The National Weather service is reporting that a weak el nino has developed, and could yield the coldest and snowiest winter in a decade.
ABOUT TIME!
Bought a massive snow blower a couple of years ago, and have been able to use it infrequently. Worse, the snows the past few years have not been large enough to prevent going to work in downtown DC, and resulted in my wife and my neighbor using it to clear snow...
This winter will be different!
Now self employed, i get to set the agenda for the day!
COME ON SNOW!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
democracy declining
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffusd and Virtue is preservd. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauchd in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
Universal ignorance, has resulted in a significant portion of the population who no longer values individual liberties. Values being inculcated to and desired by our youth are limited to the latest thrill, mind altering substance and copulation. Not limited to the youth, I was recently at lunch with a co-worker who said that if he was a woman, he would have sex with anything that moved, and didn't understand why more women weren't of the same opinion.
Dr Walter E Williams has an interesting video available on the internet that shows a three pronged approach has succeeded in altering the taxonomy of our inner cities: 1) poor public education, 2) minimum wage, and 3) welfare have combined to keep the poor dependent on government with limited ability to get out. This enslavement has expanded to larger portions of the country and we are rapidly approaching the culminating point.
I have another friend who has decided that he is 'unwilling to read anything written by someone who is living' ... the implications that the writer must be able to pass the test of time to determine worth. Milton Friedman now falls into this category, and his 10 episode series on the free market and individual liberties is remarkable for it's insight (1980's with limited revision in 1990's) saw encroaching federal government legislation and regulation as significant problem. Today's bailout, Health care, and Cap & Tax are the culminating point.
Action is required - today. I will be at the Sep 12th march on Congress in DC, I hope you will too!
Universal ignorance, has resulted in a significant portion of the population who no longer values individual liberties. Values being inculcated to and desired by our youth are limited to the latest thrill, mind altering substance and copulation. Not limited to the youth, I was recently at lunch with a co-worker who said that if he was a woman, he would have sex with anything that moved, and didn't understand why more women weren't of the same opinion.
Dr Walter E Williams has an interesting video available on the internet that shows a three pronged approach has succeeded in altering the taxonomy of our inner cities: 1) poor public education, 2) minimum wage, and 3) welfare have combined to keep the poor dependent on government with limited ability to get out. This enslavement has expanded to larger portions of the country and we are rapidly approaching the culminating point.
I have another friend who has decided that he is 'unwilling to read anything written by someone who is living' ... the implications that the writer must be able to pass the test of time to determine worth. Milton Friedman now falls into this category, and his 10 episode series on the free market and individual liberties is remarkable for it's insight (1980's with limited revision in 1990's) saw encroaching federal government legislation and regulation as significant problem. Today's bailout, Health care, and Cap & Tax are the culminating point.
Action is required - today. I will be at the Sep 12th march on Congress in DC, I hope you will too!
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Lion that Roared
Honduran democracy is pitted against a fascist US government. In this David vs. Goliath contest, the will of the people of Honduras is under attack by a dualistic Obama Administration that professes to protect the people on one hand and then seeks to enslave them on the other. The full weight of the US foreign policy machine finally getting a green light to impose a progressive government on a small nation. This is only partially satisfying to progressives on the extreme left of the US and the mainstream at the State Department, we should tread lightly as blood in the water will soon turn the sharks against mainland America. The left is in full throated over-reach mode that is being held at bay by the people of the US. No thanks to politicians of the republican 'reach across the isle' in a 'bipartisan way' party.
A 9 day camping vacation in central Pennsylvania seems much further away than yesterday. I discovered there that laborers and Union Members were of the same mind as me...the federalistas of the kenyan's administration have gone too far...and it started with the Bush bail out.
A 9 day camping vacation in central Pennsylvania seems much further away than yesterday. I discovered there that laborers and Union Members were of the same mind as me...the federalistas of the kenyan's administration have gone too far...and it started with the Bush bail out.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The not so holy one on a mission from god (himself)
Key problem with the kenyan’s approach to health care is that his plan is a virtual one that has a chameleonic ability to change to meet the need. Like most of congress, he has not bothered to read the bill. So misinformation about his bill is accurate, but no one has seen his bill, not even the holy one himself. And taking a page out of Machiavelli’s “the Prince” he is now cloaking himself in religious language to dispel critics and assuage the weak minded.
(From the New York Post - all capitals are my comments)
"I know that there's been a lot of misinformation in this debate and there are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness," Obama said.
"I need you to spread the facts and speak the truth."
In particular, Obama said the claim that the government would make decisions regarding end-of-life care for the elderly -- the so-called "death panels" -- is "ludicrous" and an "extraordinary lie." READ THE BILL: MANDATORY END OF LIFE COUNSELING IS IN IT!
He also disputed charges that the overhaul would pay for abortions and care for illegal immigrants. READ THE BILL: MANDATORY CARE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS IN IT!
He said the reforms aim to carry out one of God's commandments. "I am my brother's keeper. I am my sister's keeper," Obama said. He called health reform a "core ethical and moral obligation."
Federal enslavement of Americans must end now! Sign up for the 12 Sep 09 Taxpayer March on DC at http://912dc.org/
(From the New York Post - all capitals are my comments)
"I know that there's been a lot of misinformation in this debate and there are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness," Obama said.
"I need you to spread the facts and speak the truth."
In particular, Obama said the claim that the government would make decisions regarding end-of-life care for the elderly -- the so-called "death panels" -- is "ludicrous" and an "extraordinary lie." READ THE BILL: MANDATORY END OF LIFE COUNSELING IS IN IT!
He also disputed charges that the overhaul would pay for abortions and care for illegal immigrants. READ THE BILL: MANDATORY CARE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IS IN IT!
He said the reforms aim to carry out one of God's commandments. "I am my brother's keeper. I am my sister's keeper," Obama said. He called health reform a "core ethical and moral obligation."
Federal enslavement of Americans must end now! Sign up for the 12 Sep 09 Taxpayer March on DC at http://912dc.org/
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Health & Death Panels
Interesting commentary in the Wall Street Journal today (18 Aug) demonstrating care rationing by an “end of life panel.” A petitioner is addressing an uncooperative panel who have perfected their approach (appearing sensitive while making insensitive decisions) and seem to enjoy power over individuals considered inferior due to actual health issues or decisions made earlier in life intentional (smoking, eating) or otherwise.
I am not sanguine that any approach will allow for in person appeal After all, in order to have a realistic approach, information (morbidity factors, current and expected quality of life) will need to weighed in a scientific manner. The panels begin to meet in person, but case load soon requires virtual meetings and virtual votes. Favorable decisions seem to carry the day in early decision making. As cost implications begin to be impressed upon the panel, the percentage of favorable decisions begins a steady decline.
I am reminded of a scene from “The Incredibles” where the erstwhile hero (Bob Parr - Mr Incredible) after a series of unfortunate and humiliating events is forced to go underground and after a series of jobs is seen working at an insurance company. He is routinely berated by a diminutive overbearing boss at an unusually high percentage of insurance claims by Bob Parr’s clients being paid. The big bad insurance company’s one objective is to make money, usually at the expense of their clients.
Initially this seems to fit in with the kenyan’s desire for a public option, it misses the mark and would better describe a government approach where there is no appeal, and no free market for individuals to shop for health insurance. We are considered too stupid to know what we really need, and that is why we need particularly bright and intelligent people to run the health care (and our lives) for us. This tendency towards totalitarianism is particularly insidious in an environment of ever growing government and ever increasing ‘rights’ being read into a document by legislatures and the courts. Socialism (as in National Socialists of Germany after WWI - NAZIs in case you haven’t made the connection) used this very same approach and were ardent health food, anti-smoking, anti-fat in their approach and pushed it on the population as they were doing it for the best of the people and their country. Beginning to sound familiar?
Universal health care, while desirable, results in loss of freedom. Freedom to chose (or not to chose) the health care the individual desires, and to live with the consequences of that decision. Government intrusion into free markets always distorts the market place and results in increased costs, less care (rationed) and enslavement of the populace through taxation.
I am not sanguine that any approach will allow for in person appeal After all, in order to have a realistic approach, information (morbidity factors, current and expected quality of life) will need to weighed in a scientific manner. The panels begin to meet in person, but case load soon requires virtual meetings and virtual votes. Favorable decisions seem to carry the day in early decision making. As cost implications begin to be impressed upon the panel, the percentage of favorable decisions begins a steady decline.
I am reminded of a scene from “The Incredibles” where the erstwhile hero (Bob Parr - Mr Incredible) after a series of unfortunate and humiliating events is forced to go underground and after a series of jobs is seen working at an insurance company. He is routinely berated by a diminutive overbearing boss at an unusually high percentage of insurance claims by Bob Parr’s clients being paid. The big bad insurance company’s one objective is to make money, usually at the expense of their clients.
Initially this seems to fit in with the kenyan’s desire for a public option, it misses the mark and would better describe a government approach where there is no appeal, and no free market for individuals to shop for health insurance. We are considered too stupid to know what we really need, and that is why we need particularly bright and intelligent people to run the health care (and our lives) for us. This tendency towards totalitarianism is particularly insidious in an environment of ever growing government and ever increasing ‘rights’ being read into a document by legislatures and the courts. Socialism (as in National Socialists of Germany after WWI - NAZIs in case you haven’t made the connection) used this very same approach and were ardent health food, anti-smoking, anti-fat in their approach and pushed it on the population as they were doing it for the best of the people and their country. Beginning to sound familiar?
Universal health care, while desirable, results in loss of freedom. Freedom to chose (or not to chose) the health care the individual desires, and to live with the consequences of that decision. Government intrusion into free markets always distorts the market place and results in increased costs, less care (rationed) and enslavement of the populace through taxation.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dead, but still Distorted
I picked up the Express free newspaper at L'Enfant Metro station as i do every day transitioning from VRE to Metrorail, and was greeted with the headline "Public Option may be dead". Express is an arm of the Washington Post, so bias is present. Having said that, WP has become less enamored with the 'chosen one,' but that is not my point.
DEATH: It is nice to hear that the public option is close to death, but no one should confuse today's headlines with a permanent demise the public option deserves. I was able to listen to Ronald Reagan's discussion of public health care over the weekend, and this issue has been one the fascist left has been pushing for nearly 100 years! It will continue to be pushed as long as there are statists (fascists, progressives, liberals - pick your poison).
I finally began to read "Ten Books That Screwed Up the World" by Benjamin Wiker this past weekend. It begins with a discussion of Machiavelli's "The Prince." Written in the 16th century, it has laid the groundwork for western cultural demise through its elimination of God an the consequences of His existence through the promotion of evil (not for evil's sake), but when necessary to achieve some good. The author's point in selecting this as the first book is two: 1) "...to embrace the notion that it is not only permissible but also laudable to do evil so that good might come, one must reject God, the soul and the afterlife." This rejection of Christianity removes all constraint on those in authority. But Machiavelli did not propose the elimination of God where appropriate to push ideas, as it is important for the populace to think the prince is 'god fearing' so that they never get close enough to see the actual person the prince is. We know that "Christianity ties our hands by moral rules - backed up by the imaginary stick and carrot of hell and heaven- so that we cannot do the necessary dirty work."
The elimination of Christianity for the market place of ideas has been the goal of statists (fascists, progressives, liberals) so that a greater good can be imposed. In line with Machiavelli's "The end justifies the means," the kenyan wraps his ideas up in religious terms, extolling the virtues of some greater good (universal health care) while hiding the simple truth that imposing universal health care will enslave the entire population of the United States. Enslaved though ever increasing tax burden. Like the plantation owners and company store owners of our past, federal gnomes will tell us what we can and cannot do.
DISTORTION: During my uniformed days, I was talking with some detailers at the Navy's Bureau of Personnel (BUPERS - they tell sailors where they will be stationed) about a problem i was having in getting sailor's to sign up for my area. I sought to have a special incentive ($$) put in place, as there was an increasing need for a special skill set and a decreasing population of skilled sailors. I was told that BUPERS was reluctant to do what i wanted because that distorts the manpower assignment process, causing second and third order problems that we could not see until much later. Similarly, during the early days of general public outrage over government imposed health care, It was interesting to hear that while 'cash for clunkers' was perceived as successful, the market place had distorted to where the population chose to spend money on a new car instead of making other purchases. Medicare and Medicaid have similarly distorted the health care marketplace. Doctors are forced to make up for low public payments by charging paying customers more. Higher costs of health care pushed more people into the publicly funded fold. Increased cost to the taxpayers has resulted increased taxes on those who are earning.
Legal giants who channel dead babies (i.e., the breck girl) have also distorted the health care (and others I'm sure) marketplace forcing to pay ever increasing malpractice insurance costs and perform ever increasing and unnecessary tests/procedures to forestall a lawsuit. Recently Governor Haley Barber of Mississippi had a commentary where they had pushed through tort reform in MS and achieved a tremendous reduction in health care costs.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT AN END TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. The messiah wants a discussion, lets continue taking it to our elected representatives. If they will not listen, then the ballot box is our ability to show displeasure. Let's be cautious, we are seeing the real stripes of our elected representatives. Do not let their chameleonic abilities hide an arrogant nature which has revealed itself recently in attempts to impose a utopia through the enslavement of americans. Government should be small and responsive to the people. It is time to reinvigorate the Constitution and its role in governing what each of the branches of government can and cannot do.
DEATH: It is nice to hear that the public option is close to death, but no one should confuse today's headlines with a permanent demise the public option deserves. I was able to listen to Ronald Reagan's discussion of public health care over the weekend, and this issue has been one the fascist left has been pushing for nearly 100 years! It will continue to be pushed as long as there are statists (fascists, progressives, liberals - pick your poison).
I finally began to read "Ten Books That Screwed Up the World" by Benjamin Wiker this past weekend. It begins with a discussion of Machiavelli's "The Prince." Written in the 16th century, it has laid the groundwork for western cultural demise through its elimination of God an the consequences of His existence through the promotion of evil (not for evil's sake), but when necessary to achieve some good. The author's point in selecting this as the first book is two: 1) "...to embrace the notion that it is not only permissible but also laudable to do evil so that good might come, one must reject God, the soul and the afterlife." This rejection of Christianity removes all constraint on those in authority. But Machiavelli did not propose the elimination of God where appropriate to push ideas, as it is important for the populace to think the prince is 'god fearing' so that they never get close enough to see the actual person the prince is. We know that "Christianity ties our hands by moral rules - backed up by the imaginary stick and carrot of hell and heaven- so that we cannot do the necessary dirty work."
The elimination of Christianity for the market place of ideas has been the goal of statists (fascists, progressives, liberals) so that a greater good can be imposed. In line with Machiavelli's "The end justifies the means," the kenyan wraps his ideas up in religious terms, extolling the virtues of some greater good (universal health care) while hiding the simple truth that imposing universal health care will enslave the entire population of the United States. Enslaved though ever increasing tax burden. Like the plantation owners and company store owners of our past, federal gnomes will tell us what we can and cannot do.
DISTORTION: During my uniformed days, I was talking with some detailers at the Navy's Bureau of Personnel (BUPERS - they tell sailors where they will be stationed) about a problem i was having in getting sailor's to sign up for my area. I sought to have a special incentive ($$) put in place, as there was an increasing need for a special skill set and a decreasing population of skilled sailors. I was told that BUPERS was reluctant to do what i wanted because that distorts the manpower assignment process, causing second and third order problems that we could not see until much later. Similarly, during the early days of general public outrage over government imposed health care, It was interesting to hear that while 'cash for clunkers' was perceived as successful, the market place had distorted to where the population chose to spend money on a new car instead of making other purchases. Medicare and Medicaid have similarly distorted the health care marketplace. Doctors are forced to make up for low public payments by charging paying customers more. Higher costs of health care pushed more people into the publicly funded fold. Increased cost to the taxpayers has resulted increased taxes on those who are earning.
Legal giants who channel dead babies (i.e., the breck girl) have also distorted the health care (and others I'm sure) marketplace forcing to pay ever increasing malpractice insurance costs and perform ever increasing and unnecessary tests/procedures to forestall a lawsuit. Recently Governor Haley Barber of Mississippi had a commentary where they had pushed through tort reform in MS and achieved a tremendous reduction in health care costs.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT AN END TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. The messiah wants a discussion, lets continue taking it to our elected representatives. If they will not listen, then the ballot box is our ability to show displeasure. Let's be cautious, we are seeing the real stripes of our elected representatives. Do not let their chameleonic abilities hide an arrogant nature which has revealed itself recently in attempts to impose a utopia through the enslavement of americans. Government should be small and responsive to the people. It is time to reinvigorate the Constitution and its role in governing what each of the branches of government can and cannot do.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Obama + Chavez = WRONG AS USUAL
From the Wall Street Journal today: "Many foreign observers are condemning the ouster of Honduran President Mel Zelaya, a supporter of Hugo Chavez, as a "military coup." But can it be a coup when the Honduran military acted on the orders of the nation's Supreme Court, the step was backed by the nation's attorney general, and the man replacing Mr. Zelaya and elected in emergency session by that nation's Congress is a member of the former president's own political party?
My gut reaction to seeing Hugo & Barack tied at the hip against the ouster of the Honduran President meant it was a good thing...Democracy in action...Who would have thought the tiny nation of Honduras could teach us something!
My gut reaction to seeing Hugo & Barack tied at the hip against the ouster of the Honduran President meant it was a good thing...Democracy in action...Who would have thought the tiny nation of Honduras could teach us something!
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