Construction Ahead - But For How Long?

                  They say, "nothing is certain but death and taxes." Whoever they are, should add construction to that little quip. There is always construction. They're improving the roads, building new offices, fixing this and that. It never ends. I've been looking at the same construction signs, same construction trucks and the same construction traffic since I moved down to Virginia a year and a half ago. What's the deal?

                  Has anyone seen the time-lapse video from China? As if we shouldn't fear them already; there is a video of a Chinese firm called the Broad Group building an entire hotel in 15 days. That's right, 30 stories, 183,000 square feet. All built in 360 hours. They worked in shifts and never stopped until the job was done. Are you kidding me? I've seen PENN DOT take more than 15 days to fix a STOP sign. OK, that's an exaggeration. But an entire hotel building in half a month? That's crazy, and we should wake up and smell the won ton soup.

                  You saw the opening ceremonies of the Olympics right? That kind of control over a massive amount of people (troops) is hard to ignore. Not only can they put on a great show, they have groups that organize waves of construction workers to work non-stop for 15 days. Let me ask you this; do you think we could pull off something like that here in America? Do you think we could organize 3 shifts of hundreds of workers to complete a project in 15 days without stopping? No sick days, no vacation time, no weekends, no crying, no laziness, no bullshit. What do you think?

                I'd love to sit here and write to you that I do believe we could handle that. However, I'd be lying and you deserve better. I'll blog another time about how we have a false sense of entitlement and how this country is headed straight into the shitter. For now, let's sit back and enjoy this video. It shows you what's possible when we, as Humans, are all focused on one goal. The possibilities are endless when we put aside our petty differences and get to work, together!

               Can you imagine where our country could be if we focused our efforts and worked together? It's pretty crazy if you really think about it. It's a damn shame that politics and greed won't allow that to happen. So fuck it. I'll head down to Chinatown and erect my own building, if you know what I mean. Then I'll get some homeless bum to give me a Hand-job for a Ham Sandwich. And a bag of chips!

 Here is the video, check it out.    http://youtu.be/Hdpf-MQM9vY