Yahoo - Bloomberg - Why Rich People Feel Poor. The article begins by asking us to think about the top income earners. The problem is not the top income earners, it is the people who inherit mass amounts of wealth without contributing anything to society and then game the system and bribe politicians. Executives, doctors and lawyers who make $400,000 a year doing their job are not who people are mad at and they are not the one's bribing politicians to change the tax laws that would give a $15 million tax break to multi-millionairs who choose to invest in a Broadway play.
Here is a nifty little quote from the article, "Second, and more important, it doesn't demonstrate how little wealthy Americans get for their tax dollars. Sure, the rich benefit from the court system, national defense and everything else that maintains the society that underpinned their success." How little they get from paying taxes is apparently irrelevent and the writer is too stupid to understand what the wealthy do get. Lets start with all of the infrastructure that allowed them to make money, the roads, the sewer system, the water system, the electrical system, the petroleum industry, the legal system, the educational system that created knowledgeable employees, the government which buys billions in products each year. There is a reason that JP Morgan is so big and why GM was created in American and not the Soviet Union.
Now, here is what is really interesting about this article, it says that we should not compare the high wage earners to the idle inheritors of wealth. That friends is a bad sign for the trust fund babies. This article is sympathetic to people who earn their money through hard work. Wealthy Americans are scared, they know the poor and middle class are being screwed and are separating themselves from the wealthy, they see problems coming. Keep watching the tone of articles about "class warfare".
The Raw Story - Bryan Fischer tells poor people: ‘Kiss the ground’ beneath the richest 1 percent. I don't know much about the source; but, the statements in the video are good enough. The man is an imbecile and a cold-hearted, ignorant swine. Lets start with taxes, I am in the 20% of top wage earners because this country and my parents provided me an opportunity; but, I did the work and don't have a problem with paying higher taxes because I benefited from this country more than most. I succeeded in part because I was born very intelligent, that was an accident and my parents fault, I take no credit for birthing me.
This nation and the whole concept of Capitalism is supposed to be built on self-achievement and competition. I agree with that. Inherited wealth and privilege is contrary to the concepts of Capitalism and democracy. Idiots like this guy are basically promoting monarchies, inherited wealthy giving the undeserving more influence than is fair.
He then talks about entitlements like Social Security as if it is a gift from the wealthy. It is not, people contribute to Social Security for 40 and more years so that they will have some money in retirement. It is their money and they are entitled to have it returned to them when they retire. It is an insurance policy. He is basically saying that if you buy life insurance, there is no reason the insurance company should pay out to your beneficiary.
myfoxny - Future of money. Just another article with people swooning over the idea of an all electronic currency where your biometrics connects businesses and the government to your bank account.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Thank You to WebSleuths
I will start with the Thank You. This blog started in 2007, I can hardly believe it. For the first few years I wrote everyday, it became too much especially considering all the personal tragedies I was facing at the time. It began with a purpose which it succeeded in achieving and I then killed it off, deleting all posts. I started the blog anew and changed the purpose and subjects, when that was achieved, I deleted all the posts again. I then started this third iteration with a different intent and focused more on a different series of subject. The blog expanded it's scope.
This current set of posts, the third iteration of my blog was more focused on financial misdeeds within the government, public pensions and large financial institutions. Along the way I have tried to throw in some analysis of the news, particularly how the media misrepresents and misleads the public. I have also tried to bring up some social issues. One day a few years ago I read about the killing of Pastor Carol Daniels, her story had touched my heart. Not the story of her death; but, the story of what a dedicated preacher she was. I was impressed that she would drive so far on the mere possibility that people might come to her church on that day. I was impressed by her character. I have never written about this until now.
I am impressed by selflessness, commitment and concern for others. She paid for these things with her life. It doesn't matter why her killer did what he did, the win was Pastor Daniels achievement. She lived a life of intent, not just words; but, intent. When I read that story, I had to tell it to others. I had to let them know about this amazing woman. Because of how I was raised, I could not help but analyze the crime scene information. I solve puzzles for a reason, it is how my brain is wired. Next thing I knew it was my most read post in history (not knowing the count on posts from the last two iterations of this blog). I started getting comments on it from all sorts of people who did not follow the blog or read it daily. My regular readers barely noticed it, it was not the subject matter that I write about usually. I did not know what to make of it all.
Well, time went by and I continued getting comments on the first post and she remained in my mind. When I would see an increase in viewership to that post, I would check the news and recent events to see if there was any new news about the Pastor's death. I would see that the reward was renewed or someone had been interviews and whether or not there was anything new worthy of mention on my blog and I wanted to know if there was any promising news regarding catching the killer. I always tried to be respectful; but, recognize that the subject matter alone was tragic and I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I try to keep this blog readable by anyone including children.
Then one day, I got a comment from one of the family members. Well, first I was asked to preach. I never intended to preach in my life, I never felt driven in that way. I was the token, non-Spanish speaking, old, bald, white guy preacher to the people who didn't speak Spanish and showed up at this Spanish speaking church. Somedays people would show up and other days nobody showed up. So, here I am standing in a old church, in the basement, waiting to see if anyone will show up. At 6:00 on Sundays. LOL. I started thinking about how Pastor Daniels not only did this; but, drove like 65 miles to do it. The church was only about 12 miles from my house. She drove a lot longer and as I used to commute that far to work, church was a breeze. When I would get disheartened, I would think of Pastor Daniels, she became an inspiration to me.
Then one day something very strange happened, her family contacted me and thanked me. I was stunned and humbled. This occurrence stopped me dead in my tracks. When I wrote it, I wrote it to my regular readers not to the family or people interested in the case. How could I possibly know that I would become one of the top searches when people search her name? This is not NBC or the Drudge Report, very few read this blog. My whole opinion of this blog changed and I couldn't delete the past posts anymore, I couldn't kill the blog. It had done something I had never considered, it became important to some people. It found it's purpose and maybe I found my purpose again because of it.
I did not write it because she died, I wrote it because she had lived. The rest of the original post was about the crime because that is how my mind works. Pastor Daniels is a hero to me not a victim. The greatest love is shown when someone gives their life for another, that is what the bible says. She was a preacher, I am pretty sure she knew that and the words of her relatives make me believe that even more. She died because she was willing to drive 65 miles each way, wait inside a shoddy church, in a small town in the middle of nowhere every Sunday on the chance that someone would need to know about Christ.
I don't know how to take a thank you for this from the family or WebSleuths or anyone else. It wasn't planned. I had never even heard of Anardarko. I know about it now; but, it wasn't on my radar back in the day. I didn't read their daily paper and did not follow crimes. I hate following crimes, crimes shows and anything that glorifies criminal behavior. As a kid, I couldn't do anything without my dad asking me if there was any crimes going on. I would spend my weekends as a child with him checking on criminals and confiscated items. It began in elementary school. Imagine growing up with a mind that seeks out puzzles to a father who is always asking you to figure out criminal puzzles? The point is, I didn't write the post to solve a crime, I wrote it to highlight a life that amazed me. I am pretty sure that is not what people take away from the post because I focused on the crime and couldn't explain the reason why I was writing about it in the first place well enough.
I thank the people of Websleuths for seeking to right wrongs and caring about the families of victims of crimes. If anyone wishes to thank me for anything in regards to that post. Thank me for loving and forgiving others as did Pastor Carol Daniels. The reason I wrote about her.
This current set of posts, the third iteration of my blog was more focused on financial misdeeds within the government, public pensions and large financial institutions. Along the way I have tried to throw in some analysis of the news, particularly how the media misrepresents and misleads the public. I have also tried to bring up some social issues. One day a few years ago I read about the killing of Pastor Carol Daniels, her story had touched my heart. Not the story of her death; but, the story of what a dedicated preacher she was. I was impressed that she would drive so far on the mere possibility that people might come to her church on that day. I was impressed by her character. I have never written about this until now.
I am impressed by selflessness, commitment and concern for others. She paid for these things with her life. It doesn't matter why her killer did what he did, the win was Pastor Daniels achievement. She lived a life of intent, not just words; but, intent. When I read that story, I had to tell it to others. I had to let them know about this amazing woman. Because of how I was raised, I could not help but analyze the crime scene information. I solve puzzles for a reason, it is how my brain is wired. Next thing I knew it was my most read post in history (not knowing the count on posts from the last two iterations of this blog). I started getting comments on it from all sorts of people who did not follow the blog or read it daily. My regular readers barely noticed it, it was not the subject matter that I write about usually. I did not know what to make of it all.
Well, time went by and I continued getting comments on the first post and she remained in my mind. When I would see an increase in viewership to that post, I would check the news and recent events to see if there was any new news about the Pastor's death. I would see that the reward was renewed or someone had been interviews and whether or not there was anything new worthy of mention on my blog and I wanted to know if there was any promising news regarding catching the killer. I always tried to be respectful; but, recognize that the subject matter alone was tragic and I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. I try to keep this blog readable by anyone including children.
Then one day, I got a comment from one of the family members. Well, first I was asked to preach. I never intended to preach in my life, I never felt driven in that way. I was the token, non-Spanish speaking, old, bald, white guy preacher to the people who didn't speak Spanish and showed up at this Spanish speaking church. Somedays people would show up and other days nobody showed up. So, here I am standing in a old church, in the basement, waiting to see if anyone will show up. At 6:00 on Sundays. LOL. I started thinking about how Pastor Daniels not only did this; but, drove like 65 miles to do it. The church was only about 12 miles from my house. She drove a lot longer and as I used to commute that far to work, church was a breeze. When I would get disheartened, I would think of Pastor Daniels, she became an inspiration to me.
Then one day something very strange happened, her family contacted me and thanked me. I was stunned and humbled. This occurrence stopped me dead in my tracks. When I wrote it, I wrote it to my regular readers not to the family or people interested in the case. How could I possibly know that I would become one of the top searches when people search her name? This is not NBC or the Drudge Report, very few read this blog. My whole opinion of this blog changed and I couldn't delete the past posts anymore, I couldn't kill the blog. It had done something I had never considered, it became important to some people. It found it's purpose and maybe I found my purpose again because of it.
I did not write it because she died, I wrote it because she had lived. The rest of the original post was about the crime because that is how my mind works. Pastor Daniels is a hero to me not a victim. The greatest love is shown when someone gives their life for another, that is what the bible says. She was a preacher, I am pretty sure she knew that and the words of her relatives make me believe that even more. She died because she was willing to drive 65 miles each way, wait inside a shoddy church, in a small town in the middle of nowhere every Sunday on the chance that someone would need to know about Christ.
I don't know how to take a thank you for this from the family or WebSleuths or anyone else. It wasn't planned. I had never even heard of Anardarko. I know about it now; but, it wasn't on my radar back in the day. I didn't read their daily paper and did not follow crimes. I hate following crimes, crimes shows and anything that glorifies criminal behavior. As a kid, I couldn't do anything without my dad asking me if there was any crimes going on. I would spend my weekends as a child with him checking on criminals and confiscated items. It began in elementary school. Imagine growing up with a mind that seeks out puzzles to a father who is always asking you to figure out criminal puzzles? The point is, I didn't write the post to solve a crime, I wrote it to highlight a life that amazed me. I am pretty sure that is not what people take away from the post because I focused on the crime and couldn't explain the reason why I was writing about it in the first place well enough.
I thank the people of Websleuths for seeking to right wrongs and caring about the families of victims of crimes. If anyone wishes to thank me for anything in regards to that post. Thank me for loving and forgiving others as did Pastor Carol Daniels. The reason I wrote about her.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Interesting Comments Regarding Pastor Carol Daniels
As a rule I am very cautious about allowing comments that identify specific people as being suspects in the murder of Pastor Daniels. While I have a legal background and some formal training in criminal investigations, I am not nor have I ever been involved in police work and have no interest in it as a career. I do not believe that this blog will in anyway lead to the arrest or conviction of the murderer in the Pastor Daniels case and do not write about crimes usually unless they involve financial crimes and I can back up what I say.
Having said all of the above, I have just received some comments from my original post that I believe are worthy of being repeated. The short of the comments was that there was a serial killer in Alaska who would travel to other parts of the country and had some tendencies that fit with some of the things that happened in the Pastor Daniels case. I had never heard of this person and did a quick check to make sure that he deserves to be considered and he does. In addition, he is dead so he is not being defamed by being considered. Here is what was sent to me"
"Pimpemel, very interesting blog and perspectives on Pastor Carol Daniels tragic murder. I am a firm believer that Good triumphs over Evil and that the light will eventually shine through..
I live in the north GA mountains and am a member of the Websleuths crime sleuthing community. My Nickname on this forum is Foxfire, previously & on other forums; Wolfscratch. For the past 6+ years I have been researching cases where sexual predators/serial killers are indicated.
We have been researching an Alaskan serial killer; Israel Keyes. I am very confident that IK may be responsible for Pastor Daniels heinous murder. There are many threads on IK on the Websleuths Forum. One focuses on the Carol Daniels murder; http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88118&page=9&highlight=israel+keyes
See Wolfscratch's posts on this Topix forum thread. Pay attention too the Discovery ID Dark Minds episode season 3; http://www.topix.com/forum/city/oklahoma-city-ok/TPLAK039MLUU2A033/p5#lastPost
________________
AK SK Israel Keyes traits, etc;
Arsonist; 2 suspicious fires
IK's Preferred firearm 38 Cal-38 cal firearm found in the grass by the gazebo across from the Anardarko Daily News(found by owners of the ADN who gave it to APD) the day of the fire(one day before Pastor Daniels murder) APD did not connect the dots, imo.
IK used chemicals on his victims(forensically aware)
IK's weapon of choice; Knife.
IK was organized and would place kill kits across the US years before committing the murders.
IK, also robbed banks to support his travels(construction co was only a front)
IK was very brazen; ran half marathons, bicyclist, avid hiker.
IK had no victim profile and was bisexual & necrophiliac..
"Israel Keyes was the Devil's Deciple"! IK was an Emulator; a serial killer that copied many prior & added his on twists of creativity to prevent being patterned by the FBI BAU2. The FBI has requested the public's help to identify his many unknown victims. IK was arrested for the abduction/murder of Samantha Koenig(AK), but later committed suicide in jail and took this info to the grave rather than share it..
Wolfscratch/Foxfire"
Now, I have always believed that the killer was from Anandarko; but, Mr. Keyes could be the type of person who could have planned it while driving through town based on his history. I will watch the video and read the articles and come back with my opinions.
UPDATE:
I want to thank the people at WebSleuths for taking an interest in this case and I know with my heart that the family of Pastor Daniels will also appreciate their efforts. As this blog is not a crime solving blog, I have not reported some of the more graphic details; but, I have read the autopsy report online. I have received a few views and comments from people who are members of the WebSleuth site over they years and have found them to be concerned and courteous. For members of that site that visit my poor little blog, I send my best wishes. I do not usually provide links to other sites which discuss the case because many of them degraded into Christians attacking Atheists or Atheists attacking Christians, I find the WebSleuth site to be better than many of the others and yes, I have visited the site in the past to see if there were any updates.
After receiving the most recent comments, I started this post and then paused as I was going to dinner with the leader of the church that I preach at and didn't have time to go and read the links that were provided to me before dinner, so, I came back and read them all. I am posting these comments as I do know that Pastor Daniels family has read my blog in the past and I also know that the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation knows about this blog. I believe the issues raised by Foxfire deserve to be considered and found many of the details interesting.
Of particular interest was the Mr. Keyes going to far away places to commit the murders, his use of chemicals, his use of a knife, his arson and his following natural disasters. While I find Mr. Keyes worthy of consideration, I have to remind myself of a couple of things. Firstly, for years Zodiac Killer researchers openly stated that the Zodiac was a man named Arthur Leigh Allen and the evidence was all circumstantial. By the time the DNA evidence was analyzed it showed it was not him (same for the palm print). Secondly, nobody believed BTK was still alive when he resurfaced and all 40 years of profiling by the FBI was all wrong.
Here is what I believe. I believe that crimes are not solved by understanding motive, I believe they are solved based on evidence. In the case of Pastor Daniels we are talking about a very small town in the middle of nowhere. While there is a casino on the road, it is also very small and miles away. Why do I mention this. Well there are some very small towns (like Baker California) that are on the road to Las Vegas and because of that are constantly being driven through by hundreds of thousands of people, I don't believe that is true for Anandarko. I find it hard to believe; but, not impossible, that the killer was from outside the area. Having said that, the case cited by Foxfire could just be that exception and deserves being considered.
The well being of the Daniels family is always on my mind when I post about her, in fact it is my priority. I don't see my blog as contributing to solving the crime and do know that the OSBI has put a cold case expert on the case, they have not forgotten and care. I don't expect them to release all the information that they have and understand that. The issue is not figuring out who did it, it is in proving it and getting a conviction.
UPDATE 2:
Nope, I have thought about it and Mr Keyes is an unlikely candidate. One of the problems begins with the 38 Police Special. Pastor Daniels killer used a knife exclusively that we know of, no shots were fired. It would be very difficult to hold a gun in one hand and kill someone who showed defensive wounds with a knife in the other hand while they were screaming in pain. The gun found after the arson in Anadarko is not related to the killing and I am not even convinced that the fire is related. The biggest problem is how Mr. Keyes would have known that the church Pastor Daniels was at would be empty on that day, on a Sunday. He couldn't know that just from driving through town once. The person who killed Pastor Daniels had been inside that church and knew that it was very possible that nobody would be inside other than Pastor Daniels.
Having said all of the above, I have just received some comments from my original post that I believe are worthy of being repeated. The short of the comments was that there was a serial killer in Alaska who would travel to other parts of the country and had some tendencies that fit with some of the things that happened in the Pastor Daniels case. I had never heard of this person and did a quick check to make sure that he deserves to be considered and he does. In addition, he is dead so he is not being defamed by being considered. Here is what was sent to me"
"Pimpemel, very interesting blog and perspectives on Pastor Carol Daniels tragic murder. I am a firm believer that Good triumphs over Evil and that the light will eventually shine through..
I live in the north GA mountains and am a member of the Websleuths crime sleuthing community. My Nickname on this forum is Foxfire, previously & on other forums; Wolfscratch. For the past 6+ years I have been researching cases where sexual predators/serial killers are indicated.
We have been researching an Alaskan serial killer; Israel Keyes. I am very confident that IK may be responsible for Pastor Daniels heinous murder. There are many threads on IK on the Websleuths Forum. One focuses on the Carol Daniels murder; http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88118&page=9&highlight=israel+keyes
See Wolfscratch's posts on this Topix forum thread. Pay attention too the Discovery ID Dark Minds episode season 3; http://www.topix.com/forum/city/oklahoma-city-ok/TPLAK039MLUU2A033/p5#lastPost
________________
AK SK Israel Keyes traits, etc;
Arsonist; 2 suspicious fires
IK's Preferred firearm 38 Cal-38 cal firearm found in the grass by the gazebo across from the Anardarko Daily News(found by owners of the ADN who gave it to APD) the day of the fire(one day before Pastor Daniels murder) APD did not connect the dots, imo.
IK used chemicals on his victims(forensically aware)
IK's weapon of choice; Knife.
IK was organized and would place kill kits across the US years before committing the murders.
IK, also robbed banks to support his travels(construction co was only a front)
IK was very brazen; ran half marathons, bicyclist, avid hiker.
IK had no victim profile and was bisexual & necrophiliac..
"Israel Keyes was the Devil's Deciple"! IK was an Emulator; a serial killer that copied many prior & added his on twists of creativity to prevent being patterned by the FBI BAU2. The FBI has requested the public's help to identify his many unknown victims. IK was arrested for the abduction/murder of Samantha Koenig(AK), but later committed suicide in jail and took this info to the grave rather than share it..
Wolfscratch/Foxfire"
Now, I have always believed that the killer was from Anandarko; but, Mr. Keyes could be the type of person who could have planned it while driving through town based on his history. I will watch the video and read the articles and come back with my opinions.
UPDATE:
I want to thank the people at WebSleuths for taking an interest in this case and I know with my heart that the family of Pastor Daniels will also appreciate their efforts. As this blog is not a crime solving blog, I have not reported some of the more graphic details; but, I have read the autopsy report online. I have received a few views and comments from people who are members of the WebSleuth site over they years and have found them to be concerned and courteous. For members of that site that visit my poor little blog, I send my best wishes. I do not usually provide links to other sites which discuss the case because many of them degraded into Christians attacking Atheists or Atheists attacking Christians, I find the WebSleuth site to be better than many of the others and yes, I have visited the site in the past to see if there were any updates.
After receiving the most recent comments, I started this post and then paused as I was going to dinner with the leader of the church that I preach at and didn't have time to go and read the links that were provided to me before dinner, so, I came back and read them all. I am posting these comments as I do know that Pastor Daniels family has read my blog in the past and I also know that the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation knows about this blog. I believe the issues raised by Foxfire deserve to be considered and found many of the details interesting.
Of particular interest was the Mr. Keyes going to far away places to commit the murders, his use of chemicals, his use of a knife, his arson and his following natural disasters. While I find Mr. Keyes worthy of consideration, I have to remind myself of a couple of things. Firstly, for years Zodiac Killer researchers openly stated that the Zodiac was a man named Arthur Leigh Allen and the evidence was all circumstantial. By the time the DNA evidence was analyzed it showed it was not him (same for the palm print). Secondly, nobody believed BTK was still alive when he resurfaced and all 40 years of profiling by the FBI was all wrong.
Here is what I believe. I believe that crimes are not solved by understanding motive, I believe they are solved based on evidence. In the case of Pastor Daniels we are talking about a very small town in the middle of nowhere. While there is a casino on the road, it is also very small and miles away. Why do I mention this. Well there are some very small towns (like Baker California) that are on the road to Las Vegas and because of that are constantly being driven through by hundreds of thousands of people, I don't believe that is true for Anandarko. I find it hard to believe; but, not impossible, that the killer was from outside the area. Having said that, the case cited by Foxfire could just be that exception and deserves being considered.
The well being of the Daniels family is always on my mind when I post about her, in fact it is my priority. I don't see my blog as contributing to solving the crime and do know that the OSBI has put a cold case expert on the case, they have not forgotten and care. I don't expect them to release all the information that they have and understand that. The issue is not figuring out who did it, it is in proving it and getting a conviction.
UPDATE 2:
Nope, I have thought about it and Mr Keyes is an unlikely candidate. One of the problems begins with the 38 Police Special. Pastor Daniels killer used a knife exclusively that we know of, no shots were fired. It would be very difficult to hold a gun in one hand and kill someone who showed defensive wounds with a knife in the other hand while they were screaming in pain. The gun found after the arson in Anadarko is not related to the killing and I am not even convinced that the fire is related. The biggest problem is how Mr. Keyes would have known that the church Pastor Daniels was at would be empty on that day, on a Sunday. He couldn't know that just from driving through town once. The person who killed Pastor Daniels had been inside that church and knew that it was very possible that nobody would be inside other than Pastor Daniels.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
More Dumb News to Think About
Variety - Neil Patrick Harris, Harvey Weinstein, Bryan Cranston Lobby for Broadway Tax Incentive. Tax breaks are the least capitalistic thing that the government does. Do we really need to give people a tax break of $15 million to put on Broadway shows and why are we giving this tax break to people who make movies?
Yahoo - New York Times - Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly. Steve Jobs was not a capitalist, he was a cheap, selfish, self absorbed jerk. In addition to sending 1 million jobs over to Communist China (where numerous "employees" committed suicide because they couldn't take working for Apple), he was also making illegal agreements with others in the tech industry to prevent his American employees from working for other tech companies.
BBC - The people with ‘animal powers’. Another article about how it is okay for humans to become animals. This is not science fiction, this is now and it is evil. It is man attempting to become his own God and only becoming less than we were created.
Huffington Post - Getting Walmart Workers Off Food Stamps Would Cost Customers Barely Anything. Pretty much the same numbers I arrived at when I wrote a post about this months ago.
Huffington Post - 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Papyrus Is Ancient, Not Fake, Scientists And Scholars Say. Simply put, they found document fragments that were written 600 to 800 years after Jesus died that claimed he had a wife. The researcher involved determined that the fragments were in fact from 600 to 800 after the death of Jesus and said that they were not "forgeries". She did not claim that they were true; but, that is the impression that the media would like you to take. There is a reason the bible was put together and that was so that the churches that had been visited by the apostles could show the letters and writings that they had been given by the apostles to be consistent and have a history. The apostles sent letters to the churches at the time that Jesus died as the word spread and these churches treasured the letters and could attest to the fact that Paul or Peter was known by them, that they knew the letters were authentic, that is not true for "The Gospel of Mary". I am continually fascinated by the stupidity that will claim that Jesus did not exist and was married, pick one or the other.
Yahoo - New York Times - Tech Firms May Find No-Poaching Pacts Costly. Steve Jobs was not a capitalist, he was a cheap, selfish, self absorbed jerk. In addition to sending 1 million jobs over to Communist China (where numerous "employees" committed suicide because they couldn't take working for Apple), he was also making illegal agreements with others in the tech industry to prevent his American employees from working for other tech companies.
BBC - The people with ‘animal powers’. Another article about how it is okay for humans to become animals. This is not science fiction, this is now and it is evil. It is man attempting to become his own God and only becoming less than we were created.
Huffington Post - Getting Walmart Workers Off Food Stamps Would Cost Customers Barely Anything. Pretty much the same numbers I arrived at when I wrote a post about this months ago.
Huffington Post - 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Papyrus Is Ancient, Not Fake, Scientists And Scholars Say. Simply put, they found document fragments that were written 600 to 800 years after Jesus died that claimed he had a wife. The researcher involved determined that the fragments were in fact from 600 to 800 after the death of Jesus and said that they were not "forgeries". She did not claim that they were true; but, that is the impression that the media would like you to take. There is a reason the bible was put together and that was so that the churches that had been visited by the apostles could show the letters and writings that they had been given by the apostles to be consistent and have a history. The apostles sent letters to the churches at the time that Jesus died as the word spread and these churches treasured the letters and could attest to the fact that Paul or Peter was known by them, that they knew the letters were authentic, that is not true for "The Gospel of Mary". I am continually fascinated by the stupidity that will claim that Jesus did not exist and was married, pick one or the other.
Bundy Ranch and Stupidity
There is this place in Nevada, it is owned by the Federal Government and it charges a fee for having your cows graze on it. That is a fact. There is a rancher who has failed to pay the fees for having his cows graze on the land and the federal government wants to take his cattle to pay for the $1 million in fees he owes. The rancher says that they are taking away his rights and that the federal government is not allowed to buy property for wildlife reserves or prevent his cows from grazing on them. There are many "militia" people who are siding with him and have gone out to block the government from taking his cows and there are ultra conservative talking heads who are also supporting him. He is claiming that his Constitutional rights are being taken away. This is the story of the Bundy Ranch.
Lets start with this, his Constitutional argument is stupid. Maybe he never heard of the Louisiana Purchase or how we bought Alaska from the Russians. Maybe he doesn't understand how Nevada became part of the United States. Maybe he doesn't understand that he has no rights and following his logic the land would still belong to the American Indians. I saw an interview with the man, he claimed that the lands were his ranch; but, he never bought these lands and neither did his ancestors. Land ownership is a funny thing. You cannot own land, you die and the land continues to exist.
This disagreement has become a icon for the Tea Party movement. Those on the right who resent how the nation is changing have made this case a rallying cry. One should pick their battles carefully rather than looking for opportunities to battle. I resent how the nation is changing; but, lets look at this situation. Mr. Bundy has been interviewed saying that he is protecting "his ranch", the world is not his ranch or he does not believe in private property.
Now as boring as I find this little controversy, the problem is that people are using this as an excuse to stand in front of federal forces with guns and attempt to have a showdown. What concerns me is the polarizing positions that the media is attempting to promote. The media actually talked about how people could be killed and that it could be the next Waco and the Drudge Report talked about how the government had "backed down", like this is all some sort of schoolyard fight and was gloating over who won, nobody won and this is far from over.
Lets start with this, his Constitutional argument is stupid. Maybe he never heard of the Louisiana Purchase or how we bought Alaska from the Russians. Maybe he doesn't understand how Nevada became part of the United States. Maybe he doesn't understand that he has no rights and following his logic the land would still belong to the American Indians. I saw an interview with the man, he claimed that the lands were his ranch; but, he never bought these lands and neither did his ancestors. Land ownership is a funny thing. You cannot own land, you die and the land continues to exist.
This disagreement has become a icon for the Tea Party movement. Those on the right who resent how the nation is changing have made this case a rallying cry. One should pick their battles carefully rather than looking for opportunities to battle. I resent how the nation is changing; but, lets look at this situation. Mr. Bundy has been interviewed saying that he is protecting "his ranch", the world is not his ranch or he does not believe in private property.
Now as boring as I find this little controversy, the problem is that people are using this as an excuse to stand in front of federal forces with guns and attempt to have a showdown. What concerns me is the polarizing positions that the media is attempting to promote. The media actually talked about how people could be killed and that it could be the next Waco and the Drudge Report talked about how the government had "backed down", like this is all some sort of schoolyard fight and was gloating over who won, nobody won and this is far from over.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A Question For Fools
God said that the smartest of us will be shown to be fools. Here is a simple question. Is it less sinful for a man to kill another man or sleep with another man? Simple question. I personally choose to do neither; but, the bigger question exists. We give awards to people for killing, we give the Congressional Medal of Whatever for killing people. What if we gave awards for men sleeping with other men rather than killing them? These questions are aimed at people who think they are Christians.
If you think that God wants kids to join the military then tell me how many of the Apostles joined the military. Yeah.... As long as people call themselves Christians and support people violating the ten commandments, the truth will not be understood and only those supporting the lies will be held accountable. The bad shepherds are the ones who beg for the penalty for short term gain.
If you think that God wants kids to join the military then tell me how many of the Apostles joined the military. Yeah.... As long as people call themselves Christians and support people violating the ten commandments, the truth will not be understood and only those supporting the lies will be held accountable. The bad shepherds are the ones who beg for the penalty for short term gain.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Lies, Liars and the Pimpernel's Future
The Pimpernel is intending on retiring late this year. I plan on retiring from my job and moving back to the desert. A different part of the desert; but, the desert still. I am seriously considering doing a AM radio talk show at a small radio station in the desert and doing it using my real name and explaining things that I have seen, know about and cannot talk about without revealing my real name.
Would you listen to the old Pimpernel talk on the radio (the station also produces internet podcasts for the radio shows)? Oh, no the Pimpernel would not get paid unless I played commercial; but, then again, I don't get paid for preaching either and I have never made a dime form this blog or monetized it. I would consider selling commercial time on a radio show; but, would be really picky about to whom. I think I would use all the money for more airtime. I am preparing a budget to determine how man hours I can afford to be on the air. I am thinking one hour a week at the 2 am slot.
Here are the kind of things I am thinking of discussing:
MyWay - GOP seeks coverage choices in health law they hate. So members of the Republican party that voted against "Obamacare" are trying to use it to help small businesses while still claiming they will see it eliminated next year. It is all theater and lies.
The Motley Fool - Mortgage Resets Are Beginning, and Things Could Get Ugly. The article is complete lies, let me give you a quote from it.
"Which institutions hold these loans? Of the 10 major servicers involved with HAMP, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC ) , JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) are in the top five. At the end of 2013, redefaults for each bank associated with HAMP loans was 31% for B of A, 23% for JPMorgan, and 24% for Wells. Ocwen Loan Servicing and Nationstar Mortgage, the other two servicers in the top five, each had redefault rates of 30% and 26%, respectively. Can they expect a whole lot more in the next few years? It certainly seems like it."
The first sentence is contradictory because it is a lie. They ask which banks hold the mortgage loans, the real answer is none. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Federal Reserve hold all the mortgage loans, not the banks. You doubt me; but, read the next sentence in the quote. It says that these banks are loan servicers because that is all they are. Your mortgage is owned by the government which owns Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, not by the banks.
Bloomberg - Fannie-Freddie Elimination Model in Apartments: Mortgages. Read through the article and remember that I wrote about this a month or so ago. People want to have the government sell off Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; but, keep 90% of it's liabilities with the government. They are proposing outright theft of government assets by selling the assets of and retaining all the liability.
Would you listen to the old Pimpernel talk on the radio (the station also produces internet podcasts for the radio shows)? Oh, no the Pimpernel would not get paid unless I played commercial; but, then again, I don't get paid for preaching either and I have never made a dime form this blog or monetized it. I would consider selling commercial time on a radio show; but, would be really picky about to whom. I think I would use all the money for more airtime. I am preparing a budget to determine how man hours I can afford to be on the air. I am thinking one hour a week at the 2 am slot.
Here are the kind of things I am thinking of discussing:
MyWay - GOP seeks coverage choices in health law they hate. So members of the Republican party that voted against "Obamacare" are trying to use it to help small businesses while still claiming they will see it eliminated next year. It is all theater and lies.
The Motley Fool - Mortgage Resets Are Beginning, and Things Could Get Ugly. The article is complete lies, let me give you a quote from it.
"Which institutions hold these loans? Of the 10 major servicers involved with HAMP, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC ) , JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) are in the top five. At the end of 2013, redefaults for each bank associated with HAMP loans was 31% for B of A, 23% for JPMorgan, and 24% for Wells. Ocwen Loan Servicing and Nationstar Mortgage, the other two servicers in the top five, each had redefault rates of 30% and 26%, respectively. Can they expect a whole lot more in the next few years? It certainly seems like it."
The first sentence is contradictory because it is a lie. They ask which banks hold the mortgage loans, the real answer is none. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Federal Reserve hold all the mortgage loans, not the banks. You doubt me; but, read the next sentence in the quote. It says that these banks are loan servicers because that is all they are. Your mortgage is owned by the government which owns Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, not by the banks.
Bloomberg - Fannie-Freddie Elimination Model in Apartments: Mortgages. Read through the article and remember that I wrote about this a month or so ago. People want to have the government sell off Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; but, keep 90% of it's liabilities with the government. They are proposing outright theft of government assets by selling the assets of and retaining all the liability.
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