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skip to main | skip to sidebar Linkbar Home Blog Films DVDs Books Artwork ETFs Stem Cells Bible Code Humor Words Top National Rage Resources and Rants for Active Citizens Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Anyone Else Tired of Billionaires? Well, CNBC kept mentioning the new Forbes annual billionaire list today (which I'm not about to link to!). Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about billionaires, the number we have vs the world, the number of new millionaires, lottery winners, the housewife who invented a baby sling and made ten million.Not only is this a slap in the face of working people, but it's like a lottery or poker winner gloating to all the losers whose money they just won. This wealth has to come from somewhere, it doesn't just materialize for 'good people', the government doesn't just print them a billion and give it to them - it comes from all the rest of us.Now let's multiply that times the 40-60 billion that Gates and Buffet and Carlos Slim each have, let's say 150 billion for three people at the top. This means 150,000 millions, or they could give 1,000 to each of 150,000,000 people, or half the people in the U.S. OK, let's say they keep half, only look at families, and don't give any to the top half in income, just families below the median: they could still give away 75 billion, give 38 million families at the bottom 2,000 each, and have 25 billion remaining apiece.[Note: Any math errors are because I use "Larry Kudlow" math which is often off by a factor of ten, you know the CNBC loudmouth conservative idiot who claims you give a rich man a 5% tax cut he'll go out and hire some people rather than take an ocean cruise - and he was an economist on the Reagan team! Now you get an idea of why we are exactly where we are. Their thinking is often off by a factor of ten when it comes to huge numbers like trillions.]You want economic stimulus? And this is just the three at the top of the wealth list. Let's imagine every billionaire gave half his wealth to U.S. citizens. Do you think there would be a spending spree to end all consumer binges? It would be crazier 'than a rat in a coffee can', to quote Jeff Macke on Fast Money.Would a billionaire be worse off with 'only' 500 million?Of course this will never happen, because the reverse process happened for them to gain all that wealth. We each, or our companies did, contributed to all these fortunes, that's where our money went. Of course it was an exchange, we got some goods or insurance or something in return, which we can't give back either! The portion they got to keep was the profit, and that's capitalism.Maybe one day you too can become a billionaire, or even win a big lottery, that's the beauty and lure of capitalism isn't it, that one in million shot we each have, or is it one in a billion? Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 5:12 PM , Links to this post , 0 comments Labels: billionaires, Forbes billionaire list, wealth concentration Friday, March 6, 2009 A Secret Economic War Going On? [This was a reply and thesis, ie guess, to a friend about something secret going on that we don't know about]Yes, I finally agree on the 'secret economic war' theory.Those holding our bonds have to roll them over when they mature, and if they don't the western economy collapses from the massive immediate loss of capital - so its usually not worth the cost to themselves to do this, but at some point those holding the most reach a saturation point (China, Saudi Arabia) and quit rolling them over; so the theory goes anyway.This scenario was predicted in the 70's movie "Rollover" during the oil embargo and subsequent crisis then resulting in were huge lines at the pumps. However, if you destroy the US economy: no more big oil purchases.However, if the US economy is already dead own its own accord, there's no reason to prop us up anymore, it's "throwing bad money after good". It looks like we're there now, killed by corporate under-regulation, extreme leverage, and greed.This is my guess on the likely scenario, along with a possiblity that the counterfeit T-Bills/Vatican Bank scandal uncovered in the late 80's that was running into the billions back then, could be much higher now. Just as that news became public the Justice Department jumped in and squelched the investigation and the public information dried up! National security and all that propaganda, and just after that we had the S&L failures and more financial chaos, resulting in the Resolution Trust Corp and years of liquidation. How much of that was the bogus T-bills that had been swapped into bank vaults in place of the valid ones? Suddenly, banks didn't have the T-bills to back up deposits, they had worthless paper and 2500 failed - was this the real cause?They can blame it on whatever they want for public consumption, but even the Nazis attacked western currencies to bring them down, counterfeiting first British pounds that passed the British bank inspectors as "valid notes", and were working on the US dollar as well. See the engrossing Austrian film "The Counterfeiters" for that story; it would likely have worked but the war ended, while the Jewish counterfeiters in the camp were slowing down the effort. They were gonna flood world banks with bogus British notes and U.S. dollars and devalue the currencies of each, bankrupting the nations.Interesting late "news", the public seems to find out about 50 yrs later, when it's far too late! Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 5:52 PM , Links to this post , 0 comments Labels: counterfeit t-bills, rollover of bonds, S-and-L collapse, secret economic war Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Former Qwest Head Goes To Prison This could be an endless stream of these stories, but I used to work for these guys, at least they took over the company I worked for.The prisons are going to be full of corporate criminals - well, except they don't have enough personnel at the FBI to arrest them all - budget cutbacks, they have 200 people doing the work of 1000... figures, just when you need a white collar cop!Naccio Off to PrisonFrom Third Rock from the Sun, when the kid, Tommy, wanted to be a ganster (he mistook a meatcutter called "The Butcher" for a mob hit man!):Newman: Tommy, if you do a crime there's a 5% chance you'll get caught - if caught, a 3% chance you'll get convicted - the numbers don't lie, so avoid crime! (I believe that comes out to 1.5 convictions per 1,000 crimes, .15% right?) too funny - it wasn't newman but that actor from seinfeld that played the cop..Eventually the prisons will be full of ceo's teaching each other how to pull stock crimes, steal corporate money, fudge the budgets and financial reports, avoid all income tax with offshore banking, and other such executive short cuts created by lawmakers for themselves. Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 9:08 PM , Links to this post , 0 comments Labels: corporate crime, Joseph Naccio, Qwest CEO to Prison, stock fraud, tax loopholes Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Will the Right Wing Leave Obama Alone Already? I can't believe the right-wing media. Now they're blaming all the stock market drop since the inauguration on Obama, as if the financial situation just happened when he took office. ..and the whining about more taxes for the rich, give it up already - it's not enough extra to worry about in the light of everything else going on, or "no one cares about the tax problems of the wealthy anymore (if we ever did)."First of all, any new remedies take time - he's been there, what, 45 days?Second: the stock market and its prices are manipulated daily by collusion and hardly represents any kind of reality. It's the reality created by hedge and mutual fund managers and day traders. They think they can affect economic policy with daily market gyrations.Third: we just gave these clowns a chance and look what happened. Unregulated capitalism = volunteered slavery. We may as well just send corporations our paychecks and let them volunteer how much taxes they'll allow the feds to have, they run things anyway - and once again: look at the result.They wave the S word (socialism) like a new scarlet letter (see Hawthorne, you illiterates!) when the new bad one should be the C word. Something must be better than this, look at Denmark: 60% taxes, but then the feds provide everything expensive and even pay for social clubs, so 80% of the population are members, the same percentage that goes to church. Apparently 20% of the population are hermits (likely writers and artists) off alone somewhere. And they were found to be the "happiest country" after a 10 yr study. Need a heart transplant? It's free.. so is dying of cancer for years.This certainly isn't Obama's creation, and the falling market isn't either; it had already been destroyed and will take a minor miracle to reverse at this point. The traders will stop whining, forget about 10% more taxes on what's basically free money anyway (well, you pay in stress) and realize there's more room on the upside at this point. It's just a manipulated numbers game anyway, not connected to any reality but its own.See the real way the market works in the "Buying stocks doesn't drive the price up" post, based on a 10-yr study of the 1987 crash.lawrence jose sinclair"Don't you be calling me the C word!" Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 9:51 PM , Links to this post , 0 comments Labels: Barack Obama, right wing media, stock market, U.S. capitalism Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Common Sense Capitalism or Am I Nuts? I'm listening to the Republican reaction to President Obama's speech to Congress. I'm amazed at how they never really say anything new, but "lower taxes, stimulate the economy" and "we need less government" - naturally.Well, we just had less government in the form of deregulation of banking, look at the result. We may as well have handed all those executives blank checks in the name of their companies, "here's billions to play with, and no federal oversight - go stimulate the economy". Of course, a lot of the money went overseas, stimulating other economies at the expense of our own. Call it "outsourcing", or simply investments in emerging economies, the simple fact is our money flowed out, not much came back.If we leave it all up to capitalists, the results would have been even worse, and quicker. We have public committee oversight of utilities to keep them from making mistakes with energy we all need to survive. Why NOT the same for the banking industry? We act like they must be responsible fiscally, they have business or economic degrees. Well, the federal reserve had 1600 economists (with degrees) working full-time before this crisis occurred, and it still happened.One side blames Congress, the other the President, but the simple fact for decades has been that the Republicans argue for more and more de-regulation and when they get it, it simply fails. They tried in England, and Prime Minister Thatcher had to end de-regulation after U.S. corporations raised water and utility rates 200-300% and go back to basically nationalization of the utilities. They tried it in Argentina, through pressure from the IMF and World Bank who was refusing that government loans unless they went with de-regulation, let U.S. corporations in and concurrently cut the average wages by 25%. Argentina gave in, got the loan, the result was massive demonstrations, rioting, martial law, death squads, and the 'disappeared'.The facts have always proven out that capitalists will always seek the most profit for the least cost, and the public pays. Ironic, because the corporations need the public as consumers, else no sales, no profits, no corporations over time. They need to realize a healthy, well-paid consumer equates to successful sales and profits, and capitalism succeeds.This means, higher costs paid to workers would benefit them overall, but no one company wants to raise wages. Less taxes for workers, more taxes for corporations would also increase consumerism, but how many do you hear say that works. Corporations say they pass on the taxes to consumers, so you're raising prices on them, but how about they simply make less money per year, instead of more and more? A healthy but sustainable profit is more valuable over time than ridiculously high profits that bankrupt everyone, such as when oil was $145 per barrel.They can't charge us more and more annually for the same stuff and think that a six-hundred dollar rebate makes up for the daily gouging we go through on both sides: higher prices and wages that don't keep up. This is the real root of the problem, the system as it is operating doesn't work over time, more of the wealth produced has to be given to the working class, the consumers that pay for all the profits with purchases.Having a few more millionaires buying expensive boats doesn't stimulate the overall economy, it's time we gave up that ridiculous pipe dream: most of us will never get wealthy from capitalism, we'll simply work for a wage all our lives and hope to live comfortably, and that should be enough. Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 7:31 PM , 0 comments Labels: capitalist lies, government lies, Obama speech reaction, Republican reaction Sunday, February 15, 2009 U.S. Capitalism is Done Capitalism as we know and abuse it is simply "done" - put a fork in it.As we're seeing, give these jokers bailout money to save the biz and they simply take it home, put it in their overseas bank and the money disappears - just like wages sent overseas and all our other corporate welfare breaks.The US's wealth has been smuggled to foreign banks with secrecy laws (which is a legal loophole that Congressmen abuse else they would eliminate it), just like the Nazis did in WW2 with money stolen from Jews. Most went into Switzerland, who later returned about 50 billion of this money to Israel, but decades later (and likely under international pressure).What they don't tell us: wealth transfers between nations are what make them poor or wealthy, and the US got 60% of the world's gold from 1912-1933 in exchange for ARMS we exported to all sides in both wars!NOW we'll have to see if the fascist wealth owners can complete a dictatorship by the autocracy (if they haven't already) or if the people will fight for freedom once again and change the system.From 30 Rock:"..this is our party's ongoing war against the poor" ('GE executive' Baldwin)"don't you mean 'war against poverty?'" (Tina Fey)"whatever... " (Baldwin)This is sad but true, they're trying genocide on poor people once again.In France, remember that they simply killed the wealthy, (18,000 of em with no discretion, they even killed supporters, incl. the inventor of the guillotine itself!); in Cuba they just kicked the U.S. out, took back the corporate property, and divided up the wealth and every man, woman, and child got free education, healthcare, housing, (even 'basic food'! this was on NPR about 2 wks ago, you don't even pay for bread, rice, milk, etc - so no one goes hungry) - and four acres of land.So who cares about free speech or even needs it? (do we have it when corporations own all the media anyway?) That doesn't pay for my appendectomy or my mom's nursing home. WE'll NEVER get all that here, the corporations will show enough losses that NO ONE below them can ever get ahead now - we've been had, they've figured out a way to steal our future wealth as well.Sometimes we think we have freedom, but if stuck without a job or money, how free are we? So I'm free to think or criticize the system, whoopee! It's a false freedom anyway, advocate revolution (changing the system that has failed) then it's "sedition" and suddenly a crime!Today they'd have to lock up Thomas Jefferson, he advocated a new revolution every twenty years, "by each new generation", lest "the government become tyrcannical and unresponsive to the people." Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 2:59 PM , 0 comments Labels: free speech, national wealth, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. capitalism Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Computers Missing at Nuclear Weapons Labs It now appears there are at least 67 computers missing from the nation's nuclear weapons labs. Of course, they like to stress "nothing classified is missing", which means that it's highly likely there has been a theft of classified info. We'll only know after the fact, like 911, how our security and intelligence failed us again.Here's the story at USA Today: Missing Computers Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 6:55 PM , 0 comments Labels: missing computers, nuclear weapons labs Thursday, January 29, 2009 Petition to End Fed Ban on Stem Cell Funding Since Invitro Fertilization (IVF) clinics have killed 500,000 embryos simply helping infertile women have their own babies (when adoption is a better alternative), and stem cells have only been pulled from 20-25, the "they're killing embryos" argument is a moot point - we need to ban IVF first, and allow stem cell research which will save lives - undifferentiated stem cells can be directed to grow into hearts, livers, kidneys, eyes - any of 220 cell types in humans. New cells can be cloned from existing cells so a few can provide an endless stream of cells for research and drug creation.Geron Corp. has first conquered cellular aging with these, they simply inject stem cells into aged cells and rejuvenate them; they had cells with 6 week lifespans they've kept alive since the 80's now! (called the "immortal line", they just never get old, never die). This can lead to Alzheimer's cures, halt aging, senility, senile dementia, bone dissolution, you name it. Their work on rats with severed spinal columns have repaired the damaged nerves and brought back movement when previouslyl they'd be paralyzed with no hope. These are the human tests that were approved on Jan 21 by the new administration. (No one is prohibited from using adult stem cells, but those are already the type they're gonna be, they cna't be used to grow hearts or eyes). They think they can cure deafness and blindness fairly quickly.Other nations don't ban this research - a few pseudo-religious people here along with Bush have set us back a decade while other nations went forward. This petition will lift the federal ban on funding; the private sector is allowed to fund it now anyway, which also makes this a moot point: it's being done anyway and will continue to be. Major advancements have been made already at Duke Univ, Johns Hopkins, and U of Wisconsin Madison, UCLA using stem cell technology (most developed by Geron Corp, they have 160 patents so far, including the cloning of animals - their lab techniques cloned Dolly the Sheep).THis is a petition site to send a petition to the administration to lift the federal ban -- it will happen eventually, this will just speed up the cure.Petition to End Federal Stem Cell Funding Ban"Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come" - Albert Einstein Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 11:49 PM , 0 comments Labels: federal ban on stem cell funding, IVF deaths, petition site, stem cell petition, stem cell research Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Obama to Support New Technology We all need to get behind Obama, he must succeed or the U.S. may be in real trouble. Like it or not, he's likely President for at least four year, probably eight, as the nation is finally fed up with the arrogance, theft, and self-righteousness of the right wing, the immoral majority, and Republican attitudes in general: "Support the wealthy, screw the rest of you", just doesn't work and now we know. Also, shipping wages out overseas to save a few bucks here on labor doesn't work either- I saw plunging home prices coming a DECADE ago, and posted this when forced out of computer work in CA due to outsourcing. But I'm a gnat and no one listens!Check this out at the White House site.The Obama administration support increased funding for stem cell research and other new technology, not announced publicly yet. This is from the White House site:White House AgendaEmploy Science, Technology and Innovation to Solve Our Nation's Most Pressing Problems21st-century technology and telecommunications have flattened communications and labor markets and have contributed to a period of unprecedented innovation, making us more productive, connected global citizens. By maximizing the power of technology, we can strengthen the quality and affordability of our health care, advance climate-friendly energy development and deployment, improve education throughout the country, and ensure that America remains the world's leader in technology.Barack Obama and Joe Biden will:- Lower Health Care Costs by Investing in Electronic Information Technology Systems: Use health information technology to lower the cost of health care. Invest $10 billion a year over the next five years to move the U.S. health care system to broad adoption of standards-based electronic health information systems, including electronic health records.- Invest in Climate-Friendly Energy Development and Deployment: Invest $150 billion over the next ten years to enable American engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid. This investment will transform the economy and create 5 million new jobs.- Modernize Public Safety Networks: Spur the development and deployment of new technologies to promote interoperability, broadband access, and more effective communications among first responders and emergency response systems.- Advance the Biomedical Research Field: Support investments in biomedical research, as well as medical education and training in health-related fields. Fund biomedical research, and make it more efficient by improving coordination both within government and across government/private/non-profit partnerships.- Advance Stem Cell Research: Support increased stem cell research. Allow greater federal government funding on a wider array of stem cell lines. Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 3:05 PM , 0 comments Labels: new federal funding, new technology, Obama administration, stem cell research, White House Friday, November 7, 2008 Finally! A vote for HOPE! [Here's a great message from Michael Moore about the election]MichaelMoore.com http://www.michaelmoore.com/Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Friends,Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair. In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea.The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime. There was another important "first" last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.It's been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president has received even just 51% of the vote. That's because most Americans haven't really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people they say they support. Well, here's their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter. But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago.What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine supporting our country's greatest minds as they seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch me. We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness, enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater truths.When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with media asking me, "gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?" Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We've entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible. An African American has been elected President of the United States! Anything is possible!We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible. We really don't have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back.Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard. I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this victory happen. It's been a long road, and huge damage has been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage, and it won't be easy. But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Wow.Seriously, wow.Yours, Michael MooreMichaelMoore.com http://www.michaelmoore.com/ Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 9:33 AM , 0 comments Labels: Barack Obama, Election 2008, Michael Moore message Friday, October 17, 2008 Pick Our Leaders at Random, Like a Jury Recently in an interview with a female voter after the vice-Presidential debate, a woman on the street said: "I liked Sarah Palin, she's like someone I'd have over for dinner and I think we could talk together about kids and school." (Important qualities in a President?)PEOPLE: Voting for "beer buddies" has gotten us Clinton and Bush and Reagan and Carter and LBJ. What happened the days when we'd vote for someone SMARTER than ourselves, like JFK and FDR and Lincoln?? Good grief, I don't want me and my beer buddies or cousins RUNNING this country and the free world!The voters in this so-called democracy are the best argument I've heard yet for something else, like maybe a monarchy. In fact, some current monarchies claim it's better to have a king than to let their illiterate citizens try to pick the right people!Now that's a bit extreme, but I like the U.S. JURY system idea: just pick some average folks at random, let THEM serve in Congress, pay them enough that they aren't corrupt and can afford to miss their job, and let THEM pick the President among those they've served four years with, and he's now Prez for the next four years, with a NEW Congress chosen at random.... WHenever someone kicks the bucket or is sent to prison for corruption, just take another citizen at random to replace them... I guess we'll end up with some beer buddies (but they won't already be corrupt, not having any corporate or political ties); it can't be any worse than what we get now, basically a bunch of corrupt lawyers easily bought by corporate lobbyists.If its good enough for juries, life vs death vs prison situations, it ought to be good enough for Congress, and certainly can't be any more corrupt or inept than the current situation.Time for the old joke: If Pro is the opposite of Con, is congress the opposite of progress? Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 4:27 PM , 0 comments Labels: How to pick our leaders, jury system for government, new democracy, new election idea Thursday, August 21, 2008 A Modern Parable [I'm sharing this incisive eMail sent to me with all of you - Jman]A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company Ford Motor) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.Feeling a deeper study was in order; American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale boosting programs and teamwork posters.The next year the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid-off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses.The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India.Sadly, THE ENDHere's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages. TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plantsinside the US.The last quarter's results: TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNYPS - Author's note: I'm reminded of the space program, when the U.S. spent 6 million developing an "anti-gravity" ink pen so the astronauts could write in zero gravity. The Russians simply used pencils! Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 4:05 PM , 0 comments Labels: america vs japan, bad business, business parable, GM, modern business, Toyota Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Anyone Can Be President To be President, all you need is foresight and a clear vision of America's place in the world.Subject: Bush-speak"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."-George W. Bush"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."-George W. Bush"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."-George W. Bush"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."-George W. Bush"The future will be better tomorrow."-George W. Bush"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."-George W. Bush"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."-George W. Bush"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."-George W. Bush"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."-George W. Bush"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."-George W. Bush"For NASA, space is still a high priority."-George W. Bush"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."-George W. Bush"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."-George W. Bush"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."-George W. Bush Read more... Posted by Jose Sinclair at 8:16 PM , 0 comments Labels: Bush eyes, Bush humor, Bush photo, President Bush Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Time for the US to Nationalize Oil The cost of oil is not only threatening U.S. security, but our economic well-being as well.People call Hugo Chavez of Venezuela “idiot" and "socialist dictator" for kicking out big US oil companies, and nationalizing oil there, yet the result is that people there pay a QUARTER for gasoline (according to CNBC). It’s also this cheap in some other countries where it’s based on cost. In some nations, the welfare of the entire population takes precedence over special interest groups like oil companies and others whose greed outstrips NATIONAL SECURITY concerns, as well as the wealth of their own consumers.People tell me "I don't want to move to Venezuela" and they're MISSING the point: you look at systems that work and improve your own if possible. It's called system analysis, and it applies outside of computers as well; nearly ALL systems can be improved.It's past time that the US needs to nationalize oil, and they can use "national security" as the reason, which gives them true martial law powers. If it keeps us safer, then it's apparently part of national policy, so why not simply BUY OUT the oil companies with US bonds, keep them operating, lower the pay of executives, and then be able to hire more workers as well, adding to both consumer wealth and the IRS coffers. Then, rather than Exxon (and others) getting 40-80 BILLION in profit per year, maybe the government can and either balance the budget OR lower taxes, something they always claim to want to do. They can even lower the price of gasoline like Brazil!The U.S. was founded on ideas and individual rights and well-being, for some reason we've now become a nation of economic self-interests and special interest lobbies and individual corruption.Did you know that POLICITIANS are the only career held in LOWER ESTEEM by the US public than LAWYERS? Both are beneath garbage collectors and public executioners! That’s too sad to be funny. Politicians are suppose to "represent the will of the population" of any country; can we truly say that ours do? Read more... 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