I am kind of excited about this project. When I switched jobs at work, I lost the use of a company lease car, and pressed this 1962 Mercury Meteor ("Merc-O-Saurus") into service. My son and daughter drive to high school in it every day. But we had to do some things to get it ready for the type of weather that Detroit experiences this time of year.
Specifically, we wanted to install a rear window defroster (de-fogger). They didn't have those in 1962, in case you are too young to remember. I bought a Clear View Defroster Kit from a website: www.frostfighter.com ... and I am pleased with the results (see video). It is a bit tricky to install ... you have to prep the glass just right, and make sure that you understand every part of the instructions before actually starting. (If anyone is considering doing this, send me a message, and I can give you some hints.)
And here, just for kicks, are a few photos of this "work-in-progress" car:
Here is a typical usurpation of someone else's rights (right to speak) by some typical Occupy reprobates. What they don't get is this: There is a reason that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was given the microphone in this situation, and they were not. She was given the mic, given the floor to speak, because based on her past accomplishments and her current status as someone who is running for election to the highest office in the land, it has been estimated that she may have something to say which is worth hearing.
Based on the non-accomplishments of those who disrupted her speech, it was (correctly) estimated that they have nothing to say that is worth hearing. In situations like this, such people have a duty to shut up.
I have identified one of the central things that irritates me about the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, and all the other Occupiers.
At first, I thought of this central point in terms of rudeness, of the cavalier attitude of unconcern with the property, well-being, and freedoms of others. When you shut down all commerce in an area, as Occupy Oakland did, you are doing something selfish and illegal, and you deserve the punishment that comes your way. I will not shed a single tear over the "ouchie" you get from the rubber bullet which the Oakland Police send your way. Sorry.
When you forcibly camp out on someone else's private property, as OWS has been doing all along, you deserve whatever negative consequences come your way. You are stealing private property, perverting it for your own demonic uses. You deserve no sympathy.
But when I thought deeper about the Occupy movement, and why they do what they do, I realized that it was chiefly this:
Blocking the passage of innocent citizens, impeding traffic, shutting down commerce, and appropriating someone else's private property are chiefly acts of desperation. They are done when it becomes obvious to the protesters that, based solely on the merits of their grievances, nobody at all will listen to them. So, they find a way to be so obnoxious that people have to listen.
If the Occupy folks didn't block people's travel, stop their commerce, and steal their private property, no one would listen to them. Because their arguments are ridiculous, and have no power to persuade.
