May 12, 2008
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realitytrumpsbull
Prior service US Army/National Guard, currently unemployed, self-nominating as better Candidate than what we've got to choose from right now.
I lika-da rock n roll, independent thinker, armchair politician/inventor, generally a force for the good in the world...but we'll find out on November 3rd, WON'T we? LOL
P.S. WHY is it always 'submit' when you're trying to ENTER data into a computer system? Hmmm...
I lika-da rock n roll, independent thinker, armchair politician/inventor, generally a force for the good in the world...but we'll find out on November 3rd, WON'T we? LOL
P.S. WHY is it always 'submit' when you're trying to ENTER data into a computer system? Hmmm...
Recent comments by this user
Far More Than "Bitter": Message from a Small Town Pennsylvanian
Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges
Well, at least now we know how they do their subject matter research for those important national news stories...CNN is an opiate, in and of itself. Pull the power cord out of the wall, and reclaim your life... posted 04/19/2008 at 16:58:32
U.S. Dollar Euthanasia While Finns Legislate Days-Off for Shagging
There's a great fix for this, it's called, 'de-globalization'. People need to readjust and get off the Florence Nightingale/Warren Buffet On Pixie Dust trip that they've been on. The days of easy money are coming to a close, time for people to wake up. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:55:21
Me and Barack: Michelle Obama Talks To Pennsylvanians
How about we cut through the tap-dancing, here, and talk about outsourcing and illegal immigration, and 'equal opportunity'?
Middle management 'magic' that obfuscates and complicates the employment process not just in Pennsylvania, but across the United States today. PA's not the only state in the Union affected by job issues, there are many states that have it rough, and micro-scale or macro-scale, unemployment-related poverty, well, it sucks. When prices for goods and commodities rise, then people that need to buy those things need more money. So, they ask for more money. Businesses need to try and see a profit, and can't(won't) always accomodate. Wage increases sometimes mean fewer jobs overall.
Illegal immigration means people working 'under the table' for less than the given wage. Then, there's outsourcing, where the company itself migrates overseas. Then you get around to 'equal opportunity', which essentially translates to 'minority preference', qualified, honest, and motivated, or not.
It's getting ugly out there, in job-land...speaking of jobs, I need to go fill out the application for what might end up being my 2nd job. Bye! posted 04/17/2008 at 11:27:14
Middle management 'magic' that obfuscates and complicates the employment process not just in Pennsylvania, but across the United States today. PA's not the only state in the Union affected by job issues, there are many states that have it rough, and micro-scale or macro-scale, unemployment-related poverty, well, it sucks. When prices for goods and commodities rise, then people that need to buy those things need more money. So, they ask for more money. Businesses need to try and see a profit, and can't(won't) always accomodate. Wage increases sometimes mean fewer jobs overall.
Illegal immigration means people working 'under the table' for less than the given wage. Then, there's outsourcing, where the company itself migrates overseas. Then you get around to 'equal opportunity', which essentially translates to 'minority preference', qualified, honest, and motivated, or not.
It's getting ugly out there, in job-land...speaking of jobs, I need to go fill out the application for what might end up being my 2nd job. Bye! posted 04/17/2008 at 11:27:14
Horton Hears a Racist
I haven't seen the movie, but I do remember the book, and the significance of the story is that all voices plus that last one made enough noise to communicate, which is sort of the same story as this election year, a lot of people need to speak up on the issues in unison in order to promote change.
There's been years and years of apathy, tolerating the same tired saga of influence peddling and high-dollar politics that basically, people don't feel like it's really something germane to their reality 'closer to home' as it were. But, people ARE speaking up, people ARE asking questions, people ARE paying attention, and taking notes and referencing and so forth, so maybe the spirit of the original book shines through the Hollywood Un-ultimate makeover, there. I like the older movies, too, Forbidden Planet, Towering Inferno, Jaws, Alien, Airplane!, the one recent show that I liked had good old Leslie Nielsen in it, the Superhero Movie. Boy saves the world there too, well, sort of...but a lot of the animated features in recent years...boring. Nothing there. No zap. No zing. Man Of The Year was good stuff, though, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken, got into it a little bit on some of the issues, but still kept it light-hearted, too. Good stuff. If I can, I'll try and watch Horton the Who, but give me the classics any day... posted 04/16/2008 at 22:15:55
There's been years and years of apathy, tolerating the same tired saga of influence peddling and high-dollar politics that basically, people don't feel like it's really something germane to their reality 'closer to home' as it were. But, people ARE speaking up, people ARE asking questions, people ARE paying attention, and taking notes and referencing and so forth, so maybe the spirit of the original book shines through the Hollywood Un-ultimate makeover, there. I like the older movies, too, Forbidden Planet, Towering Inferno, Jaws, Alien, Airplane!, the one recent show that I liked had good old Leslie Nielsen in it, the Superhero Movie. Boy saves the world there too, well, sort of...but a lot of the animated features in recent years...boring. Nothing there. No zap. No zing. Man Of The Year was good stuff, though, Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken, got into it a little bit on some of the issues, but still kept it light-hearted, too. Good stuff. If I can, I'll try and watch Horton the Who, but give me the classics any day... posted 04/16/2008 at 22:15:55
Iraq Army Unit Flees Post Despite US Soldiers' Pleas
ARVN's all over again, Standard Oil LIVES... posted 04/16/2008 at 12:31:56
An Obama-McCain General Election Agreement: Neutering The 527s
What a sad, overfunded fan-dance and butt-kissing contest this process has become. Say whatever needs said, run a clean campaign, debate the points in civil and professional fashion, and if ya can't do that, then bow out and yield to the more professional Candidates. But also, be blunt, if there's something that you, as a Candidate, feel needs to be changed or is more important than another competing issue, then give voice to that and disregard anything in print or on television or on the Internets. 9.4 in the hole, Forever War, Con Me, mortgage fallout, energy, let's see, what else is kiting around out there, oh, immigration, infrastructure/transportation, education(that's a perennial), and...well, that's a good list, for starters... posted 04/16/2008 at 12:38:35
The White Working Class is Not a Cardboard Cut-Out
Well I'm caucasian, part-time employed at the moment, and I'm of the view that if you're under 6 figures, you sort of fall off the radar in this country regardless of your ethnicity. You get to hear some sort of vacuous stuff about 'benefit programs' and so forth, and not much about the impact of things like $3.50/gal fuel on those barely maintaining some type of margin. Further, this debt-ridden country is going to have to get out of the habit of temporary sops, and start thinking differently about 'the economy', basic price of commodities and so forth. How much is a gallon of milk, how much is a gallon of fuel, and why is it that when wages and prices don't line up, the government 'fix' is a handout rather than a re-think/appeal to the involved industries etc. Oil companies are subsidized, farms and so forth are subsidized, but there still seems to be some sort of numbers game affecting the final outcome on top of all of that. Playing the market may seem like Great Fun, but when it means the difference between people making it and failing out of the economy completely, maybe more thought needs to be put into the whole little economic apparatus, there. Most people don't mind economizing, but there also comes a point past which you're into diminishing returns which can't be compensated for by a $600 BushCo band-aid by any stretch of the imagination..er. posted 04/14/2008 at 22:27:49
Obama Attended Rezko Reception For Controversial Iraqi Billionaire
Barack turned back some donor money, but now the conversation has it that he's taking private financing for his campaign. I don't think people should be able to buy the Office. I think that ALL Candidates should be restricted to public financing ONLY, just to clear up any 'confusion' that might be involved, especially on the issue of Iraq. Iraq is about oil, about billions upon billions of dollars in oil revenue, about ending a war that never should have been started, and about putting a halt to public corruption that dates back DECADES in terms of the middle east. I'm tired of Exxon.gov, I think that as long as continued oil profits remains our governing national ethic, we'll have a hell of a time ever really making the United States an energy-independent country, because there'll always be this friends/buddies/cousins/in-laws undercurrent involving foreign countries and oilfields. Imagine 3 trillion worth of AFV research, or installed solar systems, or wind or hydro systems...I think that level of change would put our country well beyond the political reach of deep-pockets types abroad for a good long time. But it's money out the window, water under the bridge, now, time alone will tell the outcome here. I'm an Independent, Barack is a Democrat, and both our major parties have some serious corner-to-corner fiscal housekeeping to tend to, in my view. Nuff said. posted 04/14/2008 at 22:35:38
John McCain Should Go on Vacation, Hillary Clinton is Doing His Job for Him
I'm a firm believer that the 'war on drugs' is a function of two factors in american life, that sort of need to be addressed, one of which is that you've got a lot of people taking various forms of drugs, obviously, or there'd be no problem. The other is that we just don't seem to have what it takes to deal with the US/Mexico border, which, to this day in my estimation, is still the primary avenue by which whatever it is that they're growing/making in foreign countries ends up in the United States. Gotta do something, there, on both counts, have a national dialogue on what people are taking, how much of it they're taking, and, most importantly, WHY it is they need to walk around all doped up all day long to begin with. Let's sober up, here. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:42:07
Clinton Becomes A Gun Lover
This is in relation to the Obama thing...well, I think people ARE bitter, about some things, the immigration policy gap, the outsourcing thing, the creative financing/mortgage thing, and everyone's kind of on the edge of their chair, this year, wondering kind of who's minding the store, and how far they're going to bury us in debt to(insert name of wealthy foreign country/investment group HERE_________). These exotic trade deals, Forever Wars, and other goings-on don't sit right with a lot of people, and neither does a national debt curve that seems like it's on climb-out. Who's got a handle on the federal purse, Congress or Rich Fat People With Global Agendas And Lots Of Oil Stocks? posted 04/12/2008 at 23:31:50
The Great Firewall
SURE they can. If China's actions toward its' citizens(Yahoo! dime-out etc) are going to be other than what would be considered to be in keeping with american ethical standards, then yes, american companies can stay completely out of China, period. That way, at least we have some standards as a country, and we don't end up a police state. Either that, or they can themselves emigrate, and take their businesses in toto to China, and good riddance. posted 04/13/2008 at 00:53:47
Alberto Gonzales Finding It Tough To Land A New Job
Was it the Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers immigration stuff, or "I can't recall", or any of a host of other questionable circumstances? posted 04/12/2008 at 23:37:30
Axelrod: Obama Regrets But Won't Apologize For His Remarks
Barack can speak his mind, too, and not every word out of a Candidate's mouth is going to be to everyone's/anyone's liking. But, some things still need to be said, like talking about public corruption. I remember Barack promoting healthcare, which outwardly seems like a great idea, but the devil is in the details, there, and there's HMO book-cooking still to this day. I think people are unhappy about not being able to pay their own way, and unwilling to get on the government benefit gravy train, which is where some of this campaign talk seems to be leaning, frankly. The country, our Nation, is 9.4 trillion or so in the HOLE, and I wish like @#$$ that one/all of these Candidates would 'stump' on their fiscal reform concepts while they're talking about the other issues, too, because if the next Administration can't get a handle on this particular problem we could ultimately see 1-1 with the mexican peso or the erstwhile italian lire. That would be 'bad', and then there would be a lot of 'bitter' people, probably Obama included... posted 04/13/2008 at 00:13:28
David Brody: Obama Comments No Big Deal
One more thing to add, federal spending has to be cut, period. Get the budget balanced, figure out what the problems are, and take issue with them. Figure out also who's behind the mortgage market funnybusiness, because I don't believe in accidents, frankly, and put em in prison for 20 years as a lesson to the others. What's Obama got to say about Harriette Walters, D.C. property tax lady, and her IRS accomplice? Hard time, or slap on the wrist? Something stinks there... posted 04/13/2008 at 00:51:14
Ah, but people ARE a bit bitter, and Barack put it fairly reasonably, I think, because sometimes, the truth hurts, and truth be known, 'playaz' like Bill Gates et. al. in the high-dollar stratosphere have about reduced american 'consumers'(nee 'citizens') to database entries, and well, that sucks, I think.
I also think it sucks that american companies have essentially been bought up, subjected to exotic hiring and management practices, and 'outsourced' 8 ways from zero, and if you read about some of the more interesting 'defense' stories, that's got some far-reaching negative potential, there, not the least of which is the potential for international money moguls to just about kill the United States in its' sleep, economically speaking, if they so chose. Bad juju, at any rate. I give Obama 'props' for distancing himself from the Right Reverend Fist-Shaker, though, that religion stuff is Bad News. posted 04/13/2008 at 00:26:35
I also think it sucks that american companies have essentially been bought up, subjected to exotic hiring and management practices, and 'outsourced' 8 ways from zero, and if you read about some of the more interesting 'defense' stories, that's got some far-reaching negative potential, there, not the least of which is the potential for international money moguls to just about kill the United States in its' sleep, economically speaking, if they so chose. Bad juju, at any rate. I give Obama 'props' for distancing himself from the Right Reverend Fist-Shaker, though, that religion stuff is Bad News. posted 04/13/2008 at 00:26:35
Consumer Confidence Hits 26-Year Low
The economy, or Con Me, well, sucks. Part of that is high-dollar heavy-hitters sitting offshore beyond the reach of our tax laws and raking in the Fat Cash, another part of that is the 'defense' Bonanza That Never Stops... posted 04/12/2008 at 23:34:16
Hank Paulson: 2008 To Be A Difficult Year
It's not gonna be THAT bad...when the freeways get closed for lack of maintenance and declared a safety hazard, it'll be Hobo Heaven! Bridge abutment will keep the rain out, you're covered for tornado season right there, no reason to try and live in any kind of trailer, there, then all ya gotta do is find some place where there's lots of cats, and firewood, and you've got it made! Upside of being unemployed is, NO MORE PAYROLL TAXES! WOOHOO! No pesky cell-phone calls either, from friends OR telemarketers! Power outage? Who cares!!! Sun rises daily, there's your 'green'-friendly lighting,
walking is definitely eco-groovy, albeit slow, but hey, what's the rush, right? All depends on how you look at it, one person's waste fruit is another person's good eatin' for the next 2 weeks...sure, I'll clear out those berry brambles for you, just as soon as I fill these 3 buckets...plenty of time to make jam and homebrew when you're 'off the clock', and hey, there's your alternative energy, right there! All about the perspective... posted 04/13/2008 at 00:19:16
walking is definitely eco-groovy, albeit slow, but hey, what's the rush, right? All depends on how you look at it, one person's waste fruit is another person's good eatin' for the next 2 weeks...sure, I'll clear out those berry brambles for you, just as soon as I fill these 3 buckets...plenty of time to make jam and homebrew when you're 'off the clock', and hey, there's your alternative energy, right there! All about the perspective... posted 04/13/2008 at 00:19:16
CEO's Pay Could Be Partly Determined By Shareholders' Votes
Can you GET paid when you're in prison? Hmmm.... posted 04/12/2008 at 23:35:37
Administration Set To Use New Spy Program In U.S.
Well, if they're looking at your house, and you go outside, and you flip their 'bird' THE bird, will the Bad People In The Black Helicopters come? LOL
Digital communications....horn broken, watch for finger! posted 04/12/2008 at 10:47:29
Digital communications....horn broken, watch for finger! posted 04/12/2008 at 10:47:29
350 Is The Most Important Number of Your Lifetime
Let's see those fingernails. How many trees have you planted personally this year, George? If the number is less than 5, I pronounce you a limousine environmentalist. Lots of money in playing the government and the public with eco-propaganda, ISN'T there? Don't buy a word of it, not even from AlBore...figures don't lie, but liars figure, a different group of experts found that sea levels DROPPED this year...go figure. What happens if Mother Nature lights off another volcano in some unexpected spot this year, gonna put a pollution fine in her mailbox? What kind of important work have you ever done to provide forward propulsion sans gasoline? What's REALLY going on, here? I don't buy a word of it, SHOW me. If you're so eco-sensitive, then figure out how to clean up the Sea Of Discarded Plastic out there in the middle of the Pacific or something...$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ posted 04/13/2008 at 00:58:13
Rice Criticizes Carter Over Hamas Plans
Hey, hey, 'Exxon Condoleeza', former member of the board of directors of Exxon...how's 'jowls' these days, lady? You hate Carter 'cause he's an eco-groovy kinda guy. Just admit it. You're a tool for Standard Oil. Haven't you skimmed the federal till long enough? Out, out, out! P.S. Freemasonry For Dummies is a great book! You're all fired, as far as I'm concerned, just slide me the keys. Bye!
Let's grow about 100 million tons of peanuts, and cap those oil wells. 21st centuryerer, time for change...
Conflict of interest, see 'Bush Administration'
Bert08 posted 04/12/2008 at 10:54:46
Let's grow about 100 million tons of peanuts, and cap those oil wells. 21st centuryerer, time for change...
Conflict of interest, see 'Bush Administration'
Bert08 posted 04/12/2008 at 10:54:46
"Shocking" GE Results Prove Depth Of Financial Crisis
Another 'global' company, arm caught in the cookie jar, threads fully engaging...nooooooooo...oh, the pain... posted 04/12/2008 at 10:57:18
Why Is AA's MD-80 Still In Use?
Well, maybe if the aircraft manufacturers weren't up against the wall thanks to their in-house unions etc., then they could turn out replacements for the old birds more rapidly and economically, and carriers like American could consider retiring the old fleet....but, next best thing is to make sure their birds are 100% airworthy, so kudos and hats off for making it happen, there. Oil prices? BA already got busted for some kind of price fixing stuff...Richard Branson showed em, though, biofuel jumbo jet...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23321510/ posted 04/12/2008 at 11:00:35
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23321510/ posted 04/12/2008 at 11:00:35
Survivors, Families, Law Enforcement: Marching Together
I think the answer here is to make firearm ownership a national RESPONSIBILITY, last-ditch insurance, if you will...and not some cheap-metal Saturday Night Special or something, but a Real Gun. Make the 2nd Amendment stand tall and be widely respected, and well-understood, and something that'll come back and bite you if you are negligent in your handling of firearms. 'Accidental' (I don't believe in 'accidents') shootings and stolen firearms happen because of laxness and ignorance/incompetence. If every high-schooler got a gun class, including instruction on their city/state gun laws, criminal negligence penalties and so forth, I think we'd live in a safer country. Guns aren't going to go away, but ignorance is something you can work with, there. posted 04/13/2008 at 01:11:37
Bushes Pay Taxes on $923,807 Income
Could we have that whole part one time slow where Dick Cheney pulled a paycheck from Halliburton while in public office up until, what was it, 2006, something like that? posted 04/12/2008 at 11:03:52
Is OPEC Killing Itelf?
17 million dollars /100k=177 ferraris. Filthy rich doesn't even get you a chair at THAT game...better to be in poverty and an american citizen in the United States than part and party to it though. It's all a crooked filthy racket that gets people killed, OPEC should be abolished. posted 04/13/2008 at 01:07:17
No, but HuffPo's proofreader/copy editor needs to...'Itelf'? C'mon. The HEADline of the story? Really, now...
Further, on OPEC, I firmly believe that the United States of America can and should provide for its' own domestic energy needs, and should start doing so, post-haste. Figure out how to move 10 tons of a given cargo the distance of 5,280 feet(one mile) without burning a single BTU's-worth of petroleum-derived fuel. Ready, set, go...no, go NOW. Start, begin, commence... posted 04/13/2008 at 01:02:15
Further, on OPEC, I firmly believe that the United States of America can and should provide for its' own domestic energy needs, and should start doing so, post-haste. Figure out how to move 10 tons of a given cargo the distance of 5,280 feet(one mile) without burning a single BTU's-worth of petroleum-derived fuel. Ready, set, go...no, go NOW. Start, begin, commence... posted 04/13/2008 at 01:02:15
SEIU Stalking, Harassing Nurses at Home-Is This the Face of a 'Progressive' Union?
Unions suck, put it in 2 words. I'll never join another one. I'm a member of the Union of the 50 states, and I'm good, right there. Unions tend to undermine and hamper the industries and institutions from which they derive their revenue, and SEIU is no exception. Spying on/harassing their employees? No surprise, there. That sure does help explain the $600 aspirin, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT? Disgusting. posted 04/12/2008 at 10:50:28
Soros: Credit Crunch Is "Biggest Financial Crisis Of My Lifetime"
How much of it did he help CAUSE? I don't trust any of these guys anymore... posted 04/12/2008 at 10:56:12
Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter
One thing that does disturb me about Obama is the ethnic angle, here. I think the word is 'gold digger'. True equality means you basically take that 'equal opportunity' thing off the hiring packet, and shred it. If you can't/won't do that, it's not really 'equal opportunity', it's bank-shot for-profit discrimination. I oppose that. I think Barack should, too. But, it's his campaign, he's got his donors, I still under-bid any of the Candidates, though, at 8 bucks an hour. I CAN find Iraf on a map, I CAN find Mexico on a map, I WILL not waver on immigration or other issues relevant and pertinent to the American People, and I have no problem explaining where my campaign finances come from, as I don't really have any. Nonetheless, I still continue to self-nominate, as Barack has one unpleasant thing in common with his fellow Candidates, namely that he's a career politician, the kind that likes to make promises based on future yet-unseen tax reciepts. This is significant because that debt keeps going up, up, and up,
and the value of the dollar keeps going down, down down, and it's about to get Ugly, I think, and I doubt Barack's any more able than his competitors to carry the water on the needed reforms in D.C. than his equally pre-obligated opponermits are. When you start taking campaign donations, you're essentially selling your soul...that's a form of self-enslavement... posted 04/13/2008 at 01:21:11
and the value of the dollar keeps going down, down down, and it's about to get Ugly, I think, and I doubt Barack's any more able than his competitors to carry the water on the needed reforms in D.C. than his equally pre-obligated opponermits are. When you start taking campaign donations, you're essentially selling your soul...that's a form of self-enslavement... posted 04/13/2008 at 01:21:11
Obama Courts Working Class Through 'Future Generations'
Barack in one of his speeches, promoted science. I believe that this is a good and laudable stance. I think that for too many years, public education has been heavy on socialization of students, and extremely weak in scientific instruction. This is 'bad', because our competitor nations have taken a different path in their education curriculae, and global comparisons of test scores bear this out. Xanax-happy students may feel good about themselves, but if they can't read a map, or spell Big Words like 'oxidation' or understand what they mean, well, if that's the kids that are coming out of a kinder, gentler K-12, it doesn't exactly bode well for the future, there. Future generations only have a chance if we basically insist that all public education institutions have a clear focus on teaching the kind of subject matter that'll help us meet the technological challenges of this century, which to my view includes a good basic grounding in science. posted 04/13/2008 at 01:31:15
Mark Penn Finally Fired
I wasn't sad to see Big Fatty go, but unfortunately he's just a symptom, the whole trade deal thing, well didn't Bush just do some kind of trade thing only just today? All a very goofy business. How about the North American Stay Home And Make Your Own Stuff Agreement? LOL
Bert08 posted 04/07/2008 at 12:54:12
Bert08 posted 04/07/2008 at 12:54:12
For Shame: U.S. Army Failed To Properly Test Our Troops' Body Armor
I'm not sure what to say other than I'm thoroughly and utterly disgusted with about 90% of what I've read about this 'war', which is why I'd really like to be the next 'guy', next Occupant, and all that.
'Defense' has, in my view, become this runaway thing that sucks so much money out of our economy, well, it just needs to be stopped. I hereby volunteer for the job...
Bert08 posted 04/06/2008 at 16:03:50
'Defense' has, in my view, become this runaway thing that sucks so much money out of our economy, well, it just needs to be stopped. I hereby volunteer for the job...
Bert08 posted 04/06/2008 at 16:03:50
Clinton Chief On Colombian Payroll Now Strategizing On Free Trade Deal
She's done. Bye! Vote for Bert instead! Nobody's paying me at all, which is why I'm applying for George's job to begin with! No, really, I need a job.
Free trade? Nothing's free. And, we can grow our own bananas and coffee if we have to. I mean, I LIKE Columbian coffee, even met a couple people FROM that country, and they're like, cool, and stuff, but NAFTA(SHAFTA?) is some sort of high-handed funnybusiness which I'll happily abolish right after my inaugurationer. er.;)
Bert08 posted 04/04/2008 at 13:41:47
Free trade? Nothing's free. And, we can grow our own bananas and coffee if we have to. I mean, I LIKE Columbian coffee, even met a couple people FROM that country, and they're like, cool, and stuff, but NAFTA(SHAFTA?) is some sort of high-handed funnybusiness which I'll happily abolish right after my inaugurationer. er.;)
Bert08 posted 04/04/2008 at 13:41:47
Huge Job Losses Set Off Recession Alarms
You don't 'create' a job, you DO a job. Like, for money, get paid, and stuff. 'Jobs creation' implies 'jobs program' implies someone's tax money is being siphoned(for a small fee) into your pocket. We need to get back into domestic production of durable/usable/marketable/exportable goods NOT machine guns and other 'defense' warez, starting with Simple Stuff like, say, a shovel, a good-quality shovel made out of bona-fide US Steel, and so forth, and onward and upward, and not be satisfied with 'made in China'. There's enough of that already going on, and we can make things for market just fine in the United States. Beware eco-snivelers with ulterior motives, there...where there's a will, there's a way etc. posted 04/04/2008 at 13:46:54
Nervous Wall Street Unsure Of What's Next
We'll turn the stock exchange into a giant pizza parlor, with darts, beer, and bowling and a cigar room, and stuff. Fish market? Local grower's market? Car dealership? Hmmm.....hmmm.....
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 20:37:00
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 20:37:00
Bill Clinton Tells Democrats To "Chill Out"
In response, Democrats told Bill to go pick up his dry cleaning and go away! LOL posted 03/30/2008 at 20:38:01
Hillary Clinton Deluged With Calls For Her Withdrawal
Three words: Federal feed trough.
Oink, oink.
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 15:51:47
Oink, oink.
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 15:51:47
Closing the Message Gap on Iraq: A Responsible Plan to End the War
Um, ok, here goes, "EVERBODY pack your STUFF, and be NOT in that country by X date!". That'll end it.
Not flowery, not elegant, not detailed, the troopits and ossifers can do all that for themselves.
Bert08 posted 03/31/2008 at 02:25:18
Not flowery, not elegant, not detailed, the troopits and ossifers can do all that for themselves.
Bert08 posted 03/31/2008 at 02:25:18
Demand A Pledge From Clinton, McCain, And Obama To Enact The DREAM Act
Mexico's still trying to move in with us. Just say 'no', and let's REALLY help Mexico to stand up in the world by assisting them in building their own universities. No more immigration scammery, really tend the border, and really work immigration treaties, not only with Mexico, but with other countries too, so that there's no future room for misunderestimastandimicationerer on the issue. As long as Mexico et. al. can successfully vend their disenfranchiseminationemationer, and people in the United States fall for the bleeding heart/wounded bird routine, well, guess what, the 'show' just got approved for another season. Moving to the United States en masse to drop kids and attempt to partake of benefits which grow less beneficial and more dubious by the year thanks to overloading, well, it's a bad trend, I think.
It also undermines if not prevents domestic resource development as mentioned above. They have smart people, they've got money, ergo, they can start laying foundations for school buildings and developing native language internet resources to promote general education and literacy sans 'help' or other interference from us. There's poor kids in america too, that've never seen the inside of a college classroom, better to try and help them and direct neighbor/partner nations to do likewise for their own citizens, I think. posted 03/29/2008 at 02:36:47
It also undermines if not prevents domestic resource development as mentioned above. They have smart people, they've got money, ergo, they can start laying foundations for school buildings and developing native language internet resources to promote general education and literacy sans 'help' or other interference from us. There's poor kids in america too, that've never seen the inside of a college classroom, better to try and help them and direct neighbor/partner nations to do likewise for their own citizens, I think. posted 03/29/2008 at 02:36:47
U.S. Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes 'Super Power' Status
Blar blar blar....give me 50 people that graduated with a high 'b' average in the 1980's before the schools got kindered and gentlered, and I'll show you some data-processing-capable people, probably the same general caliber of educated people that helped BUILD the computer you're using today, in one way or another. In terms of bit-rate, 256kbps put to honest use in the context of a work environment is MORE useful than 5 Gbps used for screwing around. For that matter, the typewritten page folded and placed in an envelope may not be as fast as e-mail, but still 'carries the mail' just fine. Faster /= better, so to speak. Computers also just make mistakes faster if the operator is poorly trained. Digital divide? In many respects, an IBM Selectric III STILL does a superior job of 'word processing', don't even have to hit 'print' when you're done typing, just pull the page completely out of the machine, and it's ready to throw in the 'in' box across the hall. Don't have to worry about a network connection, either.
It's still a word processor, the problem is still the nut behind the wheel... posted 03/29/2008 at 02:30:51
It's still a word processor, the problem is still the nut behind the wheel... posted 03/29/2008 at 02:30:51
Gore To Skeptics: Doubting Global Warming Is Man-Made Like Believing Earth Is Flat
There's a fair amount of money involved in Global Whining, and while I do give Big Al props for spearheading public awareness, right now it's the end of March, and I'm sitting outside, stupidly, and it's a big 38 degrees, or so, cold for this time of year. So, global warming? Yes, the climate is changing, but I think it's a little overzealous to think that we puny waterbags are entirely responsible, here. Further, further, plants inHALE the old CO2, there, nature hates a vacuum, and likes to keep things in balance. That having been said, it's prudent to think about how we use energy, prudent to consider the 'fallout' from industrial production, which kills off the fish and stuff, even if we don't fry, we might starve, there's 6.6 billion or so people wandering the face of the earth today, and like, they'd all like dinner, please. Provisioning humanity in the future is going to take some insightful planning, and I fully applaud Al Gore's efforts to bring this issue center stage. The sky may not be falling YET, but that's no reason to wait on upgrading that stove, managing your driving, getting the house insulated, backing off the thermostat 5 degrees, shutting the lights off when you leave the room, you know, all that stuff that mom used to yell at you about. Thimk... posted 03/27/2008 at 22:11:48
Investment Firms Tap Fed for Billions
Oversight, standards, practices, and THEN a 'mercy loan', but NOT beFORE..... posted 03/27/2008 at 22:13:53
Vegan Strippers: Hot Or Not?
She's cute, doesn't look especially happy, though...I think you should try and get fish or chicken or something periodically...shrimp, even... posted 03/28/2008 at 02:14:50
Boomers: The Iraq War and Your Second Chance to Save our Democracy
Well, I'm a veteran, and I'll take a shot at George's job, if no one objects, and I'll chop and channel that 'defense' budget and it'll be some lean, lean bacon when I get done(heart-healthy, and all that).
Further, the Commander-in-chief comMANDS the troops, it's in the name, and stuff. 'Supporting the troops' is something the troops USED to do for themSELVES before they got into all this exotic, expensive, KBR-related garbola.
Policy? I'll give ya POLICY....picture, in your minds' eye, a deserted boom-town, the swinging doors on the local saloon rocking back and forth in the afternoon breeze...where all that 'defense' stuff used to be happening Over There...'kitty's going back in the BAG. May not like it, but 'fluffy' has had his play-time...
Vote for Bert! Let's clean house, have a little G.I. party there at the Penta$cam!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.$$
key-phrase for my campaign: Budget Cuts. 30%, across-the-board. Less money to steal, less to worry about. Everything else will come out in the wash, over time, get a handle on the run-amok spending.
Bert08 posted 03/27/2008 at 21:28:46
Further, the Commander-in-chief comMANDS the troops, it's in the name, and stuff. 'Supporting the troops' is something the troops USED to do for themSELVES before they got into all this exotic, expensive, KBR-related garbola.
Policy? I'll give ya POLICY....picture, in your minds' eye, a deserted boom-town, the swinging doors on the local saloon rocking back and forth in the afternoon breeze...where all that 'defense' stuff used to be happening Over There...'kitty's going back in the BAG. May not like it, but 'fluffy' has had his play-time...
Vote for Bert! Let's clean house, have a little G.I. party there at the Penta$cam!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.$$
key-phrase for my campaign: Budget Cuts. 30%, across-the-board. Less money to steal, less to worry about. Everything else will come out in the wash, over time, get a handle on the run-amok spending.
Bert08 posted 03/27/2008 at 21:28:46
22-Year-Old Efraim Diveroli, Awarded $300 Million Defense Contract To Arm Afghan Forces, Supplied Them With Aging, Defective Arms
This is one example why, under MY administrationer, the 'defense' budget might amount to about $32.50, that's 'thirty-two dollars, and fifty cents', for a couple of years...what a sad, sad joke. posted 03/27/2008 at 14:03:44
Fingerprint Scans Replace Clocking In
I'm waiting for the thermographic ass-print reader...time to 'clock in'! LOLOL posted 03/27/2008 at 06:50:40
My Conversation with John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil
How about telling Hofmeister to take after Jimmy Carter, and become a peanut farmer, of sorts? In a greenhouse, you can pretty much replicate 'growing season' 24/7/365. And, it takes something like 10 weeks to grow peanuts. Peanuts can be mushed and the oil extracted. You can do that like, a lot of times. And stuff. posted 03/27/2008 at 07:14:17
Lou Dobbs Mocked In Commercial For Hispanic Film "Under The Same Moon"
Yeah...Mexico has their own little propaganda factory...sad piece of business, US/Mexico relations over the years, it could be easily fixed by coming up with an ironclad border treaty with Mexico, reinforce La Linea with common agreement on both sides of it to mutually maintain it, instead there's all these greasy labor things, and trade deals, and and and, and the only way to help Mexico get up on their own 2 feet is probably just to CLOSE the border completely for about a year, then send help south, should they end up needing it.
The biggest problem Mexico has is that they need better infrastructure. But, Mexico has their very own concrete company, their own oil company, even, and they've got engineers and designers and technicians and many hands to make light work, buuuuut...somewhere in there, the old spark of independence just hasn't quite jumped, yet, I've met some great people from Mexico and other spanish-speaking countries, but 'border' is a word that needs to be illustrated in plain english, I think. posted 03/27/2008 at 06:41:16
The biggest problem Mexico has is that they need better infrastructure. But, Mexico has their very own concrete company, their own oil company, even, and they've got engineers and designers and technicians and many hands to make light work, buuuuut...somewhere in there, the old spark of independence just hasn't quite jumped, yet, I've met some great people from Mexico and other spanish-speaking countries, but 'border' is a word that needs to be illustrated in plain english, I think. posted 03/27/2008 at 06:41:16
Bill Clinton To Obama Campaign: "Let's Just Saddle Up And Have An Argument"
And the mud-slinging continues! Hehehehee...
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 17:08:08
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 17:08:08
Bush Raises 3/4 Of A Billion Dollars In Campaign Funds
That's great! I'm an Independent, and don't have a penny, can they kick me 10% of the money that got 'lost', there?
LOL
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 17:09:55
LOL
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 17:09:55
The $35 Movie Ticket Is Coming
I can like, get a flashlight, and make those little shadow puppet things using only my fingers, and make a 'movie' that doesn't cost much of anything...the money saved on ticket prices buys a lot of gas and beer!
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:28:37
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:28:37
Pastor Of Clinton's Former Church: Don't Use Wright To Polarize
Right Now is such a GREAT time to be a heathen!
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:29:29
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:29:29
Goldman Sachs: Wall St. May Face $460B In Losses
Those guys dug their own flippin' hole, as far as I'm concerned...shut THAT little roulette table DOWN...then flip it over and find out where that brake cable goes...hehehehe...
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:25:01
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:25:01
Reid: "Things Are Being Done" To End Dem Primary Before Convention
Just vote for Bert! I don't GET any campaign donations, don't WANT any campaign donations, but wait, there's more! Select me as your chosen Candidate NOW, and you'll get my written pledge that the Iraq war will be over, not in 100 years, not in 10 years, not in 1.5 years, not in one year, but in SIX SHORT MONTHS! That's right, if inaugurated, the Big Countdown starts the day I raise my hand! And, I'll PUT IT IN WRITING! If I don't have every last ground troop OUT of that country by the 180th day, Congress can throw me right out on my !@@, that's it, show's over! What other Candidate is willing to do that?!?! NObody!
And, what's more, I'm a godless heathen nonbeliever, so that whole church/state ring-kissing stuff is OVER, if I get George's job, they can go find another hobby, form their own country, self-initiate the Rapture, whatever, I don't really care, just as long as they stop fleecing the flock and stop trying to set our national policies!
Public accountability? You want it, you got it!
(Bert's sickening, boring, tiresome 30-minute infoblog continues....go get coffee)
So, on election day, just vote Bert!
(Brought to you by ME!)
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:21:20
And, what's more, I'm a godless heathen nonbeliever, so that whole church/state ring-kissing stuff is OVER, if I get George's job, they can go find another hobby, form their own country, self-initiate the Rapture, whatever, I don't really care, just as long as they stop fleecing the flock and stop trying to set our national policies!
Public accountability? You want it, you got it!
(Bert's sickening, boring, tiresome 30-minute infoblog continues....go get coffee)
So, on election day, just vote Bert!
(Brought to you by ME!)
Bert08 posted 03/26/2008 at 03:21:20
My Dual Citizenship: Why Did the Media Get It So Wrong?
Well, I guess the issue of dual citizenship kind of boils down to this: For years and years now, people have been systematically gaming our immigration system for profit and potentially 'other' purposes, and I'm sure glad they're taking the initiative to clean house. I'm not sure where that all might leave you with a dual citizenship situation, best thing to do is get the answer straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
I'd say, 'dont take it personally', but we live in the old 'interesting times', these days... posted 03/26/2008 at 03:43:57
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
I'd say, 'dont take it personally', but we live in the old 'interesting times', these days... posted 03/26/2008 at 03:43:57
4,000 Souls
Well, Sir, Senator, I'm running my foolhardy Independent campaign(truly that, because even my state's Independent party doesn't seem to want to talk to me, looks like it's down to getting signatures, if I press ahead with it) to, among other things, bring an abrupt and decided halt to the Iraq war. It's been 5 years, and the people of Iraq did, in fact, vote our troops out of their country. If we're spreading democracy, then that should have been the cue to load the ships and come home. IF, on the other hand, what's really going on is the Neverending War Profiteering/Global Influence Peddling Bonanza Of All Perpetuity, which is my suspicion/estimation at this junc-ture, well, the only answer for that is to firmly depress the 'Emergency Stop' button repeatedly, and with Great Vigor.
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 20:34:35
Bert08 posted 03/30/2008 at 20:34:35
British And French: Less Confidence In Bush To Do The Right Thing In World Than Putin
Don't just blame George, he's got a heck of a job, if you think about it, and a lot of people with a lot of money who want this that and the other from his administration. Theorize for yourself what it must be like to try and make headway on any issue when you're beset on all sides by people wanting/holding Large Sums Of Money... posted 03/22/2008 at 23:33:02
HE'S BACK: Bill Clinton's Campaign Remarks
I'm still voting for Bert, regardless. There's too many people running around, such as the guy above, who are long, long overdue, in my opinion, to get their porky snouts knocked clean OUT of the federal feed trough, there. Oink, oink...
Bert08 posted 03/22/2008 at 23:25:56
Bert08 posted 03/22/2008 at 23:25:56
The $200M Luxury Yacht With Own Garden, Pool And Tennis Court
That'd make a great target for the New Jersey...if they haven't scrapped it yet... posted 03/22/2008 at 23:28:28
Prospect Of Wireless Cities Fading Fast
Big money in an 802g repeater system, I guess...
posted 03/22/2008 at 23:31:10
posted 03/22/2008 at 23:31:10
Obama's Church Pushes Controversial Doctrines
I think Barack's a decent guy, and I think there's social problems in our country, but I also believe that there needs to be an 'air gap' between the Kingdom of heaven, and Obama's Candidacy. 'Believe whatever you want', that's what I say, comma, when you go to the polling booth or to the podium, do so with a clear head and pertinent facts in mind. It's noble to want to help people, but sometimes the best possible help you can give someone is the incentive to stand up, and help themselves. posted 03/21/2008 at 20:59:56
Obama Endorsed By Bill Richardson
So....what's the New Mexico position on illegal immigration from Old Mexico, there? Hmm...
Bert08 posted 03/22/2008 at 23:29:59
Bert08 posted 03/22/2008 at 23:29:59
Bush Administration Trying To Stop Fraud Reporting By War Contractors Abroad
Just vote for Bert, new broom sweeps clean...public accountability is paramount in re-asserting tangible standards for oversight and practices. 9.39 trillion or so 'in the hole', I believe, currently... posted 03/21/2008 at 00:13:31
Part of our national problem is, everytime there IS a problem, people look to the Executive to come swooping in and start air-dropping packets of $100 bills. Life doesn't work that way, nor should people be trying to elicit that type of response FROM the Executive. You got 2 hands, be your own miracle. Part of the decline of 'poor' regions unfortunately lies with the People, the people that stood there and watched it happen while wringing their hands waiting for 'the government' to do something. Well, congratulations, if you're an american citizen, you're part of the Government, so if you just sit n snivel, well, there ya go. posted 04/19/2008 at 11:28:08