Dang—did that go fast .

Remember Katrina ?

Which one posed a bigger threat to those that lobby politicians?

I rest my case.


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Since for so many it’s clear that Rachael Ray and Dunkin Donuts are…
Image found at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/05/rachel-ray-gets.html

Lauren Bush must be one too—after all she is also wearing a kaffiyeh.
Image found at http://www.gothamcityinsider.com/2007/10/lauren-bush-rocks.html

When and where will this obvious stupidity stop?

First they came for the scarf wearers and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t wearing a scarf.
They came for the pork eaters, and I did not speak up because I was not eating pork;
They came for the racists, and I did not speak up because I am not a racist;
They came for those on the terror watch list , and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t on it.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak up for me.
Free after Martin Niemöller


PS: Maybe it’s really time to add a “stupid” category!

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The Dot-com bubble burst
The real estate bubble burst

Is oil next?

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in helping people deal with high energy prices and food prices,” said the President.

Way too little way too late.

Someone needs to tell him in something like three words or less that the stimulus is supposed to boost the economics, not to offset the cost increase we see everywhere.

But than what can one expect from the Commander Guy who spends trillions for a war that was announced to cost less than 600 billion and has its mission accomplished—5 years ago.

(I for one am tired of hearing about the progress being made. It’s years later and there are more and more American soldiers giving their lives for—yeah, for what?)

Did you read that the economic actually grew slightly in the first quarter ? One has to wonder how that can be with all the companies reporting income losses and layoffs. Oh, wait a minute—Dubya’s friends at the work: The oil companies (I am extremely disturbed by the obscene profits the oil companies are reaping. ) report new profit records every quarter.

Let’s face it: If a commander in chief needs to call himself the “commander guy ” he got his priorities wrong and is everything but a leader.

Anyway, for me the real issue about the stimulus pay is this:

By law, the stimulus payments are offset to satisfy past-due taxes, student loans, child support and certain other debts.
Child support? Yes! I fully support that—after all that money goes to a child (at least in theory…)

Past due taxes, student loans and certain other debts? You got to be kidding me!

Not only that even Dubya recognizes how useless the stimulus has become—now the pay does not even go to those who more likely would actually spend it…

What’s even worst—a family with children that has debts will not get a darn thing. Or get what children need: School supplies, clothes, etc. And those cost. But one has to guess that the debt is already so insanely high that even a little not paid stimulus helps…

But since children do not have a lobby…

Families need more support, especially in times with a rotten economics. Other countries—like Germany —pay Kindergeld an allowance for every child.

Wouldn’t it be nice if this President stopped telling and starts leading?

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Ok, the subordinate explains what is done to keep the leader up to date.



I haven’t heard that?

Either Ms. Perino was lying with her statement that the President is briefed regularly. Or the briefings are useless—because the President isn’t informed properly. Or President Bush can’t understand the briefing or follow them.

What is it?

One thing is for sure: This is everything but leadership. One of the 13 deadly sins of Stop Telling… Start Leading! The Art of Managing People by Asking Questions is: Let Everything Go Uncontrolled. Looking at Ms. Perino’s and President’s Bush statement—do you think that anybody is in control in the White House?

They have the slightest clue what is going on?

I’ve said it before: This is no leadership. Countries in economical trouble need leadership. Or the trouble worsens. America has to deal with a lot of other things that many things are handled wrongfully: The Iraq War, health care, immigration, the fight of terrorism to name but a few.

But let’s face it: If too many people have to turn every penny twice (gasoline is now well above $5 a gallon in CA) an elected leader stating: “I hadn’t heard that.” shows nothing but a lot of ignorance. Towards those that put him in power in the first place. Looking back in history—wars have been started on the grounds of badly handled economical downturns. Sure, there is the stimulus package, but it hasn’t arrived yet and how much influence will it has?

Many think it’s too little too late.

On the other hand, some companies post ever higher profits while cutting low ranked employees income and cutting the work force. But to whom are these companies going to sell their products when the average person will be living below the poverty rate?

It used to be that top managers and companies understood their ethical and economical responsibility of ensuring the wealth of everyone—to guarantee their own survival. Now it looks like the only thing that counts is profit.

Where is a leader when the country needs one?

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Many (for example Louis Navellier and Bob McTeer) think we are in a stagflation.



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It’s official: The German supreme court approved the “Bundestrojaner “. German link only, but I am sure many links in all languages will follow soon…
Anyway, the Bundestrojaner is a trojan horse the government put’s on your computer.
The spying is only ok if human lives or the existence of the state are endangered. What do think how many other countries love those German politicians and judges right now? And especially Germany, a country haunted by their Third Reich past.

We all know how those things work out: Give the government a finger and they’ll rip out your arm. Or more.

We all know that laws are broken; by bad guys the so called criminals and by the good guys; just look at the news and the amount of complaints and lawsuits. But putting spyware on peoples computers?

1984 wasn’t that bad, or was it?

Or maybe this was a stroke of genius from the German government - to decrease unemployment rates. Think about it: Now everyone will get busy to get more and more anti-spy-software. Anti-government software. And the Government will get busy to write more and more trojans. It also gives a totally new meaning to buyer beware: “This computer is officially government infested.” Welcome to the world of the anti-anti-anti-trojan…

Of course the one thing you will not see is that this trojan will land on the computers of those government officials that do wrong, steal, lie, betray, molest, abuse power….

What a sad day for human kind.

Wouldn’t you agree?

PS: Germany, the same country that has states paying hackers to decrypt Skype conversations…

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