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Oct 2010 Sixty-five percent of the surface area of Los Angeles was devoted to cars. Michael Crighton-- STATE OF FEAR (c)2004 |
| 'Twit 'Gins 'Blog Oct 19, 2011 ASSOCIATED PRESS The average human can drive faster, get fatter and witness more porn than ever before in history. Why, then, is there so much discontent? It's not because the rich are 1000 times as rich as you (instead of 100, which is apparently OK.) Maybe it's because none of the aforementioned, nor any other materialistic superlatives you can think up, address spiritual values. ************************* Recent Books That Hit The Spot: http://www.amazon.com/Overdiagnosed- Making-People-Pursuit-Health/dp/080702 2004 http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll- Island-Edward-Griffin/dp/091298645X The first one is subtitled: "Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health" The other one is subtitled: "A Second Look at the Federal Reserve," and after reading, I now can remember the three ways the Fed Prints Up Money: a) lending to banks at the 'discount window' at absurd rates b) buying securities through 'open market operations' c) lowering the reserve requirements of the rest of the banks so they can create 'checkbook money'. |
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| 'Twit 'Gins 'Blog Nov 12, 2011 ASSOCIATED PRESS Why should we draw the line (in the sand) between alcohol and marijuana rather than between marijuana and (insert more highly intoxicating and/or addictive substance)? Because listen, the people who want to change the position of the line can marshal rational arguments all the doo-dah day for changing the positioning one notch while omitting one fact: they will be there at the next notch with the same arguments. This being the case, why bother with whatever these people's goals are-- just keep it where it is. At least a few individuals will be influenced to stop or refrain from accelerating their dissolution with substances and, it can be hoped, replace this totally worthless (worthless to society-- it may be worth something to some individual although the first example that comes to mind is destroying a competitor by intoxicating him before a critical meeting) with something more productive or at least less harmful. (Yes, like tobaccy!) Rationality aside, the opposite hope-- that a few more intoxicated burdens on civilization would be a small price to pay to stop the drug criminals from causing deaths-- is a red herring. If the profit point is shifted by society, I ask myself, "Is it rational to predict that the criminals will get new jobs at McDonalds !??" Hell, no. (originally from PDA Oct 16,2010) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recent Books That Hit The Spot: http://www.amazon.com/Overdiagnosed- Making-People-Pursuit-Health/dp/080702 2004 http://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll- Island-Edward-Griffin/dp/091298645X The first one is subtitled: "Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health" The other one is subtitled: "A Second Look at the Federal Reserve," and after reading, I now can remember the three ways the Fed Prints Up Money: a) lending to banks at the 'discount window' at absurd rates b) buying securities through 'open market operations' c) lowering the reserve requirements of the rest of the banks so they can create 'checkbook money'. |