Having restrained myself from a good and juicy "I told You So" for many years, I indulge myself now, briefly. I said it before and I'll say it again, the likely next president of the United States (barring war and martial law) is a Marxist-Socialist.
How on earth could I suspect such a thing, never mind put it in writing, you ask? Well, his rhetoric around his sponsoring of the Global Poverty Act, which would dilute the Constitution and enforce taxation without representation, for one thing. The fact that his Texas office sported a Che Guevara poster for a time is another. This was reported in the London Times.
Lately we learn that his campaign website, which allows for specific groups in its Community Blog section, has a lively conversation ongoing in the Marxists Socialists For Obama blog.
"This group is for self-proclaimed Marxists/Communists/Socialists for the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency. By no means is he a true Marxist, but under Karl Marx's writings we are to support the party with the best interests of the mobilization of the proletariat. Though the Democratic Socialists of America or the Communist Patty of America may have more Socialistic values, it is pointless to vote for these candidates due to the fact that there is virtually no chance they will be elected on a National level. The members of this group are not Leninists, Stalinists, etc. and do not support or condone the actions of North Korea, China, Cuba or any other self-proclaimed "Marxist States." They do not in anyway represent the Marxist philosophy nor do they represent Socialism/ Communsim. We support Barack Obama because he knows what is best for the people!"
For the proletariat, you mean.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
New big word of the day
I don't know why I like this word, I just do.
Provender
1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
2. Food or provisions.
[Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Vulgar Latin *prvenda, alteration (influenced by Latin prvidre, to provide) of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend.]
Provender
1. Dry food, such as hay, used as feed for livestock.
2. Food or provisions.
[Middle English provendre, from Old French, alteration of provende, from Vulgar Latin *prvenda, alteration (influenced by Latin prvidre, to provide) of Late Latin praebenda; see prebend.]
Monday, June 30, 2008
Bank runs, lender closure, all in a day's ruin
IndyMac tanking, and why do we care? It's the largest of the nation's independent lending insitutions, customers are running for withdrawals, and the company sent letters they are closing all loan/lending as of July 1. "Thanks for your business, catch ya on the flip side" essentially.
Oops. Another one bites the dust.
Oops. Another one bites the dust.
IMF to audit the US
Finally! The hanky panky Wall Street funny business that the average Joe on the street has suspected for years has finally tweaked the curiosity of International Monetary Fund Powers That Be, who announced today that they are swooping down on the Fed to scrutinize confidential papers, in effect, putting an X-ray on the entire United States Banking system.
It's about time!! Key quote:
"Officials with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have informed Bernanke about a plan that would have been unheard-of in the past: a general examination of the US financial system.
The IMF's board of directors has ruled that a so-called Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) is to be carried out in the United States. It is nothing less than an X-ray of the entire US financial system.
Above, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reacting to the audit news.
As part of the assessment, the Fed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the major investment banks, mortgage banks and hedge funds will be asked to hand over confidential documents to the IMF team. They will be required to answer the questions they are asked during interviews. Their databases will be subjected to so-called stress tests -- worst-case scenarios designed to simulate the broader effects of failures of other major financial institutions or a continuing decline of the dollar. "
Anyone taking bets on whether we will pass the 'stress test'? No? How about bets on how bad we will flunk it? How about bets on how long before our own Main Stream Press publishes the news? I read it in an Australian paper this morning. Hmmm.
Meanwhile, back at the war ranch, President Bush declared a United States national emergency. Yup, that's right, during the same week we lifted sanctions on our new best friend, North Korea, and sent 37 tons of wheat to aid their starving population, Bush declared that North Korea is a national threat and put us under an emergency. I'm scratching my head, I'll tell ya.
Someone yell fire in a crowded state! News reports that over 1400 fires are burning in California today and that the firefighters are barely holding their own is enough to make one almost grateful for the occasional tornado.
Floods are getting worse, helicopters crashing in Arizona, bears attacking teens in Alaska, warnings to avoid the dollar at all costs, five earthquakes over 6.0 mag in the last four days, makes one wonder, how far into the end times are we?
It's about time!! Key quote:
"Officials with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have informed Bernanke about a plan that would have been unheard-of in the past: a general examination of the US financial system.
The IMF's board of directors has ruled that a so-called Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) is to be carried out in the United States. It is nothing less than an X-ray of the entire US financial system.Above, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reacting to the audit news.
As part of the assessment, the Fed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the major investment banks, mortgage banks and hedge funds will be asked to hand over confidential documents to the IMF team. They will be required to answer the questions they are asked during interviews. Their databases will be subjected to so-called stress tests -- worst-case scenarios designed to simulate the broader effects of failures of other major financial institutions or a continuing decline of the dollar. "
Anyone taking bets on whether we will pass the 'stress test'? No? How about bets on how bad we will flunk it? How about bets on how long before our own Main Stream Press publishes the news? I read it in an Australian paper this morning. Hmmm.
Meanwhile, back at the war ranch, President Bush declared a United States national emergency. Yup, that's right, during the same week we lifted sanctions on our new best friend, North Korea, and sent 37 tons of wheat to aid their starving population, Bush declared that North Korea is a national threat and put us under an emergency. I'm scratching my head, I'll tell ya.
Someone yell fire in a crowded state! News reports that over 1400 fires are burning in California today and that the firefighters are barely holding their own is enough to make one almost grateful for the occasional tornado.
Floods are getting worse, helicopters crashing in Arizona, bears attacking teens in Alaska, warnings to avoid the dollar at all costs, five earthquakes over 6.0 mag in the last four days, makes one wonder, how far into the end times are we?
Friday, June 27, 2008
Travels
I've had a great life and I have seen many, many beautiful things. Here are just a few photos I have collected from my world travels...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Oh, really Obama? I beg to differ...
In a speech given two years ago but is getting some play these days, Barack Obama said the following,
"Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers."
He was quoting from the Pew Center US Religious Survey. Obama had mentioned some statistics just before the above sentence, representing his conclusion. However, he manipulated the statistics to support his conclusion, being that he thinks we are no longer a Christian Nation.
Here is what Obama said: "70 percent affiliate themselves with an organized religion." That is not picture that the Pew statistics revealed. If the issue is that we are no longer a Christian nation, then let's take a look at the exact statistics as published:
76% surveyed said they were Christian. (Evangelical Christians, Protestant Christians, Catholic Christians)
16% said they were unaffiliated
1.4% said they were Jewish
1.4% said they were Mormon
.06% said they were Muslim
.04% said they were Hindu
The breakdowns are more minuscule from here.
There is a big difference between Obama saying "70% claim membership in 'an organized religion''" which is not even statistically correct, and reading the truth for myself, that 76% are Christians. A big difference.
In Parliamentary procedure, 50.1% is a majority. 66% is a Super-majority. And 76% of something is definitely enough to make the claim that MOST people are one thing or another. In today's case, it is enough to say that yes, indeed, we are a Christian nation.
Watch those statistical manipulations, Sen. Obama. I just might think you are a liar, or a damnned liar.
"Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers."
He was quoting from the Pew Center US Religious Survey. Obama had mentioned some statistics just before the above sentence, representing his conclusion. However, he manipulated the statistics to support his conclusion, being that he thinks we are no longer a Christian Nation.
Here is what Obama said: "70 percent affiliate themselves with an organized religion." That is not picture that the Pew statistics revealed. If the issue is that we are no longer a Christian nation, then let's take a look at the exact statistics as published:
76% surveyed said they were Christian. (Evangelical Christians, Protestant Christians, Catholic Christians)
16% said they were unaffiliated
1.4% said they were Jewish
1.4% said they were Mormon
.06% said they were Muslim
.04% said they were Hindu
The breakdowns are more minuscule from here.
There is a big difference between Obama saying "70% claim membership in 'an organized religion''" which is not even statistically correct, and reading the truth for myself, that 76% are Christians. A big difference.
In Parliamentary procedure, 50.1% is a majority. 66% is a Super-majority. And 76% of something is definitely enough to make the claim that MOST people are one thing or another. In today's case, it is enough to say that yes, indeed, we are a Christian nation.
Watch those statistical manipulations, Sen. Obama. I just might think you are a liar, or a damnned liar.
What's That Smell In the Air? Why, It's NorCal Burning Down!
From SFist
"If you've noticed over the past couple of days, it's smells a bit smoky, a bit ashy in Baghdad by the Bay. It seems, according to CBS 5, Northern California is suffering from about 950 wildfire right now. The top half of the state is, in essence, on fire. Yikes! So far, Carmel Valley residents have been forced from their homes due to the massive blaze in the Los Padres National Forest over in Monterey County, which is the largest blaze yet."
"Overall, 58,000 acres have been torched over the past couple of weeks. Firefighters from Oregon and Nevada have been imported to help tame the blazes running rampant."
And scientists are "perplexed".
From CBS5: "The storm was unusual not only because it generated so many lightning strikes with little or no rain over a large geographical area, but also because it struck so early in the season and moved in from the Pacific Ocean. Such storms usually don't arrive until late July or August and typically form southeast of California. "You're looking at a pattern that's climatologically rare. We typically don't see this happen at this time of summer," said John Juskie, a science officer with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. "To see 8,000, that's way up there on the scale."
I wonder what could be happening? Could it be a world gone haywire? Associated Press thinks so. I don't. I believe that this 'great unraveling' is expected, orderly, and right on schedule. It is the birth pangs of the End Times described by Jesus at the Mount of Olives, in response to the apostles' query as to what the signs of His return be.
And I thought I couldn't GET any more embarrassed at our President
But I was wrong!
From Huffington Post
President Bush met with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today at the White House. Arroyo was in Washington while her country tries to recover from a typhoon that devastated coastal areas and flipped a ferry carrying over 800 passengers last week. Before discussing aide for the Philippines, Bush couldn't resist beginning the sober meeting with a quip about a Filipino member of his kitchen staff.
Read part of the transcript from the meeting and click here to read more about one of the "Philippine-Americans" Bush is referring to. See the excerpt below:
From Huffington Post
President Bush met with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today at the White House. Arroyo was in Washington while her country tries to recover from a typhoon that devastated coastal areas and flipped a ferry carrying over 800 passengers last week. Before discussing aide for the Philippines, Bush couldn't resist beginning the sober meeting with a quip about a Filipino member of his kitchen staff.
Read part of the transcript from the meeting and click here to read more about one of the "Philippine-Americans" Bush is referring to. See the excerpt below:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at The White House.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
OK, I'm not the first one to think of this
But I love when science fiction catches up with the future! Lt. Uhura, Star Trek television show, 1966, with her wireless communication device planted in her ear.
Below, Bluetooth , which happens to be...wireless communication technology. I remember attending 2001: A Space Odyssey soon after it appeared in theaters in 1968. I must have been about 9 or 10. But one thing I remember clearly is early in the film, when they showed the video telephones, people in the audience sneered and snickered in disbelief. It was thought that such a thing was pure science fiction and out of the bounds of reasonable reach, 
even for a futuristic movie. Surprise!
Star Trek the movie 2009 is in production I wonder what futuristic devices they will be showing us and if they will come true!!
Below, Bluetooth , which happens to be...wireless communication technology. I remember attending 2001: A Space Odyssey soon after it appeared in theaters in 1968. I must have been about 9 or 10. But one thing I remember clearly is early in the film, when they showed the video telephones, people in the audience sneered and snickered in disbelief. It was thought that such a thing was pure science fiction and out of the bounds of reasonable reach, 
even for a futuristic movie. Surprise!Star Trek the movie 2009 is in production I wonder what futuristic devices they will be showing us and if they will come true!!
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