Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007. Show all posts
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 4, 2007
Copacetic Menial Labor
Pondering.......
Be it bent over in a vast rice field planting, sowing,reaping a crop till you drop.
Be it confined to a 25 square foot cubicle, 17" monitor,phone, and a process that needs human input 24/7.
Or fighting a 25 MPH wind at 25 degrees, your feet in a cold wet trench, digging clams,all alone.
Possibly, fitting wing nuts for 25 years on an assembly line to the umpteen washer or dryer.
UPS-ers always take a right turn delivery. day in day out, never not a package to bring,ever.
Virtually all species heart's beat around a billion times before quiting, some beat faster for a shorter duration life-span.
Of the 6 billion folks on the planet, what if .001% [60,000]made a significant difference for 1%[60 million] of the planet.
What are the 99.99% of the bubble to take away, for their billion heart beats.
also,
The inflationary financial cost of daily existence has and will increase decade to decade,relentlessly.
As a example,an item everyone buys, but do not need, say Coffee.
A 10 cent cup of coffee of the 50's, is now a Starbucks 5 bucks$.
What "they get" converts 70 years of what is a coffee worth,since most folks pay it,typically?
A 1950 10 cent coffee gets $5 now. Fifty times growth factor.
Convert that fifty times to wages then and now [1950].85/hr x 50=
$42.50 /hr.
Which should be the Aver Hourly Wage...Now.
Not quite the [2008], $7.25/hr it will be in two years,the Republican Congress finally opened it cold heart?
NOT!
Be it bent over in a vast rice field planting, sowing,reaping a crop till you drop.
Be it confined to a 25 square foot cubicle, 17" monitor,phone, and a process that needs human input 24/7.
Or fighting a 25 MPH wind at 25 degrees, your feet in a cold wet trench, digging clams,all alone.
Possibly, fitting wing nuts for 25 years on an assembly line to the umpteen washer or dryer.
UPS-ers always take a right turn delivery. day in day out, never not a package to bring,ever.
Virtually all species heart's beat around a billion times before quiting, some beat faster for a shorter duration life-span.
Of the 6 billion folks on the planet, what if .001% [60,000]made a significant difference for 1%[60 million] of the planet.
What are the 99.99% of the bubble to take away, for their billion heart beats.
also,
The inflationary financial cost of daily existence has and will increase decade to decade,relentlessly.
As a example,an item everyone buys, but do not need, say Coffee.
A 10 cent cup of coffee of the 50's, is now a Starbucks 5 bucks$.
What "they get" converts 70 years of what is a coffee worth,since most folks pay it,typically?
A 1950 10 cent coffee gets $5 now. Fifty times growth factor.
Convert that fifty times to wages then and now [1950].85/hr x 50=
$42.50 /hr.
Which should be the Aver Hourly Wage...Now.
Not quite the [2008], $7.25/hr it will be in two years,the Republican Congress finally opened it cold heart?
NOT!
Jun 9, 2007
Check out Boston Dirt Dogs and 38 Pitches
Boston Dirt Dogs
This is new[to me] favorite site to keep up on the new 2007 Red Sox Season!
And while your at it Schillings Blog
38Pitches
Well worth the read if you call yourself a Baseball Fan
LOVE will see you thru
As a side note, I met the guy that created this 60's ICON. He is a non-descriptor kinda guy living it out in Down East Maine.He for the most part seemed to to be amazed that he made a living out of this one Icon of the 60's. Interesting how just one thing reached it's "Tipping Point" and sustained this guy for a life time.
Jun 7, 2007
There is No Free Market when it comes to Oil.....the 20% Solution....
IMHO....
On this Memorial Day, a day when American citizens express their thoughts and prayers
to the brave soldiers that give there lives to uphold a principle and obediently obey the people we elect,
regardless of rhyme or reason.
Let us put our thoughts also toward what and why our children are dying for.
As the cost of OIL that comes out of the ground stays constant ~ $10/barrel.
Whether it comes from the Arctic,Middle East, Mexico or the USA,
The Powers that Be, have continued to, on speculation, raised the price of OIL to ~$65/barrel.
How else can BIG OIL make extravagant historic quarterly profits?
The conflicts in the Middle East is, and that is a big IS, for the power to control OIL.
Mostly to maintain the status quo. Keep it in the hands of the people that are in power now.
The USA gets 20% of its Oil from the Middle East.
Guess how much OIL the country would save if the speed limit was dropped to 55MPH national and enforced....20%.
My solution to the Middle East quagmire.
Jobs,education,and taxation of all of the people of the Middle East.
A real dose of Democracy.
If the USA had a naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz stopping and taxing every barrel of oil that's exported.
Say 20%...
Then that money turned over to the people of the region in micro-loans to start businesses, go to school,buy TVs.
The whole region will think more about their stable future and less about their after-life.
On this Memorial Day, a day when American citizens express their thoughts and prayers
to the brave soldiers that give there lives to uphold a principle and obediently obey the people we elect,
regardless of rhyme or reason.
Let us put our thoughts also toward what and why our children are dying for.
As the cost of OIL that comes out of the ground stays constant ~ $10/barrel.
Whether it comes from the Arctic,Middle East, Mexico or the USA,
The Powers that Be, have continued to, on speculation, raised the price of OIL to ~$65/barrel.
How else can BIG OIL make extravagant historic quarterly profits?
The conflicts in the Middle East is, and that is a big IS, for the power to control OIL.
Mostly to maintain the status quo. Keep it in the hands of the people that are in power now.
The USA gets 20% of its Oil from the Middle East.
Guess how much OIL the country would save if the speed limit was dropped to 55MPH national and enforced....20%.
My solution to the Middle East quagmire.
Jobs,education,and taxation of all of the people of the Middle East.
A real dose of Democracy.
If the USA had a naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz stopping and taxing every barrel of oil that's exported.
Say 20%...
Then that money turned over to the people of the region in micro-loans to start businesses, go to school,buy TVs.
The whole region will think more about their stable future and less about their after-life.
Vail of Vitriol
As the slaughter and mayhem continues unabated on the streets of Baghdad and throughout Iraq.
The MBM [major broadcast media or major bowel movement] has turned its sights on lesser easily punditcated events.
Paris Hilton gets a PASS card to get out of JAIL.
Putin and Bush play"My missiles are bigger than your missiles.
The G8 summit has metastasized into a convoluted policy of deception and non-action,and missed opportunities.
The death toll passes 3500 young American lives lost. About the same as a small town.
If each death affects 1000 people directly,
3,500,000 folks,[1%] have personally felt the flailed jujitsu of the Bush Iraq War Performance.
The American Noosphere may have reached it's "Tipping Point"
Lame-Duck Bush continues to steer the ship toward the reef, wasting more lives,money, sticking to his "guns".
The Middle East, pancaked hatred, will continue to stack up, no syrup necessary.
So, as Gandhi said" First they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight you, then they accept you.
Our American Idol v.s. Our American Soldier... which is it...
Time to put the Gloves on folks.
1/20/09 Bush's Last Day!!!
The MBM [major broadcast media or major bowel movement] has turned its sights on lesser easily punditcated events.
Paris Hilton gets a PASS card to get out of JAIL.
Putin and Bush play"My missiles are bigger than your missiles.
The G8 summit has metastasized into a convoluted policy of deception and non-action,and missed opportunities.
The death toll passes 3500 young American lives lost. About the same as a small town.
If each death affects 1000 people directly,
3,500,000 folks,[1%] have personally felt the flailed jujitsu of the Bush Iraq War Performance.
The American Noosphere may have reached it's "Tipping Point"
Lame-Duck Bush continues to steer the ship toward the reef, wasting more lives,money, sticking to his "guns".
The Middle East, pancaked hatred, will continue to stack up, no syrup necessary.
So, as Gandhi said" First they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight you, then they accept you.
Our American Idol v.s. Our American Soldier... which is it...
Time to put the Gloves on folks.
1/20/09 Bush's Last Day!!!
Apr 17, 2007
Virginia Tech Tragedy
Lives Lost
A tragedy so senseless it takes away rational thought.
All we can do is be Sad
Collectively we need to look at what kind of World we want to live in
Werther tragedy is happening in Virgina or Iraq
What is the value of
Lives Lost
A tragedy so senseless it takes away rational thought.
All we can do is be Sad
Collectively we need to look at what kind of World we want to live in
Werther tragedy is happening in Virgina or Iraq
What is the value of
Lives Lost
Apr 15, 2007
Where is the Middle Class@ Now?
From "Daily Kos"
Economic Inequality..........
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/15/154342/469
Have a look at the chart.
10% of the people in this country own 69.7% of total U.S. Wealth!
90% of American have to divvy up the 30% left.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Economic Inequality..........
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/15/154342/469Have a look at the chart.
10% of the people in this country own 69.7% of total U.S. Wealth!
90% of American have to divvy up the 30% left.
Hmmmmmmmmm.
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Bee for they are all Gone
The bees are taking a hit so we can have a Gab-a-thon.
First it was DWG [Driving While Gabbing].
Then the whole Texting thingy took hold.
I think Cell phones will be like tobacco,
tough to give up, no matter how much harm they do.
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? - Independent Online Edition > Wildlife
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Apr 13, 2007
Vonnegut's Voice
I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours.
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas. (via Eddie C)
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
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Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.
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And my favorite:
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you differenApr 12, 2007
Proposed Discretionary Budget, FY2007 Request
FYI from National Priorities website
Proposed Discretionary Budget, FY2007 Request
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=107
Proposed Discretionary Budget, FY2007 Request
| Thursday, 27 April 2006 | |
| The following pie chart illustrates the Bush Administration's proposal for federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2007. The discretionary budget refers to the part of the federal budget proposed by the President, and debated and decided by Congress each year. This part of the budget constitutes more than one-third of total federal spending. The remainder of the federal budget is called 'mandatory spending.' Fiscal year 2007 runs from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007. This chart includes only $50 billion in anticipated spending for the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, which was what the Administration specified in the Fy2007 budget proposal. However, it is likely that the wars will cost between $100 - $125 billion for the fiscal year.  |
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=107
Apr 11, 2007
People in the News; Naomi Wolf
People on the News:
Naomi Wolf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf
4/11/2007
Saw Naomi Wolf on MSNBC this morning.
She was very clear and honest speaker on the now raging issue of,
Racism,sexism,Men,Women and history.
I think MSNBC should seek her out to replace Imus the Blow-Hard.
I did check out the site,
Urban Dictionary
I must say I am out of the loop when it comes to how vile
"we" have allowed our citizens to refer to one another with out protest.
A new baseline has to be drawn.
Women deserve better!
Weather it is a Women in Chicago, Sudan or Saudi Arabia.
Eyes have to be opened and changes must be forced.
The Womens Basketball team are displaying the Right Stuff.
Women should demand as much and nothing less granted.
4/11/2007
Saw Naomi Wolf on MSNBC this morning.
She was very clear and honest speaker on the now raging issue of,
Racism,sexism,Men,Women and history.
I think MSNBC should seek her out to replace Imus the Blow-Hard.
I did check out the site,
Urban Dictionary
I must say I am out of the loop when it comes to how vile
"we" have allowed our citizens to refer to one another with out protest.
A new baseline has to be drawn.
Women deserve better!
Weather it is a Women in Chicago, Sudan or Saudi Arabia.
Eyes have to be opened and changes must be forced.
The Womens Basketball team are displaying the Right Stuff.
Women should demand as much and nothing less granted.
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Apr 10, 2007
"nappy-headed hos"
The Rutgers female basketball players called "nappy-headed hos" by Don Imus are ready to voice their opinions on the remarks that led CBS Radio and MSNBC to suspend his morning talk show for two weeks.
Totally out of bounds, and totally typical of Imus at his crappiest.
I never liked Imus much.
Mostly his holier than thou attitude and the host of half-ass-ed guys he had on around and supporting him.
They all were lowest common denominator type agenda journalism.
Always forcing out a jib-jab to be sarcastic or cock radio humor by put-down, politics.
To hear Imus say today, that his show is basic comedy show took me back a little.
He has always made a point of making a political point.Pundit forced feeding Cable News.
So, now he says he is sorry, basically, you-all are taking me way to serious?
Sorry Imus, not only are you getting old.
Your shtick is too.
I hope the advertisers remove their support. The only thing that will get the show canceled.
Watch out Rosie is looking for a spot! MSNBC would be smart to look that way.
Apr 1, 2007
Ann Coulter's Face on Toilet Paper
clipped from gigglesugar.comGiggleSugar Exclusive! Product of the Day: Ann Coulter Toilet Paper
I think I speak for most people (no matter what their politics), when I say that Ann Coulter just needs to shut her pie hole. Her hate speech, poorly disguised as political commentary or "jokes," should get no more attention from mainstream media. C'mon now--Coulter's not serious enough to be a political commentator and not funny enough to be a comedian. Since it's unlikely she's going away as long as we take her seriously, I say we should stop talking back--and start wiping.
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Mar 31, 2007
Mar 29, 2007
Mar 28, 2007
OK, Time to get your Glasses Fixed...
What is going on here?
The Cat's Meow
This is Hilarious !
I can so see this happening to a hapless dog, Doing his best in a embarassing position.
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