The Monster that Moves America .
From the overwhelming size and number of cars on the road and the total .
dependence on petroleum, to the layout of the nation's cities and suburbs which.
forces Americans to drive everywhere, the American system of tansportation wastes.
unnecessary resources. America could do better by finding ways to reduce the .
number and size of cars on the roads and by lessening it's dependence on petroleum and.
designing it's its suburbs and mass transportation around eachother and making overall .
sacrifices for the good of its country and planet.
Americas automobiles are too big. The popularity of SUVs has skyrocketed this .
past decade and so has their size. Nowdays there are numerous SUVs with .
three rows of seating and huge motors to pull their huge weights. From the Ford .
Excursion to the Hummer, SUVs are entirely too big. The monster of the road,.
the Ford Excursion, is available with a ten cylinder engine. These beasts .
of motors in SUVs would infact come in handy towing a trailer but when this beast is .
used for light loads and a passenger hauling, then it is a waste of gas, space, and money. .
The problem with huge SUVs like the Excursion, is that they are not used .
for hauling huge loads with their huge engines, but people. An American is more likely .
to see a huge SUV like the Excursion or Hummer H2 with more empty seats than .
filled and an unused trailer hitch. Why do Americans embrace this mindset that "Bigger .
is Better?" If Americans want to change their transporations system and improve .
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their enviornment, then sacrifices on the size of vehicles must be made.
Everyday, millions of Americans face congested roads to school,work, or the .
grocery store and then back home again. Horns honk, cars collide, and .
frustration flares as multitudes of drivers diverge on the same roads. America has too .
many cars.
It is the green-eyed monster (3.3.195-96)..." ... The answer of course, depends on the circumstances of that particular person. Would one permit the green-eyed monster to conquer his or her own mind, and control his or her every move? ... He says, and I quote, "Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. ... Iago was all alone with no one around that would ever trust a person like him. ...
That was a shock the United States of America received in 1920 when Prohibition became a written law. ... Soon, this organization became so powerful and so influential that it started to control various cities of America. ... Prohibition created a monster that even until this day, we are not able to control them. This monster is destroying our government system from the inside and costing us billions of dollars to fight it. ... I believe prohibition was a harmful move toward American way of life that caused disrespect for the law, created organized crime, and in all, corrupted law enforcement...
The first aspect of the American revolutionis technological advances. ... The first method was that of interchangeable parts that was introduced by Eli Whitney (McCormick, 24). ... Another factor of industry is how efficiently and effectively you can move goods and supplies. ... A fisherman upon seeing the Clermont for the first time said the following " The whole country talked of nothing but the huge sea monster belching forth fire and smoke. ... This industrial revolution was the stepping stone that America needed to enforce itself as a serious player in the world. ...
That car was a 1933 Ford coupe. ... When Ed started to combine the two by putting his monsters in exaggerated versions of peoples own cars that is when the lines started to form at the Ed "Big Daddy" Roth booth. ... When Ed's work load out-grew his Beverly Hills location Ed moved his business to Maywood, California, a small township in the Los Angeles area. ... Revell American began producing model car kits that featured Ed Roth original such as the "Beatnik Bandit" and "Road Agent". ... Despite the fact that Revell American only paid Mr. ...
This unleashed monster is an agreeable illustration for the atomic gadgets that fell upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wreaking destruction that would keep going for quite a long time to come. ... In 1956, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, also directed by Ishiro Honda, was discharged in the United States as an American rendition of the first Japanese film. ... The American adaptation draws out the tension by not uncovering any information regarding the monster to the audience of Godzilla. ... The American film does not consider the scientific angle at all and is simply mentioned for a brief moment...
This unleashed monster is an agreeable illustration for the atomic gadgets that fell upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wreaking destruction that would keep going for quite a long time to come. ... In 1956, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, also directed by Ishiro Honda, was discharged in the United States as an American rendition of the first Japanese film. ... The American adaptation draws out the tension by not uncovering any information regarding the monster to the audience of Godzilla. ... The American film does not consider the scientific angle at all and is simply mentioned for a brief momen...
The text told you where you were, and on your command you could move or pick up something. ... Some of those were Pong, Asteroids and Pacman (I assume that you recognize these). ... The idea of 'shoot-em-up' games is (was) to kill as many monsters (or aliens, animals etc.) as you can. ... Platform games are often very simple; you have to move a character towards the goal, without 'dying'. ... The game that opened the world of role-playing for me, is american Blizzard's Diablo. ...
Sometimes I sit in my room and try to move things. ... So far, nothing has ever moved. ... Well, let me qualify that. I fear nuclear holocaust, monsters under my bead, big furry tarantulas, and the theft of my dear teddy bear, Buddy Love, just as much or more. ... I have a predilection of living in a garret, eating ketchup soup and saltine, writing The Great American Novel. ...
This is another statement which shows a general grudge against the country and leadership of Iraq, suggesting America would pounce on anything they can use to attack Iraq, most likely because they see Iraq as a potential threat due to the wealth (oil) but there is no evidence to go buy, and I feel that America is run by a illiterate "cowboy" who is trying to finish of what his farther had started. ... Then after all the excitement about finding, the worlds most wanted (Osama Bin Laden) things swiftly moved on to the leadership of Iraq. Now it was being dictated that Saddam Hussein is ...
