RANT: Savage, Christian (MC2007) has an economic plan

Saturday, May 31, 2008

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32101821

Savage, Christian (MC2007)

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Thanks, Everyone, for your feedback. I appreciate it greatly. Sorry for “spamming” you all again, but I received A LOT of feedback so I just thought it would be easier to explain my plan in this mass thread.

However, I don’t believe you understand the concept of what my plan would do.

Yes, it would “triple the Capital Gains Tax” but it will REPEAL (outright) the double-taxation of Shareholder DIVIDENDS.

Think about it: if the Gov’t passed such a law, it would be what economists call a “Negative Externality vs. Positive Externality.” The publicly-traded corporations in the Free Market would respond by deciding to distribute a fixed percentage of their corporate profits in order to avoid paying the higher Capital Gains Tax which they only have to pay when stocks are SOLD.

As a result, investor CONFIDENCE & DEMAND for stocks would sound more attractive to the general public who would see an opportunity to receive “dividend checks” tax-free even if the Company’s stock would fall. More stocks the company sells, the more investment capital is
available for business expansion. So, in essence, NOBODY will pay the “tripled Capital Gains Tax.” [ ; ) ]

best,
Christian

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Sigh, ahh to be young and idealistic again.

Sorry! I can NOT buy the ‘solution’. On so many levels, I’d suggest that I think you are SO wrong.

First, your ‘solution’ presumes that it is moral for the gang that calls itself ‘government’ to steal from people engaged in non-aggressive behavior.

Second, you overlook the fact that folks have made decisions based on the current set of rules. And, you’re going to jerk the rug out from their plans. because you think this is ‘better’!

Third, you ignore that no matter how perfect your plan is, someone else is going to write, interpret, implement and enforce it. Your ‘pig’ will go into one side and ‘sausage’ will come out the other end. Any resemblance after the politicians and their lobbyists get finished will be purely coincidental.

Bottom line, look to reduce government, and make us all free.

Eliminate the capital gains tax completely, it is just taxing us on the Fed’s inflation. Eliminate income taxes, not just the dividend taxation, it is immoral.

imho,
fjohn68

p.s., I’m old. You youngsters are in need of another American revolution. You’ve all been brainwashed by ‘education’.

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TECHNOLOGY: Quoted in [RISKS] Risks Digest 25.17

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Nice to know someone thinks of my opinions and reporting positively. ;-)

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.17.html

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Fifty Seven – Re-everything!

Saturday, May 31, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962

Chapter Fifty Seven – Re-everything!

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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FUN: a faux quote

Friday, May 30, 2008

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15146

Come up with a faux quote, win a book!
by David K. Israel – May 28, 2008 – 4:49 AM

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If you missed our interview with David Pratt, author of the new book The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates, go check it out and then come on back because today, we’re giving away a copy to one creative reader. Here’s how to win the book:

Come up with a clever, witty, fake quote and attribute it to a notable person (real, mythological, fictitious, it’s up to you). For instance, what if the great mathematician Archimedes (of “Eureka!” fame), had said this one night after a satisfying meal with his wife:

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MY ENTRY:

“Free the slaves? But only in areas that I have no control over. And, that will make me an icon of freedom. Who’d believe that I freed any slaves at all? No one is that dumb!”

“Honest” Abe Lincoln,
who ‘freed’ the slaves,
to his Press Secretary,
right before he fired him and
threw him in a military prison
got suspicion of terrorism.

:-)

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JOBFINDING: Senior Systems Administrator

Friday, May 30, 2008

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:
– Perform as a project technical lead on numerous Information Technology (IT) infrastructure projects leveraging Microsoft technologies

– Identify areas of improvement in the server and client arena and implement enhancements when approved

– Troubleshoot, install, configure and optimize Enterprise server operating systems (NT, 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server, 2003 Web, 2003 application and 2003 Enterprise)

– Analyze information and respond with corrective action recommendations for system monitoring technologies

– Develop and maintain programs, scripts, and procedures for the automation of system administration tasks

– Plan, lead, and implement large and small scale projects across the enterprise

– Design, configure and operate Microsoft Active Directory in a large, complex organization

Qualifications:
– Five years of enterprise directory implementation and directory services administration, including Active Directory, as well as three years of Enterprise systems implementation and administration (Active Directory, Exchange, SQL Server)

– Five years of hands-on experience building and maintaining Windows 2000/2003 servers, including five years of IT Infrastructure Project Management experience with a strong understanding of LDAP and Microsoft’s Active Directory

– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related IT field from an accredited college/university

– Strong understanding of DNS (both Microsoft Active Directory Integrated DNS and BIND implementations) and experience with configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft DNS is required

– Experience configuring and troubleshooting DHCP and WINS, as well as strong experience with LDAP query language and tools (LDP, LDIFDE, CSVDE)

– Proficiency with TCP/IP, NetBios, NTP, SSL, IIS, BMC Patrol, MOM 2005, NetBackup and experience creating Windows 2003 logon scripts (Vbscript) and Desktop Operation Systems (XP, Vista)

– Able to work overtime as needed and serve on-call rotation to meet business needs

– Experience in capacity planning, system monitoring, testing and upgrades, bug

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I have no more information. {Sargent Shultz says “I know nuthin, Nuting, Nothing at all”!} I put it all in the post. Writing me for more info is a waste of your time and mine.

If you’re interested, leave a blog comment with your name and email. I’ll either send you the contact info, or forward your info to them. Depending upon what they prefer. Either way, you’ll get something back from me.

Note: Don’t put your email in the comment itself unless you want spam from a trollbot. The comment form allows you to put your name, email, and website address.

You might want to include a link to a http://www.emurse.com/ resume or such similar site. I recommend making oneself easy to be found.

You might want to take time to write a short cover on it. You never know who reads these things. You might find your own lead from it (i.e., someone, looking to hire an X, finds me saying someone is looking for X, and ‘poaches’ all the people who responded.). YMMV

Good luck and good hunting.

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TECH HARDWARE: Strange event

Friday, May 30, 2008

This morning luggable was rebooted.

No reason apparent to me.

Did Microsoft push one of their mandatory take fixes? Was it related to Comcast’s problems yesterday? Have I been hacked?

Who knows?

Argh!

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TECH SOFTWARE: MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD2003 email a document

Thursday, May 29, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2530/en-us/?sid=139&aid=3&GSA_AC_More3

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You cannot send e-mail messages from Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Explains that the Send To command on the File menu and the SendMail method in VBA may not work when you use Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Includes a workaround where you can use Outlook or Outlook Express to send e-mail messages.

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Argh!

I am leaving Microsoft. But before I go, I have my latest novel at chapter 56 of 100. Can’t leave before that’s done.

(I don’t think!?!)

Anyway, I email my doc after every major session. Now it’s hung up. I can’t email it and can’t get away from the screen to email it.

Argh!

I get ‘unspecified error’ and I can’t find anything online about getting out of it.

Argh!

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RANT: ‘if voting made any difference it would be illegal.’

Thursday, May 29, 2008

http://channel-surfing.blogspot.com/2008/05/distracted-by-electoral-spectacle.html

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In an interview with Chris Hedges in The Nation, he says that he is not preoccupied by the election, as so many on the left have been, quoting his brother, the late Father Philip Berrigan, “who said that ‘if voting made any difference it would be illegal.'”

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True, true, true!

OK, you go find an anti-war candidate for vote for? The only one Ron Paul was marginalized out of the race.

And, you think there’s a difference?

Sheeple!

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Fifty Six – Over ‘Fore It Began

Thursday, May 29, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Fifty Six – Over ‘Fore It Began

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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LIBERTY: Tenn. man on death row despite high court ruling

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080528/D90UJQOO0.html

Tenn. man on death row despite high court ruling
May 28, 7:06 AM (ET)
By ROSE FRENCH

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ROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Multiple sclerosis has Paul House in a wheelchair. A tenacious prosecutor has him on death row, deemed too dangerous to be released two years after the U.S. Supreme Court said he likely isn’t guilty.

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Ahhh, the gooferment!

Even when it concedes it’s wrong. It won’t let go of it’s victim.

And, you trust this gang?

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