http://www.fcic.gov/report
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released this report on what happened in 2008. I've provided it for your benefit (all 3 of you). I'm gonna run through it, see if there's anything that I didn't know, and filter out the juicy tidbits for all of you (3). Wish me luck. Feel free to read it and lemme know what you think.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Postal
Whoah, apparently the post office is for profit, with a legally mandated monopoly on letters, yet it still can't compete with UPS or FedEx for speed or service...isn't government grand?
http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/selfsufficient.html#quality
"The Postal Service provides high-quality service"
HAHAHAHA
http://www.nalc.org/postal/perform/selfsufficient.html#quality
"The Postal Service provides high-quality service"
HAHAHAHA
Saturday, December 18, 2010
A literaly "Nanny State"
http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/12/16/sues-mcdonalds-happy-meal-toys/
In this article Mary Rice states:
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, California mother Monet Parham is suing McDonald’s. With support from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, this lawsuit alleges that McDonalds unfairly markets to children.
For cryin' out loud, is there no end to the lack of responsibility? If your kids are taken in by the advertising, stop exposing them to it. Get them away from the TeeVEE for five damn minutes and maybe they'll think you're their parent instead of the box. After that they might even listen to you. This is incredibly frustrating, and a sign of how far we as a society have driven our belief train off the reality track. Litigation as parenting sets a dangerous precedent...where does it end? I don't believe it ends anywhere, it just progresses with parents becoming more and more impotent, advertisers more and more bold.
They do it because we let them. Making a law will just waste time and money and advertisers will come up with more creative ways to skirt the law and get your kids. The core issue is parents not parenting, which is an indictment on society as a whole where our standard of living and cost of living is too high and as a result we've made slaves of ourselves. We're so enslaved, and so beaten down that we let them come for our kids and defer to the only savior we have left, the Government. But as you and I well know, government is a false deity, and it's not on your team.
In this article Mary Rice states:
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, California mother Monet Parham is suing McDonald’s. With support from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, this lawsuit alleges that McDonalds unfairly markets to children.
For cryin' out loud, is there no end to the lack of responsibility? If your kids are taken in by the advertising, stop exposing them to it. Get them away from the TeeVEE for five damn minutes and maybe they'll think you're their parent instead of the box. After that they might even listen to you. This is incredibly frustrating, and a sign of how far we as a society have driven our belief train off the reality track. Litigation as parenting sets a dangerous precedent...where does it end? I don't believe it ends anywhere, it just progresses with parents becoming more and more impotent, advertisers more and more bold.
They do it because we let them. Making a law will just waste time and money and advertisers will come up with more creative ways to skirt the law and get your kids. The core issue is parents not parenting, which is an indictment on society as a whole where our standard of living and cost of living is too high and as a result we've made slaves of ourselves. We're so enslaved, and so beaten down that we let them come for our kids and defer to the only savior we have left, the Government. But as you and I well know, government is a false deity, and it's not on your team.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
God is an anarchist
1: And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
3: And his sons walked not in his ways, but took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4: Then all the elders of Israel came to Samuel,
5: And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
6: But the thing displeased Samuel, And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
7: And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people
9: yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10: And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11: And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, and some shall run before his chariots.
12: And he will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and his chariots.
13: And he will take your daughters to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14: And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15: And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16: And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17: He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18: And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19: Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20: That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21: And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22: And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
Awesome!
3: And his sons walked not in his ways, but took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4: Then all the elders of Israel came to Samuel,
5: And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
6: But the thing displeased Samuel, And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
7: And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people
9: yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
10: And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
11: And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, and some shall run before his chariots.
12: And he will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and his chariots.
13: And he will take your daughters to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14: And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15: And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16: And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17: He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18: And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
19: Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20: That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21: And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
22: And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
Awesome!
Doesn't this just piss you off?
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/08/bp-is-hiding-dead-animals-to-avoid-fine.html
This pisses me off. This should piss you off. I want you to get mad! Our government is helping BP to hide the effect of their negligence. If there ever was a case of corruption in our government, this is it.
This pisses me off. This should piss you off. I want you to get mad! Our government is helping BP to hide the effect of their negligence. If there ever was a case of corruption in our government, this is it.
Thank you Dallas Fed
So guys...the stimulus didn't work...guys? GUYS?
http://www.dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2010/el1008.html
http://www.dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2010/el1008.html
Monday, July 26, 2010
So that was interesting
If you managed to maintain your sanity after reading the stream of consciousness that was my last post, congratulations. That rambling monstrosity was my own thinking out loud, and what you read was my thoughts as I came to the final conclusion in real time. Sorry about that. But here's what I've basically decided:
No government+cooperative/competitive action is best but not feasible because people are people and nothing will change that. The strong will always conquer the weak and that's just how it is. So with this in mind, I now have a new goal. A goal to not be conquered. I wish to escape servitude, to self actualize, to realize a life of my own making and not the designs of another. We are a dysfunctional species and being such, I no longer hold any grand illusions of systemic improvement. Society goes in cycles of freedom and tyranny and the trick is being able to ride out the worst parts from a safe vantage point.
I need to find and achieve that vantage point.
No government+cooperative/competitive action is best but not feasible because people are people and nothing will change that. The strong will always conquer the weak and that's just how it is. So with this in mind, I now have a new goal. A goal to not be conquered. I wish to escape servitude, to self actualize, to realize a life of my own making and not the designs of another. We are a dysfunctional species and being such, I no longer hold any grand illusions of systemic improvement. Society goes in cycles of freedom and tyranny and the trick is being able to ride out the worst parts from a safe vantage point.
I need to find and achieve that vantage point.
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