What's posted on my Blog is what I think and how I feel, and if anyone doesn't like what and how I feel; Too BAD. I also share what I receive from my friends and / read about. Some things are not commented on by me because they say what I would have said anyway.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
"I've Learned..." The insigths of life
If you will take the time to read these. I promise you'll come away with
an enlightened perspective. The subjects covered affect us all on a daily basis:
They were written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so
much with so few words. Enjoy.......
I've learned..... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned..... That when you're in love, it shows.
I've learned..... That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.
I've learned..... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the
most peaceful feelings in the world.
I've learned..... That being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned..... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've learned..... That I can always pray for someone when I don't
have the strength to help him in some other way.
I've learned..... That no matter how serious your life requires you
to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've learned..... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to
hold and a heart to understand.
I've learned..... That simple walks with my father around the block
on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I've learned..... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets
to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned..... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
I've learned..... That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned..... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned..... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who
wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned..... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I 've learned..... That when you plan to get even with someone,
you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned..... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I've learned..... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person
is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned..... That everyone you meet deserves to be
greeted with a smile.
I've learned..... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've learned.... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned..... That opportunities are never lost; someone will
take the ones you miss.
I've learned..... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness
will dock elsewhere.
I've learned..... That I wish I could have told my Mom that
I love her one more time before she passed away.
I've learned..... That one should keep his words both soft
and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned...... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned...... That when your newly born grandchild holds
your little finger in his little fist, you're hooked for life.
I've learned..... That everyone wants to live on top of the
mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned..... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
To all of you.... Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
an enlightened perspective. The subjects covered affect us all on a daily basis:
They were written by Andy Rooney, a man who had the gift of saying so
much with so few words. Enjoy.......
I've learned..... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned..... That when you're in love, it shows.
I've learned..... That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.
I've learned..... That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the
most peaceful feelings in the world.
I've learned..... That being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned..... That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've learned..... That I can always pray for someone when I don't
have the strength to help him in some other way.
I've learned..... That no matter how serious your life requires you
to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've learned..... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to
hold and a heart to understand.
I've learned..... That simple walks with my father around the block
on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I've learned..... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets
to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned..... That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
I've learned..... That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned..... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned..... That under everyone's hard shell is someone who
wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned..... That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I 've learned..... That when you plan to get even with someone,
you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned..... That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I've learned..... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person
is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned..... That everyone you meet deserves to be
greeted with a smile.
I've learned..... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've learned.... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned..... That opportunities are never lost; someone will
take the ones you miss.
I've learned..... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness
will dock elsewhere.
I've learned..... That I wish I could have told my Mom that
I love her one more time before she passed away.
I've learned..... That one should keep his words both soft
and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned...... That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned...... That when your newly born grandchild holds
your little finger in his little fist, you're hooked for life.
I've learned..... That everyone wants to live on top of the
mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned..... That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
To all of you.... Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
The Laws of ....
2.Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.
3.Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
4.Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal - and someone always answers.
6.Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
7.Law of the Bath - When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.
8.Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
9.Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, IT WILL!!!
10.Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
11..Law of the Theater & Hockey Arena - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
12.The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
13.Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
14.Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.
15.Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible IF you don't know what you are talking about.
16.Brown's Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they're ugly.
17.Oliver's Law of Public Speaking --A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!!!
18.Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
19.Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you'll feel better.. But don't make an appointment, and you'll stay sick.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Socialism by Dr. Thomas Sowell
I think that you're gonna love what Dr. Sowell has the say. If not the Truth hurts, and I know how that works.
Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. A National Humanities Medal winner, he advocates laissez-faire economics and writes from a libertarian perspective. He is currently a Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem, New York. He dropped out of high school, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He had received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1958 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1959. In 1968, he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Sowell has served on the faculties of several universities, including Cornell and University of California, Los Angeles, and worked for "think tanks" such as the Urban Institute. Since 1980 he has worked at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of more than 30 books.
By Dr. Sowell
The current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of what President Barack Obama's America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule.
It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.
It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American Civil society.
It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed liberties.
It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American People, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal College professors, union bosses and other loyal liberal/Communist Party members Will live in opulent splendor.
It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood , unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American Foreign entities.
Barack Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in four years than Any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he And his comrades are capable of.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the Annihilation of America.
"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American Civil society.
It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been shredded and, with them, every person's guaranteed liberties.
It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American People, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal College professors, union bosses and other loyal liberal/Communist Party members Will live in opulent splendor.
It is the America that Obama and the Democratic Party have created with the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood , unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American Foreign entities.
Barack Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in four years than Any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he And his comrades are capable of.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the Annihilation of America.
"Socialism, in general, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
Thomas Sowell
Friday, November 18, 2011
1913-21 Woodrow Wilson-establishes criminal banker control in USA
War is a Racket......I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. - Major General Smedley Butler, USMC
What is war really about?...Let's ask one of the most decorated US Marines hero's of all time....U.S. Marine Major General Smedley D. Butler.......
"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."...
..."I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
Smedley Butler excerpt from the movie "The Corporation"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQoBAc95tnw
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.
It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
Another highly decorated general and former Commander In Chief warned us....Ike.....have we listened? Have we learned? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY
What is war really about?...Let's ask one of the most decorated US Marines hero's of all time....U.S. Marine Major General Smedley D. Butler.......
"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."...
..."I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
Smedley Butler excerpt from the movie "The Corporation"
http://www.youtube.com/
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.
There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capita
It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
Another highly decorated general and former Commander In Chief warned us....Ike.....have we listened? Have we learned? http://www.youtube.com/
Occupy Wall Street Crowd Blind to Benefits of Capitalism
By Gary Wolfram
William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Hillsdale College
Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the area and the conversation goes like this:
William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Hillsdale College
Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the area and the conversation goes like this:
Question: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
Answer: Brought peace?
Response: Oh, peace - shut up!
Answer: Brought peace?
Response: Oh, peace - shut up!
The point is that the Roman institutions brought a good deal to the area that was being overlooked by the protesters. The Wall Street protesters, in their hatred of capitalism, overlook things including the fact that over the last 100 years capitalism has reduced poverty more and increased life expectancy more than in the 100,000 years prior.
Every semester I ask my students: "What would you rather be? King of England in 1263 or you?" Turns out, students would rather be themselves. They enjoy using their iPhone, indoor plumbing, central heating, refrigerators and electric lighting. All of these things are available to the average person in America today and none of them were available to the aristocracy when the West operated under the feudal system.
How is it that for thousands of years mankind made very little progress in increasing the standard of living and yet today half of the goods and services you use in the next week did not exist when I was born? It wasn't that there was some change in the DNA such that we got smarter. The Greeks knew how to make a steam engine 3,000 years ago and never made one. The difference is in how we organize our economic system. The advent of market capitalism in the mid 18th century made all of the difference.
We need not just rely on historical data. Look at cross-section evidence. I try another experiment with my students. I tell them they are about to be born and they can choose whatever country in the world they would like to be born in. The only caveat is they will be the poorest person in that country. Every student picks a country that is primarily organized in a market capitalist system. No one picks a centrally planned state. No one says, "I want to be the poorest person in North Korea, Cuba, or Zimbabwe," countries which are at the bottom of the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom.
What does it mean to be poor in our capitalist society that the Occupy Wall Street crowd so hates? Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation has several studies of those classified as poor by the U.S. Census Bureau. He found that 80 percent of poor persons in the United States in 2010 had air conditioning, nearly three quarters of them had a car or truck, nearly two-thirds had satellite or cable television, half had a personal computer and more than two-thirds had at least two rooms per person.
Contrast this with what it means to be poor in Mumbai, India, a country that is moving rapidly towards market capitalism but was burdened for decades with a socialist system. A recent story in The Economist described Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, where for many families half of the family members must sleep on their sides in order for the entire family to squeeze into its living space.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has shown a lack of understanding of how the market capitalist system works. They appear to think that the cell phones they use, food they eat, hotels they stay in, cars they drive, gasoline that powers the cars they drive and all the myriad goods and services they consume every day would be there under a different system, perhaps in more abundance.
But there is no evidence this could be or ever has been the case. The reason is that only market capitalism solves the two major problems that face any economy-how to provide an incentive to innovate and how to solve the problem of decentralized information. The reason there is so much innovation in a market system compared to socialism or other forms of central planning is that profit provides the incentive for innovators to take the risk needed to come up with new products.
My mother never once complained that we did not have access to the latest Soviet washing machine. We never desired a new Soviet car. The socialist system relies on what Adam Smith referred to as the benevolent butcher and while there will undoubtedly be benevolent butchers out there, clearly a system that provides monetary rewards for innovators is much more dynamic and successful. The profit that the Occupy Wall Street protesters decry is the reason the world has access to clean water and anti-viral drugs.
The other major problem that must be solved by any economic system is how to deal with the fact that information is so decentralized. There is no way for a central planner to know how many hot dogs 300 million Americans are going to want at every moment in time. A central planner cannot know the relative value of resources in the production of various goods and services. Market capitalism solves that problem through the price system. If there are too few hot dogs, the price of hot dogs will rise and more hot dogs will be produced. If too many hot dogs are produced, the price of hot dogs will fall and fewer will be produced.
Market capitalism is the key to the wealth of the masses. As Ludwig von Mises wrote in his 1920 book, Socialism, only market capitalism can make the poor wealthy. Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek in his famous 1945 paper, The Use of Knowledge in Society, showed that only the price system in capitalism can create the spontaneous order that ensures that goods will be allocated in a way that ensures consumers determine the use of resources. The Occupy Wall Street movement would make best use of its time and energy in protesting the encroachment of the centrally planned state that led to the disaster of the Soviet Union, fascist Germany, and dictatorial North Korea.
This article was originally posted at the Media Research Center's Business and Media Institute blog.
Every semester I ask my students: "What would you rather be? King of England in 1263 or you?" Turns out, students would rather be themselves. They enjoy using their iPhone, indoor plumbing, central heating, refrigerators and electric lighting. All of these things are available to the average person in America today and none of them were available to the aristocracy when the West operated under the feudal system.
How is it that for thousands of years mankind made very little progress in increasing the standard of living and yet today half of the goods and services you use in the next week did not exist when I was born? It wasn't that there was some change in the DNA such that we got smarter. The Greeks knew how to make a steam engine 3,000 years ago and never made one. The difference is in how we organize our economic system. The advent of market capitalism in the mid 18th century made all of the difference.
We need not just rely on historical data. Look at cross-section evidence. I try another experiment with my students. I tell them they are about to be born and they can choose whatever country in the world they would like to be born in. The only caveat is they will be the poorest person in that country. Every student picks a country that is primarily organized in a market capitalist system. No one picks a centrally planned state. No one says, "I want to be the poorest person in North Korea, Cuba, or Zimbabwe," countries which are at the bottom of the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom.
What does it mean to be poor in our capitalist society that the Occupy Wall Street crowd so hates? Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation has several studies of those classified as poor by the U.S. Census Bureau. He found that 80 percent of poor persons in the United States in 2010 had air conditioning, nearly three quarters of them had a car or truck, nearly two-thirds had satellite or cable television, half had a personal computer and more than two-thirds had at least two rooms per person.
Contrast this with what it means to be poor in Mumbai, India, a country that is moving rapidly towards market capitalism but was burdened for decades with a socialist system. A recent story in The Economist described Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai, where for many families half of the family members must sleep on their sides in order for the entire family to squeeze into its living space.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has shown a lack of understanding of how the market capitalist system works. They appear to think that the cell phones they use, food they eat, hotels they stay in, cars they drive, gasoline that powers the cars they drive and all the myriad goods and services they consume every day would be there under a different system, perhaps in more abundance.
But there is no evidence this could be or ever has been the case. The reason is that only market capitalism solves the two major problems that face any economy-how to provide an incentive to innovate and how to solve the problem of decentralized information. The reason there is so much innovation in a market system compared to socialism or other forms of central planning is that profit provides the incentive for innovators to take the risk needed to come up with new products.
My mother never once complained that we did not have access to the latest Soviet washing machine. We never desired a new Soviet car. The socialist system relies on what Adam Smith referred to as the benevolent butcher and while there will undoubtedly be benevolent butchers out there, clearly a system that provides monetary rewards for innovators is much more dynamic and successful. The profit that the Occupy Wall Street protesters decry is the reason the world has access to clean water and anti-viral drugs.
The other major problem that must be solved by any economic system is how to deal with the fact that information is so decentralized. There is no way for a central planner to know how many hot dogs 300 million Americans are going to want at every moment in time. A central planner cannot know the relative value of resources in the production of various goods and services. Market capitalism solves that problem through the price system. If there are too few hot dogs, the price of hot dogs will rise and more hot dogs will be produced. If too many hot dogs are produced, the price of hot dogs will fall and fewer will be produced.
Market capitalism is the key to the wealth of the masses. As Ludwig von Mises wrote in his 1920 book, Socialism, only market capitalism can make the poor wealthy. Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek in his famous 1945 paper, The Use of Knowledge in Society, showed that only the price system in capitalism can create the spontaneous order that ensures that goods will be allocated in a way that ensures consumers determine the use of resources. The Occupy Wall Street movement would make best use of its time and energy in protesting the encroachment of the centrally planned state that led to the disaster of the Soviet Union, fascist Germany, and dictatorial North Korea.
This article was originally posted at the Media Research Center's Business and Media Institute blog.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The most racist political party on earth
Thanks to my Friends Three percenters III%'s these Historical Facts are presented here for you to view and see WHO defies the Words of the Greatest Patriot of ALL TIMES and gave HIS life for YOU and me, Jesus called the Christ said, "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
-- John 8:7.
Who is the most racist political party on earth and REFUSES to admit it, because they think that THEY are ABOVE the law:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ELITES (And this does not mean I am defending the Republican party elites, or blaming the everyday American who considers themselves a Democrat or Republican, but hey, the truth is the truth!)
Therefore, read and weep, and if you don't believe these statements, start with the latest date and work backwards, since they are the most recent in history. If you want a book to read regarding the HATE of the Democratic Party, read the book "Unfounded Loyalty" by author Wayne Perryman, an African-American. He also had notes for the simplest of the uneducated.
So let's start:
-- John 8:7.
Who is the most racist political party on earth and REFUSES to admit it, because they think that THEY are ABOVE the law:
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ELITES (And this does not mean I am defending the Republican party elites, or blaming the everyday American who considers themselves a Democrat or Republican, but hey, the truth is the truth!)
Therefore, read and weep, and if you don't believe these statements, start with the latest date and work backwards, since they are the most recent in history. If you want a book to read regarding the HATE of the Democratic Party, read the book "Unfounded Loyalty" by author Wayne Perryman, an African-American. He also had notes for the simplest of the uneducated.
So let's start:
"Democrats are unwavering in our support
of equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every
one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws, and every law that protects workers.
Most recently, Democrats stood together to reauthorize the Voting Rights
Act."
-- Democratic Party
website in 2010
On every civil rights
issue, Democrats have led the fight. We support vigorous enforcement of
existing laws, and remain committed to protecting fundamental civil rights in
America.
This is the kind of
BS spewed by Congressional Democrats on a daily basis, and unfortunately the
media and other so-called watchdogs are so apparently ignorant of American
history, Congressional Democrats continue to LIE through their teeth to their
constituents, and via academia, to our kids. Despite the truth being out there
for years, it’s probably not going to explode until some big shot news anchor
gives us an “explosive expose” bringing us all those facts first, so he/she can
proudly receive a Pulitzer…
While I have only
scratched the surface of civil rights history, here’s an except from yet
another list of historical bullet points that dispute Democrat claims of civil
rights support. As you read through it, remember, Congressional Democrats claim
they “are unwavering in our support of equal opportunity for all Americans.
That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one of our nation’s Civil Rights laws”…
October 13,
1858
During
Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: “I do not
regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any
kin to me whatever”; Douglas became Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential
nominee
April 16, 1862
President Lincoln
signs bill abolishing slavery in District of Columbia; in Congress, 99% of
Republicans vote yes, 83% of Democrats vote no
“Democrats are unwavering in our support of
equal opportunity for all Americans. That’s why we’ve worked to pass every one
of our nation’s Civil Rights laws… On every civil rights issue, Democrats have
led the fight.”
July 17, 1862
Over unanimous
Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that
slaves of the Confederacy “shall be forever free”
January 31, 1865
13th Amendment
banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense
Democrat opposition
April 8, 1865
13th Amendment
banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63%
Democrat opposition
November 22, 1865
Republicans denounce
Democrat legislature of Mississippi for enacting “black codes,” which
institutionalized racial discrimination
February 5, 1866
U.S. Rep. Thaddeus
Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat
President Andrew Johnson, to implement “40 acres and a mule” relief by distributing
land to former slaves
April 9, 1866
Republican Congress
overrides Democrat President Johnson’s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866,
conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law
May 10, 1866
U.S. House passes
Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of
the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no
June 8, 1866
U.S. Senate passes
Republicans’ 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of
the law to all citizens; 94% of Republicans vote yes and 100% of Democrats vote
no
January 8, 1867
Republicans override
Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of law granting voting rights to
African-Americans in D.C.
July 19, 1867
Republican Congress
overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson’s veto of legislation protecting
voting rights of African-Americans
March 30, 1868
Republicans begin
impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: “This is
a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a
government of white men”
September 12, 1868
Civil rights activist
Tunis Campbell and 24 other African-Americans in Georgia Senate, everyone a
Republican, expelled by Democrat majority; would later be reinstated by
Republican Congress
October 7, 1868
Republicans denounce
Democratic Party’s national campaign theme: “This is a white man’s country: Let
white men rule”
October 22, 1868
While campaigning for
re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by
Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan
December 10, 1869
Republican Gov. John
Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs FIRST-in-nation law granting women right to
vote and to hold public office
February 3, 1870
After passing House
with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans’ 15th
Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race
May 31, 1870
President U.S. Grant
signs Republicans’ Enforcement Act, providing stiff penalties for depriving any
American’s civil rights
June 22, 1870
Republican Congress
creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of
African-Americans against Democrats in the South
September 6, 1870
Women vote in
Wyoming, in FIRST election after women’s suffrage signed into law by Republican
Gov. John Campbell
February 28, 1871
Republican Congress
passes Enforcement Act providing federal protection for African-American voters
April 20, 1871
Republican Congress
enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist
groups which oppressed African-Americans
October 10, 1871
Following warnings by
Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil
rights activist Octavius Catto murdered by Democratic Party operative; his
military funeral was attended by thousands
October 18, 1871
After violence
against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S.
troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan
November 18, 1872
Susan B. Anthony
arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted
for “the Republican ticket, straight”
January 17, 1874
Armed Democrats seize
Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate
government
September 14, 1874
Democrat white
supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow
racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27
killed
March 1, 1875
Civil Rights Act of
1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race,
signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support
over 100% Democrat opposition
January 10, 1878
U.S. Senator Aaron
Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women’s suffrage;
Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican
House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919. Republicans foil Democratic
efforts to keep women in the kitchen, where they belong
February 8, 1894
Democrat Congress and
Democrat President Grover Cleveland join to repeal Republicans’ Enforcement
Act, which had enabled African-Americans to vote
January 15, 1901
Republican Booker T.
Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party’s refusal to permit voting by
African-Americans
May 29, 1902
Virginia Democrats
implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing
African-American voter registration by 86%
February 12, 1909
On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP
On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, African-American Republicans and women’s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP
May 21, 1919
Republican House
passes constitutional amendment granting women the vote with 85% of Republicans
in favor, but only 54% of Democrats; in Senate, 80% of Republicans would vote
yes, but almost half of Democrats no
August 18, 1920
Republican-authored
19th Amendment, giving women the vote, becomes part of Constitution; 26 of the
36 states to ratify had Republican-controlled legislatures
January 26, 1922
House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster
House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster
June 2, 1924
Republican President
Calvin Coolidge signs bill passed by Republican Congress granting U.S.
citizenship to all Native Americans
October 3, 1924
Republicans denounce
three-time Democrat presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan for defending
the Ku Klux Klan at 1924 Democratic National Convention
June 12, 1929
First Lady Lou Hoover
invites wife of U.S. Rep. Oscar De Priest (R-IL), an African-American, to tea
at the White House, sparking protests by Democrats across the country
August 17, 1937
Republicans organize
opposition to former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black,
appointed to U.S. Supreme Court by FDR; his Klan background was hidden until
after confirmation
June 24, 1940
Republican Party
platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his
terms in office, FDR refuses to order it
August 8,
1945
Republicans condemn Harry Truman’s surprise use of the
atomic bomb in Japan. The whining and criticism goes on for years. It begins
two days after the Hiroshima bombing, when former Republican President Herbert
Hoover writes to a friend that “The use of the atomic bomb, with its
indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.”
September 30, 1953
Earl Warren,
California’s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice
presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in
Brown v. Board of Education
November 25, 1955
Eisenhower
administration bans racial segregation of interstate bus travel
March 12, 1956
Ninety-seven
Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of
Education, and pledge to continue segregation
June 5, 1956
Republican federal
judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down
“blacks in the back of the bus” law
November 6, 1956
African-American
civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican
Dwight Eisenhower for President
September 9, 1957
President Dwight
Eisenhower signs Republican Party’s 1957 Civil Rights Act
September 24, 1957
Sparking criticism
from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President
Dwight Eisenhower deploys the 82nd Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to
force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools
May 6, 1960
President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans’
Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by
18 Senate Democrats
May 2, 1963
Republicans condemn
Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American
school children marching for their civil rights
September 29, 1963
Gov. George Wallace
(D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by
President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School
June 9, 1964
Republicans condemn
14-hour filibuster against 1964 Civil Rights Act by U.S. Senator and former Ku
Klux Klansman Robert Byrd (D-WV), who still served in the Senate at this time
June 10, 1964
Senate Minority
Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) criticizes Democrat filibuster against 1964 Civil
Rights Act, calls on Democrats to stop opposing racial equality. The Civil
Rights Act of 1964 was introduced and approved by a staggering majority of
Republicans in the Senate. The Act was opposed by most southern Democrat senators,
several of whom were proud segregationists—one of them being Al Gore Sr.
Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson relied on Illinois Senator Everett
Dirksen, the Republican leader from Illinois, to get the Act passed.
August 4, 1965
Senate Republican
Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting
Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right
legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose. Voting Rights Act of 1965,
abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent
African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of
Republicans than Democrats vote in favor
February 19,
1976
President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin
Roosevelt’s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000
Japanese-Americans during WWII
September 15, 1981
President Ronald
Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal
education programs
June 29, 1982
President Ronald
Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
August 10, 1988
President Ronald
Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for
deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered
by FDR
November 21, 1991
President George H.
W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights
legislation
August 20, 1996
Bill authored by U.S.
Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY) to prohibit racial discrimination in adoptions, part
of Republicans’ Contract With America, becomes law
And let’s not forget
the words of liberal icon Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood…
"We should hire
three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds,
and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to
the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to go out that
we want to exterminate the Negro population…."
-- Margaret Sanger
So the next time any Democrat Congressional claims they’ve
been supportive of civil rights in America (and been so all along), ask them to
explain their past. “We’ve grown” is not gonna cut it, considering they
continue to lie about their past to this day, and only someone lacking in
common sense would believe two distinct political parties could juxtaposition
their stances on civil rights seemingly overnight.
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