An Sionnach

You know I am proud to be an American.  I love the fact that we are a strong people and that within such a short time we have come so far.  But when I see Greed as one of our main pillars I have to admit it’s appalling. No wonder why so many countries despise us.

So your probably wondering what brings this up.

Well the other day I was ordering a Celtic FC Football (Soccer) Jersey for this season.  With shipping, for an official kit jersey, I spent $68 (with the shipping).  It’s still a bit much, particularly since I am such an anti Nike fan, and knowing that the jersey was probably made in some place like Honduras, China, Brazil or some outsourced country for 10% of that if not less.  But when I was looking through the MLS (Major League Soccer) stores wanting to purchase a jersey for the Rapids upcoming first game, I have to say I was appalled by the fact that they were charging $110 for a SHIRT.  Soccer isn’t even big in the US.  Yes, the Rapids won the Cup last year, but ALL the clubs are charging the same amount.  So I am wondering, why would I want to pay $110 for a jersey that advertises for a club, shouldn’t you be paying me.  Afterall, marketing is a companies largest expense, well that is unless the fan is willing to pay the expense for you, at the same time driving a huge profit.  Chances are these jerseys probably cost any where from $5-$20 to produce, if that, which means a $90-105 profit.  INSANE!!  I am all for promoting the world sport, and would love to see it continue to grow in the US, but honestly… your heading down the same road as MLB, NFL, and the NHL  Along with this I find that the largest fans of these clubs are on the end of the field instead of the middle where corporate organizations buy seats yet hardly ever fill them and are as boring as hell during the game, and probably don’t even understand it.  I left going to baseball games, just because of this, and chances are the same will probably happen with soccer.  But HEY, you have your money, that’s all that counts, RIGHT?. I had high hopes in the MLS, but I find myself greatly disappointed.

The problem with illegal immigration is that eventually it leads to big government, particularly when the people decide they don’t want them here for whatever reason, particularly that they are in fact illegal.  So how do we catch them, easy, get every State to embrace a Federalized Immigration Fingerprinting program.  Does this mean that only immigrants are fingerprinted, no this will mean that we are all fingerprinted, and this fingerprinting may in fact may be needed in requirement for work.

Now I am not against fingerprinting as a whole, I have had it done numerous times on the State level for work, particularly considering the work that I do.  But I am against the Federalization of it, thereby requiring both, instead of inter-State cooperation, like many States do with Drivers License records.

This goes back to a previous post of mine in which State in cooperation with Federal TSA are now patting down customers in bus stations.  Security is slowly replacing Freedom, the Socialism we fought so hard against is slowly taking hold.  In so many ways, the terrorists have won already, they don’t need another 9/11, they already have us running scared.

http://www.ice.gov/about/offices/enforcement-removal-operations/secure-communities/index.htm

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-fingerprint-txt,0,4742737.story

OK so I contacted the folks about the hillside land available, and they were cool enough to recommend another bit of land a bit closer to Denver, with a larger property, open rolling terrain, and further away from neighbors. Came to find it was also on the other side of town where my brother in laws camp is as well. Based on his feedback it’s a pretty sweet area. The land has been assessed to $12K and selling for a sweet $6K for 6.65 Acres. Thats a little over 4 football fields with goal zones. Judging from their site, they already have a sale pending in this remote area. Judging from the maps and description access is super easy. Pictures show some great views (photos taken in October). I could attempt to finance this, but honestly to finance 6k for real estate seems a bit ridiculous, the interest alone could at least get a well in for water. I’ll be setting up a time to visit this and the other plot, but honestly this looks like a better deal. Land is easier to build on, wide open views of rolling terrain, 11 mile reservoir right nearby for fishing, nearest neighbors are on the other side of the ridge, antelope roam through the area. What a great spot to just get away.

More info here

Many years ago the family had access to two camps, one located in Mass, and the other in Maine. Unfortunately the way things panned out after both of my grandfathers passed we no longer had access to them anymore. For years I have always wished we had a getaway spot to go to, unfortunately land, especially in New England is a premium. After moving to the Midwest I learned that land is quite inexpensive, the hard part is that it’s just land, there are not many lakes or streams, you need to tap in a well, and build a place.

So after seeing a posting from my friend Huw linking to a site called Lands of America I figured I would check it out.

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