Let me explain to you an element of the Minneapolis population.
They are good people.
Hard working people.
But they wedded themselves in their late teens and early 20's to staying out of the suburbs and staying in the city.
Which is like saying, "I'm not getting on that preppy suburban life boat! I'm staying on this hip Titanic where it's "real."
This unfortunately puts good people like Ed and others I know in the cross-hairs between wanting the benefits of city culture and paying for what is essentially a corrupt municipal government.
Ed has been championing the fight against government financed stadiums in Minnesota for a while now. I usually mock the state as a whole because they keep voting to tax themselves more. But it's particularly ironic when a city that is known to have property taxes increase at over 500% in a decade is now going to help finance the new Viking's stadium.
If you Minneapolitans thought your property taxes were high before.
Heh!
You my fine hipster friends, have no idea how much you're going to be forced to enjoy the decline!
Hope the Sebastian Joe's ice cream is worth it.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
John McClane for Halloween
So I was perusing the traffic and noticed I got a "#1" hit from the Google Search;
"John McClane for Halloween."
"That's odd," I thought.
Then I clicked on the link to find it and was starkly reminded of this vintage Cappy Cap post.
It still is amazing how no more than 20 years ago you could carry a fake REAL LOOKING gun to school AND have a fake cigarette. It's also amazing I ever got my bench press above 20 pounds.
Regardless, remember kids, it's OK to emulate strong, Alpha male role models this upcoming Halloween, though I'm afraid most of you don't even know what "Die Hard" is.
"John McClane for Halloween."
"That's odd," I thought.
Then I clicked on the link to find it and was starkly reminded of this vintage Cappy Cap post.
It still is amazing how no more than 20 years ago you could carry a fake REAL LOOKING gun to school AND have a fake cigarette. It's also amazing I ever got my bench press above 20 pounds.
Regardless, remember kids, it's OK to emulate strong, Alpha male role models this upcoming Halloween, though I'm afraid most of you don't even know what "Die Hard" is.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
No They Can't Take That Away From Me
Education, for all of its bubbly goodness, does have one advantage.
It isn't taxable and it cannot be confiscated.
I've often thought about this in that while I don't trust 401k plans or IRA's until there's a balanced budget, I try to find other investments that are not "confiscatable" or "taxable." Consumer items like bullets, booze, even cars are starting to provide more of a store of value than an investment, but education is also one of these "investments" that not only will maintain its value, but unless you convert it into earnings, it cannot be confiscated or repossessed. This allows you to mete out however much labor you wish to maintain however low a tax rate you want.
A point made more clearly here (replete with charty goodness).
It isn't taxable and it cannot be confiscated.
I've often thought about this in that while I don't trust 401k plans or IRA's until there's a balanced budget, I try to find other investments that are not "confiscatable" or "taxable." Consumer items like bullets, booze, even cars are starting to provide more of a store of value than an investment, but education is also one of these "investments" that not only will maintain its value, but unless you convert it into earnings, it cannot be confiscated or repossessed. This allows you to mete out however much labor you wish to maintain however low a tax rate you want.
A point made more clearly here (replete with charty goodness).
Now "Logic" Is Abuse
I like how natural human behaviors when agitated (yelling, loud voice, cursing, etc.) is also considered abuse.
But yes, "using logic" on women is abuse. And just when you thought feminism has jumped the shark.
But yes, "using logic" on women is abuse. And just when you thought feminism has jumped the shark.
Worthless Degrees
You've been had.
And not only have you been had.
You got screwed out of $50,000 in tuition on top of it.
So what do you do now? Can't find a job. Have to live at home?
Well how about you retrace your steps and re-evaluate what you were told in your youth about "the great career" you would have. Or how you'd "go on to do great things!"
Or (and here's where you really have to open your mind), maybe accept it was an orchestrated scam that separated you from your money and all those teachers and professors really didn't give a damn about you and just wanted your money?
I can't convince you, but maybe this will.
Paperback version as well for those without Kindles.
And not only have you been had.
You got screwed out of $50,000 in tuition on top of it.
So what do you do now? Can't find a job. Have to live at home?
Well how about you retrace your steps and re-evaluate what you were told in your youth about "the great career" you would have. Or how you'd "go on to do great things!"
Or (and here's where you really have to open your mind), maybe accept it was an orchestrated scam that separated you from your money and all those teachers and professors really didn't give a damn about you and just wanted your money?
I can't convince you, but maybe this will.
Paperback version as well for those without Kindles.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Welcome to the Party Pal!
I love it when people, on their own, through logic, thought, and studying come to the same conclusions I did, albeit years ago. It not only boslters our ranks, but confirms that there is a logic and reason behind the thought for separate people to come to the same realization or conclusion.
Today's newest member to the (very important) Battle Against Worthless Degrees is Gucci.
And we welcome him to the fight with our honorary John McClane salute!
I figured I'd post this as a reminder where you can send the OWS kiddies when they complain about their degrees:
Today's newest member to the (very important) Battle Against Worthless Degrees is Gucci.
And we welcome him to the fight with our honorary John McClane salute!
I figured I'd post this as a reminder where you can send the OWS kiddies when they complain about their degrees:
Candidate for Future Rationalization Hamster
Ugh.
I wonder how powerful her rationalization hamster will be 20 years from now trying to rationalize;
1. Forfeiting a good, paid-for life from a working husband
2. The poverty she will no doubt inflict upon herself for the rest of her life
3. What I will predict will be her children disowning her
4. How giving up Steady Joe for a 2 week trist with Kashmir Ala Fabio
And you people all wonder why men "go ghost" or stay in Peter Pan mode forever.
I wonder how powerful her rationalization hamster will be 20 years from now trying to rationalize;
1. Forfeiting a good, paid-for life from a working husband
2. The poverty she will no doubt inflict upon herself for the rest of her life
3. What I will predict will be her children disowning her
4. How giving up Steady Joe for a 2 week trist with Kashmir Ala Fabio
And you people all wonder why men "go ghost" or stay in Peter Pan mode forever.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wrong to Fire Lisa Simeone
Lisa, is no doubt a communist leftist, with a spoiled upbringing and a degree that when she declared it she essentially shouted out to the world:
"I don't want to work a real job and I want other people to pay for a career where I can pretend I'm a self-supporting and independent adult."
However, I do have to go to bat for her in that we once again have aging administrators, managers and leaders of this country thinking somehow they have the right to discipline or fire somebody for having political views. The reason I disagree with this is two-fold;
1. Obviously people should have the freedom of speech AND that includes being able to partake in the public debate on whatever and (unless it somehow directly affect their employers) they should not have to fear about losing their jobs or being disciplined for exercising that right.
2. Not necessarily a "disagreement" on my part, but more of a "wake up and smell the facts Jack." Older people have to realize the internet and the technological ability to put everything and anything up there is the PRIMARY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIALIZING FOR THE NEWEST GENERATION. Disciplining or firing employees because they have something on public record that an employer may disagree with politicially is not just wrong, but it is akin to eavesdropping on a conversation you were NOT invited to.
One could perhaps draw an ironic parallel here. Just as the common "feminists are standing there asking where all the good men have gone, while the blood of the men they slew is still moist on their swords" analogy, you could also say, "retirees, AARP members and older people are standing there, asking where all the taxpayer money is to pay for their social security, nursing homes and medicare, while the blood of the careers of millions of youth they slew is still moist on their swords."
Keep throwing those hurdles up for those young people trying to start a career or land a job. Oh, and also mislead them about education and make sure they indebt themselves for a worthless degree so they're off on the wrong foot. OH! And make doubly sure to crush any innovation with the constant fear that if they rock the boat or question the status quo, they'll get fired. Because remember, "the children are the future."
"I don't want to work a real job and I want other people to pay for a career where I can pretend I'm a self-supporting and independent adult."
However, I do have to go to bat for her in that we once again have aging administrators, managers and leaders of this country thinking somehow they have the right to discipline or fire somebody for having political views. The reason I disagree with this is two-fold;
1. Obviously people should have the freedom of speech AND that includes being able to partake in the public debate on whatever and (unless it somehow directly affect their employers) they should not have to fear about losing their jobs or being disciplined for exercising that right.
2. Not necessarily a "disagreement" on my part, but more of a "wake up and smell the facts Jack." Older people have to realize the internet and the technological ability to put everything and anything up there is the PRIMARY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND SOCIALIZING FOR THE NEWEST GENERATION. Disciplining or firing employees because they have something on public record that an employer may disagree with politicially is not just wrong, but it is akin to eavesdropping on a conversation you were NOT invited to.
One could perhaps draw an ironic parallel here. Just as the common "feminists are standing there asking where all the good men have gone, while the blood of the men they slew is still moist on their swords" analogy, you could also say, "retirees, AARP members and older people are standing there, asking where all the taxpayer money is to pay for their social security, nursing homes and medicare, while the blood of the careers of millions of youth they slew is still moist on their swords."
Keep throwing those hurdles up for those young people trying to start a career or land a job. Oh, and also mislead them about education and make sure they indebt themselves for a worthless degree so they're off on the wrong foot. OH! And make doubly sure to crush any innovation with the constant fear that if they rock the boat or question the status quo, they'll get fired. Because remember, "the children are the future."
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
When the Real World Crushes the Hippies
I'll say it again for the cheap seats;
EVERY GENERATION has its Volcker Recession. ie-when the little kiddies who were spoon fed flowers and puppies and unicorns and socialism all of the sudden are adults and have to grow up. Oh sure they go through a temper tantrum, protesting Vietnam or Wall Street or whatever bogeyman is to blame for their laziness and sloth at the time, but in the end it basically boils down to the real world hitting them upside the head and telling them they have to produce or sink.
What we have today is largely my generation and "Gen Y' throwing their tantrum. When they either have kids, realize whining doesn't pay the bills, etc. etc., or even go so far as to have an epiphany about economics, they may have a Reagan Revolution that ends this current Great Recession just like the real Ronald Reagan ended the Volcker Recession.
Until that happens you can expect there to be a gap between what my generation is capable of and what we actually produce, just like the Baby Boomers back in the 70's;
I put it in terms of percentages because the above data was not in real terms, this shows the difference between real and potential more clearly;
EVERY GENERATION has its Volcker Recession. ie-when the little kiddies who were spoon fed flowers and puppies and unicorns and socialism all of the sudden are adults and have to grow up. Oh sure they go through a temper tantrum, protesting Vietnam or Wall Street or whatever bogeyman is to blame for their laziness and sloth at the time, but in the end it basically boils down to the real world hitting them upside the head and telling them they have to produce or sink.
What we have today is largely my generation and "Gen Y' throwing their tantrum. When they either have kids, realize whining doesn't pay the bills, etc. etc., or even go so far as to have an epiphany about economics, they may have a Reagan Revolution that ends this current Great Recession just like the real Ronald Reagan ended the Volcker Recession.
Until that happens you can expect there to be a gap between what my generation is capable of and what we actually produce, just like the Baby Boomers back in the 70's;
I put it in terms of percentages because the above data was not in real terms, this shows the difference between real and potential more clearly;
UNICORN HOUSING STARTS!!!!
Read this and notice how excited the media is about the 15% INCREASE IN HOUSING STARTS!!!! OMG! !! DID YOU KNOW HOUSING STARTS ARE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED!!! BOOM! RECOVERY!!! PLEASANTLY SUPRISED! AND OTHER PHRASES!!!! RECOVERY IMMINENT!!!!
Your Captain of course knows the value of a good chart and will let the picture speak for itself. He also did the added benefit coloring the 15% INCREASE in red so you can see it.
Your Captain of course knows the value of a good chart and will let the picture speak for itself. He also did the added benefit coloring the 15% INCREASE in red so you can see it.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Escape LA
Net migration out of LA
I wish they have a state-wide chart to see how many producers (er...sorry) "people" are leaving the "golden state."
regardless, platinum hat tip to the boys who pulled together that chart.
Remember, the Captain is pro-"Charty Goodness."
I wish they have a state-wide chart to see how many producers (er...sorry) "people" are leaving the "golden state."
regardless, platinum hat tip to the boys who pulled together that chart.
Remember, the Captain is pro-"Charty Goodness."
It Never Gets Old
Buddy of mine sent this to me. He knows Voyager Bank. He also knows that I approached them several years ago to pitch my independent underwriting services to them. What's great about my particular pitch to this bank however was that day I was pretty tired of hitting pavement to no avail so I was in a foul mood. So when I walked in, I had their financials printed off when (I think) they lost $7 million in one quarter. My sales pitch to the middle aged man was not one of honey, it was one of vinegar;
"If you had me, you guys wouldn't have lost $7 million in this one quarter."
He was visibly pissed off. He face was red, he refused to shake my hand. No doubt he was partly to blame for some of those losses.
It made the trip worth while.
Regardless, I improved the chart to remind the Board of Directors of Voyager Bank about when I paid their Eden Prairie office a visit.
Oh, and you should see the office. Marble, fancy furniture, a big screen TV with CNBC going on it and oak all over the place.
You see kids, that's the sign of a successful bank. When they spend more on leasehold improvements than they do hiring talent. As long as they have a flat panel TV going with Bloomberg, then you know your money won't need to be reimbursed by the taxpayer!
And hey, you crazy cats over at Voyager, you enjoy that decline!
"If you had me, you guys wouldn't have lost $7 million in this one quarter."
He was visibly pissed off. He face was red, he refused to shake my hand. No doubt he was partly to blame for some of those losses.
It made the trip worth while.
Regardless, I improved the chart to remind the Board of Directors of Voyager Bank about when I paid their Eden Prairie office a visit.
Oh, and you should see the office. Marble, fancy furniture, a big screen TV with CNBC going on it and oak all over the place.
You see kids, that's the sign of a successful bank. When they spend more on leasehold improvements than they do hiring talent. As long as they have a flat panel TV going with Bloomberg, then you know your money won't need to be reimbursed by the taxpayer!
And hey, you crazy cats over at Voyager, you enjoy that decline!
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Captain Protects the Royal Saudi Family Story - Part I
The more I thought about this post, the more I realized it is a very all-encompassing post, so I will try to be brief and make my observations very bullet pointy, however, it will ultimately be broken into a three part series.
I have a friend.
He owns a security company. It does everything from boring old desk security to prisoner transport.
Regardless of the gig, the reason his security firm is unique is because you typically need to be armed and you can't be of the usual loser "security guard/mall cop" variety. You need to have your head out of your ass and know just because you carry a gun does NOT make you a cop. Given my background working in the past for security (over 18 years ago!) he would occasionally call me with gigs knowing I wasn't some hot headed kid that just wanted to carry a gun when he had a gig or two open up.
So I get a call from him one night and he says, "What do you have going on this weekend?"
"Not much, why?"
"I need armed security for one of the Saudi royal princes down in Rochester when he visits the Mayo Clinic."
Kind of thrown back, I said, "What!???? Saudi Prince??? Shouldn't the Secret Service or CIA or some federal authority be involved?"
"No, unless their intelligence believes there's a real threat, they apparently outsource to private contractors."
Again, my curiosity, not to mention common sense knowledge got to me and I asked;
"Yeah, but, don't they have their own guys? Why you? Why us? I mean, no offense, but you're just some small time security operator."
And then I get the real skinny.
"Well, you see, there are 36 princes in the Saudi royal family, and this one is more or less on the bottom of the totem pole. He has no political significance and is more or less the loser of the Saudi royal family. But he has money and he's willing to pay."
Now given the WONDERFUL economy at the time brought about by our beloved leader (not to mention I do actually enjoy the occasional work with a little risk) I agreed to pick up whatever shifts were available. He tells me to bring "everything I got" in terms of armament, ammo and armor.
"Why?!??! I thought there was no threat!"
"You never know."
So somewhat concerned I pack up my 1990 Chevy Caprice Classic with an AR 15, a scoped rifle, a 9MM pistol and a 357 revolver with enough ammo to last the decade.
I arrive at the Kahler MOTEL (not the HOTEL, there IS A DIFFERENCE), meet with his contact and we are directed to a wing of the MOTEL that is dedicated to the security operations to protect the lowest-totem-pole member of the Saudi royal family.
Of course, he's not there yet. He has yet to fly in. Which means we get to transport his royal highness from the Rochester Regional Airport to the Mayo Clinic.
Now understand that I (in my foolish, American upbringing) thought "OK, one guy. Mayo Clinic. We might send a limo and there will be an SUV trailing the limo while the limo itself is packed with armed guards.
Oh no.
These guys travel in style.
Even the lowest-on-the-totem-pole-losers.
Apparently this prince (who ranks 36th on the 36 Saudi princes) needs an entourage of (are you ready????)
NO LESS THAN 120 FREAKING PEOPLE
His WIVES (plural) his children, his support staff, his "armed guards" his consultants, his cousins, his neighbors, his relatives, his associates.
120 freaking people to transport ONE MAN TO THE MAYO CLINIC.
Let me explain this again,
One man needs the medical attention.
But he needs to haul 119 people with him.
I'm sure a convoy 3 miles long won't bring attention.
The transport was a nightmare and on a scale you couldn't imagine.
First, of the 120 people in his entourage, at least 50 needed their own personal vehicles. I was not made aware of this until we arrived at the airport and saw 50 separate limos. I asked "WHY THE FREAKING LIMOS???? Don't they just need ONE!!?"
No, all of the family members (which numbers many when you have 6 wives) need their own limo.
The remaining 70 people were support staff and were to be herded into buses.
So when me and the security team show up at the Rochester Regional Airport at 3AM it's a MILE LONG CARAVAN to pick up his royal highness and support staff (again, what terrorist genius could possible identify this as a possible target!?)
ONE GUY
119 SUPPORT PEOPLE.
COLUMN, MILE LONG WITH LIGHTS ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING NIGHT!
Now, you have to understand this is not the peak of hubris or arrogance at this time.
No, it gets much worse.
For I started to notice that they actually did have 50 limos pulling up. And these limos were not your average limos. They were top of the line Mercedes limos. 2010 models. NOTHING OLDER. WHY?
because his royal highness had ORDERED ALL LIMOS IN THE THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF MERCEDES MAKE AND NO LATER MODELS THAN 2010 BE SENT THERE TO PICK HIM AND HIS ENTOURAGE UP. None of which were in Minnesota. To amass this hoity toity caravan, they had to pull across from the entire US.
These poor limo drivers (most of which were Somali or Ethiopian drivers) had HAULED ASS ACROSS ALL POINTS IN THE COUNTRY TO GET THERE ON TIME TO PICK THIS ASSHOLE UP. Plates were from New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, Nevada and only the states at the time that had vehicles such as this to even provide to his royal eminence. These poor guys drove over 2,000 miles to get to "Rochester Minnesota" to pick up this schmoe.
The insanity did not stop there.
Apparently there was a problem with our security detail. There were too many men.
HOW, OH HOW, were they to transport all the women without our evil American lusting male eyes on their homely dressed and homely-looking women? We could NOT have any males riding in the same cars with the females according to the "holy and wise word of Islam."
Of course Mohammed in his infinite wisdom back in 650 AD didn't fathom the possibility of Minnesota women who are so brainwashed to be so commie liberal leftist that they hate guns. So at the time we had no more than MAYBE 5 women with carry conceal permits to handle over 60 Saudi females.
Let the "musical chairs game begin!"
Their advisor started telling us to move some men from one car to the other. No, a man cannot be in that limo because princess #483 would be in that car. Wait?? We don't have enough women? Take your uglier men and move them to those cars with the aging Saudi females. Perhaps they won't abuse the women like we were told they would because of their America biological directives. Do you have any effeminate men that would be disinclined to approach our females? Put them in the car, but in order rank from least effeminate, with the least related females of our quite-extended Saudi royal family.
Damn Cray super computer couldn't figure it out.
45 minutes of moving around based on archaic, obsolete, head up its ass, Islamic doctrine, that just didn't jive with security realities, I was starting to think I might just shoot the damn Saudi prince myself. Apparently we played musical chairs enough that our advisor was satisfied we would not violate the laws of Allah (even though security was completely compromised).
Sure enough, the "prince" lands and chaos ensues.
His "security general" turns out to be his cousin who was a worthless idiot that only got the position because he marginally spoke English. He can't tell us anything.
The caravan of limos and buses circle the "Saudi Air" plane that just landed.
We can't make heads and tails of who is who because the Saudi youth disembarking the plane are all wearing crappy American clothes to emulate the Amber Crombie and Fitchites in this country.
And all the time we (namely 80% of the American security force) are NOT TO LOOK AT THE SAUDI WOMEN BECAUSE IT MIGHT INSULT PEOPLE!
The poor sleep depraved limo drivers tried their best and after about an hour of chaos, we finally got everybody loaded into their cars and headed to the Kahler Hotel.
You would think this would be the worst of it, but it doesn't get any better. Matter of fact, it only gets worse.
But the reason I'm writing this story is not to complain about my experience, but rather because in the end there is going to be a vital AND VERY IMPORTANT economics lesson that even I was surprised to learn.
And beyond that there is a fringe benefit lesson that our regular Saudi national friends (who must suffer under these people) could benefit from.
AND EVEN BEYOND THAT there are some VITAL security lessons the CIA, FBI, and Saudi protective forces MAY BE SLIGHTLY INTERESTED IN, because frankly, the whole damn Mayo Clinic is a soft and super cake easy target for any slightly competent terrorists to take out royalty from ANY middle east country.
Naturally, therefore, we can all benefit my experience, and you will all tune in for part II of the Captain's wonderful exploits with protecting the Saudi Royal family!
I have a friend.
He owns a security company. It does everything from boring old desk security to prisoner transport.
Regardless of the gig, the reason his security firm is unique is because you typically need to be armed and you can't be of the usual loser "security guard/mall cop" variety. You need to have your head out of your ass and know just because you carry a gun does NOT make you a cop. Given my background working in the past for security (over 18 years ago!) he would occasionally call me with gigs knowing I wasn't some hot headed kid that just wanted to carry a gun when he had a gig or two open up.
So I get a call from him one night and he says, "What do you have going on this weekend?"
"Not much, why?"
"I need armed security for one of the Saudi royal princes down in Rochester when he visits the Mayo Clinic."
Kind of thrown back, I said, "What!???? Saudi Prince??? Shouldn't the Secret Service or CIA or some federal authority be involved?"
"No, unless their intelligence believes there's a real threat, they apparently outsource to private contractors."
Again, my curiosity, not to mention common sense knowledge got to me and I asked;
"Yeah, but, don't they have their own guys? Why you? Why us? I mean, no offense, but you're just some small time security operator."
And then I get the real skinny.
"Well, you see, there are 36 princes in the Saudi royal family, and this one is more or less on the bottom of the totem pole. He has no political significance and is more or less the loser of the Saudi royal family. But he has money and he's willing to pay."
Now given the WONDERFUL economy at the time brought about by our beloved leader (not to mention I do actually enjoy the occasional work with a little risk) I agreed to pick up whatever shifts were available. He tells me to bring "everything I got" in terms of armament, ammo and armor.
"Why?!??! I thought there was no threat!"
"You never know."
So somewhat concerned I pack up my 1990 Chevy Caprice Classic with an AR 15, a scoped rifle, a 9MM pistol and a 357 revolver with enough ammo to last the decade.
I arrive at the Kahler MOTEL (not the HOTEL, there IS A DIFFERENCE), meet with his contact and we are directed to a wing of the MOTEL that is dedicated to the security operations to protect the lowest-totem-pole member of the Saudi royal family.
Of course, he's not there yet. He has yet to fly in. Which means we get to transport his royal highness from the Rochester Regional Airport to the Mayo Clinic.
Now understand that I (in my foolish, American upbringing) thought "OK, one guy. Mayo Clinic. We might send a limo and there will be an SUV trailing the limo while the limo itself is packed with armed guards.
Oh no.
These guys travel in style.
Even the lowest-on-the-totem-pole-losers.
Apparently this prince (who ranks 36th on the 36 Saudi princes) needs an entourage of (are you ready????)
NO LESS THAN 120 FREAKING PEOPLE
His WIVES (plural) his children, his support staff, his "armed guards" his consultants, his cousins, his neighbors, his relatives, his associates.
120 freaking people to transport ONE MAN TO THE MAYO CLINIC.
Let me explain this again,
One man needs the medical attention.
But he needs to haul 119 people with him.
I'm sure a convoy 3 miles long won't bring attention.
The transport was a nightmare and on a scale you couldn't imagine.
First, of the 120 people in his entourage, at least 50 needed their own personal vehicles. I was not made aware of this until we arrived at the airport and saw 50 separate limos. I asked "WHY THE FREAKING LIMOS???? Don't they just need ONE!!?"
No, all of the family members (which numbers many when you have 6 wives) need their own limo.
The remaining 70 people were support staff and were to be herded into buses.
So when me and the security team show up at the Rochester Regional Airport at 3AM it's a MILE LONG CARAVAN to pick up his royal highness and support staff (again, what terrorist genius could possible identify this as a possible target!?)
ONE GUY
119 SUPPORT PEOPLE.
COLUMN, MILE LONG WITH LIGHTS ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREAKING NIGHT!
Now, you have to understand this is not the peak of hubris or arrogance at this time.
No, it gets much worse.
For I started to notice that they actually did have 50 limos pulling up. And these limos were not your average limos. They were top of the line Mercedes limos. 2010 models. NOTHING OLDER. WHY?
because his royal highness had ORDERED ALL LIMOS IN THE THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OF MERCEDES MAKE AND NO LATER MODELS THAN 2010 BE SENT THERE TO PICK HIM AND HIS ENTOURAGE UP. None of which were in Minnesota. To amass this hoity toity caravan, they had to pull across from the entire US.
These poor limo drivers (most of which were Somali or Ethiopian drivers) had HAULED ASS ACROSS ALL POINTS IN THE COUNTRY TO GET THERE ON TIME TO PICK THIS ASSHOLE UP. Plates were from New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, Nevada and only the states at the time that had vehicles such as this to even provide to his royal eminence. These poor guys drove over 2,000 miles to get to "Rochester Minnesota" to pick up this schmoe.
The insanity did not stop there.
Apparently there was a problem with our security detail. There were too many men.
HOW, OH HOW, were they to transport all the women without our evil American lusting male eyes on their homely dressed and homely-looking women? We could NOT have any males riding in the same cars with the females according to the "holy and wise word of Islam."
Of course Mohammed in his infinite wisdom back in 650 AD didn't fathom the possibility of Minnesota women who are so brainwashed to be so commie liberal leftist that they hate guns. So at the time we had no more than MAYBE 5 women with carry conceal permits to handle over 60 Saudi females.
Let the "musical chairs game begin!"
Their advisor started telling us to move some men from one car to the other. No, a man cannot be in that limo because princess #483 would be in that car. Wait?? We don't have enough women? Take your uglier men and move them to those cars with the aging Saudi females. Perhaps they won't abuse the women like we were told they would because of their America biological directives. Do you have any effeminate men that would be disinclined to approach our females? Put them in the car, but in order rank from least effeminate, with the least related females of our quite-extended Saudi royal family.
Damn Cray super computer couldn't figure it out.
45 minutes of moving around based on archaic, obsolete, head up its ass, Islamic doctrine, that just didn't jive with security realities, I was starting to think I might just shoot the damn Saudi prince myself. Apparently we played musical chairs enough that our advisor was satisfied we would not violate the laws of Allah (even though security was completely compromised).
Sure enough, the "prince" lands and chaos ensues.
His "security general" turns out to be his cousin who was a worthless idiot that only got the position because he marginally spoke English. He can't tell us anything.
The caravan of limos and buses circle the "Saudi Air" plane that just landed.
We can't make heads and tails of who is who because the Saudi youth disembarking the plane are all wearing crappy American clothes to emulate the Amber Crombie and Fitchites in this country.
And all the time we (namely 80% of the American security force) are NOT TO LOOK AT THE SAUDI WOMEN BECAUSE IT MIGHT INSULT PEOPLE!
The poor sleep depraved limo drivers tried their best and after about an hour of chaos, we finally got everybody loaded into their cars and headed to the Kahler Hotel.
You would think this would be the worst of it, but it doesn't get any better. Matter of fact, it only gets worse.
But the reason I'm writing this story is not to complain about my experience, but rather because in the end there is going to be a vital AND VERY IMPORTANT economics lesson that even I was surprised to learn.
And beyond that there is a fringe benefit lesson that our regular Saudi national friends (who must suffer under these people) could benefit from.
AND EVEN BEYOND THAT there are some VITAL security lessons the CIA, FBI, and Saudi protective forces MAY BE SLIGHTLY INTERESTED IN, because frankly, the whole damn Mayo Clinic is a soft and super cake easy target for any slightly competent terrorists to take out royalty from ANY middle east country.
Naturally, therefore, we can all benefit my experience, and you will all tune in for part II of the Captain's wonderful exploits with protecting the Saudi Royal family!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Your Weekend Read
An outstanding piece once again by Dalrock.
You must understand that to enjoy the decline via schadenfreude, you must treat these events like sunsets. Sit back, pour yourself a drink, light up a cigar and enjoy.
You must understand that to enjoy the decline via schadenfreude, you must treat these events like sunsets. Sit back, pour yourself a drink, light up a cigar and enjoy.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bad Economist! Bad Bad BAD Economist!
"Yahoo Finance's economics editor."
Epic Fail on par with David Lereah.
You just have to love pseudo intellectual web sites like Yahoo News!
Epic Fail on par with David Lereah.
You just have to love pseudo intellectual web sites like Yahoo News!
Friday, October 14, 2011
99% Morons
Sadly, I wanted to mock these people, but they do such a good job of it themselves.
These people really are that stupid that even the mockery I set forth below cannot do justice because they ACTUALLY BELIEVE taking 7 years and going $150,000 into debt to get a worthless degree is something that other people should pay for.
Anyway, here's my attempt to be as stupid as the Flea party. Please feel free to e-mail your self-pitying sobfest of Occupy Wallstreet stupidity to captcapitalism -at) yahoo dut com;
PS- IT chicks are hot.
Update - New addition
Update New addition. Can't tell if it's real or fake. The sad thing is these children are so brainwashed, even if you tried to spoof it, it could be just as real.
These people really are that stupid that even the mockery I set forth below cannot do justice because they ACTUALLY BELIEVE taking 7 years and going $150,000 into debt to get a worthless degree is something that other people should pay for.
Anyway, here's my attempt to be as stupid as the Flea party. Please feel free to e-mail your self-pitying sobfest of Occupy Wallstreet stupidity to captcapitalism -at) yahoo dut com;
PS- IT chicks are hot.
Update - New addition
Update New addition. Can't tell if it's real or fake. The sad thing is these children are so brainwashed, even if you tried to spoof it, it could be just as real.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Escape Minnesota
In Minnesota you do NOT have to show ID to vote. You merely have to have somebody vouch for you that you are allowed to vote. Naturally when legislation is tendered to make people show ID when they vote, the left immediately rallies against it with the lamest of excuses knowing full well they rely on illegal voters to win elections. It is therefore no shock this has happened.
Hey, What Makes You Canucks So Special?
Sent to me from Craig Kamman, realtor extraordinaire.
In short Canadian housing permits. My question to my Canadian friends is how did these permits recover so quickly?
In short Canadian housing permits. My question to my Canadian friends is how did these permits recover so quickly?
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