May. 27th, 2010

waitingman: (Scream)
I have some questions.

Why is a roast beef & salad sandwich more expensive than a Quarter Pounder? And why is fruit juice more expensive than Coca Cola? Why is it so expensive to eat healthily?

Why are our governments encouraging the use of public transport, yet making it so expensive to do so... & not making it available to entire suburbs? Why are new housing areas being built on at a rapid rate with little or no supporting infrastructure & no short, medium, or long-term plans to implement any?

Why do tolls & insurance premiums increase every year & yet my salary doesn't? What 'improvements' to the services have been made to justify the increased cost?

Why are public-funded roads permanently closed off for the benefit of private companies, or a handful of non-civic-minded residents? Why should I pay to have to take a route I don't want to, or travel the long way 'round?

Why are hybrid cars so expensive? The current price for a Prius is thousands more than I paid for my V8 Ford. Why are we being encouraged to find & use alternative energy sources, then being charged extra for using them?

Why are we encouraging people to have children, yet we won't let people die? Why is children's health better funded than mental health? Why aren't we putting better care systems in place now for the obese, asthmatic, poor & troubled adults these children will become?
waitingman: (Magritte Guitar)
The Faces are re-forming... sort of

Okay, so their driving & creative force died a few years back & obviously his 1970s replacement has made himself unavailable for reasons unknown, so I suppose drafting in a former Sex Pistol is both in the spirit of things & a tad amusing...

But replacing Rod Stewart with Mick Hucknall?? If you were looking for a singer who wouldn't give you ego trouble, you looked in the wrong place I'll wager.

And augmenting a currently personally troubled but otherwise perfectly capable guitar player with Slash!!??!!??

He's a great guitar player, no doubt, but I really don't want to hear 'Stay With Me', 'Cindy Incidentally', 'Had Me A Real Good Time' & too many other great songs turned into Guns'n'Roses overblown guitar wank-fests. The guy suffers from what I call 'Coltrane Syndrome' ~ he just doesn't seem to know when to stop playing...
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