It's amusing, really, and sad, just how much money companies spend to try and keep their employees from getting hurt. Not because it's a bad cause, it's just the retarded- yes, retarded- nature of where it all came from. It is not uncommon at all for a company to spend twenty hours training an unskilled worker how to not get hurt in a relatively (if you're not a moron) harmless warehouse. Two hours could cover everything necessary, but twenty, wow, that really shows that they care, right? Things like don't walk on a rolling floor, watching out for spilled water, not sticking your fingers in or near a giant moving part of a machine... are these things not just common sense? That is not to mention the bogus nutritional advice they lay upon their employees- the kind of diet that has made all America fat, such as meal proportions that eerily reflect the style of eating sumo wrestlers use to reach their weight. And, of course, the ridiculous amount of time they spend teaching people how to pick up something safely, and how important it is to strictly adhere to this protocol, even if what the person is lifting weighs a meager five pounds- a weight that five year olds lift over their heads one handed with ease.
Michael Savage, talk show host extraordinaire, has a phrase: the "briefcase mafia." He is referring to lawyers, who have largely taken over the country. (Our current president, and his defeated senile opponent, are both lawyers, by the way.) Please tell me you don't need any proof of my accusation. Fine. A county in Florida has banned running at recess at its schools for fear of lawsuits from injuries. Disclaimers are at the bottom and end of every commercial you will ever see. And, let's not forget all those frivolous lawsuits. Black and Decker once lost a suit where a guy taped the dead man's switch on a lawnmower, picked it up with the help of his friend, used it- the LAWNMOWER WITH A DEAD MAN'S SWITCH- to trim his hedges, dropped it, and lost a finger or two. And who is it, again, that files all these suits and laws in favor of alien invaders (citizenship-challenged people, for you liberals out there) and their alleged rights, again? You know, like the right to have an anchor-baby in an American hospital that they never have to repay, while a citizen would be stuck with a bill of around $15,000 to have a baby at that same hospital with the same level of care? Oh, and let's not forget about the sensitivity training our good soldiers have to take, instead of running combat drills. Don't want to accidentally offend a female officer or anything while we're fighting and killing the enemy, now do we?
Oh, and, for good measure, let's go ahead and mention the plot that the CIA had in Iraq to go and remote-detonate bomb-makers' boms while they were still making... that was stopped by the legal team saying that they weren't allowed to do such a thing. Jurisdiction or something, who knows.
The lawyers, with their mastery of law, in all it's complications, loopholes, and tape of all colors, have somehow declared themselves experts in everything. The fear of getting sued, it seems, has made the lawyer's whim supreme! It should be noted, however, that even the mention of their intervention can change the behavior of some, and is abused by others. It is reminiscent of the most corrupt years of the Catholic church, centuries ago, before they reformed themselves.
My wife, for example, hatched ducklings in her class (she is a teacher), and once they grew up, she let them out in the habitat- a little area in the middle of the school that is outside and made up with trees and other stuff. The kids LOVE them, and what could be better? Live ducks for the kids to watch, see the female's eggs when she lays, and the responsibility some kids in her classroom show when they go to feed them.
Wait a minute, not so fast! A concerned parent (is there any other kind in a story like this?) wants to know something- is it possible for those ducks to hurt a student? Egads! The duck! The male! The scary, scary, male duck! He might, I don't know, peck at a kid or something! Worry not, the principal will get to the bottom of this! She will call on the phone and consult... the district lawyer?
Ah, yes, it turns out that the only relevant question is whether or not the school is liable, should a kid be pecked to the point of, in a worst case scenario... his skin showing a small mark. Yep, that's a lawsuit just waiting to happen, we are going to have to get rid of the ducks! You have until Spring Break. Oh, that's the week off that we used to call Easter, you know, before the lawyers got involved...
The plot thickens, however. This concerned parent may or may not have even existed, it may just be that the idiot janitor doesn't want the pump in the little fake pond to clog up, even though such a clog has never once been linked in any way to the ducks. So, through either real legal shenanigans, or the mere unfounded threat, nay, idea of them... the ducks have to go. Guess the students' love for the animals, taking care of them, learning about them, well, doesn't matter so much.
But back to the warehouse jobs and whatnot... Once I was in such a training for such a job, and I, too, had to be taught how to properly lift things. Incidentally, I know more about lifting objects in more modalities than those who taught me could ever hope to even think about. Of the three most important points to lifting an object from the ground (deadlift), the most important things you would ever want to teach a novice lifter in the gym, they hit one of them. However, they were quick to point out to a young lady who was demonstrating "proper lifting" with an empty box, that she leaned too far forward over the box when lifting it. Really, I think to myself. She leans too far forward. I was in perfect position to observe her form, and it wasn't that bad. But the little old lady who belongs in a library that still contains a card catalog pointed out that she should be more vertical.
So, I guess every professional power lifter that ever existed, as well as every Olympic weightlifter to ever compete was wrong. I guess instead of having, ideally, your shoulder blades directly over the object you lift, as has been proven time and again the most biomechanically efficient and effective thing to do (thus most natural), by coaches and scientists around the world for nearly a century, is actually wrong. I guess the simple proof that such a posture actually increases the (negligible) torque produced on the lower back in such a position, versus the position I would recommend, that any physics student could show you, isn't important. Here, after all the experts I have met and trained with, and all the years I have spent training, refining my training, and seeing real progress and strength gains, etc., I would have recommended a completely different back angle than that which is recommended by the makers of the lame safety videos new employees are forced to watch.
It's a good thing that company took so many paid hours to teach me, because it turns out I don't know the first thing about the deadlift. But then, I don't have a law degree.
Monday, March 30, 2009
On an American Disorder
You know, I'm tired of talking about the bailout with people, the spend, spend, spend nature of our economy, but it is a big deal. So I'll address it, only abstractly. It's up to you to draw the parallels, try and keep up.
My wife and I were talking last night, she wondered out loud if anorexia and bulimia were still issues today. You see, when we were growing up, it was the big bleeding heart issue, behind recycling of course. These were before the days of school shootings by kids on Prozac and/or Ritalin, and global warming. Everyone was concerned about teenagers and their poor, poor self esteems (big deal, those self esteems), throwing up after meals for fear of getting fat. You know, the binging and purging thing... eat like crazy because you're starving, get guilty, ralph it up... Or just not eating at all. Only in America, right?
Well not anymore! Go to any high school these days, you will see: it is clear and obvious, to even the most casual observer, that neither bulimia nor anorexia are prevalent at all. I know this because those two methods work. They really do make you skinny. Unhealthy as a prisoner in a concentration camp also, of course. But the point here is, no one can possibly be either bulimic or anorexic, because everyone- EVERYONE- is fat as hell!
Now I could go on about the lack of exercise, which is a very important subject by itself, but the fact is that weight loss is about 70% diet and 30% exercise. I could go on about the huge amount of sugary crap, starchy foods, and other processed carbohydrates in such large amounts that make people fat. But one thing is for sure, no one has an eating disorder THESE days!
I could even link in some politics, link to a commercial posted on youtube that actually promotes high fructose corn syrup- a very slow POISON- as "made from corn [like that's good!?], and okay in moderation." I could go on about the power of the corn lobby- oh yes, there is one. I could go on about the pharmaceuticals who push useless diet pills, those things that, during the days of the anorexics and bulimics, were demonized on such classic family TV shows such as Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and more. Those demonizations are long gone, however, replaced with an energy drink in the hands of every would-be amphetamine abuser. I could even propose that the clean your plate mentality did this to kids today, though I doubt that is the problem, since they will willingly clean any plate that has nothing but crap piled on it.
So that's it, then. Goodbye eating disorders, hello eating crap. At least we don't care what we look like anymore. Ironically, clothes that can only be described as slut-wear seem to be at an all time high in popularity. Even in plus sizes. So, we stopped caring about what's on the outside, but forgot to start caring about what's on the inside. Ah, well, if it feels good, do it, right? Throwing up doesn't feel good! Starving doesn't feel good! Just eat! Eat, eat, EAT!!! It's yummy! Load on the starchy sugary crap! (If you notice I'm not talking about over-eating fat, that's because I don't believe in misinformation, but the federal government does, so ignore the old food pyramid.)
Anyway, as my wife and I discussed the obvious lack of eating disorders, it occurred to me that Americans do, actually have an eating disorder. Everyone is bulimic now. We just skip all the throwing up.
My wife and I were talking last night, she wondered out loud if anorexia and bulimia were still issues today. You see, when we were growing up, it was the big bleeding heart issue, behind recycling of course. These were before the days of school shootings by kids on Prozac and/or Ritalin, and global warming. Everyone was concerned about teenagers and their poor, poor self esteems (big deal, those self esteems), throwing up after meals for fear of getting fat. You know, the binging and purging thing... eat like crazy because you're starving, get guilty, ralph it up... Or just not eating at all. Only in America, right?
Well not anymore! Go to any high school these days, you will see: it is clear and obvious, to even the most casual observer, that neither bulimia nor anorexia are prevalent at all. I know this because those two methods work. They really do make you skinny. Unhealthy as a prisoner in a concentration camp also, of course. But the point here is, no one can possibly be either bulimic or anorexic, because everyone- EVERYONE- is fat as hell!
Now I could go on about the lack of exercise, which is a very important subject by itself, but the fact is that weight loss is about 70% diet and 30% exercise. I could go on about the huge amount of sugary crap, starchy foods, and other processed carbohydrates in such large amounts that make people fat. But one thing is for sure, no one has an eating disorder THESE days!
I could even link in some politics, link to a commercial posted on youtube that actually promotes high fructose corn syrup- a very slow POISON- as "made from corn [like that's good!?], and okay in moderation." I could go on about the power of the corn lobby- oh yes, there is one. I could go on about the pharmaceuticals who push useless diet pills, those things that, during the days of the anorexics and bulimics, were demonized on such classic family TV shows such as Family Matters, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and more. Those demonizations are long gone, however, replaced with an energy drink in the hands of every would-be amphetamine abuser. I could even propose that the clean your plate mentality did this to kids today, though I doubt that is the problem, since they will willingly clean any plate that has nothing but crap piled on it.
So that's it, then. Goodbye eating disorders, hello eating crap. At least we don't care what we look like anymore. Ironically, clothes that can only be described as slut-wear seem to be at an all time high in popularity. Even in plus sizes. So, we stopped caring about what's on the outside, but forgot to start caring about what's on the inside. Ah, well, if it feels good, do it, right? Throwing up doesn't feel good! Starving doesn't feel good! Just eat! Eat, eat, EAT!!! It's yummy! Load on the starchy sugary crap! (If you notice I'm not talking about over-eating fat, that's because I don't believe in misinformation, but the federal government does, so ignore the old food pyramid.)
Anyway, as my wife and I discussed the obvious lack of eating disorders, it occurred to me that Americans do, actually have an eating disorder. Everyone is bulimic now. We just skip all the throwing up.
Liberals in Real Life 5
So it's after work, I have to be somewhere, it's time to eat, and I unfortunately have to stop at a McDonalds and get some pseudo-food because it's the only thing around. Interestingly, they are hiring, and one of the benefits of working there is "free meals." Wow. Anyway, I get my nuggets, with two whole bbq sauces in the bag since I asked for a lot, and note that the prices have been on the rise since the last time I was in one of these junk food joints, years ago.
I walk outside to my car quickly because, like I said, I have somewhere to be. This kid, 17 or 18 or so, sloppy looking, approaches me, asking if he can ask me a question. Well he just did, but whatever. He has his left hand in his pocket the whole time as we walks toward me, and I swear to myself because I didn't have my knife in my pocket, thanks to the stupid rules at work. Watching his hand, I note that my gun is in the console in my car, almost in reach. He's close now, my car door is open and between us, and his pocket has nothing large in it. I say, "yea, what's up." Note the lack of a question mark there. He asks with a dopey smile if he gives me money, if I'd by him and his friend a "high fire," or something that started with "high," I don't know, probably some liquor or something. (No it wasn't a high life.) I say, "I don't have time." He turns and walks away, and I watch him, hand still in pocket, and note his bright blue underwear hanging out, no, sticking out of his pants, strangely with a belt around them.
I keep an eye on him until he reaches his truck with his buddy inside. There's an "Obama Time" bumper sticker on the back.
I should have taken his money and left.
I walk outside to my car quickly because, like I said, I have somewhere to be. This kid, 17 or 18 or so, sloppy looking, approaches me, asking if he can ask me a question. Well he just did, but whatever. He has his left hand in his pocket the whole time as we walks toward me, and I swear to myself because I didn't have my knife in my pocket, thanks to the stupid rules at work. Watching his hand, I note that my gun is in the console in my car, almost in reach. He's close now, my car door is open and between us, and his pocket has nothing large in it. I say, "yea, what's up." Note the lack of a question mark there. He asks with a dopey smile if he gives me money, if I'd by him and his friend a "high fire," or something that started with "high," I don't know, probably some liquor or something. (No it wasn't a high life.) I say, "I don't have time." He turns and walks away, and I watch him, hand still in pocket, and note his bright blue underwear hanging out, no, sticking out of his pants, strangely with a belt around them.
I keep an eye on him until he reaches his truck with his buddy inside. There's an "Obama Time" bumper sticker on the back.
I should have taken his money and left.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
From Past Time to Prime Time
Something occurred to me just a moment ago, and I wish to share it. People are often complaining: how can a guy who swings a baseball bat make forty-million dollars a year when teachers are paid less than forty-thousand? I mean, let's face it. In the old days, when baseball was still a national past time, the players made, on average, something like three times the normal salary of a person. Now they make three-hundred times it. It isn't a national past time anymore, our sports have gone prime time. Now, the answer from a conservative is usually hey, there are less people that can hit that fastball than can teach those kids, etc etc. And I, for one, never had a problem with a guy making a fortune to throw touchdowns. Good for him, I say. I tend to have problems with people who take from me- you liberals!- not with people who earn.
But now that I think about it this night I write, I do have a problem with the million dollar contract that sports stars have. Logically speaking, from an outsider's philosophical point of view, there is no reason that a society, strictly speaking, should pay a sports star so much. And teachers, deserving and worthy teachers anyway, should get paid more for what they do. So yes, in my own way, on principle, I do have a problem with the money that celebrities make, but I'm afraid it's for a much better and well thought out reason than I've ever heard anyone else say. I should also point out that unlike you sobbing baby liberals out there, I do not want the government to step in and regulate salaries for movie stars. Still, just like everything, and I mean everything that is wrong with our country today, it is the peoples fault. Stop blaming the country, meaning government. Stop blaming big corporations. Stop blaming anyone except yourselves.
The truth of the matter is: we live in a free market, everyone knows this. (Don't bog this post down with rhetorical arguments about how "free" our market is- you'll miss the point). And the free market is the highest and greatest state an economy can reach. Look at countries without such freedoms: communist Soviet Russia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, the feudal serfdom systems... and you will understand this. However, being a double-edged sword, the free market, just as all things that are free, are a reflection of those who participate in it. Do you really want to know why sports starts make eight figures? Because YOU placed such a high demand for them. YOU, America, who are so obsessed with the Super Bowl (don't sue me for saying it, please), or the World Series, or whatever. YOU, America, would sooner cut your child's after school tutor- that they desperately need- than your digital satellite, bringing you Dancing With the Has-beens and every football game, NFL and college. I've seen that happen more times than I can count. Does anyone read books anymore? No, magazines about those very celebrities of whose wealth you bemoan. YOU have your priorities all screwed up, and the contracts that these sports stars make, the million dollar movie deals, the fact that these "super stars" are in fact worth that much in America's free market, is a direct reflection of YOUR own faults, not theirs. After all, if nobody were watching, they wouldn't be getting paid.
S0 the next time you complain from your recliner, when the game's on commercial of course, about how teachers are underpaid, and movie stars and sports heroes and whoever else make so much money, when all the true heroes like doctors and teachers make so little, take a long, hard look at yourself. The fact is that these fortune makers do provide entertainment for millions of fans, using a very rare set of skills, be it hitting the fastball or pitching it, throwing the touchdown or catching it, that are in very high demand. You, America, have placed such a high demand on something of which there is such a low supply. I am not angry at the celebrities making millions, I would too if I could. And so would each and every person who whines about it, you mark my words. On principle, though, I do recognize that if our society was better, stronger, more virtuous, with proper priorities... this would not happen. But if you still want to moan, if you want to complain about their millions, blah blah blah, ask yourself if your priorities are in the right place first. Ironically, people complaining are correct when they state that the country's priorities are misplaced. However, the complainers, themselves, nearly always seem to have their own priorities right in line with the country's. How do you think a democracy loses its priorities anyway?
But now that I think about it this night I write, I do have a problem with the million dollar contract that sports stars have. Logically speaking, from an outsider's philosophical point of view, there is no reason that a society, strictly speaking, should pay a sports star so much. And teachers, deserving and worthy teachers anyway, should get paid more for what they do. So yes, in my own way, on principle, I do have a problem with the money that celebrities make, but I'm afraid it's for a much better and well thought out reason than I've ever heard anyone else say. I should also point out that unlike you sobbing baby liberals out there, I do not want the government to step in and regulate salaries for movie stars. Still, just like everything, and I mean everything that is wrong with our country today, it is the peoples fault. Stop blaming the country, meaning government. Stop blaming big corporations. Stop blaming anyone except yourselves.
The truth of the matter is: we live in a free market, everyone knows this. (Don't bog this post down with rhetorical arguments about how "free" our market is- you'll miss the point). And the free market is the highest and greatest state an economy can reach. Look at countries without such freedoms: communist Soviet Russia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, the feudal serfdom systems... and you will understand this. However, being a double-edged sword, the free market, just as all things that are free, are a reflection of those who participate in it. Do you really want to know why sports starts make eight figures? Because YOU placed such a high demand for them. YOU, America, who are so obsessed with the Super Bowl (don't sue me for saying it, please), or the World Series, or whatever. YOU, America, would sooner cut your child's after school tutor- that they desperately need- than your digital satellite, bringing you Dancing With the Has-beens and every football game, NFL and college. I've seen that happen more times than I can count. Does anyone read books anymore? No, magazines about those very celebrities of whose wealth you bemoan. YOU have your priorities all screwed up, and the contracts that these sports stars make, the million dollar movie deals, the fact that these "super stars" are in fact worth that much in America's free market, is a direct reflection of YOUR own faults, not theirs. After all, if nobody were watching, they wouldn't be getting paid.
S0 the next time you complain from your recliner, when the game's on commercial of course, about how teachers are underpaid, and movie stars and sports heroes and whoever else make so much money, when all the true heroes like doctors and teachers make so little, take a long, hard look at yourself. The fact is that these fortune makers do provide entertainment for millions of fans, using a very rare set of skills, be it hitting the fastball or pitching it, throwing the touchdown or catching it, that are in very high demand. You, America, have placed such a high demand on something of which there is such a low supply. I am not angry at the celebrities making millions, I would too if I could. And so would each and every person who whines about it, you mark my words. On principle, though, I do recognize that if our society was better, stronger, more virtuous, with proper priorities... this would not happen. But if you still want to moan, if you want to complain about their millions, blah blah blah, ask yourself if your priorities are in the right place first. Ironically, people complaining are correct when they state that the country's priorities are misplaced. However, the complainers, themselves, nearly always seem to have their own priorities right in line with the country's. How do you think a democracy loses its priorities anyway?
Monday, September 29, 2008
A Slow Suicide 2
I almost forgot. Point 6 that I would like to see in the bailout, (not really because I don't want it)- the breaking up (it's called anti-trust, the first and better Roosevelt was known for it) of these giant mortgage banks, so that all our apples don't end up in one giant corrupt basket. Because the basket always ends up corrupt.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
A Slow Suicide
So here it is. The big socialist bailout. The beginning of the communist takeover. The proof I never thought existed that Wall Street corporations and Washington insiders were one in the same. (Chris Dodd is leading this bailout, and he received the most money out of the long, long list of congressmen who the companies who are getting bailed out donated to. Oh, and the last three, I think, head of the federal reserve all come from what companies now? Google it, why don't you.) They say we will have a recession, nay, a depression, if we don't act and act now! Hurry, act, do anything, because anything is better than nothing, even if its the wrong thing! You believe this? I'm not so sure, while a recession may be coming, a depression? People on the streets begging like in the '30s? Really? The free market can't fix this? Are you sure? No, I have the solution! The doubling or tripling or more- don't think they'll stop at 700 billion, when has the government ever quoted something and not gone over? more on that later- of our debt to places like Dubai and China. That's the solution? And so many of you think it's a good idea?
Allow me to illustrate why it isn't by first pretending that it even could be. Let's pretend we said, okay, there's no other way, let's bail 'em out! Here are five contingencies that MUST be in the bailout bill, unconstitutional as it is, so to preserve any amount of freedom and integrity left in our broken, bastardized system.
1- All moneys within the bill must go to and only to the bail out. No pork barrels, pet projects, or pocket lining of any sort... Every dollar must be accounted for.
2- If, IF the federal government ends up making a profit off of the deal (buying the mortgages low, selling them high), ALL profits MUST be distributed- evenly according to tax bracket (meaning if you pay more taxes, you get more back, not the communist opposite that was the Chinese Funded Welfare Bribe)- back to the people immediately. Giving them back flat across the board would be a lousy compromise.
3- The government must be forced to sell once they would make a 10% profit (arbitrary number) on the mortgages, so to put them back in the free market, where they belong, rather than holding onto control like Chavez of Venezuela does.
4- Regulations that were once in place must be put back, and strictly enforced, so to prevent this from ever happening again. Regulations on what kind of mortgages are legal and not. More importantly, regulations must be put on government itself so to prevent them from PRESSURING mortgage giants into giving out loans they didn't even want to, because that (thanks, Bubba Clinton!) is at the foundation of all this mess.
5- All borrowed money must first come from American citizens then preferred allies, rather than the Chinese, Dubai, etc.
I bring up these five simple requirements that aren't for a reason. You know as well as I do that they will NOT be in the package. Congress will line their pockets like never before, on Chinese and terrorist-sympathizing money that you and I will pay back with interest. Moreover, and possibly worse of all, this sets a precedent. It sets a precedent for socialist, communist behavior, in which the government sticks its nose into the free market, screws it up completely (pressuring mortgage lenders to lend to people who should never get loans), then uses its screwing up of the market as an excuse to meddle further. And for profit, even! I'd prefer the government LOSE money on the deal rather than make it, and I'll tell you why:
Consider this: if they DO make a profit, do you think we will see that money? NO! There is no way in hell we will, I guarantee you. They will spend it all, and then some! More money in their coffers, they more they spend, that's just how it is. Only they always, always, ALWAYS, spend even more money than they have. Let's consider a best case scenario: they only spend 700 billion, when all is said and done- which would make my jaw hit the floor. They make a 10% profit, seeling the mortgages back to free market investers, so they make 70 billion dollars. They pay off the debt (don't laugh, it's just a hypothetical), and have the 70 billion left over. That's a 70 billion dollar spending increase, I promise you. You must know I'm right. But still, I will explain.
The following year, with the one-time 70 billion spent, they will want to do so again. Those socialists will NEED to do it again. No, actually, they will want to expand on that to 100 billion or more! "We can do better" will be the campaign slogan you hear. You watch. And since their one-time profit bonus is gone, the 70 billion spent so quickly, where will they get it next year? From YOU, of course! The tax payer. Government never rolls back what they do, they only let it grow. I will site social security and medicare as my examples, which are currently the biggest chunk of the budget, including Iraq.
Social security was supposed to be a separate, secure account for working Americans to pay in to (albeit forcibly) for their own retirement benefits. That was when it was created in the 1940s. Now you can emigrate here from anywhere in the world at the age of 65 and receive full benefits, having never given it a penny. Thank you, Carter! I wish that were the end of it, but there is actually a strong movement to actually give it to illegal invaders from down South. Can you believe it? Of course you can. This is all on top of the fact that, despite its supposed separation from the rest of the budget, congress has repeatedly dipped into it without paying it back, prematurely bankrupting the entire system. I say prematurely, of course, because it is the ultimate pyramid scheme. Literally. It is based on having more people paying into it than taking out of it. While true pyramid schemes are illegal in the USA, the USA federal government actually perpetuates the biggest one ever, forcing virtually all its working citizens into it. Ironic? No, just politic.
Don't forget the expansion into something called medicare, as well, especially the recent expansion to cover all these prescription drugs that we can't afford. Thank you, Bush! But maybe I'm wrong about it. Just ask anyone with an HMO, medicare is great...
Oh, by the way, those regulations coming back that would prevent this from happening... Do you think they will actually be there, and be enforced, and stay that way, what with so many poor minorities- who happen to have God-awful credit- can't get a house? Sure, yea, uh huh. And maybe people will actually study the founding fathers in detail in high school, too.
Quite frankly, I'd rather go ahead and have a full blown depression over this.
This bailout is such a disaster I don't even know where to start. That's why, if you noticed, I just jumped right in. It will result in more spending than ever. It will result in more corruption than ever. It will result in more debt than ever. It will result in our enemies having more power and more power over us than ever. It will result in a more socialist/communist stance taken by our government than ever. It will ultimately result in a weaker American than ever. If you buy the line that we have to or we'll hit a great depression, you probably would have bought Hitler's lines that the Nazies had to unleash the brownshirts or Germany would never be strong. Why do you think they're rushing so hard over the weekend to do it? People are busy with their lives in this country, but if they found the time to catch on to what the megalomaniacs in Washington are doing, they just might throw a fit! They might see through the media induced hysteria if given long enough. And then they would realize what I already know: this so-called "bailout" is slow national suicide.
Allow me to illustrate why it isn't by first pretending that it even could be. Let's pretend we said, okay, there's no other way, let's bail 'em out! Here are five contingencies that MUST be in the bailout bill, unconstitutional as it is, so to preserve any amount of freedom and integrity left in our broken, bastardized system.
1- All moneys within the bill must go to and only to the bail out. No pork barrels, pet projects, or pocket lining of any sort... Every dollar must be accounted for.
2- If, IF the federal government ends up making a profit off of the deal (buying the mortgages low, selling them high), ALL profits MUST be distributed- evenly according to tax bracket (meaning if you pay more taxes, you get more back, not the communist opposite that was the Chinese Funded Welfare Bribe)- back to the people immediately. Giving them back flat across the board would be a lousy compromise.
3- The government must be forced to sell once they would make a 10% profit (arbitrary number) on the mortgages, so to put them back in the free market, where they belong, rather than holding onto control like Chavez of Venezuela does.
4- Regulations that were once in place must be put back, and strictly enforced, so to prevent this from ever happening again. Regulations on what kind of mortgages are legal and not. More importantly, regulations must be put on government itself so to prevent them from PRESSURING mortgage giants into giving out loans they didn't even want to, because that (thanks, Bubba Clinton!) is at the foundation of all this mess.
5- All borrowed money must first come from American citizens then preferred allies, rather than the Chinese, Dubai, etc.
I bring up these five simple requirements that aren't for a reason. You know as well as I do that they will NOT be in the package. Congress will line their pockets like never before, on Chinese and terrorist-sympathizing money that you and I will pay back with interest. Moreover, and possibly worse of all, this sets a precedent. It sets a precedent for socialist, communist behavior, in which the government sticks its nose into the free market, screws it up completely (pressuring mortgage lenders to lend to people who should never get loans), then uses its screwing up of the market as an excuse to meddle further. And for profit, even! I'd prefer the government LOSE money on the deal rather than make it, and I'll tell you why:
Consider this: if they DO make a profit, do you think we will see that money? NO! There is no way in hell we will, I guarantee you. They will spend it all, and then some! More money in their coffers, they more they spend, that's just how it is. Only they always, always, ALWAYS, spend even more money than they have. Let's consider a best case scenario: they only spend 700 billion, when all is said and done- which would make my jaw hit the floor. They make a 10% profit, seeling the mortgages back to free market investers, so they make 70 billion dollars. They pay off the debt (don't laugh, it's just a hypothetical), and have the 70 billion left over. That's a 70 billion dollar spending increase, I promise you. You must know I'm right. But still, I will explain.
The following year, with the one-time 70 billion spent, they will want to do so again. Those socialists will NEED to do it again. No, actually, they will want to expand on that to 100 billion or more! "We can do better" will be the campaign slogan you hear. You watch. And since their one-time profit bonus is gone, the 70 billion spent so quickly, where will they get it next year? From YOU, of course! The tax payer. Government never rolls back what they do, they only let it grow. I will site social security and medicare as my examples, which are currently the biggest chunk of the budget, including Iraq.
Social security was supposed to be a separate, secure account for working Americans to pay in to (albeit forcibly) for their own retirement benefits. That was when it was created in the 1940s. Now you can emigrate here from anywhere in the world at the age of 65 and receive full benefits, having never given it a penny. Thank you, Carter! I wish that were the end of it, but there is actually a strong movement to actually give it to illegal invaders from down South. Can you believe it? Of course you can. This is all on top of the fact that, despite its supposed separation from the rest of the budget, congress has repeatedly dipped into it without paying it back, prematurely bankrupting the entire system. I say prematurely, of course, because it is the ultimate pyramid scheme. Literally. It is based on having more people paying into it than taking out of it. While true pyramid schemes are illegal in the USA, the USA federal government actually perpetuates the biggest one ever, forcing virtually all its working citizens into it. Ironic? No, just politic.
Don't forget the expansion into something called medicare, as well, especially the recent expansion to cover all these prescription drugs that we can't afford. Thank you, Bush! But maybe I'm wrong about it. Just ask anyone with an HMO, medicare is great...
Oh, by the way, those regulations coming back that would prevent this from happening... Do you think they will actually be there, and be enforced, and stay that way, what with so many poor minorities- who happen to have God-awful credit- can't get a house? Sure, yea, uh huh. And maybe people will actually study the founding fathers in detail in high school, too.
Quite frankly, I'd rather go ahead and have a full blown depression over this.
This bailout is such a disaster I don't even know where to start. That's why, if you noticed, I just jumped right in. It will result in more spending than ever. It will result in more corruption than ever. It will result in more debt than ever. It will result in our enemies having more power and more power over us than ever. It will result in a more socialist/communist stance taken by our government than ever. It will ultimately result in a weaker American than ever. If you buy the line that we have to or we'll hit a great depression, you probably would have bought Hitler's lines that the Nazies had to unleash the brownshirts or Germany would never be strong. Why do you think they're rushing so hard over the weekend to do it? People are busy with their lives in this country, but if they found the time to catch on to what the megalomaniacs in Washington are doing, they just might throw a fit! They might see through the media induced hysteria if given long enough. And then they would realize what I already know: this so-called "bailout" is slow national suicide.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
On the Move 2
Last February, I warned that the pinko commies were on the move. Boy, was I ever right. And the movement is on both sides of the aisle, don't fool yourself. What am I talking about now? Oh, nothing much. Just tactics taken by our own government, "by the people of the people for the people" they used to say, that more closely resemble George Washington's nightmare and someone like Chavez's dream than anything else. Just the nationalization, meaning seizure, meaning GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two mortgage giants (banks) of America.
So, sleep tight, rest up for tomorrow, it's a brighter day. The government cares about you. They care so much, in fact, that they are slowly taking over private industry while almost nobody notices. Just watch your Soviet-like "debates" that are more like the pre-scripted show trials Stalin held than actual free-media hard hitting tough questioning interviews we used to get. It's all going to be okay, just let someone else take care of you.
You know, the liberals are often quoting Benjamin Franklin when criticizing national security measures like the Patriot Act. Those who would sacrifice their freedom for security deserve neither. And will wind up with neither. That was Ben's lesson to us. Well let us think about this. Freedom means free enterprise, right? It means the government does NOT control our businesses. Security, as the liberal, lying Bush administration is selling this fascist Soviet style takeover, this is anything but. But they sell us their version of government: meaning more, more, more of it; and less, less, less, private control (freedom.) It is time the liberals start listening to their own misquotes.
But hey, new election, right? Obama, Palin, Obama, Palin, Obama, Palin! (Gee, I forget, is Palin running for president, or just vice president?) That's what we care about, right? That's all that matters in the news today, so say your b-a-a-a-as, parrot O'Reilly's talking points from last night around the water cooler, try to sound smart and savvy to all your friends, and ignore what is really happening. After all, Palin seems like a true conservative, (so the Republicans seem to think, but are we really so sure?) And as Vice President, well, she can do... uh... well, nothing. And hey, Obama, Obama, he stands for change! So why worry, King George is almost out, how much more damage can he do? This fascist is yesterday's news. Look to the future!
Oh, I should mention that both presidential campaigns support the takeover.
So, sleep tight, rest up for tomorrow, it's a brighter day. The government cares about you. They care so much, in fact, that they are slowly taking over private industry while almost nobody notices. Just watch your Soviet-like "debates" that are more like the pre-scripted show trials Stalin held than actual free-media hard hitting tough questioning interviews we used to get. It's all going to be okay, just let someone else take care of you.
You know, the liberals are often quoting Benjamin Franklin when criticizing national security measures like the Patriot Act. Those who would sacrifice their freedom for security deserve neither. And will wind up with neither. That was Ben's lesson to us. Well let us think about this. Freedom means free enterprise, right? It means the government does NOT control our businesses. Security, as the liberal, lying Bush administration is selling this fascist Soviet style takeover, this is anything but. But they sell us their version of government: meaning more, more, more of it; and less, less, less, private control (freedom.) It is time the liberals start listening to their own misquotes.
But hey, new election, right? Obama, Palin, Obama, Palin, Obama, Palin! (Gee, I forget, is Palin running for president, or just vice president?) That's what we care about, right? That's all that matters in the news today, so say your b-a-a-a-as, parrot O'Reilly's talking points from last night around the water cooler, try to sound smart and savvy to all your friends, and ignore what is really happening. After all, Palin seems like a true conservative, (so the Republicans seem to think, but are we really so sure?) And as Vice President, well, she can do... uh... well, nothing. And hey, Obama, Obama, he stands for change! So why worry, King George is almost out, how much more damage can he do? This fascist is yesterday's news. Look to the future!
Oh, I should mention that both presidential campaigns support the takeover.
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