PurpleRain's Blog

Ok people here I go again , whether anyone cares or not ! The traffic in Saint Louis is not any worse or any better than other places ! It depends on how you decide to look at it ! However ! The grid lock that the MoDot people have created has been a pain in all out backsides ! Unstead of doing all this construction at different times it has all came together at once , creating a grid lock now almost 24 hrs a day !There is not too many places in or around Saint Louis that is not effect by these people who have no concern fo us here ! That also includes IllDot ! Lastnight on the 17th and for the next 7 days or so they closed downtown off where 70 and 55 goes across the river east bound and west bound going on 70 that caused a grid lock like it was like rush hour traffick at 5:00 pm ! Another spot that is being effect by the widing of Higway 40/64 ! It is rediculious that they have to do this and cause the problems they do for all of us  ! Depending on where they are deciding to put another bridge across the river , what kind of headache is that going to cause . I have guessed that they do not care what you and I think , they want that federal dollar and spend their money up fast before the next fiscal year to get that almighty federal dollar and to heck with us who have to sit in a line of traffic that is full of people who are not going to be polite to one another . I have experienced these people on a everyday basis where people ignore everyone else and want to get home and not wait for their turn ! I know a driver who had a accident on the ramp east bound going across the river , right at the point where the cars come out of downtown ! A car decided to try and beat him up the ramp where the first turn is in the ramp ! The car got wedged against the wall and the outrate passenger had the nerve to tell this driver

that they took turns at the point where the sign says yeild ! The driver told him "The sign says yeild not take turns "!

The car had to pay for his damage ! This is what happens when people believe they are the onlyones wanting to get home in the evening ! This is what MoDot has reduced people too ! Some of it isn't MoDot just plain stupity ! It is no wonder why we have people saying it is the second worse for traffic . Leave it up to MoDot to make sure we all have to not only pay taxes on the roads they work on and the guy leaning on the shovel but for the grid lock they cause by not planning better ! Sad too say we as tax payers and people who have to sit in the traffic have nothing to do with it ! What do all of you think ?

Ok people what is wrong with the picture of what everyone is reading now today ! Imus , Sharpton, Jackson ,Chris Rock , black , white , democtate, rep and all the issues above ! I can not believe that so mamy issues divide us all  as a whole . With out acting as a people "By the People ", "For the People", we are all scratching our butts and peeing into a fan ! Nothing is ever going to get done to send a message to Washington or the world unless we as a people come together regardless of Color , or sex !  We are the ones who are paying , not all those in the postion to afford the riseing and mounting cost to live ! Our vote is what is the most powerful thing we can use , the threat to all of those who want to threaten us with these high prices , taxes and anything else they want to inflict on us ! Not to allow them to take out 1st amendment rights no matter who or what is said ! That person may say it but if he doesn't watch what he says he can pay for it later in court , not lose his job ! We put these lame ducks into office , we can take them out ! We may not agree on a lot of issues but we can at least come to a medium to take things back and put the vote back into the peoples hands and not the people who are elected and suppose to watch after our interest ! Do you have any idea what all of us can do , black white , asian and all races that vote can do on a collective basis  !  These people who are bound and determined to rob , rape, kill and molest our kids ! Well the vote can be passed to put them all away foever ! A big reason we can't rght now is because of people who are with the ACLU who think rights are anything they can make money on and undermined the consitution , the one thing our freedom is based on . We as a whole have the power to change things ! All one has to do is read some of the stupid things they argue over in the blogs and it tells you as a people we are failing ourselves and our nation our forefathers left to us to protect ! All the bias that you see is fueled by the media and that in itself is enough to enrage anyone many times over !  Given the last few weeks , Imus , Sharptoune and Jackson have over shadowed our boys in the service which is a shame in itself ! Why give them the press ! Ignore these people who we know do not speak for the most of us Black or white ! Think about it ! The Vote is the only thing we have left and if we are not careful that will well disappear as well ! Becareful and think about just where you want this place we live in is to go .

I would like to address something I think needs addressed . In the Blogs you are having off wall comments on the color issue ! I would hope that people could look past the color issue on most blogs unless it has to do with the racial issue ! Like the Imus issue and Al Sharpton ! I seen a lot on this issue , and a lot of people of both colors have chimmed in on this butttttt ! Has anyone chimmed in on the issue about the Duke case ! Where Jesse Jackson offered school to the poor woman who lied and tried to railroad three Duke players to jail for a rape they never had anything to do with ! Where is the out rage on this issue , it has been all over the news lately intil they found it wasn't happening ! Why would Jackson offer this woman short of seening her go to jail for a false report to get money from some rich kids parents ! Yet how about the years back when Sharpton almost help some black girl railroad another white guy to jail for rape that the woman swore was whites . 

 My problem with this is you hear as much out cry if it is true foem both sides , but when in this case its not true I see no one like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson turning their backs on the Blacks they accused the whites of doing wrong ! Have they went on national TV to say how outraged they were for this to happen ! No ! I haven't seen anyone in the balck commuinty condem it ! Why ! Because people need to get over the black white thing and look at the crime and not the color ! Crime comes in all colors not just back and white !

I don't care what color you are , if you are wrong I am going to tell you and if you take offense to it then oh well ! It has nothing to do with your color and if you can't believe that then you have a problem , go get help !

When are people going to wake up about this smoking ban ? People are seeing this as smokers against non-smokers ! How far from the truth people can be ! What started this is BIG BROTHER and they suits against the cig compaines and the Surgeon General and his findings ! If Big Brother gets his way and after he trys to get rid of the cigs and all smokers to stop ! Then what will he do next ? What right will he try to take away next ? Freedom of expression and or speach ? The right to gather in meeting places or limiting how many can gather before they call it a crowd . What is wrong with this picture . All you have to do is open your ears , rad and watch what goes on around you to see that its not all about the smoke in anyones face !

I however don't drink and I don't complain about the people who gwt just out of line spilling their beer down someones back (which I had happen) people who get sick or something caught in their throat and caugh it all over everyone . The ones who don't have sense enough to know that the beer in hot weather can cause you to fall out or increase the rate of getting drunk and being loud and rude to the people around them ! I don't expect them to stop selling beer at the games because of it , not that they would unless they were force into it because of Big Brother . A Bush is to big and all the people who invest money and lied to the people to build it in the first place ! Don't say it doesn't happen ! Look at Tony LaRussa , gee he only had one for the road !

Please people just look at the long term issues at this and how it is going to effect all of us in the long term !