So help me, if I could move to another planet, I would. Here we have a lesbian who wants to become pregnant, but doesn't want to have sex in order to do it. And therefore there is ensuing idiocy involving the government, and her "right" to be inseminated by whomever she wants. Just not using a penis.
Woman sues FDA for right to select sperm donor, bypass sperm bank | Fox News
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Feds suspend immigration enforcement program after Arizona court ruling | Fox News
And now, it's a free-for-all. The US federal government, with support from the Supreme Court, is officially refusing to do its job. Arizona: you would be justified in secession from the USA.
Feds suspend immigration enforcement program after Arizona court ruling | Fox News
Feds suspend immigration enforcement program after Arizona court ruling | Fox News
Sunday, June 24, 2012
The Mexican government
The Mexican government is so bad that it can't figure out ways to attract business that will keep it's people working. Mexican people then emigrate illegally to the US, where the people and the US government have created an environment where there is honest work. But the emigrees keep their Mexican loyalties; they and people on the American political left deride the US for wanting to keep American people working and avoid all the problems that caused illegal immigration in Mexico in the first place. Makes no sense.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Wealth and the Left
I was thinking the other day about how millionaires make their money, and about left-wing protesters who object to it.
We've heard a lot about Occupy - they object to folks on Wall Street making what they consider "obscene" amounts of money. Wage protesters also complain about folks in industries such as manufacturing and pharma as making too much money. Other millionaires seem to have escaped their scrutiny - billionaires such as George Soros, and that bastion of the left: Hollywood.
It's pretty clear that the protests are a political left versus right kinda thing. However, there are so many problems with all of this. For example, the Wall Streeters - who by the way need no sympathy from anyone - make their money by assisting others in making their own wealth. It's how Wall Street works. The industrialists make their money in 2 ways: first they do it by creating a product, and then hiring others to make that product. Then they do the the same thing as the Wall Streeters - they help investors in their company attain wealth. The Pharma companies not only manufacture drugs, but they also create new ones that cure diseases, or assist in the maintenance of a good life if one has something that's incurable.
But what about other mega-high wage earners? What about Hollywood and pro sports? The Occupier types not wanting to take on their political own (eg Hollywood), what do these groups contribute to society. Well, they entertain us. That's good. But isn't it a parasitic profession that only takes wealth, but doesn't create it all around? It seems to me that the whole notion of "giving back", which is a phrase ultra-popular in the left - is more in tune with what Wall Street and conservative manufacturing does, rather than any other sector of large wage earners in our country.
And then in a special category of parasite is Soros - one of the most left wing people in the world, who is also one of the wealthiest in the world. Know how he makes his money? From currency exchanges and money manipulation. So, while he's basically a Wall Streeter, he's not they kind who helps others create wealth. Rather, he's the kind who makes money off of the misfortunes of others. He's the kind the Occupiers are complaining about. Yet not a word from them about him.
It seems to me that if one is going to complain about high wages, he ought to do it across the board. I've not heard the name "Soros" uttered by any of the left-wing complainers. I've only heard complaints about guys who get rich making other people rich.
Obama Keeps Bain In His Cross Hairs - WSJ.com
We've heard a lot about Occupy - they object to folks on Wall Street making what they consider "obscene" amounts of money. Wage protesters also complain about folks in industries such as manufacturing and pharma as making too much money. Other millionaires seem to have escaped their scrutiny - billionaires such as George Soros, and that bastion of the left: Hollywood.
It's pretty clear that the protests are a political left versus right kinda thing. However, there are so many problems with all of this. For example, the Wall Streeters - who by the way need no sympathy from anyone - make their money by assisting others in making their own wealth. It's how Wall Street works. The industrialists make their money in 2 ways: first they do it by creating a product, and then hiring others to make that product. Then they do the the same thing as the Wall Streeters - they help investors in their company attain wealth. The Pharma companies not only manufacture drugs, but they also create new ones that cure diseases, or assist in the maintenance of a good life if one has something that's incurable.
But what about other mega-high wage earners? What about Hollywood and pro sports? The Occupier types not wanting to take on their political own (eg Hollywood), what do these groups contribute to society. Well, they entertain us. That's good. But isn't it a parasitic profession that only takes wealth, but doesn't create it all around? It seems to me that the whole notion of "giving back", which is a phrase ultra-popular in the left - is more in tune with what Wall Street and conservative manufacturing does, rather than any other sector of large wage earners in our country.
And then in a special category of parasite is Soros - one of the most left wing people in the world, who is also one of the wealthiest in the world. Know how he makes his money? From currency exchanges and money manipulation. So, while he's basically a Wall Streeter, he's not they kind who helps others create wealth. Rather, he's the kind who makes money off of the misfortunes of others. He's the kind the Occupiers are complaining about. Yet not a word from them about him.
It seems to me that if one is going to complain about high wages, he ought to do it across the board. I've not heard the name "Soros" uttered by any of the left-wing complainers. I've only heard complaints about guys who get rich making other people rich.
Obama Keeps Bain In His Cross Hairs - WSJ.com
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Obama Raises Eyebrows With Executive Order Revising Authority To Nationalize Resources For Defense | Fox News
This reminded me of something I don't get about liberals in general: They gladly wage war on American citizens who are political enemies within their own country, but more than a little gun shy about doing so with foreign enemies who have proven a desire for the destruction of the American people. Nuts!
Obama Raises Eyebrows With Executive Order Revising Authority To Nationalize Resources For Defense | Fox News
Obama Raises Eyebrows With Executive Order Revising Authority To Nationalize Resources For Defense | Fox News
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Bain Film Organizer Stands By Claims Against Romney | Fox News
Here's a quote from the article and the film:
"What Romney and Bain did typically was go in, load companies with debt, take exorbitant management fees so they couldn't survive in the long term."
But isn't that what Obama has been doing for the last 3 years to the whole country?
Bain Film Organizer Stands By Claims Against Romney | Fox News:
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Most Popular American Companies in China | Fox Business
The jobs discussed below used to be in America, now they are creating a Chinese middle class that competes for money, energy, everything on the world market. It's driving up prices worldwide, while driving down wages.
So what was that about a "world market" being a good thing?
The Most Popular American Companies in China | Fox Business:
So what was that about a "world market" being a good thing?
The Most Popular American Companies in China | Fox Business:
China’s population in 1960 was 667 million, more than double that of the United States in 2010. China now has 1.34 billion residents. The increase would not matter much to companies if the population was still largely rural and poor, as it was half a century ago. But, in fact, the manufacturing industry that has become the engine of China’s GDP growth also has rapidly built a huge middle class, one made up primarily of factory workers. And this middle class continues to grow.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
From my music Blog: Making Goods in China
I try to not let politics nor religion creep into these pages about
music. Music should be a happy, non-divisive place, and both politics
and religion are often tools used for both . However, something needs to
be said about making musical goods in China...
There are any number of really good arguments of why musical equipment makers shouldn't do this: patriotism, putting Americans to work, we've heard them all. But one I've haven't heard and have been thinking about is how the manufacturers are trading short-term profit for long-term longevity.
When
a company has something produced offshore, they have to specify what
they want made. That often means the American firm has to teach the
Chinese company how to make it, along with any proprietary technology
that company specifically developed and used in manufacturing. Now, the
Chinese are long known for industrial espionage, outright stealing of
American technology. However, by manufacturing American goods using
American technology for an artificially low price, industrial espionage
becomes unnecessary. That technology is handed over to the Chinese (and
other countries as well), and the American manufacturer, in buying the
cheaply-made good, pays for the pleasure of giving away his secrets.
This idea wasn't dreamed up in a vacuum. I spoke with a bass guitar manufacturer who glowingly told me how he straightened out mistakes made on the production line in a Chinese factory. That line made instruments for nearly every major manufacturer in the US.
Eventually, I believe the Chinese manufacturing bubble will burst. American lawmakers and manufacturers seem to be slowly coming to their senses, so more and more things will begin to be made in the USA again. But by then, the horse is out of the barn. The Chinese will have the technology, expertise, and brand new factories with which to make these same goods on their own, without the Americans at all. And then the fun starts...
American manufacturers will see their goods duplicated and sold worldwide for about one-tenth the price they now charge. Only in this scenario, the difference will be that American manufacturers won't see any profit at all, only the theft of their ideas marketed globally. I suspect they'll have one hell of a time surviving.
So, manufacturer, if you're looking for quick profits, make hay while the sun shines. And buyer: know that you're a part of it. If you don't tell the manufacturers, either directly or by voting with your dollar, you're complicit. I recently refused delivery on a bass because it was made in China (the manufacturer's website, which I researched before purchase, said differently). Eventually I bought American.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Never was, never will be.
There are any number of really good arguments of why musical equipment makers shouldn't do this: patriotism, putting Americans to work, we've heard them all. But one I've haven't heard and have been thinking about is how the manufacturers are trading short-term profit for long-term longevity.
When
a company has something produced offshore, they have to specify what
they want made. That often means the American firm has to teach the
Chinese company how to make it, along with any proprietary technology
that company specifically developed and used in manufacturing. Now, the
Chinese are long known for industrial espionage, outright stealing of
American technology. However, by manufacturing American goods using
American technology for an artificially low price, industrial espionage
becomes unnecessary. That technology is handed over to the Chinese (and
other countries as well), and the American manufacturer, in buying the
cheaply-made good, pays for the pleasure of giving away his secrets.This idea wasn't dreamed up in a vacuum. I spoke with a bass guitar manufacturer who glowingly told me how he straightened out mistakes made on the production line in a Chinese factory. That line made instruments for nearly every major manufacturer in the US.
Eventually, I believe the Chinese manufacturing bubble will burst. American lawmakers and manufacturers seem to be slowly coming to their senses, so more and more things will begin to be made in the USA again. But by then, the horse is out of the barn. The Chinese will have the technology, expertise, and brand new factories with which to make these same goods on their own, without the Americans at all. And then the fun starts...
American manufacturers will see their goods duplicated and sold worldwide for about one-tenth the price they now charge. Only in this scenario, the difference will be that American manufacturers won't see any profit at all, only the theft of their ideas marketed globally. I suspect they'll have one hell of a time surviving.
So, manufacturer, if you're looking for quick profits, make hay while the sun shines. And buyer: know that you're a part of it. If you don't tell the manufacturers, either directly or by voting with your dollar, you're complicit. I recently refused delivery on a bass because it was made in China (the manufacturer's website, which I researched before purchase, said differently). Eventually I bought American.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Never was, never will be.
Monday, November 14, 2011
How to Use History
If prior generations of Americans were the one who created this great country, shouldn't we take a hard look at what they did to make it so good, rather than flail in our ignorance? For example, our parents are considered the greatest generation. How did they become that way? Maybe their parents had it right.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Common Sense
Occupy Protests Plagued By Reports Of Sex Attacks, Violent Crime | Fox News
As much as I despise the nonsense flowing from this "protest," I find there is valuable information to be had from it that we can all use. All of it ironic.
You've no doubt heard the ironies about how the Occupiers want to bring down big business, yet they use their products every moment. But there's much more.
The most important irony is the personal culture created within the camps themselves. Most of the Occupiers are some flavor or degree of anarchist, therefore it stands to reason that the camps themselves are without law or regulation. And without any such structure, reports are seeping out of violent attacks, much of it sexual in nature. Rapes seem to be happening more and more often, so much of a problem that the Occupiers have set up a separate area that are "women only." So much for a government-less society.
I am reminded of John Locke and his book Common Sense from the days before America's independence. Locke said that without adequate government "life would be nasty, brutish, and short." The Occupiers are proving that Locke had, indeed, common sense.
As much as I despise the nonsense flowing from this "protest," I find there is valuable information to be had from it that we can all use. All of it ironic.
You've no doubt heard the ironies about how the Occupiers want to bring down big business, yet they use their products every moment. But there's much more.
The most important irony is the personal culture created within the camps themselves. Most of the Occupiers are some flavor or degree of anarchist, therefore it stands to reason that the camps themselves are without law or regulation. And without any such structure, reports are seeping out of violent attacks, much of it sexual in nature. Rapes seem to be happening more and more often, so much of a problem that the Occupiers have set up a separate area that are "women only." So much for a government-less society.
I am reminded of John Locke and his book Common Sense from the days before America's independence. Locke said that without adequate government "life would be nasty, brutish, and short." The Occupiers are proving that Locke had, indeed, common sense.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Occupy: Increasing the Ranks of the Poor in the Name of Equality
The Occupy protests, oh my. They have creative slogans and names for themselves, like "The 99%." I find that very telling.
They call themselves The 99% because they feel as though they are part of and represent 99% of Americans who are not uber-wealthy. I think it means more of what they are after: 99% of everything created, made and earned by the so-called 1%.
If one follows their math, the 1% are at the top of the financial food chain and make the most money - obscene amounts of money. However, the 1% are also the people whose work product are things which enrich our lives, such as iPhones used by the Occupiers, communication networks used by the Occupiers, the internet used by the Occupiers, the clothing worn by the Occupiers, the food eaten by the Occupiers, even the tents occupied by the Occupiers. In short, the 1%, because of their capitalization and the way capitalism works, created everything of value in this country - even everything of necessity. That they made it super-rich is a definitive by-product of all of it.
It's capitalism, baby; were the Occupiers stoned when they covered that in school? And this is where their attack is: not at the rich, but at the heart of capitalism. The Occupiers want it all, not just the things made by the 1%, but all their profits as well. The 1% will be among the poor. We will then have "The 100%," none of whom have anything - no product because the wealthy have no capital with which to produce things, and no wealth because they have nothing to sell. Everyone is equal; there is nothing built, there is nothing to buy. Everyone has nothing.
So the hypocrisy of the left is rich once again. Let's take everything that the rich have, and give it to everyone else, and expect the formerly-rich to continue to make the things that make us happy, then strip them of their profit once again. That's even if they have any remaining capital to create anything. Capitalism is the the goose that laid the golden egg, and will be long dead.
If you did that to my dog - if you took away his bone - you'd have stitches.
As it should be.
They call themselves The 99% because they feel as though they are part of and represent 99% of Americans who are not uber-wealthy. I think it means more of what they are after: 99% of everything created, made and earned by the so-called 1%.
If one follows their math, the 1% are at the top of the financial food chain and make the most money - obscene amounts of money. However, the 1% are also the people whose work product are things which enrich our lives, such as iPhones used by the Occupiers, communication networks used by the Occupiers, the internet used by the Occupiers, the clothing worn by the Occupiers, the food eaten by the Occupiers, even the tents occupied by the Occupiers. In short, the 1%, because of their capitalization and the way capitalism works, created everything of value in this country - even everything of necessity. That they made it super-rich is a definitive by-product of all of it.
It's capitalism, baby; were the Occupiers stoned when they covered that in school? And this is where their attack is: not at the rich, but at the heart of capitalism. The Occupiers want it all, not just the things made by the 1%, but all their profits as well. The 1% will be among the poor. We will then have "The 100%," none of whom have anything - no product because the wealthy have no capital with which to produce things, and no wealth because they have nothing to sell. Everyone is equal; there is nothing built, there is nothing to buy. Everyone has nothing.
So the hypocrisy of the left is rich once again. Let's take everything that the rich have, and give it to everyone else, and expect the formerly-rich to continue to make the things that make us happy, then strip them of their profit once again. That's even if they have any remaining capital to create anything. Capitalism is the the goose that laid the golden egg, and will be long dead.
If you did that to my dog - if you took away his bone - you'd have stitches.
As it should be.
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