Tyrione's Comments (95)

“Fantastic work and it's a pleasure to read such an articulate story on positive news.”

“Well stated.”

“I have and I admire Twain and Roosevelt.

Without either one this country would be far worse off today.

People were up in arms about Twain's use of slang towards slaves in his works and got banned by many.

However, I don't recall Twain being in the Military, having the lives of regimens under his watch and more.

I love Twain, but even he goes through fits where his own satire is too much to swallow.”

“http://www.loa.org

http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=217

http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=218

Read all the writings of our founders and more.

Walk in their shoes and learn.”

“Writing from 104 years later is as prescient as a fart in a space suit. Writing within the years of such history should be the yard stick by which we measure the morals and actions of said History.

We can go back throughout all of Human History and cast the broad stroke of inhumanity, ignorance and more because we have the luxury of coming after our forebears.”

“People are so ignorant of the balance of War & Peace.

Professor Nobel:

``Alfred Bernhard Nobel (help·info) (Stockholm, Sweden, 21 October 1833 – Sanremo, Italy, 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. He owned Bofors, a major armaments manufacturer, which he had redirected from its previous role as an iron and steel mill. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him.''

Clearly, the man was a Pacifist.”

“Correct. For some reason people seem to ignore Keynes and the fact Money is just a Medium of Exchange. Hell Republicans think Smith would be a Republican with his Wealth of a Nation--another clue they never actually read it.”

“Thank you! A journalist who stands firm with finding the Facts and presenting them without prejudice.”

“He's not the ``Father of the Internet.'' Not by a long shot.”

“To Joe,

Stop quoting Jefferson or any other Founder, out of context. Jefferson's fears centered around Monarchical government rule. He wanted a more modular system that had their own checks and balances within each module, all under the great US Constitution umbrella.

He wanted every US Citizen educated, healthy and a chance to prosper. He was opposed to conglomerates, monopolies and any other business construct that tuned the Merchant class into a round table of Kings.”

“Very true. We have Oligopolies running the nation in all industries. Real Capitalism would require dozens of players in all the spaces as a minimum in order to be in that product/service space you want to capitalize on.

Capitalism means instead of Conglomerate Banks you have a unified banking standard and tens of thousands of Banks adhering to said standard or their asses are out of the Game.

The same for all industries. You don't have 95% of the IT Industry being strong armed by Microsoft before it gets slapped on the wrist with a pissant $250K from George W. Bush's DoJ for being found guilty of a Monopoly.

You don't let Wells Fargo, AIG, Farmers, GEICO, Travelers, BofA, US Bank, UBS, etc., be too big to fail.

You don't let conglomeration buy out the Cattle and Agriculture Industries, lobby the crap out of D.C. and allow toxins injected via Food Science to then turn our source of sustainment into a disease ridden global sewer with the PharmaCons to come in and keep us doped to counter such crap while creating more diseases in the process.”

“Wanna bet? Publicly traded News Corp has Board/Shareholder Meetings and there will be initiatives added to a public stock vote on whether or not to dump his ass.”

“Great article, but to clarify a point:

`` To stick him behind a desk, working out the details of tax credits for green jobs -- incredibly important though the job is -- was never the best use of his unique and abundant skills.''

He's a lawyer, not a CPA nor an Economist, nor a Financial Analyst, nor a Mathematician, Engineer, etc., all of whom have more cross-over skills for such analytical work than a Lawyer.

I hope Van speaks out and drives Beck nuts.”

“Free Market Capitalism extols the virtues of competition, not oligopolistic greed.

The US is not an actual Free Market Capitalist System. It's a collection of Oligopolies.

When 93% of the Health Insurance Industry is controlled by 4 players, we are living under an Oligopoly.

True Competition would demand dozens of players with checks and balances, under the same standards.”

“The Evolution of the Human Species is that of an Omnivore.”

“Reagan was a die-hard FDR Democrat before he became the nut bag that became future US President. A B movie actor bluffed the US and he talked about Government costs ignoring under Trickle Down they buried the US long-term Debt.”

“You're not forced to be into Medicare. You have 3 months to opt in or not ever be in. I just registered mom in it.”

“The only way Big Pharma is removed from most of the equation is when Corporations stop abusing the Individual Clause of the First Amendment to proclaim rights to Lobby Congress as an entity of One.”

“He loses a lot of prestige and financing if Health Care reform is written into law and preventive measures alluded to by our President result in healthy masses.

He becomes obsolete.”

“You ignored the meat of his argument. Checks and Balance are the foundation of the US Constitution. If you think a M.D. on the end of your name means you'll be capable of self-regulation then you never studied the founders reasoning for the three separate branches--Humanity can't be empirically trusted to do the best for Humanity without the Rule of Law.

The Food Industry needs to be completely overhauled. Food Science is a disaster with it's main focus being preservation research on goods that biologically should not be stored for the time durations we need of them.

Much of the US Health results comes from lack standards and testing of food processing and what can or cannot be included in products for our consumption.

The bulk of Dr. Weil's concern will be managed from this alone.”

“Dr. Weil is not an Ethnobotanist. Start doing some research before you proclaim him your medicinal messiah.

Dr. Shultes has done far more for the advancement of medical plant research than all others combined.

Weil is fantastic to have in the aide of discussing alternative medicines, but it's the heavy lifting of people like Richard Schultes who made it all a reality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evans_Schultes”

“What's stopping him from raising venture capital, getting research grants and more?

He's putting the burden of investment for future "integrated methodologies" that are far from scientific law [hence predictable outcomes with predictable inputs] on the backs of people he leverages through herbs, just like Big Pharma.

He's not solving the diseases he's just using the natural herbs to medicate the ailments with the promise of a less adverse outcome.

Without controlling the cost of the entire Industry, his chance of seeing investment to find solutions will continue to dwindle.”

“Free speech doesn't support the promotion of fear.

There are bounds, clearly defined in the US Constitution about the use of fear and promotion of Violence through Speech that is not protected.

I yell fire in a crowded theater and through that falsehood promote fear and resulting violence to fight through the mob who is created by panic when everyone is running out of a theater; and if they think that's protected then they are sorely mistaken.

Promoting/Lobbying fear creates falsehoods that promote pockets of outrage which leads to violence. The US Constitution protected the mind and expression of thought to explore life and not be afraid to peaceably assemble, as People, not as Corporations [Tax Coded as individuals], to discuss ideas/ideals with the aid of reason and logic.

You, as an Individual, can state falsehood after falsehood of ideals [though you see it as Truth] so long as you respect the relative ideals equally false as your own, amidst the boundary of having no deliberate intent to promote fear and violence as leverage to suppress the thoughts opposed to your own perceptions.

Reason and logic are paramount when it comes to writing Laws. We've thrown that out with the bath water the past 8 years and are starting to use those tools given to us as a self-aware species.”

“Edward R. Murrow graduated from my alma mater, Washington State University, under the tutelage of Ida Lou Anderson. Murrow credits Ms Anderson as the master to student who taught him every aspect that we all rave about and credit him with creating.

I suppose Cafferty wouldn't find WSU acceptable either?

Never mind the fact that WSU more and more is making huge advances in physics, biology, chemistry and engineering, I suppose not having a name like Harvard means it's Political Science or Communications/Journalists graduates just aren't up to snuff?”

“So much for the lipstick.”