WanderingSalsero

The international joke in Copenhagen

I've been picking up bits and pieces of the big Goofball Congress....otherwise known as the 'Climate Summit', in Copenhagen.  Seems to me it's become just the kind of farce that I, and others, thought it would be.

Of course, I'm not alone in my opinion that this climate-change issue has been totally misrepresented and blown out of proportion by the radical left for their own benefit.   Lots of people have been calling it just what it is, pure bullshit, for many years.  In a way, I think these recent happenings have really been good for our side. 

As an example of this craziness I'm talking about, here's an article I just read.  And to think that these people actually have fat expense accounts and can get away with what they're doing.  It's really appaling.

This is what 'real change' looks like!

Click here to see what unemployment has done in the last couple of years. 

Yeah, since uhhhh, Mr. Deceiver-in-Chief has been in charge.

Are you ready for 'debt shock'?

You've probably at least heard of that new movie that's out right now called "20012".  I saw it last Sunday and I thought it sucked.  I thought that was strange because I'd read that it had been a box office hit.

I guess the biggest problem I had with it was that there really wasn't much plot.  Volcanic eruptions cause massive dislocation of the earth's crust.....earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis, continental shift, oceans rise and fall, etc.  Everyone dies except a handful of elites picked by the heads of government.

As flood waters again cover the earth, that lucky remnant gets aboard one of 3 special arks hurridly built, somewhere in China, to preserve them until the earth's crust settles down and the water recedes.

End of story.

The one thing that I did find interesting was the 3 super-colossal 'ark' type ships themselves.  The movie didn't make a big deal of the ships themselves but I thought they were kinda cool.

In the end, you see these 3 ships (a la "Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria") sailing into a beautiful sunrise and across an expansive ocean toward the 'new world' that remains.......oddly enough, South Africa.

Point is though......we're headed toward a radical new world too.  A radical new economic world previously unknown to this present generation of Americans.  At least for the next few years.......we ain't number one anymore.  We're broke. 

Are you ready for your new world image?

That's right.  A lot of things that many of us take for granted will no longer be a valid reality.  Why's that?

Check out this article.  As it says, the US is headed for a multi-billion dollar brick wall of debt that we're not prepared for.  All this overspending and the recent ill-conceived 'bailouts' have effectively 'shot our wad'.

Buckle your seats belts baby!  The government is trying to put on a smiley face now but I'm not buying their story.  And neither are a lot of very knowledgable economists.  They're all saying that you can expect massive inflation and much higher unemployment.

And considering how accustomed certain so-called minorities have become to the benifits of political correctness (which are partly to blame for the mess we're in)and their government provided social umbrella....I think they're in for a rude awakening too.  Expect a sharp increase in crime.

I'll tell you one thing......I think you've got a death wish if you don't go down today and buy a gun and as much ammunition as you can get.  Of course, it won't be much because you know, don't you, that it's getting harder and harder to buy firearms and ammunition this recent year.  Everybody's already been doing it.

The one issue that I don't think anybody can quantify is.....how will the conservatives of America react to this crises? 

While on one hand I don't think the liberals realize our numbers or what we're capable of, on the other hand I don't think we'll do much without effective leadership.  Could that leadership be Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Bob Barr.....or who?

That's the next big question:  what are the good guys gonna do with the power they have?  Sounds like WWF doesn't it?

Where do you (unlawful) taxes go?

Here's an interesting video from the Alex Jones  Show (who lives and does his show from Austin, TX., by the way):

The newest government health care bill is even worse

I got one of my regular email newsletters from Human Events today.  In it I found some more astounding, although true to character, news about the latest antics of Pelosi and her bunch.

Botten line is that after the American public resounding rejected their first government run health care plan, her and her bunch of congressional crooks have simply come up the essentially the same thing....only worse......and 1000 pages longer.

Bottem line is.....they still don't get it.  They still think that 'we the people' can be ignored.  They still think we're just sheep to be herded around and fleeced periodically.

I suspect that the majority of you are seeing the same info about this that I am.  I mean.......sometimes I wonder what reality those ass-holes in congress are living in.  No matter what we say or do, they just act as if we don't even exist.

Folks, if this isn't a great case for 'term limits', I don't know what is.  But I'll guarantee you one thing.  Our country needs a new generation of socio-political activists.  We've underestimated the depths of the evil that can lurk in the heart of man.  And in this case, I'm referring to the hearts of the majority of our politicians (mostly Democrats).

We need to start putting some chairs through windows and sending those people back to Washington covered with tomatoe paste and banana peels.

Click through here and I'll post as much of the email that I got as I can:

Money Talks

It looks like the Democrats are being reminded where the real money, and power, is.  This article informs us that the insurance industry is breaking their previous silence and coming out strongly against the direction of the developing government health program. 

It seems that insurance companies are finally speaking out and reminding Congress that the proposed government health care program will seriously hurt their business.

Although I never was a big admirer of the ethics of the insurance industry, nevertheless I'm not too surprised that they're reacting this way. 

I remember learning back in my days selling insurance and mutual funds with A.L.Williamas that the insurance companies control more money than any other single industry on the planet.   I learned that the vast majority of mortgages were funded either directly or indirectly through insurance companies or insurance company controlled morgage institutions.

Of course, the mortgage landscape and mortgage parameters have changed too.  But, still, the life blood of any economy is 'money' and insurance companies have more of it than anybody else. 

Why?

Because insurance has always been that thing that nobody wants to buy, nobody wants to sell, everybody owns it and nobody understands it.  We're talking lots of money here....and therefore, lots of clout.

So the insurance companies have finally realized what baboons those people in Congress are and they're reacting in their own self interest.  Good.  Many they'll both eliminate each other. 

But for now, those money grubbing bastards in Congress know where their support comes from and they're reacting to recent insurance company statements (about the dangers of the new government health care program) with alarm.   On the one hand, they've got their own reasons for trying to push these new health care programs through.  On the other hand, they undoubtedly recognize that they'll lose a lot of campaign support in the future if they piss off the insurance companies.

Just goes to prove........there's no honor among thieves.

Energy.......things are looking up again.

According to this article, the energy crises is a thing of the past.  The phrase 'cooking with gas' was never more appropriate.  Especiallly in Texas and Pennsylvania.

The article informs us that new technology makes previously unexploitable gas reserves now reachable and extractable.  It's an interesting article and it implies that everything energy related (which is just about everything) will start to prosper again.

How do we treat our old people?

For reasons that I won't go into here, I didn't really have a good relationship with my mother.  Or perhaps I should more precisely say that it wasn't a relationship with very good communication.  She had a lot fo good qualities but she also had some emotional issues that effected her all her life.

Having said that, I can still say that I do respect old people.  Over here in Korea you see even more obviously how respect for old people bolsters a society and comminities.

We used to respect old people in the US too, right.  Remember the old days?  Grandma and grandpa out 'west', grandma and grandpa in the Bronx, grandma and grandpa during the Depression?

And then came.......the AARP.

I'm old enough to join it although I've never considered it.  Nevertheless, I always sorta thought they were a legitimate organization.  Until today.

You're aware of some of the issues involved in this current health care debate, right?  As Rush Limbaugh has often said, "......follow the money."  That's always a factor in these modern times isn't it?

Well, according to what I just read in a news email from Newt Gingrich, the AARP is 'in bed' with the Obama administration and is involved in their brand of despotic, corrupt, self-centered politics.

The issue involves some current legislation effecting the relative competitivness of AARP 'sold' medical supplement plans vs. similar plans from private insurance companies.  The bottem line of it is that if this new, proposed regulation takes effect the AARP stands to profit  quiet nicely at the expense of it's members.  The very people it's supposed to be serving.

Yeah.......it's just another case of 'big' organizations tending to be corrupt.  AARP and the Federal government are both big.  And they're both corrupt.  We should do all we can to take care of our older people and insure that they are treated fairly rather than being considered just another group to be 'screwed over' by some big interest group, like AARP, claiming to represent their interests.

Here's the email:

Money....how much is enough?

I'm clicking all over the planet again today.  No school here because this next three days is 'test week' for the kids.  Then Friday and Monday are national holidays.

I just came across this great post by a gal named Michelle Adams.  Her website is:    

www.michelle-adams.com

 

She makes a very good point about remembering the 'why' when you go into business for yourself.  Especially if you're working from home.  She says the same thing I've passed on to you once (that I originally heard, I think, from Yaro Starak). 

 

P.S.  BTW:  Our Texas home-boy Jorge Elizando announced his upcoming big Dallas Bachat Festival today.  Wish I could be there myself...but I can't.  But you can!  He's got some incredible 'deals' on the website.  I'll bet a lot of lucky bachateros are going to have one of the best congresses they've ever had!

Yeah......moving is a hassle.

Just a neutral comment on something I saw in the news this morning.

I read on Yahoo News that the US withdrawal from Iraq is and has been underway for over a year now.  The article mentioned that the hardest thing to move was all the equipment.  And when it says "all", that's exactly what it means.

Realize of course that that doesn't necessarily mean that everything we own over there will be moved.  It just means that everything has to be inventoried and a decision made on whether or not it's cost effect to move it.

If the US government decides it's not cost effective to move it then in  some cases it might be destroyed.  But in most cases it'll probably simply be given to the Iraqis.  You know what that means, right?

It means that there's going to be a mega-ton of 'deals' being made.  Hands will be greased and pockets will be lined.  Probably both Iraqi and American (civilian and military). 

Aggressive and unscrupulous Iraqis and Americans will undoubtedly find ways to see that much of this equipment  we're leaving behind finds it's way into the Iraqui economy.....at their profit.  And some of it, I'm sure, will be listed as destroyed but in fact will mysteriously and miraculously survive.

It's kinda funny really.  I'm not sure I'd blame anybody for trying to get 'in' on it.  The same thing happened on massive scale in Vietnam too.

Yeah, moving is a hassle.  I've sure left lots of good stuff behind.  Several times.