Littlestuff Weekender-9-24-2011

We have a few items to discuss today. First the Orlando debate didn’t move the ball very much except that the media line is that Perry stumbled again. I’ve heard some media types and citizens complain that the size of the candidate panel limits the time allotted for candidate responses. The local sponsors of the debates choose the criteria for entry so I have no complaint about number of candidates who are involved. In fact, the large number merely illustrates media bias when we see how the questions are distributed, and the nature of the questions selected for each candidate. Rather than become frustrated with the process we should grasp the opportunity to use the format to gain more insight about how the system has been distorted.

Most of you know that the stock market is NOT the economy. It does represent, however a thermometer or indicator of beliefs and attitudes regarding the soundness of our economy. Certain sectors will improve during chaos or meltdown, and others will stumble during prosperous and placid times. Clearly, if you hold index funds, this may have been an Excedrin kind of week, but if your portfolio is well positioned…..maybe not so bad. The news media know as much about true market forces and interactions as they do about the Second Coming and the Constitution of the United States…..very little. The radio station where I host a part-time show is a Fox Radio affiliate, so I get to hear Shepherd Smith’s daily announcement of the market close….over-dramatic and dumb. Bottom line: carefully pick your sources for information…the mass media are not reliable.

The scandal buzzards are circling the Administration and the White House. Gun running, political grants and a number of seeming violations of law and ethics. So what? As the facts are uncovered, the next election draws closer. The media do NOT place a great emphasis on the miscreant behavior so most people are generally unaware. The Republicans have shown an eager willingness to disclose but little appetite for prosecuting the law breakers. So what?

The elites want us to believe that they possess the sum of all knowledge about what is “best” for all of us. The fact that our Federal reserve is willing to bail out Greece and the EU with the tacit approval of our federal government should indicate that their “smarts” are deficient. The global economy is a house of cards as the mature economies have adopted questionable political goals (climate change, carbon exchanges etc.) and pressured the emerging economies into politically-correct stratagems that are not particularly effective. In addition the global indebtedness is massive as they pursue their “enlightened” goals. The elites should recognize that in our small Midwestern, fly-over high schools of America, the “nerds and dweebs” are never elected class president because the other students do not trust their judgments.

Theory is often absolute: Reality always has a “Plan B.”

As the Congressional Redistricting maps are unveiled across the country, some interesting encounters are shaping up. Constitutionalist voters and activists should keep your eyes on the ball. Eliminating a noxious progressive from office is appealing, but replacing her/him with a spineless RINO is frustrating. Work the primaries with vigor and vengeance.

We now enter the final week of September. The 3^rd Quarter numbers will be available in a week or so (as always, subject to adjustment). They will be troubling, but I do not trust government reporting and government numbers. It’s undoubtedly worse that the numbers will indicate. Government is inefficient and unreliable…..and grossly self-serving.

Have a great week. Enjoy the autumn, the cider and the football.

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Swifty Sez

A mere 12 generations have passed since the great Irish satirist, Jonathon Swift, used his pen to entertain and skewer the elites of his era. Today, we are fortunate to have as our guest his great……great grandson, Knotso Swift.

“Back in the day (circa 1700) when my ancestor was sharpening his quill to mock the power structure, there were approximately 600 million inhabitants on this fragile globe. Today, we have nearly 8 billion humanoids populating this precariously provisioned planet. Egad, people, stop the profligate reproduction! Cease the happy bunny-hop in the sack! No more profuse propagation of non-productive progeny preventing the planet from its purposeful potential! Stop it, say I! Unrestrained breeding and bountiful babies will be the bane of our beautiful earthly ball. Have you no shame? All these mewing mini mouths must munch too much meal while many more mark their meager hours making more munchkins. It never ends, I tell you, it never stops, but it must stop. Sure my predecessor was wrong about the past, but now is today.”

My response was”Huh?”

Professor Swift continues: “This growth of population is placing too much strain on our limited resources here in the once-proud United States of America. That’s why the President appointed me as “Government Overseer of Population” Czar.”

Me: “You are the G.O.P. Czar?’

Swifty: “Clever isn’t it. Those lame brains will be sooooo happy that the President is “reaching across the aisle” that by the time they figure it out (Ron Paul and Jim DeMint are a little worrisome), our task will be well underway.”

Me: “Just how do you propose to accomplish your nefarious scheme of massive U.S. and global population control or reduction?”

Swift: “It’s already under way. “Universal Government Healthcare” (UGH) is the first step. We can allow the sickly and the old to accelerate their expiration dates. In other words, we will select the unfit for “transformation” to “zero cellular function.”  Also, UGH will insist that all women of fertile age receive an annual anti-procreation injection. The elites or chosen ones will be injected with a placebo so that they will breed and give birth to offspring who are the best, brightest and most worthy of protection. We understand, of course, that some element of the species must be propagated to be preserved.”

Me: “Sort of like your own little Endangered Species Act for our inbred rulers, eh?”

Swiftless: “Our view is that it would lead to a brave new world.”

Me: “Hold on, Dr. Knot, Huxley has the primary grip on that little moniker.”

Swift: “Ah yes, well actually we’re calling it the “Brave Order of the New Globe. B-O-N-G.”

Me: “Uh….I’ve some liberty-loving friends and cohorts who might resent your use of that acronym. It’s very special for them, and they don’t want goons like you to destroy it.”

Swift: “Whatever. Our mission is to prove that government is the solution and the answer for all of humanity’s woes…overpopulation being the most pressing one.”

Me: “So you and your fellow masters of the murderous mandate manipulate mankind’s massive numbers to a more manageable meaningful amount. Is that how you see it?”

Swiftrod: “Why, yes, well put. We believe that...”

Me (interrupting): “What about all the advances that people have developed over the centuries to allow more people to live quality lives? At one time most humans were required to farm or hunt just to survive. Today that’s not the case. Haven’t you considered the adaptability of people while you devise your madcap schemes for “our own good?”

Swift: “True, true but now we are reaching the point of great concentration and mass of people despite our tentative efforts…”

Me (interrupting, again): “Whoa! By “tentative efforts are you referring to birth control and abortion?”

Swifty: “To a degree, but also to our efforts at expanded warfare, mutant strains of pestilence and, of course, UGH…Universal Government Healthcare. We are well underway, and we will save mankind.”

Me: “By killing most of them? Aren’t you aware that the original Jonathon Swift wrote SATIRE? His suggestion that poor babies be eaten by the wealthy was an effort to illustrate how immoral the elites are. Don’t you see that? How many genes were lost in the past 12 generations…how many brain cells have atrophied?”

Swift: “I assure you that it wasn’t satire, and we are serious.”

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