Liberal Open-Mindedness Disclaimer - If you are a liberal and are reading this, you must read the whole thing. Do not claim to be "open minded" and then not get to the meat of the post below then blather on uninformed about this post. Thank you.
Study comes out showing that republican women candidates tend to be more feminine looking than they're liberal counterparts.
No duh.
I'll say it again for the cheap seats and see if I can succinctly summarize my theory (which is right) about why this is so.
Liberals and leftist in general tend to be lazy. They eschew hard work, they're afraid of rigor, and this shows in their ideology. ANYTHING to avoid having to support themselves or work an honest day. Yes, I know some work hard, but it's more or a less a monopoly of the left to hear:
"Life's unfair."
"I'm discriminated against."
"The glass ceiling."
"The Man is holding me down"
etc. etc.
Now, even though it's disingenuous and intellectually dishonest, they can get away with this in an economic and political sense because this is a democracy. Socialists and leftists with heart-tugging sob stories can get the majority of voters to vote in policy that transfers wealth and essentially allows them to be lazy and avoid real, productive work. We all have to abide by this because we live in this democracy.
HOWEVER, while a democracy may force different economic policies on society through the government, IT CANNOT CHANGE HUMAN NATURE. Specifically, no matter what policies socialists and leftists try to implement, you will never change what a woman is attracted to and what a man is attracted to.
Women like strong, tall, big men.
Men like long legs, long hair, big boobs, tight asses and feminine features.
This means liberals and leftists (just like all humans and animals on this planet) ARE FORCED to compete when it comes to courting and mating, whether they like it or not. However, when I say "compete" I don't mean, "be lucky enough to be born handsome or pretty." I mean "work out, stay in shape and make yourself sexy to the opposite sex."
Which means, again, just like any other job, just like any other degree, just like any other pursuit, it requires effort, discipline, rigor and hard work. Things liberals and leftists abhor.
And it shows.
Now, keep in mind what I'm saying here because I don't want to be misquoted or taken out of context.
I do NOT believe liberals and leftists are born uglier than their average conservative counterpart. It's not like they're genetically inferior or anything. What I am talking about is that they put A LOT LESS EFFORT into their physical appearance. Ergo, this is not a criticism of their basic, physical beauty, let alone their genetics, but it IS a criticism of their psychology. You could take that Prius-driving, 45 year old, gray haired, super skinny yoga woman who never wore make-up, never did her hair up, give her a make over and she'd come out looking just fine. Just as you could take the cowering, tubby orbiting beta with the Seth Rogen beard, through him in the gym for 3 months and have him come out looking just fine.
But that's the not the point.
The point is to your average leftists such working out and maintenance requires effort. That AND the added risk they may still "fail" in attracting a mate. It is their pure hatred and fear of effort and competition that not only drives their political and economic ideologies, but also drives their "romantic" or "mating" ideology.
Therefore, since it takes too much work to don a pair of heels and gussy yourself up or hit the gym and lose some inches, what do liberals do?
Try to change reality.
Thus why you have "fat acceptance."
Thus why men are "shallow" for liking big boobs and tight asses.
Thus why liberal women don't "lower themselves to objectifying themselves for men."
Thus why "I don't need a man, fish bicycle, test tube babies."
All while exuding that same pompous, arrogant, hypocritical attitude they lord over the rest of us adults as they "go green" and drive their Priuses.
In the end you have a group of people living in denial. They're so lazy and afraid they will never try and thus, they will never achieve their best. They will not re-define reality (because reality is reality, it bends for no liberal), but will only manage to delude themselves what reality is. And thus you end up with wimpy, pansified men dating or marrying homely, ugly, unpleasant women pursing a "life" of pursuits and hobbies that require no real effort (going green, joining a political crusade, claiming you care about the children, majoring in "Lesbian Chinese Sculpture Studies," drum circles, yoga, you name it).
It is a life they really don't enjoy and it is the reason you never really see any of them smile as you pass their bumper-sticker-laden Prius on the highway.
Enjoy the decline!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Nag Nag Nag
Really? Female economists are for MORE government regulation?
Gee, I didn't notice with all the women in my life nitpicking and micromanaging and questioning every little decision I make. Not to mention, every woman having the natural, unconscious overriding desire to lead while ballroom dancing even though they're noobs. Not to mention, seemingly questioning the wisdom of other people's decisions when I get the feeling the only reason they do that is NOT to understand the decisions, but merely for the sake of being able to question and interrogate other people.
Would NEVER had guessed female economists think they know what's best for the economy and lean to the left!
Gee, I didn't notice with all the women in my life nitpicking and micromanaging and questioning every little decision I make. Not to mention, every woman having the natural, unconscious overriding desire to lead while ballroom dancing even though they're noobs. Not to mention, seemingly questioning the wisdom of other people's decisions when I get the feeling the only reason they do that is NOT to understand the decisions, but merely for the sake of being able to question and interrogate other people.
Would NEVER had guessed female economists think they know what's best for the economy and lean to the left!
Does a high animal protein/fat diet forestall obesity?
Don Matesz had an interesting blog post the other day that I tweeted: Grass-Fed Animal Products Prevent Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease? He writes:
Not for Mongolians.Mongols eat a diet largely composed of milk products, meat, and fat from free-ranging, organic, grass-fed animals. They consume few plant foods because few edible plants grow in the cold continental climate of Mongolia. The climate forced them into a natural experiment in low-carb nutrition based on grass-fed animal products.
I have an interest in Mongolians because there's definitely some influence of these people in my husband's ancestral line. I went looking for any peer review literature that might address the Mongolians and found an interesting article. But before that, I also found some other info. Don points out in a note to WAPF (presumably aimed at their promotion of raw milk) that the Mongols boiled their milk and made cheese from it. But one of the accountings of the diets comes from the WAPF site: Diet of Mongolia.
Jimmy Moore: Unwavering Dishonesty, The Early Years
Apparently some people belonging to a private paleo FB group aren't receiving Jimmy's recent message of divisiveness too kindly. One of the reasons I blogged on his latest attempt at dividing the paleo community is because most people -- paleo or low carbers -- who are new to the community, have no clue who this Jimmy Moore guy is and what he stands for. I would still be hugely surprised to learn that most of the paleo peeps weren't caught off guard when they met Jimmy at AHS11, PaleoFX or any of the other events in the past couple of years. Just listening to his original podcast or reading the odd blog post (that I'm convinced few if any ever do), it would be easy to see how one might have no clue what really makes this huge influence in the community tick. And it is exactly his continued influence over the dialog that will keep him on my radar here, especially since he has been so contradictory and disingenuous over the years. So on IPMG, Jimmy responded to some criticism with two questionable statements:
Anybody who reads my blog regularly knows I am dead honest in all of the things I share there. That's something my readers expect and I give it to them straight.
and
I've remained quite consistent in my position since the very beginning of my blog in 2005: find what works for you, follow it exactly as prescribed and then keep doing it for the rest of your life. I've never wavered from this message one iota.
These sorts of statements are nothing new for Jimmy, I could have sourced similar from any number of blogs and comments and podcasts over the years ... but these two particular versions are important for their certitude and lack of any wiggle room left for clarity. Adding in the frequency with which he has repeated such sentiments over the years, and his insistence on continuing to repeat them is rather damning to Jimmy's credibility as any sort of "leader", as well as his personal and professional integrity.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Ignoring the Division of Labor Causes Divorce
Again, I don't care who stays home and who goes to work. Sometimes it's better for the guy to stay home or for the girl to stay home. But BOTH cannot stay home just as BOTH probably should not be working.
But hey, don't listen to me or Adam Smith about the division of labor. Listen to your divorce lawyer.
But hey, don't listen to me or Adam Smith about the division of labor. Listen to your divorce lawyer.
Dysregulation of Glucose Handling: Underlying Defect, Permanent Damage or Fixable Milieu?
How many times have you heard some version of the following?
- Sure starches are OK for 20-something CrossFitters
- My body just can't tolerate carbohydrates
- If I hadn't damaged my metabolism, maybe I could eat carbs now, but I can't
- I used up my carb allotment as a kid so I can't eat them now (I blew out my pancreas)
- Type II diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate intolerance
The list could go on.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Who Wants to Marry Sandra Tsing Loh!
Now don't all rush at once boys.
Who wouldn't want to marry this fine specimen of modern day American female bliss?
Touting the superiority of women over men because they earn the majority of degrees (in "Worthless Crap Studies" that avoids calculus at all costs).
Touting their superior employment prospects (in fields that are not only non-producing fields, government, education, nonprofits, but bubbles themselves until the money runs out).
Takes 18 pages to make a simple, yet, invalid point.
And the added benefit of being a 30 something woman who still thinks she has the sexual market place value of a 25 year old (because she IS EDUCATED!).
Why, who wouldn't want to scoop this gem up right away!?
End sarcasm
Boys, but especially ladies, I want you to pay attention to this. THIS is what you get. Could you imagine living with this woman? There would be no love, no care, no kindness. Just a constantly "Whatever you can do I can do better" vendetta competition. I cannot think of a quicker way to ruin my life than spend time with this. And don't think that Ms. Loh is a rarity. This is common. AND don't think it goes away when women turn 30. It merely magnifies itself to rationalize things away.
And again, ladies, you have a choice. Support men or fight them.
Guess which one is not only more productive, but is going to make you happier.
Sheesh.
post post - what a freaking catch - Loh wrote about her divorce in a 2009 article for The Atlantic, where she has been a contributing writer for several years, focusing mostly on parenting and family issues. She explained at the time that, as a parent and full-time writer, "I did not have the strength to 'work on' falling in love again in our marriage."[6] She also admitted to cheating on her husband.[7]
You go grrrrl!
Who wouldn't want to marry this fine specimen of modern day American female bliss?
Touting the superiority of women over men because they earn the majority of degrees (in "Worthless Crap Studies" that avoids calculus at all costs).
Touting their superior employment prospects (in fields that are not only non-producing fields, government, education, nonprofits, but bubbles themselves until the money runs out).
Takes 18 pages to make a simple, yet, invalid point.
And the added benefit of being a 30 something woman who still thinks she has the sexual market place value of a 25 year old (because she IS EDUCATED!).
Why, who wouldn't want to scoop this gem up right away!?
End sarcasm
Boys, but especially ladies, I want you to pay attention to this. THIS is what you get. Could you imagine living with this woman? There would be no love, no care, no kindness. Just a constantly "Whatever you can do I can do better" vendetta competition. I cannot think of a quicker way to ruin my life than spend time with this. And don't think that Ms. Loh is a rarity. This is common. AND don't think it goes away when women turn 30. It merely magnifies itself to rationalize things away.
And again, ladies, you have a choice. Support men or fight them.
Guess which one is not only more productive, but is going to make you happier.
Sheesh.
post post - what a freaking catch - Loh wrote about her divorce in a 2009 article for The Atlantic, where she has been a contributing writer for several years, focusing mostly on parenting and family issues. She explained at the time that, as a parent and full-time writer, "I did not have the strength to 'work on' falling in love again in our marriage."[6] She also admitted to cheating on her husband.[7]
You go grrrrl!
BA in Communications with an MBA
Remember how the hippies said not to trust anybody over 30?
Yeah, they were telling you not to trust any WWII generation people. That's brilliant.
Ironically, if we were to heed that same advice TODAY it would mean don't trust Gen X or the Baby Boomers.
And that WOULD be sound advice.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Weight Loss Celebs & Credibility
I’ve read that [he] has regained quite a bit of the weight. When I’ve seen him [in pictures] lately, it’s only from the shoulders up.
Questions:
- Who is "he"?
- Who said this?
- What is he/she implying about the subject?
Detroit Math
So, I was listening to Garage Logic which is a show all of you should listen to and Joe Soucheray (the host) kept on citing that St. Paul public schools spend $17,000 per pupil per year. This translates into $221,000 per pupil over the course of their k-12 career, and that does not include baby-sitting school...er...I mean "pre-school."
This got me thinking.
"What if we just gave the kids the $221,000 instead of educated them? Wouldn't they be better off? I mean, I never had $221,000 in my name in my LIFE. But by the age of 18, you could buy a house FOR CASH and never have to pay rent again."
So I looked up the median price of a home in St. Paul. $197,607 (though this may change of course).
It's actually CHEAPER to BUY A HOUSE in St. Paul than educate one of their precious chllllllldrnnnnnnn. You could buy 1.1 houses per pupil instead of sending them to school.
And I think that's a great ratio to see how much we're pissing away...err..."investing" in the chllllldrnnnnnn. "Houses Afforded Per Pupil."
Seeing this isn't terribly difficult to look up, I decided to calculate a couple other cities' "Houses Afforded Per Pupil" and see if just giving these chlllllldrnnnn their education-cash equivalent instead, wouldn't be a better investment.
Minneapolis 1.22 Houses Per Pupil
Washington DC .65 Houses Per Pupil
Cincinnati 1.02 Houses Per Pupil
Newark 1.35 Houses Per Pupil
Kansas City 1.79 Houses Per Pupil
And let's not forget the cities where pupils could not only own their own home, but start off with a second investment property
Detroit 2.09 Houses Per Pupil
St. Louis 2.69 Houses Per Pupil
Now what's great about this, is it puts the public schools of these cities in a real difficult position.
1. I'll claim, right here, right now the students of these districts are poorer students. Not in terms of wealth, but caliber. The rate of return we'll receive from these students is not worth the investment because the majority of them don't have the quality family upbringing they need to appreciate an education or (as it was in my case) at least a parent that would FORCE you to go to school because they did know what was best for you.
2. The quality and caliber of instruction and teachers is on par with the students. You don't really teach in those schools. You baby sit. Maybe a handful of you have skills and really care about the children, but most of you can't do math and chose education to avoid any rigor or challenge in your "career." Plus, hey, 3 months off!
3. Since these kids really aren't getting an education from you, why don't we make their lives better and just give them a house (or again, TWO)? That will benefit them more than your teaching/baby sitting them.
4. HECK, forget the major city schools. Just any school. Again, I've never had $221,000 in my name before. I, along with pretty much everybody else, would have been in a much better financial position if we were just given the dough AND never attended college. Nobody would have a mortgage, unless they really wanted a nice house, in which case their LTV would still be better. Heck, the housing crisis would end tomorrow.
Of course, I'm only being slightly disingenuous. I know you can't have kids just running around feral from 4-18. And without the discipline and education that comes from schooling, they will not have the ability to be responsible adults and even maintain the free house/s we working people would give them. But we do need to wake up and realize there is something VERY wrong with the public schools when we spend SO MUCH MONEY ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WE COULD INSTEAD GIVE EVERY CHILD THE AMERICAN DREAM OUTRIGHT.
But let's try an idea I have instead (because I'm not the type to complain and not provide a solution).
Wouldn't it be better to just home school or outsource as much schooling as possible over the internet? Close down these schools, privatize the development and deployment of classes with some government standards and oversight, give the kids not just the ability to have an education, but to explore whatever they'd like for free? We'd cut down on public school expenditures by at least 80% and with NO DROP IN THE QUALITY of education (because you can only go up from here, right Detroit?)
And then with those savings buy most kids anyway a house or at least a mean down payment on one?
Wouldn't THAT be better for them? To have the education AND a house?
Because I know I DO CARE about the children.
And I know you teachers care about the children too, right?
RIGHT????
This got me thinking.
"What if we just gave the kids the $221,000 instead of educated them? Wouldn't they be better off? I mean, I never had $221,000 in my name in my LIFE. But by the age of 18, you could buy a house FOR CASH and never have to pay rent again."
So I looked up the median price of a home in St. Paul. $197,607 (though this may change of course).
It's actually CHEAPER to BUY A HOUSE in St. Paul than educate one of their precious chllllllldrnnnnnnn. You could buy 1.1 houses per pupil instead of sending them to school.
And I think that's a great ratio to see how much we're pissing away...err..."investing" in the chllllldrnnnnnn. "Houses Afforded Per Pupil."
Seeing this isn't terribly difficult to look up, I decided to calculate a couple other cities' "Houses Afforded Per Pupil" and see if just giving these chlllllldrnnnn their education-cash equivalent instead, wouldn't be a better investment.
Minneapolis 1.22 Houses Per Pupil
Washington DC .65 Houses Per Pupil
Cincinnati 1.02 Houses Per Pupil
Newark 1.35 Houses Per Pupil
Kansas City 1.79 Houses Per Pupil
And let's not forget the cities where pupils could not only own their own home, but start off with a second investment property
Detroit 2.09 Houses Per Pupil
St. Louis 2.69 Houses Per Pupil
Now what's great about this, is it puts the public schools of these cities in a real difficult position.
1. I'll claim, right here, right now the students of these districts are poorer students. Not in terms of wealth, but caliber. The rate of return we'll receive from these students is not worth the investment because the majority of them don't have the quality family upbringing they need to appreciate an education or (as it was in my case) at least a parent that would FORCE you to go to school because they did know what was best for you.
2. The quality and caliber of instruction and teachers is on par with the students. You don't really teach in those schools. You baby sit. Maybe a handful of you have skills and really care about the children, but most of you can't do math and chose education to avoid any rigor or challenge in your "career." Plus, hey, 3 months off!
3. Since these kids really aren't getting an education from you, why don't we make their lives better and just give them a house (or again, TWO)? That will benefit them more than your teaching/baby sitting them.
4. HECK, forget the major city schools. Just any school. Again, I've never had $221,000 in my name before. I, along with pretty much everybody else, would have been in a much better financial position if we were just given the dough AND never attended college. Nobody would have a mortgage, unless they really wanted a nice house, in which case their LTV would still be better. Heck, the housing crisis would end tomorrow.
Of course, I'm only being slightly disingenuous. I know you can't have kids just running around feral from 4-18. And without the discipline and education that comes from schooling, they will not have the ability to be responsible adults and even maintain the free house/s we working people would give them. But we do need to wake up and realize there is something VERY wrong with the public schools when we spend SO MUCH MONEY ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WE COULD INSTEAD GIVE EVERY CHILD THE AMERICAN DREAM OUTRIGHT.
But let's try an idea I have instead (because I'm not the type to complain and not provide a solution).
Wouldn't it be better to just home school or outsource as much schooling as possible over the internet? Close down these schools, privatize the development and deployment of classes with some government standards and oversight, give the kids not just the ability to have an education, but to explore whatever they'd like for free? We'd cut down on public school expenditures by at least 80% and with NO DROP IN THE QUALITY of education (because you can only go up from here, right Detroit?)
And then with those savings buy most kids anyway a house or at least a mean down payment on one?
Wouldn't THAT be better for them? To have the education AND a house?
Because I know I DO CARE about the children.
And I know you teachers care about the children too, right?
RIGHT????
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Last Thing College Administrators Want to Hear
"You should get your money back."
And it isn't old farts like me who's saying it, it's the youth and the students.
The education bubble is popping people. Buy "Worthless!"
And it isn't old farts like me who's saying it, it's the youth and the students.
The education bubble is popping people. Buy "Worthless!"
Cindy Nerger, We All Think What He Said
For Cindy, and everybody else on food stamps, we all think what he said.
Additionally, I'm glad you cried, I'm glad you felt shame and I don't care that you have kidney problems, ESPECIALLY because if I had kidney problems since I was 11 and KNEW about those problems and the expense, I would not be bringing children into this world I can't afford.
But don't let that stop you from literally living off of me. Don't let that stop you and millions like you making the rest of us work harder to make up for your mistakes and poor family management. No, no, let's just get some sob story in the main stream media where people's heart strings are too touched to be critical and logical about it. Meanwhile there needs to be more shame for people who collect food stamps.
Additionally, I'm glad you cried, I'm glad you felt shame and I don't care that you have kidney problems, ESPECIALLY because if I had kidney problems since I was 11 and KNEW about those problems and the expense, I would not be bringing children into this world I can't afford.
But don't let that stop you from literally living off of me. Don't let that stop you and millions like you making the rest of us work harder to make up for your mistakes and poor family management. No, no, let's just get some sob story in the main stream media where people's heart strings are too touched to be critical and logical about it. Meanwhile there needs to be more shame for people who collect food stamps.
You're Evil and Selfish For Not Having Kids
Joe O'Connor. Meet the Capposhere. Capposhere, meet Joe O'Connor who is going to lecture you about not having children. He will also berate and mock you for not breeding. You can e-mail him here.
In the mean time I will rise and defend my SMARTER THAN AVERAGE brothers and sisters who opted not to breed and suffer the sucky life of Joe.
Enjoy your sucky life Joe!
Part 1
Part 2
In the mean time I will rise and defend my SMARTER THAN AVERAGE brothers and sisters who opted not to breed and suffer the sucky life of Joe.
Enjoy your sucky life Joe!
Part 1
Part 2
The First 45 Seconds
The bartender started asking questions about where I was from and what I was doing in Estonia. It turned out that he was in the Estonian military and about to leave for Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan? As part of our war?” I asked.
“Yes, we have guys there now.”
“Estonia has troops in Afghanistan?”
“Yes about 150. You don’t hear about this in America?”
...Next to me was a group of four girls. The cutest one, who I later found out was the bartender’s girlfriend, motioned me over.... It made sense once I found out that her boyfriend was being shipped out in a week. The bartender had been nice to me so I didn’t want to be a jerk and work on his girlfriend. It would have been more proper to wait until he was on the battlefield, fighting my country’s war. (end sarcasm)
Read the whole thing and I think you'll be surprised, like I was, that Roosh didn't hear about the 45 second rule - ie - women know within the first 45 seconds of seeing you if they're interested in you or not.
Regardless, language warning as always, Nanny-Nazi's go file your complaints elsewhere or exercise your right to choose NOT to read it, but for everybody else the stories are always priceless in his Bang series.
“Afghanistan? As part of our war?” I asked.
“Yes, we have guys there now.”
“Estonia has troops in Afghanistan?”
“Yes about 150. You don’t hear about this in America?”
...Next to me was a group of four girls. The cutest one, who I later found out was the bartender’s girlfriend, motioned me over.... It made sense once I found out that her boyfriend was being shipped out in a week. The bartender had been nice to me so I didn’t want to be a jerk and work on his girlfriend. It would have been more proper to wait until he was on the battlefield, fighting my country’s war. (end sarcasm)
Read the whole thing and I think you'll be surprised, like I was, that Roosh didn't hear about the 45 second rule - ie - women know within the first 45 seconds of seeing you if they're interested in you or not.
Regardless, language warning as always, Nanny-Nazi's go file your complaints elsewhere or exercise your right to choose NOT to read it, but for everybody else the stories are always priceless in his Bang series.
Childhood Nutrition ~ From Preventing Malnutrition to Preventing Obesity
In my opinion, childhood obesity is THE single health issue of our day. If for no other reason, but because obesity is so darned difficult to reverse. In Utopia, all children are raised in loving environments, taught the wisdom of the world, and when they reach adulthood have equal footing to make their way in this world. Now that's Utopia, but I think we can strive for as many children as possible to reach adulthood in a position to put their best individual foot forward.
I'm a child of the 60's. My parents were born and raised in the Depression and WWII. I believe this influenced not only how they parented, but how this generation formed policies based on their priorities. Nutritional guidelines, RDA's and all such related things were born out of efforts to prevent malnutrition and disease. Diseases of deficiencies were real "in their day" and in the true form of forging a better life for one's children, this was a priority for them. A lot of research capital was spent to determine the nutritional needs of children, and childhood obesity was quite rare. This is not to diminish the plight of those rare cases, but public policy always targets the majority potentially impacted. Also, at that time a fat child was more likely to be considered healthy than a scrawny one. My how times have changed.
I Have a Stupid Question
And this would apply equally to men as it does women if they decided to stay home and have children:
Um....if you KNOW you're going to stop working when you turn 30, why go to college or start a career in the first place? I mean, if I do the math right, you go to college until you're 23 to get your undergrad (yes, I'm adding an extra year because that's reality). And since the only thing better than education is MORE education (especially the liberal arts), you're in school till you're 25.
So you went to college for 7 years to work, what, 5? Heck, even if you worked till you were 35, that's nearly spending as many years in presumed training as it is working.
Then poof, you're done?
Why did you spend your time and money on that? Heck, why did the taxpayers subsidize you?
Sorry, sorry, I know, people's little dream worlds and fantasies are more important than my mean, evil economist questions of efficiency and productivity. I'm sorry, horses and pretty ponies for every one.
Um....if you KNOW you're going to stop working when you turn 30, why go to college or start a career in the first place? I mean, if I do the math right, you go to college until you're 23 to get your undergrad (yes, I'm adding an extra year because that's reality). And since the only thing better than education is MORE education (especially the liberal arts), you're in school till you're 25.
So you went to college for 7 years to work, what, 5? Heck, even if you worked till you were 35, that's nearly spending as many years in presumed training as it is working.
Then poof, you're done?
Why did you spend your time and money on that? Heck, why did the taxpayers subsidize you?
Sorry, sorry, I know, people's little dream worlds and fantasies are more important than my mean, evil economist questions of efficiency and productivity. I'm sorry, horses and pretty ponies for every one.
The Manosphere's Foreign Battalion
In my directory post that amalgamated all the Manosphere blogs and sites, there was one group that I forgot - foreign sites.
While we have our own battles to fight here, I noticed a disproportionate number of Scandinavian based sites on men's rights, feminism and the like and based on what I've seen, these guys are not only outnumbered and outgunned due to the government having feminism instituted into it, but they risk more derision, outcasting and consequences than we do here (of course, most of us have admitted we had nothing to lose anyway, so eh).
I think this is an opportunity in that we in the US can speak more freely and more truthfully about such matters in foreign countries without the risk of consequences from those countries (like, what are they going to do, tell the UN on us?) not to mention foreigners can speak openly without worrying about violating our various politically correct taboos.
So I've decided to start putting together the Foreign Battalion of the Manosphere here. Please submit any you are aware of that should be put up here. They will inevitably be consolidated into the main directory later. I know of others, but this is the only one that comes to mind right now since I just got back from it:
http://aktivarum.wordpress.com/
I have no clue which language it is, but you get the idea.
While we have our own battles to fight here, I noticed a disproportionate number of Scandinavian based sites on men's rights, feminism and the like and based on what I've seen, these guys are not only outnumbered and outgunned due to the government having feminism instituted into it, but they risk more derision, outcasting and consequences than we do here (of course, most of us have admitted we had nothing to lose anyway, so eh).
I think this is an opportunity in that we in the US can speak more freely and more truthfully about such matters in foreign countries without the risk of consequences from those countries (like, what are they going to do, tell the UN on us?) not to mention foreigners can speak openly without worrying about violating our various politically correct taboos.
So I've decided to start putting together the Foreign Battalion of the Manosphere here. Please submit any you are aware of that should be put up here. They will inevitably be consolidated into the main directory later. I know of others, but this is the only one that comes to mind right now since I just got back from it:
http://aktivarum.wordpress.com/
I have no clue which language it is, but you get the idea.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
TV is for Chicks
Cripes
Yeah, can't wait to stay at home to watch this tripe.
Are marketing executives aware of this entirely untapped marketing demographic called "men?"
Yeah, can't wait to stay at home to watch this tripe.
Are marketing executives aware of this entirely untapped marketing demographic called "men?"
Why I'm Picking Christian Males Last for Kickball
About a decade ago me and some of my friends opted to go to a drive in. However, this drive in was special. They'd allow you to show up early, grill, play games, etc. etc. I always brought a kickball because there was always enough kids in the area to get a really good game going. Sure enough, this time it was no different. There was at least a score of young kids, you throw in my cadre of 20 somethings and we had 30 people willing to play kickball.
Of course, though, you have to pick teams. Which means you have to designate two captains.
Two of my friends volunteered and thus began the "picking of the teams" where the captains pick what they deem to be the strongest and most athletic people to be on their team.
Sure enough Chad and Tom were chosen, obviously the most physically fit and so I thought I'd be in the second or third round draft.
Mike was picked over me, which was kind of odd. He was fatter than me and he didn't run.
Hey, why is Bill get picked over me!? He can't even run!
Then they started picking our female friends over me and I realized what was happening. The two captains had conspired to pick me dead last as a loving jobke. Everybody was having a good guffaw at the ole Captain's expense as little 8 year olds were picked before me. 7 year old girls and boys were excited to stand next to me because they were getting picked over me. And finally it came down to two.
Me, a 5'9" full grown and in-shape adult male.
And a 4 year old girl who couldn't have been more than 3 feet tall.
Sure enough the little girl was picked over me, her face brimming, and everybody had a good ole laugh.
Now, of course this was done out of loving jest by my friends. And if it made the little kids feel better about themselves not getting chosen dead last for kickball, fine. But then I read this.
It has nothing to do with kickball, but a damn good reason why I'm picking Christian males who blame themselves for their wives' cheating dead last for kickball. Also why I'm picking them dead last as a foxhole partner if the SHTF and I need real men and real leaders to survive. You TAKING THE BLAME for your wife cheating on you???? Are you kidding me? That's the reason your wife cheated on you, because you're a freaking pansy! And an related aside, could you maybe advertise a little louder to our enemies in other countries and around the world just how cowardly and weak half the men in this country are? How you'll all just roll over for anyone and anything?
Even more unbelievable, the cheating wife (and uber beta husband) set up a website explaining the whole ordeal for all of us to see. Seriously, you just can't make this stuff up. (warning, the hypocrisy will make your stomach churn).
If the congregation will now turn their hymnals to page 323 where we will sing "Onward Christian Rationalization Hamster."
Of course, though, you have to pick teams. Which means you have to designate two captains.
Two of my friends volunteered and thus began the "picking of the teams" where the captains pick what they deem to be the strongest and most athletic people to be on their team.
Sure enough Chad and Tom were chosen, obviously the most physically fit and so I thought I'd be in the second or third round draft.
Mike was picked over me, which was kind of odd. He was fatter than me and he didn't run.
Hey, why is Bill get picked over me!? He can't even run!
Then they started picking our female friends over me and I realized what was happening. The two captains had conspired to pick me dead last as a loving jobke. Everybody was having a good guffaw at the ole Captain's expense as little 8 year olds were picked before me. 7 year old girls and boys were excited to stand next to me because they were getting picked over me. And finally it came down to two.
Me, a 5'9" full grown and in-shape adult male.
And a 4 year old girl who couldn't have been more than 3 feet tall.
Sure enough the little girl was picked over me, her face brimming, and everybody had a good ole laugh.
Now, of course this was done out of loving jest by my friends. And if it made the little kids feel better about themselves not getting chosen dead last for kickball, fine. But then I read this.
It has nothing to do with kickball, but a damn good reason why I'm picking Christian males who blame themselves for their wives' cheating dead last for kickball. Also why I'm picking them dead last as a foxhole partner if the SHTF and I need real men and real leaders to survive. You TAKING THE BLAME for your wife cheating on you???? Are you kidding me? That's the reason your wife cheated on you, because you're a freaking pansy! And an related aside, could you maybe advertise a little louder to our enemies in other countries and around the world just how cowardly and weak half the men in this country are? How you'll all just roll over for anyone and anything?
Even more unbelievable, the cheating wife (and uber beta husband) set up a website explaining the whole ordeal for all of us to see. Seriously, you just can't make this stuff up. (warning, the hypocrisy will make your stomach churn).
If the congregation will now turn their hymnals to page 323 where we will sing "Onward Christian Rationalization Hamster."
More Livin La Vida Low Clue: Make sure to get your ...
... locally farm-grown and raised coconut oil! This was too long to tweet, but Jimmy Moore is at it again stirring up contention in the Paleo community.
We’d certainly be a lot better off in our weight and health as a society with less need for pharmaceutical medications and chronic disease management if everybody just started consuming foods they recognize as being grown, raised and harvested by local farmers in their communities. Of course, it wouldn’t happen overnight as sustainable farmer Nick Wallace shared in my recent podcast interview with him. But getting a good percentage of people to choose real foods like grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, coconut oil, green leafy vegetables and more would certainly be a great step in the right direction of where we need to go nutritionally-speaking in the years to come to prevent a total healthcare meltdown from happening. I see this as a common mode of thinking that permeates through both the low-carb and Paleo communities.
I can certainly get locally grown and raised grass-fed beef, pastured eggs (WTF is up with that term? It just sounds off to me, but anyway ...) and green leafy veggies, but there are no coconut trees anywhere!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Recession Medicine
From Five Feet of Fury. (language warning)
And on a side note, the EXACT same thing can be said about teachers.
And on a side note, the EXACT same thing can be said about teachers.
Lady's Night at the Cappy Cap Club
Sure, I know it's daytime here in the US, but the Cappy Cap Club is international. It's night time somewhere and our lady members always like to party.
Feminists will be dispatching their snipers to take out Susan because of this.
I love watching smart children manipulate their naive parents.
A superior culture does make for a superior country. Jamila continues her road towards being converted to the libertarian/consevative side of the force.
Hilarious, but language warning. And it's from a woman so take the complaints up with her. Also, "guzzle" vs. "earn" but don't tell Harvard professors that.
Oh, just wait for the collapse to happen. Then you're REALLY going to see some life expectancies dropping.
Tam has a somewhat similar shopping experience to mine at Trader Joe's, but this is at a book store. Guess which book the ladies wanted to buy!
Millions of years of biology of 50 years of feminist dogma - the choice is yours.
Video games, drinking and salsa dancing are all missing from her list. But she'll learn.
"I also apologize to your male peers, but there's a sad, sad irony here: those of your male peers who "get it" are pissed off, and rightfully so. But they actually have more options than you do. They can walk away, and they can handle the criticism they will face for it. They've been criticized their entire lives. They're used to it, and they haven't let it destroy them. The ugly truth is, they will do better without you than you will do without them." No, no, by all means ladies, please continue on. Men have adapted to this new environment, we're ready and waiting for Generation Spinsterhood. It will be awesome!
Dr. Helen has her book coming out soon. Hope she informs me when it's published!
Feminists will be dispatching their snipers to take out Susan because of this.
I love watching smart children manipulate their naive parents.
A superior culture does make for a superior country. Jamila continues her road towards being converted to the libertarian/consevative side of the force.
Hilarious, but language warning. And it's from a woman so take the complaints up with her. Also, "guzzle" vs. "earn" but don't tell Harvard professors that.
Oh, just wait for the collapse to happen. Then you're REALLY going to see some life expectancies dropping.
Tam has a somewhat similar shopping experience to mine at Trader Joe's, but this is at a book store. Guess which book the ladies wanted to buy!
Millions of years of biology of 50 years of feminist dogma - the choice is yours.
Video games, drinking and salsa dancing are all missing from her list. But she'll learn.
"I also apologize to your male peers, but there's a sad, sad irony here: those of your male peers who "get it" are pissed off, and rightfully so. But they actually have more options than you do. They can walk away, and they can handle the criticism they will face for it. They've been criticized their entire lives. They're used to it, and they haven't let it destroy them. The ugly truth is, they will do better without you than you will do without them." No, no, by all means ladies, please continue on. Men have adapted to this new environment, we're ready and waiting for Generation Spinsterhood. It will be awesome!
Dr. Helen has her book coming out soon. Hope she informs me when it's published!
Sunday, September 23, 2012
People of Trader Joe's
Much as I would like to start a web site ala "People of Wal-Mart" but call it "People of Trader Joe's" I frankly don't have the time.
But with my most recent visit there, I shall debrief every one and give them a synopsis of my experience and observations there.
First, I like Trader Joe's. I don't know why more people don't shop there. The prices are GREAT, cheaper than most places and even though everything is "organic" it still is quality food at dirt cheap prices.
However, that is where the economist ends, and the normal, masculine, self-respecting male takes over. Because in order to avail yourself of said lower prices and quality food you must commit yourself to entering an environment that, frankly, makes you worried you'll get infected and walk out with a rat's nest beard and one less testicle.
First, and I'm being deadly serious, I could kick every guys' ass in the place. And I'm only 142 pounds at 5' 9". There is NO testosterone in the entire joint. Every guy is an emasculated putz. When we first walked in there was this one guy, at least 200 lbs, standing behind his multi-ethnic wife (of course). She was talking to one of the patrons about, who knows, the price of arugula. Spent the next 15 minutes grabbing what we needed, turned the corner, and STILL, there is the emasculated yutz, standing patiently behind his wife/partner, with the dopey look on his face, while she continues talking. He was bigger than me. Probably stronger than me. But you could see in his eyes he was weak, sad, pathetic. Wouldn't raise a finger and his glands could not secrete a hormone of defiance, self respect, or anger.
Second, NOT ONE WOMAN HAD MAKE UP. I started to notice this at first, and when I realized the sample survey I had taken of women had no make up, it became a vendetta to find one that did. NOT ONE. No, the women were all homely. They didn't care to look pretty, they didn't care to look feminine, it's almost as if they were purposely making a political statement that they didn't (I don't know) what, didn't care? Didn't want to conform? It's one thing if you're a 21 year old ditz majoring in sociology, but Jesus H Christ, these women were in their 50's and still carry on this crusade. It was also of meritable note than none of them had wedding rings either. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, fish bicycle. Enjoy your cats.
Third, the ugliness factor. My girl and I were HANDS DOWN the hottest couple in the joint. And I don't fashion ourselves models or anything like that. It begat me to ponder a theory as to why that was. Why was a grocery store, of all places, a magnet for truly and genuinely ugly people? I have had theories about this before, that liberalism and leftism are the antithesis of competition, and since looks and breeding is nothing more than the more bane and basic form of competition, liberals always seek each other out in Uglyfests like yoga retreats and organic farmer's markets and art festivals to avoid such competition. But mercy, do you all have to converge at the same place I show up at a grocery store? And why the grocery store? I theorize it's because it's "all organic and green and politically 'cool.'" But that only further confirms my theory it's all about avoiding competition because going "green" is nothing more than the lazy/ugly man's way of proving his worth in society. It's like joining a club that requires nothing more than that you "care." "Oooh, look at me, I don't work out, I don't have a real job, I don't do anything, But I "CARE" Want to mate and make really ugly hairy armpit babies?"
Fourth, fashion. To my dear good Jewish friend who had his beanie on. Not only should you not let your kid run rampant over you while I have to endure the argument you have with him about whether or not he should get (organically crappy) candy. Do you have to wear WHITE SNEAKERS with a DARK RUNNING OUTFIT that is completely unnecessary because your gut and lack of sweat shows you obviously don't use them? Look, I'm "technically" Jewish through matriachical um..heritage Jewish thing. I have Jewish friends and relatives and loved ones. But as by all means a "non-Jew" observer, do you have to purposely wear crappy clothing? Are you purposely trying to feed the stereotype like my uncle? Put on some nice slacks. Or just some decent shoes. And THEN wear the beanie. I mean, my god, if I'm going to wear something that tells the world my particular religious affiliation, I'm going to at least make myself presentable to the public and not a disgrace in fashion.
Fifth, any thugs that want to rob a joint, dude, Trader Joe's is THE place to rob. No man, let alone, woman, at that joint is going to stop you. The men, like their clientele are pansified SWPL men. They'll cower, NONE carry guns, and again, if you're 140 pounds and have an ounce of testosterone you can kick their CUMULATIVE asses (and it won't be fair...to them I mean). They'll give you whatever you want. Also the women (and I am NOT being facetious here, I truly believe this) will actually politically support you robbing them. "Ohhh, the poor disadvantage person that has to resort to robbing a place to feed him and his coke addiction..err..."family." Hell, you'll probably score a number or two of frumpy hairy women intoxicated on the Helsinki Syndrome because you're the first real man they've seen in 4 months and are sick at looking at "Seth" with his limpy arms and goatee as her pursues his "Masters in Poetry." And you can get away scott-free. Nobody will call the "fuzz" because the fuzz is facist and besides, you displaying the first real sign of manliness just turned every girl on and they ain't going to narc on you.
Sixth, and finally, it's hypocritical. I saw all of you effeminate, emasculate putzes scoping out my girl. And, yes, I caught a couple of you "confirmed" feminists, scoping me out too. And I saw all you people in the parking lot envy my girl's car. Your human DNA and millions of years of genetic programming betray you. You REALLY don't like shopping there, at least for the prices anyway. You really don't like being ugly. You really don't like being who you are. YOu're just too damn lazy to change who you are and achieve your best. You find it easier to find solace in the company of other lazy people to rationalize your CHOICE to not try, not endure, not work hard, not sweat or toil. YOu find it easier to "race to the bottom" to rationalize your pathetic rank. And you all hide behind it like all other cowards who are afraid of life - behind political crusades.
You're all going "green."
You're all "caring about the environment."
You're all "caring about the poor."
BS.
You're all too lazy to go and kick ass and take names. And what's sad is you don't shop at Trader Joe's because of the prices. YOu shop there, first and foremost, because it's a loser's club. The economic rationale to shop there doesn't even occur to you.
I'll admit it's a harsh theory, but I'll rescind and retract this one when somebody comes up with a better one as to why such homely people shop at Trader Joe's. AND I don't want to hear any crap about how "insulting I am" because if I recall, many of you folk have no problem mocking the "People of Wal-Mart" when you don't realize you're just the opposite side of the same coin.
But with my most recent visit there, I shall debrief every one and give them a synopsis of my experience and observations there.
First, I like Trader Joe's. I don't know why more people don't shop there. The prices are GREAT, cheaper than most places and even though everything is "organic" it still is quality food at dirt cheap prices.
However, that is where the economist ends, and the normal, masculine, self-respecting male takes over. Because in order to avail yourself of said lower prices and quality food you must commit yourself to entering an environment that, frankly, makes you worried you'll get infected and walk out with a rat's nest beard and one less testicle.
First, and I'm being deadly serious, I could kick every guys' ass in the place. And I'm only 142 pounds at 5' 9". There is NO testosterone in the entire joint. Every guy is an emasculated putz. When we first walked in there was this one guy, at least 200 lbs, standing behind his multi-ethnic wife (of course). She was talking to one of the patrons about, who knows, the price of arugula. Spent the next 15 minutes grabbing what we needed, turned the corner, and STILL, there is the emasculated yutz, standing patiently behind his wife/partner, with the dopey look on his face, while she continues talking. He was bigger than me. Probably stronger than me. But you could see in his eyes he was weak, sad, pathetic. Wouldn't raise a finger and his glands could not secrete a hormone of defiance, self respect, or anger.
Second, NOT ONE WOMAN HAD MAKE UP. I started to notice this at first, and when I realized the sample survey I had taken of women had no make up, it became a vendetta to find one that did. NOT ONE. No, the women were all homely. They didn't care to look pretty, they didn't care to look feminine, it's almost as if they were purposely making a political statement that they didn't (I don't know) what, didn't care? Didn't want to conform? It's one thing if you're a 21 year old ditz majoring in sociology, but Jesus H Christ, these women were in their 50's and still carry on this crusade. It was also of meritable note than none of them had wedding rings either. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know, fish bicycle. Enjoy your cats.
Third, the ugliness factor. My girl and I were HANDS DOWN the hottest couple in the joint. And I don't fashion ourselves models or anything like that. It begat me to ponder a theory as to why that was. Why was a grocery store, of all places, a magnet for truly and genuinely ugly people? I have had theories about this before, that liberalism and leftism are the antithesis of competition, and since looks and breeding is nothing more than the more bane and basic form of competition, liberals always seek each other out in Uglyfests like yoga retreats and organic farmer's markets and art festivals to avoid such competition. But mercy, do you all have to converge at the same place I show up at a grocery store? And why the grocery store? I theorize it's because it's "all organic and green and politically 'cool.'" But that only further confirms my theory it's all about avoiding competition because going "green" is nothing more than the lazy/ugly man's way of proving his worth in society. It's like joining a club that requires nothing more than that you "care." "Oooh, look at me, I don't work out, I don't have a real job, I don't do anything, But I "CARE" Want to mate and make really ugly hairy armpit babies?"
Fourth, fashion. To my dear good Jewish friend who had his beanie on. Not only should you not let your kid run rampant over you while I have to endure the argument you have with him about whether or not he should get (organically crappy) candy. Do you have to wear WHITE SNEAKERS with a DARK RUNNING OUTFIT that is completely unnecessary because your gut and lack of sweat shows you obviously don't use them? Look, I'm "technically" Jewish through matriachical um..heritage Jewish thing. I have Jewish friends and relatives and loved ones. But as by all means a "non-Jew" observer, do you have to purposely wear crappy clothing? Are you purposely trying to feed the stereotype like my uncle? Put on some nice slacks. Or just some decent shoes. And THEN wear the beanie. I mean, my god, if I'm going to wear something that tells the world my particular religious affiliation, I'm going to at least make myself presentable to the public and not a disgrace in fashion.
Fifth, any thugs that want to rob a joint, dude, Trader Joe's is THE place to rob. No man, let alone, woman, at that joint is going to stop you. The men, like their clientele are pansified SWPL men. They'll cower, NONE carry guns, and again, if you're 140 pounds and have an ounce of testosterone you can kick their CUMULATIVE asses (and it won't be fair...to them I mean). They'll give you whatever you want. Also the women (and I am NOT being facetious here, I truly believe this) will actually politically support you robbing them. "Ohhh, the poor disadvantage person that has to resort to robbing a place to feed him and his coke addiction..err..."family." Hell, you'll probably score a number or two of frumpy hairy women intoxicated on the Helsinki Syndrome because you're the first real man they've seen in 4 months and are sick at looking at "Seth" with his limpy arms and goatee as her pursues his "Masters in Poetry." And you can get away scott-free. Nobody will call the "fuzz" because the fuzz is facist and besides, you displaying the first real sign of manliness just turned every girl on and they ain't going to narc on you.
Sixth, and finally, it's hypocritical. I saw all of you effeminate, emasculate putzes scoping out my girl. And, yes, I caught a couple of you "confirmed" feminists, scoping me out too. And I saw all you people in the parking lot envy my girl's car. Your human DNA and millions of years of genetic programming betray you. You REALLY don't like shopping there, at least for the prices anyway. You really don't like being ugly. You really don't like being who you are. YOu're just too damn lazy to change who you are and achieve your best. You find it easier to find solace in the company of other lazy people to rationalize your CHOICE to not try, not endure, not work hard, not sweat or toil. YOu find it easier to "race to the bottom" to rationalize your pathetic rank. And you all hide behind it like all other cowards who are afraid of life - behind political crusades.
You're all going "green."
You're all "caring about the environment."
You're all "caring about the poor."
BS.
You're all too lazy to go and kick ass and take names. And what's sad is you don't shop at Trader Joe's because of the prices. YOu shop there, first and foremost, because it's a loser's club. The economic rationale to shop there doesn't even occur to you.
I'll admit it's a harsh theory, but I'll rescind and retract this one when somebody comes up with a better one as to why such homely people shop at Trader Joe's. AND I don't want to hear any crap about how "insulting I am" because if I recall, many of you folk have no problem mocking the "People of Wal-Mart" when you don't realize you're just the opposite side of the same coin.
School Lunch (and food) Survey!
More trippin' down memory lane, this one for all ages! Some questions -- feel free to answer as few or as many as you want to or can! Please distinguish grade school from middle and/or high school where appropriate.
- How often did you eat lunch at school?
- Did you bring lunch, buy lunch or have lunch provided by the school?
- If lunch was provided by the school, was this for everyone or a need-based program?
- What was a typical lunch for you (younger and older if applicable)?
- Looking at tables if need be, how many calories did you eat at lunch (again, specify for age ranges as needed)?
Other foods
- Did you eat other meals or snacks at school?
- If so, were these brought from home, purchased (vending or cafeteria) or provided?
- What did you drink at school?
Thanks in advance!!
Childhood Nutrition ... The Egg Survey Results!
I haven't forgotten my Egg Survey! Thanks to all who participated, and essentially confirmed my memories of this aspect of childhood were quite "average". There were also quite a few new names amongst the responders so I'd like to extend my belated welcome to the Asylum!
First my own answers (and for my husband as well), and then a brief summary:
Who Wants to Hire Katie Underhay!
Not kidding. This is a recent comment on that post I made about that idiot who pursued a "Masters" in "Puppetry." She seemed hell-bent on getting her e-mail out there, so let's give her a warm Cappy Cap welcome.
Katie Underhay - email me at Katie.underhay@rwcmd.ac.uk for more information, if you are willing to be educated said...
I seriously think you need to worry about yourself before you worry about the careers and education of everyone else on Earth. Puppetry, like any other career (particularly the arts and theatre) is incredibly hard to get into. Having a masters degree in a subject is no doubt going to help employability and why shouldn't someone who is passionate about a subject which could bring joy to millions have to pass that up to become a neurobiologist? I am not "too stupid" to have a different career, but I like puppets. And if Jim Henson decided to become an accountant then I expect there would be thousands of children all over the world who would have found it a lot harder to earn to count, or about coping with death or accepting other cultures and ethnicities (all covered within Sesame Street).
I highly doubt you have seen War Horse, but Handspring (a British puppet company) developed beautiful and moving puppetry based on Michael Morpurgo's novel at the National Theatre Company and not only has this production moved from the national to another West End Theatre, it has also moved to Broadway and entertained and been a form of escapism for thousands of people. And if you think that something this spectacular on the West End and Broadway isn't worth educated people to be involved in it, PLEASE be my guest and insult Musical Theatre Degrees, Drama Degrees, Fine Art Degrees, Music Degrees, Stage Management, Theatre Design, Technical Theatre, because in your mind, these are all pointless, as is the theatre. I suppose if you think theatre is pointless, you agree that television is pointless? And that degrees in acting are pointless for the performers in your favourite TV shows?
I do not take insults to the arts lightly. They are often made by ignorant people who expect entertainment to come from nowhere. So unless you want to sit alone in a room being a banker (or whatever you do) with no artwork or posters on your wall, no music to ever listen to or even radio shows, no television, no theatre, no film, no literature, and no bedtime stories to read your children (which I doubt) then LIVE AND LET LIVE.
If you don't like the idea of a Masters Degree in Puppetry, don't take one! And stop worrying about those who do! Live is too short to worry abut people you think are idiots, therefore I shall stop thinking about you!
Seriously people, I'm not making this up. This IS a real comment.
Now, I have plenty of things to say, but instead, I'm going to take a different approach.
I'm going to let you guys eviscerate her.
Now keep in mind she is only a naive 20 something child who has no real world experience and relies on us real adults to work real jobs to pay the taxes so she can pursue a subsidized hobby whilst claiming (no doubt) to be an "independent woman" even though she is the veritable definition of a parasite.
So be extra special "affirmative action" sweet to her.
On a serious note. Cripes. Are people in this world really this stupid?
Katie Underhay - email me at Katie.underhay@rwcmd.ac.uk for more information, if you are willing to be educated said...
I seriously think you need to worry about yourself before you worry about the careers and education of everyone else on Earth. Puppetry, like any other career (particularly the arts and theatre) is incredibly hard to get into. Having a masters degree in a subject is no doubt going to help employability and why shouldn't someone who is passionate about a subject which could bring joy to millions have to pass that up to become a neurobiologist? I am not "too stupid" to have a different career, but I like puppets. And if Jim Henson decided to become an accountant then I expect there would be thousands of children all over the world who would have found it a lot harder to earn to count, or about coping with death or accepting other cultures and ethnicities (all covered within Sesame Street).
I highly doubt you have seen War Horse, but Handspring (a British puppet company) developed beautiful and moving puppetry based on Michael Morpurgo's novel at the National Theatre Company and not only has this production moved from the national to another West End Theatre, it has also moved to Broadway and entertained and been a form of escapism for thousands of people. And if you think that something this spectacular on the West End and Broadway isn't worth educated people to be involved in it, PLEASE be my guest and insult Musical Theatre Degrees, Drama Degrees, Fine Art Degrees, Music Degrees, Stage Management, Theatre Design, Technical Theatre, because in your mind, these are all pointless, as is the theatre. I suppose if you think theatre is pointless, you agree that television is pointless? And that degrees in acting are pointless for the performers in your favourite TV shows?
I do not take insults to the arts lightly. They are often made by ignorant people who expect entertainment to come from nowhere. So unless you want to sit alone in a room being a banker (or whatever you do) with no artwork or posters on your wall, no music to ever listen to or even radio shows, no television, no theatre, no film, no literature, and no bedtime stories to read your children (which I doubt) then LIVE AND LET LIVE.
If you don't like the idea of a Masters Degree in Puppetry, don't take one! And stop worrying about those who do! Live is too short to worry abut people you think are idiots, therefore I shall stop thinking about you!
Seriously people, I'm not making this up. This IS a real comment.
Now, I have plenty of things to say, but instead, I'm going to take a different approach.
I'm going to let you guys eviscerate her.
Now keep in mind she is only a naive 20 something child who has no real world experience and relies on us real adults to work real jobs to pay the taxes so she can pursue a subsidized hobby whilst claiming (no doubt) to be an "independent woman" even though she is the veritable definition of a parasite.
So be extra special "affirmative action" sweet to her.
On a serious note. Cripes. Are people in this world really this stupid?
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Ready the Vomit Bag
Mercy. Reminds me of a game I play. "Ugly or Unhappy." You play it by driving up on a Prius and you guess whether the driver is unhappy (usually frowning), ugly or both. You all make your bets and the driver passes the Prius, you peer into the Prius driver's window and confirm who was right.
Usually everybody, no matter what their bets, and no, I'm not making that up. I have 7 years experience in this game. You should try it yourself and see if I'm lying.
Usually everybody, no matter what their bets, and no, I'm not making that up. I have 7 years experience in this game. You should try it yourself and see if I'm lying.
A Great Primer of Economics for Beginners and Experts
Howdy All,
I have been linking to a fair amount of Ludwig Von Mises and Austrian podcasts and I figured I'd just post the link to the veritable treasure trove of MP3's instead of piece mealing them out.
There is a TON of podcasts here, a lot of which are great for the beginner economist as well as some more advanced topics for the expert or advanced hobbyist economist.
Regardless, if you need something for your MP3 player while you're working out or taking a flight I STRONGLY recommending seeing what they have here. Should last you a couple weeks at least.
I have been linking to a fair amount of Ludwig Von Mises and Austrian podcasts and I figured I'd just post the link to the veritable treasure trove of MP3's instead of piece mealing them out.
There is a TON of podcasts here, a lot of which are great for the beginner economist as well as some more advanced topics for the expert or advanced hobbyist economist.
Regardless, if you need something for your MP3 player while you're working out or taking a flight I STRONGLY recommending seeing what they have here. Should last you a couple weeks at least.
Causes of the Obesity Epidemic ~ Stats: Food Costs
In this series of who knows how many posts, I'm just going to put out graphs either directly obtained from U.S. Per Capita Food Supply Trends, or constructed from data upon which this report was prepared from the USDA. Now there's no right or wrong data set, but I tend to believe supply data over self-report consumption data, given the plethora of data showing wide discrepancies between reported and actual intake. While we Americans can be a wasteful sort, the USDA has adjusted the supply data to include waste from 1970 forward. And for all the flack over food being big business, we also know that what doesn't get sold (and consumed) eventually doesn't get produced any more. Thus while actual consumption may not be determined with great accuracy, there's little reason to believe that they don't track to the availability/supply.
So, that said, one of the discussions that was going on in comments was about the cost of foods, so I thought I'd put up this graphic for discussion.
Friday, September 21, 2012
The Ultimate Retirement Solution - Moonshine
After the great economic minds of Cappy Cappites converged and discussed the retirement debate, I believe Ras Al Ghul had the "most appropriate" answer - make your own moonshine.
This is not to belittle or lessen the other answers/options because (as another reader pointed out) it WILL depend on the environment, you yourself and your personal preferences, and what precisely happens in the economy (complete rapid collapse or just a slow degradation).
However, I believe no matter where you go and where you are the ABILITY and SKILL to make booze will serve you well AND make sure the roving bands keep you alive instead of randomly kill you:
Please make a win-win-win decision.
Buy yourself the book so you can make booze and retire in comfort - WIN!
Buy yourself the book so I can make a commission - WIN!
Buy yourself the book so the author who had the wisdom to write this tome gets a royal check - WIN!
This is not to belittle or lessen the other answers/options because (as another reader pointed out) it WILL depend on the environment, you yourself and your personal preferences, and what precisely happens in the economy (complete rapid collapse or just a slow degradation).
However, I believe no matter where you go and where you are the ABILITY and SKILL to make booze will serve you well AND make sure the roving bands keep you alive instead of randomly kill you:
Please make a win-win-win decision.
Buy yourself the book so you can make booze and retire in comfort - WIN!
Buy yourself the book so I can make a commission - WIN!
Buy yourself the book so the author who had the wisdom to write this tome gets a royal check - WIN!
Proto-Crusaderism: Thomas DiLorenzo
An environmentalist is a totalitarian socialist whose real objective is to revive socialism and economic central planning under the subterfuge of "saving the planet" from capitalism. He is "green" on the outside, but red on the inside, and is hence appropriately labeled a "watermelon."
The speech is a must, but what irks me (and makes me proud at the same time) is how I spotted this crusaderism to be nothing but a ruse or a secret vehicle for delivering socialism long ago, but it was discovered and ID's so long ago by Thomas DiLorenzo.
The speech is a must, but what irks me (and makes me proud at the same time) is how I spotted this crusaderism to be nothing but a ruse or a secret vehicle for delivering socialism long ago, but it was discovered and ID's so long ago by Thomas DiLorenzo.
Booze, Bullets, Currency or Metals
There has been some constructive debate here on Cappy Cap as to what to invest in given the poor economic outlook for the future. You don't invest in education because, well, who is going to hire you. You don't invest in fixed assets, because, well, they'll be taxed away or just outright confiscated. You certainly don't invest in a retirement plan, not just because stocks are historically overvalued, but there is also a significant chance the government will either rescind the tax benefits of those retirement plans OR just outright confiscate them ala Argentina and Bolivia.
So what do you do with a worthless piece of paper with Ben Franklin's face on it?
Well, there are so far four options:
Discuss and resolve which is the best.
On a side note, it was very economically and mentally rewarding converting a worthless piece of paper (with the additional dilution of Mr. Bernanke's recent actions) into a tangible good that can be used later. You almost feel guilty handing the paper over to some "sucker" willing to part with that tangible good for your piece of paper.
Oh well, enjoy the decline!
So what do you do with a worthless piece of paper with Ben Franklin's face on it?
Well, there are so far four options:
Discuss and resolve which is the best.
On a side note, it was very economically and mentally rewarding converting a worthless piece of paper (with the additional dilution of Mr. Bernanke's recent actions) into a tangible good that can be used later. You almost feel guilty handing the paper over to some "sucker" willing to part with that tangible good for your piece of paper.
Oh well, enjoy the decline!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Food Graphics and Fallacies ...
... (or is that phalluses?). I about spit out my coffee when I clicked on a graphic from NuSI that Josh linked to in comments in another post. (BTW, an aside, I try to keep the blogging up at the expense of responding to comments so I apologize for getting quite behind of late.) So I decided to use my crudely constructed "arrows" at right in my graphics. Yes, that's Rick Moranis from Space Balls there!
How to Snatch a Man
I know when men tender advice about "how to court guys" or "how to catch a man" or "what men like in women," the pre-programmed, visceral response from most modern day women is
"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE WANT A MAN OR NEED ONE??? I'M MY OWN WOMAN AND I HAVE A CAREER, AND YOU MUST BE SHALLOW AND LIKE SKINNY CHICKS, YOU PROBABLY DEGRADE WOMEN BY EXPECTING THEM TO DRESS UP IN LINGERIE, WELL, THAT'S NOT ME!!! I'M AN INDEPENDENT blah blah blah blah."
Of course, that night you're at home crying because you can't find a man.
Well, I've always had a very simple theory. So simple, it's complex. So simple it has evaded people because it's been hiding right there out in the public.
Why not just act like a woman?
Dispense, if you will, with the latest in feminist theory or ideology you've been fed and just think about it for a second.
Men and women are not only different, they are kind of designed purposely to be different to umm..."do things" together. They complement each other. Whether this was "intelligent" design or evolution, more powerful forces than you and an army of women's studies professors are at work here and, frankly, can't be overridden.
So the obvious solution would be to simply be feminine. Because, well, that's what men like.
No, no, I know, I know.
"Who cares what men like!? You don't need a man, and why is it all about what the man wants, and what gall do I have to suggest to you what to do and blabbity blah blah blah."
I'm sorry, my apologies for being so presumptive and misogynistic.
What time would you like me to drop off the Kleenexes later this evening when you're crying?
"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE WANT A MAN OR NEED ONE??? I'M MY OWN WOMAN AND I HAVE A CAREER, AND YOU MUST BE SHALLOW AND LIKE SKINNY CHICKS, YOU PROBABLY DEGRADE WOMEN BY EXPECTING THEM TO DRESS UP IN LINGERIE, WELL, THAT'S NOT ME!!! I'M AN INDEPENDENT blah blah blah blah."
Of course, that night you're at home crying because you can't find a man.
Well, I've always had a very simple theory. So simple, it's complex. So simple it has evaded people because it's been hiding right there out in the public.
Why not just act like a woman?
Dispense, if you will, with the latest in feminist theory or ideology you've been fed and just think about it for a second.
Men and women are not only different, they are kind of designed purposely to be different to umm..."do things" together. They complement each other. Whether this was "intelligent" design or evolution, more powerful forces than you and an army of women's studies professors are at work here and, frankly, can't be overridden.
So the obvious solution would be to simply be feminine. Because, well, that's what men like.
No, no, I know, I know.
"Who cares what men like!? You don't need a man, and why is it all about what the man wants, and what gall do I have to suggest to you what to do and blabbity blah blah blah."
I'm sorry, my apologies for being so presumptive and misogynistic.
What time would you like me to drop off the Kleenexes later this evening when you're crying?
The Epitome of Psychotic
I'm being serious when I ask this question, and I ask a neurologist or a psychologist to answer it:
What is the part of the brain that malfunctions when you decide to deny reality?
What is the part of the brain that malfunctions when you decide to deny reality?
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Buy Silver Dollars, Not Booze
The Captain, as you know, likes to drink and is of course partial to the true nectar of the gods - Rumpleminze. And, if you are like me, you probably go to the local bar and buy two drinks per day. That, depending on tip and where you go, can easily add up to around $12-$14.
However, it dawned on me while running today that I really haven't acquired a significant "physical commodity portfolio." I put a couple calls into several coin dealers in town and the going price for a silver dollar is around $27.
Of course, I'm not one for discipline, but neither am I one for all out hedonism either. And every once in a while I like to put myself through a period of discipline to make sure I still have self control.
So I decree the next 30 days "Buy Silver Dollars, Not Booze" month were, essentially every other day you are allowed to go buy a silver dollar if you didn't buy booze at the bar the two days previous. In theory you will have acquired 15 silver pieces which (when the federal government fully monetizes the debt) will allow you to pay off your mortgage with one silver dollar.
Enjoy the decline!
However, it dawned on me while running today that I really haven't acquired a significant "physical commodity portfolio." I put a couple calls into several coin dealers in town and the going price for a silver dollar is around $27.
Of course, I'm not one for discipline, but neither am I one for all out hedonism either. And every once in a while I like to put myself through a period of discipline to make sure I still have self control.
So I decree the next 30 days "Buy Silver Dollars, Not Booze" month were, essentially every other day you are allowed to go buy a silver dollar if you didn't buy booze at the bar the two days previous. In theory you will have acquired 15 silver pieces which (when the federal government fully monetizes the debt) will allow you to pay off your mortgage with one silver dollar.
Enjoy the decline!
The Political Science Department at the University of Georgia
From our young Agent in the Field:
I truly now understand why political science is such a worthless degree and how my sister is earning 10 dollars an hour at a job she got at a bank.
I checked out some of the PDFs for some of the classes and it's pretty much a huge joke. They list all the "books" you need in the syllabi which sound like the ones I can either buy cheap on Amazon or go to my local public library and check them out for free and read the same material at my own pace and learn it, or better yet, listen to talk radio. I've even Googled some of the authors of the books they recommend like John Stuart Mill. Shockingly enough, I discovered that a lot of the authors were either liberal or influenced by some Marxist writer or had ties to Marxism. Utter brainwashing. A lot of the authors suspiciously were Yale and Harvard graduates. In one of the courses, you can even read and learn about Karl Marx.
I like how his sister is making $10/hr. That's actually quite high for a BA in Poli (ahem ahem COUGH COUGH, WHEEZE WHEEZE) "Science."
Keep spreading the word young people. And as an insult or a "I Told You So" gift, you can always buy them "Worthless."
I truly now understand why political science is such a worthless degree and how my sister is earning 10 dollars an hour at a job she got at a bank.
I like how his sister is making $10/hr. That's actually quite high for a BA in Poli (ahem ahem COUGH COUGH, WHEEZE WHEEZE) "Science."
Keep spreading the word young people. And as an insult or a "I Told You So" gift, you can always buy them "Worthless."
Male Equivalents of Unicorns
Har! Just found this piece funny. Will have to update the Manosphere directory to include.
Remember, people trying to deliver a dose of reality are just hating on you.
Stop the hate! Hunt the unicorns! Your own rich George Clooney is out there ladies! Keep searching!
Remember, people trying to deliver a dose of reality are just hating on you.
Stop the hate! Hunt the unicorns! Your own rich George Clooney is out there ladies! Keep searching!
Yes, What a "Heroic" Single Mom
You go grrrl! Grrrrl power!
This is nothing more than the most selfish bitch on the face of the planet. I will further contend she couldn't care less about her kid as much as she does using the kid to get attention and ruining other people's fun. I pity the kid.
This is nothing more than the most selfish bitch on the face of the planet. I will further contend she couldn't care less about her kid as much as she does using the kid to get attention and ruining other people's fun. I pity the kid.
Americans Should Direct, The Japanese Should Draw
Most Japanese anime sucks (and YES MR. FULLER, I KNOW SPICE AND WOLF! I'm on it!)
However, in the case of Cowboy Bebop where it was heavily influenced by American culture, I think the perfect combination is the superior American directing combined with the superior Japanese animation and drawing.
I have not been compelled to watch a cartoon as much as this one in recent memory:
However, in the case of Cowboy Bebop where it was heavily influenced by American culture, I think the perfect combination is the superior American directing combined with the superior Japanese animation and drawing.
I have not been compelled to watch a cartoon as much as this one in recent memory:
How the Hatred of Math Explains Everything About Politics
Good news everyone!
I've discovered the single variable the explains everything about politics, especially in this upcoming election - math.
Oh laugh if you will, but just as you can boil down economics to producers and parasites, you can boil all of politics down to math.
Allow me to explain.
Math does two things.
1. It explains the motives and incentives of most two party systems (even the European ones where there's about 300 different parties, but still aligned on producer and parasite ideologies) and
2. it explains the entire psychology of people who subscribe to the parasite ideology.
First, if you look at every "two party system" (and I do include those European parliaments with 300 different parties) in general it boils down to one party trying to be mature and realistic, and another party being infantile and living in Lala Land. One trying to dispense tough, fatherly love, and another trying to woo the children with motherly-cake-bribing love. Understand the Lala Land party does not do so because it wishes to be infantile or doesn't know what the reality is, but because it wishes to be in power. This necessitates the Lala Land party not only ignore reality, but spend the vast majority of its efforts in spinning events and numbers, securing and brainwashing future voters with their propaganda, concocting "crises" where there are none (but only the have the solution), and creating outright lies and falsehoods about the reality-based party in an attempt to villainize them. They have to outdo reality and so resort to (sometimes) the most outlandish tactics (the global warming scam and "Romney killed my wife" etc.)
This results in what I like to call "The Cake and Broccoli Parties." One party is inevitably the fatherly party pooper, telling his kids things that are FACTUAL, but kids don't like to hear. "No, you can't sit on your ass, you need to work. No we don't have enough money for that. No, we aren't buying that. No you can't have candy, you need to drink your milk and eat your broccoli." The other party gets to be the divorce-seeking mother who vies for the favor of her children, with the added benefit of using the father's money to finance her bribery. "Yes, you can have a Coke with your ice cream. No you don't need to do your chores. No you don't have to work. No you don't have to work out. Yes, you should have free food. Yes, you should have free health care. Here, have some more cake, just remember you love mom and your dad hates you and he beats me and he killed my wife."
But, again, here is where math comes in and explains in large part the actions and words of the typical parasite party.
In the long run the decisions, promises and policies pursued by the left are not sustainable and inevitably do fail. The kid will get cavities just as the economy will scare away investors and businesses. This will not just manifest itself in people's personal lives, but numbers (with any modicum of honesty used when calculating them) will start to show it. Unemployment, GDP growth, income, wages, deficits, etc. etc. As this reality comes crushing down on the parasite party, it's main job is to explain it away and spin reality. And not just do that, blame the problems on the producer/reality party, or just go for the good ole fashioned "class envy/warfare." Their arguments to anybody with half a brain say nothing, avoid reality, and do not have numbers or any tangible plans (this is why Romney had a five point plan in his speech at the RNC while Obama just blathered on the same vomitous pablum he did 4 years ago, oh, and Romney killed some guy's wife). But again, this is not because they're stupid. It's because they're hoping you are and you will swallow such puke and vote for them.
Regardless, what you will note is the stark absence of math (or at least non-manipulated statistics) coming out of the parasite party. It's always going to be amorphous references to the future, attacks and villainizing the producer/father party, citings of fabricated "injustices," and again, crises made of whole cloth (the solutions of which magically always involve more taxation, other people's money and less freedom). The father/reality party (if it was intellectually honest this entire time) has an easy job - just cite math, statistics and reality and IN THE LONG RUN you should be able to win most elections (that is assuming you even kick the left out of education and shut down their voter-farms).
While this explains most political parties' behaviors, it does not explain how such parasite parties can get such a foothold with the voting public. Oh sure, they might have some success, and yes, with the introduction of new (and idiotic) voters from their voter mills (public schools), in the short run they might have a go at it. But inevitably these people must wake up, grow up and realize the lies they're being told, right?
Right?
Well, there's just one problem.
Humans hate math.
It is not so much that humans hate math (some humans like math), but that humans are innately and inherently lazy. They prefer something for nothing. And since math takes effort I contend you can explain the entirety of human nature and tyranny based on people who do and do not like math or at least those willing to put forth the effort to learn math and those that avoid it.
Oh laugh if you will. But allow me to point out a couple instances of people who don't like math.
Bankers - bankers are basically jocks who didn't make it to professional sports, but still wanted to make a ton of money. Of course, they could become engineers or doctors, but that would take too much math and effort. No, they will instead take some modicum of math via finance or accounting, and maybe not even that. They will then claim, "I'm a big picture sort of guy" talk about "networking" and then "just get the deal done." They will also every 25 years of so require the taxpayer bail them out and every 50 years throw economies into deep recessions. Some will run for office.
Lawyers - see "bankers" but their origins are liberal arts grads who (obviously) didn't like math. They still want to make money, but enter a field even less-profit-promising than bankers. After 5 years in undergrad and 3 years in law school, do you think they're NOT going to make it pay off? Get ready for concocted law suits that drive up the prices for everybody else. Oh, and guess who runs for public office more than any one else?
Liberal arts students - "I'm going to follow my heart and you're all going to pay me." Translation - "I hate math and I want other people to do math to produce the latest Apple Product while I play "Overpaid Government Baby Sitter" on the money you pay in taxes. Thanks for majoring in engineering you sucker."
Fat Acceptance - "I don't care what the scale says. Big is beautiful and you're shallow for not finding me attractive." This also has the variance of "I'm on a diet, I lost 2 pounds in the past 3 months."
Joseph Stalin - "Make the exchange rate 14 rubles per US dollar." (that one you'll all have to look up ;)
People Who Don't Know the Difference between Millions, Billions and Trillions - This is a particular pet peeve of mine because I do believe if younger folk (heck, older folk) KNEW the difference between a million, a billion and a trillion, then they might realize just how screwed our finances are in this country. However, all they hear is "illion" and think, "that's a lot of money. Well at least the GLEOC will take care of it. Oooo! Look, the Packers are playing Tennessee!"
Communist Dictators - do you think any of them give a damn about unemployment, GDP or economic growth or are more concerned with oppressing and keeping their citizens in the dark. Yeah, I'm sure North Korea has the FRED database its people can look stuff up on.
Too Lazy to Look It Up - You know how your mom would say, "look it up?" That would mean you'd have to go to the library, use the archaic Dewey decimal system, pour through a book or micro-fiche and find it after 2 hours of searching. I could see where that would breed a distaste for looking things up. Today kids (and adults) have the internet and it's at their fingertips. But they're still too lazy to look up basic data and statistics (my favorite is "corporate welfare" - no liberal has yet been able to cite a figure for me as to how much that is). What kind of person is so lazy they can't look it up on the internet? This one particularly irks me because it shows you just how truly lazy and fearing of math they are. It also angers me because the internet should have destroyed the left everywhere. Just shows you what a good job they did brainwashing the dolts.
Now, I could go on and on, but you get the point. People who not just abhor math, but purposely choose to ignore it out of ignorance, laziness, or a psychotic loyalty to their ideology are not the type who are going to go out and produce the next cancer vaccine or hover cars. Additionally, they provide more than enough fuel to keep parasite parties in power not only because the party will provide them with the socialist spoils of wealth-redistribution, but because they like being lied to. Their egos remain intact. You aren't poor because you had 15 kids and couldn't do basic math. Now you're poor because "the system failed you man!" You aren't unemployed because your chose the world's most stupid major. No, Romney killed your wife...no...err...wait, Romney is oppressing you. The ignorant spoiled brats of society get what they want, and a political party gets re-elected.
There is one problem though in ignoring math and reality. And that is math and reality always win in the end.
Sure, you can eat cake instead of broccoli all day, but soon you'll be fat, have cavities and a host of other health problems.
Sure, you can yell and scream at men for being shallow and not being attracted to fat girls. But in the end you'll still be single, your sex life will suck and you will also have a host of health problems.
And yes, you can take your right to vote and vote in a party that ignores math, tells you what you want to hear and can keep the racket up for a generation or two until the money runs out. But in the end the economy will be destroyed, you won't have a future, and neither will your kids.
It is here that every human must ask him/herself a simple question - am I going to grow up and become an adult or not?
It's not a tricky question. It's not a bold question. It's not a challenging question. It's a question every human has had to face in the history of humans.
Do you grow up or not?
Because if you do, and everybody starts adhering to economic reality, then we can get this country (and all other countries today and into the future) growing and excelling again. If you don't, well then have fun jumping off the cliff thinking gravity isn't real and that "stupid" math of 9.8 m/s squared doesn't apply to you.
Just let me know in advance so I can set up my lawn chair, light up a cigar and pour myself a Rumpie.
I've discovered the single variable the explains everything about politics, especially in this upcoming election - math.
Oh laugh if you will, but just as you can boil down economics to producers and parasites, you can boil all of politics down to math.
Allow me to explain.
Math does two things.
1. It explains the motives and incentives of most two party systems (even the European ones where there's about 300 different parties, but still aligned on producer and parasite ideologies) and
2. it explains the entire psychology of people who subscribe to the parasite ideology.
First, if you look at every "two party system" (and I do include those European parliaments with 300 different parties) in general it boils down to one party trying to be mature and realistic, and another party being infantile and living in Lala Land. One trying to dispense tough, fatherly love, and another trying to woo the children with motherly-cake-bribing love. Understand the Lala Land party does not do so because it wishes to be infantile or doesn't know what the reality is, but because it wishes to be in power. This necessitates the Lala Land party not only ignore reality, but spend the vast majority of its efforts in spinning events and numbers, securing and brainwashing future voters with their propaganda, concocting "crises" where there are none (but only the have the solution), and creating outright lies and falsehoods about the reality-based party in an attempt to villainize them. They have to outdo reality and so resort to (sometimes) the most outlandish tactics (the global warming scam and "Romney killed my wife" etc.)
This results in what I like to call "The Cake and Broccoli Parties." One party is inevitably the fatherly party pooper, telling his kids things that are FACTUAL, but kids don't like to hear. "No, you can't sit on your ass, you need to work. No we don't have enough money for that. No, we aren't buying that. No you can't have candy, you need to drink your milk and eat your broccoli." The other party gets to be the divorce-seeking mother who vies for the favor of her children, with the added benefit of using the father's money to finance her bribery. "Yes, you can have a Coke with your ice cream. No you don't need to do your chores. No you don't have to work. No you don't have to work out. Yes, you should have free food. Yes, you should have free health care. Here, have some more cake, just remember you love mom and your dad hates you and he beats me and he killed my wife."
But, again, here is where math comes in and explains in large part the actions and words of the typical parasite party.
In the long run the decisions, promises and policies pursued by the left are not sustainable and inevitably do fail. The kid will get cavities just as the economy will scare away investors and businesses. This will not just manifest itself in people's personal lives, but numbers (with any modicum of honesty used when calculating them) will start to show it. Unemployment, GDP growth, income, wages, deficits, etc. etc. As this reality comes crushing down on the parasite party, it's main job is to explain it away and spin reality. And not just do that, blame the problems on the producer/reality party, or just go for the good ole fashioned "class envy/warfare." Their arguments to anybody with half a brain say nothing, avoid reality, and do not have numbers or any tangible plans (this is why Romney had a five point plan in his speech at the RNC while Obama just blathered on the same vomitous pablum he did 4 years ago, oh, and Romney killed some guy's wife). But again, this is not because they're stupid. It's because they're hoping you are and you will swallow such puke and vote for them.
Regardless, what you will note is the stark absence of math (or at least non-manipulated statistics) coming out of the parasite party. It's always going to be amorphous references to the future, attacks and villainizing the producer/father party, citings of fabricated "injustices," and again, crises made of whole cloth (the solutions of which magically always involve more taxation, other people's money and less freedom). The father/reality party (if it was intellectually honest this entire time) has an easy job - just cite math, statistics and reality and IN THE LONG RUN you should be able to win most elections (that is assuming you even kick the left out of education and shut down their voter-farms).
While this explains most political parties' behaviors, it does not explain how such parasite parties can get such a foothold with the voting public. Oh sure, they might have some success, and yes, with the introduction of new (and idiotic) voters from their voter mills (public schools), in the short run they might have a go at it. But inevitably these people must wake up, grow up and realize the lies they're being told, right?
Right?
Well, there's just one problem.
Humans hate math.
It is not so much that humans hate math (some humans like math), but that humans are innately and inherently lazy. They prefer something for nothing. And since math takes effort I contend you can explain the entirety of human nature and tyranny based on people who do and do not like math or at least those willing to put forth the effort to learn math and those that avoid it.
Oh laugh if you will. But allow me to point out a couple instances of people who don't like math.
Bankers - bankers are basically jocks who didn't make it to professional sports, but still wanted to make a ton of money. Of course, they could become engineers or doctors, but that would take too much math and effort. No, they will instead take some modicum of math via finance or accounting, and maybe not even that. They will then claim, "I'm a big picture sort of guy" talk about "networking" and then "just get the deal done." They will also every 25 years of so require the taxpayer bail them out and every 50 years throw economies into deep recessions. Some will run for office.
Lawyers - see "bankers" but their origins are liberal arts grads who (obviously) didn't like math. They still want to make money, but enter a field even less-profit-promising than bankers. After 5 years in undergrad and 3 years in law school, do you think they're NOT going to make it pay off? Get ready for concocted law suits that drive up the prices for everybody else. Oh, and guess who runs for public office more than any one else?
Liberal arts students - "I'm going to follow my heart and you're all going to pay me." Translation - "I hate math and I want other people to do math to produce the latest Apple Product while I play "Overpaid Government Baby Sitter" on the money you pay in taxes. Thanks for majoring in engineering you sucker."
Fat Acceptance - "I don't care what the scale says. Big is beautiful and you're shallow for not finding me attractive." This also has the variance of "I'm on a diet, I lost 2 pounds in the past 3 months."
Joseph Stalin - "Make the exchange rate 14 rubles per US dollar." (that one you'll all have to look up ;)
People Who Don't Know the Difference between Millions, Billions and Trillions - This is a particular pet peeve of mine because I do believe if younger folk (heck, older folk) KNEW the difference between a million, a billion and a trillion, then they might realize just how screwed our finances are in this country. However, all they hear is "illion" and think, "that's a lot of money. Well at least the GLEOC will take care of it. Oooo! Look, the Packers are playing Tennessee!"
Communist Dictators - do you think any of them give a damn about unemployment, GDP or economic growth or are more concerned with oppressing and keeping their citizens in the dark. Yeah, I'm sure North Korea has the FRED database its people can look stuff up on.
Too Lazy to Look It Up - You know how your mom would say, "look it up?" That would mean you'd have to go to the library, use the archaic Dewey decimal system, pour through a book or micro-fiche and find it after 2 hours of searching. I could see where that would breed a distaste for looking things up. Today kids (and adults) have the internet and it's at their fingertips. But they're still too lazy to look up basic data and statistics (my favorite is "corporate welfare" - no liberal has yet been able to cite a figure for me as to how much that is). What kind of person is so lazy they can't look it up on the internet? This one particularly irks me because it shows you just how truly lazy and fearing of math they are. It also angers me because the internet should have destroyed the left everywhere. Just shows you what a good job they did brainwashing the dolts.
Now, I could go on and on, but you get the point. People who not just abhor math, but purposely choose to ignore it out of ignorance, laziness, or a psychotic loyalty to their ideology are not the type who are going to go out and produce the next cancer vaccine or hover cars. Additionally, they provide more than enough fuel to keep parasite parties in power not only because the party will provide them with the socialist spoils of wealth-redistribution, but because they like being lied to. Their egos remain intact. You aren't poor because you had 15 kids and couldn't do basic math. Now you're poor because "the system failed you man!" You aren't unemployed because your chose the world's most stupid major. No, Romney killed your wife...no...err...wait, Romney is oppressing you. The ignorant spoiled brats of society get what they want, and a political party gets re-elected.
There is one problem though in ignoring math and reality. And that is math and reality always win in the end.
Sure, you can eat cake instead of broccoli all day, but soon you'll be fat, have cavities and a host of other health problems.
Sure, you can yell and scream at men for being shallow and not being attracted to fat girls. But in the end you'll still be single, your sex life will suck and you will also have a host of health problems.
And yes, you can take your right to vote and vote in a party that ignores math, tells you what you want to hear and can keep the racket up for a generation or two until the money runs out. But in the end the economy will be destroyed, you won't have a future, and neither will your kids.
It is here that every human must ask him/herself a simple question - am I going to grow up and become an adult or not?
It's not a tricky question. It's not a bold question. It's not a challenging question. It's a question every human has had to face in the history of humans.
Do you grow up or not?
Because if you do, and everybody starts adhering to economic reality, then we can get this country (and all other countries today and into the future) growing and excelling again. If you don't, well then have fun jumping off the cliff thinking gravity isn't real and that "stupid" math of 9.8 m/s squared doesn't apply to you.
Just let me know in advance so I can set up my lawn chair, light up a cigar and pour myself a Rumpie.
NuSI ... or Just Do It!
Imagine if you will, that a decade or more ago someone told you that if you really wanted to build your journalism career tearing down scientists, you needed to look at diet and nutrition research. You picked up a copy of Atkins and lost a couple of pounds. You began cultivating your schtick that simple obesity (the kind of the epidemic) was not about overeating or sedentary behavior, it was something else. And you received three-quarters of a million dollars to research and write a book. The book was a best seller and garnered you a cult following in certain circles and you were off to the races giving talks around the globe.
There were doctors and others who bought into your hypothesis, spreading the word as fact and growing the movement. But a following from one segment of the population remained elusive: scientists. Rather than address the reasons why (serious holes in your hypothesis), you double down and trash scientists more openly and frequently. You also publish a second book with a dumbed down, even less scientific, hypothesis. By all indications, this book falls far short of expectations ... and still the scientists are not coming around. Worse still, many who had believed your hypothesis was plausible, at least worthy of investigation, were abandoning it.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Support the Captain
Buy some ghost peppers and see if you can handle them:
Going to try to grow some myself.
Going to try to grow some myself.
The Higher Education Bubble by Glenn Reynolds
Book Review of "The Higher Education Bubble"
"The Higher Education Bubble" by Glenn Reynolds has a common criticism about it and that is it's too short. I too was expecting a book of some kind, but then realized it was not meant to be a book, but is rather part of a series of essays.
You would think "well if it's not a book, then why would I read an essay?" But there is a darn good reason you would probably want to consider Dr. Reynold's book over my own - time.
Books take time to read. Time a lot of people don't have. But because of the importance of the education bubble and how it affects everyone the essay form may actually be a better format to deliver the bad (but realistic and necessary) news. Also consider who would benefit most from reading about the education bubble - high school juniors and seniors.
Have you noticed the attention span on today's kids?
It is because of this that Dr. Reynold's book is strongly recommended and may be a better vehicle to get into and change the minds of today's impressionable and galactically ignorant youth.
There is, however, an additional "benefit" "The Higher Education Bubble" has over my own book - it's not political.
Though "Worthless" I think is much more fun and delivers mockery and ridicule where it rightly belongs, it can AND HAS turned people off because of its politics, namely people who probably are of the lefter leaning stripe, but would ironically be some of the larger beneficiaries of reading it. Dr. Reynold's book does not have this insulting flair and so would be a better candidate for getting people to lend out their ears.
Regardless of which route you care to go of educating yourself or a younger loved one about the education bubble, I would recommend "The Higher Education Bubble" because of its brevity and non-partisanship.
If you want to laugh your ass off, however, and hear anecdotes of me getting sent to the principal's office because I told my 7th grade teacher "it must be tough teaching a language you and the students have been speaking their entire lives" then I'd recommend "Worthless."
"The Higher Education Bubble" by Glenn Reynolds has a common criticism about it and that is it's too short. I too was expecting a book of some kind, but then realized it was not meant to be a book, but is rather part of a series of essays.
You would think "well if it's not a book, then why would I read an essay?" But there is a darn good reason you would probably want to consider Dr. Reynold's book over my own - time.
Books take time to read. Time a lot of people don't have. But because of the importance of the education bubble and how it affects everyone the essay form may actually be a better format to deliver the bad (but realistic and necessary) news. Also consider who would benefit most from reading about the education bubble - high school juniors and seniors.
Have you noticed the attention span on today's kids?
It is because of this that Dr. Reynold's book is strongly recommended and may be a better vehicle to get into and change the minds of today's impressionable and galactically ignorant youth.
There is, however, an additional "benefit" "The Higher Education Bubble" has over my own book - it's not political.
Though "Worthless" I think is much more fun and delivers mockery and ridicule where it rightly belongs, it can AND HAS turned people off because of its politics, namely people who probably are of the lefter leaning stripe, but would ironically be some of the larger beneficiaries of reading it. Dr. Reynold's book does not have this insulting flair and so would be a better candidate for getting people to lend out their ears.
Regardless of which route you care to go of educating yourself or a younger loved one about the education bubble, I would recommend "The Higher Education Bubble" because of its brevity and non-partisanship.
If you want to laugh your ass off, however, and hear anecdotes of me getting sent to the principal's office because I told my 7th grade teacher "it must be tough teaching a language you and the students have been speaking their entire lives" then I'd recommend "Worthless."
Original Cardinal Sin of Keynesianism
Jump, if you will, into the co-pilot's seat of the Captain's personal F-22 fighter plane. We're going to fly really high because we are going to need a very high bird's eye view in order for me to make my point. So high that your brain will disassociate itself from its current environment, allowing you to have the perspective to see what I see.
As it stands right now, be you left or right, we are looking for government to do something to get us out of this economic mess. The left votes for more government action, while the right votes for less government action. Regardless, both require government action. "Lowering taxes, increasing taxes. More regulation, less regulation. My question is one that you need to be high up to observe:
"What business is it of the government's how well the economy does anyway?"
Stick with me here.
I don't know if it was ever like this (though I presume it was upon the founding of the country), but why should the government or the people in the government worry about what its private citizens do? In my "ideal world" of how government would work, it would provide the basics of public goods that protects its citizens and allows for an efficiently operating society, but beyond that, the government (for better or worse) should have no skin in ANY regard of its people.
It wouldn't care if the economy was booming or not.
It wouldn't care if gays or straights want to get married in that it wouldn't license such things.
It wouldn't care if a company went green or not (and it certainly wouldn't finance any of them ala Solyndra or the SBA).
And if the people so mismanaged a business (GM, the banks, etc.) it wouldn't bail them out.
The government would be a very distant, cold and remote entity who if anybody came in and said, "You need to help us" it would say, "not my problem. We do roads, defense, infrastructure and law. Your economic problems are not under our jurisdiction. Deal with your own mistakes."
In short the government would leave the people to enjoy and suffer 100% of their successes and mistakes, allowing the population to learn (and thereby advance) much more rapidly than had it intervened all the time either trying to make things "fair" or "better."
Now with that concept in mind, I have a question -
What arrogant idiot decided it was OK to have the government start intervening in people's affairs?
And once again we have to be high up in the sky for you to realize the question I'm asking.
For example, who decided it was the government that was going to tell us private citizens how much bio-diesel we are going to make in 2013?
Who decided light bulbs were no longer good for us?
Who decided it's only the Fed that can get us out of our economic woes?
I could go on and on about the veritable Nazis Fuhrers Bloomberg and Obama (Michelle) telling us what to eat.
I know the answer is (usually) leftists and crusaders, but my question goes beyond individual, specific things that are obviously a violation of a person's individuality and freedom. I'm talking something much more fundamental. AND I'm talking about who or what group of people ORIGINALLY decided it was OK to cross this line and start destroying freedom.
For example the concept of "expansionary" and "contractionary" fiscal policy. What arrogance and bravado did it take for somebody to say, "Hey, the government can be used to expand and contract the economy in order to control inflation and growth!" It's none of the government's damn business whether an economy grows or contracts. That is up to the private citizens. Additionally, wouldn't you presume a government fiscal policy (it any at all) would be constantly expansionary? Wouldn't the government set up minimal rules and regulations that would result in a perpetual expansionary policy, conducive to maximum economic growth and be done with it once and for all, never to revisit it again?
No, it took some idiot, some power-hungry totalitarian to decide that, "Hey, I know what's better/best for the people! AND IT'S MY JURISDICTION TO INTERVENE!"
So my question is this - who was that guy? Who committed this "first, original cardinal sin of Keynesianism?"
Was it John Maynard Keynes himself? I doubt it, governments had been intervening long before he hit the scene. Woodrow Wilson maybe? Somewhere, I imagine, at least in US history, there was a group or a person who over-stepped the boundaries and deemed it the government's domain to cross that line and start taking a vested and unwarranted interest in what its peoples' private affairs.
Anybody with a better background in US history have an answer?
As it stands right now, be you left or right, we are looking for government to do something to get us out of this economic mess. The left votes for more government action, while the right votes for less government action. Regardless, both require government action. "Lowering taxes, increasing taxes. More regulation, less regulation. My question is one that you need to be high up to observe:
"What business is it of the government's how well the economy does anyway?"
Stick with me here.
I don't know if it was ever like this (though I presume it was upon the founding of the country), but why should the government or the people in the government worry about what its private citizens do? In my "ideal world" of how government would work, it would provide the basics of public goods that protects its citizens and allows for an efficiently operating society, but beyond that, the government (for better or worse) should have no skin in ANY regard of its people.
It wouldn't care if the economy was booming or not.
It wouldn't care if gays or straights want to get married in that it wouldn't license such things.
It wouldn't care if a company went green or not (and it certainly wouldn't finance any of them ala Solyndra or the SBA).
And if the people so mismanaged a business (GM, the banks, etc.) it wouldn't bail them out.
The government would be a very distant, cold and remote entity who if anybody came in and said, "You need to help us" it would say, "not my problem. We do roads, defense, infrastructure and law. Your economic problems are not under our jurisdiction. Deal with your own mistakes."
In short the government would leave the people to enjoy and suffer 100% of their successes and mistakes, allowing the population to learn (and thereby advance) much more rapidly than had it intervened all the time either trying to make things "fair" or "better."
Now with that concept in mind, I have a question -
What arrogant idiot decided it was OK to have the government start intervening in people's affairs?
And once again we have to be high up in the sky for you to realize the question I'm asking.
For example, who decided it was the government that was going to tell us private citizens how much bio-diesel we are going to make in 2013?
Who decided light bulbs were no longer good for us?
Who decided it's only the Fed that can get us out of our economic woes?
I could go on and on about the veritable Nazis Fuhrers Bloomberg and Obama (Michelle) telling us what to eat.
I know the answer is (usually) leftists and crusaders, but my question goes beyond individual, specific things that are obviously a violation of a person's individuality and freedom. I'm talking something much more fundamental. AND I'm talking about who or what group of people ORIGINALLY decided it was OK to cross this line and start destroying freedom.
For example the concept of "expansionary" and "contractionary" fiscal policy. What arrogance and bravado did it take for somebody to say, "Hey, the government can be used to expand and contract the economy in order to control inflation and growth!" It's none of the government's damn business whether an economy grows or contracts. That is up to the private citizens. Additionally, wouldn't you presume a government fiscal policy (it any at all) would be constantly expansionary? Wouldn't the government set up minimal rules and regulations that would result in a perpetual expansionary policy, conducive to maximum economic growth and be done with it once and for all, never to revisit it again?
No, it took some idiot, some power-hungry totalitarian to decide that, "Hey, I know what's better/best for the people! AND IT'S MY JURISDICTION TO INTERVENE!"
So my question is this - who was that guy? Who committed this "first, original cardinal sin of Keynesianism?"
Was it John Maynard Keynes himself? I doubt it, governments had been intervening long before he hit the scene. Woodrow Wilson maybe? Somewhere, I imagine, at least in US history, there was a group or a person who over-stepped the boundaries and deemed it the government's domain to cross that line and start taking a vested and unwarranted interest in what its peoples' private affairs.
Anybody with a better background in US history have an answer?
Mortgage Cops!
"Mortgage cops!"
Actually, it kind of reminds me of "Police Cops" from the Simpsons. "Police....Cops... Police-cops"
Actually, it kind of reminds me of "Police Cops" from the Simpsons. "Police....Cops... Police-cops"
Monday, September 17, 2012
Proof We Need to CUT Education Funding
Cripes. Can't make it up.
So I presume we're all supposed to pay more in taxes to support these little brats' "college experience" without expecting them to learn anything.
I was hopeful there was an echelon or two of Gen Y students who "got it" and realized BO wasn't their savior after all. But now I realized for every one of those truly independent minded people there's a score of complete f$#%ing retards that really think college is supposed to be an "experience."
The crash can't come soon enough.
So I presume we're all supposed to pay more in taxes to support these little brats' "college experience" without expecting them to learn anything.
I was hopeful there was an echelon or two of Gen Y students who "got it" and realized BO wasn't their savior after all. But now I realized for every one of those truly independent minded people there's a score of complete f$#%ing retards that really think college is supposed to be an "experience."
The crash can't come soon enough.
NuSI Again: A Bar Too High, Occam's Razor and Rabbit Holes
I weighed in with some initial thoughts on Gary Taubes and Peter Attia's new venture NuSI here. Yeah, I'm going all wet blanket on this deal, but for good reasons grounded in reality in my opinion. I'll leave it to all the others to get all excited about this venture and all the "real science" we'll see come from it. As Gary says of NuSI:
Its purpose is to facilitate and fund rigorous, well-controlled experiments targeted at resolving unambiguously many of the outstanding nutrition controversies — to answer the question definitively of what constitutes a healthy diet.
A bar too high?
What would constitute a rigorous, well-controlled experiment? Well, as I pointed out in my last post, the biggest "knocks" the NuSI gang make on existing research are not really with experimental design per se, but rather with practical limitations in doing human clinical trials. These are:
- The inherent lack of compliance control in free-living studies.
- The monetary and logistics obstacles inherent in metabolic ward studies resulting in studies that of necessity involve smaller sample sizes and/or shorter durations than might be desired.
Which of These Keynesian Stimuli Isn't Like The Others-Part 2
In my previous post I asked which of the three major Keynesian stimuli is NOT like the others. The three being:
WWII
Ronald Reagan
and
Bush/Obama
Many answers were tendered AND MANY WERE RIGHT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, but I recall only one person getting the answer I was personally looking for.
There was a future in two of them, there is no future in the third.
I addressed this before, but I feel I have to address this again because idiots like Bernanke and His Magic Federal Reserve keep hammering away with their impotent tools to get the economy to grow again and so let the lesson begin.
During WWII, forget fighting for our future, we were just fighting to survive. We did not want the socialist fascist government of the Nazi's nor did we want the religious worship of an emperor as they did in Japan. We wanted to continue to be America and in fighting this second world war, further defined what it meant to be America and American. When the troops got back, we were not only victorious, but (unlike Vietnam and to a lesser extend today) the rest of the country were proud of what the troops did and supported them. In short we were all on the same page and pro-American. The troops and the rest of society then continued on to build a greater America by investing in businesses, homes and families.
During Reagan, yes there was an element of a cold-war going on, but the primary reason the Reagan Keynesian stimulus worked is because, once again, there was a future. Reagan was no doubt pro-America. More importantly he was pro-production, pro-individualism, pro-freedom, pro-business, pro-economic growth. The producers of this society knew he was on their side and thusly had faith in the short to medium term future of the country.
Today you may have been able to claim Bush was somewhat pro-America, but the same cannot be said of Obama. Additionally, you know for a fact Obama is not "pro-Business, "pro-Individualism," or "pro-Entrepreneur." He comes from a cabal of politicians who hate business, hate success, hate production and the only real "economic" plan he has is "well, all those green jobs will save us" (even though those green jobs aren't economic). Additionally, the economic stimulus he has pursued hasn't been focusing on tax cuts as much as it has been a galactic pissing away of future generations' money on frivolous social programs and government programs that produce nothing. Certainly not capital goods that would be used for future production, not even consumer goods that could be used for immediate consumption. Just initiatives, grants and a free-for-all for his armies of worthless-degreed people-come-social-workers/activities.
So Krugman can call for all the government spending he was.
Bernanke can promise the Fed will genetically engineer job-farting unicorns.
It won't matter.
This "Keynesian stimulus" is nothing more than a money grab and the administration is doing nothing more than criminalizing and destroying the American way of life.
Enjoy the decline!
WWII
Ronald Reagan
and
Bush/Obama
Many answers were tendered AND MANY WERE RIGHT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, but I recall only one person getting the answer I was personally looking for.
There was a future in two of them, there is no future in the third.
I addressed this before, but I feel I have to address this again because idiots like Bernanke and His Magic Federal Reserve keep hammering away with their impotent tools to get the economy to grow again and so let the lesson begin.
During WWII, forget fighting for our future, we were just fighting to survive. We did not want the socialist fascist government of the Nazi's nor did we want the religious worship of an emperor as they did in Japan. We wanted to continue to be America and in fighting this second world war, further defined what it meant to be America and American. When the troops got back, we were not only victorious, but (unlike Vietnam and to a lesser extend today) the rest of the country were proud of what the troops did and supported them. In short we were all on the same page and pro-American. The troops and the rest of society then continued on to build a greater America by investing in businesses, homes and families.
During Reagan, yes there was an element of a cold-war going on, but the primary reason the Reagan Keynesian stimulus worked is because, once again, there was a future. Reagan was no doubt pro-America. More importantly he was pro-production, pro-individualism, pro-freedom, pro-business, pro-economic growth. The producers of this society knew he was on their side and thusly had faith in the short to medium term future of the country.
Today you may have been able to claim Bush was somewhat pro-America, but the same cannot be said of Obama. Additionally, you know for a fact Obama is not "pro-Business, "pro-Individualism," or "pro-Entrepreneur." He comes from a cabal of politicians who hate business, hate success, hate production and the only real "economic" plan he has is "well, all those green jobs will save us" (even though those green jobs aren't economic). Additionally, the economic stimulus he has pursued hasn't been focusing on tax cuts as much as it has been a galactic pissing away of future generations' money on frivolous social programs and government programs that produce nothing. Certainly not capital goods that would be used for future production, not even consumer goods that could be used for immediate consumption. Just initiatives, grants and a free-for-all for his armies of worthless-degreed people-come-social-workers/activities.
So Krugman can call for all the government spending he was.
Bernanke can promise the Fed will genetically engineer job-farting unicorns.
It won't matter.
This "Keynesian stimulus" is nothing more than a money grab and the administration is doing nothing more than criminalizing and destroying the American way of life.
Enjoy the decline!
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