So what’s new this time round? Something quite fundamental actually.

The old 2.4-litre diesel unit beneath the Defender’s bonnet has been replaced by a far more refined and, more importantly, EU5- emissions compliant 2.2-litre diesel engine.

Although the cubic capacity of this engine is smaller, power and torque are unchanged, so it does feel as if you’re getting something for nothing. see here land rover defender

The top speed has been raised to 90mph compared to 82mph for the previous version which makes motorway driving far less of an ordeal.

Land Rover clearly knows the difference between change and progress.

It’s interesting to see the fairly rapid progression in diesel engine tech, Land Rover switching from the rattly Td5, to the far superior 2.4 and now to this more urbane 2.2-litre unit.

Of course, there will still be the eccentric diehards who feel they’re missing out on the true Defender experience if they don’t suffer vibration grey-out when they switch the engine on, but all things considered, this is a change with very little in the way of meaningful downsides.

A whole book could, and has, been written on the Defender’s off- road abilities.

Suffice to say it remains the most unstoppable thing if you’re also equipped with the knowledge and experience to get the best from it.

The Defender has never been the first nor last word in interior sophistication but it has improved in recent years to the extent that you no longer fear drawing blood each time you get in or out.

A passenger side grab handle offers twohanded support during gnarly off-road manoeuvres, while there is also a lot more usable stowage. Two console options are offered: a practical open tray design that keeps contents handy or a lidded design that offers 14- litres of storage out of harm’s way.

Operating in a virtual class of one, the Land Rover Defender almost becomes a vehicle that’s exempt from the usual rules of assessment. web site land rover defender

For most of the people, most of the time, a Land Rover Discovery is an infinitely more suitable choice. There remains a section of the population, however, for whom nothing other than a Defender will fulfil their requirements.

They neither want nor need complex electronics or fancy luxury accoutrements. The Defender still has that balance between basic ruggedness and technical progression spot on for these customers.

As long as there’s a viable market for a car like the Defender, Land Rover will continue to build it.

Sketches of a Defender replacement have surfaced sporadically and it must be tempting for Land Rover to think they can broaden this car’s appeal without alienating its core clientele.

If you want the real deal, however, there really is no substitute.

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