NYT again ignores Ron Paul. This is journalism or feminism or what?

This is journalism?

This was another subtle anti-Ron Paul piece. The author quickly brought up Ron Paul. Yet never expounded on why the "libertarian" Paul would oppose abortion??

And then that was it. Not one more bit of analysis. Even though the word libertarian would imply the good doctor would approve of it. So, why does or doesn't he?

I think that Ron Paul is a crow bar opening up peoples heart and soul to liberty, freedom and responsibility. Ron Paul, after delivering many babies might in fact be personally "Pro" choice, but prefers to view the issue framed within the constitution. As such it would be purely a State's issue. In fact, that would allow the country to adopt something closer to their regions culture.

But know, to say this would be to endorse Ron Paul as it would in actuality do more to close the divide then any other solution. People just like to be amongst their own. Why fight it? As every pollster and MSNBCNN watcher knows, the starts are either red or blue. So.... let them. You don't like it here in this state, well you are free to move to the next.

Ron Paul is an incredibly vibrant candidate that is resonating at the right time. For some it is refreshing while for others it is a cognitive dissonant headache. He would do everything they want with actions and not hope.

Keep up the good work doctor!

Alchemy, SOPA and High Priests

I was reading about the closing down of an Australian citizen's popular online storage cloud the other day by the US FBI. This was quite soon after the temporary defeat of the SOPA bill. That bill would have made it easier to close down any website vs sending the FBI halfway around the world to do it. Then it dawned on me. This is no different than money! And that is no different then the worshipping of High Alchemical Priests!

Crazy? Whacked? Tin-Foil? Well maybe, but hear me out a bit. As this is all about the blessing of bits.

Today money, media and information are just bits in various computers. In fact there is no difference in the bits. A bit is either on or off. What is important is the blessing of an order of bits and in who's computer is blessed to store this particular set of bits.

Now in the pre-internet days, the high priests would be the only ones who were entrusted with the power to turn key pushes into blessed bits which could then be converted to tangible commodities, items and services. These high-priests were called Alchemists. Most, when they hear the word Alchemist, think of long haired, bearded wizards trying vainly to convert lead to gold. And most would be mistaken. The Alchemists of today are exceedingly happy about the general ignorance the 99.9% have of their profession today.

Thus we have an alchemy that can only be maintained by ignorance. In fact, I would go so far as to say the 99.9999999% have no understanding. Nonetheless they will act in obeisance to enforce the dictum that only the priests are allowed to bless bits.

So now we have two sets of bits that they covet the most. Money bits and media bits. Money bits is quite obvious, but media bits has recently emerged as both and threat and opportunity. Well the threat must be destroyed early and hence the sudden need for SOPA or FBI raids in Australia against those that dare store the unblessed data bits.

It really does conjure medieval and Tolkien imagery.

Ah to be one of the blessed.

OWS should go to North Dakota

The OWS movement has proved at least one sure thing. It can mobilize people. With today's lazy, dance with the stars, sedated population, getting mobilized is a major political and communication advantage. With OWS energy and 'sticktuitiveness' combined with a focused and strategic opportunity could catalyze the progressive and libertarian movements to come together to create the third party that changes the political paradigm.

Here is how it could work. The OWS movement puts out a focused communiqué to mobilize its loose affiliation of members to go North Dakota. Yes, you heard me, North Dakota. Cold, barren North Dakota, home to the countries only State Bank and currently embroiled in a ballot initiative to ban property taxes.

Here is the strategy. Get OWS to not just occupy but to evangelize and motivate the voters to vote to ban the property tax and then to have it change the State Banks charter to no longer issue compound interest type loans.

This combined one-two punch would knock out two evils while also knocking sense into government and finance. Property taxes mean that no one owns their property except the government. This is not good. Eliminating them would simultaneously increase property values while giving homeowners about $3000 more to spend!

For a third bonus, the government offices supporting taxing property could be closed issuing a savings that could be better directed. Oh no! Think of the children! I can hear you say it now. Well let's think of the children! Let's prioritize taxes to benefit them first. Next the garbage, fire, water and protection services. After that, give us the ability to vote for a limited and expiring surtax.

Next we turn to the bank. North Dakota has the only state bank. This means the state can change its charter. It could force all loans for state based enterprises, mortgages, student loans, etc, be simple interest loans. Now this might have to be a bit more nuanced, but, I need to keep the ideas simple and powerful. Compound interest is the cause of all that is wrong.

So go OWS! I will even help you with my internet/app prowess.

It can be done.

iRemember Steve

Steve Jobs Dies

It seems every generation has its sudden departure of a great man. When I was a young boy I remember JFK's assassination as affecting quite a bit of my parents generation. Or maybe it was Frank Sinatra. But Steve Jobs? He was one of us!

And so I cried. Yes, I shed tears for a man I never met. Yet, a man who has given me wonderful gifts. Gifts I have used to create, enjoy, dream and grow. Apple wasn't just my computer and Steve wasn't just another CEO. We are talking the matter to the anti-matter that was Bill Gates and Microsoft. Even Steve's last name was biblical, swelling up images of a young, small David slaying a Goliath with puck of a mouse. Heck, I even refer to Steve by his first name. I mean we were brothers in battle against all that was gaudy and complicated.

And now he is gone. Gone from the press, gone from the Toy Story, gone from Apple, gone from my life, my relationship with a man I never met. To watch Steve get thinner and thinner only made me realize my own mortality. How much I wanted to strive to think different. And to have a bankroll large enough to alter the English language and meet bankers with jeans and tennis shoes. He was the one. Yes Morpheous and Neo were cool, but Steve was real. A true American success story. I know, making all those fancy iThis and iThats in communist China might offend the true patriots, but in the NWO vernacular those were the rules he had to play by in order to succeed. And succeed he did. And he did it after giving up.

Ah what a sly move that giving up. And I paraphrase, "Get over it, Microsoft has won the desktop." And, then a few years later introducing the phone that changed an industry and the world. And now he is gone. I pray he is in heaven and has made his father proud. God bless Steve Jobs.

Oh, one more thing, you will be missed.

- j-

The Two Italians Who Most Influenced the World

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I hereby would like to give credit to where credit is most due. These two Italians were vilified during the times. Maybe it was because they held the "secrets" that would propel economics and governance. These unrecognized giants should have received Nobel prizes in their field. Sadly they each received ignominious endings.

Who could these two great Italians be? Why Ponzi and Mussolini of course! What you cry?! Well let's think about it outside of the historical box and move ourselves to the present and ask ourselves two serious questions:

1) What kind of governance system do we have?
2) What kind of economics and finance system do we have?

I suggest that when we understand Mussolini's fascist model of governance, and I quote wikipedia:

Mussolini was among the founders of Italian Fascism, which included elements of nationalism, corporatism, national syndicalism, expansionism, social progress, and anti-socialism in combination with censorship of subversives and state propaganda. In the years following his creation of the Fascist ideology, Mussolini influenced, or achieved admiration from, a wide variety of political figures.

Now doesn't that sound like what we have morphed into here in our nation? I suspect we have.

Next let us a look at our next great Italian here Charles Ponzi:

The term "Ponzi scheme" was coined because of Charles Ponzi's scam and today it is the description of any scam that pays early investors returns from the investments of later investors. Charles Ponzi promised clients a 50% profit within 45 days, or 100% profit within 90 days, by buying discounted postal reply coupons in other countries and redeeming them at face value in the United States as a form of arbitrage.

Actually reading the wikipedia page on his arbitrage is fascinating and directly relates to the supposed sophisticated happenings in our current set of financial Casinos.

Anyway, I think this would be a great time to maybe write in one of these candidates for a posthumous award. I sure believe Charles Ponzi deserves one at the very least. If you think this is a good idea, contact me and let's see if we can get some good Internet traction.

Cheers

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What I would do if I was Mayor of Chicago!

Make me cut my hair!

Let's face it, it is time to cut, save and prosper again. Well no one likes to cut anything. After all, cutting hurts! And think of my zillions of hairs. Do you think they want to be cut? I mean we are all connected here. One large, complex organism where parts can feel the pain. However, I am also quite confident that my body will survive the cuts to my hair.

But what has this to do with my candidacy you ask?

Well it basically is a metaphor of what we have to do here in Chicago to prosper, grow and be a shining optimistic city by a beautiful pristine lake.

And, that is my goal for the city of Chicago.

I can hear you now, "Goals are great but how do you achieve them. You must have a plan... well do you?"

Well I do. Some parts of my plan will seem wacky others very commonsensical.

Here are the tenets of my plan.

1) Issue a Chicago silver coin of the realm. All city taxes can be paid in this coin. This will keep money in the city and will allow for other silver coins to be used. This will make our economy grow.

2) All RailRoads will be fined everyday until ALL, yes all means each and everyone, of their bridges and underpasses are completely repaired, redone, repaved and invested. This will generate revenue and will get our city infrastructure shaped up and some nice jobs too.

3) Allow the personal use and carry of firearms for people to protect themselves. The police need to work with and not against our citizens.

4) Let the new meter owners hire their own meter maids. This will make our own police look less like revenue collectors and more like public helpers. Attitude means a lot in a city. It will reduce the city budget and allow for more private workers to be employed.

5) All gas stations will have at least one service attendant to pump gas.

6) Create a transparent network of public access to the blue light camera system. Give tools to the public to help them police their own neighborhood. Allow for all crimes to be quickly reported by the public giving our police better tools to address crime.

7) Transparency of budget. A complete/anonymous budget will be prepared by every city department every year.

8) Sanctuary city. Immigration is vital to our youth as some of our population decide to have less children. However, this issue is one of economics, fear, and of course law. Our city will enforce immigration laws while providing facilitation for all to become legal and welcomed.

9) Reduce entertainment licenses and allow the underground arts to flourish. A city should be vibrant in the arts. Therefore you must allow the underground to grow and feed the new status quo.

10) Technological growth by leveraging our center, communications, commodities markets, rail and more.

11) Public transportation will be enhance by distributing it. There are plenty of cars in chicago with one person in them. Why not allow them to profit a bit if they take someone with them? As such we will search for a great technological way to allow distributed taxes to thrive. We will continue to invest to make all our existing Public Transportation systems spotless.

Well boom! There you have it, and I went up to 11 too!

So, as you contemplate the platitudes of the powerful elite, remember this and only this, if elected I will serve.

In the Beginning there was the Collection

Well, well, well.

My good buddy Oskar Friedl has just made a quick little video of my art collection. Well I think he did a great job and it is quite funny and charming at times. If I do say so myself!

Anyway, this is just a small smattering of my collection.

What do you think?

Let Me See The Collection Now!