One Hundred Thirty Seven: Lots of Data But No Communication

I have been an avid writer all of my life.  It started I suppose with my parents forcing me to write "thank you" notes when I received a dollar or two for a birthday or some other occasion.  Somehow, I learned how to write (and speak) succinctly, which is a talent and skill I wish was more widely practiced. 

The younger crowd in business today has grown up with instant and constant information resulting in tsunamis of data.  Email, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube - 24/7 connectivity, but it seems to me very little communication.  In a recent transaction for the sale of a house, I received an average of 20 emails per day, which could easily have been reduced to one single email or telephone call.  The clients and the realtor were creating blizzards of messages almost one letter at a time.  The point is that with the ability to spew out information at will, individuals feel compelled to take advantage of that ability, usually without much if any thought.  It's just too damn easy to empty one's brain into the airwaves without thinking.  Perhaps as computers get smarter they will develop the kind of protection a good secretary gives her boss.  She serves at a check valve to make sure what he tries to send is wise.

One Hundred Thirty Six: The Stupid Just Keeps On Coming For Repubs

Eery news article I see about the professional Republicans indicates they are shocked, shocked! mind you, that BO is articulating a left-liberal agenda for his second term, and picking out a team of true believers, liars, scoundrels, and others Democrats to carry it out.  What the hell do you expect?  Of course he's going to move the country as far toward socialism as he possibly can.  That is who he is and what he believes.  The last time we had a president as committed to his own beliefs was Reagan. 

Personally, I believe that the ideas of BO are as dangerous as the ideas of Stalin or Hitler or Pol Pot.   If the professional Repubs actually believed in what they claim (smaller government) they would stand up to BO and win or lose like men, instead of the pussies they appear to be.

One Hundred Thirty Five: Why Republicans Are Even Dumber Than Democrats

In this title I refer to Republican leaders.  The most recent stupid thing the Speaker and his minions have done is totally cave on the debt ceiling issue, and this apparently because BO is portraying Repubs as heartless, especially on guns and money.  Instead of forcing the issue on spending, Repubs are apparently going to punt for at least three months.  This is Strike Three.   Strike One was the first debt ceiling debate, where Repubs settled for the "Sequester," which somehow turned into the "Fiscal Cliff," and Strike Two.

For the life of me, I don't know how any American citizen with even a pea-sized brain can argue against or not support term limits.

One Hundred Thirty Four: When We Went Over The Cliff

Grover Norquist is right:  the "fiscal cliff" is just a totally arbitrary date.  I actually think we went over the cliff (if you want to call it that) in a two step process.  The first step was when the Supremes upheld Obamacare.  That greased the runway for the second step, which was the reelection of BO.  After these two steps we are guaranteed to have government growth on a scale not seen since the creation of Medicare.  What all of this means is simply that more of workers output will be consumed by government, and government will be responsible for providing more services to individuals, which government does quite badly.  But this is what people seem to want.  They will continue to want it until it hurts so much that they demand something different.

One Hundred Thirty Three: Why Democrats Are Dumb

I start this entry with the assumption that the vast majority of voters regardless of party affiliation would like to have more stuff.  Very generally speaking, Republicans wants less interference from government so they can use the fruits of their labor to get more stuff.  Democrats want more government, which they believe will take stuff from Republicans and distribute it to people who don't want to work as much as Republicans (in other words, Democrats).  The fact that rank and file Democratic voters believe this is manifest evidence of their ignorance.  Stuff taken from Republicans only goes to further grow government, which rather than distribute the stuff, actually consumes the stuff.  What is left for Democrats who don't work for the government is close to zero.

One Hundred Thirty Two: BO Reelction

Yesterday I had breakfast with two friends.  Both have every reason to want to see an end to any further BO governance, yet both hold deep resentment of Romney, apparently because he is wealthy.  They have both bought into mainstream Democratic propaganda that Romney did not earn his wealth, and therefore is somehow not qualified to lead the country.  On of these friends, has even decided that a Romney presidency would be somehow immoral, because it would be unfriendly to gays, women and racial minorities.  My friends are completely willing to accept the most blatant Democratic falsehoods, but apparently incapable to even listen to Republican ideas, and give them a fair hearing.

BO is here for two terms, and by the time he's finished, the growth of government and the shrinking of the private sector will have ruined much personal freedom.

One Hundred Thirty One: Bernanke QE

I can think of no reason for the actions of Bernanke other than something like high-class bribery.  As the economy makes one more gasp at trying to undo the excesses of borrowing and spending of the years leading up to 2008, by naturally and inevitably growing at sub-normal rates, BB is rumored to be on the verge of yet another round of QE to spur consumer spending.  Any rational adult who has ever balanced a check book and a household budget (this excludes Obama by the way) knows that this is lunacy.  The chickens must come home to roost eventually.  Debts must be paid by someone.  If not the debtor, then the creditor must write off receivables.  Either way, income from the present must be used for past spending.  This requires retraction, retrenchment, recession.  People must live in smaller houses, or rent their homes instead of owning.  BB says he wants some inflation.  But higher prices are anathema to those experiencing a lower standard of living.  Why does Bernanke keep pursuing this course?  Perhaps he has been offered something of value in exchange for making policy decisions which will help someone get reelected.