LIBERTY: Ignore the gubamint cheer about the deficit is only 300b$ not 450b$

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

{Stolen from an email I wrote}

This is all fluff. They can count the beans anyway they want. It’s all a sham. In my mind, the key is “monetary inflation” and the Total Federal Spend. They can josh us all they want about this measure of that.

Did the Federal Total Spend go up? Don’t forget to include the unfunded mandates levied on the states. Don’t forget the “benefits” that have been promised. Don’t forget the off budget monsters like the misnamed Social Security Insurance ponzi scheme that you and I are going to try to collect on. Don’t forget the various wars that the politicians are waging and we have to pay for (i.e., poverty, drugs, terror, Iraq, Afghanawhere). Don’t forget the off budget commitments that are made to the UN, the various treaty organizations, and the myriad of NGOs that have their hands in our pocket.

It is just amazing to me that the economy can continue to produce even under the staggering load of tax, regulation, inflation, “laws”, and “mandates”. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be in an environment without all of this force. Imagine keeping all you earn? There’d be immediate pay increases for the 10% employer SSI match. There’d be price decreases as the costs that businesses pass along disappear. And, we wouldn’t have people trying to force their views via laws on us.

Sigh. Time to move to New Hampshire.

Fjohn

—–Original Message—–
From:
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:43 AM
Subject: Taxes Cut, Deficit–not Sky–Falls

Liberals wrung their hands when President Bush first proposed tax cuts
back in 2001. It would ruin the economy and balloon the deficit, they
wailed. Now, we are seeing the deficit falling rapidly. This year’s
deficit of $296 billion is 30 percent lower than projected just last
February. That’s a $127 billion decline from that February forecast.
Revenues have increased, accounting for 90 percent of the deficit
reduction. This is an historic moment and President Bush is right to
call attention to the success of his pro-growth economic policies.

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TECH: Voting Machines are not as good as an ATM!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

http://www.lewrockwell.com/bovard/bovard30.html

The Fraudulent Meaning of Elections
by James Bovard

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Cal.) complained that many states used “more sophisticated technology” for lottery tickets than for elections:

<Quoting Waters>    Incredibly even in those few jurisdictions that have moved to electronic voting … we do not require a verifiable paper trail to protect against vote tampering. If an ATM machine can give each user a receipt that that user can rely upon, then a voting machine should also be able to give a receipt.
***End Quote***

Now I’m no fan of any politician, but it seems obvious to me.

(1) The voting machine (a computer, whose pedigree and programming is unknown, thus deemed insecure) needs to produce a paper record that the voter can verify.

(2) We don’t want people to be able to “prove” to the ward heeler outside the poll that they voted for the “right” candidate and paid for their vote. So that peice of paper needs to be “cast” into a ballot box as the official record of the voter’s intention.

(3) Recounts could then be done if the machine tally is suspect. (Since it’s basically an ATM receipt, it MUST be printed on non-thermal paper.) Recounts of the official box should match the machine totals.

Seems obvious to me, but what do I know!

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TECH: Wifi should be like “free local calls” … … just expected!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

http://ricksegal.typepad.com/pmv/2006/07/four_points_1_e.html

Four Points 1, Embassy Suites 0

***Begin Quote***

So, I’m in the room and turn on the laptop.  There is a fixed line net connection in the room for the low low price of 8 bucks plus tax. No wireless except downstairs in the lobby which you have to pay for as well.  Not one to just click bill the room and having left my EVDO card at home, I look for available WiFi.  Right across the street is a Sheraton Four Points Hotel and their free WiFi is bouncing her way over here to my room on the fourth floor. Sweet.
***End Quote***

The question is “where will you stay next time”. If it’s not Four Points, then Embassy Suites slid by.

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LIBERTY: “Eminent Domain” … … another gubamint crime!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060711/NEWS/607110324

Halpers defy eviction order
After battle, family says it won’t leave Piscataway farm
By GENE RACZ
Gannett New Jersey

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PISCATAWAY — The Halpers remained on their farm Monday night, defying an eviction notice after indicating earlier in the day they had planned to leave.

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Do you really EVER own your property?

Now that the Supreme Court has effectively eviscerated the Fifth Amendment, you really have no protection from the gubamint gang at any level from stealing your land.

While there may be times that there is no alternative other than a land seizure, I haven’t heard of one that was justified.

It’s all about the raw naked abuse of power. You just have to hope that they never desire your land. Because if they do, you’re just out of luck.

AND, they don’t want to pay a fair price for it. AND, they legislate, regulate, and zone what you can do with what is allegedly YOUR property.

It’s a crime!

Time for the pitchforks and torches!

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TECH: BACKUP MONDAY, done!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

As decided yesterday, I did a backup of my lovable LUGGABLE laptop. (It’s one heavy sucker!) My Western Digital Passport Drive that I snagged at Sam’s awhile ago for a little under a 100$ was the magic charm. I found out from the blogosphere that WD had it’s own sync software, which after a few high jumps, I was able to download. I tried yesterday during the day, but it takes a while to run and I have little patience. So last night, before retiring to sleep, I set it up and started it running. Seemed to go AOK. Tonight, I’ll run a restore to an old pos pc and let’s see what happens. After BACKUP MONDAY can’t be a success unless and until RESTORE TUESDAY works OK. Now what can we do on Thursday, siesta?

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TECH: You have to just love what the inet can do … … make you laugh!

Monday, July 10, 2006

http://www.gobelins.fr/galerie/animation/gen2006-1.htm

I’m not sure I understand it. But, I did think it was funny!

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TECH: BACKUP MONDAY, joins my “line up”!

Monday, July 10, 2006

Similarly to when I created “wireless wednesday”, I am “creating” Backup Monday.
Wireless wednesday was my short hand way of scheduling one day a week that I would take VWBIIE out and exercise it.

As an old IT guy, I know that assumptions are silently invalidated by the universe. Like the old ture-isms, “diversely routed networks aren’t”, “disaster recovery wont”, and “you never find the last bug in your application”, “backup doesn’t”, one has to aggressively prove that stuff works.

It’s an article of faith in the IT “religion”, that you can leave something working, or have something that works flawless every time you try it, but as soon as you turn around, depend upon it, or try to demo it — typically to a Customer or your boss’ boss — it will appear as if it never ever worked. Evil spirits will come from far and wide to sprinkle bad luck upon you and ever device you then touch.

So, on Mondays I will focus on “backups”. Take them and off-site them. Test them. See what works and what doesn’t.

One has to try to defeat those evil spirits any way you can.

When was the last time you used a backup? Care to be on it working? Just tell me if you need it to or not. ;-)

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LIBERTY: You’re asking the wrong question! Why does the gubamint have ANY role in marriage?

Monday, July 10, 2006

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/07/09/a_mockery_of_the_rules/

JEFF JACOBY
A mockery of the rules
By Jeff Jacoby  |  July 9, 2006
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WHEN THE Massachusetts Legislature meets in joint session as a constitutional convention this week, the most notable item on its agenda will be a proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage. A record-breaking 170,000 registered voters have signed petitions to put such an amendment on the state ballot. But the Massachusetts Constitution mandates a detour: The measure must first win the support of at least 50 lawmakers in two consecutive legislative terms. Only then can it be submitted to the people. If the amendment gets past every hurdle, it will reach the ballot in November 2008.

***End Quote***

I usually like Jeff. BUT, in htis case, he is asking the wrong question!

Why does the gubamint have any role in marriage? Gay, straight, or anything else. Could it be to keep black men from marrying white women? Could it be so that they can “track” us? Could it be so that they can train us to accept intrusion into every facet of our life?

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MUNY: Politicians “protect” us from the evil WalMart bank!

Sunday, July 9, 2006

http://tinyurl.com/owqrc

Bills aim to keep big retailers out of banking
Sun Jul 9, 2006 11:47am ET
By John Poirier

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers this week will propose restricting ownership of banks by commercial companies in a legislative push to derail the efforts of retailing giants to move into financial services.

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Yeah, it’d be terrible if WalMart came in and competed with the banks! WalMart might “cheat”. Imagine the WalMart credit card that charged 12% interest instead of the 24% that some Visa cards do. Imagine that WalMart could immediately give a customer a 6% discount if you use their card as opposed them giving the 6% fee to Visa. Imagine that WalMart Certificates of Deposits paying more so that they didn’t have to borrow money from banks and Wall Street to finance tehir operations. Yup, just imagine the possibilities.

And, who would make all those campaign contributions to the politicians?

So, I am sure “our” politicians are just “protecting” us from the evil WalMart.

Message to the politicans, please don’t protect us any more. I can’t afford it!

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TECH: GOOGLE puts a new better version of PAGES out

Sunday, July 9, 2006

http://jxymxu7sn5ho9d.googlepages.com/home

Neat way to throw up pages.

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RANT: It has been brought to my attention that I don’t “spel so gud”

Sunday, July 9, 2006

Hey, I r an injineer!

If you don’t care for my innovative spelling techniques, or {gasp} if you think I have made a  mistake, or {gasp}{gasp} that I might be wrong, you might consider leaving a comment!

I’ll figure out how to fix it in such a way so as not to detract from you overall high opinion of my blog.

(Although, I do wonder why you are reading my blog as opposed to the many great ones out there.)

Arghhh, have to try to “spel more bettr”!

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TURKEY: I don’t understand … if you’re “out”, make yourself “findable”?

Sunday, July 9, 2006

I don’t understand baby turkeys. I usually stress “getting connected”. That is a triple cocktail of LinkedIn, Plaxo, and webpage. LinkedIn and Plaxo should be self-explanatory. Once you have a webpage with your own name on it, it’s not long (usually a few hours to at most a few days) before the vacuum cleaner search engines come in, suck it up, and index it. Everybody is worried about “privacy”. Now don’t get me wrong, I am NOT suggesting that one post your SSN on the web or even your real email address. But heck, if you want to be found by a recruiter of any ilk, you have to try a little. Like that joke about “hlep me out here. buy  a ticket”. Arghhh!

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TURKEY: Updated my generic seekers resource

Saturday, July 8, 2006

http://home.comcast.net/~v2y2r0n27rhj6y/My_generic_survival_pack.htm

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ALUM: Yahoo screws up membership list

Saturday, July 8, 2006

Arghh, just spent some time in my life that I’ll never get back, somehow, automagically, Yahoo is “helping” its group members out.

The domain part of the AT&T email address was orginally “@worldnet.att.net”. When someone at AT&T realized that this wasn’t the marketing coop that they thought it was, they allowed short addresses “@att.net”. DUH!

Somehow, from time to time, Yahoo goes thru and shortens group membership address as “@att.net”. DOUBLE DUH!!

This totally confuses people. Screws them up when they send email. And may screw them up depend upon how they sign on.

Then they say “huh” like the aflac duck and ask me to help.

Arghh! (directed at AT&T and Yahoo!)

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TECH: “PLAXO” doesn’t like certain email addresses

Friday, July 7, 2006

From a recent email:

“FYI, I don’t know if you’ll care, BUT, Plaxo doesn’t like your email address. If Plaxo doesn’t like it, I’m sure that it falls afoul of other stuff like spam filters. I prefer, for business purposes, boring old email addresses like LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_MI @ A_GOOD_ISP or GMAIL or YAHOO. FWIW ymmv, fjohnr”

And here’s what Plaxo regurgitated

***Begin Quote***

The following messages were not sent because the recipient addresses were identified as likely to be distribution lists. For privacy purposes, Plaxo blocks messages sent to group addresses like all@xyz.com or xyz@yahoogroups.com.

***End Quote***

Forewarned is fore armed!

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MUNY: Glaring oversights. Inflation and Taxes!

Thursday, July 6, 2006

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/07/05/statistics-retirement-savings-by-the-numbers/

Statistics: Retirement Savings: by the Numbers
July 5, 2006 at 12:01 am · Filed under Business and economics, Social and cultural issues, Statistics, United States
New Research Report: Retirement Savings: by the Numbers
52 pages; PDF. From a summary:

Source: Securities Industry Association (SIA)

***Begin Quote***

Reports of how poorly Americans are preparing for retirement have understated this looming problem — and the situation is getting worse, according to a research report released today by the Securities Industry Association (SIA). Nearly half of American households are not saving at all; and two thirds are not saving enough to retire adequately. The SIA study, Retirement Savings: By The Numbers, examines both the causes for the decline in saving and the consequences.

***End Quote***

It’s a PDF so you can’t quote from it.

I r an injineer who worked in Wall Street’s IT. So, my interest is like a Renaissance Man, with some exposure to underside of Wall Street. I’m not an economics major, but I do have an MBA.

With those caveats, I would respectfully point out two, what are to me, glaring oversights.

Inflation! and, Taxes!

There is no doubt that they are correct that the US savings rate is nothing like it was for my parent’s and grandparent’s generation. They saved prodigiously. The question is that bad. Given that inflation robs 95% of the value of savings over 30 years, then one has to wonder if saving like that makes sense. Further, the tax bias against savings versus debt also begs the same question.

SO!

What options does the average Joe six pack have for retirement?

Depends upon your age?

There are really only two ages — prior to SoSick going broke and after it.

For the prior to age group, plan for it (the Social Security Insurance Ponzi scheme) and whine to the politicians if the even hint of reneging.
For the after age group, plan accordingly.

SO how does one preserve value in this economic scenario. Buy things that would retain value in financial catastrophe.

  • Buy Real Estate! They ain’t printing no more of it.
  • Buy real education that allows you to earn “more”! They can’t take what you learn away from you.
  • Save prodigiously. Invest wisely. Maximize income. Minimize expenses. Reduce complexity. Shed things.
  • Think outside of the box in savings. Not everything shows up in a traditional financial balance sheet. For example, a good car, well maintained, driven gently, while it financially depreciates, can be a store of value. For example, the Mormons stockpile a year’s food for the Rapture! That’s a store of value.
  • Buy bullion coins.
  • Buy collectibles, bearing in mind that this is very very tricky!
  • Develop “side lines”. My example is Public School Principal who runs an eBay business. Combine a white collar education and blue collar skill.
  • Surf the financial markets. Ride the waves up and try to avoid the down turns.
  • Study history because it does repeat itself. Specifically, the German pre-WWII hyper inflation cause by the WWI reparations, the Great Depression caused by the Smoot Hawley tariff, and the American Dust Bowl migrations. Plan for a financial catastrophe and be pleasantly surprised if it doesn’t happen.

I think that people are rational in their responses. The failure to save for retirement, in a manner measurable by the Securities Industry Association, may only mean that people, adapting to the twin monsters of inflation and taxes, are “saving for retirement” in non-traditional fashion.

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RANT: More money down the rat hole in Trenton!

Thursday, July 6, 2006

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/
sns-ap-new-jersey-budget,0,7260047.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

New Jersey Budget Deal Reached
By TOM HESTER JR.
Associated Press Writer
July 6, 2006, 2:55 PM EDT
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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey leaders agreed on a state budget Thursday following a six-day government shutdown that shuttered casinos and threw more than 80,000 people out of work, a high-ranking Statehouse official said.
*** AND ***

The deal includes a sales tax increase that would raise $1.1 billion a year, a different high-ranking Statehouse official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Half of the new money would be used to lower property taxes this year, and all of it would go for that purpose next year, the official said.

***End Quote***

Ahh, yes, more money to pump down the rat hole in Trenton!

Did I mention that I have joined the Boston Tea Party?

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LIBERTY: My new political party

Thursday, July 6, 2006

http://bostontea.us/

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The Boston Tea Party supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues, and opposes increasing the size, scope and power of government at any level, for any purpose.

***End Quote***

And entirely e based!

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LIBERTY: GUBAMINT SKOOLZ might be the bigest problem.

Thursday, July 6, 2006

http://www.lewrockwell.com/hornberger/hornberger93.html

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Consider another example of conservatives’ intentional violation of the principles they expound: public schooling. It would be difficult to find a better example of socialistic central planning – that is, anti-free-market activity – than public schooling. After all, when we use that term – “public” – we’re referring not to the “general public” but instead to the government. Public schooling is a government operation. Even worse, it’s a quasi-monopoly, a type of institution that economists have long recognized is anti-free enterprise.

Under public schooling, the government, either at the national, state, or local level, plans in a top-down, command-and-control manner, the educational decisions of multitudes of students. Attendance is mandatory, with criminal contempt charges hanging over the heads of recalcitrant parents. Students are taught government-approved doctrines by government-approved schoolteachers using government-approved textbooks following a government-approved curriculum.
***End Quote***

Why do we pay for gubamint skoolz, with all the attendant problems, when we don’t pay for kid’s sneakers, fod, medical care, etc. etc.

The State “delegates” to the parents all the mundane stuff and then brainwashes them into the State Religion (i.e., the government is “god”. Only the State can save you!)?

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RANT: Greedy local government takes from the handicapped!

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

OK sheep,

Here is today’s lesson in how greedy government is.

Bear in mind that for the most part “parking meters” are not a tax. If you can avoid it, then it’s a “fee” not a “tax”.

For the normally healthy adult visiting Seaside Heights, there is plenty of free parking a few blocks from the boardwalk.

And up until July 1st, there was some free handicapped parking close to the boardwalk. But the local politicians seeing a source of revenue has now made them metered spaces. You still have to have the handicapped placard but you know have to pay.

Since it is not “reasonable” to expect a handicapped person to park down in the free area and hike the four blocks to and from the boardwalk, this is now in my mind a tax on the handicapped.

Intelligent designer forbid that the local pigs not get ever cent possible to waste.

As soon as the NJ governemnt shutdown ends (another farce), I will inquire of the various levels of kings and petty lords, how this is possible?

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TURKEY: “ZIGGS” is about being “find-able”

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

http://www.ziggs.com/reg/member/Bio.aspx?uid=17380

Here’s another site, sort of like LinkedIn, that can help you be find-able?

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TURKEY: Seekers need a monthly “staff” meeting

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

You DO have a formal agenda prepared. Don’t you?

Here’s mine:

CEO overview of the past month, plan versus actual for the quarter in key metrics (i.e., financial, aged contacts, and new trends), and plan for the next month.

CFO will reveiw money, capital, burn rate, and trends.

CIO will review tech projects versus plan, backlogs, and resources.

CMO will review the marketing effort. Dashboard items are: job ads reviewed, submitted on, conversations held.

By then, I have usually expended my hour allocated with these fine people.

(For those of you who are not in on my psychosis, these are my imaginary friends.)

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TURKEY: A “granfalloon” is a group who feel a bond because they share something of no real significance.

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

http://tinyurl.com/fmwmm

People Who Drive Silver or Blue Cars Should NOT Read This
by Brian W. Vaszily for http://www.SixWise.com

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A “granfalloon” — a term coined by author Kurt Vonnegut in his novel Cat’s Cradle — is a group of two or more people who feel a bond because they share some circumstance that, beneath it all, has little to no real significance. Vonnegut’s shorter definition is “a proud and meaningless association of human beings.”

So, for example, they may feel kinship simply because their first and last names start with the same letters, or they were born in the same state, or they use the same brand of cell phone service … or they drive the same color cars and trucks.

Like the rest of us, you have probably been in many granfalloons – whether long-term or momentarily, you have felt a bond with others just because they shared something with you that, upon even a bit of reflection, you’d realize is actually quite insignificant and doesn’t make for a real connection.

Perhaps one of the most immediately recognizable examples (unless you believe strongly in astrology) is the excited bond you feel with someone when you learn they share your birthday. Wow, cool! But … so what.

Point is, because humans are social beings, it is natural to bond, even if the points that connect you are arbitrary or flat-out worthless and the bond is only fleeting.

As with all the most effective marketing tricks, granfalloon tactics prey on this fundamental human need. They manipulate you into feeling part of a group — centered of course around their product, service, political party, or idea — in order to obtain your allegiance and your money.

***End Quote***

I first read this in the Wall Street Journal’s National Business Employment Weekly.

Since I was out at the time with nothing to lose, I created several granfaloon groups. Same last name, same first name, same middle name, same brith state, same birth year, I forget the others, but I remember I figured out 10.

As an injineer, I need measurements to make me feel like I wasn’t just guessing. So, I also created five control groups of ten people who had nothing I could use as a ganfaloon “hook”. I set the minimum group size as 10; the largest same middle name had about 30.

I USMAILed ALL the people a virtually identical requested for help with my networking profile. The granfaloons had about a 25% response rate; the control had less than 5%.

If you can create a connection, even it is as shallow as “middle name”, you’ll get a chance to let people help you.

p.s., I never had anyone say “you have to be kidding”. Let’s have a contest here about who can come up with the most outrageous fraternal group. You have my entries above!

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TECH: “ZIGGS” let’s you post an interview, but the question may give to good an insight into a seeker

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

BUT THE QUESTIONS ARE INTERESTING!

What is your favorite quote and what does it mean to you?

Can you name a couple of organizations that you belong to?

What is your favorite book and why?

Can you name one person who has single handedly influenced you most?

Can you name one event that has single handedly influenced you most?

If there was one person, alive or dead, that you could spend a day with, who would it be? Why?

Can you name the greatest risk you’ve taken that resulted in failure?

What was your most difficult decision in the last year and what made it so difficult?

If you had the opportunity to start your own company what would it be?

What is your favorite color and what do you think it reflects in your personality?

What is your favorite hobby or past time?

Do you have a ‘good luck’ charm? What is it and why is it so special to you?

If you could see into the future or travel backward in time, which would you choose? Why?

In high school, what was your favorite subject and why?

Who or what do you aspire to and why?

Can you name one accomplishment in your life most people might not know about?

Who would you name as the most influential person of mankind up-to-date?

If you could be anything else, what would you be and why?

What was your very first job experience and how did it affect you?

Do you think that you are successful?

Can you name one long-term goal of yours?

If you could give the world one piece of advice, what would it be?

Can you name two aspects of your career that you are most passionate about?

If you could see yourself ten years in the future, what would you be doing?

Can you describe your most significant on the job success in the last five years?

When did you first realize what you wanted to do for a career?

Do you love what you do? Why?

Despite your success, what do you still find difficult in your career?

If you could go back in time, would you do anything differently?

What was the most important decision you have ever made in regards to your career?

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TURKEY: Advice to a sales seeker

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

Realism is essential in the seeking process.

In my mind, peddling is peddling. You need to “feature” the sales closed. I would think that the “bigness” of the deal is less important as the “length of the tail”. If you can take a “small” deal and demo how “long” it can pay off, I would think that play in Wall Street technology selling. Value that long tail higher than quick hits.

Most of the sales resumes I see emphasize size and quantity of sales aot the value of the tail. When some have followed my advice on the “tail” strategy, they have seen better “pickup”.

I’d think that “sales” is hard to sell.

On the other hand, the sales process is probably just second nature to you salesy types.

Interesting to me that most of the “sales types” that I’ve advised have a hard time applying to themselves as a “product”, “sales person”, and “sales manager”.

Maybe that’s why they wind up talking to me. (“Are you talking to me?” You must really need amateur help!)

The other thing that I always suggest is what I call “bottom fishing”. In the technology sector, I urge seekers not to prematurely just opptys as “too big” (i.e., bigger scope than they feel they can do), “too small” (i.e., smaller scope than they are looking for), “too high” (i.e., level is more than two steps higher than where they currently are), or “too low” (i.e., two levels below where they are today). Learn where you can supply value. Don’t assume!
Even the full-time part-time distinction can cloud the eyes. I know a few tech consultants who have five or ten part-time gigs that build to a lucrative “full time position”.

But I guess you guys don’t need me teaching “keeping eye open and mind alert to signals”.

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LIBERTY: Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don’t Farm!

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/01/AR2006070100962.html?sub=AR

Farm Program Pays $1.3 Billion to People Who Don’t Farm
By Dan Morgan, Gilbert M. Gaul and Sarah Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, July 2, 2006; Page A01

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EL CAMPO, Tex. — Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years.

Yet under a federal agriculture program approved by Congress, his 18-acre suburban lot receives about $1,300 in annual “direct payments,” because years ago the land was used to grow rice.

Matthews is not alone. Nationwide, the federal government has paid at least $1.3 billion in subsidies for rice and other crops since 2000 to individuals who do no farming at all, according to an analysis of government records by The Washington Post.

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Yup, have to steal more money from honest taxpayers to pay welfare to “farmers” wink wink!

Here’s a novel suggestion. Abolish the Department of Agriculture. End all welfare by the Gubamint! Individual, Corporate , State, and Foreign Welfare.

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