Response to Spencer...

Politics then entertainment.

So I was listening to the Rush Limbaugh show today, and they were tralking about the teachers unions.  I don’t need to bore anyone with the details, but they were discussing universal pre-K, basically instead of K-12, it would be pre-K-12.  Some “enlightened” graduate student called and said that we all know liberals believe, but usually tap-dance around it or disguise it.  This guy said it point blank- we need pre-k because there are most of the parents out there don’t make the right decisions.

 

So- once again Liberalism = you’re too stupid to do anything on your own, the Gov’t must help.

 

 

Batman and Superman

 

Now, I know that this a debate that still destroys more basement-dwelling nerd friendships than forgetting to bring the Mountain Dew and Pizza Rolls to an all night game of Dungeons and Dragons, but it warrants some consideration on my blog for one reason.

Sharel showed me a slightly amusing video on the internets (I cannot post the link now, but google “how it should have ended” and look for the Superman video).  On this particular video, Superman is sitting in a diner with Batman and is making fun of him and his tool belt.  For some inexplicable reason Sharel has found it funny to rehearse this segment to me time and time again, knowing my somewhat disturbing love for the Batman.

 

First- Both Superman and the Batman are awesome.  But comparing the two is like comparing apples to steaks.  They are not even in the same food group.  Superman has super powers, Batman does not.  This alone separates them into two incomparable categories.  But, since Sharel thinks it is soooo hilarious to rip on my boy, I will explain to her, and to you, why Batman is better.

 

As mentioned before, Superman has super powers.  He is, for all intensive purposes (if you ever watch King of Queens you will get this), invulnerable to just about anything except for kryptonite.  Does that make him cool?  I suppose, but it also kind of makes him an A-hole, too.  Why get all excited about someone you know is gonna win?  We all know nothing can stop him, so where is the suspense, the anticipation, the wondering what is going to happen next?  It is not there.   We see guys with guns, we know Supe is going to be ok, so we laugh at the retards who think shooting him will do anything.  That brings me to my next point- people in Superman’s Universe are really, really dumb.

1.        Glasses for a disguise, and no one recognizes him?  Really?  Sometimes at home Sharel puts on her glasses and I freak out because I think some other woman has broken into our house.  No, I don’t, because I have a brain, something the people in Metropolis don’t.

2.       The villains- are really extra dumb.  Why?  Why would you shoot a gun at Superman?  Do you not know who he is?  That isn’t it- it is because they are really dumb.

3.       Lex Luthor- really, the only villain with even a slight chance of ever doing anything to Superman.  Why, Superman could bring peace to himself and the rest of the world if he would just sling LL out into the vast darkness of space.  That explains why Superman is himself, dumb.

4.       Metropolis- could there be a dumber name for a city than this?  Yes- Smallville.

 

Next point- I don’t really have anyother points- moving on to why Batman is more awesomer than superman.

1.        Batman wears an almost full face mask.  This is what is called a disguise.  He also moves at night, in the shadows, to promote an air of fear into the common criminal of Gotham.  No one gets a long enough look at him to put two and two together.

2.       Batman is human.  This generates suspense.  We all know Bruce is a world-class MMA fighter, and wears a certain amount of body armor and other gadgets to give him an edge, but there is always the chance, and a good one, that he is going to lose.  A well placed shot, or enough bad guys, or even Jet Li could be the end of the Batman.  It’s kind of like watching Rocky get the snot beat out of him, but then at the end he reaches deep inside his heart and takes out the other guy. 

3.       Batman’s background is tons better than Superman. 

Superman- “Boohoo, my father died of a heart-attack and even with all my super powers there was nothing I could do to save him, waah!”

 

                Bruce- “My parents were savagely murdered right before my adolescent eyes by a two-bit mugger.  All because my father tried to valiantly defend my mother. I grew up parentless, with only my faithful man-servant Alfred to raise me. I’m not crying about it.  All it has done is cause severe emotional scarring that causes me to be a borderline psychotic who feels a never-ending pull to punish criminals by dressing up in a suit whose mask resembles a bat and running around at night scaring the s*** out of them, followed by beating them brutally  and then going home and getting stitched up by my faithful man-servant Alfred, changing into an Armani suit and spend my days trying to convince people I am a selfish aristocratic brat who cares nothing of my fellow man while enduring the pain of not only a thousand stitches but numerous broken bones and bruises.”

 

                Superman “What does actual physical pain feel like?  I don’t know, but if I ever felt it I would probably cry for my heart diseased dad to come and hold me.”

 

 

Stay tuned for part two of my in depth discussion of why Batman is cooler than Superman…

Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!

Spence- Happy Birthday Bro! Miss you, hope all your wildest dreams come true.

Spence and Roxann- Happy Anniversary!

Good Year End News- From England

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/3982101/2008-was-the-year-man-made-global-warming-was-disproved.html

 

 

 

A few musings...

Global warming causes global cooling, or wait a minute, global warming will cause drought and famine because it is so hot, or maybe it causes the earth to heat up so fast it actually feels like it is -2 outside.  Well, don’t worry about it, much smarter people than us are saying it happens- like Al Gore and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, so we need to believe.

 

Who listened to Aaron Neville and thought- “Why, he needs to record an album!”  Or for that matter the following artists- AC/DC, Axel Rose, Vanilla Ice, etc. ect.

 

Right now, even as I am typing this, someone is making copies and singing “Little Drummer Boy.”

 

Why is it that kids can be sleeping just fine until you crawl into bed and get comfortable?  It doesn’t matter if it is 9pm, or 12am.  As soon as you get in bed, one of them cries, or screams, or comes out of their room wanting something.  If your kids are so quiet that you have that nagging thought (and every parent has it) wondering if they are still breathing, just crawl into bed, and they are sure to confirm that they are in fact breathing.

 

How come the classroom where the High Priests meet always smells like farts and Aqua Velva?

 

What is the medias obsession with the Kennedys?  Especially JFK?  Sure he was a good president, but he was president less than 3 years, hardly enough time to really do anything of substance.  Other than that- he didn’t really seem like a stand-up guy.  (the whole adultery thing is less than steller.)  Ted Kennedy is a drunk, and now we can confirm what we have always known- there is something terribly wrong with that man’s head.  And now Caroline- daughter of John and Jackie.  She has Kennedy blood coursing through her veins, and to liberals that is something akin to having Superman blood or being Aragorn from “Lord of the Rings.”  Say hello to the Aristocracy of America.

 

Elf Spencer- please stop giving me nightmares.  Please… please…please…sweet mercy, please…

 

 

 

Dear Spencer and Roxann...

I really enjoyed your little elf videos. The kids were awesome and cute, as well as your elf, Roxann.

Spencer- your elf peered through my soul. Thank you for haunting my dreams for the next week or so.

Danny.

A green vacation...

A couple of months ago the KC Star ran a whole series on “going green.”  One of their installments was about having a “green” wedding.  They had a plethora of stupid suggestions along with a huge, dumb article.  As I was reading through their suggestions, I came upon a box entitled “The Honeymoon” and read this fine gem- “research cruise lines to see if they have a history of labor infractions.”

 

100 pesos to the first person who can tell me what labor infractions have to do with the environement.

 

Well, I will answer my own question- nothing.  Nada.  So why should we be concerned if the janitor on the boat is part of a Union?  Because 60 years ago, going green would have been called going “red.”

 

For those of you that don’t understand, which I think the three people who read my blog do understand, its because being green is a mask for marxism.  Evil, big bad corporations that exploit the workers.  That is why, if you are going green, you need to make sure that not only are you aware of environmental concerns, but also the plight of the proletariat.

 

Hippies suck.

 

Peace- I’m out!

 

Out of the mouth of babes...

Last night we had just finished reading our scriptures and Sharel asked the girls who the President of the Church is.  Rachel answered President Monson.  Eryn asked if Obama was President of the church.  We explained to her the difference, that Obama was president of the US, and President Monson is the prophet.  Eryn then said she can’t wait for another contest to pick out the king of the country.

 

Then Eryn explained to us that she was afraid of Barack Obama because he is a bad man and he might break into our house at night.  I told her he wouldn’t do that because he has lots of money and there is nothing in our house he would want.

 

Eryn:  I know why he has lots of money.

 

Me:  Why?

 

Eryn:  Because he steals it from people!

 

I promise we did not teach Eryn to strongly dislike or be afraid of Obama.  In fact we have told her that he will be the president and deserves a certain amount of support and respect. 

 

So, that must mean that ‘out of the mouths of babes…’

 

 

 

A Little Funny...

Everyone feel sorry for me

Here is the dealy-yo-

 

On or about the sixth day of November, I placed an order with a certain company for one (1) Sigarms P6.  They informed me they would be getting a shipment of these pistols in about 4 weeks.  Good, sweet awesome.  This is the 4^th week.  I have been waiting like a kid the night before Christmas.  I dream about getting a call from my firearms dealer informing me the pistol has arrived.  Literally, these are the actual dreams I dream at night.  I check my account a couple of times a day just to see if they have taken the money out, for when they do, it means they have shipped my precious. 

 

This week I went out to their website to see if they have received the shipment yet.  At the top of their website, they had a wonderful little note-

“Due to high order/back order volume we are currently experiencing a delay in shipping. Please allow for up to 3-4 weeks for us to process and ship your order. We are currently shipping orders placed on the 15th of November. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  We at AIM and others in the firearms industry are experiencing an extraordinarily high demand for the products we sell.  Although we will do all we can to insure the fulfillment of your order(s) in its entirety, we are experiencing product shortages that may result in backorders or delays of specific product from your order.  We ask for your patience as we work diligently to process orders, answer phone calls and respond to the thousands of emails requesting information about orders placed and product status.”

 

So what does this mean and why should you feel sorry for me?  Because I don’t think they will even start to process my order until they receive their shipment of P6’s.  That means another 3-4 weeks of waiting, like a child, for my pistol.  I don’t know if I can wait that long- maybe I will freeze myself.  Of course I could wake up to the Otter People.  (If you know what I am referencing here, then shame on you, that episode was wrong, plain wrong, and you shouldn’t be watching it!)

A typical exchange at work...

So, we get an email from payroll that says "As of Jan. 1, 2009 employees will be automatically enrolled in our 401(k) profit sharing plan unless you opt out."

So, my great friend and co-worker Linda, stands up, peers over our shared cubicle wall and says "So now they are forcing us to participate in the 401k?"

"No, you can opt out of it if you want, they are just saying that unless you specifically tell them you don't want to do it, then they will go ahead and enroll you."

"Sooo... we have to do the 401k now?"

"No, you don't have to, you just need to sign a form and tell them that you don't want to participate."

"But what if I don't want to do it?"

arrggghhh "Then fill out the form and check the box that says you opt out of the profit sharing plan."

"So... I have to fill out a form if I don't want to do it?"

"Yes. Yes. Yes."

Sometimes I want to stick a screwdriver in my ear and pound it in with a hammer.

my brief foray into politics during my hiatus...

So, I was perusing Newsbusters, an awesome website, and came across this little tidbit.

 

Apparently some news anchor was shocked at the recent attacks in India, because Obama had been elected.  I kid you not, he actually says that he expected a lull in terrorist attacks solely because the One had been elected.

 

Here is his exact quote:  “You know, John, and it’s interesting because there are many who had such an optimstic and hopeful opinion of things, and you certainly can’t expect things to change [snaps fingers] on a dime overnight, but there are many who suggested that with the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration there would be something of a lull in terrorism attacks. There had been such a global outpouring of affection, respect, hope, with the new administration coming in, that precisely these kinds of attacks, it was thought — at least hoped — would be dampered down.”  Alex Witt.

 

What a moron.  Back to my political vacation.

 

Peace, I’m out!

Deep Thought of the Day...

Confucius say, Man who fart in church must sit in his own pew.

Combat Arms

Combat Arms.  Heard of it?  Spencer has.  I have.  Combat Arms is a MMORPG, or maybe it is just a bunch of huge nerds who play online video games.  I play it, but because I am better than everyone else, I play it for a few specific reasons.  Explaining those reasons require a trip in the old wayback machine.  A few years ago there was a forum I belonged to, and one of the guys wrote a review article on incredibly lame online role playing games.  To make the article more enjoyable, he would enlist the help of a bunch of other people who would sign up and play the game with them.  The purpose of this was to see how quickly you could get banned from the game.    I joined in on a couple of these games, and found it was awesome to make a 13 year old flip his lid at you.

 

With that in mind, fast forward to today.  I generally am not a fan of online multiplayer games.  Two reasons- I stink at these types of games, and it is usually a bunch of pre-pubescent mommas boys playing them.  That said, someone at work turned me on to Combat Arms, I in turn got Spencer hooked, and we have generally had a lot of fun playing together.  Because I suck, I found it necessary to cheat.  Of course it wasn’t necessary, I am just a huge turd when it comes to online shoot-em up games. 

 

That brings me to the point where I begin my lecture entitled- “How to Have Fun Playing Combat Arms, Danny Style.”

 

I.                     Combat Arms

Combat Arms is an MMO, first person shooter style.  Basically you pick out guns, choose a game room, then run around shooting each other.  The average age of the average player is 13.  The average age of the average player who hasn’t seen the light of day since the invention of the internet is probably 33.  You rack up points and money by killing other players.  When  some 13 year old players are killed, you can bet that he will blame his death on two things- “this game is laggy”, or my favorite “you hack.”  Rarely does the 13 year old admit that maybe someone got the drop on him.  For the uninformed, “laggy” is when your internet connection does not keep up with the game in real time.  That can cause the game to pause momentarily, allowing someone to kill you because you can’t move.  To be honest this is probably a rare occurrence with Combat Arms unless you are still using a 56k dial up modem.  “hack” is what I do- cheat.  Cheaters, or as they like to be called- hackers, download a program that changes the characteristics of the game.  For example- I can see people thru walls, can see their names so I always know where they are.  It helps immensely because I can kill people without them seeing me.

 

This game is fun when I playing with Spencer, but when he is not on, I find it boring and tedious, mostly due to the 13 year olds who complain everytime they get killed, so I have come up with a few ways to get the 13 year old so worked up you can just imagine him throwing things at the computer, screaming at the top of his lungs.

II.                   Ways to have fun

a.       When someone accuses you of cheating, focus on him.  This means you kill him, and only him.  You follow him around, killing him before he can do anything.  You know you are getting him worked up when he threatens to report you to the game admins.  You know you have won when he quits the game half-way thru.

b.      When accused of “hacking”, freely admit it.  When they come back with awesome zingers like “you have to cheat just because you suck at this game”, reply- why yes you are right.  Offer to let them know when you are cheating so they can take a screenshot and report you to management.  Watch in glee as they try everything they can to kill you, and revel in their frustration when they can’t.

c.       There are things called incendiary grenades, which set people on fire.  After someone dies, they respawn in certain areas.  They have 3 seconds where they cannot be shot, so as to give them a bit of time to get going again.  Thing is, these grenades do affect them, and it really gets people hacked off when you toss a couple of them into their spawn points, and they  lose a bunch of health right off the bat.

d.      Ala Spencer-  You can push certain keys which makes you character say certain things, such as “Over Here”, “cover me”, and Spencer’s favorite “sorry”.  Everytime you kill someone, say “Sorry.”  When you kill up to 60 times in a game, it annoys the crap out of people when they are constantly hearing “SORRY!” every 4 seconds.

III.                Personal Stories:

a.       I had actually turned the cheat off and got a guy fair and square.  Immediately begins to accuse me of cheating.  So what do  I do?  I start cheating.  I had 52 kills that game, 48 of which were off of this one player.  He could barely do anything, but complain and threaten.  I will give him credit, he stuck thru to the end of the game.

b.      I created a character named Cham Hacker.  Cham hacks are the cheats that allow you to see thru walls.  I had just got one guy, who then said I was cham hacking.  He then proceeded to say “Cham_Hacker is chamsing”  Over and over again.  I replied “glad you figured that out Sherlock, considering my name is Cham_Hacker”  I got many LOL’s for that line.

c.       Another young man accused me of cheating, so I stalked him and killed him and only him.  After many threatenings to report me, he left the game room.  So, I left as well and followed him into another game room and proceeded to hunt him down.  It finally ended when he quit playing altogether.

 

So, what have we learned here?  I am a huge turd.  As I have written this I have realized what a huge turd I really am.  I am 29 years old and get my giggles from cheating just to get a couple of kids wearing calculator watches to cry in their pillows at night.  How very pathetic of me.  Will I stop now that I realize how incredibly lame and childish this is?  No.  It still makes me laugh.

 

Peace- I’m out!

I am taking a political haiatus until Jan. 21, 2009. Ba assured that I will still talk about things that I feel passionate about, such as the Constitution, guns, and news stories that make me scratch my head. I have not listened to, nor have I had any desire to listen to much of anything political. Sure, I have turned Rush on a bit this week, but I feel that a much needed break is required. So, with that in mind- I will talk of something I love- GUNS!

Prepare to be jealous minions...for I have ordered the Holy Grail of Handguns- a Sig Sauer. Sig Sauer is a conglomerate of fine Swiss and German precision engineering. It is the preferred sidearm of the fiercest military force in the world- the United States Marine Corps. It is a rugged firearm, it can withstand abuse that would absolutely destroy other firearms.

Above all, the Sig has got to be the sexiest, sleekest pistol out there. Hollywood loves to arm their actors with the Sig. The Sig goes well with a well tailored suit. It is a rather impressive and magnificent work of art.

I have recently ordered a Sig P225, an 8-shot, 9mm version of the p226.

BEHOLD!!!:

If you are nice to me, I may let you gaze upon my gat, in all of its glorious splendor!

Peace- I'm out!

Deep thought of the day

America has an epidemic of obese children.

 

Yet we also have an epidemic of children that go to bed hungry at night.  (Notice I didn’t say starving.)

 

So which is it- fat kids or malnourished kids?

 

Must be the two Americas the libs like to talk about.  Except it seems to me that the rich people must be sending their kids to bed hungry, because I don’t see many fat kids down on the Plaza, yet there is an incredible amount of pie eating fatties obese children at Wal-Mart.  (I am not talking about 9 year olds that have some baby fat on them, or are a little pudgy, but baby huey types with sausage fingers that can barely mash the buttons on their Nintendo DS’ while sucking down a fotay of Mountain Dew and a bag of Pizza flavored Combos.  And to be fair, it is not the kids fault, but the parents.)

 

This is in response to a new Gov’t report that says there is a growing epidemic of hungry kids.  I can just imagine the questions the researcher asked to kids-

Researcher- do you ever feel hungry?

Kids- yes

Researcher- do you ever feel hungry when you go to bed?

Kids- yes

 

Researcher- wow, all of these kids have either felt hunger or have gone to bed hungry at night- its an epidemic!

 

 

Whoops Update...

 

Off-duty police officer shoots man who breaks into his KC home

By KEVIN HOFFMANN

The Kansas City Star

A suspected burglar was in the hospital Thursday after being shot by an off-duty Kansas City police officer.

The incident happened about 10:15 a.m. when the officer confronted the man in the officer’s home in the 8700 block of Kentucky Avenue.

According to Police Capt. Rich Lockhart, the officer was in bed when he heard the doorbell. He ignored it, then heard a loud noise and realized someone had kicked in his front door. The officer grabbed his gun and confronted the man, who made a verbal threat. The officer shot the man at least twice.

The intruder, who police said suffered life-threatening wounds, was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery.

The officer, a 35-year-old, eight-year veteran of the department, was uninjured. He was placed on leave.

He told police that he heard other voices, suggesting the presence of at least one other person, maybe two. He did not see anyone else.

Police questioned a woman found nearby who said she was looking for a ride to a hospital because her friend had been shot. Police were not certain whether the woman had any connection to the incident.

To reach Kevin Hoffmann, call 816-234-7801 or send e-mail to khoffmann@kcstar.com.

 

 

Whoops...

Off-duty officer shoots burglary suspect

By KEVIN HOFFMANN

The Kansas City Star

Police are on the scene of a shooting in east Kansas City, where an off-duty officer reportedly shot a suspected burglar.

Initial reports indicated that at about 10:15 a.m. two men tried to break into the officer’s home in the 8700 block of Kentucky Avenue. One suspect was shot; the other fled.

Injury information on the wounded suspect was not available, but the shooting might have been life threatening according to initial reports.

 

Deep thought

Do you know who scares* me more than Obama?

 

Obama supporters.  The ones who feel he is the Messiah- the ones who have large posters of Obama in their rooms, the ones that are so rock star in love with Obama that they have suspended all rational thought.

 

 

*Obama doesn’t scare me in the same sense as hippies are scared of Dick Cheney, although Obama supporters do scare me in the same way hippies are scared of Cheney.

some musings...

My favorite Orson Scott Card articles, in no particular order:

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=4078

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3875

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3243

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3240

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3236

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3227

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3222

http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/orson_scott_card/?id=3221

There are more, as I like most everything he writes, but there you have it, enjoy.

I'm Back...

Korynn wanted me to post again… and believe it or not, I think I ran out of things to say.  I will try to get back to Barack bashing in a little while, but Korynn’s little post summed it all up quite nicely- you gotta ask yourself how much government involvement you want in your lives.  If you want the govt to tie your shoes in the morning and tell you what groceries you can buy, then by all means vote Barack.  If you like the little freedoms we still enjoy, then vote for McCain, but take a long shower afterwards.  Like Glenn Beck said- we have a choice between a Marxist and a really bad democrat.

Great Article- a must read that really explains what is happening-

Bailout marks Karl Marx's comeback

Posted: September 29, 2008, 8:03 PM by Jeff White

Martin Masse, mortgage crisis

Marx’s Proposal Number Five seems to be the leading motivation for those backing the Wall Street bailout 

By Martin Masse

In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures to be implemented after the proletariat takes power, with the aim of centralizing all instruments of production in the hands of the state. Proposal Number Five was to bring about the “centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.”

If he were to rise from the dead today, Marx might be delighted to discover that most economists and financial commentators, including many who claim to favour the free market, agree with him.

Indeed, analysts at the Heritage and Cato Institute, and commentators in The Wall Street Journal and on this very page, have made declarations in favour of the massive “injection of liquidities” engineered by central banks in recent months, the government takeover of giant financial institutions, as well as the still stalled US$700-billion bailout package. Some of the same voices were calling for similar interventions following the burst of the dot-com bubble in 2001.
“Whatever happened to the modern followers of my free-market opponents?” Marx would likely wonder.

At first glance, anyone who understands economics can see that there is something wrong with this picture. The taxes that will need to be levied to finance this package may keep some firms alive, but they will siphon off capital, kill jobs and make businesses less productive elsewhere. Increasing the money supply is no different. It is an invisible tax that redistributes resources to debtors and those who made unwise investments.

So why throw this sound free-market analysis overboard as soon as there is some downturn in the markets?

The rationale for intervening always seems to centre on the fear of reliving the Great Depression. If we let too many institutions fail because of insolvency, we are being told, there is a risk of a general collapse of financial markets, with the subsequent drying up of credit and the catastrophic effects this would have on all sectors of production. This opinion, shared by Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson and most of the right-wing political and financial establishments, is based on Milton Friedman’s thesis that the Fed aggravated the Depression by not pumping enough money into the financial system following the market crash of 1929.

It sounds libertarian enough. The misguided policies of the Fed, a government creature, and bad government regulation are held responsible for the crisis. The need to respond to this emergency and keep markets running overrides concerns about taxing and inflating the money supply. This is supposed to contrast with the left-wing Keynesian approach, whose solutions are strangely very similar despite a different view of the causes.

But there is another approach that  doesn’t compromise with free-market principles and coherently explains why we constantly get into these bubble situations followed by a crash. It is centered on Marx’s Proposal Number Five: government control of capital.

For decades, Austrian School economists have warned against the dire consequences of having a central banking system based on fiat money, money that is not grounded on any commodity like gold and can easily be manipulated. In addition to its obvious disadvantages (price inflation, debasement of the currency, etc.), easy credit and artificially low interest rates send wrong signals to investors and exacerbate business cycles.

Not only is the central bank constantly creating money out of thin air, but the fractional reserve system allows financial institutions to increase credit many times over. When money creation is sustained, a financial bubble begins to feed on itself, higher prices allowing the owners of inflated titles to spend and borrow more, leading to more credit creation and to even higher prices.

As prices get distorted, malinvestments, or investments that should not have been made under normal market conditions, accumulate. Despite this, financial institutions have an incentive to join this frenzy of irresponsible lending, or else they will lose market shares to competitors. With “liquidities” in overabundance, more and more risky decisions are made to increase yields and leveraging reaches dangerous levels.

During that manic phase, everybody seems to believe that the boom will go on. Only the Austrians warn that it cannot last forever, as Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises did before the 1929 crash, and as their followers have done for the past several years.

Now, what should be done when that pyramidal scheme starts crashing to the floor, because of a series of cascading failures or concern from the central bank that inflation is getting out of control? It’s obvious that credit will shrink, because everyone will want to get out of risky businesses, to call back loans and to put their money in safe places. Malinvestments have to be liquidated; prices have to come down to realistic levels; and resources stuck in unproductive uses have to be freed and moved to sectors that have real demand. Only then will capital again become available for productive investments.
Friedmanites, who have no conception of malinvestments and never raise any issue with the boom, also cannot understand why it inevitably leads to a crash.
They only see the drying up of credit and blame the Fed for not injecting massive enough amounts of liquidities to prevent it.

But central banks and governments cannot transform unprofitable investments into profitable ones. They cannot force institutions to increase lending when they are so exposed. This is why calls for throwing more money at the problem are so totally misguided. Injections of liquidities started more than a year ago and have had no effect in preventing the situation from getting worse. Such measures can only delay the market correction and turn what should be a quick recession into a prolonged one.

Friedman — who, contrary to popular perception, was not a foe of monetary inflation, but simply wanted to keep it under better control in normal circumstances — was wrong about the Fed not intervening during the Depression. It tried repeatedly to inflate but credit still went down for various reasons. This is a key difference in interpretation between the Austrian and Chicago schools.

As Friedrich Hayek wrote in 1932, “Instead of furthering the inevitable liquidation of the maladjustments brought about by the boom during the last three years, all conceivable means have been used to prevent that readjustment from taking place; and one of these means, which has been repeatedly tried though without success, from the earliest to the most recent stages of depression, has been this deliberate policy of credit expansion. ... To combat the depression by a forced credit expansion is to attempt to cure the evil by the very means which brought it about ...”

The confusion of Chicago school economics on monetary issues is so profound as to lead its adherents today to support the largest government grab of private capital in world history. By adding their voices to those on the left, these confused free-marketeers are not helping to “save capitalism”, but contributing to its destruction.

 

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2008/09/29/bailout-marks-karl-marx-s-comeback.aspx

Deep Thought

So Sharel and I watched the Presidential Debate on Friday (yes, we realize this is very pathetic), and I had a couple of thoughts.  In my mind, the debate would have been infinitely more awesome if it had gone something like this:

 

Supposedy John McCain has a legendary temper.  I didn’t see it, but imagine if Obama somehow got that legendary temper fired up.  Then, all of a sudden, McCain blows a gasket in his brain and has a violent, Vietnam, POW flashback, ala Rambo in First Blood.  So he takes his pen and leaps over the podium and charges Obama, stabbing at waist level (since he cannot raise his arms).  Wouldn’t that have been more entertaining?

 

Seriously, some thoughts:

 

Obama got flustered quite a few times.

 

McCain put him to shame on knowledge of the Baltic region and Russia.

 

Somehow a conservative McCain showed up to this one.

 

I think, and most will disagree with me, but Obama really showed me that he has no clue what he is talking about.

 

Obama couldn’t state which large socialist programs he would need to cut given the $700billion expenditure, whereas McCain said he would freeze ALL spending with the exception of defense and some key programs. 

 

Jim Lehrer is an old fart that needs to retire already.

Deep thoughts

“Now obviously, the worst thing that can happen to a Socialist is to have himself openly identified with the work of the Communists who are generally feared and despised.  The Socialists know they cannot seize property and power by “due process of law” unless they are politically popular, therefore, they try desperately to avoid the taint of the Communists and present their program so that it appears “moral,” “democratic,” “peaceful,” and so “gradual” that people will not resist it.” – Ezra Taft Benson Church News 12/23/1961

 

“History teaches that when individuals have given up looking after their own economic needs and transferred a large share of that responsibility to the government, both they and the government have failed.  At least twenty great civilizations have disappeared.  The pattern is shockingly similar.  All, before their collapse, showed a decline in spiritual values, in moral stamina, and in the freedom and responsibility for their citizens.  They showed such symptoms as deficit spending, excessive taxation, bloated bureaucracy, government paternalism, and generally a rather elaborate set of supports, controls and regulations, affecting prices, wages, productions, and consumption.”  - Ezra Taft Benson, BYU 2/28/1962

Deep thought of the day

 

Love is the fart of every heart;

It pains a man when ‘tis kept close,

And others doth offend when ‘tis let loose.

 

-          Sir John Suckling.  “Loving and Beloved” (1640)

Gems from an ignoramus...or Welcome to my slice of hell part 2

So, I am sitting at my desk listening to the latest doom and gloom from Glenn Beck (love ya Glenn, but remember Aug. 22, 2006?) when my fellow co worker (the one from my little slice of hell) and ignoramus comes up and asks me a question relating to the current financial meltdown.

 

“Don’t you think that this whole bailout business is just a move by the Cheney administration to take power away from congress?”  Really.  I am not lying. Those were his exact words. 

 

When I got a little annoyed and walked away telling him that if he wanted to have a serious discussion he needed to drop the stupid anti-Bush rhetoric, he got a little upset.  Seems he thinks that people just take one thing he says and focuses on it instead of the broad picture.  That led to gem number two-

 

“My question was really an unbiased question and people can’t see that, I am really misunderstood.”

 

Geez, I wonder why some people would think that you are not unbiased.

 

 

And now for the rest of the story…

 

His theory is that Bush/Cheney are trying to usurp power from the legislative branch to the presidency.  After I asked for specific examples of this devious manipulation of Wall Street, he admitted that he had none.  When questioned further, it turns out he is not even sure what the mess is about, or what is being proposed to fix it.

 

 Is this Bush Derangement Syndrome or what?  When he heard something bad was happening, his automatic assumption is that somehow Bush/Cheney caused it.  What a moron.  Once again, welcome to my little slice of hell.

Why I don't like Barack- a series of essays by Danny Olsen

I will go through some of Barack Obama's ideas and will tell you why I don't like them. This is the first in a long line of series that will deal with the socialism of the Chosen One.

Series 1- the economy. All BO's ideas are straight from his website. http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/

Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families:Barack Obama will enact a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills. This relief would be a down payment on Obama's long-term plan to provide middle-class families with at least $1,000 per year in permanent tax relief.

"Excessive" profits. Who gets to decide what excessive is. Will there be a formula, or is it just whatever politicians say? Guess what- taxes are paid by consumers. The oil companies won't care because they will jack up the price of gas. This was tried before- and guess what- it didn't work then, and it won't work now. All it accomplished then was a decrease in production which has a part in where we are today. Besides- this is pure socialism, and does not allow a marketplace to exist. And what is socialism- it is communism except with private property ownership.

Provide $50 billion to Jumpstart the Economy and Prevent 1 Million Americans from Losing Their Jobs: This relief would include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health, education, housing, and heating assistance or counterproductive increases in property taxes, tolls or fees. Obama’s relief plan will also include $25 billion in a Jobs and Growth Fund to prevent cutbacks in road and bridge maintenance and fund school re­pair - all to save more than 1 million jobs in danger of being cut.

And where is he going to get this money? Oh, I forgot, he is an all powerful godlike wizard who should have no problem turning water into dollars. Or he could just get it through taxes. And who pays taxes? Consumers. We would like to think that if a donut cost .50 and the government imposed a tax of .02 on the baker, he would just charge us .50 and take .02 less in profit. In reality, the baker will charge us .52 and keep the same profit margin. Take a freakin business class. If you tax the rich, the ones who are business owners, they will pass their tax burden on to you in the form of higher prices. So, the so called poor and middle class will still be paying.

Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families: Obama will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans.

Or you could just lower my tax rate. Why is that so hard- why all the credits. Its as if they are being so kind and generous that they are giving me extra money. Money that was mine to begin with.

Simplify Tax Filings for Middle Class Americans: Obama will dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be able to do their taxes in less than five minutes. Obama will ensure that the IRS uses the information it already gets from banks and employers to give taxpayers the option of pre-filled tax forms to verify, sign and return. Experts estimate that the Obama proposal will save Americans up to 200 million total hours of work and aggravation and up to $2 billion in tax preparer fees.

Wow. How nice of you. I guess he really does think most Americans are too retarded to figure out the 1040A form. But, he is not an elitist or anything.

Invest In A Clean Energy Economy And Create 5 Million New Green Jobs: Obama will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy, invest in low emissions coal plants, and begin transition to a new digital electricity grid. The plan will also invest in America's highly-skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing centers to ensure that American workers have the skills and tools they need to pioneer the first wave of green technologies that will be in high demand throughout the world.

Boost the Renewable Energy Sector and Create New Jobs: The Obama plan will create new federal policies, and expand existing ones, that have been proven to create new American jobs. Obama will create a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will require 25 percent of American electricity be derived from renewable sources by 2025, which has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs on its own. Obama will also extend the Production Tax Credit, a credit used successfully by American farmers and investors to increase renewable energy production and create new local jobs.

Man made global warming is a huge lie. Green like my poop after eating Fruit Loops. That is what I think of this. It is not the governments job to create jobs. I am sorry but FDR was a socialist and his New Deal is the single worst program in US history. It has done more to cripple this country than any other plan, although Johnsons War on Poverty is a very close second.

# Protect Striking Workers: Obama supports the right of workers to bargain collectively and strike if necessary. He will work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers, so workers can stand up for themselves without worrying about losing their livelihoods.
# Raise the Minimum Wage: Barack Obama will raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs.

Do not tell businesses what they can and cannot do- this is socialism.

Create a Universal Mortgage Credit: Obama will create a 10 percent universal mortgage credit to provide homeowners who do not itemize tax relief. This credit will provide an average of $500 to 10 million homeowners, the majority of whom earn less than $50,000 per year.

Because once again it is really hard to get a 1040A form and fill out the section with your mortgage interest amount. Guess what- this really lowers the amount you get credited from mortgage interest. Only $500? I think I pay twice that much in interest on my mortgage- what a sneaky way to raise taxes, don't you think? All because you may or may not be too much of an idiot to itemize.

Expand the Family and Medical Leave Act: The FMLA covers only certain employees of employers with 50 or more employees. Obama will expand it to cover businesses with 25 or more employees. He will expand the FMLA to cover more purposes as well, including allowing workers to take leave for elder care needs; allowing parents up to 24 hours of leave each year to participate in their children's academic activities; and expanding FMLA to cover leave for employees to address domestic violence.

If you have a crappy job and a crappy employer- then find another job. Most jobs that are successfull go to great lengths to keep quality people.

Encourage States to Adopt Paid Leave: As president, Obama will initiate a strategy to encourage all 50 states to adopt paid-leave systems. Obama will provide a $1.5 billion fund to assist states with start-up costs and to help states offset the costs for employees and employers.

See my response above. Further more- where is he going to get the money? I am sure he will tax the businesses, then give it back to them as a credit to make them give out paid leave. Once again- socialism- just look at France. If you only want to work 4 days a week and get 9 months of paid leave- move to France.

I hope you enjoyed the first part of this 493 part series entitled "Obama Is a Fart Face, or why he is a socialist marxist." Stay tuned for the next installment that will look at what he thinks needs to be done in our educational system.

Deep thought #whatever

I am voting for Sarah Palin- not John McCain.

 

 

The One...

Dumbest Quote of the Day...

 

“LONDON (Reuters) - The first half of 2008 was the coolest for at least five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday.

 

Global temperatures vary annually according to natural cycles. For example, they are driven by shifting ocean currents, and dips do not undermine the case that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are causing long-term global warming, climate scientists say.”

 

Wow.  Just wow.  The hysteria just won’t go away.  Ever.

Deep Thought 15

 

I thought this was too good not to post.  It is from Glenn Beck, and I think it is really good, especially in cutting through some of the BS out there and show Obama for who he really is- an egomaniacal lump of poo, who happens to be at the worst a out and out Marxist, and at the very least an idiot socialist.

 

The issue:

ObaMyths: Yes, this time, the idiot will most likely be your conservative friend. All of these ridiculous email rumors about Obama weaken our position, thus, they need to be addressed. There are way too many real, factual problems with Barack Obama to get sidetracked in Urban Legend.

What the liberal (or in this case, misguided conservative) whiners say:

1. 'Barack Obama is a secret radical Muslim!'
2. 'Barack Obama refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance!'
3. 'In his first book Obama wrote: "I will stand with the Muslims if the political winds shift in an ugly direction'
4. 'Barack Obama was sworn in on the Quran, NOT the Bible'
5. 'Barack Obama's ears are so big, if he's elected President, he could cause a total eclipse of the sun if he goes up in Air Force One!'

Your winning, logical, reasoned arguments:

1. No, he is a converted Christian, whose father was Muslim. There is no evidence at all of his having been raised at some radical Madrassa in Indonesia during his childhood. That was a rumor thought to have originated from the Hillary Clinton campaign. A far better and TRUE argument is that he spent 19 years in the radicalized "Black Liberation Theology" Trinity United Church, with Pastor Jeremiah Wright. With "BLT's" origins in Marxism and hatred for whites, this should be a concern to ANY thinking American. It is also accurate to say that Barack Obama has some VERY radical associates. Anti-American Reverend Jeremiah Wright for one. Weather Underground terrorist, William Ayers, who bombed the Pentagon in the early '70's for another. The mentor to whom he refers in his first book, "Dreams From My Father", Frank Marshall Davis, was a Black poet and avowed member of the Communist Party USA. He mentions in that same book that in college, he preferred the company of Marxist professors, among other radicals. So, a Muslim? No. An extremist and a Marxist? Yes.

2. The true origin of this rumor, is that at a particular campaign appearance during the primaries, Obama was onstage with Hillary Clinton and Bill Richardson. When the National Anthem was played, Hillary and Richardson both placed their hands over the hearts for the anthem. Obama stood with his hands clasped in front of him. Disrespectful? Yes. He has also alternately said he wouldn't wear a flag pin on his lapel, then said he never said that, then said he would, then didn't again. Obama also recently removed the American flag from he tail section of his customized campaign jet, and replaced it with his "O" logo. Ego over patriotism?

3. Actually, he doesn't say anything like this statement in his first book. Someone took what he said about being careful in a post 9/11 world, not to remove any groups rights, and twisted it into the "Muslim" statement, but he makes no specific reference to Muslims at all.

4. Obama was sworn in on the Bible, like everyone else. This rumor confuses Muslim Congressman, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, with Obama. Ellison was sworn in on the Bible in the group ceremony with all the other freshmen in Congress, then used the Quran for his private ceremony. In their private ceremony, officials can be sworn in on the Yellow Pages if they want.

5. After checking with NASA's solar scientists, this one actually appears to be true. 

 

The Dark Knight

So, Sharel and I went and saw the Dark Knight last night.  (BTW, huge thanks to Korynn who watched our kids for us)

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It was …awesome.  I am such a huge fan of this Batman.  The Joker was great, but I thought 2-Face really was the great villain.  I wish they hadn’t killed him off, because he would be great in another movie.  I wasn’t sure how they were going to pull off Harvey Dent making the transition from squeaky clean to deranged villain, but they did, and with flying colors.  I am hoping that he wasn’t really dead, and they will have him come back to menace Gotham.  Both Sharel and I agreed that this Rachel Dawes was much better than Katy Holmes, and Sharel was disappointed when they offed her.  But we both realized that it had to be in order for Dent to make his transition.  Heath Ledger was very good at being the Joker, but I think all this Oscar talk is just a “lets fawn over him bc he od’d”  I thought Gary Oldman did fantastic, as always.  Christopher Nolan is now the King of the comic book movies- eat it Brian Singer.  (Let’s be honest- X-Men great, Superman- really bad) And of course we both thought Christian Bale was awesome as Bruce Wayne.   The best part of the movie was the lighting.  Batman Begins had some dark dreary lighting, but The Dark Knight was not afraid of the light.

 

Peace- I’m out.

 

 

Deep Thought 14

I sent a letter to the Reverend Emmanuel Cleaver II informing him of my desire that offshore drilling be allowed.  Here is what his Eminence the Turd sent me in reply:  My remarks in italics.

 

Dear John:

 

           Thank you for contacting me regarding offshore drilling of oil and gas.  I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this important issue. No you don’t, you are going to do whatever the party line is.

 

           As you may know, proposals in Congress have repeatedly promoted the exploration of oil and gas off our nation's coastlines. But you have always opposed them, so why even bring it up.  Recently the Administration announced that it supports the opening of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for oil and gas development.  The President lifted the executive branch moratoria on the OCS imposed in 1990 by President H. W. Bush.  However, a Congressional ban on offshore drilling remains in place.  Many in Congress like me oppose lifting the offshore ban, arguing that there are still several million acres leased onshore and offshore by not yet used for production. . During the House subcommittee markup of the FY2009 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, an amendment to lift the offshore moratoria was defeated by a vote of 6-9.  Additionally, on June 26, 2008, the House defeated a H.R. 6251, the Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act.  This bill would have increased rental fees on non-producing oil and gas leases, shortened initial lease terms from ten to five years, and denied new federal leases to those not developing the leases they have. And you think this bill being defeated was a bad thing that I should shake my head at.

 

I believe drilling off our country's coasts is a short-sighted and potentially hazardous answer to high gas prices. So is touting science fiction solutions to the problem.  While I understand the need to gain access to more energy resources, (no you don’t) expanding drilling off our coasts is not a sensible or long-term solution. Wrong on both points. The potential energy gained from the petroleum accessed by offshore drilling is not minimal and does nothing (everything) to address our nation's energy crisis.  A growing demand for fuel and increased greenhouse gases (baloney) in the atmosphere can be lessened by real investments in alternative fuels (technology that has not been invented yet.)  Congress should do more to develop resources such as ethanol, electricity, biofuels and hydrogen to power personal vehicles. This is science fiction crap.  Wind and solar energy have already been proven to effectively heat and cool homes. No it hasn’t.  I hope the people in Fairbanks where it is dark for 3 months out of the year enjoy having no electricity.  These energy sources are clean, renewable and abundant, and horribly expensive that would do nothing but allow a holes like you to enjoy a certain standard of living, while the poor will become even more destitute. and I will use my position in Congress to encourage the investment in these resources.  If any future legislation comes before Congress proposing drilling for oil and gas offshore, I will oppose such measures because I am a giant douche, Americans deserve real solutions to our nation's energy crisis.

 

           Again, thank you for sharing your views with me.  Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I may be of further assistance.  Also, I encourage you to visit my website at http://www.house.gov/cleaver, where you can sign up for my electronic newsletter and receive updates on my latest activities as your Representative.

Sincerely

Emanuel Cleaver, II Supreme Turd

Member of Congress

 

 

 

Deep Thought 13

How come it is stupid to drill for oil because it will not provide immediate relief, yet it is smart to spend millions in tax dollars to fund alternate forms of energy- many of which still exist in the realm of science fiction, and will not provide immediate relief either.

I am just trying something new out.  Hang on.

ok, now I can continue updating as I have discovered that I can email my posts in. Sweet, huh.

They blocked google sign in at work because people were using gmail to send business related emails to other title companies. That is a big no no because it is confidential information that needs to be sent through secure emails. But like most things in life, a few people ruin it for everyone else. Now everyone can continue to look through the window of my soul.

Peace, I'm out.

Deep Thought No. 12

There has been a huge scientific discovery- one that is sure to change the face of the planet forever. Drumroll... are you all ready...here it is...


"Higher CO2 levels may be good for plants"

Wow. Plants like carbon dioxide? Really? You mean if you feed something more it gets bigger? Really?!

First- kudos to the German Scientists who spent thousands of man hours studying what every fifth grader in the US already knows.

Second- Kudos to the mainstream media for actually reporting this as news, again proving that they are not smarter than a 5th grader. (super level up bonus points for pop culture reference.)

If you read down in the story, the special olympic scientists are now going to see if warmer weather affects how plants grow. Here is a non educated guess- but solely looking at warm, co2 filled tropical climates- aka rainforests- I would say that warm weather does help plants to grow.

Deep Thought no. 11

“In distinguishing communism from the United Order, President David O. McKay said that communism is Satan’s counterfeit for the gospel plan, and that it is an avowed enemy of the God of the land. Communism is the greatest anti-Christ power in the world today and therefore the greatest menace not only to our peace but to our preservation as a free people. By the extent to which we tolerate it, accommodate ourselves to it, permit ourselves to be encircled by its tentacles and drawn to it, to that extent we forfeit the protection of the God of this land.”- Marion G. Romney, “America’s Promise,” New Era, Mar 1980, 4

“I suggest we consider what has happened to our agency with respect to contributing to the means used by the bureaucracy in administering government welfare services.
In order to obtain these means, one head of state is quoted as saying, “We’re going to take all the money we think is unnecessarily being spent and take it from the ‘haves’ and give to the ‘have nots’ that need it so much.” (Congressional Record, 1964, p. 6142—Remarks of the President to a Group of Leaders of Organizations of Senior Citizens in the Fish Room, Mar. 24, 1964.)
The difference between having the means with which to administer welfare assistance taken from us and voluntarily contributing it out of our love of God and fellowman is the difference between freedom and slavery.” - Marion G. Romney, “Church Welfare Services’ Basic Principles,” Ensign, May 1976, 120

Deep Thought no. 10

.223 vs. .308?

.308 vs. .30-.30

.30-.30 vs. 7.62x39

30-30 every time.

Deep Thought no. 9

Imagine this:

28 year old, unmarried male

frequents Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun -alone- every weekend

Thinks people who drive hate bicycle riders because "they are jealous of how happy we are."

Believes that bands actually play better in concerts he attends because they see him and feed off of his energy

wants to ask for a raise at work because he "makes co-workers more productive and happy because they see [his] enthusiasm and hard work and it inspires them"

Wants to move to Brussells, because it is the center of the "progressive" universe

No it's obviously not me, but I sit by him at work- day in and day out...

Welcome to my little slice of hell.

Deep Thought no. 8

"We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable." - Neal A. Maxwell. Not My Will, But Thine pg 124

Deep thought no. 7

"I decided a long time ago that I had faith in the command and I had no faith in the reasons that had been suggested for it ... Let's (not) make the mistake that's been made in the past, here and in other areas, trying to put reasons to revelation. The reasons turn out to be man-made to a great extent. The revelations are what we sustain as the will of the Lord and that's where safety lies." (Dallin H. Oaks, interview with Associated Press, in The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, June 5, 1988.)

Deep thought no. 6

DC V Heller:

"Free at last, free at last..."

Although there can still be some regulation that will have to be fought, they can never take our guns away now. I urge everyone to celebrate this day as "shoot a criminal day." Already the liberals are predicting mass murders of babies and old people in response to this ruling. It will be interesting to see if the crime rate in DC and Chicago go down, or up, or remain the same in the next couple of years.


(PS- I am kidding about the shoot a criminal thing, please let our justice system handle the criminals.)

Deep Thought no.5

George Carlin never was funny.

Deep thought no. 4

Ben Stein's deep thoughts:

Who represents the middle class in this country? We have lobbyists and advocates for the wealthy, and advocates and lobbyists for the poor, but where are the lobbyists and advocates for the middle class?

MadOgre's deep thoughts:

A communist revolution does not work when a country has a middle class. So, communists seek to eliminate the middle class. A communist revolution needs poor people and rich people, no in-between.

Danny's deep thoughts: America's shrinking middle class. Tax burdens that strain small business owners. Think someone might be trying to eliminate the middle class?

Synonyms of the word communist: liberals, activists, progressives, environmentalists...

Deep thought no. 3

Recession: A period of general economic decline; specifically, a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters.


Have we seen a decline in the GDP for two consecutive quarters? No.

Can anyone predict a decline in the GDP for two consecutive quarters? Not without a crystal ball.

When do we know we are in a recession? See above.

There is no "verge of a recession." You either are or are not in a recession. Historically, no one knows they are in a recession until after the fact.

Before anyone starts yelling at me, sure, the economy is not so great right now, but that is mostly due to rising food and fuel costs. Oh, and the minimum wage hike. We could possibly be experiencing a recession right now, but no one will know that until December.

Deep thought no. 2

Can you name one politician that really cares about us? One that won't sell out his or her own mother to get elected? If there are ones like that, I bet you can count them on one hand. And the few who are like that, usually don't stay in politics too long.

Deep thoughts no. 1

Since Sharel and I want to keep politics off of our other blog, the creation of Danny's Deep Thoughts was warranted. This will be a place where I will share my innermost thoughts on all things. Mostly political. If you disagree, feel free to not read my blog, as I will be following a liberal practice of zero tolerance for comments and/or ideas that will be in or are in direct conflict with my ideas and/or comments. To borrow from the Religion of Global Warming, the science is settled, there will be no debate. My ideas are not to be disagreed with. Period.


Deep Thought no.1

"If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear." Take it to heart people. The media is predicting a coming apocalypse thanks to global warming and George Bush. We hear in Church that we need to get our houses in order, food storage, and 72 hour kits. From some people this has reached a fever pitch. The church has been advocating preparedness since the 1800's, and there very well may be some disaster that is going to come down on us, but if we have the food storage, the 72 hour kits, and are living our lives to be worthy of the spirit, then we don't need to fear anything, even Obama.

In other words, get prepared, then take a chill pill. Smile, laugh, have fun.