Gunpowder Chronicle
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters." ― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Negotiating With a Sociopath
I have zero faith in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations.
Because its like Tony Soprano negotiating with Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
Yes, the Republicans are Shaggy.
Morons and mongoloids who think that the game is played by Marquess de Queensbury rules are no match for a man with no morals, no character, no brains and no conscience. President Fah King Moron is a sociopath. Period.
The Republicans are Fredo.
Because its like Tony Soprano negotiating with Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
Yes, the Republicans are Shaggy.
Morons and mongoloids who think that the game is played by Marquess de Queensbury rules are no match for a man with no morals, no character, no brains and no conscience. President Fah King Moron is a sociopath. Period.
The Republicans are Fredo.
Kill Buffett By Killing Coal
If President Fah King Moron (that is Barack Obama for those of you in Dundalk, MD) wants to kill coal through a back-door effort by his EPA, I say let him. It will DESTROY Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett. Lets see what the Orifice of Omaha does when coal traffic on his beloved BNSF (that is Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway) drops so low, he can't keep his choo-choos running.
Obama is an ass, and Buffet is the hole. Schadenfreude!
Obama is an ass, and Buffet is the hole. Schadenfreude!
Stupid Liberals
According to Forbes, if you took the wealth of the richest 400 Americans and combined it, you would have $1.37 trillion. Assuming you could seize and liquidate that wealth at 100% rate of return and deposit it with the US Treasury, you would only cover spending for 4.5 months at current levels.
Now, some things to consider:
1) Wealth is not income. So, you would have to liquidate a great deal of property and investments. Take Warren "Asshole" Buffett. His wealth is tied up in Berkshire Hathaway, and the day you start liquidating his investments in Berkshire, the value of the investment will begin to decline (along with everyone else's investment), as the market responds to the influx of sell orders. So a 100% rate of return -- assuming there are buyers -- is a nigh impossibility.
2) Four and a half months is squat. Pathetic, isn't it.
3) Most of the 400 richest Americans are "wealthy" because of accumulated wealth, not simple earned income. That is why Warren and Mitt pay those "low" tax rates, because they take their income as a capital gain on an investment, not as standard income. And you cannot combat accumulated wealth through tax policy. Every time you do, it is a disaster. Ask FDR, who did it by trying to seize gold.
Such schemes are the product of idiot liberals, who want government's hands off their birth control and their love for killing unborn children, and on our wallets instead.
Stupid liberals.
Now, some things to consider:
1) Wealth is not income. So, you would have to liquidate a great deal of property and investments. Take Warren "Asshole" Buffett. His wealth is tied up in Berkshire Hathaway, and the day you start liquidating his investments in Berkshire, the value of the investment will begin to decline (along with everyone else's investment), as the market responds to the influx of sell orders. So a 100% rate of return -- assuming there are buyers -- is a nigh impossibility.
2) Four and a half months is squat. Pathetic, isn't it.
3) Most of the 400 richest Americans are "wealthy" because of accumulated wealth, not simple earned income. That is why Warren and Mitt pay those "low" tax rates, because they take their income as a capital gain on an investment, not as standard income. And you cannot combat accumulated wealth through tax policy. Every time you do, it is a disaster. Ask FDR, who did it by trying to seize gold.
Such schemes are the product of idiot liberals, who want government's hands off their birth control and their love for killing unborn children, and on our wallets instead.
Stupid liberals.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
No, Those Aren't My Ads
No, those aren't my ads. They are courtesy of Google. And you should keep that in mind if you feel driven to buy adspace on Google. Their ad engine is imperfect. It think that Ben Cardin is a waste of skin and oxygen, just like his leftist, loud-mouth sidekick, Babs Mikulski. I wouldn't vote for a member of the Democratic Party -- the political wing of the Klu Klux Klan for 100 years -- if Ronald Reagan was reborn and registered as a Democrat.
Of course, this year I am not super interested for voting for political pacaderms, either.
Of course, this year I am not super interested for voting for political pacaderms, either.
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Quotes to Keep in Mind
"If the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court,the people will have ceased to be their own rulers." -- Abraham Lincoln
If only the nine robed potentates of SCOTUS were so mindful of the role they play.
If only the nine robed potentates of SCOTUS were so mindful of the role they play.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Olbermann Out at Current TV
One of the broadcast industry's most amazingly facile and total assholes is out at Current TV. Even Al "Manbearpig" Gore could not longer stand Keith Olbermann's incessant whining and bitchiness. He was the preeminent drama queen of cable, which frankly, says a lot. Network after network, show after show, channel after channel, the man left nothing but the bitter taste of wormwood in the mouth of everyone he worked for and width.
So long, asshole. Until the next moron that hires you.
So long, asshole. Until the next moron that hires you.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Martin Luther King’s Dream Dies at the Hands of Joan Carter Conway
Anyone who knows me knows that I am skeptical of the
benefits of an elected school board – partial, hybrid, fully or otherwise. I might detail that skepticism at a later date,
but in sum, my concern is that until the power of the state and Federal
departments of education are severely diminished, the impact of such an elected
board will generate no light and nothing but heat. And Joan Carter Conway, Democratic Senator
from Baltimore City and a leading catamite in “Soddom on the Severn” proves my
point.
Location:
Hereford, 7, MD 21111, USA
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Susan Parker Constructs a Straw Man That Collapses Under the Weight of Illogic
Susan Parker’s editorial in March 28, 2012 edition of The
Daily Times is an outstanding illustration of the weakness of commentary
writing in the modern marketplace today.
Her editorial ends with a vacuous and illogical statement, “We can't
even agree on what the core issues are. How can we possibly resolve them?”
based on a faulty statement from the previous paragraph, “For Catholics and
their supporters, the issue with health insurance is religious liberty. For
nonbelievers, it's truly about fairness --providing for all a basic level of
access to lawful health care services.”
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