Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Modern Political Thinking

I just wanted to update my blog readership with some new information about my new talk show on BLOGTALKRADIO.com in which my new show starts this coming Saturday at 1:00 pm. The number you can call to be live on my show is listed below. If you want to be a guest on my show please email me at JOHN.NORTON30@GMAIL.COM and tell me about yourself and why you want to be on my talk radio show.

TEL.  (818) 572-2905
   
Thanks everyone and talk with you live on the air Saturday!!!  
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Waste Recycling

Well, I do see some effort to recycle certain items such as cans,bottles,cardboard etc. but in spite of all the recycling programs available by city,town and state waste plants it still does not address the volume and magnitude of the current and future waste disposal problems. Let's us face the facts that as we have grown in technology and become smarter as humans we also have have become a throw away everything society. In fact the really big problem is that we have grown to having a attitude that everything we own including our own life's valuables is eventually disposable so this pose a great burden on on environment.  We have become mostly indifferent in our attitude towards throwing away what is now garbage and the difference in what we value as something to keep. The problem extends to how and what we call waste which goes eventually to a waste site plant for either burial in the ground or in some states which are more sophisticated and burn the garbage for power generation. However the fact is that not all states in America have this ability or even have the money to spend on such a facility that would solve some of our current waste problem. As we grow as a society we have not learn how to recycle the rest of our potential energy sources coming from what we throw away to better manage our earth,air,water and pollution problems. No current plan is in place to address these environmental issues that keep from year to year growing in size but never really being dealt with  properly. We need to build something in many places in America that takes care of all our problems of waste management in a super size project in many states so that we can take a cleaner approach to our waste disposal habits. So far I have not heard any one say that we as a nation ever build such a site and make it use the endless source of waste to generate power and other things that we need in our every day lives. If such a site would be built in certain key locations in America then we could make use of all the garbage we generate every day to better recycle what we throw away into things we really need to survive and prosper as a nation. I have developed this plan and idea of a plant and system to rid ourselves of the awesome problem of how to recycle the items and garbage we don't need and use into something of great value.This is why we have so much pollution is that we have failed to address this problem of proper waste management by not making operational such a plan let alone a real place to deal with this full time makes it a large scale disaster. What we need in order to better manage our waste is to get serious about how we recycle used items and the process all the way to final end product that will ultimately benefit us all now and the future. So how Do we accomplish such a plan and plant? Well, that is actually really a big task but it also very manageable from the standpoint of planning and deployment to a key locations in states that have the vacant land available. If you take a location that is already close to a hiway so that truck access is easier and yet still somewhat rural you would solve both space and size of plant issues as well as environmental impact which has to be fully considered for such a super size processing waste plant. The planning of such a project would take in depth detail research and a lot of study with environmental issues concerns but once that is done you could go on to the construction,development phase. This would eventually make this a viable work horse plant that recycles everything which turns garbage,everything else into power and usable metals,plastics, etc. raw materials for sale in America and overseas. If such a program and plant existed now we could really solve most of our current and future waste disposal and environmental pollution problems that are causing great harm to our environment. By doing this we find a solution to solving one of our biggest world health and environmental issues that cause cancer and other diseases all in one very nice compact package that can make life better for everyone . Deploying such a system would better our health and increase every aspect of our life such as that we would add to the long term quality of life to every American in our country combined with the rest of earth.



New Talk Show

Well it is really great and I am happy to report to my blog readership that I have taken the next step in my quest to be the biggest guru on planet earth. Ok ok.. You can stop laughing now and let me tell you what I am doing with this new medium that I am so excited about here. I am now a talk show host and and my new show is finally out of production stage and is now going to be live online and symilcast on wknbr radio station. You can now listen to my new talk show starting Saturday August 27 at 1:00 pm ONLINE AND ON THE AIR LIVE I will be taking your phone calls and giving my commentary. My new show is called (MODERN POLITICAL THINKING) and you can point your mouse to WWW.BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/johnnorton and you will find me there. I look forward to your involement and comments on my show with a keen focused discussions of current political issues,jobs,economy and much more will be on the show. I plan on also have guests on my show as time  permits and the show grows in popularity so come help support my new efforts to become number 1 talk show in America and worldwide. See you all on the air starting Saturday August 27 at 1:00 pm and this is a 30 minute show consisting issues that effect everyone until then have a really wonderfull day today.



Saturday, August 13, 2011

Green Energy

I find that recently I have been reading some articles about the new uses of solar,wind and other green energy concepts to provide clean cheap energy for home owners and commercial usage. In reading these articles I am struck by the lack of total users and producers that generate and use these methods of power consumption. So I like a lot of other American are too much dependant on modern power sources like batteries,coal and nuclear power and the list goes on of fossil based fuels used to generate power. If more effort and resources is going to be put towards green energy then everyone ultimately benefits from it and more people including government,business,home owners would gladly make the switch to this cheaper and more efficient energy sources. The trouble with it that most don't know much about it and it is not generally offered to the mainstream public because of initial investment costs of getting your own system to be off the grid permanently. The cost of the initial system is ranging from $10,000 to $30,000 which makes most people not able to afford it except the wealthy who can afford this for their home or business . Most people in America don't even know that there is several government tax credits and programs that are available to install and use this kind of power production system. The usage and install of such a modern system in what ever application they intend to us it for over the life cycle is actually more cost effective and cheap to use than current regular method's such as coal,nuclear,gas and it does little damage to the environment. So if you spend the system cost and itemize it over the period of say just a decade which is ten years you will see that your actually spending tons less in money and yet you get the same or more user output as compared to the regular power systems currently used. You could use those cost savings to build and expand your own grid using solar,wind and hydro electric power for which you could sell to the grid to generate a fat profit share off of the excess electric power that you don't use at your location. There are some good companies that produce solar,wind turbines and hydro power production systems that have more than enough capacity to provide heat,light,water and more to your home or business and even government location. So why are people,government and business not jumping on the band wagon and getting their own systems and using them for all the power needs? Good question.. Well besides te costs involved of initial system purchase and setup then you run the gamut of very costly licensing and permits that can take months or even years to get approved for with your state,town,city that drives the cost up through the roof. Then you got to get approval from the Public Utility Commission to even run the system because you are now put in a separate category as a power producer which is very heavy regulated by both states and the federal government. I know something about this as my father and I tried unsuccessfully to get approval for a solar and wind combined system in the late 1990's and got rejected repeatedly by the P.U.C. (public utility commission) and we found out the hard way that even for a home owner that every system has to licensed and then inspected regularly by the state. Each system must meet federal and state guidelines for power generation which in in of itself is a dizzy array of mindless regulations and hoops that you got to go through before and after your install and system usage. While each state is a little different everyone has to still comply with everything from the location of the system including it to the usage and maintenance of the power grid production which is all cataloged in a government database which is monitored for rules violations. This is why most people who want to put in such a power system eventually give up on ever installing it  due to the heavy handed approach of government involvement and the sheer cost of installing it and maintaining it. With all this people just are basically forced to go back to the regular grid power companies even if they really want to be self sufficient and not have to pay for some other source of power. When you all add the system cost the fees and then a ten thousand dollar license fee from the Public Utility it really makes green energy is not affordable for the average person and only affordable for a very select few who have the dollars to invest in it . The other reason why so few private power systems are functioning today is that nobody wants to be subject to regular inspections and ridicules regulations by government agencies that give the others who are wealthy big business producers a gift in edge against what would ultimately be their competition. It makes it a elite club of companies that have the dollars to invest and are already a part of a public utility a unfair advantage over those who don't have the financial ability to make a  green energy power system installed and functioning. By reducing government involvement and opening it up to private sector companies and people and introducing more privatization you would make these systems more affordable and more of these systems would be in use today and the future. This all by the way very good for the environment as it reduces green house gas emissions,carbon emissions,freon and other pollution that cause serious long term damage the environment. By selecting green energy as a method of satisfying our current,future needs for power we all benefit more from it's installation and usage. This while reducing our dependencies on fossil fuels such as foreign oil,gas,coal,nuclear which choke our environment and drive up the cost of producing and transmitting power to the customer. It is better to derive a future for all of us by using cleaner sources of energy that do our environment good by not harming it and yet  provide for all our power consumption both in the short and long term in our communities and our nation as a whole.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Jobs In America

I could not resist the temptation to sit here and write about the hardships of getting a pqaying job these days. It seems that everyone who wants to work is singing the same blues about the lack of good paying jobs and how badly they or someone they know is being hurt by it. I know because even though I am employed in many business ventures and a paart time job on top of it the cost of living just eats up all my income. It is very hard for people I know to get employment out there in America because nobody is hiring and that is really causing a lot of pain in everyone I meet and my close friends too with one exception because they are filthy rich. The cost of everything is more expensive than what was even a decade ago and yet the lack of jobs and enough income to sustain ones family and yourself is not their anymore. More people have found themselves displaced by the current economic woes than at most any time in history of the last hunderd years. The fact that when you look for a paying job now that you almost allways have to apply online instaed of a paper application has just made it much worse for everyone. If you are supposed to apply online chances are very strong that you will neever hear from the employer you want to work for since you and ten million other people have applied for the same job. You really have to get luvcky now to get noticed and get that first interview for the job you have applied for and really need to pay your bills. It is the truth that some parts of America are better than others and if you are willing to go there you will get lucky and get a good paying job. These economic booming areas are mostly in the southern states and that is where most people are heading these days because of economics. If you want to live you got to go where the money is and some parts of this country are just awefull like New England states and in the mid western states where the economic unemployment rate averages 13 percent. This rate of people who find it hard to find employment is also the reason why more people are losing everything and forced to live in a homeless shelter or on the street with no place to go. Every week I meet more people who say they wish they could raise the standard of living of the bottom but they can not find any means in employment to accomplish that in their life. It is really sad that theses very same people who used to have a home and a great life now have virtually nothing or nothing at all to claim as property and possessions that they own. Looking at the way job applicants are forced into a pool of available  labor is really unfair to the ones who have a talent or trade that is useable but still find because of eceonomics they are not able to work steady and get out of the whole that they are unfortunately find themselves stuck in not enough to provide for themselves and thier families. The amount of people who are unskilled labor is appauling and those re the people who are first to feel the squeeze of a bad economy. Let us face the facts that if you are one of the lucky few who has a home and has a good paying job or independent wealth you are in a small majority compared to the rest of Americans who have part time jobs or no job and no home at all because they can not afford one. The older past generations never thought or sweated about having a paying job or a home and food etc. because they allready had all that and could eaily keep it for teirentire lifetime. Well things have changed alot since then and from the baby boom generations on down things are much more difficult to even get all what our past generations had and took for granted Now a days the nomal is for most people to have little of any assests and possessions because they have not enough money or no money at all in their pockets. This is really the sad but true way lots of Americans are now forced to live because of how the economics in America have effected every corner of society. We all in America are suffering except for the lucky few who have allways had the finances to weather any economic upheaval. So in cloing we are all feeling the pinch in our wallets and lives and if wwe keep going at our current rate of decline most of us will be homeless and living off goverment welfare the rest of our lives which is a sad but true statement for way too many people presently in America.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Old Blog Revival

I just want to bring to my attention of my readers here that you can now go to my original blog online and I have decided to give it new life. After many years of ignoring it I finally have gone back to publishing to it and you will find many new and interesting commentary pieces on it that you will not find here. Click or Type Link   http://shine.yahoo.com/blog/CLYGPXBQE7OZ3AJYLF77HX7GKU/
I am also in the process of making this blog a more business,travel,investing,news and much more to this blog so as to gain more readers and keep things interesting to my loyal readership. So go check out my personal Blog and look for some good things to come on both blogs sooner. I almost forgot to mention that I am now a accredited journalist on CNN.com and you can find me and  my news pieces on I-Reports now on CNN News so look for me and sooner I will be providing the link to it here so stay tuned.. I am also write as a staff writer with a  news colomn that you can read in a local newspaper and the link is.. http://www.streetsights.com/ and look for me in that newspaper too. More to come so as I get to doing it I will post it here on this blog....

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Government Debt

I know that it is on the minds of most of my readers as to what should be done with the government debt crisis in America. I know I have been watching like most people the political fallout in Washington DC. over the possible extending of our fiscal problems due top piling on more debt to shore up the Federal Reserve banking system. In my newspaper piece which you can read at http://www.streetsights.com/ I go into some facts about how our economy is going to faulter more with the increased financial burden of more trillions of debt piled on a allredy hurting economy. I do not go very heavy into the fundermentals like I am going to do here today as my editor at that paper limits my space that I can print in my column. So, heres goes the facts and I am going to spread it on thick here today about our national financial problems. First up is that we can not as a nation of oabout 350 million people can no longer pay the burden that Congress and President Oboma have piled on us. We don't have the money so how do you expect a nation to pay for something that goverment keeps messing up on and that is finances. POINT BLANK.. WE ARE BROKE!!! This great nation is suffering with a lack of funds and our economy is suffering to mostly because we all allow govermment to spend our hard earned money to fund waste programs. This does us nothing as a nation to increase our net worth in trade and every other facet of American economic growth. To do nothing and support foriegn banks,corporations and goverments is just insane meanwhile the majority of Americans are forced to work two or three jobs or be homeless and broke perpetually because no one in this country has the guts in public policy to just say no to more government expansion. By increasing the national debt 2.5 trillion dollars more that is going to really sink our economic system which the elected folks in Congress and the President don't seem to understand that we as a nation are in no financial shape to incurr more debt and cost to us. Some how that point seems to be really being missed is even as technology and inventive that we are we are all hard workers out in mainstream America. But the bulging debt that our government keeps increasing on us as American citizens is just to much for us to handle. I was just reading a story on CNN that says the Congress has agreed to not put more spending cuts in place that what private analists like Fitch and Moody who recommended it. This recommondation to our elected representitives that 4 trillion in spending cuts is greatly needed to just start getting or finanicail house in order was just laughed out the door. It seems that all the elected officials in Washington DC. just want more of the same which is to put off doing the nations business by cutting government and shrinking our expendetures. We drastically need to shrink government like what Ronald Reagan did in the 1980's in order to save money and properly invest in our nations future. Debt my father used to say is living beyond your portfolio and their is no excuse why you should be oweing money tthat you will probabily never be able to pay back. Well, our country should learn from our older generations whether living or dead that you can not spend what you don't have in the fisrt place and so we should not be borrowing money for our grand kids and great grand kids to pay for in the future because we got to have shiney new thing tha cost us billions or trillions. If your goung to get a handle on our financial mess then we got to as a nation of free people and a goverment of elected representitives stop the debt and stop raising taxes to pay for wastefull spending. If we finally get elected people who just say no to waste,fraud and abuse of the American people we will begin to turn our great country around and make it the nation of no debt. This is a big task but in order to make our country great again we need to get serious about how and what we spend money on that way we all benefit from a better future for all of us as Americans.

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