A friend suggest I focus on one topic at a time while blogging. It sounded like common sense and a good suggestion, The problem is, all most nothing that impacts us is singular in nature. The entire theory that 85 percent of the population is dumber than a box of rocks, there are only several real absolutes in life, bring it back to the inability to focus on just one thing to solve a given problem. Be clear, you can focus on the details of a particular problem, but if you want to solve something you need to identify, what else will impact that one issue.
Listening to NPR "National Public Radio" once more the baffled reporter ask the uber intelligent pundit about the economy. Specifically the housing marker. The discussion about the need for banks to finish the fore closure process before the market could recover.
Than we heard how republicans didn't think Fanny Mae should back new mortgages on people who have and still are paying their loans.
Followed by China beating us once more in the solar energy industry. And finally China's leader tell the rest of the world to get its financial house in order and one way to do that is to let China invest more in the government sectors of the nations.
I wish I were as smart as the pundits being interviewed. Alas, I keep seeing patterns, and I must be wrong because no one else sees it.
Banks can't lower mortgage rates because they have already spent the interest you haven't paid yet.
And everyone knows that if the bank takes your house and does NOT get the cost of the house back that you borrowed....they will make more money selling the house cheaper to some one else? Or make more money by not selling the house and letting it rot there?
Those statements have to be true or the banks wouldn't be doing it right?
OK enough sarcasm from me, for the moment. If you cant pay your loan, the bank isn't getting its money back. Of course the tax laws let them take you as a tax right off on the money they extort....er earned on other ventures. Some one as simple minded as myself, suggest the bank lower the rate of interest, not the money for the house but the interest. If you have been paying the higher rate of interest, your paying the lower rate is a done deal. But you stay in the house and ( wait for it ) spend the money you saved on other items; keeping the money flowing in the economy. Perhaps banks might want to do what they did to my wife and myself back in the 1970's and check to see if I could pay back a loan before loaning. It took a WHOLE week but we got the loan. I foolishly believe getting even 50 percent of the interest is better than not getting any money at all, but that's just me. Possible getting more people in a position to spend money would help the economy? I don't know, I'm throwing out wild and crazy ideas, however if you are greedy and stupid, you prefer to destroy an entire society rather than help it recover. If you don't believe the United States economy can be destroyed and that the States can be turned into a group of Feudal petty Factions than please stop reading my blog, move to a small island nation which will be covered in water 10 years from now; when all the ice melts, oh and don't have any children, their are enough idiots breathing my air.
But I guess the pundents know better, Mysterious forces are destroying our economy. You know how I keep talking about the under employed. How many luxury items do you think a person buys when they are making minimum wage, have NO benefits no health care, no sick days, vacation days, disability. And live from pay check to pay check. How many of those foreclosed homes do you think those people buy? Unless the banks continue to be dumber than the 85 percent and loan them money which they will never pay back because they can't. Or the banks decide to ( think last rounds of stimulus ) take your tax dollars and invest that money in stocks, bonds, derivatives , any thing except loaning the money.
Starting to see a pattern are you???
Unless people have jobs, good jobs, they won't spend money at least not the sane or honest people.
Some people just don't care and figure they are not going to pay off the credit any way, so they buy what they want. But the majority do want to be honest and until they feel they are in a position to do so safely they are not buying washing machines, cars, houses. Nike 500 dollar sneakers etc.
But the Chinese make every thing cheaper, so either we buy Chinese products or move our companies to China to make those products. ( See a pattern yet?) And the Chinese tell us we should be more like them. Yes they have the highest production rates, in the world, the most money sitting in their banks in the world, the biggest population, We should be more like them, at least if you listen to the Republicans. Yes...the Republicans want less government regulations. Lets be clear less government regulations. That means the US companies would have no rules to continue operating in the United States.
In China the average daily income of the workers is $14.15 cents per day. They have the highest death rates in the work place because they like the Republicans want, have so few regulations. The highest casualty rates in the work place, that is injuries, dismemberment's, poisonings. but they don't have regulations.
Now do you see a pattern? We the United States could beat China economically if we allowed companies to pollute freely, kill people in the work place or cripple them and not worry about paying them afterwards. Sell inferior product because its cheaper, who cares if some one gets killed or hurt afterward?
Because capitalism says that the market will control the economy....so greedy companies who want to make tons of money, move to China where they don't have to pay much, and there are no regulations; to sell to the few remaining Americans, who are becoming fewer and fewer. ( I needed the run on sentence here ) The jobs are in China ( and other places just not here) so Americans buy less and less , including Houses and Cars, and pundits are mystified why the economy isn't getting better. Democrats fear telling you and I the truth and Republicans count on you being dumber than rocks or dumber, and lie to us. Letting the jobs go over seas, to lands without regulations, rules, so profits increase in the greedy industries, so the stock market goes up, while you are still out of a job. "Its the stupid economy!" The pattern CAN be broken, but it takes courage, the willingness for this generation to suffer, which is to make the changes, so our children and grand children will have something better. Not a new game system, or I pod...but good paying jobs, an education that prepares them for the world, and less fear about being safe. We all need to pay a fair amount of taxes, we all need to agree that helping an honest person less fortunate is in our collective interest. Not everyone on welfare is lazy, not everyone without health insurance is a bum. School is not day care. And some things ARE YOUR FAULT, not societies, but you screwed up. You need to vote. I don't care if you vote for the most unknown person on the ballot, in fact that sends a better message than not voting. You need to call these candidates out, make everyone explain how they intend to help us as a society. This is not a conspiracy, its NOT some incredible government or corporate plot, its simple how it all works out, that each issue is tied to the other. We mere mortals call it life. But we created it and we can fix it. I hope we are up for it... if not we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
How do you expect us to live on a quater million a year????
I could not argue with any one that both of the Democratic and Republican party are pretty much self serving, idiots who live in fear of an original idea that might actually help this nation. But while they are pretending to care about you and me, would it not be nice to hear something that makes sense.
I have not read the new job creation bill, will not say I know any details....but let us just look at the "sound bites". Let us pretend that there is nothing else major in there ,
Remove tax subsides for the oil companies.
increase tax on millionaires and billionaires
No tax breaks on corporate jets.
While we all hope there is more substance than that in the bill, how in the name of any God you pray to can Republicans come out and say that is wrong. Yet, the Republicans come out and argue the sound bites.
So my theme of everyone learning some facts before deciding how to vote, how to form an opinion.....some simple research. No lie....took me 5 minutes. ( Yes I timed it so I could tell you )
Oil companies claim they only make about 2 cents on every gallon of gas sold. I wont question that. Lets go with that number. 2 cents per gallon. There are just about 378 million gallons of gas sold every day. At 2 cents profit per gallon that means the oil companies are making 7,560,000 dollars a day, not per week but per day on gasoline. Not including other products sold. Must be tough to live on 52.920,000 a week. How much does it cost to buy a congress person these days? Maybe its the judges that cost more to bribe?
You know it has to be the cost of getting the puppets elected, that's has to be it!!
Taxes. Lets not think about GE paying only 5 percent corporate tax. For this blog, focus on everyone only paying their fair share. The United States Tax code needs to be over hauled, absolutely no argument from me on that, however until it happens, lets look at what is fair.
The average American is making 49,000. annually. and not looking at any deductions that is taxed at 25 % by the Federal government. With no deductions and not including possible state and local taxes, Joe Average is left with 37,000 to pay his/her bills and live. Not that easy in the United States, but do-able
A single person making 379,000 or lets say 400,000 dollars ( single person ) is paying Federal taxes at 35 percent, so this single person has to live on 246, 348 dollars a year. Which would you rather live on
$37,000 per year or $240,000 per year ?
Possible if people making almost a quarter of a million dollars a year decided to pay that and not hire an accountant or lawyer to figure out how to pay less taxes than they would have more money to buy elected officials and buy $500 dollar shoes ? I am willing to bet if everyone paid only what they really owed, our national debt would disappear. What do you think?
I have not read the new job creation bill, will not say I know any details....but let us just look at the "sound bites". Let us pretend that there is nothing else major in there ,
Remove tax subsides for the oil companies.
increase tax on millionaires and billionaires
No tax breaks on corporate jets.
While we all hope there is more substance than that in the bill, how in the name of any God you pray to can Republicans come out and say that is wrong. Yet, the Republicans come out and argue the sound bites.
So my theme of everyone learning some facts before deciding how to vote, how to form an opinion.....some simple research. No lie....took me 5 minutes. ( Yes I timed it so I could tell you )
Oil companies claim they only make about 2 cents on every gallon of gas sold. I wont question that. Lets go with that number. 2 cents per gallon. There are just about 378 million gallons of gas sold every day. At 2 cents profit per gallon that means the oil companies are making 7,560,000 dollars a day, not per week but per day on gasoline. Not including other products sold. Must be tough to live on 52.920,000 a week. How much does it cost to buy a congress person these days? Maybe its the judges that cost more to bribe?
You know it has to be the cost of getting the puppets elected, that's has to be it!!
Taxes. Lets not think about GE paying only 5 percent corporate tax. For this blog, focus on everyone only paying their fair share. The United States Tax code needs to be over hauled, absolutely no argument from me on that, however until it happens, lets look at what is fair.
The average American is making 49,000. annually. and not looking at any deductions that is taxed at 25 % by the Federal government. With no deductions and not including possible state and local taxes, Joe Average is left with 37,000 to pay his/her bills and live. Not that easy in the United States, but do-able
A single person making 379,000 or lets say 400,000 dollars ( single person ) is paying Federal taxes at 35 percent, so this single person has to live on 246, 348 dollars a year. Which would you rather live on
$37,000 per year or $240,000 per year ?
Possible if people making almost a quarter of a million dollars a year decided to pay that and not hire an accountant or lawyer to figure out how to pay less taxes than they would have more money to buy elected officials and buy $500 dollar shoes ? I am willing to bet if everyone paid only what they really owed, our national debt would disappear. What do you think?
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Kids are right. Study of History is a waste of time !
I never thought I would say that. How many times in school did you ask the adults, or your friends, "why do we have to study this old stuff ?" Than as a parent, I would explain to my children, that the study of history helps us know how we got to be where we are in world today. Additionally it was a way to learn from mistakes in the past. To see the warning signs and plot a course to avoid them.
Well the kids are right. It must be while they are young and fairly innocent they instinctively know the 85 percent rule is true, and that most of the 85 percent dumber than rocks and the 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent, govern us.
Because we not only repeat history, but we rush to it. We build shrines to stupidity and worship at the alter or mediocrity.
Most of the industrial world is in financial trouble or difficulty. But until I buy back my God like powers lets focus on America. We have several trillion dollars in debt, pretty bad unemployment and the thing not spoken off, massive under employment. And less you think that doesn't matter, under employed people do not buy vacations, SUV's, or the latest I phones... ( unless they are dumber than the 85 percent)
President Obama put forward a plan for starting back to recovery. Not a perfect plan, but a plan.
The republicans refuse to raise taxes, or return taxes to a point before the year 2000. We are in debt up to our grand children's eye balls, ( we have been under it ages ago) We need taxes people !! Not new taxes, just return the old ones. We need to cut spending, so let me harp on this again...cut out the fraud in the social programs...just cut out fraud.
I have to be honest, I don't care about the debt....any country that wants to collect, let them try.
You want to govern the United States... more power to you China. But I do want the jobs back.
The regulations which need cleaning up, stream lining, and removal of out dated or duplicate rules, these were put in place because private industry will NOT govern itself.
Get that real clear in your minds, the republicans in favor of removing regulations are insane. Private industry will not govern itself. They will make what ever profits they can while resting there feet on your dead body. Every depression, major recession in the US was caused because private enterprises, got stupid and greedy and were not check by rules. Every front page industrial accident is traced back to industry taking a short cut to increase profits. Banking industry giving out loans that they KNEW, were poor risk.
It would appear that history does repeat itself since we as a species are so stupid. So republicans don't want taxes to pay the debt and don't want regulations to protect us from the very entities that got us into this depression ( its not a recession)
The children are right the study of history is a waste of time
Well the kids are right. It must be while they are young and fairly innocent they instinctively know the 85 percent rule is true, and that most of the 85 percent dumber than rocks and the 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent, govern us.
Because we not only repeat history, but we rush to it. We build shrines to stupidity and worship at the alter or mediocrity.
Most of the industrial world is in financial trouble or difficulty. But until I buy back my God like powers lets focus on America. We have several trillion dollars in debt, pretty bad unemployment and the thing not spoken off, massive under employment. And less you think that doesn't matter, under employed people do not buy vacations, SUV's, or the latest I phones... ( unless they are dumber than the 85 percent)
President Obama put forward a plan for starting back to recovery. Not a perfect plan, but a plan.
The republicans refuse to raise taxes, or return taxes to a point before the year 2000. We are in debt up to our grand children's eye balls, ( we have been under it ages ago) We need taxes people !! Not new taxes, just return the old ones. We need to cut spending, so let me harp on this again...cut out the fraud in the social programs...just cut out fraud.
I have to be honest, I don't care about the debt....any country that wants to collect, let them try.
You want to govern the United States... more power to you China. But I do want the jobs back.
The regulations which need cleaning up, stream lining, and removal of out dated or duplicate rules, these were put in place because private industry will NOT govern itself.
Get that real clear in your minds, the republicans in favor of removing regulations are insane. Private industry will not govern itself. They will make what ever profits they can while resting there feet on your dead body. Every depression, major recession in the US was caused because private enterprises, got stupid and greedy and were not check by rules. Every front page industrial accident is traced back to industry taking a short cut to increase profits. Banking industry giving out loans that they KNEW, were poor risk.
It would appear that history does repeat itself since we as a species are so stupid. So republicans don't want taxes to pay the debt and don't want regulations to protect us from the very entities that got us into this depression ( its not a recession)
The children are right the study of history is a waste of time
Monday, September 12, 2011
I dont think the President read my blog???
President Obama gave a powerful speech, last week ( Sept), with broad outlines of hope and promise. He presented it to the same group of people, the US Congress who has given us 9.75 percent unemployment, about 18 percent under employment, stagnation, polarization, etc.
The only thing that is going to move, congress off there butts, AND to get the President's eyes off the polling numbers, is you. You , me, him...and her over there.
Two big items not in the Presidents speech, that need to be addressed. One the average reader will probable like, the other the average reader including me will not like. And knowing how people think., lets go with the life first
1) Effective Jan. 1 2012 every day the congress and senate go over the deadline for presenting a balanced budget, the congress and senate lose one weeks pay. None refundable. Deadlines cannot be extended under penalty of fines and vote of confidence. ( If they ignore the voters and extent the dead line the congress person or senator will pay a $2000.00 for every day its extended pass the dead line.)
2) Every government worker, ( exception active military personal or military personal with disability ) will contribute a minimum of 12% to their health care. Up to 18 % for employees making $80,000 or more.
The don't like part. Do not extent or pass a pay roll tax reduction. Mr. President, we need the money now. Take away the tax when unemployment reaches 6 percent. As I have said at length. We are in two wars. Our generation is made of the same metal as our parents and grand parents, this is our sacrifice.
Use the tax revenue to hire an independent organization, preferable a foreign company who has no "stake " in the outcome, to revamp our tax system. Simplify it and remove the loop holes, make it fair. With the highest tax bracket for people making over $250,000 dollars. The first $250,000 will be at 35 percent, ever dollar over $250, 000 will be at 45 percent. No loop holes, no donations to save the amoeba foundation write offs. They can donate what ever they want but they are paying 45 cents on the dollar over 250 K !
If you are concerned about our elected officials passing bills to avoid the penalty, stop and consider what they have done right now... or more important what they haven't done.
I am focusing on money. ( I told you at the heart of me is a Republican) . Social issues are important but not if you don't have a society. So I want to get money back into our economy. Spend money to rid of off fraud, ( don't care as much about over spending as the fraud ) If welfare gets a generation ready to enter the ranks of the tax payers than I am for welfare. If $5.00 lettuce, means more workers paying taxes than dang bring on the salad. No I'm not naive, I know what it could be, not what it is, and we need the goals.
Americans do not do well with generalities, ( humans don't but this is an American Blog )
The President was right about this, deluge your elected officials, but send them this blog.
The only thing that is going to move, congress off there butts, AND to get the President's eyes off the polling numbers, is you. You , me, him...and her over there.
Two big items not in the Presidents speech, that need to be addressed. One the average reader will probable like, the other the average reader including me will not like. And knowing how people think., lets go with the life first
1) Effective Jan. 1 2012 every day the congress and senate go over the deadline for presenting a balanced budget, the congress and senate lose one weeks pay. None refundable. Deadlines cannot be extended under penalty of fines and vote of confidence. ( If they ignore the voters and extent the dead line the congress person or senator will pay a $2000.00 for every day its extended pass the dead line.)
2) Every government worker, ( exception active military personal or military personal with disability ) will contribute a minimum of 12% to their health care. Up to 18 % for employees making $80,000 or more.
The don't like part. Do not extent or pass a pay roll tax reduction. Mr. President, we need the money now. Take away the tax when unemployment reaches 6 percent. As I have said at length. We are in two wars. Our generation is made of the same metal as our parents and grand parents, this is our sacrifice.
Use the tax revenue to hire an independent organization, preferable a foreign company who has no "stake " in the outcome, to revamp our tax system. Simplify it and remove the loop holes, make it fair. With the highest tax bracket for people making over $250,000 dollars. The first $250,000 will be at 35 percent, ever dollar over $250, 000 will be at 45 percent. No loop holes, no donations to save the amoeba foundation write offs. They can donate what ever they want but they are paying 45 cents on the dollar over 250 K !
If you are concerned about our elected officials passing bills to avoid the penalty, stop and consider what they have done right now... or more important what they haven't done.
I am focusing on money. ( I told you at the heart of me is a Republican) . Social issues are important but not if you don't have a society. So I want to get money back into our economy. Spend money to rid of off fraud, ( don't care as much about over spending as the fraud ) If welfare gets a generation ready to enter the ranks of the tax payers than I am for welfare. If $5.00 lettuce, means more workers paying taxes than dang bring on the salad. No I'm not naive, I know what it could be, not what it is, and we need the goals.
Americans do not do well with generalities, ( humans don't but this is an American Blog )
The President was right about this, deluge your elected officials, but send them this blog.
Friday, September 9, 2011
9/11 never forget,..... for many reasons . ten years later
I was born and raised in New York, and witness to both attacks on the Twin Towers. The first one during the 90's I viewed on the news. But on September 11th 2001, I stood with many of my co workers on the top floor of a high rise on 119 street, watching the black smoke pour from the Towers. We stood in silence or whisper as if in a church. Deep down inside of us, we knew what had happened, we were attacked. We knew this well before the media announced this. The question was who, and why.
Standing there watching you felt anger and frustration of not being able to help the people you knew had to be in those buildings. Hoping that everyone got out, you knew that wasn't true. Later we would learn that it was over a thousand. No matter their physical home, they were citizens of our country, even those not born here, not naturalized, those visiting, those here illegally , they belong to us that morning.
I'm not forgetting those in Washington or at the field in Pennsylvania....that only made it worse. Bad enough what happened here in New Yorker, but now the tally grew. And like most humans you hold out hope, even though ever fiber of your body is telling you, there is none. You suddenly realize this in not a movie, there is no rescue at the end, the guy doesn't always get the girl and no hero rushes in to save the day.
But the day did have hero's. many of them who knew this could be their last day on this earth. Who knew the hug, the kiss, the smile they saw last night or this morning might be the last they ever saw. Still they did there job. Some did more than there job would ever require, and some decided, that their is somethings however in-tangible, worth dying for.
The people who died that day, some are hero's, some are just people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some were good people in life, some may have been terrible people in life, but they didn't deserve to die, not like that, not for that.
The memorial will be for the for future generations, those of us who were there will never forget.
But what followed, I hope we will also never forget, because the world did not deserve the waste, the cost in lives lost, damaged, ruined. Money better used else where, the stupidity of what followed. Should not be forgotten by any of us. Maybe we should build a memorial to that, so future generations do not forget.
I'm a civilian, I'm allowed to have a visceral response wanting to strike out at any one, everyone. Its up to our leaders to bring sanity to the front, and direct the response. Hell, it was the complete opposite.
At first it seemed like the leaders of our country, actually had control of the situation. They reminded us, not to strike out like angry beast at a Religion or culture,or people because it visually reminded us of murderers . And for one brief oh so very brief moment the United States and its leadership shined. We showed restraint, we spoke of justice and rebuilding. We spoke of showing our defiance against a "horrible simple minded group of people" far dumber than the 85 percenters. It was a proud moment for our nation.
I don't know if we will ever learn the truth, I have my own theory but its just that a theory. Washington D.C our leaders, lost there ability to think rationally and showed that they were far dumber than the 85 percent who are dumber than a box of rocks.
Attacking the country of Afghanistan was bad, but worst still was switching to invade Iraq.
I do not know which side of the political fence you the readers are, but Afghanistan was a waste of time, hitting the terror camps and breaking up the Taliban took a few weeks. I call it a waste of time because once started, we didn't finish, with the rebuilding and bringing these people into the 21 century.
You might not want to "nation build" but if you go in a break what existed, however much you didn't like it, the job falls to you to make it better. WE stopped doing that. ( 10 years later doesn't count )
But attacking Iraq, was the height of stupidity in a already dysfunctional government.
The attack on a specific location ( Pentagon and World Trade Center ) and the date of 9/11 was the surprise, but that something big was going to happen and soon was NOT. The republican like to tell us " it was a total surprise, that's why the response was so confused, so sporadic, "
You might ask why would the republicans admit something so bad as to admit to be caught unaware and unprepared. The republicans know only too well the psychology of asking forgiveness is easier than asking permission. Or "Its easier to say sorry than explain how you messed up"
Far better to have Americans think their government were asleep than to think they were incompetent.
And well you might ask, how could they hope to keep something like that secret ? Well they can not, they did not. The information is out there in blogs, reports , books, congressional hearings, mass media, but again the Republicans know the minds of the electorate only to well. Most of us are in denial. its just easier to say the elected and appointed were caught unaware than it is to say they are incompititant, because that means we are stuck with incompetence for many years.
Iraq the war our country went to fight, for a different reason ever month. This war cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. The Iraq war became the rally point for the dis enfranchised to join the terror movement. The lives lost by Americans, our Allies and the civilians that our government stated we were helping and the damage done to a generations bodies and minds, was and is a disgrace.
You have already read what went wrong. But did you know what went right, before President Bush , lost his mind completely.
First, I suggest you pick up two books....one an easy read... Carlie Wilsons War by George Crile and not so easy but very good, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll. The importance of these two books are the amount of information regarding terrorism and the structure of their organization that was know before 9/11.
Following the attacks on 9/11 the government organizations CIA. FBI....police, and there foreign counterparts were doing a fantastic job of fighting the war the 21 century way. These agencies across the globe were finding the money (which is the life blood of any organization), tracing the money , finding the leadership. This was the way to fight a new war, cut off the funds, identify the participants, than let smaller scale operations "take care " of the participants. Arrest-or-killthem. I prefer kill them but I can live with arrest. These agencies ( the intelligence and justice ) were doing a good job, working with world agencies, building up trust and developing a working relationship. The ground war was done for political glitz. Use of the Military should have been extremely limited. But it wasn't . Additionally, the people directing our Military tried to warn the leadership that first, the war was a bad idea, but, if order to fight, they needed more. So our intelligence community was ignored, our military was ignored, the majority of the world governments were ignored. George Bush and his team of theocratic ego maniac misfits knew better than everyone else.
OK water under the bridge; was it really necessary to attack Iraq when we did? "With the army that we had" as per Mr Rumsfield. Including inferior equipment ( for a large portion of the ground troops) , poor logistics. Could the attack not have waited for the proper night optics, ammo, armored transport etc. The post war, no game plan ?
This is the worse insult to our military, our citizens and the citizens of Iraq and the world !!! There was a detailed plan for what to do after the military victory or what ever you want to call it. The plan was done in detail prior to launch of the war, and it was requested by the George Bush White House. It was done and delivered months before the ground war started and included the infrastructure, how to treat the people, who to use to continue a government of Iraq,, on and on.... it was created, distributed and shelved. Again ignored by the Bush White House. George Bush and his team tried to wage war on the cheap. I say tried, because we know , war should be the last resort, and it ain't cheap. But starting cheap, only ends up costing more. And had George or any of the Morons he listened to, paid attention in class rather than whoring or snorting coke they would have known. You get what you pay for , and it always cost more to fix something than to do it right the first time. For all the fine speeches, and the fine talk coming out of the Bush White House, its not so fine if its lies. Remember dear reader, the Bush team was among the first to cut back on GI benefits including medical care. Lets not discuss what he and Rumsfield shorted them on, in basic material need to wage the war.
I will always believe that every department, and service stepped up to the plate, after 9/11 Above and beyond what was called for, except for the Congress, the Office of the President, and his staff. Who's action border on gross negligent and dare I say possible treason.
What we must remember is the sacrifice of ordinary people. That Americans are capable of selfless sacrifice for purely humanitarian causes. And regardless of what other nations might say, we do this every day.
But we must also remember it is the citizens duty to hold the elected people accountable for the actions of these officials. It is the duty of every citizen to search for the truth ( as best we can) It is our duty to let them know when they are not doing the job we hired them for, to prove what they say. And it is our duty to make decisions that help our society grow and remain strong so that future generation might also enjoy America We do not force our way of life on any one, but stand ready to help any one who ask. This is America.
There are many lessons from the attack of 9/11 . We should not forget any of them
Standing there watching you felt anger and frustration of not being able to help the people you knew had to be in those buildings. Hoping that everyone got out, you knew that wasn't true. Later we would learn that it was over a thousand. No matter their physical home, they were citizens of our country, even those not born here, not naturalized, those visiting, those here illegally , they belong to us that morning.
I'm not forgetting those in Washington or at the field in Pennsylvania....that only made it worse. Bad enough what happened here in New Yorker, but now the tally grew. And like most humans you hold out hope, even though ever fiber of your body is telling you, there is none. You suddenly realize this in not a movie, there is no rescue at the end, the guy doesn't always get the girl and no hero rushes in to save the day.
But the day did have hero's. many of them who knew this could be their last day on this earth. Who knew the hug, the kiss, the smile they saw last night or this morning might be the last they ever saw. Still they did there job. Some did more than there job would ever require, and some decided, that their is somethings however in-tangible, worth dying for.
The people who died that day, some are hero's, some are just people in the wrong place at the wrong time. Some were good people in life, some may have been terrible people in life, but they didn't deserve to die, not like that, not for that.
The memorial will be for the for future generations, those of us who were there will never forget.
But what followed, I hope we will also never forget, because the world did not deserve the waste, the cost in lives lost, damaged, ruined. Money better used else where, the stupidity of what followed. Should not be forgotten by any of us. Maybe we should build a memorial to that, so future generations do not forget.
I'm a civilian, I'm allowed to have a visceral response wanting to strike out at any one, everyone. Its up to our leaders to bring sanity to the front, and direct the response. Hell, it was the complete opposite.
At first it seemed like the leaders of our country, actually had control of the situation. They reminded us, not to strike out like angry beast at a Religion or culture,or people because it visually reminded us of murderers . And for one brief oh so very brief moment the United States and its leadership shined. We showed restraint, we spoke of justice and rebuilding. We spoke of showing our defiance against a "horrible simple minded group of people" far dumber than the 85 percenters. It was a proud moment for our nation.
I don't know if we will ever learn the truth, I have my own theory but its just that a theory. Washington D.C our leaders, lost there ability to think rationally and showed that they were far dumber than the 85 percent who are dumber than a box of rocks.
Attacking the country of Afghanistan was bad, but worst still was switching to invade Iraq.
I do not know which side of the political fence you the readers are, but Afghanistan was a waste of time, hitting the terror camps and breaking up the Taliban took a few weeks. I call it a waste of time because once started, we didn't finish, with the rebuilding and bringing these people into the 21 century.
You might not want to "nation build" but if you go in a break what existed, however much you didn't like it, the job falls to you to make it better. WE stopped doing that. ( 10 years later doesn't count )
But attacking Iraq, was the height of stupidity in a already dysfunctional government.
The attack on a specific location ( Pentagon and World Trade Center ) and the date of 9/11 was the surprise, but that something big was going to happen and soon was NOT. The republican like to tell us " it was a total surprise, that's why the response was so confused, so sporadic, "
You might ask why would the republicans admit something so bad as to admit to be caught unaware and unprepared. The republicans know only too well the psychology of asking forgiveness is easier than asking permission. Or "Its easier to say sorry than explain how you messed up"
Far better to have Americans think their government were asleep than to think they were incompetent.
And well you might ask, how could they hope to keep something like that secret ? Well they can not, they did not. The information is out there in blogs, reports , books, congressional hearings, mass media, but again the Republicans know the minds of the electorate only to well. Most of us are in denial. its just easier to say the elected and appointed were caught unaware than it is to say they are incompititant, because that means we are stuck with incompetence for many years.
Iraq the war our country went to fight, for a different reason ever month. This war cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. The Iraq war became the rally point for the dis enfranchised to join the terror movement. The lives lost by Americans, our Allies and the civilians that our government stated we were helping and the damage done to a generations bodies and minds, was and is a disgrace.
You have already read what went wrong. But did you know what went right, before President Bush , lost his mind completely.
First, I suggest you pick up two books....one an easy read... Carlie Wilsons War by George Crile and not so easy but very good, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll. The importance of these two books are the amount of information regarding terrorism and the structure of their organization that was know before 9/11.
Following the attacks on 9/11 the government organizations CIA. FBI....police, and there foreign counterparts were doing a fantastic job of fighting the war the 21 century way. These agencies across the globe were finding the money (which is the life blood of any organization), tracing the money , finding the leadership. This was the way to fight a new war, cut off the funds, identify the participants, than let smaller scale operations "take care " of the participants. Arrest-or-killthem. I prefer kill them but I can live with arrest. These agencies ( the intelligence and justice ) were doing a good job, working with world agencies, building up trust and developing a working relationship. The ground war was done for political glitz. Use of the Military should have been extremely limited. But it wasn't . Additionally, the people directing our Military tried to warn the leadership that first, the war was a bad idea, but, if order to fight, they needed more. So our intelligence community was ignored, our military was ignored, the majority of the world governments were ignored. George Bush and his team of theocratic ego maniac misfits knew better than everyone else.
OK water under the bridge; was it really necessary to attack Iraq when we did? "With the army that we had" as per Mr Rumsfield. Including inferior equipment ( for a large portion of the ground troops) , poor logistics. Could the attack not have waited for the proper night optics, ammo, armored transport etc. The post war, no game plan ?
This is the worse insult to our military, our citizens and the citizens of Iraq and the world !!! There was a detailed plan for what to do after the military victory or what ever you want to call it. The plan was done in detail prior to launch of the war, and it was requested by the George Bush White House. It was done and delivered months before the ground war started and included the infrastructure, how to treat the people, who to use to continue a government of Iraq,, on and on.... it was created, distributed and shelved. Again ignored by the Bush White House. George Bush and his team tried to wage war on the cheap. I say tried, because we know , war should be the last resort, and it ain't cheap. But starting cheap, only ends up costing more. And had George or any of the Morons he listened to, paid attention in class rather than whoring or snorting coke they would have known. You get what you pay for , and it always cost more to fix something than to do it right the first time. For all the fine speeches, and the fine talk coming out of the Bush White House, its not so fine if its lies. Remember dear reader, the Bush team was among the first to cut back on GI benefits including medical care. Lets not discuss what he and Rumsfield shorted them on, in basic material need to wage the war.
I will always believe that every department, and service stepped up to the plate, after 9/11 Above and beyond what was called for, except for the Congress, the Office of the President, and his staff. Who's action border on gross negligent and dare I say possible treason.
What we must remember is the sacrifice of ordinary people. That Americans are capable of selfless sacrifice for purely humanitarian causes. And regardless of what other nations might say, we do this every day.
But we must also remember it is the citizens duty to hold the elected people accountable for the actions of these officials. It is the duty of every citizen to search for the truth ( as best we can) It is our duty to let them know when they are not doing the job we hired them for, to prove what they say. And it is our duty to make decisions that help our society grow and remain strong so that future generation might also enjoy America We do not force our way of life on any one, but stand ready to help any one who ask. This is America.
There are many lessons from the attack of 9/11 . We should not forget any of them
Thursday, September 8, 2011
socialism is fer pinko commies and no good liberials !!
a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2.
procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3.
(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
I got lazy and cut and pasted the definition of socialism. Because those of you who don't want no socialistic polices in yer guv-or-mint, better leave now. You got plenty of socialism without President Obama. Unless of course you are willing to give up social security, medicare, Medicaid, Disability, the police, fire department, the United States Military. National Parks, federal roads, the post office etc. etc. On and on, owned and operated by the Federal Government, paid for by the collective society, Salaries determined by the government, and use determined by the government, for the collective good of society as a whole.
There is no form of government or economic system that in its pure form, works in the real world. Its looks good when you read about it. But put it in practice in with humans and pure forms fall flat on there face.
We need a careful blend of many styles of government to keep a society happy, growing and productive.
The speech about restoring the economy by cutting taxes and cutting government regulations ???
A) its a lie
B) its what you have right now?
So if you are happy with unemployment at 10 percent, and underemployment at about 15 to 20 percent, than tax cuts and end of regulations is the way to go.
The private sector of the United States has taken those tax cuts, and the stimulus given them and INVESTED THE MONEY !!! they have not used it to hire anyone. Get this clear in your mind, the majority of US companies have more money now in there bank accounts than in any time for the past 40 years. But because they are private, the government can NOT make them spend it on expansion or hiring your family. Regulations are what protects you and I from the private industry that really would prefer to sell cheaper and inferior products to you at higher prices, making more profit. And you have no where else to go to buy this stuff, so they don't have to fear competition. Those regulations mean your electronic devices can't be build in a way that endangers you, cannot be produce more cheaply with material that will poison you. They can't leave the waste from their production in your back yard, where your children play.
Taxes while ever unpleasant are lower in the United States than in Western Europe, Canada, and a number of South America Countries. You could move to any where in South East Asia or Africa and pay less tax? I don't care who you vote for as long as it is not based on myths and lies.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
"We should dig deeper, until we can get out of this hole !"
A friend of mine, whom I happen to respect, although he is probable a commie liberal subversive, suggested I focus more on daily news items. I had intended to do this, until I heard excerpts from the Republican candidates running for presidential nomination and hearing the people cheering them. This followed by a story regarding Sept 11. ten year anniversary and how far we as a nation have not come.
The Sept. 11. story involved the issue facing the U.S. and the lack of our nation addressing these issues.
85 percent of the population is dumber than a box of rocks, with 5 percent dumber than that. Which means, 85 percent of the population either refuses to find out the truth on issues or ignores the truth because it is not convenient. The 85 percent do something based on "other people doing it so its OK"
Breathing, consuming food and drink, removing waste, are the only absolutes humans need to live, everything else has to do with the quality of that life.
Individual issues and concepts in life are inter connected. A flood in a Tibet Mountain Village impacts the cost of Tootsie pops in Arkansas. ( yes I made that up as an example )
These are basic themes, these are what I want you to take away from these blogs. Though I do express my views, I don't want you to say, "Yes Frank is correct, ( feel free, to vote for me in 2012 ?) but I want you to think, to look into issues that you care about. To focus on what impacts your life and realize there are only a few absolutes, you have to live by, and question things until you have a comfort level that you are reacting to the truth.
As stated, I was listening to excerpts of the candidates speech's. I have to apologize, I wanted to be unbiased, but its not possible. As the candidates talk about their plans to save our economy and restore jobs to the United States and than in the back ground the crowds cheering them. These people have to be the 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent ? Mr. Romney telling voters to cut government regulations and lower taxes?
I know, I know... it sounds really great. I does, I'm not being sarcastic. Cut taxes and stop regulations. You know what you end up with? No social programs and 15 percent unemployment, with 20 percent under employed.
First, we don't need new laws and regulations. Enforce what we have on the books for starters.
"An IRS report indicates that, in 2009, 1,470 individuals earning more than $1,000,000 annually faced a net tax liability of zero or less."
While this is old news, the statistics have not changed, if any thing they have gotten worse. The list of industries that have paid below the 35 percent corporate tax has grown. Perhaps my favorite is G.E. that paid about 11 percent taxes, while you and I paid our 32 percent. NOT including State and City.
But we are in a war. Republicans love to remind us of this. Right or wrong this is a war for our freedom and liberty. This is what the Republicans tell us. They also remind us we are 6 trillion dollars in debt. Raise taxes, if its a war, and we need to win this war, raise the taxes.
No I'm not crazy, when I say raise taxes, I only speak of , remove the cuts George Bush Jr. put into effect in 2001. We are at war, we're American, we make sacrifices for our noble causes, roll back the tax cuts until the war is over ? Americans have done this in ever war we have been in, is our generation any less patriotic??
Are we not made of the same metal as our parents and grand parents? I don't expect the Democrats to do it, Democrats only know how to follow the latest poles; its up to the brave god fearing Republicans to move our nation to there patriotic duty and pay for the war against those opposed to our way of life.
1) roll back the tax cuts. Would I like this, especially since I know it will impact me? Hell no.....but would I like to ensure my grand children have a stable economy to live and work in. Yes, I will sacrifice for them.
2) Make everyone pay their fair share, not more. Don't make millionaires pay more, but pay their fair share. You don't get to write off dinners as business expense. Or the art work in the lobby of your office building. Every one pay what is the fair amount on the money you make period. We don't need new percentages, just proper enforcement of the rules we have in place.
3) Go after fraud in government. ( stop laughing) . Do it one case at a time, eventually people notice and the lesson comes home that, "defrauding the government is no longer worth it"
You want to bring money back into the system, Roll back the tax cuts, make everyone pay the fair amount, and cut out the fraud. You do not have to eliminate SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and every other social program. Cut out the fraud and the money will be there.
This part you do not want left to me, because I would execute anyone who has defrauded any of this services up to and including single mothers, dead beat dads, doctors and lawyers. My view is simple; social programs are contracts with the general society. You are on the governments dime...or mine ( taxes) if you are dishonest, you are stating to me and my fellow tax payers you have no regard for society. My society. There fore I have no need of you. You have proven you have no regard for me or society, you also don't care about your children except for for the money they can bring in for you with social programs, so I don't need you. ( I know of one friend who is struggling not to blast me over this, but he is used to me by now. I told you I'm not a liberal, I prefer practical Democrat with moderate republican tendencies )
But lets focus on this. The Republicans want to take out of health care,and any social welfare programs, birth control. No I'm not making this up. Listen to your candidates closely, the Republican Candidates in order to save money, want to take birth control ( not talking about abortion, I'm talking about condoms, birth control pills, inter uterine devices, pamphlets about birth control, etc) out of health care and any social programs.
Now I realize that the "New " Republican base doesn't believe in science or evolution ? But I did think that they Republicans especially the "TEA BAG" party knew where babies come from? Please tell me they do know that intercourse between a human male and female has the potential to create a baby? And that by removing birth control methods and devices, you increase the likely hood of more births, even the evil ones?? The god less heathens will also produce. If you want to reduce the number of godless heathens would you not want to increase the use of birth control and methods of contraception ????
But not our Republican buddies. This is not a tangent, but a fact you better get used to. Currently there are 6,000,000,000 billion people on the planet that is 6 billion, and I know that number is higher but I cant get a consistent count. Oh what the heck there are now 7 billion of us, and that is with the wars, diseases and natural disasters. The planet can support this, as a matter of information, the planet can support many more. Probable about 18 billion people. HOWEVER, oh you knew there was a however, It can not support 18 billion, 10 billion , 9 billion or the 7 billion at the same level of standard of living.
For you 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent who might be reading this. The planet cannot support 7 billion people if they all have 48 inch plasma screen TVs, two corn dogs, mini keg, and a pick up truck with a rifle rack. YOU have to decide who gets them, planet no hold that many at that standard. Which means YOU, tell republican , no more baby, sex good, baby not good ! For the rest of you, its a decision on the level you want to live at, or more important what level you want to pass on, because odds are fairly good your standard will not get worse. It was discussed way back in pre history, 1978 that the world could only support about 6.5 billion at the current standard of living.
Its really simple, tell the candidates regardless of party, to mind there own business regarding making more people to inhabit the planet. If free birth control means I can have my two corn dogs and a flat screen, yeeh haa, sign me up.
Want to lower the unemployment rate. Well lets start with the rules on the books. When you; corporate America decide to chicken out and run from the US to pay some one in a third world nation 5 dollars a day and a beating just to keep them in line. So the companies " Over lords" or supervisors can trade rice for sex on some 9 year old Asian girl making Re-BUCKs sneakers. Those same skeevy companies are supposed to "Train" the workers they betrayed and laid off with another skill. That doesn't mean train them for Blimp Pilots, that field is not so big any more. But yes they are supposed to train the people being laid off so the company can go exploit foreign workers. And yes, I truly hope that I can get some readers of this blog especially the patriotic god fearing one, cause the sex trade for working in a factory is very real, but that's another blog.
Government regulation is killing our economy?? I would have to say that is possible a 50 /50 for being true. It has the potential to be true. However, fact, the places that don;t have regulations are called "death traps" Ask the republicans why the Chinese Media do not blink and eye when they loss 500 dead in a mining accident. Because they loss over 10,000 annually. NO regulation.
Government is not there to create jobs ( I know they do but that's another blog) Private industry creates jobs, BUT government regulation keep private industry from killing the rest of us. Those regulation insure ( only if enforced) a safe work environment, and safe products for the public.
Now Mr. and Mrs Republican candidate we could cut those regulations. We could grow our economy with out those regulations and introduce the new product lines. "baby formula w/h improved rat poison added" " Lead coated pacifier or the new cadmium flavored"
If any of the idiots the Republicans have fielded had said they wanted to review the regulations and eliminate those that don't apply , that are duplicate, that are out dated. We I would fully support that. But that's isn't what they say... never mine said...they repeat it. Hey how much poison is acceptable in your coffee or juice?? Want George Bush Jr. to decide for you?
I m repeating myself yet again, but the message is worth it. In 2011 the Democrats tried to pass a bill that gave tax benefits to companies that started in the US and promised to stay here for a period of time or existing companies in America that employed or expanded to more US employees.
You 5 percent dumber getting this: American company, and American workers, get lower taxes
Republicans say NO. Did we all miss something here, jobs, America, lower taxes and the republicans refused to bring it to a vote. Not even a vote... of course the gutless Democrats just took it, but I thought republicans wanted jobs and lower taxes.... Maybe next time you are at a Sarah Palin rally you could ask her why she didn't push her party to pass this one.... better yet ask Mich why?
I wrote an email to a friend and he suggested I use it. I think he is write, it was written out of bitter frustration but its accurate.
The Sept. 11. story involved the issue facing the U.S. and the lack of our nation addressing these issues.
85 percent of the population is dumber than a box of rocks, with 5 percent dumber than that. Which means, 85 percent of the population either refuses to find out the truth on issues or ignores the truth because it is not convenient. The 85 percent do something based on "other people doing it so its OK"
Breathing, consuming food and drink, removing waste, are the only absolutes humans need to live, everything else has to do with the quality of that life.
Individual issues and concepts in life are inter connected. A flood in a Tibet Mountain Village impacts the cost of Tootsie pops in Arkansas. ( yes I made that up as an example )
These are basic themes, these are what I want you to take away from these blogs. Though I do express my views, I don't want you to say, "Yes Frank is correct, ( feel free, to vote for me in 2012 ?) but I want you to think, to look into issues that you care about. To focus on what impacts your life and realize there are only a few absolutes, you have to live by, and question things until you have a comfort level that you are reacting to the truth.
As stated, I was listening to excerpts of the candidates speech's. I have to apologize, I wanted to be unbiased, but its not possible. As the candidates talk about their plans to save our economy and restore jobs to the United States and than in the back ground the crowds cheering them. These people have to be the 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent ? Mr. Romney telling voters to cut government regulations and lower taxes?
I know, I know... it sounds really great. I does, I'm not being sarcastic. Cut taxes and stop regulations. You know what you end up with? No social programs and 15 percent unemployment, with 20 percent under employed.
First, we don't need new laws and regulations. Enforce what we have on the books for starters.
"An IRS report indicates that, in 2009, 1,470 individuals earning more than $1,000,000 annually faced a net tax liability of zero or less."
While this is old news, the statistics have not changed, if any thing they have gotten worse. The list of industries that have paid below the 35 percent corporate tax has grown. Perhaps my favorite is G.E. that paid about 11 percent taxes, while you and I paid our 32 percent. NOT including State and City.
But we are in a war. Republicans love to remind us of this. Right or wrong this is a war for our freedom and liberty. This is what the Republicans tell us. They also remind us we are 6 trillion dollars in debt. Raise taxes, if its a war, and we need to win this war, raise the taxes.
No I'm not crazy, when I say raise taxes, I only speak of , remove the cuts George Bush Jr. put into effect in 2001. We are at war, we're American, we make sacrifices for our noble causes, roll back the tax cuts until the war is over ? Americans have done this in ever war we have been in, is our generation any less patriotic??
Are we not made of the same metal as our parents and grand parents? I don't expect the Democrats to do it, Democrats only know how to follow the latest poles; its up to the brave god fearing Republicans to move our nation to there patriotic duty and pay for the war against those opposed to our way of life.
1) roll back the tax cuts. Would I like this, especially since I know it will impact me? Hell no.....but would I like to ensure my grand children have a stable economy to live and work in. Yes, I will sacrifice for them.
2) Make everyone pay their fair share, not more. Don't make millionaires pay more, but pay their fair share. You don't get to write off dinners as business expense. Or the art work in the lobby of your office building. Every one pay what is the fair amount on the money you make period. We don't need new percentages, just proper enforcement of the rules we have in place.
3) Go after fraud in government. ( stop laughing) . Do it one case at a time, eventually people notice and the lesson comes home that, "defrauding the government is no longer worth it"
You want to bring money back into the system, Roll back the tax cuts, make everyone pay the fair amount, and cut out the fraud. You do not have to eliminate SSI, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and every other social program. Cut out the fraud and the money will be there.
This part you do not want left to me, because I would execute anyone who has defrauded any of this services up to and including single mothers, dead beat dads, doctors and lawyers. My view is simple; social programs are contracts with the general society. You are on the governments dime...or mine ( taxes) if you are dishonest, you are stating to me and my fellow tax payers you have no regard for society. My society. There fore I have no need of you. You have proven you have no regard for me or society, you also don't care about your children except for for the money they can bring in for you with social programs, so I don't need you. ( I know of one friend who is struggling not to blast me over this, but he is used to me by now. I told you I'm not a liberal, I prefer practical Democrat with moderate republican tendencies )
But lets focus on this. The Republicans want to take out of health care,and any social welfare programs, birth control. No I'm not making this up. Listen to your candidates closely, the Republican Candidates in order to save money, want to take birth control ( not talking about abortion, I'm talking about condoms, birth control pills, inter uterine devices, pamphlets about birth control, etc) out of health care and any social programs.
Now I realize that the "New " Republican base doesn't believe in science or evolution ? But I did think that they Republicans especially the "TEA BAG" party knew where babies come from? Please tell me they do know that intercourse between a human male and female has the potential to create a baby? And that by removing birth control methods and devices, you increase the likely hood of more births, even the evil ones?? The god less heathens will also produce. If you want to reduce the number of godless heathens would you not want to increase the use of birth control and methods of contraception ????
But not our Republican buddies. This is not a tangent, but a fact you better get used to. Currently there are 6,000,000,000 billion people on the planet that is 6 billion, and I know that number is higher but I cant get a consistent count. Oh what the heck there are now 7 billion of us, and that is with the wars, diseases and natural disasters. The planet can support this, as a matter of information, the planet can support many more. Probable about 18 billion people. HOWEVER, oh you knew there was a however, It can not support 18 billion, 10 billion , 9 billion or the 7 billion at the same level of standard of living.
For you 5 percent dumber than the 85 percent who might be reading this. The planet cannot support 7 billion people if they all have 48 inch plasma screen TVs, two corn dogs, mini keg, and a pick up truck with a rifle rack. YOU have to decide who gets them, planet no hold that many at that standard. Which means YOU, tell republican , no more baby, sex good, baby not good ! For the rest of you, its a decision on the level you want to live at, or more important what level you want to pass on, because odds are fairly good your standard will not get worse. It was discussed way back in pre history, 1978 that the world could only support about 6.5 billion at the current standard of living.
Its really simple, tell the candidates regardless of party, to mind there own business regarding making more people to inhabit the planet. If free birth control means I can have my two corn dogs and a flat screen, yeeh haa, sign me up.
Want to lower the unemployment rate. Well lets start with the rules on the books. When you; corporate America decide to chicken out and run from the US to pay some one in a third world nation 5 dollars a day and a beating just to keep them in line. So the companies " Over lords" or supervisors can trade rice for sex on some 9 year old Asian girl making Re-BUCKs sneakers. Those same skeevy companies are supposed to "Train" the workers they betrayed and laid off with another skill. That doesn't mean train them for Blimp Pilots, that field is not so big any more. But yes they are supposed to train the people being laid off so the company can go exploit foreign workers. And yes, I truly hope that I can get some readers of this blog especially the patriotic god fearing one, cause the sex trade for working in a factory is very real, but that's another blog.
Government regulation is killing our economy?? I would have to say that is possible a 50 /50 for being true. It has the potential to be true. However, fact, the places that don;t have regulations are called "death traps" Ask the republicans why the Chinese Media do not blink and eye when they loss 500 dead in a mining accident. Because they loss over 10,000 annually. NO regulation.
Government is not there to create jobs ( I know they do but that's another blog) Private industry creates jobs, BUT government regulation keep private industry from killing the rest of us. Those regulation insure ( only if enforced) a safe work environment, and safe products for the public.
Now Mr. and Mrs Republican candidate we could cut those regulations. We could grow our economy with out those regulations and introduce the new product lines. "baby formula w/h improved rat poison added" " Lead coated pacifier or the new cadmium flavored"
If any of the idiots the Republicans have fielded had said they wanted to review the regulations and eliminate those that don't apply , that are duplicate, that are out dated. We I would fully support that. But that's isn't what they say... never mine said...they repeat it. Hey how much poison is acceptable in your coffee or juice?? Want George Bush Jr. to decide for you?
I m repeating myself yet again, but the message is worth it. In 2011 the Democrats tried to pass a bill that gave tax benefits to companies that started in the US and promised to stay here for a period of time or existing companies in America that employed or expanded to more US employees.
You 5 percent dumber getting this: American company, and American workers, get lower taxes
Republicans say NO. Did we all miss something here, jobs, America, lower taxes and the republicans refused to bring it to a vote. Not even a vote... of course the gutless Democrats just took it, but I thought republicans wanted jobs and lower taxes.... Maybe next time you are at a Sarah Palin rally you could ask her why she didn't push her party to pass this one.... better yet ask Mich why?
I wrote an email to a friend and he suggested I use it. I think he is write, it was written out of bitter frustration but its accurate.
"Since I am biased against that happening to our grand children, I deliberately failed to mention that typically when you run into one of those children in the middle east, they can speak several languages and do the exchange rate in there heads without a calculator….perhaps it could be a good thing???? ( this section refers to our children forced to sell souvenirs to make a living when our economy collapses )
Of course the dream team could happen…. Rick Perry and Sarah Palin, than we could keep an eye on Russia, while we burn books and homosexuals. And the bible belt would rule. Oh who am I kidding its not funny that they are even letting these people speak??? Yes I bet if I went out to Ohio or Idaho and ask a random person…. “ What is your most important issue governmental speaking “ he or she would say the deficit… Sure, not that they haven’t work in 2 years. …. Or there kids got laid off at McDonald's ….. not one out there is worried about jobs or not being able to afford a doctor….they are all worried about a 100 year old deficit????? And the media believes this??? Fred…we are dead…. “Dead nation walking here”
My plea to you the readier is simple. WE must do what is not comfortable, this is our time under fire. Our parents where tested, and there parents. Paying taxes is not fun, but paying your fair share is the duty of a citizen in a society, think of it as patriotic. Stopping fraud in our social programs is our elected officials. duty. Stop being sheep. Vote for what you know, as fact. If you find yourself cheering over what a candidate said, find out what the candidate really meant !
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