Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Lucky Munbers 808
Every industrial revolution throughout history has required the “bridging” of the disruptive science and/or technology that brought about the “revolution”.
Why?
Simple answer: Labor costs.
Industrial revolutions have always introduced a new set of management-labor challenges.
Cooking management’s books and then covering the book-cooking up with war and destroying the paper trail, then censoring speech by suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus and then revising history is a tried-and-true, sure-fire way to out-negotiate.. labor.
Here is how it has always worked:
A closed-door task-force, then “reform” the securities exchange (that would be Belnick and Rudman,) upgrade the foreign nation(s) chosen for outsourcing, upgrade (remember Rolls-Royce?) a few good potential enemy nations while you’re at it, cook the books, allow the government to be defrauded – inflate the true value of your company’s shares during a morality play (that would be Monika) – prepare to confess and repent (Monohan’s Legatus calls this “making the tough calls”,) fly back to corporate from Rome – sell your personal shares – start an “unfounded” rumor about accounting methods, put on a big bi-partisan dog-and-pony show to make it seem like the upgraded foreign nations were ever expected to pay for their new infrastructure, freeze the accounts of labor – confess and repent, send out a few envelopes laced with a powdery white substance and place the financial blame on a single greedy dislikeable individual.
bada bing..
..you just created a fresh load of new millionaires – during the “Greatest Accounting Fraud Ever”.
go figure..
It is that easy.. it is that boring – but it is that easy.. and it is often called “Renewing America”. This is why Richard M. Scrushy was certain there were 8,000 companies with s--- on their balance sheets.
This is called “enterprise corruption” and the cover-up is the reason Judge Michael Obus on September 30th 2004 refused to submit the enterprise corruption counts to the Tyco’s jurors saying “he thought they would find it too confusing.”
If the radical Islamic fundamentalists thought they hated our way of life in 2001 – just imagine how much they would have hated our way of counting money if they had known the entire nation and all 5 global accountancies were cooking the balance sheets in the eight years leading up to 2001. Financial justice might have prevailed if only the terrorist attack hadn’t destroyed the CFTC (that would be Enron Board member, Wendy Gramm) and the SEC Enforcement Office in Bldg #7 on that fateful day.
If mentioning how the game works – be treason – so be it.
Live from the past... It's... WALESKA!
.. America was facing its 6th and 3rd worst market crashes of the 20th century
.. the Trans-Siberian railroad was under construction
.. Herman Hollerith’s global monopoly (later called NCR, and then IBM) had just finished its first major overseas census organized for the brutal regime of Czar Nicholas which was the first ever census of 120 million potential Trans-Siberian Railroad workers
.. Winston Churchill wasn’t yet aware that nobody in the House of Windsor spoke English
.. Winston Churchill wasn’t aware that the House of Windsor went by the name of House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
.. Herbert Hoover was trying to “democratize China” as an engineer for the Chinese Bureau Of Mines (and you thought globalization was a “new reality”?)
.. corporate management negotiated labor problems by killing the workers (and then the Wall Street Journal would ask: “Where is the labor movement?)
.. GE dropped the name Edison and was preparing America for outsourcing by constructing a hydroelectric plant.. in India
.. the Wright brothers made the first engine-powered flight
.. Henry Ford introduced the Model T
.. Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis pretended to fine Standard Oil of Indiana for accepting illegal rebates of oil from the Chicago and Alton Railroad
.. Theodore Roosevelt made one of the earliest political calls for universal health care
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
1+3+4+5
Orange County Register refused to publish this, so . . .
Dear Editor:
So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is
made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear
down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't
being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and
other ports of entry.
Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like
Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind
of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all
areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a
ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented . Some
would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They
made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good
and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new
American households and some even changed their names to blend in with
their new home.
They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a
new life and did everything in their power to help their children
assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free
lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were
the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a
future of prosperity.
Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My
father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from
Germany , Italy , France , and Japan . None of these 1st generation
Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had
come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the
Emperor of Japan . They were defending the United States of America as
one people.
When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking for
the French-American or the German- American or the Irish-American. The
people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that
represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have
thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to
represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their
parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly
knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot
into one red, white and blue bowl.
And here we are in 2008 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the
same rights and privileges, only they want to achieve it by playing
with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card
and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry,
that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the
immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve
better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising
future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those
legally searching for a better life I think they would be appalled
that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country
flags.
And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it
happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the
immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the
United States just yet.
(signed) Rosemary LaBonte
Orange County, California
7 + 2 +2 +2
A stream of consciousness while showering . . .
- If increasing the size and scope of government while reducing the size of the private sector improved an economy, please explain North Korea.
- Please explain why Hong Kong is prosperous while France is not.
- Please explain why the Great Depression lasted the whole of the 1930s.
- Please explain why a man taking buckets of water from the deep end of a pool, then pouring the buckets of water back at the shallow end to make it deeper isn't stupid.*
- Please give me your top-ten-favorite-economic-success socialist/fascist countries of all time.
Goodnight, America. Wherever you went.
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests.
First, while it is easy to spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for every business owner there is a back story. This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you see me park my Mercedes outside. You've seen my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure; all these flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, what you don't see is the back story.
I started this company 28 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartment for 3 years. My entire living apartment was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.
My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into this company. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date. Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business -- hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.
Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a year and spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting the Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I was trolling through the Goodwill store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthed in the 70's. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into a business with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford these luxuries my friends supposedly had.
So, while you physically arrive at the office at 9am, mentally check in at about noon, and then leave at 5pm, I don't. There is no "off" button for me. When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have the freedom. I eat, and breathe this company every minute of the day. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. Every day this business is attached to my hip like a 1 year old special-needs child. You, of course, only see the fruits of that garden -- the nice house, the Mercedes, the vacations... You never realize the back story and the sacrifices I've made.
Now, the economy is falling apart and I, the guy that made all the right decisions and saved his money, have to bail-out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed a decade of my life for.
Yes, business ownership has is benefits but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds.
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government thinks I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes. Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes. Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes. Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes for employing him. Government mandates and regulations and all the accounting that goes with it, now occupy most of my time. On Oct 15th, I wrote a check to the US Treasury for $288,000 for quarterly taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
The question I have is this: Who is stimulating the economy? Me, the guy who has provided 14 people good paying jobs and serves over 2,200,000 people per year with a flourishing business? Or, the single mother sitting at home pregnant with her fourth child waiting for her next welfare check? Obviously, government feels the latter is the economic stimulus of this country.
The fact is, if I deducted (Read: Stole) 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? That's nuts. Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, I agree which is why your job is in jeopardy.
Here is what many of you don't understand ... to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Had suddenly government mandated to me that I didn't need to pay taxes, guess what? Instead of depositing that $288,000 into the Washington black-hole, I would have spent it, hired more employees, and generated substantial economic growth. My employees would have enjoyed the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But you can forget it now.
When you have a comatose man on the verge of death, you don't defibrillate and shock his thumb thinking that will bring him back to life, do you? Or, do you defibrillate his heart? Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate it, not kill it. Suddenly, the power brokers in Washington believe the poor of America are the essential drivers of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change you can keep.
So where am I going with all this?
It's quite simple.
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, my reaction will be swift and simple. I fire you. I fire your co-workers. You can then plead with the government to pay for your mortgage, your SUV, and your child's future. Frankly, it isn't my problem any more.
Then, I will close this company down, move to another country, and retire. You see, I'm done. I'm done with a country that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, will be my citizenship.
If you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the economy; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country, steamrolled the constitution, and will have changed its landscape forever. If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired, and with no employees to worry about....
Signed,
Your boss
Jacques deMolay! Thou art avenged!
Sesame Street
Target Time: 1234567890 (11:31:30 PM GMT on Friday 13th Feb 2009)
UNIX time (the number of seconds since 1st-Jan-1970)
The Electric Company
Mein Fuhrer! I can WALK!
Die Globalisierung ist nichts anderes als die ständige Suche nach billigen Arbeitskräften und die ständige Verbesserung der Infrastruktur auf der gesamten Erde. Auf diese Weise wird die Infrastruktur von zuvor "nicht-industrialisierten Länder“ verbessert und eine ganz neuer gewerkschaftlich nicht organisierter Arbeitskräfte-Pool in den Zugriff gebracht. Diese neue Weltbereiche, die durch Straßen-, Schienen-, Energie-, und Krankenhaus-Projekte geschaffen und verbessert werden ( public work projects ), werden von großen multinationalen Unternehmen geschaffen und von ahnunglosen (outside-) Investoren bezahlt. Bevor alle der öffentlichen Bau-Projekte abgeschlossen ist eine Abwertung für diese Projekte zu zahlen ( when is he completion-date ? ) und zwar mit dem Geld der externen Investoren, denn es war ja während des Börsencrash´s oder des Absturzes einer Unternehmens-Aktie "verloren gegangen" (debasement of vehicle of monetary exchange = Entwertung des Mittels des Geld- und Börsenmarktes ).
Während der Abwertungsperiode gehen die „Inside-Investoren“ short, 401K - Ansprüche etc. werden eingefroren, bis die Firma dann die Schulden auszahlt, die sie noch auszahlen kann, mit dem, was sie noch an Liquidität übrig hat. Danach geht die Firma bankrott, ihre Vermögenswerte werden zu einer Tochter- / Holding-Gesellschaft abgefiltert, die schon vor der Abwertung geschaffen wurde; die Projekte, die sie nun bauen, reißen sie zu Ausverkaufspreisen an sich. Jetzt wurden die Projekte bezahlt, die Unternehmen erhielten ihr Geld, und das Land bekommt seine Infrastruktur, damit ihre Menschen zu noch billigeren Konditionen arbeiten als die andere Menschen in der „Alten Welt“ es getan haben.
Entlang des Pfades des Globalisierung, monopolisieren TPTB alle Ressourcen, die sie nur können und zwar mittels korrupter Regime, die sie meist selber an die Macht bringen. Somit erlangen sie Kontrolle über alle wesentlichen Teile der Wirtschaft: Lebensmittel, Energie, Bodenschätze, Wasser-Quellen, Edelsteine, cash crops( Getreide, was nicht für den Eigenbedarf, sondern für die Geld-Schaffung gezogen wird ) , Telekommunikation und das Gesundheitswesen. Die ausländischen multinationalen Konzerne nutzen die billigen Arbeitskräfte, um ihre eigenen Güter anzuhäufen, während sie alle Einrichtungen besitzen, welche die Menschen des betreffenden Landes nutzen. Sobald die billigen Arbeitskräfte und Ressourcen ausgebeutet sind, beginnen die Globalisten von neuem mit der Suche nach einem neuen Land, was man aufbauen kann. Jede der neuen Welten wird mit dem Dollar der Outside-Investoren und Steuerzahler aufgebaut. Outsourcing ist der einzige Weg, mittels dessen sich der König die Löhne der Bauern leisten kann.
In alten Tagen begann es mit Bau von Kanälen, Schiffen und Häfen und entwickelte sich dann hin zu dem Bau von Bahnen, Lokomotiven, Lastwagen, dann zu dem Bau von Straßen, und in jüngster Zeit in die Schaffung der Luftfahrt. Jedes logistische Mittel im Laufe der Geschichte wurde von den Outside- Investoren durch den Einsatz von Entwertungen bezahlt. Wirtschaftblasen wurden auf die Phrase aufgebaut: "die guten Zeiten werden nie zu Ende sein" und enden dann bei : "Das haben wie nie kommen sehen" – und das alles ermöglicht durch Regierungen in der ganzen Welt, die vortäuschen, versagt zu haben. Allen drei Bereichen der Regierung (bald vier, Bund, Land, Stadt, Kommunen und dann bald auch Gewerkschaft) wird vorgeworfen völlig versagt zu haben.
Die gleichen Gruppen von Firmen, die die Aufträge für Aufbau ausländischer Nationen erhalten - gewöhnlich durch Zusammenarbeit untereinander hervorgebracht - lassen sich auf ihrem Weg zurückverfolgen zu einer Gruppe von Banken, die in der ganzen Welt operieren. Diese Unternehmen entwerten die Mittels des Geld- und Börsenmarktes (Aktien und Börse allgm). Die meisten von ihnen haben sehr starke Verflechtung mit der Weltbank. Die Finanziers der Globalisierung bleiben immer die gleichen. Sobald Projekte abgeschlossen sind und Volkswirtschaften erfolgreich abgewertet wurden, führt man Kriege, damit in der Folge für die wirtschaftliche Erholung bezahlt werden muss und damit die geopolitische Agenda erfüllt wird, welche diese globalen Finanziers verfolgen. Nach der Ära von Betrug gibt es einen Zeitraum des Boom´s und der Zyklus wiederholt sich, die Größe des Krieges ist in der Regel abhängig von der Größe der Entwertung, die diesem Krieg vorausging.
Sobald das Mittels des Geld- und Börsenmarktes entwertet ist, wird das gestohlene Geld
mittels verschiedener Organisationen gewaschen (Wohlfahrtsverbände, gemeinnützige Organisationen, Legatus, Museen). Sobald das Geld gewaschen wurde, ist ein Krieg nötig, um die Papier-Spuren zu zerstören (der Nebel des Krieges), deswegen benötigen sie ein Ereignis (z.B. 9-11) , um den Krieg zu starten.
Of Ambitions And Giant Amoeba: It's 8 O'Clock In The Morning
You would like to believe that you have some control over your life. You prefer to think that you are quite reasonable, and responsible for the order, or disorder that surrounds you. Such illusions do pacify. But in truth, what do you know? What of the influences ever at work upon you?
You are subject, without wanting or willing it, to every sound, vision, view, vibration, thought and rainstorm that ever was - or ever shall be. And it is (I know) an even more noxious thought to you, that every fact and facet of your life has been decided upon in advance - perhaps in advance of your birth. Your perversities certainly were so determined, and determined too is your rebellion against this idea. Too your hard-wrought genius - all.
My peculiar combination of temperament and tastes easily accepts the idea of a predetermined destiny. Odd, is it not, in such an one you might think would be overweeningly convinced of freewill and a private, powerful control? And neither can I know where my reach extends or ends in the world, nor, most saliently, how my influence over another human being may work, for good or ill, or if at all. That good gestures can generate evil, and that cruelty and indifference may render up good, are but more arguments pleasing to my Whim to grasp that ineffable Deterministic. In a predetermined universe, I know myself as already as perfect as I shall ever be. My conviction of my own innate perfection, the direction this consciousness turns me in, sets me far apart from you striving free-willers, always in the agony of attainment. I have attained - and it had nothing to do with me.
You who insist most wildly upon your individual, free-willed grasp - you are anxious! Go on building your private metaphysic, insist that order is your subjective doctrine. You are nothing! For within I see there still must be that other - that Someone — who is Always Correct! The ideal of the Supreme Being rises to accede to your needful gaze. Must you be reminded that this “greater” is ever a fantasy? May you go insane under the imperative of a Perfection never to be realized.
Needless to say any attempt on my part to be a Perfection, for all of you, is a thing I will not hazard. But you seekers shall find me out, to rest in the shade of my pure conviction of Beauty and Strength. These virtues at times have little to do with pleasingness, and even less with selfsatisfaction. I am bound by a Divine Right to be utterly what I am and no more. I am grateful to be thus only slightly a cripple. My dread predetermination may not be pretty, but it is my only story.
Would you attain to True Submission? Would you know and love an One Who is Always Correct? Feeling, and knowing Void in yourself, that place where you know you have no control, I tell you to fill it with your passion, no matter what that might be, whatever the horror of it. Feed it to the flame of wild unrestraint - feed those flames, and your face to the flames. Our blessing thus upon you, to feel how faceless you can be ...
Burn, and reflect; burn and reflect. Then, turn your eyes again upon the Superior: you find you are gazing upon some massy, overwrought ego. But such as They are Certain, while you do remain eternally at odds. And though your Superior may yet prove unworshippable, still They are Gods and you are not.
“There are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven’t noticed already.”
-Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson, “The Illuminatus Trilogy”
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Gold! Never believe it's not so!
The prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt is not just likely. Its inevitable, and imminent.
US debt default to make dollar collapse.
The regulatory black holes into which sanity and reason disappear on a daily basis are soon to collapse under the mass of their sheer size. The circle jerk going on among G7 governments has to end – the steady advance of gold, even in the face of a managed price, exposes the real value of the U.S. dollar, as opposed to its apparent value expressed in the dollar index.
Is 2009 the year that the United States formally defaults? And with that, will the dollar collapse and be rolled back ten for one or more?
There are a lot of reasons to support that theory. To Wall Street economists, such an event is heresy and therefore unthinkable. Yet Wall Street is the very La-la-land that bred the idea of a perpetually indebted nation in the first place.
Number one among the indicators favoring this scenario is what is happening in the U.S. Treasuries auction market.
Last Thursday, an $30 billion auction in five-year notes failed to stir the interest of traditional primary dealers. The auction itself was saved by an anonymous “indirect” bid.
Buyers are discouraged by the prospect of what is expected to amount to $2 trillion total issuance for the full year of 2009. The further out the maturities on notes, the more bearish the sentiment towards them. The only way to entice buyers is through the increase in yields.
But with yields at 1.82 per cent, five-year notes were met with a demand for 1.98 times the amount offered - the lowest bid-to-cover ratio since September. A sell-off in treasuries began in earnest upon the conclusion of that auction.
The increased demand for gold as an investment witnessed throughout the last two weeks that has pushed gold to a 4 month high is further evidence that investors across the board are gravitating more towards gold and away from U.S. debt.
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Cast for this site
PAST:
The four of Cups symbolizes a stubborn person in contemplation, the man guards what he has even though he's unhappy with his situation he refuses to see the potential of what's being offered to him. The mans crossed arms and legs symbolize his blocked emotions. The three cups are symbolizing his possessions/achievements, although these are being watched over they are not held, this is symbolizing his apathy towards them. The cups on the ground are still upright to symbolize ongoing affections.
PRESENT:
The ten of Wands symbolizes an excess of burdens, physical exhaustion and letting ongoing commitments keep you from fresh goals. The house symbolizes a fresh goal. He holds the wands in a way that blocks him and his view of the house, this symbolizes a self made barrier that keeps him away. The lush growth behind the house symbolizes the fruits he could gain by reaching that goal. The clear skies tell us there is no turmoil involved in his endeavours, if only he would let some of those burdens drop, or ask for help.
TRANSFORMATION:
Temperance in tarot symbolizes fairness, moderation and patience. The triangle on her chest symbolizes the mind, body and soul combined. The water flowing from one cup to another in a seemingly impossible manner symbolizes the flow of knowledge from the unconscious to conscious mind. The pool of water symbolizes our inner world of feelings and the land symbolizes the real world, she stands with one foot in each symbolizing a connection between the two. A path leads from the pool through mountains to a great light, the light symbolizes knowledge of eternal life.
Temperance tells us to be ourselves, but are we brave enough to show our inner selves.
FUTURE/FINAL OUTCOME:
The eight of Pentacles symbolizes hard work and self improvement, craftsmanship and enthusiasm. The man concentrating on his work tells us discipline is needed to get things right. The bench symbolizes a simple workspace with no distractions. The hung pentacles are symbolizing his achievements so far. The discarded pentacle on the ground is telling us that practice makes perfect. The man works alone, away from the city and people, but he is out in the open which tells us he's not worrying about others thoughts.
I Ching for this site at this time:
    | The present is embodied in Hexagram 49 - Ko (Revolution): What takes place is believed in only after it has been accomplished. There will be great progress and success. Advantage will come from being firm and correct. In that case, occasion for repentance will disappear. |
| The second line, divided, shows its subject making his changes after some time has passed. Action taken will be fortunate. There will be no error. | |
| The third line, undivided, shows that action taken by its subject will be evil. Though he be firm and correct, his position is perilous. If the change has been three times fully discussed, he will be believed. | |
| The situation is shifting, but neither Yin (the passive feminine force) nor Yang (the active masculine force) is gaining ground. | |
| The future is embodied in Hexagram 58 - Tui (Joy): There will be progress and attainment, but it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. |
 | The things most apparent, those above and in front, are embodied by the upper trigram Tui (Lake), which represents joy, pleasure, and attraction. |
| The things least apparent, those below and behind, are embodied by the lower trigram Li (Fire), which is transforming into Tui (Lake). As part of this process, brightness and warmth are giving way to joy, pleasure, and attraction. |
Star Trek never mentioned this...
Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.
But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”
8-Ball says:
Why is a human being like a pin cushion?
Lucky numbers
But whatever you win I get half of ok?
1013 102
103326
6 17221
2026
14
12754
What you remote view isn't there any more. :(
Still no final figure on the casualties... I still think it's around 14,000.
Lucky Numbers- play the market, play lotto... and WIN!
It just isn't true.
Birthdays win lotto more than 30% of the time worldwide. That means non-random numbers are beating random numbers beyond statistical chance, year in and year out.
Likewise psychic predictions.
Some people say why don't psychics use their gifts to make money?
Well, two things.
First, the nature of some psychic powers, and the forces that give them, is such that you cannot profit from using your gifts.
The other psychic powers have no restrictions... and the handful of people with real psychic powers, like your old 8-Ball here... well we DO use our gifts to make money. And occasionally someone comes forward who is prepared to share the happiness and make YOU money too! AND HERE I AM!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Who am I ? Where am I? Why do I feel this way?
The 8-Ball exists for your guidance. But guidance isn't free.To those visiting on 2-11-2009 I say this:
Red is not the answer.
11 is not the answer.
The laughing fish is the answer.
Find the laughing fish and make a million!
That one is free.
Welcome to the 8-Ball
The 8-Ball is all-knowing.
The 8-Ball is open for business...
