Greetings good citizen,
I received a rather bizarre e-mail yesterday inviting me to attend an economics ‘summer school’ in Italy.
Five Nobel Laureates will teach the class in English, so the Italian setting is merely to make the surroundings more…’realistic’ (While not currently in the headlines, Italy is one of the PIIGS in case anyone was wondering why they spelled pig with two i’s.)
How ‘appropriate’ that these five, er, ‘nitwits’ expound upon their economic theories in a country that likely practiced (and definitely suffered) from them?
Which brings us to yet another long neglected hobby horse…the one that each of these ‘Nobel Laureates’ needs to have hammered into their squeany little heads…
(Sing it choir!)
ALL ECONOMIES ARE LOCAL!
(Now give me an Amen!)
Hallelujah!
(Where the heck is MY Nobel Prize?)
Yes good citizen, I would ‘opine’ that you don’t know squat about economics if you turn a blind eye to this most basic of economic facts.
(Apparently my opinion is worthless to the rabid capitalists who hand out Nobel Prizes.)
Neither YOU (nor anyone else) can live in an ‘economic wasteland’.
That’s why the ‘global economy’ is in the tank (and it going to stay there until it gets ‘re-balanced’.)
Somehow these, er, ‘gentlemen’ believe this problem is going to solve itself. (and it very well might…however, the fabric of society can only take so much tearing before it shreds completely.)
Which is to ‘opine’ that IF society is ‘left to its own devices’ the fabric of civilization will be ‘obliterated’.
How complete will the destruction be?
Total (barring last minute intervention…which may or may not be successful.)
Sort of boggles the mind to see who’s still drinking the Kool-Aid after all these years.
Considering how lethal that stuff is you have to be amazed that they’re still lining up to down a shot or three!
But that’s all part of another ‘self-correcting’ genetic defect, the tendency to trust people who don’t have your best interests at heart.
Add in the ‘stupid factor’ and we find an endless line of potential Kool-Aid drinkers!
What Kool-Aid is that, you ask?
It’s the kind that blinds you to the existence of the ‘economic desert’.
“There are plenty of jobs out there! You’re just not trying hard enough.”
Yeah, the hundred million unemployed are just a figment of your imagination, especially considering how they ‘don’t want to work’…(which is right next to deciding you no longer want to live…but conservo-whackos will swallow anything regardless of how jagged the hooks are.)
How sad is it good citizen that these facts are also being ignored by the (alleged) alternative media thus our current political dialog is centered on NOT trimming the military budget?
Mighty sad.
Even more disturbing is this headline from today’s NY Times:
WTF is going on here?
Seriously good citizen, how far gone is our situation?
It’s looking mighty tough to me…but who cares what I think, surely not the rabid capitalists!
Which makes me ask, just who has to live among these animals?
Why, (by gum) YOU DO!
And if you don’t do something to help yourself (hint, it all starts with the politicians) then shame on you!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
I received a rather bizarre e-mail yesterday inviting me to attend an economics ‘summer school’ in Italy.
Five Nobel Laureates will teach the class in English, so the Italian setting is merely to make the surroundings more…’realistic’ (While not currently in the headlines, Italy is one of the PIIGS in case anyone was wondering why they spelled pig with two i’s.)
How ‘appropriate’ that these five, er, ‘nitwits’ expound upon their economic theories in a country that likely practiced (and definitely suffered) from them?
Which brings us to yet another long neglected hobby horse…the one that each of these ‘Nobel Laureates’ needs to have hammered into their squeany little heads…
(Sing it choir!)
ALL ECONOMIES ARE LOCAL!
(Now give me an Amen!)
Hallelujah!
(Where the heck is MY Nobel Prize?)
Yes good citizen, I would ‘opine’ that you don’t know squat about economics if you turn a blind eye to this most basic of economic facts.
(Apparently my opinion is worthless to the rabid capitalists who hand out Nobel Prizes.)
Neither YOU (nor anyone else) can live in an ‘economic wasteland’.
That’s why the ‘global economy’ is in the tank (and it going to stay there until it gets ‘re-balanced’.)
Somehow these, er, ‘gentlemen’ believe this problem is going to solve itself. (and it very well might…however, the fabric of society can only take so much tearing before it shreds completely.)
Which is to ‘opine’ that IF society is ‘left to its own devices’ the fabric of civilization will be ‘obliterated’.
How complete will the destruction be?
Total (barring last minute intervention…which may or may not be successful.)
Sort of boggles the mind to see who’s still drinking the Kool-Aid after all these years.
Considering how lethal that stuff is you have to be amazed that they’re still lining up to down a shot or three!
But that’s all part of another ‘self-correcting’ genetic defect, the tendency to trust people who don’t have your best interests at heart.
Add in the ‘stupid factor’ and we find an endless line of potential Kool-Aid drinkers!
What Kool-Aid is that, you ask?
It’s the kind that blinds you to the existence of the ‘economic desert’.
“There are plenty of jobs out there! You’re just not trying hard enough.”
Yeah, the hundred million unemployed are just a figment of your imagination, especially considering how they ‘don’t want to work’…(which is right next to deciding you no longer want to live…but conservo-whackos will swallow anything regardless of how jagged the hooks are.)
How sad is it good citizen that these facts are also being ignored by the (alleged) alternative media thus our current political dialog is centered on NOT trimming the military budget?
Mighty sad.
Even more disturbing is this headline from today’s NY Times:
White House Tactic for C.I.A. Bid Holds Back Drone MemosUm, correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Obama run as a Democrat?
By SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI
The administration may deny Senate Democrats information on targeted killings but tell Republicans more about a militant attack in Libya to win confirmation for John O. Brennan as C.I.A. director.
WTF is going on here?
Seriously good citizen, how far gone is our situation?
It’s looking mighty tough to me…but who cares what I think, surely not the rabid capitalists!
Which makes me ask, just who has to live among these animals?
Why, (by gum) YOU DO!
And if you don’t do something to help yourself (hint, it all starts with the politicians) then shame on you!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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