Wednesday, July 2, 2008

HART - beats

* Free World Trade can be summarized as follows: We set up factories in China to manufacture goods with cheap labor... We send tons of scrap metal, let's just call it "junk", to China via ship... They use the "junk" to make consumer goods "more junk" and we have it shipped back to us so we can buy the re-cycled "junk". In the process we eliminate 1000's of US factory jobs, help Wal-Mart put 100's of local retail companies out of business and burn 1000's of gallons of fuel in the process...Oh yes, we also borrow the money from China to finance it all. Sounds like Win Win to me! I guess that's why CEOs and politicians go off on "junkets" to the Far East.

* If Obama now supports federal funding for faith based initiatives does he also support these groups in their practices of denying jobs to those who do not accept their religious views? Federally funded discrimination based on faith? (or lack there of?)

* Haven't the oil companies always really wanted $170.00 a barrel oil? Aren't the boys at the top of our government former oil men? I guess it's a coincidence.

* NAFTA pretty much works like this: We export corn to Mexico and put their farm workers out of a job... Those workers now "migrate" to the US to put a new roof on my house.... In the process we have less grain to feed livestock here and food prices go up... Of course the up side is that Canada sends us plenty of MOLSON's XXX!

* When does a surge stop being a surge? When is it just the number of troops now needed to keep Iraq just a really violent place to be vs. a non stop psychotic night mare?

* This is how health care breakthroughs work: Taxpayers fund research with grants for basic science which lead to incredible new medications and technology... We then fund the FDA to the tune of millions of dollars to monitor and approve their use.... Then we pay inflated prices for years and years for super hyped-medications... Hey! Aren't we the original investors? Where are my dividends?!!!!!

* Why is it that any oil in the ground that is owned by the public is the property of oil companies? I got chased out of a park by a cop once for stealing a "rose" from the "peoples" garden. (My Mom cried when I gave her the rose).

* Bill Maher had a very funny line.... "People want to get rid of the penny...No way!...Let's keep it and re-name it the dollar."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Couldn't agree more. But's lets keep our eyes on the prize - like what Obama says or not, he's way better than than the frightening thought of of a McCain (or shall we e say Bush III) Presidency.