WARNING : EIGHT BLOG

MERRY CHRISTMAS
(A day late, so WHAT?)

Merry Christmas and a happy new year. This blog is a little late, but hey so what? I mean, the day itself isn' t THE DAY. Thats right, the baby Jesus wasn' t born on Christmas. It' s not even there in the Bible! This day is just a manufactured day as a representative of such event. However, I' m afraid Christmas now, in today' s world, has become a symbol for capitalism and a way to expand the rich white men' s pocket. That' s correct. When it comes to global business and world trading, its RICH WHIT MEN that dominates all of us. But just you wait. I will change that. Oh yes, I will make sure it all changes.

And another thing, what is it with this Santa Claus? He was a saint, a symbol for children to expect gifts and have childhood dreams. When has that become such a tool for the RWM to use? How did we let ourselves get dominated by a force that, if we would have known then, we would have smacked our own heads and said "Of Course!". But no, we had to be controlled, under the supply and demand principles where the rich and powerful will reap most of the benefits, and them saying all these things to make us happy and be with our families just was a tool for them to control and keep us hungry for their products. I guess we were just too slow for the game, and some people was just smart enough to have thought of it before we did. Sad that it wasn't me, hahaha. Seriously, this disease we call capitalism is making things unfair.

Yet this capitalism, this great and now accepted way of our lives, have made our very lives more bearable. It has made our desires for material possessions satisfied. Though the RWM get most of the benefits, it has also satisfied our needs to be bratty little kids. Communism and other Socialism would have made us starving to the bones and very hungry. But with this unfair system, there is also a general population where things are pretty good. That is why perhaps people prefer 'Democracy' over Communism or Facism. But has anyone thought that these forms of governments were incomplete? That they simply needed a little touch of capitalism so that it could work in a way that the general population can enjoy what their heart desires AND be equally fair? Well there may be, but it might be too much of a bother to be thought about or too difficult to find a solution in this century or this early in this century I guess.

WARNING : SEVENTH BLOG

THE FUTURE OF WARFARE

The future of warfare. The game Battlefield 2142 is a game based on the future where the world has changed dramaticaly. The ice is now over most of the world, and nations struggle to take what remaining land is left for their own. Out of the conflict, two main nations form. The European Union, and the Pan Asian Coalition. Both are incredibly powerful and will fight to the death for the lands they believe is theirs.

What this game inspired me most is not the concept or the possibility of a cold and lonely future, but the fact that warfare will advance to a level we can only imagine today. For now.

Now one of my goals in life is to make one of those weapons seen in the game Battlefield 2142. It is a great and difficult task, but will no one help me make it? It is one of the most powerful weapons I have ever seen. Even if it is science fiction, it can be reality. Many of today's great marvels were once science fiction too. So come one, come all. Let us see to it that the ultimate weapons in the game come to reality. Giant flying carrier vehicles with large batteries supporting, transporting, and attack targets. Orbital satellite attacks from space. Superb weapons and body armors. Unbelievable versatile and merciless vehilces and tanks that are just pure killing machines.

WARNING : SIXTH BLOG

T-34 Tank

Ah yes, the T-34 battle tank. One of my all time favorites, and the victor from the Battle of the Kursk. It brought along with it a new era of tanks, and a whole new definition of tanks. It also was the sign of Soviet engineering supremacy that made the German tanks somewhat unreliable (mostly against the older Panzer tanks). It is a marvelous vehicle, a great machine, and is now here for you to read about. Please, enjoy. As for this vehicle, i would rate it as a 4 star vehicle, considering it's power, it's era, and it's usefulness.

But hey, I guess these tanks weren't enough for heavy anti-tank roles. I mean, compared to the German tanks back then, and facing them off 1-on-1 with a Tiger tank, I can see them being scrap metal. Sure they were simple and easy to manufacture, and sure they were still good enough for their great production number, but at a 1-on-1 fight, i guess the Tiger would beat it any day. Don't you agree? The German tanks were a complex, superb machine that could outperform any other nation's tanks if it was to fight 1-on-1. But that's not war is it? It takes numbers too. So I guess that's how the Germans lost the battle of the Kursk. Plus, I would say that it was because of the old Panzer IV and Panzer III tanks that were not too good. I've read that they needed lots of maintenance in the field, espcecially during or after winter. That must have been a great setback for the Germans. And of course, there were probably not enough heavy tanks produced in time to help reinforce the German tank divisions out there.

As for the Soviet war machines, I could say it must have been like seeing a lot of ants crawling up a small sand hill. It probably must have been a spectacular sight to see the whole Soviet division come out of the horizon and start charging their way towards the Germans and ultimately Germany itself.

But here is what I would have really wanted to see. Soviet tanks versus the U.S. tanks. Now that's something worth discussing about.

But then again, the U.S. tanks and the British tanks were still inefficient towards German Tanks compared to the T-34. I mean, the slope armor technology must have been really good to have been able to make a cheap tank so hardy and strong.

And then there is also the thing about speed. I see in those history t.v. shows with footage of these world war 2 tanks running, and I find that the T-34 seems to be running really really fast. It seemed to be very maneuverable, and had enough firepower to do some great damage. I believe it was a 76.2 mm gun it had? That falls short of maybe the German Tiger Tank, but that's still alot of fire power, plus it was much faster than the Tiger, I'm sure. Besides, the German Tanks like the Tiger were in total produced only around like what, 1000 or more? While the T-34's were produced like 1000 every month. Now that's advantage in numbers. But the great thing about this tank was that it wasn't all quantity was it? There were also some quality in each of these tanks, so it probably made this tank an army of sturdy and hardy tanks.

But design wise, I think this tank is quite not pretty at all. It's gun is like an artillery tank that is mounted and covered up, the body itself looks cheap, and I sometimes hear that the inside of the tank is very simple and cheap looking. All in all, i would give the appearance rating of this tank a 2.5 stars. It looks fine, but not that fine at all. I think it is just bearable in appearance. However, that made no difference at all in the battle of the Kursk didn't it? It's performance was far superior than the appearance of the tank.

But I hear that the egyptian army was recently using the modified or upgraded version of the T-34 tanks? If that is true, a tank that was built 50 years or more ago still being used today, now that is proof that it was the best tank in it's time. A tank that was far superior in use and have proven in the battlefield against tank on tank battle to be superior than other tanks. Now That is the best tank in the world in it's time. The best tank of all time. Of course if you would face it with the new German Leopard Tank, The British Challenger(was it? Or was it Chieftain? I remember it starts with a C), or the American Abrams Tank, I'm sure it won't last long.

WARNING : FIFTH BLOG

"What the Duce?"

It’s sometimes hard to imagine that all the great things you have done go unappreciated. It happens to me sometimes, but that's not what I am going to talk about. I am going to talk about being too small and young to be appreciated. To have all these great ideas, but lack the resource and respect to carry them out. I can say it is pure torture.
Being alone in the dark is sometimes fun and nice. It’s quiet. It’s peaceful. It is lonely. But here's what you don't hear about being in the light and around people. You end up being just a simple peon like the rest of the people. Doing and carrying out orders, working your butts off to have a good family and a nice home. You then spend the rest of your retirement years wondering what else you could have done or what things you have already done.
To be a simple spec in the story that is life is what we are meant to be. It is what we have always been doing for the past thousands of years. But there are also some people who could overcome the fact that they are just some insignificant part of human history, and become history. For starters, there was Genghis Khan. He was a Mongol tribal chief's son, who ended up ruling the greatest empire the world has ever known. His empire was the largest of any empire at any time, stretching from the far reaches of China and Russia all the way to Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
It is a gift to be able to do what he did. To see what others did not see. To be a great history, and to be the heart of an empire. To be the greatest man of his time, and to be a living legend for later generations to listen and learn to.
And yet, what am I now? Just a simple fool who dreams? Or am I a visionary who sees what is to come and controls the faith of humanity? Am I to remain this insignificant? Will I ever be reborn into a new creature, one that has stepped beyond the boundaries of humanity? One who has lost all things that bound humanity to remain insignificant, and gained wings to take flight and evolve into something else? Will I ever know?
Well I'll tell you what I do know. It is that I shall one day be what I dream of becomming. I will have what I want. I will be the person I seek. No. I will be the creature that I seek. Beyond human. Beyond insignificance. To be history.