tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37836164744688555432024-03-12T23:37:01.240-05:00Integrated PageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-79073512342624190962009-11-02T01:19:00.000-06:002009-11-02T01:21:06.299-06:00<object width="416" height="374" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="ep"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed_edition&videoId=world/2009/11/02/watson.bpr.pakistan.blast.cnn"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed_edition&videoId=world/2009/11/02/watson.bpr.pakistan.blast.cnn" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="416" wmode="transparent" height="374"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-23274520268719376532009-10-24T23:05:00.000-05:002009-10-24T23:05:46.108-05:00FBI: Mobster 'more powerful than a John Gotti'<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/21/mogilevich.fbi.most.wanted/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn">FBI: Mobster 'more powerful than a John Gotti'</a>: "<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/10/21/mogilevich.fbi.most.wanted/tztop.mogilevich.fbi.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="90" border="0" /><p>Semion Mogilevich may be the most powerful man you've never heard of.</p>"test"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-78678578489427480672009-10-03T14:25:00.001-05:002009-10-03T14:25:38.438-05:00Google Reader Notes"Why doesn't GReader automatically credit the original source when you 'Send to Blogger?'"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-91080850041515787482009-08-09T20:59:00.001-05:002009-08-10T03:19:41.244-05:00Town Hall Meeting; Obama Returns to New HampshirePresident Obama will be holding his own "<a href="http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_222005735.html?keyword=topstory">Town Hall Meeting</a>" on Wednesday in Portsmouth, NH. I welcome the event, and believe it to be a bold move designed to put his Health Care Reform program on the offensive in a debate mired in controversy and confusion. This strategy may also put the President in a position to deliver the final death blow to a struggling Republican Party that seems to be resorting to dirty tricks just to remain relevant.<div><br /></div><div>There have been several such events recently ( Obama was not present ) that resulted in mayhem, arrests and controversy. When White House director of new media Macon Phillips posted <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/">note</a> on the White House web site asking folks to send anything 'fishy' about these events or their participants to flag@whitehouse.org, Republican Sen. John Cornyn wrote a <a href="http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ForPress.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=ebc2c77d-802a-23ad-4ae4-6ccf4c7a255c&Region_id=&Issue_id=">letter</a> to the President stating, "I urge you to cease this program immediately." Both the note and the letter have distracted the public from the major issue, and caused many to wonder about the state of politics in general.</div><div><br /></div><div>Will ( astranavigo08.multiply.com, aka The Celestial Navigator ) posted a <a href="http://multiply.com/mail/message/astranavigo08:notes:42">note</a> several days ago that addresses the political aspects of these events, and it would seem that thread is still active. Will makes his political position quite clear;<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;">If a president is keeping an enemies list, and asking people to tattle on each other, he's behaving like Richard Fucking Nixon. Period. I don't care what color the man is; I don't care what politics he professes, or to which 'party' he belongs -- asking people to tell on each other is an old, old, tactic, and it's been used by some of the <i>nicest</i> people in the past -- and Nixon's enemies'-list was legendary.</span></blockquote></div>This is a legitimate concern, and I'm hoping the President will address this issue while he's in New Hampshire. I don't see how he can avoid it if he actually allows his opposition into the High School Auditorium where the meeting will be held. I'm not so worried about the 'flag' note, and believe that it was posted to prepare the President for this meeting in New Hampshire, and to give him an opportunity to respond to his opponents on their own web-sites. I do however appreciate Will and folks like him that keep a close eye on our Civil Liberties as their is a growing mood of discontent in America that cuts across party lines.<div><br /></div><div>That threat is Fascism.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you've been watching these events in the media, you may be as curious as I am to know who exactly is behind the confusion and mayhem. Here's an MSNBC clip that sheds a little light on that;</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="448" height="272"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1NyJgvjWi0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D1NyJgvjWi0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="272"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not a fan of MSNBC, or television news in general. In fact, the only time I watch it is when I find links to it on the web. I do like this clip, as there actually was some investigation into who was actually involved in the controversy, what their background is and who their sponsors are.</div><div><br /></div><div><> About the Republican Party; YOU SUCK! I learned my lesson in 1972 when I enlisted in support of a President that appeared to embody all of the good qualities of America, and seemed to have our best interests at heart. I couldn't have been more wrong, as I and many like me payed in spades for our mistake ( our mistake wasn't enlisting, it was believing anything a Republican says ). Since then I've watched several Republican Administrations rape our wallets, and steal our economic future with their Voodoo Economics. As far as Compassionate Conservatism goes, don't believe a hypocrite.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the hypocrisy of Neo-conservatism in America; On Sunday you stand in a pulpit and denounce Darwin and Evolution as it goes against your religious beliefs, but on Monday you stand on Wall Street and preach Natural Selection in the Market-place. Let the anyone who buys their crap beware...< /rant></div><div><br /></div><div>I have two hopes for Wednesday meeting; I hope Obama's strategy of bringing the issue to the people works well for him, and I hope some fool throws a shoe. Both would put the Neo-conservatism in a tight little box that can be shelved with so many failed agendas.</div><div><br /></div><div>And thank you Will, for you attention to issues and your talent as a writer/analyst. </div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class="multiply:no_crosspost"></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-70176950859056383662009-07-16T16:49:00.000-05:002009-07-16T20:50:51.687-05:00Inspeculation: Moon Landing Tapes Degaussed <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 64, 55);font-size: 12px;line-height: 21px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">How do you destroy NASA's credibility, and jeopardize there funding for years to come? You can start by announcing that the best evidence of their greatest achievement doesn't exist. Follow that with an effort to recreate that evidence in a studio and you have all that is needed for conspiracy theorists to trash NASA for decades to come. </p><blockquote style="margin-top: 20px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 1px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 10px;border-left-width: 4px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) !important;"><p style="margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday...<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56F5MK20090716#" title="Reuters; Thu Jul 16, 2009 3:49pm EDT" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;color: rgb(188, 113, 52);text-decoration: none;">more</a></p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 20px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">Those tapes of the moon landing set NASA's credibility on bedrock, and that credibility was the foundation for funding much of the research and development that has changed our way of life over the last four decades. Until now, anyone who was against the rapid advances of science and technology had to contend with this solid proof that people could and should look to science to improve and secure their future. At that time scientists were contending with the deeply rooted Fundamentalist mind set of average America. Since then Fundamentalism has grown around the world to challenge the change in society that science has fostered. Now questions are rising as to whether the <em style="margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">Space Age</em> ( read; NASA ) should be a part of our future.</p><p style="margin-top: 20px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">How important is progress to you? Are there more important issues such as Global Warming, Universal Health Care, War on Drugs, and War on Terrorism? Would you vote for a Congressman or a Senator that chose NASA funding over the many other interests that compete for Federal Funding?</p><p style="margin-top: 20px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;">It looks like NASA is in a fight for it's life, and they can only blame themselves. </p></span> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-62590234342978162572009-06-29T13:18:00.002-05:002009-06-29T13:52:47.374-05:00Ruth Madoff, left with only $2.5 MillionThe wife of Bernard Madoff expressed her sympathy for the victims of her husband's crimes in a <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529440,00.html">statement published by Fox News today</a>;<blockquote>I am embarrassed and ashamed. Like everyone else, I feel betrayed and confused. The man who committed this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years.</blockquote>Perhaps I'd find the statement more credible if it didn't read like a legal statement, rather than a personal note to her former friends and associates. Or, maybe I'm still pondering the news that <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55Q0BF20090627?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews">she will be left with $2.5 million</a>, as reported by Reuters; <blockquote> In compromise of claims Ruth Madoff would have pursued, the Office (U.S. Attorney) will not contest claim to a sum of money equal to $2,500,000, which sum the Office shall cause to be tendered to Ruth Madoff promptly after she vacates the real property and surrenders all personal property.</blockquote><div>Whether she knew of his crimes or not, she surely benefited from them. </div><div><br /></div>Bernard Madoff was <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8124838.stm">sentenced to 150 years in prison</a> today. That seems like 'over-kill' ( 15 years would likely be life sentence for a man his age ), but perhaps the Court was sending a message to others in the financial industry.<div><br /></div><div>The problem I'm having, is what message is the Court sending to those who are close to swindlers and crooks like Bernard? </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-25404262112114083342009-02-14T01:35:00.000-06:002009-02-14T07:02:25.496-06:00Testing Twickie for Twitter Responses I've been spending some time at <a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid">Twitter </a>and find it very addictive. Beyond the social aspects of micro-blogging ( 140 characters or less in a post ), Twitter is breaking ground in a whole new field of information dissemination.<div><br></div><div>This morning <a href="http://twitter.com/chrispirillo">Chris Pirillo </a>tweeted a link to <a href="http://twickie.pirillo.com/">Twickie</a>, a service that allows users to extract conversations ( and more ) from their Twitter thread and post that converstation on their blog or just about anywhere that accepts html.</div><div><br></div><div>This is a marvelous discovery for me. I'm going to be checking this out all weekend. I don't have very many responses to my tweets, as I don't actually 'tweet' very often but I do follow some of the more gregarious members as they can be a goldmine of information ( especially the geeks, they love to share tips and tricks about tech stuff )</div><div><br></div><div>I've pasted a short conversation below as an example.<br><div style="clear: left;padding: 30px;width: 400px;"><div style="clear:both;padding: 15px 0;"><a href="http://wallacereid.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60908379/007_avatar_normal.jpg" style="border: 0;float: left;padding: 4px 15px 45px 0;width: 48px;height: 48px;"></a><div style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid" rel="nofollow">Wallace_Reid</a>:</strong> @<a href="http://twitter.com/davkal" rel="nofollow">davkal</a> I use twitter mostly to follow breaking news. The Mumbai assault on twitter was an eye-opener. Save feed to Google Reader..reference<div style="text-align: right;font-style: italic;color: silver;font-size: 8pt;padding-top: 10px;">about 35 minutes ago</div><div style="text-align: right;font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid/statuses/1209542387" rel="nofollow">Sat Feb 14 12:06:44 +0000 2009</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding: 15px 0;"><a href="http://davkal.multiply.com/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60975727/9_normal.gif" style="border: 0;float: left;padding: 4px 15px 45px 0;width: 48px;height: 48px;"></a><div style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/davkal" rel="nofollow">davkal</a>:</strong> @<a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid" rel="nofollow">Wallace_Reid</a> ,,i use it a lot for news to but also for keeping up with Multiply friends - an a few others<div style="text-align: right;font-style: italic;color: silver;font-size: 8pt;padding-top: 10px;">about 27 minutes ago</div><div style="text-align: right;font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/davkal/statuses/1209552151" rel="nofollow">Sat Feb 14 12:14:06 +0000 2009</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding: 15px 0;"><a href="http://wallacereid.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60908379/007_avatar_normal.jpg" style="border: 0;float: left;padding: 4px 15px 45px 0;width: 48px;height: 48px;"></a><div style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid" rel="nofollow">Wallace_Reid</a>:</strong> @<a href="http://twitter.com/davkal" rel="nofollow">davkal</a> I'm checking out twickie (by Chris Pirillo) it saves replies Using this thread for test RSVP would be appreciated thanks<div style="text-align: right;font-style: italic;color: silver;font-size: 8pt;padding-top: 10px;">about 11 minutes ago</div><div style="text-align: right;font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid/statuses/1209575431" rel="nofollow">Sat Feb 14 12:30:39 +0000 2009</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding: 15px 0;"><a href="http://davkal.multiply.com/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60975727/9_normal.gif" style="border: 0;float: left;padding: 4px 15px 45px 0;width: 48px;height: 48px;"></a><div style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/davkal" rel="nofollow">davkal</a>:</strong> @<a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid" rel="nofollow">Wallace_Reid</a> ,, i havent seen that one,, guess there are a lot of diff apps for Twitter - or is that what twickie is<div style="text-align: right;font-style: italic;color: silver;font-size: 8pt;padding-top: 10px;">about 5 minutes ago</div><div style="text-align: right;font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/davkal/statuses/1209583003" rel="nofollow">Sat Feb 14 12:36:01 +0000 2009</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;padding: 15px 0;"><a href="http://wallacereid.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/60908379/007_avatar_normal.jpg" style="border: 0;float: left;padding: 4px 15px 45px 0;width: 48px;height: 48px;"></a><div style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 14pt;"><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid" rel="nofollow">Wallace_Reid</a>:</strong> @<a href="http://twitter.com/davkal" rel="nofollow">davkal</a> this is the link to instructions Thanks for helping, will post results at Multiply shortly <a href="http://monodogamous.multiply.com" rel="nofollow">http://monodogamous.multiply.com</a> <div style="text-align: right;font-style: italic;color: silver;font-size: 8pt;padding-top: 10px;">27 seconds ago</div><div style="text-align: right;font-size: 8pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/Wallace_Reid/statuses/1209590366" rel="nofollow">Sat Feb 14 12:41:23 +0000 2009</a></div></div></div></div></div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-24483165759476252492009-01-20T06:51:00.001-06:002009-01-20T11:58:54.286-06:00It's BarryAnd here it is folks! White House.gov is still on line! It looks like Barry has moved in!<br /><br /><a href="http://monodogamous.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/18/64?xurl=http://monodogamous.multiply.com/photos/album/18%2364" target="_blank"><img alt="photo host site" src="http://images.monodogamous.multiply.com/image/2/photos/18/500x500/64/whitehouse.gv.jpg?et=Skn9SAhVLsx36iKbqURxag&nmid=77187717" border="0" width="250" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-41604423669083319192009-01-11T18:52:00.000-06:002009-01-11T18:53:09.925-06:00Why are Palestinians Still Launching Rockets Over the Heads of Their Attackers?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><p>As a tactic, shooting over the heads of your most immediate threat doesn't usually win battles. I understand that their are major political, social and even religious issues and strategies involved with the conflict in Gaza, there has been from the beginning. But I have to say something, even if only one person over there hears me;</p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac_blue/quotes.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; ">"Lower your sights!"</p></blockquote><p>Can those rockets be fired horizontally? I understand that rockets have a lot of back-blast when they are launched, maybe they could be fired from an open field or a large parking lot where no-one would get accidentally burned. To be perfectly honest, I've seen quite a few rockets launched ( it was years ago, but I don't think the basics have changed much ), and they really weren't designed with urban combat in mind. So I have to ask;<br /></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac_blue/quotes.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; ">"When you built those rockets, did you put a sight on them?"</p></blockquote><p>Not to say that weapons without sights can't be accurate, I've seen knee-mortars that are pretty effective. But knee-mortars don't leave smoke trails that give your position away. Let me try to explain this in very simple terms;<br /></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-image: url(http://www.blogblog.com/tictac_blue/quotes.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; ">"Shooting over your enemy's head, and telling him where you are forces your enemy to decide whether to kill you along with all those standing around you...your buddies."</p></blockquote><p>Knowing your enemy's reputation on the battle-field, I wouldn't give him that option.</p><p>Imagine this message to be a real conversation, and ask yourself if it sounds a little childish. That's intentional... </p></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-39641117364407222252008-12-23T12:06:00.001-06:002008-12-30T23:29:47.954-06:00Turn Out The Lights<span id='469370543'></span><br><br /> I subscribe ( rss ) to <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">whitehouse.gov</a>, the official White House website for the Bush Administration. Soon, it will be time to turn out the lights, and shut down the site.<div><br /></div><div>What will the last post be? Error 404? Redirect to <a href="http://change.gov/">change.gov</a>? Or, will the last post hang in limbo as so may forgotten blogs, and failed business sites do?</div><div><br /></div><div>Perhaps Barry will move in, and remodel the site. I've always admired the cool-blue theme of George's page, but I imagine Barry would want to 'change' things a little...</div><div><br /></div><div>What's your thoughts?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class="multiply:no_crosspost"></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-85826033332963653712008-11-26T20:46:00.000-06:002008-11-27T01:48:27.012-06:00Mumbai on TwitterThe ongoing <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=mumbai">crisis in India</a> has twitter going as fast as I've seen it in the few weeks I've been on Twitter.<!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-17469571902910063652008-11-26T08:44:00.000-06:002008-11-26T14:10:34.967-06:00Do Federal Programs Ever Work the Way We Think They Should? I've been reading a lot about our Government bailing out the three major auto manufacturers lately. It looks like some program or another will eventually be developed.<div><br></div><div>Whether the Government does something in time to save the jobs of millions of auto workers remains to be seen. One thing for sure, the leaders of the auto industry are suffering scrutiny that I haven't seen in a long time. Using Lear Jets to beg for money raised a few eye-brows recently, and prompted several to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AK5EG20081121?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&sp=true">change their public behavior.</a> But will such scrutiny have any lasting, real effect on how the auto-elite run their businesses?</div><div><br></div><div>For decades I've watched Ralph Nader battle these fat-cats, and for years I've watched them fight back. The effort to lobby Congress for Legislation favorable to the auto industry is paid for out of money from auto sales. Simple enough, or is it?</div><div><br></div><div>Their are several major lawsuits against State and Federal Governments to set aside EPA and other regulations that auto makers don't like. Those law suits cost billions of dollars every year, and every year those lawyers are paid out of revenue from auto-sales. Simple enough, or is it?</div><div><br></div><div>My questions are; Are tax-payers going to fund a bail-out of these fat-cats that beg from Lear Jets? Are our dollars going to pay for the law-suits against the Government and the folks who are giving them their hard earned money? It sounds to me like a lot of lawyers are going to get a lot of money for a long time in a never ending cycle of....I'm looking for a word stronger than 'absurd', help me with this...</div><div><br></div><div>If we ( the people ) bail-out them ( the fat-cats and their lawyers ), we should require them to drop all lawsuits against us ( US ).</div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-10204755242373233922008-11-24T13:04:00.004-06:002008-12-03T01:24:16.591-06:00Possible Joint Russian - US Expeditionary ?Russia, the US and several other nations have been patrolling the Indian Ocean for several weeks now. They are hunting a common enemy; Pirates. Currently these navies are acting independently, and with distinctly different rules of engagement. <div><br /></div><div>Two weeks ago Russia and India announced <a href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081120/118428187.html">joint naval drills</a> will be conducted in January of the new year. Named INDRA, this will be the fourth such exercise.</div><div><br /></div><div>--Update 2 Dec '08; "...the task force will comprise the Admiral Vinogradov, an Udaloy class missile destroyer, a tugboat, and two tankers...<a href="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081127/118569487.html#">more</a>"</div><div><br /></div><div> Prior exercises were conducted without incident, but that may change as a result of <a href="http://en.rian.ru/world/20081119/118392353.html">recent hostilities</a> involving the Indian Navy. Russia has <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/12/pirates.attack.russia.britain/index.html?eref=edition_world">also engaged the Pirates</a> along side the British Navy.</div><div><br /></div><div>This trend in cooperative effort may continue to develop into a multi-national task force with a central command and control element. As it stands, nearly every navy in the world is out there in a small body of water, armed to the teeth. For safety's sake, and to avoid the calamity of 'friendly fire' accidents it would behoove all involved to at least talk about cooperation. </div><div><br /></div><div>The first hurdle to over-come will be the diverse Rules of Engagement. The US is engaged in a war with two theaters with a political transition in progress at home. President Obama will certainly have to address the issue of Pirates, and how to engage them soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Central to any strategy to combat the Pirates from Somalia is the use of ground forces ( marines ). Pundits and Military Experts tend to agree that Russia is more likely to put boots on the ground than the other nations with these capabilities. And this is the second hurdle; Will Americans accept US Marines fighting beside Russian troops?</div><div><br /></div><div>Given the radical shift in American politics towards the left ( If not openly socialist, President-elect Obama is far to the left of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">incumbent</span> President Bush ), the probability of acceptance is better now than ever before. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-35723601233854536022008-11-21T23:41:00.000-06:002008-11-22T05:07:12.532-06:00On the Job Accident <div>An accident has happened at the factory where I work.</div><div><br></div><div>It's Saturday morning, and as usual I'm up a few hours early to read the many news-papers that I subscribe to in my Google Reader. Most news is bad news, and most news is from distant and unfamiliar places about events that affect us indirectly. Not so this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm reading this news-feed from the local newspaper about how a young man was severely injured. I had heard nothing of this when I left yesterday at 3pm, so I'm assuming it happened on either the second, or third shift. Being Saturday, most of my friends won't have heard this news when they arrive for work because the local Television news at this early hour is mostly farm and weather related.</div><div><br></div><div>This is not the first accident at hour plant, in fact there have been several severe accidents in the last few months. There have been explosions, and other events that should have drawn the attention of the media and Government. I read very little of these events in the news media. The equipment and the environment we work in is dangerous, and heavily regulated by State and Federal Agencies ( OSHA, etc ), and we have seen several inspections lately by these agencies.</div><div><br></div><div>On a normal Saturday schedule, we don't usually see much of Management at the Pasta Plant. I expect to see a lot of suits and ties today. This will be interesting to watch, as my shift supervisor is out for vacation and his assistant has been in charge for the last week.</div><div><br></div><div>I am debating whether to tell my wife about this news before I go to work. I don't want her to worry, but I don't want her to hear about from the local gossip mill while I'm gone either. For many years I drove a taxi, and she worried all that time. When I took this job, she seemed more secure. I hope this doesn't change things.</div><div><br></div><div>It changes things, a lot of things for a lot of people around here...</div><div><br></div><div>Here's what I read a few minutes ago. I hesitate to include the full article that I quote below, as it does include the name of my employer. If you click on the link, you will be directed to the full article as it appears in our local paper.</div><blockquote>"...employee said he was suffering physical and emotional pain Friday after losing his right arm in a work accident at one of the company's Steeleville plants.<br><br>Speaking by telephone from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Jeremy Stanley, 29, said he was surrounded by family members and friends in his hospital room. According to preliminary medical reports from Sparta Community Hospital, Stanley's arm was caught in a mixing bowl and got amputated at the elbow. He also suffered numerous cuts on his upper right arm..."</blockquote><a class="select" href="http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/11/22/front_page/26811856.txt#">Link</a> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-63236384103103585492008-11-15T12:03:00.000-06:002008-11-15T17:17:42.394-06:00I Want To Be A BankIf I were a bank, I could qualify myself for Capital Purchase Program for a few million bucks, and get billions of your bucks. Aren't you glad I'm not a bank?<div><br></div><div>I was browsing my rss feeds, when a news item caught my eye. It was about a well known Financial Institution who's value has jumped recently as the result of their intentions to buy a small bank in Florida. Check it out;<blockquote>HARTFORD, Conn., Nov 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) today announced that it has applied to the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to become a savings and loan holding company and has applied to participate in the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program (CPP).</blockquote><blockquote>In conjunction with these applications, The Hartford has signed a merger agreement to acquire the parent company of Federal Trust Bank for approximately $10 million and will also provide an additional amount to recapitalize the bank. Federal Trust Bank, a federally chartered, FDIC-insured savings bank is owned by Federal Trust Corporation, a unitary thrift holding company headquartered in Sanford, Fla. The completion of this acquisition will satisfy a key eligibility requirement for participation in CPP.</blockquote><blockquote>"We are taking these actions as a strong and well-capitalized financial institution looking for maximum flexibility and stability," said Ramani Ayer, The Hartford's chairman and chief executive officer. "Securing capital at the terms available through the Capital Purchase Program could be a prudent course in this market environment and would allow us to further supplement our existing capital resources.</blockquote><blockquote>"The Hartford's purchase of Federal Trust Corporation is contingent on Treasury's approval of The Hartford's participation in the CPP, approval of the acquisition by the shareholders of Federal Trust Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision's approval of The Hartford's application to become a savings and loan holding company. The Hartford estimates that it would be eligible for a capital purchase of between $1.1 billion and $3.4 billion under existing Treasury guidelines. The final amount of capital request will be determined following approval by Treasury...<a href="http://ir.thehartford.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=347832#">more</a> </blockquote></div>So I'm asking all my contacts; "Do you know of any small Savings and Loan Companies ( they don't have to be very big ) that are in the need of 'rescue'? We could all get together, pool our cash and qualify for <b>billions of taxpayer bucks</b>! ! !<div><br></div><div>Or is that a crime....nevermind....sorry...I was just pondering the possibilties...</div><!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-8595235566913561952008-11-14T01:01:00.000-06:002008-11-14T06:07:51.468-06:00Washington Times - Whistleblower asked to reveal illegal FBI acts This could get interesting! Now that the election is over, and the Bail-out is in full swing and yesterday's news, bloggers and pundits are in search of scandle. This jus might be the main topic for the next few months in the blog-o-sphere.<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family: arial;">The FBI has engaged in unlawful acts while carrying out a Bush administration intelligence-gathering program that allows surveillance of U.S. citizens without warrants, says an a well-known FBI whistleblower who has been asked to air his allegations to the Justice Department.</span><div><br></div><div><a class="select" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/13/whistleblower-asked-to-reveal-illegal-fbi-acts/" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Link</span></a></div></blockquote>xxx<!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-33933806883586944272008-11-13T13:11:00.000-06:002008-11-13T18:12:07.786-06:00Obama Resigns!: Pics, Videos, Links, News <a class="select" href="http://buzzfeed.com/ries/obama-resigns-6y">Link</a> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-25247499265754392182008-11-03T17:03:00.000-06:002008-11-03T22:14:04.460-06:00Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace Vote. It's your voice in Government. <div><br></div><div>If you don't vote, you have abdicated your proper power of speech in Government. You may feel disenfranchised, marginalized or side-lined and that your vote doesn't count. You may be right, but vote anyway.</div><div><br></div><div>If you don't express yourself at the polls, then whatever you say from now in is rendered mute, and irrelevant. This opportunity is like the moment just before a preacher pronounces two people man and wife;</div><blockquote><div>"...Speak now, or forever hold your peace..."</div></blockquote><!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-54027390481352247372008-11-01T20:52:00.000-05:002008-11-02T01:31:31.743-05:00A Note With My Pay-check I opened my the envelope, and found a rather long note included with my check. From the owner and CEO of the company that I work for, to all the employees, letting us all know how he felt about the up-coming elections. It was a long letter that promoted John McCain. I wasn't surprised that my boss was a Republican.<div><br></div><div>He made some good points, and I had to agree with most of what he wrote. I did notice that Obama's name wasn't mentioned at all. Not once.</div><div><br></div><div>Nor was any mention made of the Employee Free Choice Act ( EFCA ) made. For those that aren't aware, EFCA is making it's way across Capital Hill, and will most likely be on the new Presidents desk when he assumes office next year. This piece of Legislation would have a major impact on American Business, as well as Labor and for my boss not to even mention it seems rather odd. Unless he doesn't want to broadcast the news that he's about to lose a lot of control over his work-force.</div><div><br></div><div>I watched as about a hundred co-workers opened their envelopes, read the note and walked silently away. That's odd, I thought to myself. Not a word. I could see at least a dozen Obama t-shirts in the crowd, and no McCain shirts. You'd think there'd be some remark made about the note, and the owners political stand.</div><div><br></div><div>Several years ago I asked a coworker if there had ever been a union at the plant. He said there'd been a vote, but it had been voted down because unions would raise wages, kill the company and we'd all be out of a job. That sounded a little odd to me because I knew that it wasn't unions that shut all the mines down in this area, it was the EPA and a Republican President ( Ronald Reagan ). Odd, unless the guy asked was afraid to say anything else.</div><div><br></div><div>Many folks think that a secret ballot is one way to give a voice to those who are afraid of speaking out on things that seem 'a little odd'. And I agree that when the curtain is drawn on the booth your employer won't know how you vote, so you can vote in your interest instead of his. But is the path to the booth supposed to be a secret trail, hidden so that employees don't lose their jobs when the whisper about organizing or establishing a union?</div><div><br></div><div>EFCA will allow union organizers to move freely in the community, collecting signatures on applications for membership in a union. If the organizers get signatures of more than half the number of employees in a company, then the union is established without the permission, or even the involvement of the company.</div><div><br></div><div>There's more written into EFCA that will have even greater effects on our lives, and I find it very odd that nobody in the mainstream press, and very few pundits on the internet even mention it. Odd, unless they are afraid to speak... </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-35428545385040620902008-10-14T09:52:00.000-05:002008-10-14T13:54:04.870-05:00Buckeye Institute Files State Rico Action Against ACORN - The Buckeye Institute <blockquote>posted October 14, 2008<br><br>COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, today filed a state RICO action against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on behalf of two Warren County voters.� The action filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas alleges ACORN has engaged in a pattern of corrupt activity that amounts to organized crime.� It seeks ACORN's dissolution as a legal entity, the revocation of any licenses in Ohio, and an injunction against fraudulent voter registration and other illegal activities.<br><br>Plaintiffs Jennifer Miller of Mason, Ohio and Kimberly Grant of Loveland, allege that ACORN's actions deprive them of the right to participate in an honest and effective elections process.� They allege fraudulent voter registrations submitted by ACORN dilute the votes of legally registered voters....<a class="select" href="http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/article/1207#">Link</a></blockquote> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-55533217477942781732008-10-07T13:59:00.000-05:002008-10-07T18:29:57.508-05:00The "bailout" of the US financial sector - a knol by Knol Debates <div>There is a not too well known site provided by Google; <a href="http://knol.google.com/k/knol">Knol.</a> It's been around for a while, and I've <a href="http://knol.google.com/k/wallace-lockhart/capitalizing-on-nervous-energy/myt1cql1waen/8#">published</a> a few, short 'knols' ( short for knowledge ). It hasn't had much success, as it is little advertised and not very flashy.</div><div><br></div><div>Knol is trying something new that may help boost the ratings of this little known project that I believe has a lot of potential. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Knol is hosting the first in a series of debates</span>.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family: arial;">Economists from the <a href="http://www.cato.org/" title="the Cato Institute" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Cato Institute</a> and the <a href="http://www.epi.org/" title="the Economic Policy Institute" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Economic Policy Institute</a> (EPI) have offered opening arguments on what should come next now that the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act is law. If you'd like to get involved in the solution, rather than languish in the problem, I'd strongly suggest you read these opposing viewpoints presented by credible think-tanks that actually crave your comments and suggestions.</span><br></div><blockquote><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;line-height: 19px;"><h2 style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-right-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;border-style: initial;border-color: initial;font-family: georgia, times, serif;font-weight: normal;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0.5em;padding-left: 0px;font-size: 1.6em;">The Issue</h2>" There's been a good deal of news lately. Major financial institutions are struggling to stay solvent. The stock market is a roller coaster, and the government has already intervened a number of times to try to stabilize the economy. <br><br>This knol presents a debate on what actions should be taken to improve economic conditions now that the emergency economic stabilization act is law...<a href="http://knol.google.com/k/knol-debates/the-bailout-of-the-us-financial-sector/1zs871mejtqiw/5#">more</a> "</span></div></blockquote><div>And while you're at knol, feel free to comment on my small contribution to the 'how-to-do-it' region of the blogo-sphere. I'm not sure if you have to register to comment, but what the heck, it's free....</div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-64696567756580962672008-09-30T01:09:00.000-05:002008-09-30T05:20:29.535-05:00Employee Free Choice Act There is a major piece of Legislation working it's way through Congress, and the Senate. Backed by Senator Obama, and the AFL-CIO, it has the potential of changing the Economy every bit as much as the Bail-out ( Buy-in ). In fact, it may be one of the hidden motivations for the push to bail out so many businesses and banks.<div><br></div><div>This is a short video, made by one of the backers of the bill ( there are many ).</div><div><br><div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Xicoo-rd6Y&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Xicoo-rd6Y&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></object></div><div><br></div><div>You can Google <a href="http://news.google.ca/news/search?ned=us&hl=en&as_scoring=n&num=10&as_maxm=9&q="Employee+Free+Choice+Act"&as_drrb=q&as_mind=31&as_minm=8&as_maxd=30">'</a>Employee Free Choice Act', or view my '<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/03256507980052811175/label/labor%20notes">tagged' new-article list</a>.</div></div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-85674412004952346062008-09-28T04:53:00.000-05:002008-09-28T09:28:21.143-05:00Sunday Morning Coming DownOn this Sunday morning, I am wondering if many people are looking at Wall Street, and Congress with glee. I've read and heard much about the impending doom and demise of our Capitalist System, mostly from Closet Communists who have incorporated that day into their dogma. And it is Dogma.<div><br></div><div>Being Sunday morning, I'm reminded of another bunch who look to their calendars, and Holy Books with glee. I know of many who pray for the end of the world, and destruction of most of humanity, mostly from the Fundamentalist who do the same with Dogma as the Communists do. Both promote Dogma.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't think for a minute that Fundmentalist Religion and Communism are on opposite ends of a field. From where I stand, their both next to each other, on the other end of the pasture.</div><div><br></div><div>Directly to my right are Conservatives that value order and tradition, to the left are Liberals who seek to improve and build a better world. We look at those covorting gleefully, as dangerous lunatics that need to be kept at a distance ( but within view for safety's sake ).</div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking for a few Pragmatists on TV today, as I listen to pundets tear apart speaches and plans. I think it's going to work out for the better, because our Political System actually works when people are williing to compromise. That's the good news on this Sunday morning, people are willing to compromise.</div><div><br></div><div>The bad news; There's a <a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/mystery_surrounds_hi.php">ship in Somalia</a> that has something very nasty on board. Several very large navies are circling that area looking for a solution to a problem that might be bigger than our troubled economy...<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/03256507980052811175/label/pirate">pirates. </a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-45377202262068844552008-09-20T05:04:00.000-05:002008-09-20T09:56:01.241-05:00 Italian motorists demand return of fines after massive traffic lights scam - Times Online I've never been a fan of police departments that use cameras to ticket the owners of cars for traffic violations. They really don't contribute to traffic safety, and are in fact a form of taxation without representation. The video evidence is generally accepted as superior to eye-witness testimony, making it nearly impossible for the accused to defend themselves.<div><br></div><div>In Italy, very many people are hopping mad. An unholy alliance between technology and government has been raping their wallets and subverting their legal system. I can't believe that this problem is limited to Italy, and everyone should question whether their own Municipal Authorities aren't engaged in this new form of exploitation and corruption.</div><div><br></div><div>From Times Online<br>September 18, 2008</div><div><blockquote>Italian police have uncovered a scam in which traffic lights in 30 towns throughout Italy were rigged to ensure that drivers were fined for failing to stop at red lights.Prosecutors in Milan said that the company that provided and maintained the traffic lights had manipulated them so that the amber signal lasted for only "a few seconds". This meant that motorists who thought that they had time to pass through the junction were inevitably fined for going through a red stop light.</blockquote><blockquote>Police said that 30 local councils were involved in the scheme, in collusion with the company that provided and maintained the lights...<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4779467.ece">more</a></blockquote></div>I read somewhere that fines are for people who do wrong, and taxes are for those who do right. I'll pay my taxes, but I demand some say in who is spending them on what. You may define revenues generated by traffic courts as fees, rather than taxes and you'd be correct if the folks that collect the money aren't lining their pockets with our money.<div><br></div><div>When the system that collects fees is corrupt, then that system is an illegal form of taxation. it is also a racket, and RICO laws should be enforced at the Federal level.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides the Constitutionality of all this, there's still the need for the police to be actively engaged with the general public. There mere presence on the streets and highways moderates traffic, and their absence ( as in cameras doing their work ) only increases risk on the streets. </div><div><br></div><div> </div> <!-- multiply:no_crosspost --><p class='multiply:no_crosspost'></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3783616474468855543.post-36661452397494182412008-09-05T04:39:00.004-05:002008-09-05T04:47:59.446-05:00One hand Yo-ing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NKc4cWbgGP8OCTWayYjLM_ihDgzXLZkLdGakhcE788Ph3HeFL48z4eHziLu0sl7-QumP3r7eSWCnGL8ERSzyCusHaJKAoDnPtEcamR5KH93_cKSGL82x-MaWdfW67r-z_BCIPxW7QveO/s1600-h/yo-yo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NKc4cWbgGP8OCTWayYjLM_ihDgzXLZkLdGakhcE788Ph3HeFL48z4eHziLu0sl7-QumP3r7eSWCnGL8ERSzyCusHaJKAoDnPtEcamR5KH93_cKSGL82x-MaWdfW67r-z_BCIPxW7QveO/s320/yo-yo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242469721401223602" /><br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Their is a lot of nervous energy being wasted in the world</span>. Twiddling thumbs, tapping toes and cracking knuckles are examples. To capitalize on that wasted motion ( work ), I suggest spring technology. Springs used to power clocks and children's toys around the world, wind them up, and watch them work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Start with a small hand-held device </span>that looks much like a yo-yo ( another example of work wasted ), but containing a clock spring. By twisting the two halves in opposite directions, the nervous would wind the spring. A small radial spindle could be connected to a larger spring ( kept locally, perhaps in the closet ). Tension stored in the yo-collector could be transferred to the larger spring, and that Tension Repossitory could unload' their energy to a community collection point ( near the recycle center would be convenient ).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Once a week, a large truck could make it's rounds</span> ( like the trash pick-up ), collecting a community's nervous energy and transporting it to a power generator station..</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02956663857750332865noreply@blogger.com1