Bono, Third World debt releif, and am I glad about it? No that was some of my taxes wasted!

Sunday, February 12, 2006

> Bono thru political action and $40 billion worth of debt gets canceled to 18 African nations.

>  … … doesn’t that make you glad?

>>>>It may not be as immense as saving Africa from debt and AIDS, it may be no more than saving one small child or reengineering one vital process, but it will matter just as much in the end. And doesn’t that make you glad?http://www.acton.org/publicat/books/transformwelfare/olasky.html It has to be rooted in the concept that “give a fish, feed a day. teach to fish, feed for lifetime.” What we do is guaranteed to keep our fellow humans in poverty, virtual slavery, and misery for their short lives.

Am I happy? Nah, it just looks like more of today’s liberal (as opposed to the classical liberalism of freedom and liberty) feel good, self aggrandizing, give away what isn’t mine, socialist – communist, Barbara Streisand. Let’s talk about real solutions that set people free. That’s what I like to see in Provisions.

Sorry to be a gloomy Gus. But, a decade from now, we will still be talking about third world poverty and debt relief, and why the cradle of civilization can’t feed itself.

IMHO
 

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“Counterfeiting” written for http://freetalklive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Counterfeiting

Sunday, February 12, 2006

 

In the realm of Big Govenment, this means replicating the Federal Reserve Note by other than the Bureau of Prinint and Engraving. Did you everwish as a child that all monompoly money was real and that you could take it and spend it for your whims and wishes. That’s the power of the Big GOvernment priniting press.

Unfortunately, as child you soon realized that no one would exchange your monopoly money for the candy, comic books, and trinkets that your heart desired. When Roosevelt took gold as money out of circulation and Nixon completed the crime by clsong the gold window, these United States of America and its citizens embark on another experiment. Could a currency float without backing.

Foe many factors, not the least of which is the dumbing down of that citizenry by Big Government education, the citizen never realized the fraud being perpetrated on them. Big Government runs a deficit? Ah hah, just print some more paper money. Big Government wants to fund a war in coutry X, Y, or Z? Ah hah, just print more paper. Big Government wants to buy soem more voters with a big social program? Ah hah, just print more paper. You’re childhood monopoly money dream is ebign lived by Big Government.

Now Austrian Economics, and even Keynsian economics, recognizes that paper money only has value by having people willing toexchange goods and services for it. Austrian economics would assert that the boom and bust business cycle is due to the mistakes people make based on unreliable information. This paper machine is one reason for those bad decision.

College students, a terrible misnomer since they rarely study anything, “learn”, if they bother to take Econ101, that money is first and foremost supposed to be a store of value. The US Federal Reserve Note is some store of vlaue; it lost 97% of its value in 30 years.

Oh yes, the piper must be paid. Someone is the victim in this scheme. That someone is anyone who holds a dollar when the new ones are issued.

Read http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french8.html for more info!

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Used barnes & Noble gift card

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

What’s the big deal about that? Well, I wanted to get rid of these gift cards before I lose them. Argh. But what can people give a giant turkey nerd but a gift card for books. Hardware! But that’s a different rant. Anyway, I was writing my great American novel this moring on my handy dandy wiki when I used a phrase. I searched that phrase but could onl find it in Google’s Book search. It was very handy.

“the long sobs of the violins of autumn …”

http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0595006809&id=2xaKJiCVzN8C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22the+long+sobs+of+the+violins+of+autumn+…%22&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3D%2522the%2Blong%2Bsobs%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bviolins%2Bof%2Bautumn%2B…%2522%2B&sig=xIJjJQ6qMngBuzRvdOfSF9WhGic

So it gave me confirmation of the quote I wanted. (You wonder how I even remember that? I tell every one that I am a font of useless knowledge. Watch me play Jeopardy!)

So Google Books did make a sale for the publisher. They wouldn’t have gotten that sale without it.

Interesting?

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my daily schedule

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

i’m trying something new. when i first hit the deck, my ideas are fresh. i’m going to spend 15 minutes before going on to the day’s business to capture those thoughts. whatever they are. let’s see if that works bettr. hmmmm?

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Rutgers’ women beat UConn tonight

Tuesday, February 7, 2006

As usual, and since we couldn’t go, not that we’d ever go to CT again, I used this as an oppty to try something new. They assertedly offered streaming video for ten bucks. For ten buck, hey try it. It took my credit card and I was banging away at the setting to make it work. Called for help … no answer … no surprise there. I’m sure I went in at another place that didn’t say any such thing. I was able to catch a radio broadcast. One glitch there. Support called back and said you missed it! Call the number for a refund and hung up. I was going to say why did it take my payment for the show that couldn’t be delivered. Too lazy to block it? Argh. It could have made Frau’s night; instead another tech flub.

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A colleague says that they had a problem leaving a comment.

Monday, February 6, 2006

Hmmm, I did it and it worked. Probably time to flush the IE cache, cookies, and files and try again. This techonolgy stuff is not like using the telephone. Or, using the phone during the old Bell System days.

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NJ decided that the taxes I paid in 2002 aren’t … … whatever?

Monday, February 6, 2006

My accountant is stunned. He doesn’t understand. And, if he don’t what chance do I have. Argh! And people wonder why I am a Libertarian.

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Last year’s messes roll over into this year’s organization

Monday, February 6, 2006

As with most people, I collect digital flotsum and jetsum. This week’s great idea is consigned to the data dust bin. It would be nice to divide files, no directories of files, into timeless and annual categories. I’m trying to do that after the fact. I have a 2006 directory. Now I’d like to organize all of last year under 2005. Maybe 2007 will be better?

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“Cousin” Doreen is a “diversity champion”

Sunday, February 5, 2006

Sunday 05 February 2006 @ 0900 EST

Dear “Cousin”,

RE: “Cousin” Doreen is a “diversity champion”

Found this snippet.  Always happy to read about our “cousins”. I always thought that “diversity” was just plain good business. I don’t know why others don’t see it. If you have a fellow human being who wants to help, let them. Ok, maybe it’s not the way you’d a done it and maybe it’s not as good as you could have done it and maybe it was done with the same style that you’d a done it with, but bottom line it got done and yoou didn’t have to do it. I never have a problem with anyone helping me — man, women, green with yellow stripes, space alient. Bottom line I can use all the help I can get. And, I can’t be to fussy about who gives it to me. As I say, “common sense”. But, it’s nice to see a “cousin” making a positive mark in the ledger.

Nothing particularly new. NJ weather is very mild. Maybe no snow this year? Frau’s doing a little worse. Reorg at work still threatens. Deadly quiet on that front.

I still need ten NEW readers by July First or one active participant to avoid “failure”. Can you help?

Have a good day, and a great week.

“Cousin” John in New Jersey

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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1219nebriefs1219.html

Scottsdale/Northeast Valley briefs.

Dec. 19, 2005 12:00 AM

Educator, executive to be honored

SCOTTSDALE – Community Celebrating Diversity will recognize Clif McKenzie and Doreen Reinke as “diversity champions” at the 12th-annual Scottsdale Community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner Celebration. The event is at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9 in the Chaparral Suites ballroom, 5100 N. Scottsdale Road.

McKenzie and Reinke will be honored for their efforts to promote civil and human rights.

McKenzie, ombudsman and director of exceptional customer experiences for the Scottsdale Unified School District, is a longtime Scottsdale educator who has brought a sense of racial unity to each campus where he has been principal.

Reinke, vice president of operations at Scottsdale Insurance Co., continues to find new ways to unite employees in the pursuit of an environment where all people feel challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged.

For more information on the dinner and awards program, contact Scottsdale’s Office of Diversity and Dialogue at (480) 312-7738. Event reservations are $60 per person and can be made by calling (480) 312-3030.

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The Arizona Republic
Phoenix Headquarters
200 East Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004

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a technology rant

Sunday, February 5, 2006

i arose this morning form troubled sleep with visions of my writing dancing in my head. so i lept to key board, all ready to write. but first we have daily work to get out the way. my mail, my libertarian week of poddies to dl, check azureus, do reinke ramblings. Then to writing. ARGHHH! I was well underway to getting that all done when my net connect developed a balkiness. no browser could connect. no dns. couldn’t ping yahoo. so, dump the power at the cable modem and get out vzwbbie. power down the laptop to insert the pcmia card (i bought it to i’m VERY careful about it) bring the whole shebang back up. and guess what, yup you guessed it, my cable connect pops back and says ‘where have you been’ ARGH, ARGG! so i have just lost the better part of one of my creative hours for who knows what reason! argh, argh, argh!

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