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The Atomic Bomb Rap

What's up blurb fans? I am back, The Wicked Awesome Monkey Dude, to educate your young minds on the interesting subject of seventh grade social studies! We had to do a project on something involving South East Asia and WWII, so why not learn about the innocent bloodshed of Japanese lives.

That's right, we did our project on The Atomic Bomb.

But there were some major problem. Such as the fact that Nacho Libre was in a different block, and Hotdog Bob still could only do a guitar imression by dilliberately going "nanananan na nanana" so I assembled a new crew for you few who take a cue and listen to what we do. We called our selves the

A-BOMBERS!!! (we know, it's a pretty tight name!)

The over all idea that America showed to the war by dropping the atom bomb was complicated, so let me sum it up for you:

War does not decide who is right.

War decides who is left.

So here you have it: The A- bombers:

THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS

Here are the lyrics, so when you are alone at your house you can break out in song randomly, without any point (kind of like High School Musical!):

THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS

By: The A- bombers

Hit the floor

Here comes the World War

The second

We come reckin’

We threaten You

With the Atomic Bomb  

Hit the deck

Today our subject

Are the physical effects

Comin’ atcha like a T- rex

 

Can you feel the pain?

Well, that’s the black rain.

Comes down in a dangerous shower

It falls for about one full hour

 

It’s radio-active

Takes you captive

Just one of the effects that proves

The A-bomb effective

Definition of Thermal Hear:

The heat emitted, when the bomb is cleared

Causes thermal burns, and loss of eyesight

Thermal Hear is here to help win the fight

 

The blast is comin’ fast

It’s killin’ the mass

I’m feelin’ the heat, so check the thermometer

Because the blast destroys wood within 2.3 kilometers

We found the A-bomb as our answer

And one of its effects:

It distributes cancers

 

The A-bomb is the path we chose to abide

Through it already 210,000 people have died

The A-bomb was our helping hand

When we dropped it twice upon Japan

Don't think this is it, we'll be back in a couple of days for the Political Effects rap!

How YOU Can Go Green

Contrary to popular belief, going green isn't hard, and isn't expensive.  In fact, going green can save lots of money on electricity and heating bills.  It can also help relieve a guilty conscience.

Tips on shopping:

• Buy in bulk.  Not only will you save money, you will pollute less when you throw the packaging away.
• Look for the recycling symbol on product's packaging.  That means that either it is recyclable, or made of recycled materials.
• Some stores offer recycling programs for plastic bags, and this is a great way to help the environment.  In fact, NC is pushing for plastic bags to be illegal, at least in their coastal region.

Tips on saving energy at home:

• Configure your laptop and desktop to the most energy efficient mode.
• Use a cold rinse cycle on your washer.
• Turn the TV off when you aren't using it.
• Unplug charging devices when they aren't in use.  These devices, even when not in use, use minimal amounts of power 24/7.
• Instead of watching TV, playing video games, or chatting online, go outside or pick up a good book.  The best way to save electricity is not to use it at all.
• Open up the blinds, and turn off the lights.  Not only will this save electricity, it will brighten your room with a softer, more natural light.
• Set a delay timer on your wireless modem.  Not only will this save electricity, it protects your computer at night.

• Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to turn your computer off every chance you get.  Turning your computer off still drains about 2.8 watts, and sleep mode on a Mac drains just 4 watts.  This is hardly any energy saving, and wears down your hard drive because of the high speeds at start-up.  Therefore, it is better to just make sure your computer goes into sleep mode.

Tips for helping the environment at home:

• Recycle all that you can.  It may sound obvious, but it is surprising how much people still throw away.
• Save scrap paper.  Any old one-sided printed paper makes great scrap paper on the back.
• Plant a garden.  Plants rid the air of green house gasses, and if you have a houseplant, it acts as an air purifier.  Gardens can either look great, or give you fresh produce, which saves you money when you go to the grocery store.
• Keep your neighborhood clean, and free of trash.

Other Tips:

• Be creative.  There are tons of good ways to help the environment.  A google search on "helping the environment" returns almost 77 million hits.
• Spread the word.  Encourage your neighbors, friends, and coworkers to help to.  If one person can do this much, how much can 100, 1,000, or even more do?  If every viewer that has ever been to the blurb were able to turn 1 60 watt light bulb off for 2 hours a day, over the courseof 1 year, Blurbers would save a combined nearly 300,000 dollars based on the national average.  In Hawaii, the state with the highest electricity rate per kilowatt hour, Blurbers would save a total of nearly $700,000, just by turning off a light bulb for 2 hours a day.  As you can see, there is strength in numbers.

Signed,

The Blurb's Senior Assistant Editor In Chief

So what do you think?  Share your stories of helping the environment, and your ideas by commenting here at The Blurb.

Obama's Energy and Environment Plans

Obama campaigned aggressively last year on the Environmental and Energy crises, and these have typically been strongholds for democrats.  A Gallup poll illustrating this is below:

I have also created a Voicethread on Obama's environment plans.  Please comment.

(As you can see, Bam Bam has learned a few tricks from back when Melvin The Chicken Hunter and I were frequent posters, and taught them to me)

Remember to comment here on The Blurb!

Signed,

The Blurb's Senior Assistant Editor In Chief