Something tells me he didn't major in sociology or whyminz studeez.
But, you know, he didn't build that.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Liberals Feeding on Liberals
If there is one thing conservatives, libertarians, capitalists and other people that just fall under the general category of "self-reliant individuals" can smile about is how Minneapolis liberal property owners keep sticking it to themselves.
If you want to see something funny, go to a coffee shop or Sebastian Joe's ice cream and listen to the elite/upper income/trust fund liberals complain about property taxes and then within 2 minutes start complaining about how there isn't enough money being spent on "X" socialist cause.
If you want to see something funny, go to a coffee shop or Sebastian Joe's ice cream and listen to the elite/upper income/trust fund liberals complain about property taxes and then within 2 minutes start complaining about how there isn't enough money being spent on "X" socialist cause.
How To Avoid Job Postings That Are Already Filled
Now, now, Cappy!
That is SERIOUSLY CYNICAL!
Funny you mention that, because I DJ late at night in the South Dakota rave clubs as "DJ Seriouz Sinikal"
Get it???
The phonetic puns with the spellingz?
I am SOOO inner city hip hop kool.
In any case, a report from our IT agent in the field.
Is it wrong of me to dream of a climatic battle between HR ditzes who can't do math and IT geeks armed with keyboards?
That is SERIOUSLY CYNICAL!
Funny you mention that, because I DJ late at night in the South Dakota rave clubs as "DJ Seriouz Sinikal"
Get it???
The phonetic puns with the spellingz?
I am SOOO inner city hip hop kool.
In any case, a report from our IT agent in the field.
Is it wrong of me to dream of a climatic battle between HR ditzes who can't do math and IT geeks armed with keyboards?
Theme Song for Cross Country Motorcycle Ride
Listen to this once and see if you can't get it out of your head:
The Captain's Heading to Phoenix
Greetings economists, agents and lieutenants!
I will be doing the great Western motorcycle ride this week starting in a town called Buffalo, WY and heading south to Phoenix, and then back north. This means two things:
1. Guest posts are once again welcome this week (e-mail your links to the Captain).
2. Anybody along the route let me know and we can of course share a shot of Rumpie!
As you were.
I will be doing the great Western motorcycle ride this week starting in a town called Buffalo, WY and heading south to Phoenix, and then back north. This means two things:
1. Guest posts are once again welcome this week (e-mail your links to the Captain).
2. Anybody along the route let me know and we can of course share a shot of Rumpie!
As you were.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Takes Longer to Find the Perfect Employee Than Train a Noob
It has happened at least, LEAST 5 times now where either I've applied for a job that I would need training in, or have had a recruiter call me up asking me if I know anybody with a very rare skill set. In all instances I asked,
"are they willing to spend the 2 weeks to train me/him/her in?"
And in all instances the answer was,
"no, they need somebody to hit the ground running."
Sure enough I would get a call from a recruiter looking for that same rare skill set or see the same job in the want ads a month or two later.
The idiocy doesn't end.
"are they willing to spend the 2 weeks to train me/him/her in?"
And in all instances the answer was,
"no, they need somebody to hit the ground running."
Sure enough I would get a call from a recruiter looking for that same rare skill set or see the same job in the want ads a month or two later.
The idiocy doesn't end.
Don't Major in Finance
The industries you'd work in are corrupt.
They are headed up by incompetent, selfish criminals.
Your co-workers will be DB frat boys with their hats on backwards.
And no matter how awesome your math skills, it is more important to pucker up and kiss some middle-aged schmoes ass.
Do not major in finance.
They are headed up by incompetent, selfish criminals.
Your co-workers will be DB frat boys with their hats on backwards.
And no matter how awesome your math skills, it is more important to pucker up and kiss some middle-aged schmoes ass.
Do not major in finance.
For All Minnesotan Readers
From a friend of mine:
I encourage everyone who wants to see Amy Klobuchar defeated to vote today (Tuesday 8/14) in the Minnesota primary for her opponent Jack Shepard.
Shepard
is conducting an “Operation Chaos” campaign to defeat her in the
primary, and then be defeated by the Republican candidate in November.
Minnesota has an open primary so you don’t have to do anything except
walk in and fill in the circle for Shepard. You don’t have to claim to
be a Democrat or ask for a special ballot or anything like that.
VOTE FOR SHEPARD TODAY!!!!
And you might as well since the democrats have no problem in Minnesota letting illegal aliens vote, don't care for ID laws and don't mind having people vote multiple times. This is one of the legal things moral voters can do to stick it back in their face.
Afternoon Linkage as I'm Busy
Praxeology is Necessary for Red Pill Consumption
You all know Mr. Fuller. One of the earliest agents in the field, he is obviously a lieutenant now. His trademark is to be
1. More informed than the Captain
2. More thoroughly thought out than the Captain
3. And in a very polite way show the Captain to be a complete moron. But again, in a very polite and caring way.
I visited Mr. Fuller earlier this year and he was talking about the Austrian School and "praxeology."
If you don't know what that is, don't worry. Only Mr. Fuller would know and you have to talk to him in order to get this wisdom. Otherwise, you're just a schmoe like me. Regardless, I'm machine gunning a bunch of brief posts I've been meaning to get to and "praxeology" is one of them, so settle in for a brief economic lesson compliments of Mr. Fuller.
I'm purposely butchering the definition, but to simplify praxeology a lot, it is a logic-based philosophy. In short, you have an empirical evidence argument, but there should also be a logical argument that compliments the empirical argument, providing the reason and rationale that explains the empirical data.
For example, the left, frankly, has neither.
Empirical evidence is against them with the spectacular failure of outright communist countries and a debt-financed delayed failure of socialist Europe. And when you think about it logically, socialism can't even pass 5th grade logic muster.
Public School Teacher - "In socialism everybody is guaranteed a certain standard of living."
5th Grade Boy - "How?"
Public School Teacher - "Well, we tax the rich and transfer the money so everybody makes the same."
5th Grade Boy - "Well why would I work hard then?"
Public School Teacher - "GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, JIMMY!"
Capitalism, it's the opposite. Empirical evidence and the success of Western Civilization shows time and time again free people and free markets result in spectacular levels of progress and growth. Logically this stands as well. Letting ALL people achieve their best and getting out of their way will result in a much more productive nation than a nation of slaves who work just enough to get by. Paying somebody to sit on his ass will result in more people sitting on their asses.
You may now be dismissing praxeology as a simple observation. Like "Yeah, Captain, we got it. Logical argument to supplement the empirical argument and vice versa."
But praxeology plays a MUCH more important role in two regards.
One, what happens when there is no empirical evidence or the evidence is tainted or fabricated? I've been thinking about this as government economists are constantly revising their methodologies and places like Shadowstats.com calculate alternative measures to the official government ones. I rely HEAVILY on the OECD, ILO, FRED database, BEA, BLS, etc., all are government organizations or non-profits. All theoretically easily corruptible under political leaders. I'm not making any accusations now, but it is very easy to see where the BLS would be hijacked by ideologues to produce the figures and statistics the leading party wants.
This makes praxeology and a logical argument all that much more important. The data has to inevitably stand to reason. It is a way to test the methodology and the sources of the economic data and statistics. I'm sure many former Soviet bloc citizens or modern day North Koreans were/are told the "official" statistics showed the "glorious" people's socialist republic kicking economic ass. Meanwhile praxeology would permit them to make the observation "hey, there ain't no bread in the aisles...matter of fact, there ain't no aisles!" and conclude the data and stats they were being fed were bogus.
Now to be fair, at the same time, you can ABUSE praxeology. I've seen this many times, typically when I have a liberal on the ropes and they know they're beaten. They got no data, they got no stats. So they result the worlds most pathetic, snivelly, cowardly, dishonest argument:
"Well my perception is reality."
(I usually have to fight the urge to physically beat them because they're being so disingenuous)
The point is you can't at the same time IGNORE legitimate empirical data by "invoking the power of praxeology" to dismiss somebody's factual argument. THat's cowardice and intellectual laziness because you were too damn lazy to look up the data yourself.
On a related note is the second reason praxeology is important. It is a necessary pre-requisite to taking the red pill.
When you are lied to by society, the government, your entire environment you are going to make decisions based on those lies and erroneous data. Because you made decisions on erroneous data, you will fail.
Then begins the tortuous process of finding out what's wrong with YOU.
You naturally think there's something wrong with you because well, everybody in your entire environment is telling you how the "real world" works. YOu made all your decisions based on what they told you, and since you know THEY ALL can't be wrong, it must be you. SOmething wrong with your delivery, your presentation, you jib, your gait.
You then do about 10-20 years of trial and error, constantly refining and questioning every stinking little aspect of you to explain why you've been failing for 10-20 years. Nothing works and you're driven to insanity. But before you go full blow insane, your brain's survival mechanism kicks in and permits you the daring to make what I call "the most arrogant assumption."
"What if it's not me, but society?"
Whether you're conscious of it or not, this is praxeology. It is NOT you trying to rationalize your failures. It is the only thing remaining after you've exhausted all other options and theories. It is the only logical argument that explains the phenomena you are witnessing. It is the logical epiphany that shines the light on the systematically rigged and corrupted system that you were unaware of and finally wakes you up.
It is the required pre-ingredient to the red pill.
And here you see the value of praxeology - the permitting of oneself to make an arrogant assumption (AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL OTHER OPTIONS) to finally set themselves free.
Those of you who took the red pill when it came to courting relations in Western Civilization are much more free, aware and conscious than you were when you were a bungling high schooler stupidly bringing a girl you liked flowers in the 10th grade.
Those of you who blame yourself for being laid off or unemployed or just plain underemployed are much more free, aware and conscious now that you took the employment red pill and realize just how completely screwed up and corrupted corporate America and employers have become.
And those of you who, like me, were told what an inherently evil person you were because you wanted to go on the monkey bars instead of church when you were 5 years old, took the red pill of religion and are now much more free, aware and conscious realizing religion is nothing more than an old hold-over form of government that has deteriorated into money-making clubs with the added bonus of pompous holier than thou types.
It is praxeology that is the vehicle or catalyst that allows you to take the red pills that makes your life maybe not "easier," but certainly more sane.
1. More informed than the Captain
2. More thoroughly thought out than the Captain
3. And in a very polite way show the Captain to be a complete moron. But again, in a very polite and caring way.
I visited Mr. Fuller earlier this year and he was talking about the Austrian School and "praxeology."
If you don't know what that is, don't worry. Only Mr. Fuller would know and you have to talk to him in order to get this wisdom. Otherwise, you're just a schmoe like me. Regardless, I'm machine gunning a bunch of brief posts I've been meaning to get to and "praxeology" is one of them, so settle in for a brief economic lesson compliments of Mr. Fuller.
I'm purposely butchering the definition, but to simplify praxeology a lot, it is a logic-based philosophy. In short, you have an empirical evidence argument, but there should also be a logical argument that compliments the empirical argument, providing the reason and rationale that explains the empirical data.
For example, the left, frankly, has neither.
Empirical evidence is against them with the spectacular failure of outright communist countries and a debt-financed delayed failure of socialist Europe. And when you think about it logically, socialism can't even pass 5th grade logic muster.
Public School Teacher - "In socialism everybody is guaranteed a certain standard of living."
5th Grade Boy - "How?"
Public School Teacher - "Well, we tax the rich and transfer the money so everybody makes the same."
5th Grade Boy - "Well why would I work hard then?"
Public School Teacher - "GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, JIMMY!"
Capitalism, it's the opposite. Empirical evidence and the success of Western Civilization shows time and time again free people and free markets result in spectacular levels of progress and growth. Logically this stands as well. Letting ALL people achieve their best and getting out of their way will result in a much more productive nation than a nation of slaves who work just enough to get by. Paying somebody to sit on his ass will result in more people sitting on their asses.
You may now be dismissing praxeology as a simple observation. Like "Yeah, Captain, we got it. Logical argument to supplement the empirical argument and vice versa."
But praxeology plays a MUCH more important role in two regards.
One, what happens when there is no empirical evidence or the evidence is tainted or fabricated? I've been thinking about this as government economists are constantly revising their methodologies and places like Shadowstats.com calculate alternative measures to the official government ones. I rely HEAVILY on the OECD, ILO, FRED database, BEA, BLS, etc., all are government organizations or non-profits. All theoretically easily corruptible under political leaders. I'm not making any accusations now, but it is very easy to see where the BLS would be hijacked by ideologues to produce the figures and statistics the leading party wants.
This makes praxeology and a logical argument all that much more important. The data has to inevitably stand to reason. It is a way to test the methodology and the sources of the economic data and statistics. I'm sure many former Soviet bloc citizens or modern day North Koreans were/are told the "official" statistics showed the "glorious" people's socialist republic kicking economic ass. Meanwhile praxeology would permit them to make the observation "hey, there ain't no bread in the aisles...matter of fact, there ain't no aisles!" and conclude the data and stats they were being fed were bogus.
Now to be fair, at the same time, you can ABUSE praxeology. I've seen this many times, typically when I have a liberal on the ropes and they know they're beaten. They got no data, they got no stats. So they result the worlds most pathetic, snivelly, cowardly, dishonest argument:
"Well my perception is reality."
(I usually have to fight the urge to physically beat them because they're being so disingenuous)
The point is you can't at the same time IGNORE legitimate empirical data by "invoking the power of praxeology" to dismiss somebody's factual argument. THat's cowardice and intellectual laziness because you were too damn lazy to look up the data yourself.
On a related note is the second reason praxeology is important. It is a necessary pre-requisite to taking the red pill.
When you are lied to by society, the government, your entire environment you are going to make decisions based on those lies and erroneous data. Because you made decisions on erroneous data, you will fail.
Then begins the tortuous process of finding out what's wrong with YOU.
You naturally think there's something wrong with you because well, everybody in your entire environment is telling you how the "real world" works. YOu made all your decisions based on what they told you, and since you know THEY ALL can't be wrong, it must be you. SOmething wrong with your delivery, your presentation, you jib, your gait.
You then do about 10-20 years of trial and error, constantly refining and questioning every stinking little aspect of you to explain why you've been failing for 10-20 years. Nothing works and you're driven to insanity. But before you go full blow insane, your brain's survival mechanism kicks in and permits you the daring to make what I call "the most arrogant assumption."
"What if it's not me, but society?"
Whether you're conscious of it or not, this is praxeology. It is NOT you trying to rationalize your failures. It is the only thing remaining after you've exhausted all other options and theories. It is the only logical argument that explains the phenomena you are witnessing. It is the logical epiphany that shines the light on the systematically rigged and corrupted system that you were unaware of and finally wakes you up.
It is the required pre-ingredient to the red pill.
And here you see the value of praxeology - the permitting of oneself to make an arrogant assumption (AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL OTHER OPTIONS) to finally set themselves free.
Those of you who took the red pill when it came to courting relations in Western Civilization are much more free, aware and conscious than you were when you were a bungling high schooler stupidly bringing a girl you liked flowers in the 10th grade.
Those of you who blame yourself for being laid off or unemployed or just plain underemployed are much more free, aware and conscious now that you took the employment red pill and realize just how completely screwed up and corrupted corporate America and employers have become.
And those of you who, like me, were told what an inherently evil person you were because you wanted to go on the monkey bars instead of church when you were 5 years old, took the red pill of religion and are now much more free, aware and conscious realizing religion is nothing more than an old hold-over form of government that has deteriorated into money-making clubs with the added bonus of pompous holier than thou types.
It is praxeology that is the vehicle or catalyst that allows you to take the red pills that makes your life maybe not "easier," but certainly more sane.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Why a Good Economy Would Be Bad for Conservative Bloggers
If I were to guess, I'd say the majority of quality bloggers are on the right. We've broken more stories, we were on the vanguard of blogging, and just like talk radio we more or less dominate it. I believe this to be true in part because we're better and more skilled, but also because with traditional media being dominated by the left, inroads were more or less impossible for us on the right to make. On the flip side of the same coin, since the left already dominated traditional media, there wasn't much incentive for them to enter and dominate the internet/bloggosphere. They already had an outlet.
But there is another force I believe that drives the quality and volume of the right leaning bloggosphere and that is the lousy economy. Frankly, what else do we have to do?
It's not like there's tons of jobs out there, let alone careers worth pursuing. If we were members of the left, we'd collect our unemployment checks and then complain about rich people and how we're entitled to their money. But we're not, we're on the right.
This means we have this nagging, annoying, persistence compulsion to do SOMETHING productive. We can't sit on our asses watching Maury Povich and soap operas like our lefter leaning counterparts can. We need to have some kind of measurable production at the end of the day. And blogging is the perfect outlet.
After spending 2 hours a day applying for jobs (that are there or are not available to us because we don't fit the progressively impossible HR wish list), an hour working out, and 2 hours running errands, a lot of us turn to the internet. And it's not just the unemployed, it's the underemployed, marginally employed, employed-but-not-engaged, and those of us working at "zombie firms" or government jobs where there's no work, just us showing up to participate in a trillion dollar Keynesian farce.
Thank god for them there interwebz, otherwise our minds would atrophy and maybe then we would watch Oprah or Maury or Chris Matthews.
Now, are all of us rock star bloggers like Glenn Reynolds or Powerline, etc.? No, of course not. But we are numerous, we are on average better quality and we are informing, educating and making other advances in informing the ignorant and debunking the left. So in a weird ironic sense, the worst thing that could happen to us (and the best thing for the lefter leaning segments of the blogging world) is for the economy to boom and give us something productive to do.
In this sense, there's an element of "balance" or "equilibrium." If the economy gets too bad, one of the automatic injectors is productive people who would have otherwise been employed, go and start blogging, starting Tea Party chapters and becoming politically involved. Over time (and because of our better skill set) our message penetrates the bunker-thick skulls of the average American voter, a Republican revolution of sorts occurs (Reagan, 1994 republicans, hopefully Romney, etc.) and pro-economic growth policies are enacted. Economy booms, we go away, until the current infants and toddlers grow up indoctrinated in leftist commie BS by the public schools, vote in socialist idiots, and we get to repeat the process all over again. Regardless of the socio-political generational cycles, today if the economy boomed, you'd lose probably about 50% of your really good conservative bloggers.
So, you know, all you lefty bloggers that don't like us and wish we'd go away. Just vote for Romney and Ryan this year, vote to eliminate corporate taxes and a balanced budget and BAAM! You can have teh interwebz.
In the meantime while your wonderful leader has made it that there's 8.3% unemployment and 11-18% underemployment, I guess we're here to stay because, well, we got nothing better to do.
But there is another force I believe that drives the quality and volume of the right leaning bloggosphere and that is the lousy economy. Frankly, what else do we have to do?
It's not like there's tons of jobs out there, let alone careers worth pursuing. If we were members of the left, we'd collect our unemployment checks and then complain about rich people and how we're entitled to their money. But we're not, we're on the right.
This means we have this nagging, annoying, persistence compulsion to do SOMETHING productive. We can't sit on our asses watching Maury Povich and soap operas like our lefter leaning counterparts can. We need to have some kind of measurable production at the end of the day. And blogging is the perfect outlet.
After spending 2 hours a day applying for jobs (that are there or are not available to us because we don't fit the progressively impossible HR wish list), an hour working out, and 2 hours running errands, a lot of us turn to the internet. And it's not just the unemployed, it's the underemployed, marginally employed, employed-but-not-engaged, and those of us working at "zombie firms" or government jobs where there's no work, just us showing up to participate in a trillion dollar Keynesian farce.
Thank god for them there interwebz, otherwise our minds would atrophy and maybe then we would watch Oprah or Maury or Chris Matthews.
Now, are all of us rock star bloggers like Glenn Reynolds or Powerline, etc.? No, of course not. But we are numerous, we are on average better quality and we are informing, educating and making other advances in informing the ignorant and debunking the left. So in a weird ironic sense, the worst thing that could happen to us (and the best thing for the lefter leaning segments of the blogging world) is for the economy to boom and give us something productive to do.
In this sense, there's an element of "balance" or "equilibrium." If the economy gets too bad, one of the automatic injectors is productive people who would have otherwise been employed, go and start blogging, starting Tea Party chapters and becoming politically involved. Over time (and because of our better skill set) our message penetrates the bunker-thick skulls of the average American voter, a Republican revolution of sorts occurs (Reagan, 1994 republicans, hopefully Romney, etc.) and pro-economic growth policies are enacted. Economy booms, we go away, until the current infants and toddlers grow up indoctrinated in leftist commie BS by the public schools, vote in socialist idiots, and we get to repeat the process all over again. Regardless of the socio-political generational cycles, today if the economy boomed, you'd lose probably about 50% of your really good conservative bloggers.
So, you know, all you lefty bloggers that don't like us and wish we'd go away. Just vote for Romney and Ryan this year, vote to eliminate corporate taxes and a balanced budget and BAAM! You can have teh interwebz.
In the meantime while your wonderful leader has made it that there's 8.3% unemployment and 11-18% underemployment, I guess we're here to stay because, well, we got nothing better to do.
Pay Attention HR Ladies
The push back is coming against HR departments thinking they are entitled to your personal lives.
Ladies, I suggest you read this (language warning) and note his angry tone.
You have the choice of writing off the angry tone as
1. Somebody who obviously has problems
or
2. Realizing you're the one with the problem
Oh, and it isn't just men who are angry, so you just sit and think long and hard what happens to your pool of selection when you decide you're entitled to our personal lives.
Ladies, I suggest you read this (language warning) and note his angry tone.
You have the choice of writing off the angry tone as
1. Somebody who obviously has problems
or
2. Realizing you're the one with the problem
Oh, and it isn't just men who are angry, so you just sit and think long and hard what happens to your pool of selection when you decide you're entitled to our personal lives.
Gen X and Gen Y Will Not Save The Stock Market
Not only because we don't want to, but without employment and disposable income, we couldn't even if we wanted to.
Enjoy the decline!
Enjoy the decline!
A Cappy Cap Bounty
In my sincere and continued belief that the majority of liberals, leftists and socialists truly do not know the difference between a million, a billion and a trillion, I have a question:
Was any kind of preliminary assessment conducted to ascertain the potential size and impact of the theoretical "green economy" before we threw billions in taxpayer money into it?
Oh, I know, I know. We all here at Cappy Cap know if the government throws money at it, it's by definition of free-markets not going to be efficient. I'm just practicing arguing with a handicap and using premises that the left uses to undermine their own arguments or highlight their galactic stupidity. It's akin to Rush saying "arguing with half my brain tied behind my back." But my question still remains
Did ANYBODY do ANY KIND of economic research to see if this green economy was economically viable?
The reason I ask is because I truly don't believe there was any, but the "green economy," far as I could tell in the past four years, was supposed to be the answer to all of our economic problems.
Housing bubble burst?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world into new greatness.
Financial crisis destroyed the economy?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.
Government spending has now scared the economy into freezing, if not sending capital flighting?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.
So by implication if the "green economy" was supposed to be able to overcome all of these problems, then at least, AT LEAST the theoretical size of this "green economy" had to be estimated at over $ 1 trillion.
So where are the numbers? I want to see some research done by economists in the Obama administration that showed they did their due diligence and had solid numbers showing the "green economy" was the solution before they threw billions into the likes of Solyndra and shut down the Keystone pipeline.
Heck, I'll offer a bounty. I'll buy somebody a shot of Rumpie if they can show me research DONE BY A LEGITIMATE ECONOMIST THAT SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY WAS GAUGED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT PURSUIT IN TERMS OF FISCAL AND REGULATORY POLICY.
I'm waiting!
Was any kind of preliminary assessment conducted to ascertain the potential size and impact of the theoretical "green economy" before we threw billions in taxpayer money into it?
Oh, I know, I know. We all here at Cappy Cap know if the government throws money at it, it's by definition of free-markets not going to be efficient. I'm just practicing arguing with a handicap and using premises that the left uses to undermine their own arguments or highlight their galactic stupidity. It's akin to Rush saying "arguing with half my brain tied behind my back." But my question still remains
Did ANYBODY do ANY KIND of economic research to see if this green economy was economically viable?
The reason I ask is because I truly don't believe there was any, but the "green economy," far as I could tell in the past four years, was supposed to be the answer to all of our economic problems.
Housing bubble burst?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world into new greatness.
Financial crisis destroyed the economy?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.
Government spending has now scared the economy into freezing, if not sending capital flighting?
Don't worry, with new investments in the "green economy" America will lead the world to new greatness.
So by implication if the "green economy" was supposed to be able to overcome all of these problems, then at least, AT LEAST the theoretical size of this "green economy" had to be estimated at over $ 1 trillion.
So where are the numbers? I want to see some research done by economists in the Obama administration that showed they did their due diligence and had solid numbers showing the "green economy" was the solution before they threw billions into the likes of Solyndra and shut down the Keystone pipeline.
Heck, I'll offer a bounty. I'll buy somebody a shot of Rumpie if they can show me research DONE BY A LEGITIMATE ECONOMIST THAT SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY WAS GAUGED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT PURSUIT IN TERMS OF FISCAL AND REGULATORY POLICY.
I'm waiting!
I Spy With My Little Eye
...something that really does prove the Obama administration and its supporters are not just really bad economists, but they should never be elected.
And I'm being serious. This is not partisan politics. This is a gapping error that should prove to people why the left shouldn't be in charge. Sadly most people are too stupid to see it.
Do you see what I see? (from an Ad on Zero Hedge)
And I'm being serious. This is not partisan politics. This is a gapping error that should prove to people why the left shouldn't be in charge. Sadly most people are too stupid to see it.
Do you see what I see? (from an Ad on Zero Hedge)
Sadly, I'm Being Serious
I wish I wasn't being serious here, but I am.
Paul Ryan's physical fitness and looks will matter in this race.
It shouldn't, just like Obama's pecks shouldn't have, but it will.
I will also contend Romney knew this full well and any reputation and background Ryan has with his "draconian" cuts to spending will be overshadowed by his looks to female voters. In short, he could cut all the children's programs to nothing, and most people won't care because all they see is the neo-JFK.
I guess if we have to play dirty, we have to play dirty.
Paul Ryan's physical fitness and looks will matter in this race.
It shouldn't, just like Obama's pecks shouldn't have, but it will.
I will also contend Romney knew this full well and any reputation and background Ryan has with his "draconian" cuts to spending will be overshadowed by his looks to female voters. In short, he could cut all the children's programs to nothing, and most people won't care because all they see is the neo-JFK.
I guess if we have to play dirty, we have to play dirty.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
There Are No Cupcakes Here
I will immediately start with:
a language warning
a crassness warning
a truthfulness warning
Do note he is not rehearsing this. This is on the fly and therefore from the heart. He has spent nearly 2 years in Eastern Europe. If you don't like what he's saying, then I suggest you spend 2 years in Eastern Europe to refute him. Otherwise, thus far, he is by far the most authoritative expert on the subject. You don't have to like what he's saying, you just have to admit this is what he has observed and what he believes.
In the meantime, I do believe we may all benefit (men and women) from the observations of Roosh:
a language warning
a crassness warning
a truthfulness warning
Do note he is not rehearsing this. This is on the fly and therefore from the heart. He has spent nearly 2 years in Eastern Europe. If you don't like what he's saying, then I suggest you spend 2 years in Eastern Europe to refute him. Otherwise, thus far, he is by far the most authoritative expert on the subject. You don't have to like what he's saying, you just have to admit this is what he has observed and what he believes.
In the meantime, I do believe we may all benefit (men and women) from the observations of Roosh:
New Leather Chaps
It's Sturgis this week and as you know the ole Captain does attend Sturgis from time to time. Not so much during the rally because I like to drive more than 10 MPH in the Black Hills, but I still see those attending the Sturgis rally as they are enroute to it and drive through my little town.
In the past I've made some observations about the Sturgis Rally, notably economic. 1. Sturgis will die in about 20 years as a) Harley motorcycles are priced out of the range of any youth and b) this recession, combined with student debt, will more or less spell the future demise of Harley Davidson. 2. Sturgis is not really for badass or real bikers any more. Like last year this time I saw a record number of brand-spanking new trikes being driven by aging baby boomers in their mid-life crisis (remember what I said about 10MPH?). It's worse this year.
Regardless, this year I shall make some additional observations about the rally so as to benefit those of you kicking around attending and those of you who do attend, but really shouldn't.
"$25,000 and 25 miles don't make you a biker"
I saw an older, rough, gruff gentleman wearing the above quote on his this shirt. I wanted to go up to him and say, "that is the most kick ass shirt i have ever seen."
but I didn't.
Want to know why?
Because I was dressed in khakis and a polo shirt at the time and didn't want to look like a moron. This guy was old school and could crush me in half a second. If I had my motorcycle gear on or just plain ole jeans, I would have complimented him. But I know enough that he would dismiss me, if not punch me for daring to make it look like I was being cool.
Regardless, his shirt says it all.
For those of you who think you're part of the Sturgis Rally (or Beartooth or Dragon's Tail or Daytona, etc.) and you just spent $25,000 and HAULED your bike in a trailer to Sturgis, you did not officially "do Sturgis" in my or most other real bikers' opinion. You're a hazard. You don't have enough experience riding. YOu're probably causing a disproportionate number of accidents on the road because you are not only driving too slow, but you really don't know what you're doing.
In short, me driving my piddlely Ninja 250 to Sturgis twice, tightening the chain up every 80 miles, is more manly and real than you dropping $40,000 on a 1200 cc cruiser that you haul in a pretty little trailer, drive in Spearfish Canyon in pristine conditions, only to haul it back to Winnekta or Edina.
You want to really do "Sturgis," then drive your ass out there on your bike. Don't haul it.
Lot's of New Leather Chaps
For those of you who decide you're going to do Sturgis at the last moment, rush job your way to a motorcycle license, and buy whatever Harley you can get, can you do me a favor and at least rough up your leathers first?
The reason I request this is the glare off of your BRAND NEW leather jacket and BRAND NEW leather chaps tends to blind me. How about instead you take your chaps and jacket and roll around on a gravel road for a couple minutes to give it that worn look, and then put a big sign on your bike that says, "Noob," that way I don't have to suffer the glare but still know you can't drive a bike.
Trikes and CanAm Spiders
If you are old and a veteran rider of motorcycles who happened to end up liking trikes, then this critique is not for you.
If you are the idiot who couldn't pass the motorcycle riding course and decided it was easier to get a trike or a CanAm spider, listen up.
You aren't a biker.
You're lazy and unskilled. You either couldn't or you wouldn't spend the time it took to learn to ride a real bike. And since you don't need a motorcycle endorsement on your license with a three wheeled vehicle, we all now get to suffer you thinking you're part of Sturgis or any other kind of motorcycle rally as you have that dopey in awe look on your face when you pull into town on your Playskool tricycle.
But that's alright, with "Ma" and "Pa" stenciled into your matching helmets as you drive 9 MPH with a traffic jam 4 miles long behind you as "Ma" films the ride with her smart phone, we can all easily identify you, avoid you on the road, and maybe fetch you some Metamucil to go with your white wine.
Police and Crotch-Rocketeers
Dear Police. There are a handful of us crotch-rocketeers that like to attend these rallies. If could could please note the following items, we'd appreciate it.
1. We're not going faster, we just look like we are. Additionally, most everybody else is really going about 10 MPH under the speed limit.
2. We're usually the ones wearing helmets, so please don't lecture us about how many people you've seen die on crotch rockets.
3. On a related note, when you pull us over for passing "Pruny Boobs Ma" and "Alzheimers Depends Pa" in a passing lane and you give us the line "I've seen a lot better drivers than you die on these bikes" (I've received this twice now), you have no idea how tempting it is to say to you "Well then how come they're dead and I'm still alive?"
4. Do you like all that overtime? Then STFU and lay off the crotch rocketeers. We're the only ones that are going to be around when "Ma" and "Pa" die in 10 years and nobody else can afford replacement Harley's. Instead of Jack Daniels sponsoring Harley's in Sturgis, it may just be Sapporo sponsoring Suzuki's and KAwasaki's.
5. Crotch Rocketeers, just smile and obey what the nice officer says. I never received a ticket. Just a lecturing about safety while I am wearing my pads, jacket, armor, helmet, gloves...while 50 60 year olds without helmets, pads, gloves and armor, tanked up on booze and driving dangerously slow drive past the safety-concerned officer.
Enjoy Sturgis!
In the past I've made some observations about the Sturgis Rally, notably economic. 1. Sturgis will die in about 20 years as a) Harley motorcycles are priced out of the range of any youth and b) this recession, combined with student debt, will more or less spell the future demise of Harley Davidson. 2. Sturgis is not really for badass or real bikers any more. Like last year this time I saw a record number of brand-spanking new trikes being driven by aging baby boomers in their mid-life crisis (remember what I said about 10MPH?). It's worse this year.
Regardless, this year I shall make some additional observations about the rally so as to benefit those of you kicking around attending and those of you who do attend, but really shouldn't.
"$25,000 and 25 miles don't make you a biker"
I saw an older, rough, gruff gentleman wearing the above quote on his this shirt. I wanted to go up to him and say, "that is the most kick ass shirt i have ever seen."
but I didn't.
Want to know why?
Because I was dressed in khakis and a polo shirt at the time and didn't want to look like a moron. This guy was old school and could crush me in half a second. If I had my motorcycle gear on or just plain ole jeans, I would have complimented him. But I know enough that he would dismiss me, if not punch me for daring to make it look like I was being cool.
Regardless, his shirt says it all.
For those of you who think you're part of the Sturgis Rally (or Beartooth or Dragon's Tail or Daytona, etc.) and you just spent $25,000 and HAULED your bike in a trailer to Sturgis, you did not officially "do Sturgis" in my or most other real bikers' opinion. You're a hazard. You don't have enough experience riding. YOu're probably causing a disproportionate number of accidents on the road because you are not only driving too slow, but you really don't know what you're doing.
In short, me driving my piddlely Ninja 250 to Sturgis twice, tightening the chain up every 80 miles, is more manly and real than you dropping $40,000 on a 1200 cc cruiser that you haul in a pretty little trailer, drive in Spearfish Canyon in pristine conditions, only to haul it back to Winnekta or Edina.
You want to really do "Sturgis," then drive your ass out there on your bike. Don't haul it.
Lot's of New Leather Chaps
For those of you who decide you're going to do Sturgis at the last moment, rush job your way to a motorcycle license, and buy whatever Harley you can get, can you do me a favor and at least rough up your leathers first?
The reason I request this is the glare off of your BRAND NEW leather jacket and BRAND NEW leather chaps tends to blind me. How about instead you take your chaps and jacket and roll around on a gravel road for a couple minutes to give it that worn look, and then put a big sign on your bike that says, "Noob," that way I don't have to suffer the glare but still know you can't drive a bike.
Trikes and CanAm Spiders
If you are old and a veteran rider of motorcycles who happened to end up liking trikes, then this critique is not for you.
If you are the idiot who couldn't pass the motorcycle riding course and decided it was easier to get a trike or a CanAm spider, listen up.
You aren't a biker.
You're lazy and unskilled. You either couldn't or you wouldn't spend the time it took to learn to ride a real bike. And since you don't need a motorcycle endorsement on your license with a three wheeled vehicle, we all now get to suffer you thinking you're part of Sturgis or any other kind of motorcycle rally as you have that dopey in awe look on your face when you pull into town on your Playskool tricycle.
But that's alright, with "Ma" and "Pa" stenciled into your matching helmets as you drive 9 MPH with a traffic jam 4 miles long behind you as "Ma" films the ride with her smart phone, we can all easily identify you, avoid you on the road, and maybe fetch you some Metamucil to go with your white wine.
Police and Crotch-Rocketeers
Dear Police. There are a handful of us crotch-rocketeers that like to attend these rallies. If could could please note the following items, we'd appreciate it.
1. We're not going faster, we just look like we are. Additionally, most everybody else is really going about 10 MPH under the speed limit.
2. We're usually the ones wearing helmets, so please don't lecture us about how many people you've seen die on crotch rockets.
3. On a related note, when you pull us over for passing "Pruny Boobs Ma" and "Alzheimers Depends Pa" in a passing lane and you give us the line "I've seen a lot better drivers than you die on these bikes" (I've received this twice now), you have no idea how tempting it is to say to you "Well then how come they're dead and I'm still alive?"
4. Do you like all that overtime? Then STFU and lay off the crotch rocketeers. We're the only ones that are going to be around when "Ma" and "Pa" die in 10 years and nobody else can afford replacement Harley's. Instead of Jack Daniels sponsoring Harley's in Sturgis, it may just be Sapporo sponsoring Suzuki's and KAwasaki's.
5. Crotch Rocketeers, just smile and obey what the nice officer says. I never received a ticket. Just a lecturing about safety while I am wearing my pads, jacket, armor, helmet, gloves...while 50 60 year olds without helmets, pads, gloves and armor, tanked up on booze and driving dangerously slow drive past the safety-concerned officer.
Enjoy Sturgis!
Time to "Man Up" Ladies
I know, "math is tough."
Too bad. (cough, cough, ahem, ahem,) "Man up."
Hey, you wanted to be treated as equals. Welcome to the club.
Too bad. (cough, cough, ahem, ahem,) "Man up."
Hey, you wanted to be treated as equals. Welcome to the club.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Hair or Pecks?
Uh oh, ladies! (and by "ladies" I mean the women in America who read People, US, OK and Cosmo)
WHO DO YOU PICK????
I mean, Barack Obama has really nice pecks, and after all you were programmed to vote for him by the public schools and media.
But how can you resist the dynamic full-heads-o-hair duo of Romney and Ryan!
If Romney had ANY disadvantage it was that he had that "touch of gray." But let's not kid ourselves ladies, we love that touch of gray. But if we were looking for a hot younger man, well, we got it now with Ryan.
Just look at that picture, they both look like investment bankers!!! That's soooo sexy!
*SIGH* what is the American female voter to do? How do we choose?
Well, we could study up on economics, the Constitution, US history, look at the federal budget...
BWAH HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!!!!!
I'm sorry, I just couldn't keep up the charade. Imagine that, women who read Cosmo and People actually studying the issues and become INFORMED voters.
Oh I kill me!
On a serious note, I do like Ryan in that he's the only guy with the numbers and the mathematical knowledge of what needs to be done to prevent the US economy from collapsing.
WHO DO YOU PICK????
I mean, Barack Obama has really nice pecks, and after all you were programmed to vote for him by the public schools and media.
But how can you resist the dynamic full-heads-o-hair duo of Romney and Ryan!
If Romney had ANY disadvantage it was that he had that "touch of gray." But let's not kid ourselves ladies, we love that touch of gray. But if we were looking for a hot younger man, well, we got it now with Ryan.
Just look at that picture, they both look like investment bankers!!! That's soooo sexy!
*SIGH* what is the American female voter to do? How do we choose?
Well, we could study up on economics, the Constitution, US history, look at the federal budget...
BWAH HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!!!!!
I'm sorry, I just couldn't keep up the charade. Imagine that, women who read Cosmo and People actually studying the issues and become INFORMED voters.
Oh I kill me!
On a serious note, I do like Ryan in that he's the only guy with the numbers and the mathematical knowledge of what needs to be done to prevent the US economy from collapsing.
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