Fwd: NOT QUITE ALL OF HIM...

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                                                    ARTICLE INTERUPTUS:

                                George and Marion Kerby Present Not Quite All of Him

                      by Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio, Dago Red, Sherlock Holmes,

                                               Dr. Watson with Al Hitchcock

(Read portions of articles at this site pertaining to economics, you will say: "It's not my

parents economics. Sherlock: The Case of the Invisible Hand/Translucent Vagina/Magic

Finger).

We were continuing our discussion of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand when our visible hand

began to hurt. (George and Marion know about Invisible hands too. Transparent to

translucent: We are amongst the few men to have seen a translucent vagina). Never let

it be said that Citizen Journalist left a reader short-changed!

Where were we...Adam Smith introduced the central mechanism of capitalism:

Competition. Smith instructs us in the second feature: the market will arrange for the

production of the goods that society wants, "in the quantities society wants without any-

one issuing an order of any kind." (Understanding Macroeconomics - more info on

book supplied below).

       "There is an old Cold War story about a Soviet official who visits an American

pharmacy. The brightly lit aisles are lined with thousands of remedies for every problem

from bad breath to toe fungus. "Very impressive," he says. "But how can you make sure

that every store stocks all of these items?" The anecdote is interesting because it betrays

 a total lack of understanding of how a market economy works. In America, there is no

central authority that tells stores what items to stock, as there was in the Soviet Union."

(Citizen Journalist: We beg to differ: there have been small to large changes over the

past 100-plus years, especially, since B.O. came to power. The nationalization/

socialization of the auto industry and the near n/s {saving time as our hand begins to

hurt from typing - CMT) of the banking and insurance industries. It's what happens

when business accepts fed gov $$$s - with it comes the incompetent control of

gov bureaurocrats. Romney said recently that the auto industry should have gone through

a regular bankruptcy process. We said when BO assumed the presidency that it was

unconstitutional of him to play bankruptcy judge; we opposed bail-out favoring a real

bankruptcy process. A small but important recent example: fed gov telling health

insurers to cover contraceptives and morning after pill for free. Gov control of an economy

is BAD - witness the fall of communism and the on-the-brink socialist countries of

Europe {more gov control in com than soc; are we still cap?}. "Stores sell the products

that people want to buy, and, in turn, companies produce items that stores want to

stock.The Soviet economy failed in large part because government bureaucrats directed

everything from the number of bars of soap produced by a factory in Irktusk to the

number of university students studying electrical engineering in Moscow. In the end, the

task proved overwhelming. (CJ: "Soviet economy also collapsed because it could not

keep pace with Reagan military build-up: it stressed and collapsed entire system and,

more than ever forced to micromanage consumer economy - it was already far too much!...

BO take-over of student loans and intra-state lakes and rivers; consumers being told what

 to buy; n/s.").

      The quotes in the last paragraph came from "naked economics" by Charles Wheelan

(Norton, 2010) - sometimes he wears blind folders. Chuck goes on to talk about a visit to

Cuba some years back which illuminates our inability to comprehend communist central

planning. Having been raised in the era of discount stores, he and his colleagues (he was

part of an Illinois delegation visiting Cuba) were permitted to return with $100 worth of

merchandise including, the famous Cuban cigars (CJ: "We were shocked to discover that

Castro had forsaken them several years ago as our image of him has remained frozen in

time."). "After several fruitless hours, we discovered the whole point of communism: The

price of cigars was the same everywhere. There is no competition between stores because

there is no profit as we know it. Every stores sells cigars--and everything else for that

matter--at whatever price Fidel Castro (or his brother Raul) tells them to. And every

storekeeper selling cigars is paid the government wage for selling cigars, which is unrelated

to how many cigars he or she sells." Over 90% of population is on the same economic level:

a socialist utopia - BO is taking us there. By the way, the 90% our poor: Big Gov; low

wages; high taxes.

(We are compelled to stop at this junction as our hand...if truth be told our finger, we have

been over-working it. Right, Marion (rhetorical question). 

 

Fwd: George and Marion Kerby Present...

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                       George and Marion Kerby Present: Not Quite All of Him

                       by Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio, Dago Red, Sherlock Holmes

                       and Dr. Watson with Al Hitchcock

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Duke isn't here; he's at MASH. Both at the same time - neat trick") Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(RD: "Al is in the house. Red Eye wants to retire that expression for overuse") - associates.**

RD: "Not long ago, we joked at rickaddsite: What will fed gov regulate next sugar!?! After all, it

is bad for your teeth and some adults overindulge and don't monitor their children's intake,

therefore, the vast majority must be treated like children. Well, BO is planning to regulate it like

alcohol and tobacco. And, we were being sarcastic!" CJ: "Our Founding Fathers wanted as few laws

and regs as possible: People should be free to say and do smart and stupid things; be good and

be mean - just so long as reasonable laws weren't violated. Gov wasn't to take care of people.

Now, the servants make more than the masters. Gov workers - salary + benefits - exceeds that

of those with the same type of job in the private sector. Do away with fed unions! Even Mr.

Liberal himself FDR hoped that they would never be created. Three percent of private sector

workers are fired or laid off annually - public sector: 1/2 per cent. It isn't because they better

workers - infamous for royal run around. Do away with gov unions: their salaries should be

75% of and benefits 85% of equivalent private sector workers with raisers for merit only. You

would have superior workers - those truly committed to public service." Kerby's: "When do you

guys get to the article proper!?!"

CJ: "Just one more thing, Colombo would say" Van Gogh cut off his ear and gave it to a hooker and

 told her that it was valuable and that it would increase in value! Shakespeare: "Friends, Romans,

countrymen lend me your ears." CJ is giving you his ears! No; he doesn't think his readers are

whores and pimps.He just wants to give a gift that will keep on giving (wait until you see rickaddsite!

connect via Facebook: Second American Revolution).

As is our wont, we start off with cosmos followed by cosmos (which means world) and Offending

with Truth when circumstances warrant (Kerby's: "Haven't you already done that. Jumping the gun").

       A few fays ago, some one mentioned on Facebook that the earth temporarily has two moons -

one the size of truck. We informed of that a couple of weeks ago in our series on asteroids and

meteors - sub-floors 1 through 9.

       Comets aka dirty snowballs consist of ice with some dust mixed in. Asteroids solid with little

water; Kuiper Belt objects mostly rock with a considerable amount of ice; Oort Cloud objects are

mostly ice. Kuiper and Oort objects can be considered comets or potential comets (if they enter

inner solar system). Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune and, includes, Pluto (unless you consider Pluto to

be a dwarf planet). Oort Cloud is a spherical cloud around the rest of the solar system.

       Soon at www.quasarpolitics.blogspot.com - why we want NASA to issue more contracts to

Virgin Galactic and phase out subsidies for four companies, including, SpaceX.

The ever generous CJ is giving you his valuable? lower extremities! {Cue illegals to applaud}

In the article, one floor below, we described Adam Smith's Invisible Hand as some one doing

something selfish and unintentionally giving a helping hand to most others. It has another meaning.

(Marion: "Sometimes, it seems that CJ has an Invisible Hand! My husband doesn't appreciate it.

CJ is a good friend and a bit of a flirt - I can handle him - - thus far).

      Understanding Macroeconomics by Heibroner and Thurow (Prentise-Hall, 1981): "Adam Smith's

fame resides in his masterpiece, The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, the year of the

Declaration of Independence. All things considered, it is not easy to say which document is of

greater historical importance. The Declaration sounded a new call for a society dedicated to the

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." The WEALTH explained how a society worked.

      During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Mercantilism and Physiocracy were

stepping stones on the road to modern economics. But neither made the crucial breakthrough of

seeing that the market was a system; that a market network possessed an internal guidance

mechanism to keep it on a steady course and that a society powered by a market was headed

toward a visible destination. Enter stage door right (for he is a favorite of all fiscal conservatives and

most moderates). He was a towering genius who had the insight.

      The actors in the market want to make as much money as possible. What's to prevent them

from holding up their fellow citizens for ransom? The mechanism of competition: "For each person,

out for self-betterment, with no thoughts of others, is faced with a host of similarly motivated

persons. As a result, each market actor is forced to meet the prices offered by the competitors."

A manufacturer who charges more than other manufacturers will have no buyers; a job seeker who

asks for more than the going wage won't secure employment; an employer who pays less won't

find people who want to work for him. Buyers must bid against other buyers and, therefore,

cannot gang up against sellers. (We shall return to the Invisible Hand in our next article as my

hands hurt! {Beyond van Gogh: CJ gives you his upper extremities sans hands (needs for typing;

will leave for you in his will)}.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS...

Al: "I see another commercial coming up. It's amazing what you see when you don't have a gun."

{run commercial} This A.D.D. moment brought to by Adderall and Raymond Chardonnay: the

working in opposition mixer. Cerebellum: coordinates body movement and maintains the bodies

balance and equilibrium; and let's you tell your body to do things like walking, talking and

chewing gum. Al: "He seems to have run out of commercials so that will be all for tonight. Goodnight."

{CJ now gives you his trunk sans one part (guess which part?).

Communism failed; socialism is failing; capitalism will fail within 30, perhaps, 15 years if we don't

slash spending. Crony capitalism is bad: nationalizing (socializing) auto companies; saving

selected banks and insurance companies - just one-step removed from nationalizing them.

Having auto companies face an unconstitutional bankruptcy judge B.O. instead of a real one. Giving

an advantage to certain companies by giving them a subsidy and not giving a subsidy to

competitors. These are all forms a gov crony capitalism for which Adam (our friend Adam Cartwright)

and Adam Smith wouldn't approve. This isn't crony but bad: gov stopping companies from making

incandescent light bulbs - unconstitutional and takes choice away from consumer/citizen.

For over a hundred years, progressivism (it became liberalism circa 1950) has been operating in

opposition to capitalism and they did great damage with socialistic bail-outs.

       The National Labor Relations Board was in the news recently when it told a private company

where to build a plane - Boeing and it was unconstitutional for gov to dictate where a private

company is to build a product. B.O. thinks that the constitutional smells!

Let's Play: WHEN WAS THIS WRITTEN???: Yesterday? Last Year? Three Years Ago? Other?

       "In effect, the government and the unions and the National Labor Relations Board are suggesting

that every business is to some extent a public utility and that therefore the one most crucial

decision regarding it, namely, whether it shall continue to operate or not, is under certain

conditions the business of the government rather than that of its owners. The implication of that

position shed light on the changing concept of socialism over the past generation.It used to be

that socialism meant simply government ownership of the means of production. As far back as

twenty years ago a leading theorist of socialism, Mr. G. D. H. Cole lectured the Fabian Society

on the necessity to recognize that outright ownership is merely a technicality. What, he asked, is

the purpose of government ownership if, instead, can with far greater convenience control

corporations by indirect means? What does it matter who owns the title to the business if wages

are in effect determined by government (through monopoly rights given to labor unions and through

minimum wage laws), if profits are controlled (through taxation), and if production quotas can be

set (as during wartime and periods of emergency)? -Socialism---American Style, Bill Buckley. Did

you guess: December, '64 when LBJ, Liberal Boy Johnson, was president? (Quotations from

Chairman Bill compiled by David Franke (Pocket Book, '71).

{I give you my head sans the stuffing; I given you everything except my two best parts}

*Gov or society should nit be in the business of sanctioning that which is abnormal, immoral and

unnatural. Thus far, six states have legalized same-sex marriages while 37 states have laws

against same-sex or non-traditional marrages (and fourteen of those states also have state

constitutional amendments banning them). Remember: Enfing 'Don't Ask/Fon't Tell nearly

resulted in ending bestiality as a crime and a court-marshal offense in the militarity. Republicans

prevented it from happening but for how long - before liberals in congress and the military attempt

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Fwd: Ed Hopper Presents Automat...

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                                               Ed Hopper Presents Automat*

                             Manager: Citizen Journalist; Head Cook: Richard DePersio;

                                Cook: Dago Red; In-Charge-of-Beverages: Al Hitchcock

Snack:

Dago Red: "What did you think of the Twitters?" Richard D.: "Newt talks about Moon Mining

and dozens on Twitter ridiculed the idea. Knee-jerk/ignorant reaction. I'm confident that

none of them bothered to look into the facts. We immediately went on-line with the facts:

 'Moon Mining' at www.quasarpolitics.blogspot.com CJ, 'Offending with Truth' is our hobby,

is it not?" CJ: "It sure is! And, we got it down to a science. Speaking of Newt, we opted

not to endorse him. It was a tortuous decision. Newt and Rick are more conservative

than Mitt but we must be pragmatic: Mitt is the extra-strength political deodorant that can

best wipe out the B.O. He has the $$$s, the organization and will attract moderates. I just

hope that when he becomes president that he isn't too accommodating. He might need to

compromise. If he takes a conservative or a moderate-conservative position on a particular

issue will he fight and settle for 80% or more of what he wants or will he cave at 60% or so?"

DR: "Do you think that if Republicans retain control of the House and gain control of the

Senate that it will make a difference?" RD: "Republicans will make more cuts than

Democrats but I don't think that they have what it takes to make the necessary cuts to

avoid economic collapse - they'll be too worried about being reelected; politics-as-usual."

DR: "I can't decide: Who is stranger: Rod Serling or Al Hitchcock?" CJ: "Al." RD: "Rod."

Sandwich:

As is our wont, we start off with cosmos and, them, we deal with cosmos (which means

world) and Offending with Truth when circumstances warrant.

       A meteoroid (most are less than 30 feet in diameter) is an object in space. It becomes a

meteor if it enters our atmosphere. Sometimes called a shooting star due to the flash of

light it producers - visible if large enough; flash caused by friction with air. If any portion of it

makes it to the ground, it becomes a meteorite. Related topic of asteroids in articles down-

stairs.

       There are three types of meteorites: 1) iron (80-85% iron, the rest mostly nickel; similiar

to the interior of the earth); 2) stones (mostly made up of silicates and other stoney materials;

3) stoney-iron (are the rarest, composed of about 50% iron and 50% silicates). The largest

meteorites is Hoba West in Namibia weighing 66 tons.

The first unmanned test of  NASA's Orion spacecraft is slated for early 2014. Its second and

 final orbit will take it 3,700 miles from earth. The primary purpose of the mission -besides

getting it to and from space - is testing the heat shield.

Blue-Plate Special:

Back in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was falling, Coke, was being distributed for free, in some

cases, was literally being pushed through holes in the wall by Coke representatives. Free Coke!

 Coca-Cola quickly set up business in East Germany; even giving free coolers to merchants. It

was a money-losing proposition in the short run as East German money was virtually worthless.

It was a shrewd business decision made quicker than any government body could ever hope

to act.

       "naked economics" by Charles Wheelan (Norton): "In a sense, it was Adam Smith's

invisible hand passing Coca-Cola through the Berlin Wall. Coke representatives weren't under-

taking any great humanitarian gesture as they passed beverages to the newly liberated East

Germans. Nor were they making a bold statement about the future of communism. They were

looking after business--expanding their global market, boosting profits, and making share-

holders happy. And that is the punch line of capitalism: the market aligns incentives in such a

way that individuals working for their own best interest--passing out Coca-Cola, spending years

in graduate school, planting a field of soybeans, designing a radio that will work in the shower--

leads to a thriving and ever-improving standard of living for most (though not all) members of

society."

       "...a complex economy involves billions of transactions every day, the vast majority of

which happen without any direct government involvement. And it is not just that things get done;

our lives grow steadily better in the process."

       Its when gov gets involved that the process encounters problems: high corporate taxes and

over-regulation. B.O. talks about his blue-print for our economy - watch out! Communist

countries attempt - and fail - to create blue-prints and micro-manage. Leave people, for the

most part to their own devices, and they will improve their lot in life and in the process make

life better for other by creating jobs, for example, so that they can acquire more of what they

want for themselves. Selfish is good.

Beverages:

Al Hitchcock: "Now a stranger approacheth to tell us what to do with our extra farlings." {run

commercial} This A.D.D. Moment is brought to you by Adderall and Coke - the better pick-me-

upper. After all these years, we finally discover what Desi Arnaz was singing about: babalu

(babalu I-A). The voodoo equivalent (in Cuba) of the Catholic saint Lazarus! (More at rickaddsite:

connect via Facebook Second American Revolution). AH: "Next week, I shall be back again with

another {article} until then, Goodnight."

Desert:

Americans enjoy the best healthcare in the world. Why? The rich acting in their own self-interest

are willing to pay for it. In so doing, we all benefit. Libs don't get it: the Invisible Hand. Libs

bemoan the fact that the rich get better healthcare than the poor. They should! But, the fact is:

the American poor get much better care than the poor in any other country! The rich benefit and

in the process everyone else. And, B.O. wants socialized medicine!!!

CJ: "The last article was OK." RD: "This one is much better. They all can't be gems." CJ: "Modesty

aside, most are."

Ed makes an appearance at comsat-ak with "Excursion into Philosophy."

Fwd: Rod Presents Twilight Zone's Mission to Mars/Mission to Muslim

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Subject: Rod Presents Twilight Zone's Mission to Mars/Mission to Muslim

               Rod Presents Twilight Zone's Mission to Mars/Mission to Muslim

               Commander: Citizen Journalist; Pilot: Richard DePersio;

               Mission Specialists: Sherlock Holmes, John Hamish Watson;

               Capcom: Alfred Hitchcock

 

Pre-Mission Briefing:

Citizen Journalist: "Welcome Back, Kotter." Richard D.: "Oh, is he contributing

too?" CJ: "No, we have enough. Thank you." RD: "Speaking of earth orbital flight."

Dr. Watson: "Wonderful!" Sherlock: "Commonplace." RD: "Speaking of flight to Mars."

SH: "Wonderful! I remember when in 1877, Giovanni Shiaparelli wrote about seeing

'canali' on Mars and it had been mistranslated into English as canals. The American,

Percival Lovell ran with it. Channels indicate a natural waterway as opposed to

canals which are man-made; in this case, Martian-made. He wrote three books and

numerous articles beginning in the 1890s about a dying Martian civilization

struggling to transport water from the poles via canals to its major cities at its

equator." RD: "Speaking of dying civilization. The teaching of Western Civilization,

especially, in a positive light - one might say, the rise and fall of Western Civilization -

has been on a decline since the 1960s. Interestingly, that is when there was a major

shift (1965) to allowing more immigration from Latin America and Asia and little from Europe:
liberal social experimentation. It is similar to what happened in some Western European

countries in the early '90s. Many churches were in bad financial shape so a Church tax was

introduced to help out. It resulted in a further decline of church attendance, especially, by

the young. They didn't want to pay a tax to attend services. Of course, the governments

denied that this was their real covert goal. Just like the libs deny that changing American

Identity was their goal in 1965. See article downstairs."

First Stage:

As is our wont, we start off with cosmos followed by cosmos (which means world) and

Offending with Truth when circumstances warrant.

       A day on Mars lasts 24 hours and 37 minutes. It takes 687 earth days to orbit the sun

once. Mars which appears red in the sky is 4,221 miles in diameter. You can tell if you

are looking at a planet or a star: star appear to twinkle.

       No one expected the Opportunity rover on Mars to last 8 years. It has now begun to

probe the Martian interior using radio waves much like the way we study earth's interior.

Second Stage:

What the hell is going on in crazy NYC! Recently, the Empire State Building was lit in the

colors of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Despicable. We should be celebrating are

oneness and not our differences. We should celebrate that which made us great!

       Western Civilization and the American Division. It used to be that people immigrated

here and over time limited their customs and traditions to their homes or abandoned them

as they proudly took on an American Identity. As we stated in one of our sub-floors, only

Western history and culture should be taught in elementary and high schools. Further, a

minimum of 75% of American history should concern the white Protestants of European

descent who made it (actually, they are responsible for over 90%!).

        Bigotry? No, the Truth!

        We were a melting pot: People came here to be American and were glad that their

children were learning Western Culture. Again, things have changed more and more since

the 1960s when the socialistic teacher's unions first formed.

        Jews for the most part became Americanized after they began coming here in large

numbers in the 1880s (See "Our Chosen People" www.quasarpolitics.blogspot.com ). What have

 muslims done besides blow up and crash!!! Most so-called moderate mosques in America and

Europe receive financial support from the muslim brotherhood (lower-case letters intentional).

Renounce those funds if you don't want us to think that you are in-the-closet radicals and terrorists.

They are ruining small towns throughout our land by building their 'people of the domes' extra-large

versions in the center of those towns ruining the nature and appearance. Freedom of religion:

they have that right but they are required to adapt to us not we to them. The people of these

towns have lived there all of their lives and have ancestors who go way back: real Americana.

They should be good neighbors and ask where they can locate their eyesores! Then, they

complain that they are victims of harassment. The inconsiderate's ask for it.

        Why don't more muslim leaders speak out against terrorism. Western Europe is being

torn a part. WC (Western Civilization not Water Closet. Although, it is being flushed down the

toilet in favor of multi-cultural which the govs there have begun to reconsider. And so should we!

Mid-Course Correction:

Alfred Hitchcock: "Here is the sponsor's message. Please study, initial and pass on." {run

commercial} Citizen 'Your Shoot-from-the-Hip/Non-PC Cripple' Journalist's CJCS (Citizen

Journalist/Cayuga Productions/Shamley Productions) Comsats is the best bar none! This A.D.D.

Moment is brought to you by Adderall and Chapel Vineyard's Cabernet: the Better Mixer.

Recently, Greg Gutfeld pointed out in a British assent that Wikipedia wasn't available for a

day in protest of a congressional bill and that it enabled readers to re-discover Encyclopedia

Britannica. Actually, EA has been published out of Chicago since 1920; no British ascent

required. AH: "Next week, I shall be back again with another {article}. Until then, Goodnight."

Landing:

In "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan (W.W. Norton, 2010), he states, "...most of the

reckless behavior that led to the financial crisis was predictable, given the incentives built

into the system..." No where does he mention the pressure placed on banks by barney frank's

fannie and freddie to issue high-risk mortgages to people with little or no credit. A situation that

Bush tried to rectify in 2005 and was blocked by frank's behind. The crisis was largely caused

by f and f. Wheelan blames mortgage brokers and the banks themselves - perpetuating the

liberal myth.

Post-Flight De-Briefing:

Two weeks ago: Visits: 797, Readers: 427; Last week: 834, 437. Thank you.

 

 

Fwd: NIGHTHAWKS DINER...

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Subject: NIGHTHAWKS DINER...

                                 Edward Hopper Presents Nighthawks Diner

                                                         by

                          Manager: Richard Hooker; Cook: Citizen Journalist;

                  Cook: Richard DePersio; Waitress: Bridget 'Knocko' McCarthy*

                                         Bartender: Alfred Hitchcock

 

MENU:

Appetizer: Citizen Journalist: "We wish to welcome the newest member of our

staff: Knocko; she is one tough cookie!" It's great to be here. It's like a class

reunion, I know so many of the staff members." CJ: "All this talk about venture

capitalists. They invest in new companies and new products. They should be

investing in companies like SpaceX and not Uncle Sam. They might demand that

a company downsize before they are willing to invest which could mean selling

off asserts and laying off workers. If successful, the company will later be in a

position to hire new workers and, perhaps, exceed the number of workers that it

originally had. It is so high risk that banks won't grant a loan. It is good capitalism

unlike crony capitalism: bailing out banks and sparing union bosses and workers

any pain in auto industry: stock holders and corporate execs did all the suffering

because of an unconstitutional bankruptcy judge - Obama!" Richard D.: "I think that

 'Leave it to Beaver' was the first series to have a series' finale' (a special final

episode), as opposed to, a final episode (indistinguishable from any other episode).

Knocko: "The U.S. Supreme Court has told the Obama Administration to butt out

when it comes to the hiring and firing of ministers and educators at religious

institutions. Obama having wanted to apply employment laws and regulations.

They were told that religious orgs were exempt: they could hire and fire whomever

they pleased. It should be extended to private sector." CJ: "Knocko, that was a

knocko and Richard D. that was an A.D.D."

(This article is being co-produced by CJCS {Citizen Journalist/Cayuga Productions/

Shamley Productions} Studios).

First Course: As is our wont, we start off with cosmos followed by cosmos (meaning

world) and Offending with Truth when circumstances warrant.

      There are three basic types of asteroids: stony; stony-iron; iron. Asteroids in the

outer part of the belt contain water.

      "Originally, astronomers thought that asteroids were remnants of a planet that had

been destroyed; now they believe asteroids to be material that never became a planet,

possibly because it was affected by Jupiter's strong gravity."** (See articles downstairs

for more info on asteroids).

      Recently, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden gave his stamp of approval for Lockheed

Martin Space Systems Co.'s test-version of the Orion. The next version Orion is slated for

an unmanned mission to high orbit and back in 2014.

Entree': The U.S. was a minor industrialized nation in 1870. Miraculously, in a mere

30 years, we were tied with England as the world's leading industrialized powers. By

1920, we occupied that position solo.

      During this period, while it centered around manufacturing, the Industrial Revolution,

included, Rockefeller in oil, Carnegie in steel, Morgan in banking, Armour in meat

packing. There were the contributions of the independent inventors in the U.S. as well.

Edison, Bell, Westinghouse and others inventing: the skyscraper, cable car, telephone,

light bulb, air brake, refrigerated rail road car, phonograph, fountain pen, Kodak camera,

movie camera and, let's not forget, the zipper.

      We became a post-industrialized or service economy in the '80s but failed to retain

a strong industrial base. During the last few years manufacturing is returning. Does

Obama deserve credit? It's returning to the southern states without unions. Obama is a

union puppet bent on destroying American jobs. American companies want to hire

American workers for patriotic reasons. Naturally, that isn't their prime motivator. In

terms of output, American employees are the best in the world. An advantage negated by

outlandish unions demands. In non-union, right-to-work states, workers are compensated

far more than workers in foreign plants but less than those in union states. Of course,

American companies which aren't international have no choice which can lead, eventually,

to bankruptcy. This can even be the case for American-based international companies

with most or all of their factories here. Companies can wind up owing the union pension

more than what the company is worth. In the end, stock/bond holders and creditors get the

shaft while pensioners get their pensions and many workers' early retirement

packages after assets are sold.

      Students are taught about the glorious unions beginning in first grade but they aren't

taught the truth, for example, it was fed, state and local govs a long with unions that

promoted discrimination. While the big bad corporations didn't for the past 100 years. Their

motives weren't all that noble - they desired expanding markets.

      Retaining the world's second highest corporate income tax of 35% (only Japan is

higher - coming in at 38%) and creating new regulations on a daily basis will only force

American headquartered companies to open up more factories in foreign countries.

      We're going to say what others, including, conservative politicians are afraid to say:

the super-rich, the rich and the upper-middle class pay more than their fair share of

taxes! The 1 % wealthiest Americans pay 38% of federal income taxes and the 10%

richest 67%. It's the mid-middle class, the lower-middle class and the working poor who

fail to support their fed gov (much of which is unconstitutional but that's another story).

They pay little or nothing or receive a small to large refund! Most of the non-working are

parasites!

Drinks: This A.D.D. Moment is brought to you by Adderall and 7 Up - the better mixer.

"...When I got home I {Alan Alda, age 7} had to throw up. They held my head as I leaned

over the toilet. My knees buckled and I nearly fell into the bowl. They caught me and held

me up. I could hear my mother whisper to my father, 'He has polio.' My father whispered

hoarsely, 'Come on, will you. You always think the worst.'...She had been reading about

polio in magazines...At the hospital they stuck a long needle in the spine...I had polio...I

wasn't allowed out of the house {largely limited to his room}...No friends...The country was

on the throes of an epidemic {circa 1940}. People were afraid to go to public swimming

pools or theaters for fear of the contagion."*** He grew up to be a feminist.

Alfred Hitchcock: "One more commercial for the road. Upon my return, I shall add just the

chaser." {run commercial} Citizen Journalist articles are well-preserved having been kept in

a sealed mayonnaise jar on CJ's back porch. Do read articles on pages 1 and 2. AH: "...if you

have no contagions, our commercials will create them for you...Goodnight."

Dessert: "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan (W.W. Norton and Co.,2010). "...

Individuals don't get the bill for this behavior, but society does - in the form of air pollution,

global warming, and urban sprawl. The best way to deal with this growing problem is not the

stuff of laissez-faire conservatives usually talk about. It is higher taxes on gasoline and cars.

...will the cost of climbing behind the wheel of a car reflect the real social cost of that

activity. Similarly, large subsidies for public transportation would properly reward those

commuters who spare the rest of us by not getting into their cars."

      Where to begin!?! He is wrong on so many levels: 1) Liberal U.N. global warming science

was discredited in 2006; 2) Fed Gov punishing and rewarding citizens! The Founding Fathers

believed that people could say anything that they wanted - positive or negative, smart or stupid,

kind or hurtful (hate speech and verbal sexual harassment laws are unconstitutional). They

felt that people had a right to act properly or recklessly, in their self-interests or for the benefit

of others - so long as they didn't violate laws of which they wanted few. Fed Gov manipulating

behavior!; 3) More spending equates to more taxes. When people have less of their hard earned

money, they are less free.

Prices: Two weeks ago: Visits: 713, Readers: 385 (Average of AddThis Analytics and Google

Analytics); Last week: Visits: 833, Readers: 427. Thank You, Please Come Again.

*Back when Bridget was a Captain in a MASH unit "was maybe thirty-five years old, five feet

eight inches of solid maple, and she did not ordinarily tolerate lip from the Swampmen or her

immediate superior...Houlihan, either. This last endeared her to the Swampmen who did not call

her 'Knocko' for nothing, for they knew she could take out any one of them in a head-on..."

**"The Handy Science Book," Visible Ink Press. 1994. ***"never have your dog stuffed," by Alan

Alda, Random House Trade Paperback, 2006.

 

Fwd: Number Six Presents...

-----Original Message-----
From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 8, 2012 5:54 pm
Subject: Nuber Six Presents...

                   Number Six (aka Drake) Presents a Tribute to Nancy: The Lady in Red* (Live)

                                by Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio and Dago Red

Simul-Cast on CJCS** (Citizen Journalist/Cyuga***/Shamley****) Network (mostly in red)

Citizen Journalist: "The longest running sitcom is 'Ozzy and Harriet' - 14 years.The 'Simpsons'

have lasted longer and some claim that it is the longest running. We say that it is the longest

running prime-time cartoon. Of course, someday computer-animation may be so good that you

won't be able to distinguish it from real people! Richard D.: "We have 308,000 troops stationed

outside of the U.S. not counting those in the Middle East."

FOX News Alert (We at FOX like them so much, we have them about every 5 minutes!):

Bestiality and the U.S. soldier will be arriving at a base near you (See "Parents and Grandparents

Beware - Expanded" at www.Citizenj.blogspot.com and www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com {You

must connect to the latter via Home Pages: Facebook Richard DePersio and Twitter @rickaddsite

or make life easy on yourself by becoming a Friend or doing a Follow}).

{We rejoin "Number Six..." still in progress}

Dago Red: "... she said: 'not there with that!'" {Audience roars with laughter}

Back in the late '30s and early '40s, young women had a philosophy/expression: Ashes to ashes,

Dust to dust, of you don't like my figure, Keep your hands off my Bust. How does CJ know? He

was a girl in a previous life; guys used to say of her: Give her a beer and she'll follow you

anywhere, Stroke her hair and off will come her underwear.

As is out won't, we start off with cosmos followed by cosmos (which means world) and Offending

with Truth when circumstances warrant.

       Near-earth asteroids are classified into three types predicated on their perihelion (closest

part of the orbit to the sun) and aphelion (the furthest they get from the sun): Atens (647 known);

Amors (2,920 known) and Apollos (4,289 known). Worry: 1,215 NEOs are also PHOs (Potentially

Hazardous Objects; see article one floor down). We are aware of 824 NEOs with a diameter of .6

miles or greater which would result in a mass extinction if collided with earth and 148 of these are

PHOs.

FOX News Alert: Two weeks ago. 398 Visits and 191 Readers (average: AddThis and Google).

This week...drum roll, please {drums rolling}...this week: Visits: 731!!! Readers: 365! Thank You!!!!!!

In 1776, over 90% of those living in the New England States were of English descent while over

50% in the other states were. Most of the rest were Irish, German, French. The Irish

representation increased during the 1840-50s due to the Potato Famine in Ireland. There was an

influx of Italians and East European Jews between 1820-1924. Other nationalities prior to 1924

came to our shores in smaller numbers.

       The Immigration Act of 1924 sought to preserve the American Identity by allowing immigration

from Northern and Western Europe, very little from Southern and Eastern Europe (too bad for

Our Chosen People and too bad for America) and virtually known from Africa and Asia. The

Immigration Act of 1965 was the reverse with the addition of giving high priority to Latin American

countries.. It is claimed that no one thought that there would be a large influx from these countries

and a change to American Identity. We found that hard to except. It was in the '60s that liberals began

to become critical of Western Civilization/Culture and began their efforts toward creating revisionist

American history (today over 60% of every American history textbook is negative on America!).

       Like it or not, over 90% of the greatest Americans were white Europeans (including, Jews) and

over 90% of the important discoveries and inventions must be credited to them and their Western

Culture. Is it bigotry or a desire to retain American greatness that we favor American identity.

We done enough for the world's poor and downtrodden. Let's limit immigration to educated rich

and middle class Europeans plus some Asians (on average Asians score higher on standard I.Q.

tests than whites, whites higher than blacks and browns).

       There are an estimated 12 million illegal's with 9 million of them being brown. If we

legalize them and, eventually, they bring over there parents and children, we are talking about

close to 40 million. The legal browns on average have more babies than whites and blacks.

Blacks fought for their rights as citizens, it wasn't handed to them and until 2000 had outnumbered

browns. Now, their political clout has been diminished.

       Whites were 95% of the population in 1776 are now down to 67%. What will happen if we

legalize the illegals? By 2035, there won't be a majority in America - whites will be below 51%;

by 2075 or sooner, browns will replace us as the largest minority.

       Bigotry or a desire to retain American greatness!?!

Alfred Hitchcock: "And, now we have a commercial, that is, you have a commercial, I'm swearing

off." (run commercial} Citizen Journalist Comsats offers the best web sites this side of the Galaxy.

This A.D.D. Moment is sponsored by Adderall and Vick's Cough Medicine - enjoy being sick.

The neocortex of the brain consists of 8 lobes. Next week, we'll be back with another {article}.

Until then, Goodnight.

CJ: "What should we say next." RD: "Do we have to write more for our callow sciolist cretin readers?"

CJ: "I just realized: where back from commercial, mike is live/open!" RD: "We've been joking

around during commercial. Welcome back, wonderful intelligent readers. The jerks bought it."

CJ: "Your mike is open."

RD: "A women in a previous life. Let's continue friends..."

Not to mention what progressives/liberals have done to our country over the past 100-plus years. More

and more replacing our beautiful Judeo-Christian/Capitalist/Constructionalist Constitution with

the progressive/secular 'living' constitution. You mentioned it!

      Communism failed. Socialism is failing. What's left of capitalism will fail within the next 15 years

if we don't reduce the debt by at least $9 trillion over the next 10 years with $8 trillion in spending

cuts and $1 trillion in new revenue by lower rates and eliminating deductions (you will increase tax

revenue in a way that isn't detrimental to economy. People, especially, rich will be sending

more $$$s to Uncle Sam but won't mind because they will be making so much more and in the

process creating jobs and enhancing R & D).

Director Duke Forrest: "That's a wrap. Run credits and footnotes..."

Writers: Citizen Journalist/Richard DePersio/Dago Red; Producer: Number Six; Director: Duke

Forrest.

*If memory serves Nancy Reagan's (this article is dedicated to her) favorite color was RED and that

Ron was more likely to call on a female reporter at a press conference if she was wearing red. Fems

got wise, wore red and increased there chances of being selected by the Great One.

**Merger completed. ***Late Rod's company. ****Late Al's company.

(Please read articles below and on page 2).

       

Fwd: BOONDOGGLE...

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 9:57 am
Subject: BOONDOGGLE...

                      The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Presents Boondoggle

                 by Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio and Spearchucker Jones

      (Numbers, we have numbers! Two weeks ago: Visits: 541, Readers: (average) 166; Last

                week: Visits: 398, Readers: {Google: 210, AddThis: 173} {Average} 191)

 

Citizen Journalist: "This article isn't live but on videotape. We wish to welcome Spearchucker

to our writing staff. He is our token black. There were those that claimed that 'Citizen

Journalist Comsats' was lily-white; this, in spite of the fact, that all of our janitors and

some of our secretaries are black as are the doorman at the entrance to our five comsats

(web sites). Welcome, Spearchucker, let's break bread together. We have: cornbread,

fried chicken, black-eyed peas and watermelon. We want you to feel at home. Draw your

weekly paycheck. You need not report to work everyday nor contribute to future articles.

S: "After all of these years, it's good to be back with Dago and Duke. I never got to know

Ho Jon - the yella one." CJ: "The wearing of the white sheet to 'CJC' functions is optional."

Richard D.: "Have you ever noticed on movies and TV shows how lightning and thunder

transpire at the same time? In reality, we see the flash prior to hearing the sound - light

travels faster than sound. It irritates me." CJ: "Thank you for that contribution which was

most apropos to what we are talking about." RD: "Indeed. It's during such storms that the

bogeyman or booger man is most likely to kill or abduct the lily-white lads. With the

inclusion of the Spearchucker, we can no longer be accused of being bigots. Rumors laid

to rest. I was remiss: CJ's brother-in-law is black." (See: "The Truth About Blacks Colored"

downstairs).

As is our wont, we commence with cosmos followed by dealing with cosmos (which means

world) and Offending with Truth when circumstances warrant.

      The orbits of asteroids in the Asteroid Belt around the sun are nearly circular. There are

times when the gravity of Jupiter will nudge an asteroid into an elliptical orbit wherein the closest

part of its orbit around the sun crosses earth's orbit. These are known as near-earth asteroids.

The closest part of their orbit is .9 to 1.3 AUs (Astronomical Unit is the distance of the earth

from the sun and is about 93 million miles). The dangerous ones are over 500 feet wide; over

.6 miles could cause a mass extinction. Those that are over 500 feet, we list there distance

as fractions or multiples of the moon distance from earth (about 250,000 miles).

      The earth has two moons! There is an asteroid that is 3.3. feet wide and orbiting the earth.

Such orbits are temporary; they stop orbiting the earth within a year when they infrequently

occur - caught be earth gravity.(See "Citizen Journalist Caveat" at www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com )

It's time to play: When was it written. Was it written: yesterday?; Last year?; Five years Ago?

"It is as difficult to talk to votaries of the TVA about their dreamchild, as it is to talk to the

American Civil Liberties Union about the Bill of Rights. They don't want to discuss it, they want to

burn incense to it." (CJ: By the bye. the ACL is the most dangerous lib org in existence. Founded in

the 1920s with the overt and claimed mission of protecting our  rights; its covert mission has been to

transform U.S. into a secular-progressive nation with a 'living' constitution far removed from our

Founding Fathers. They have achieved much!). Let's get back to our game. If you said "1963" you

are right. Your prize: Tear another page out of the U.S. Constitution. ("Quotations from Chairman

Bill" {Buckley} compiled by David Franke, Pocket Books). (From the TVA's inception in the '20s to

the present, libs have considered the TVA a complete success).

       What does the late President Ronald Reagan have to say? Citizen Journalist: "Pardon me for

being late for I was in the bathroom; let's be PC: man's room. Of course, the two of you know each

other: Bill and Ron; pardon me for taking liberties Mr. President. Mr. Reagan, you are the man. The

article is yours...Ronald Reagan: "...considered above criticism, sacred as motherhood, is TVA.

This program started as a flood control project; the Tennessee Valley was periodically ravaged by

destructive floods. The Army Engineers set out to solve this problem. They said that it was possible

that once in 500 years there could be a total capacity flood that would inundate some 600,000

acres. Well the engineers fixed that. They made a permanent lake which inundated a million

acres. This solved the problem of the floods, but the annual interest on the TVA debt is five times as

great as the annual flood damage they sought to correct. Of course, you will point out that TVA gets

electric power from the impounded waters, and this is true, but today 85 per cent of the TVA's

electricity is generated in coal burning steam plants. Now perhaps you'll charge that I'm

overlooking the navigable waterway that was created, providing cheap barge traffic, but the bulk of

the freight on that waterway is coal being shipped to the TVA steam plants, and the cost of

maintaining that channel each year would pay for shipping all the coal by rail, and there would be

money left over.

      "One last argument remains:  the prosperity produced by such large programs of government

spending. Certainly there are few areas where more spending has taken place. The Labor Department

lists 50 per cent of the 169 counties on the Tennessee valley as permanent areas of poverty,

distress, and unemployment."

      Citizen Journalist: "Thank you Mr. President and Bill. Though, the U.S. Supreme Court ignorantly

deemed it constitutional it constitutes one of the biggest U.S. socialist projects ever! BIG GOV follows

one stupid decision with another; gov projects get bigger with time and these projects get progressively

worse. Just look at fed gov involvement in healthcare: $40 billion of annual waste and fraud in Medicare and

Medicaid. What does our socialist president want: BIGGER gov involvement in healthcare! Fed gov can

create gov jobs that curtail the freedoms of businesses and the citizenry; also redundant and

unnecessary gov jobs. They can create short-lived private sector jobs. Only the private sector can create

numerous creative and meaningful long-lived jobs in the private sector. Keynesian Libs like FDR, LBJ and

Obama worshipped at the Keynesian alter spending BILLIONS of YOUR $$$s on failed gov projects and

failed shovel-ready projects (in some cases contracting with private companies; nearly 1 Trillion was spent

by Obama in stimulus to create nearly 2 million gov and private sector jobs - virtually all the private sector

jobs were short-lived! Never are newly created gov jobs short-lived! Do you think that your $$$s were wisely

 spent!?! Each job cost: you do the math). As we stated in an article a  few floors down (focus; take an

Adderall to remember the name of the article before the end of this article), In the private sector, 3% of workers

 are laid-off or fired annually; in the public arena: 1/2%! Could it be that gov workers are so good? Not likely!

 It is virtually impossible to lay-off or fire an incompetent gov worker due to gov unions and civil service rules.

RD: "The late Alfred Hitchcock is on vacation. Do visit downstairs: Start with Sub-Floor 1 and proceed down

another level. Each level is filled with good stuff and not out of date: We swear to NASA Enjoy!

Spearchucker, welcome aboard. Make yourself scarce." {Director Topper: "Cut. That's a wrap. Great job."}

 

 

Fwd: The Cartwright's Present...

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 26, 2011 1:58 pm
Subject: The Cartwright's Present...

       The Cartwright's Present HEEHAW Second American Revolution L-i-v-e HEEHAW

                       by Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio and Tom Jefferson

 

Little Joe Cartwright: "Give it up for Citizen Journalist, Richard DePersio, and brought

back by popular demand, Tom Jefferson. {enter stage door left: the three writers and the

four producers* on horseback, thunderous applause, standing 'O'}

Citizen Journalist: "Thank you. Thank you... {they dismount, applause ascends} ...Thank

you. Please calm down... {young women are tossing their hotel keys on stage} ...Please

get a hold of yourselves... {women of all ages throwing their bras on stage} ...Thank you.

Gratis - round up those who are responding to gratis...{crowd finally regains control of their

senses. appropriate audience members are taken into custody}...

Citizen Journalist: "Let's do the numbers for last week: Visits: 541; Readers: (Google) 193,

(AddThis) 139 (Average: 166; we'll take it, we want to do better, please tell your cyber-friends

about us). Richard D.: "Citizen 'Unpredictable' Journalist: He is famous for his extra-long

prefaces. This article is sans preface and unusually short due to illness."

T.J.: "There will be those who argue that this constitutes a preface and that it wasn't short in

relation to article proper."

C.J.: It would represent an exercise in futility and foolishness to argue with one's Father."

As is our wont, we open with cosmos followed by world (which means cosmos).

       What are Trojan Asteroids? There are points 60 degrees ahead of and behind a body of smaller

mass (let's say, a planet) where its gravity is equal to that of the much more massive but

much more distant object that it orbits (say, a star) where bodies can reside; these are the

Lagrangian or Trojan points. Objects of this nature exist ahead of and behind (but in the same orbit)

as Neptune and Jupiter (in the case of the latter, they are named after heroes of The Trojan War -

Greek ahead and Trojans behind). What about the inner planets? We have detected four for

Mars and. only recently, one for earth. (Just because they can exist doesn't mean that they have

to exist). (See :CJ's World and Welcome to It" at www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com ). You can limit

yourself to referring to the Trojans of Jupiter and calling other such bodies near these points

Lagrangian Asteroids (a special class of asteroids) or you may chose to call all such bodies

Trojan Asteroids (but remember some of those of Jupiter are named after Trojan heroes).

The U.S. Constitution" specifies the areas under the jurisdiction of fed gov. It also states, "the

general welfare of the people." Amendment Ten in the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution

declares that any power not given directly to fed gov must be considered a state or a people power.

What were are Founding Fathers thinking? Fortunately, we have one here brought to us via the

Einstein/Rosen Bridge. They anticipated that in the future, STATES and the PEOPLE might

decide that a particular area effected all or virtually all Americans and could only be handled well

at the national level. They hoped that this wouldn't transpire often for they feared a too powerful

fed gov (after all, we had just fought a war to get free of a king).

       We can see fed funding of NASA - the Space Race followed by new competitors (we must

have the cutting-edge technology that NASA generates for private sector which benefits virtually

all Americans. We can see that research by The Atomic Energy Commission and the research

that it does in conjunction with universities regarding atomic power is vital to national security and

energy independence. DARPA (the Defense advanced research org) is vital to the national security

of all of us (later, its finds applications in private sector; it takes longer to do so than NASA R & D).

DARPA does it own studies and does so in conjunction with universities; like AEC, it issues grants.

       It is difficult to justify most of the $$$s fed gov spends on pure and applied (technology)

research, especially, National Science Foundation and Institute of Public Health. Research of a

psychological, sociological and educational nature. Funding of medical technology and pharmacological

development. This should be done by charitable donations in some cases and private companies in

others. And, it is already is! As should most physics and engineering (with the exception of those

mentioned above).

      The X Foundation offers $10 million prizes. The winner of the first non-gov vehicle to fly a

sub-orbital flight with a pilot aboard has his concept purchased by Virgin Galactic and incorporated

into SpaceShipTwo (for future tourist flights). Virgin receives no fed funding! The X Foundation is now

offering a prize to a car that gets 100 miles to a gallon and the first non-gov craft to land on the moon

(unmanned). Its goal is to promote radical breakthroughs to benefit humanity and to foster the

development of new industries (thinking way outside of the box and tackling novel problems with radical

solutions and new technologies much as DARPA does; one might hope that it could replace DARPA

some day but much of what DARPA does is secret).

      NASA ranks as a rarity: a successful gov program! Subsidies to private companies to develop

crafts to go to and from space station (Uncle Sam chooses winners and loses, its not predicated only

on a companies abilities but political considerations as to who gets a subsidy) should end with half of

money planned for the future going toward debt reduction and the other half to NASA.

Alfred Hitchcock: "I would like you to meet a gentleman whom I never dreamed would become quite

impossible." {run commercial} CJ: "Look downstairs for articles dealing with hate speech, sexual

harassment, anchor babies amongst other Citizen 'Offending with Truth' Journalist topics." When the

moon formed it was 14,000 miles away and is now about 250,000. It recedes at the same rate as a

fingernail grows. {run commercial} CJ: "This A.D.D. moment is brought to you by Adderall and Johnny

Walker Scotch - the better mixer. Filibuster comes from the Dutch word freebooter (pirate). In the

U.S. Senate a filibuster occurs when a small group of senators seize control of the floor to block

legislation. Traditional filibusters are a thing of the past. You block legislation by calling for a

vote on whether on not to proceed with the vote on the legislation. If 60 votes aren't mustered, senate

must proceed to something else. AH: "Goodnight."

The New York legislator passes a 'millionaire's tax' and 'crippled taxi' bill. Clearly, they want millionaires,

who already pay their fair share of taxes, to move out of N.Y. State, especially, N.Y. City!

Government as mommy and daddy is not what our Founding Fathers intended. Citizen 'Your Shoot-from-

the-Hip/Non-PC Cripple' Journalist. A certain percentage of taxis are now required to be cripple-

accessible. It will cost money to comply; cost of taxi rides for all will rise. Won't it be wonderful if other

states do the self-same thing!!!

     We wouldn't have objected to gov recommending. One company might decide to make this percentage

accessible while another might choose a different figure. Another company might decide to let other

companies have crippled business (for there isn't much of it in their estimation) and save money or hire

more; some drivers might even be semi-disabled but perfectly capable of driving. We opposed American

Disabilities Act too!

     Fed gov takes powers and rights away from states, businesses and citizens; state gov from businesses

and citizens. It is easier to start a business in Hong Kong and parts of the rest of China than it is in the

U.S.! It is even easier to get a product to market! What happened to Capitalism!?!

{the better mixer is kickin' in}

*Little Joe with Ben (father) and Adam and Hoss (brothers).