Even if an industry (say, a search engine) goes bankrupt paying out more wages and income than it is able to be compensated with, (a process which benefits the community but not the individual industry), the individuals within that specific industry would still have been become more experienced in the process, and better equipped to work elsewhere. There may be a greater overturn of entrepreneurial enterprises if this were an accepted business model, but with each failed enterprise the general quality of life would increase, and with it the readiness of the community to create new enterprises which would be better fit for the situation in which they are created. Although each individual would be forced to adapt to a greater extent, each individual would also have more time and energy to do so.
Granted people are lazy, but they'll get over it.
(for background, try Keynes vs. Veblen.)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
No One's Happy, Dammit!
CNN posted an article on the low approval rating of both Congress and the President. The President is currently at 30% and Congress has dropped to a wonderful 25% according to recent polls.
This is my favorite quote from that article:
So Democrats blame Republicans. "The fact is that the Republicans aren't allowing us to proceed,'' Reid said. And Republicans blame Democrats.
Well, no shit. The article really does proves a point though, and that is that NOTHING will get done until people in our government stop bickering and start discussing. That would seem easy, but it's difficult when so many tiny-dicked white-men are running around trying to find a ruler that only has a millimeter scale. I think they only sell those in Europe.
The new dynamic is the people versus the government. The immigration bill is a perfect illustration. It was a bipartisan bill, supported by President Bush and by most Democrats in Congress. Why didn't it pass? Because the people didn't like it.
This is the most intelligent piece of the article, it 'is' us vs. them, but what CNN is incorrect about is that it is a 'new' dynamic. This isn't new at all people; it's just finally coming to a head. You can only watch you government shit on it's own citizens for so long before the timbre of the public turns angry.
This is my favorite quote from that article:
So Democrats blame Republicans. "The fact is that the Republicans aren't allowing us to proceed,'' Reid said. And Republicans blame Democrats.
Well, no shit. The article really does proves a point though, and that is that NOTHING will get done until people in our government stop bickering and start discussing. That would seem easy, but it's difficult when so many tiny-dicked white-men are running around trying to find a ruler that only has a millimeter scale. I think they only sell those in Europe.
The new dynamic is the people versus the government. The immigration bill is a perfect illustration. It was a bipartisan bill, supported by President Bush and by most Democrats in Congress. Why didn't it pass? Because the people didn't like it.
This is the most intelligent piece of the article, it 'is' us vs. them, but what CNN is incorrect about is that it is a 'new' dynamic. This isn't new at all people; it's just finally coming to a head. You can only watch you government shit on it's own citizens for so long before the timbre of the public turns angry.
Missed Me!
Who doesn't look at missed connections? If it's you then, christ, go read some! Any how here is a swatch of some of my favorites.
-Patrick formerly of Mastercard...Where the hell are you? I should never have left you behind at Ethyls back in Dec. If you happen to see this please respond! I miss the orange shirts!
I miss those orange shirts too.
- you: red car, dark hair, smiled at me
me: black SUV, cell phone glued to my ear, 2 kids playing video games in back seat, blonde bobbed hair, sunglasses
interested? need my "oil changed"!
xoxoxo
desperate west county soccer mom
Shit, and I was going to "fix" her radiator.
-My friend and I asked you how to spell Kindergarten today cause we both thought it was spelled with a D not a T. I think you're gorgeous. If you see this reply and maybe we could get to know each other? Whats there to lose?
Don't do it man! They can't spell Kindergarten!
-We were a group of guys in for lunch about 1:30 this afternoon at KoBa in Chesterfield. You had just showed up for you shift and we were your first table (I think). I just wanted to say that you were absolutely beautiful (I can tell you have a lot of inner beauty as well as outside), and if you're at all a paruser of CL, I hope you see this. Just wondering if you were single and maybe wanted to go out sometime (I was wearing the striped, collared shirt, glasses). Well, here's to hoping! Cheers!
Inner Beauty? Oh, fuck you man she served you food and you were horny!
-I'm trying to get in touch with someone I bowled against and crushed on during a stint with the Saratoga Fun League. I moved away, returned, and ran into you at my work recently. My relationship status has since changed and I'm in hopes of asking out the adorable red hoodie I <3>
If you're trying to ask some one out it isn't polite to remind them of their "crushing" defeat by your hands. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
-looking for the girl who rocked my world 2 nights ago and made me go GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE. hope i didnt scare you away you never called me back. hope to hear from you soon
What the fuck here people? If you yelled GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE you fucking SCARED her, fuck, you scared me!
Ok, that's it for now.
-Patrick formerly of Mastercard...Where the hell are you? I should never have left you behind at Ethyls back in Dec. If you happen to see this please respond! I miss the orange shirts!
I miss those orange shirts too.
- you: red car, dark hair, smiled at me
me: black SUV, cell phone glued to my ear, 2 kids playing video games in back seat, blonde bobbed hair, sunglasses
interested? need my "oil changed"!
xoxoxo
desperate west county soccer mom
Shit, and I was going to "fix" her radiator.
-My friend and I asked you how to spell Kindergarten today cause we both thought it was spelled with a D not a T. I think you're gorgeous. If you see this reply and maybe we could get to know each other? Whats there to lose?
Don't do it man! They can't spell Kindergarten!
-We were a group of guys in for lunch about 1:30 this afternoon at KoBa in Chesterfield. You had just showed up for you shift and we were your first table (I think). I just wanted to say that you were absolutely beautiful (I can tell you have a lot of inner beauty as well as outside), and if you're at all a paruser of CL, I hope you see this. Just wondering if you were single and maybe wanted to go out sometime (I was wearing the striped, collared shirt, glasses). Well, here's to hoping! Cheers!
Inner Beauty? Oh, fuck you man she served you food and you were horny!
-I'm trying to get in touch with someone I bowled against and crushed on during a stint with the Saratoga Fun League. I moved away, returned, and ran into you at my work recently. My relationship status has since changed and I'm in hopes of asking out the adorable red hoodie I <3>
If you're trying to ask some one out it isn't polite to remind them of their "crushing" defeat by your hands. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
-looking for the girl who rocked my world 2 nights ago and made me go GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE. hope i didnt scare you away you never called me back. hope to hear from you soon
What the fuck here people? If you yelled GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE you fucking SCARED her, fuck, you scared me!
Ok, that's it for now.
Angular momentum bound at null infinity!?!
a smooth model of quiver moduli twisting the transformed euler walk, measuring eccentricity on a cayley tree.
nothing like obscure terms to jump start the ole’ sense of wonder. if you get a moment, spend a day sifting through the titles of abstracts posted to arxiv.org, and think of all the different stories embedded in any discussion of mathematics. what appears to be cold objectivity, defined relationships, one plus ones, is revealed as passion, cruelty, beauty reflected in terms not intended as selling points, but as personal monuments to the energy of the creator, trinkets to be passed, sacred relics written bones, ready to be ground into powder for the next theorem.
Bizarre Occurrence of the Day
Searching through craigslist revealed a fabulous secret message, a mash of white-text quotes from wikipedia on the Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India, the Duda, Phil Esposito, and SARS
Now either craigslist uses some strange system of randomly quoted wikipedia pages on every ten thousandth post, or there is some retired hockey player turned diseased communist who really wants to learn the Hungarian bagpipes. He sits alone in his room, surrounded by tarnished trophies and a television he hates, trying to muster the breath needed to create noise of his own.
Now either craigslist uses some strange system of randomly quoted wikipedia pages on every ten thousandth post, or there is some retired hockey player turned diseased communist who really wants to learn the Hungarian bagpipes. He sits alone in his room, surrounded by tarnished trophies and a television he hates, trying to muster the breath needed to create noise of his own.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
A Very Tricky Legal Word
The Senate Judiciary Committee continued the lengthy and well loved tradition of issuing subpoenas to the president and everyone else involved in the Executive Branch of our government, this time it happens to be over the warrant-less N.S.A. wiretaps. I'm sure this appears to be a triumph to everyone that mindlessly rallies against the current administration, but may I remind you that it is his second term, and nothing-truly nothing-will come of these subpoenas. The Executive Office has built a tower so remarkably high that even the highest waves of an angry populous appear to be only minor swells. If Nixon were alive he would have a throbbing erection at seeing how untouchable the President has become. Hell, maybe even his corpse has a hard-on.
So, you ask, what did I do? I got drunk and watched a rerun of Larry King's interview with Paris Hilton. She would make a good politician in the modern political arena, she probably gives good head and is a lying fuck. (you can take that as a pun if you like.) Is that all it takes anymore? No, I am most definitely simplifying.
Clouds loomed overhead and around noon the heavens loosed a hellish down-pour. Because of this I was inside today staring out the rain-streaked windows pondering how to remedy ANY of the current social/political mishaps: I settled on the familiar I don't know. Even if I was clever enough to come up with a workable solution, I doubt anyone would listen.
I then decided not to dwell upon such depressing matters and read all about the musical instrument the theremin, created by the Russian inventor Leon Theremin in 1919.
So, you ask, what did I do? I got drunk and watched a rerun of Larry King's interview with Paris Hilton. She would make a good politician in the modern political arena, she probably gives good head and is a lying fuck. (you can take that as a pun if you like.) Is that all it takes anymore? No, I am most definitely simplifying.
Clouds loomed overhead and around noon the heavens loosed a hellish down-pour. Because of this I was inside today staring out the rain-streaked windows pondering how to remedy ANY of the current social/political mishaps: I settled on the familiar I don't know. Even if I was clever enough to come up with a workable solution, I doubt anyone would listen.
I then decided not to dwell upon such depressing matters and read all about the musical instrument the theremin, created by the Russian inventor Leon Theremin in 1919.
Roundup
it's official, nothing says nerd love like ron paul. space-travel jesus (now with rocket pack accessories!) will play at his inauguration, thousands of tesla coils pulsing redemption.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Because I Have to Steal the News
A fantastic post was on Boing Boing today explaining that the US Embassy owes the city of London £1,484,765 (roughly over 2.5 million USD) in unpaid traffic violation fines. Fucking amazing. Now, I understand that these charges were probably racked up over decades, but, just but, I would like to think that it all happened in the span of a few days.
Just imagine the US Ambassador Robert Tuttle looking over at his driver and saying, "Todd, you know what would fucking rock? If we got some more tall-boys and went cruising for some hot-British-tang. Hey dude, did you know you can drink at the age of 18 over here? Fucking sweet, right?
Just imagine the US Ambassador Robert Tuttle looking over at his driver and saying, "Todd, you know what would fucking rock? If we got some more tall-boys and went cruising for some hot-British-tang. Hey dude, did you know you can drink at the age of 18 over here? Fucking sweet, right?
Friday, June 22, 2007
Truths to make you fearful: Phthalates
Story:
Phthalates are used in plastics. They are toxic. Need proof? Ask every mother you know whether or not they like to look pretty when they use a dildo. Mothers who say yes will likely have sons with a smaller anogenital length.
Now screw their children. My guess: Children of the Dildo will be less likely to reproduce, and less likely to fight back.
Weep for the expressive, the sexually liberated, whose kind can be made passive through the use of a single chemical.
Moral:
Most products you use contain chemicals whose toxic effects are unknown.
Once a chemical is put into use, there will be little incentive for industry to change the profitable product.
The government will not regulate a chemical the public does not recognize as toxic.
Public awareness will come long after impact.
Fun Thought:
Those who know of the effects of unregulated toxic chemicals could choose to ruin a subset of the population.
Phthalates are used in plastics. They are toxic. Need proof? Ask every mother you know whether or not they like to look pretty when they use a dildo. Mothers who say yes will likely have sons with a smaller anogenital length.
Now screw their children. My guess: Children of the Dildo will be less likely to reproduce, and less likely to fight back.
Weep for the expressive, the sexually liberated, whose kind can be made passive through the use of a single chemical.
Moral:
Most products you use contain chemicals whose toxic effects are unknown.
Once a chemical is put into use, there will be little incentive for industry to change the profitable product.
The government will not regulate a chemical the public does not recognize as toxic.
Public awareness will come long after impact.
Fun Thought:
Those who know of the effects of unregulated toxic chemicals could choose to ruin a subset of the population.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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