Monday, June 30, 2008
Energy Independence Day....
I love the environmentalists that are what I term the end of worlders. End of the worlders are people that predict the destruction of the earth by man. First it was the never ending winter, now its global warming or even more recently climate change. It’s hard to take a lot of these people seriously. I mean when they say things like if we don’t stop producing x by 2010 the effects on the earth are irreversible. Um you are right sort of… I mean climate does change if it didn’t I would be living underneath a huge lake known as Lake Bonneville. If the climate hadn’t changed we wouldn’t have Yosemite or the heart of the environmental movement John Muir. Fact the earth’s climate has changes all along. The real question is this: are these changes man made? This is another post for another day when I have the energy to debate this.
The people that believe that man is changing the climate believe that if we stop using oil we will stop climate change. I am skeptical but.. Again that’s another post. So how do we stop our use of oil? Do technologies develop themselves over night? No!!! How long has it taken the United States to develop its oil based economic machine? It started in the later half of the 1800’s. Do we really think that changing our use of oil to another fuel is possible in 5 years? 10? 15? 25? Or will it take another century to change? The environmentalists seem to think they can fix this in a few short years? To do it they would need the might of the US Government. This frightens me. Government has its problems like the insatiable appetite for money, the poor management of management by committee and many more. If the environmentalists can change our oil economy to another; what is the cost economically? Most environmentalists lean towards the democrats’ policy views. The democrats have a view of taxing and wealth redistribution. They aren’t fans of business and development of technology through business innovations but through taxing and government oversight. The government is a poor inventor of technology and more often than not is an inhibitor of invention. The free market will solve any problem faster and more efficiently than any government.
This post was inspired by a clip from Newt Gingrich about how to solve the current cost of oil. It is something I have believed all along.
Step 1. Get the Speculators Out of the Equation
Step 2. Get Government intervention Out of the Equation
Step 3. Let business and technology advance to solve our Energy problems.
A man with a plan and a vision... Why can't more of our government leaders do this?
Interesting information about Our Oil Dilema
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The people that believe that man is changing the climate believe that if we stop using oil we will stop climate change. I am skeptical but.. Again that’s another post. So how do we stop our use of oil? Do technologies develop themselves over night? No!!! How long has it taken the United States to develop its oil based economic machine? It started in the later half of the 1800’s. Do we really think that changing our use of oil to another fuel is possible in 5 years? 10? 15? 25? Or will it take another century to change? The environmentalists seem to think they can fix this in a few short years? To do it they would need the might of the US Government. This frightens me. Government has its problems like the insatiable appetite for money, the poor management of management by committee and many more. If the environmentalists can change our oil economy to another; what is the cost economically? Most environmentalists lean towards the democrats’ policy views. The democrats have a view of taxing and wealth redistribution. They aren’t fans of business and development of technology through business innovations but through taxing and government oversight. The government is a poor inventor of technology and more often than not is an inhibitor of invention. The free market will solve any problem faster and more efficiently than any government.
This post was inspired by a clip from Newt Gingrich about how to solve the current cost of oil. It is something I have believed all along.
Step 1. Get the Speculators Out of the Equation
Step 2. Get Government intervention Out of the Equation
Step 3. Let business and technology advance to solve our Energy problems.
A man with a plan and a vision... Why can't more of our government leaders do this?
Interesting information about Our Oil Dilema
Labels: Climate Change, Energy Independence Day, Global Warming, Global Warming Business, Oil
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Danes are the Happiest People in the World
WTF???? According to a English University Study. It turns out that Denmark has been #1 for 30 years. Danes are not outwardly happy. I think they are content not happy but the socialistic system has made them so that they don't feel success very often because everything is so even. Wondering where the USA ranked #23. Link
My favorite part was how shocked the Danes interviewed were and the reason they gave for their happiness. The reason being that Danes are so pessimistic that any success is great. They also seemed so typisk Dansker with their lig glad attitudes about working and becoming successful. Success is overrated.
The video made me want to make a return visit.
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My favorite part was how shocked the Danes interviewed were and the reason they gave for their happiness. The reason being that Danes are so pessimistic that any success is great. They also seemed so typisk Dansker with their lig glad attitudes about working and becoming successful. Success is overrated.
The video made me want to make a return visit.
Labels: Danes. Happiest Country in the World, Denmark
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Super Hero
I am plugging my cousins band... Super Hero. They are playing the Outer Rim this Saturday. The band is a ska reggae band. Its funny I found out about them because their lead singer works where I work. Odd?!?
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Labels: Music
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Bo You Don’t Know Diddley
Yesterday I was sad to read about the passing of an icon of rock and roll. Bo Diddley passed away in his home in Florida yesterday at the age of 79.
Bo was one of the Godfathers of Rock and Roll. He created the sound of bluesy rock and roll. With his unique home made square cigar box guitar originally rigged with junkyard clockworks and car parts to create his unique distorted tremolo sound. Watch and listen to this video.
Sadly Diddley like many early rock and roll innovators was not compensated for his products.
"Elvis was not first; I was the first son of a gun out here, me and Chuck Berry. And I'm very sick of the lie," Mr. Diddley said in a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "You know, we are over that black-and-white crap, and that was all the reason Elvis got the appreciation that he did. I'm the dude that he copied, and I'm not even mentioned. . . . I've been out here for 50 years, man, and I haven't ever seen a royalty check."
Its no wonder so many people covered his songs. Bo influenced Buddy Holly to sing “Not Fade Away.” Diddley was honored by The Rolling Stones when they covered “Not Fade Away.” George Thorogood paid tribute recording my favorite Diddley tune “Who Do You Love.” Bo appears in the video. I love his moves and how many have copied his sound and style.
Among the other artists to co-opt Mr. Diddley's famous rhythm are Johnny Otis (1958's "Willie and the Hand Jive"), the Strangeloves (1965's "I Want Candy"), the Who (1968's "Magic Bus"), the Stooges (1969's "1969"), Springsteen (1975's "She's the One"), and U2 (1988's "Desire"). –Boston Globe
My favorite was the Bo Knows Commercial from 1989
You will be missed Mr. Diddley.
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Bo was one of the Godfathers of Rock and Roll. He created the sound of bluesy rock and roll. With his unique home made square cigar box guitar originally rigged with junkyard clockworks and car parts to create his unique distorted tremolo sound. Watch and listen to this video.
Sadly Diddley like many early rock and roll innovators was not compensated for his products.
"Elvis was not first; I was the first son of a gun out here, me and Chuck Berry. And I'm very sick of the lie," Mr. Diddley said in a 2005 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "You know, we are over that black-and-white crap, and that was all the reason Elvis got the appreciation that he did. I'm the dude that he copied, and I'm not even mentioned. . . . I've been out here for 50 years, man, and I haven't ever seen a royalty check."
Its no wonder so many people covered his songs. Bo influenced Buddy Holly to sing “Not Fade Away.” Diddley was honored by The Rolling Stones when they covered “Not Fade Away.” George Thorogood paid tribute recording my favorite Diddley tune “Who Do You Love.” Bo appears in the video. I love his moves and how many have copied his sound and style.
Among the other artists to co-opt Mr. Diddley's famous rhythm are Johnny Otis (1958's "Willie and the Hand Jive"), the Strangeloves (1965's "I Want Candy"), the Who (1968's "Magic Bus"), the Stooges (1969's "1969"), Springsteen (1975's "She's the One"), and U2 (1988's "Desire"). –Boston Globe
My favorite was the Bo Knows Commercial from 1989
You will be missed Mr. Diddley.
Labels: Bo Diddley, Rock and Roll
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Mudville 9 How to ruin Little League by Major League Baseball
It appears that Major League Baseball has lost their minds. The steriod scandal has pushed them over the edge. MLB is now forcing Little Leagues to remove any MLB team names from their jerseys. What the hell?
Do we really think that Little Leagues are stealing millions of dollars in revenue from baseball? Even if they are can't we just give it to them as a baseball charity? Do you really think that the value of the teams are being diluted by this useage? Like this is the biggest problem with baseball.
What about steriods and the fact that baseball has failed to really take a stand. Make a stand on this? Can't we just say ok we made some mistakes and there was juicing in baseball but due to the fact that technically it wasn't in the rules we allow it to stand with a large asterisk just like the dead ball era of baseball. Does MLB really think this whole Roger Clemens thing is good for baseball. Or what about Pete Rose? Growing up Pete Rose was the bad-ass. He was da-man. Shoeless Joe didn't get this kind of treatment. Or what about an owner Bud Selig . The Milwalkee Brewers owner is also the commissioner of baseball? Isn't that a conflict of interest Bud? I think Bud is also approaching Bowie Kuhn status as a jerk. What about the fact that baseball has no salary cap making it almost impossible for most markets to have a winning team IE: The Pittsburg Pirates a team I have been a closet fan of for over 30 years. A team whose total team salary is less than 25% of the Yankees. Go Rays!!! kicking ass with no money... I love the underdog.
My other favorite part of this is how the media hasn't jumped on baseball for ruining the kids game. Major League Baseball has become the Grinch....
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Do we really think that Little Leagues are stealing millions of dollars in revenue from baseball? Even if they are can't we just give it to them as a baseball charity? Do you really think that the value of the teams are being diluted by this useage? Like this is the biggest problem with baseball.
What about steriods and the fact that baseball has failed to really take a stand. Make a stand on this? Can't we just say ok we made some mistakes and there was juicing in baseball but due to the fact that technically it wasn't in the rules we allow it to stand with a large asterisk just like the dead ball era of baseball. Does MLB really think this whole Roger Clemens thing is good for baseball. Or what about Pete Rose? Growing up Pete Rose was the bad-ass. He was da-man. Shoeless Joe didn't get this kind of treatment. Or what about an owner Bud Selig . The Milwalkee Brewers owner is also the commissioner of baseball? Isn't that a conflict of interest Bud? I think Bud is also approaching Bowie Kuhn status as a jerk. What about the fact that baseball has no salary cap making it almost impossible for most markets to have a winning team IE: The Pittsburg Pirates a team I have been a closet fan of for over 30 years. A team whose total team salary is less than 25% of the Yankees. Go Rays!!! kicking ass with no money... I love the underdog.
My other favorite part of this is how the media hasn't jumped on baseball for ruining the kids game. Major League Baseball has become the Grinch....
Labels: Little League Uniforms, Major League Baseball
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Ever Wonder Where Rich People Vacation?
I did until recently I built a website for a wealthy client who is renting out his luxury pads in exotic locals.
http://www.gpluxuryproperties.com
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http://www.gpluxuryproperties.com
Labels: GP Luxury Properties, Kapalua HI, Maui HI
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Barack Obama's America
Recently I was forwarded a YouTube video of Barack Obama saying he had been to 57 states with the exception of Alaska and Hawaii. WTF 57 states? Is this his other America?
I was confused so I researched the subject….Google. I typed in “how many states are in the United States of America”?. I received the following:
Yep still only 50 states… So what is he talking about? This man is supposed in touch with me? I went to his website. Obama has a section entitled people. Not one spot says anything about Scandinavian Americans/Northern European Americans? He didn’t even use the W word to describe my ethnic heritage but yet he wants my vote…
Here are some things I found that I disagree with:
Strict Gun Control.
How about my belief in strict criminal control?
Healthcare for all
“Lower cost by Modernizing the US health care system”
Earth to Barack we have one of the most modern/technologically advanced medical system in the world. Socialized medicine doesn’t bring revolutionary treatment but long waits for simple procedures as well as no incentives for doctors to advance.
I don’t believe we should negotiate with Iran. He does.
I don’t believe that education should be offered to all with out strings attached. Things should be earned to be appreciated. Education should be earned by and not necessarily given to the poor. Not to say that it should be tough but there should be a process to earn it. I don’t believe that failure to maximize one’s opportunities necessitates government to give more money to the poor. Democrats seem to think that only non-whites should benefit from government sponsored education. I disagree but think it should be offered to all but that there should be some barriers so that it earned and appreciated.
Economy is the only place I found some agreement on his goals not necessarily his method for attaining these goals. Things like providing the middle class with tax relief, protecting homeownership and cracking down on mortgage fraud and predatory credit companies. Unfortunately I don’t believe that either party believes in lowering taxes or smaller less intrusive government.
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I was confused so I researched the subject….Google. I typed in “how many states are in the United States of America”?. I received the following:
Yep still only 50 states… So what is he talking about? This man is supposed in touch with me? I went to his website. Obama has a section entitled people. Not one spot says anything about Scandinavian Americans/Northern European Americans? He didn’t even use the W word to describe my ethnic heritage but yet he wants my vote…
Here are some things I found that I disagree with:
Strict Gun Control.
How about my belief in strict criminal control?
Healthcare for all
“Lower cost by Modernizing the US health care system”
Earth to Barack we have one of the most modern/technologically advanced medical system in the world. Socialized medicine doesn’t bring revolutionary treatment but long waits for simple procedures as well as no incentives for doctors to advance.
I don’t believe we should negotiate with Iran. He does.
I don’t believe that education should be offered to all with out strings attached. Things should be earned to be appreciated. Education should be earned by and not necessarily given to the poor. Not to say that it should be tough but there should be a process to earn it. I don’t believe that failure to maximize one’s opportunities necessitates government to give more money to the poor. Democrats seem to think that only non-whites should benefit from government sponsored education. I disagree but think it should be offered to all but that there should be some barriers so that it earned and appreciated.
Economy is the only place I found some agreement on his goals not necessarily his method for attaining these goals. Things like providing the middle class with tax relief, protecting homeownership and cracking down on mortgage fraud and predatory credit companies. Unfortunately I don’t believe that either party believes in lowering taxes or smaller less intrusive government.
Labels: Barack Obama's America
