Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Why We Fight !!!
Many are wondering why we would consider going to war in Syria.
Ok, it won't be a declared war, so let's take it down a notch.
Many are wondering why we would do a limited police action in Syria.
Ok, it won't be a limited police action. There will be no "boots on the ground", so let's take it down a notch.
Many are wondering why we would spend money and risk aviators by bombing Assad's people in Syria.
Ok, we don't have a freakin' clue who we'll be bombing. We're America, dammit, and we won't stand idly by while Assad's people execute their POW's.
Oh. Wait a minute. The rebels are executing the POW's.
Well....we've spent a lot of money re-stocking our war arsenal, and there's no money in just letting the stuff sit there. Economies are based on consumption.
I once believed that we should get involved in Iraq because Saddam gassed 90,000 Kurds.
I was wrong.
Perhaps there should be some sort of humanitarian intervention, but it shouldn't come from us.
We just aren't very good at it.
Ok, it won't be a declared war, so let's take it down a notch.
Many are wondering why we would do a limited police action in Syria.
Ok, it won't be a limited police action. There will be no "boots on the ground", so let's take it down a notch.
Many are wondering why we would spend money and risk aviators by bombing Assad's people in Syria.
Ok, we don't have a freakin' clue who we'll be bombing. We're America, dammit, and we won't stand idly by while Assad's people execute their POW's.
Oh. Wait a minute. The rebels are executing the POW's.
Well....we've spent a lot of money re-stocking our war arsenal, and there's no money in just letting the stuff sit there. Economies are based on consumption.
I once believed that we should get involved in Iraq because Saddam gassed 90,000 Kurds.
I was wrong.
Perhaps there should be some sort of humanitarian intervention, but it shouldn't come from us.
We just aren't very good at it.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Economic Freedom In 60 Seconds
I've been working all day, helping the guys at my largest warehouse get some rush orders moving out to one of the world's largest retailers.
The drivers of these "hot-shot" vans are, without exception so far, immigrants. They're from The Ukraine, Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and Russia (so far). All of them are in the process of buying their own van, if they haven't so far. The ones I've asked have said that they want to start their own trucking companies. The only exceptions are the older guys, and they want to help their sons start trucking companies.
I don't think people are that ambitious when they move to, say, Cuba. Or even Sweden, which has a relatively high level of freedom. People come to the USA to make stuff happen.
Here's something from the Charles Koch Foundation called "Economic Freedom In 60 Seconds". I love it, love it, love it. If you get a chance, watch it on Youtube and read the comments. It has the Statists in a mad, frothing rage. You know, "How can the Koch brothers say these things when 25% of Americans are in the lowest quartile, and only one American out of a hundred gets to be in the Top One Percent, and blah blah blah". But not a word to contradict the video.
Enjoy.
The drivers of these "hot-shot" vans are, without exception so far, immigrants. They're from The Ukraine, Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and Russia (so far). All of them are in the process of buying their own van, if they haven't so far. The ones I've asked have said that they want to start their own trucking companies. The only exceptions are the older guys, and they want to help their sons start trucking companies.
I don't think people are that ambitious when they move to, say, Cuba. Or even Sweden, which has a relatively high level of freedom. People come to the USA to make stuff happen.
Here's something from the Charles Koch Foundation called "Economic Freedom In 60 Seconds". I love it, love it, love it. If you get a chance, watch it on Youtube and read the comments. It has the Statists in a mad, frothing rage. You know, "How can the Koch brothers say these things when 25% of Americans are in the lowest quartile, and only one American out of a hundred gets to be in the Top One Percent, and blah blah blah". But not a word to contradict the video.
Enjoy.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
I need some help finding an Al Gore video
I need some help finding an Al Gore video.
Back in December of 2008, The Goracle claimed that the polar ice caps will probably be gone in five years. It was captured on video.
I had the video posted here.
Anthony Watts, of Watts Up With That, had the video posted here.
The Telegraph covered it here.....
Steve Goddard copied it here:
The only video I've seen was recorded from German television. We can all have a good time ridiculing this scam artist based on the online accounts of his prediction, but it's better to have video.
Honest to God, I don't think most of his constitutents can read very well.
Video is better.
If you can find it, please email a link to dapfortworth@aol.com I'll mail you a dachshund in return.
Back in December of 2008, The Goracle claimed that the polar ice caps will probably be gone in five years. It was captured on video.
I had the video posted here.
Anthony Watts, of Watts Up With That, had the video posted here.
The Telegraph covered it here.....
Speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, Mr Gore said new computer modelling suggests there is a 75 per cent chance of the entire polar ice cap melting during the summertime by 2014.
Steve Goddard copied it here:
Mr Gore, speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, stated the latest research showed that the Arctic could be completely ice-free in five years.And you can go to the Center For Environmental Journalism where they call him out on it. They, too, had the video, but it has since disappeared.
In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.”
The only video I've seen was recorded from German television. We can all have a good time ridiculing this scam artist based on the online accounts of his prediction, but it's better to have video.
Honest to God, I don't think most of his constitutents can read very well.
Video is better.
If you can find it, please email a link to dapfortworth@aol.com I'll mail you a dachshund in return.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Go Back To F***ing Sleep
Outstanding actor and economic dunce Samuel L. Jackson recently produced this video, charmingly titled "Wake The F*** Up".
It's for voters who think that we've all been doing dandy for the last four years, that we're fighting undeclared wars in fewer countries than we were four years ago, and that teen minority unemployment isn't at 50%, and that Barack Obama didn't flunk Economics 101 at Occidental College. If those voters don't "Wake The F*** Up", Obama won't be elected.
Here goes:
Reason magazine, the greatest periodical currently on the newsstands, has produced an equally charming response. Here's their rebuttal to Samuel L. Jackson:
It's for voters who think that we've all been doing dandy for the last four years, that we're fighting undeclared wars in fewer countries than we were four years ago, and that teen minority unemployment isn't at 50%, and that Barack Obama didn't flunk Economics 101 at Occidental College. If those voters don't "Wake The F*** Up", Obama won't be elected.
Here goes:
Reason magazine, the greatest periodical currently on the newsstands, has produced an equally charming response. Here's their rebuttal to Samuel L. Jackson:
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
GSA Scandal vs. Stimulus Non-Scandal
The Democrats and Republicans are working themselves into a bipartisan snit over who can express the most outrage over some videos and convention expenses.
The General Services Administration spent about 800K on a mega-convention in Vegas. There was a $75,000.00 "team-building" exercise that involved building bicycles. Lots of great food. Good times, good times.
Here's Wikipedia, not always the best source, but usually the most concise:
On April 2, 2012, Martha Johnson, chief of the GSA, resigned after a report by the inspector general identified improper payments for a Public Buildings Service (PBS) Western Regions training conference in Las Vegas. Before turning in her own resignation, Johnson fired two other GSA senior executives, PBS head Robert Peck and senior advisor Stephen Leeds. Four PBS Regional Commissioners, who had been responsible for planning the conference, were placed on administrative leave. The conference was the most recent in a series of similar lavish conferences organized by GSA's Public Buildings Service. In previous years, PBS also held conferences in New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Lake Tahoe, where the Caesars hotel provided lakefront views, a lagoon-style indoor swimming pool and a 24-hour casino. U.S. Representative John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called for a congressional investigation into the misuse of federal money by GSA. Mica indicated “The Las Vegas fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg,”
On April 5, 2012, a video was distributed by the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform after being uncovered through the Inspector General investigation. The video included a clip of a spoof video produced by GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS) employees and submitted as part of a contest during the controversial PBS Western Regions Conference. In the video, PBS employee Hank Terlaje jokingly brags about excessive government spending in GSA's Public Buildings Service in a parody of Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars’ “I Wanna Be a Billionaire.” Terlaje raps that if he were PBS Commissioner, he will never "never be under OIG investigation," would be "rollin' on 20s in my GOV," and "would buy everything your field office can’t afford." At the end of the video, uncovered by the GSA IG, it cuts to a clip from the actual PBS Western Regions Conference, in which the video was played at the conference's "Capstone Dinner Event." Following the playing of the video, Hank Terlaje received a standing ovation and applause from the crowd of PBS employees, and PBS Regional Commissioner Jeff Neely joined Terlaje on stage and exclaimed "Hank that was fun, that was amazing. I'm glad you won." PBS Deputy Commissioner David Foley went on to present Terlaje with an award as honorary PBS Commissioner for the day, and Foley joked that the hotel would like to talk to Terlaje about paying for the party that was held in the commissioner's suite during the previous night. Foley also joked about having to respond to congressional oversight and the Obama administration’s efforts to control executive pay.
Here are some of the video efforts of the GSA employees. These guys do have some talent:
So why the uproar? These people were given money to spend, and they spent the money.
They pumped money into the economy. In the words of The Teleprompter Jesus, the spending was "timely, temporary, and targeted".
Here's a list of what some cynics have called the 100 Worst Stimulus Projects. They include Monkeys On Marijuana studies, attempts to create Joke Machines, African Genital Washing programs and other methods of pumping money into the economy.
There is little or no difference between the parties of the GSA and the Stimulus programs of the last few years. Both efforts got the job done, and rewarded the proper constituents.
We should end the political grandstanding over the GSA conventions and videos. This is the type of spending that pulled us back from the brink during the recent financial crisis.
Be grateful. And get back to work. There are a lot of people in line waiting to spend some stimulus.
Happy Day After Tax Day !!!
The General Services Administration spent about 800K on a mega-convention in Vegas. There was a $75,000.00 "team-building" exercise that involved building bicycles. Lots of great food. Good times, good times.
Here's Wikipedia, not always the best source, but usually the most concise:
On April 2, 2012, Martha Johnson, chief of the GSA, resigned after a report by the inspector general identified improper payments for a Public Buildings Service (PBS) Western Regions training conference in Las Vegas. Before turning in her own resignation, Johnson fired two other GSA senior executives, PBS head Robert Peck and senior advisor Stephen Leeds. Four PBS Regional Commissioners, who had been responsible for planning the conference, were placed on administrative leave. The conference was the most recent in a series of similar lavish conferences organized by GSA's Public Buildings Service. In previous years, PBS also held conferences in New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Lake Tahoe, where the Caesars hotel provided lakefront views, a lagoon-style indoor swimming pool and a 24-hour casino. U.S. Representative John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called for a congressional investigation into the misuse of federal money by GSA. Mica indicated “The Las Vegas fiasco is just the tip of the iceberg,”
On April 5, 2012, a video was distributed by the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform after being uncovered through the Inspector General investigation. The video included a clip of a spoof video produced by GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS) employees and submitted as part of a contest during the controversial PBS Western Regions Conference. In the video, PBS employee Hank Terlaje jokingly brags about excessive government spending in GSA's Public Buildings Service in a parody of Travie McCoy & Bruno Mars’ “I Wanna Be a Billionaire.” Terlaje raps that if he were PBS Commissioner, he will never "never be under OIG investigation," would be "rollin' on 20s in my GOV," and "would buy everything your field office can’t afford." At the end of the video, uncovered by the GSA IG, it cuts to a clip from the actual PBS Western Regions Conference, in which the video was played at the conference's "Capstone Dinner Event." Following the playing of the video, Hank Terlaje received a standing ovation and applause from the crowd of PBS employees, and PBS Regional Commissioner Jeff Neely joined Terlaje on stage and exclaimed "Hank that was fun, that was amazing. I'm glad you won." PBS Deputy Commissioner David Foley went on to present Terlaje with an award as honorary PBS Commissioner for the day, and Foley joked that the hotel would like to talk to Terlaje about paying for the party that was held in the commissioner's suite during the previous night. Foley also joked about having to respond to congressional oversight and the Obama administration’s efforts to control executive pay.
Here are some of the video efforts of the GSA employees. These guys do have some talent:
So why the uproar? These people were given money to spend, and they spent the money.
They pumped money into the economy. In the words of The Teleprompter Jesus, the spending was "timely, temporary, and targeted".
Here's a list of what some cynics have called the 100 Worst Stimulus Projects. They include Monkeys On Marijuana studies, attempts to create Joke Machines, African Genital Washing programs and other methods of pumping money into the economy.
There is little or no difference between the parties of the GSA and the Stimulus programs of the last few years. Both efforts got the job done, and rewarded the proper constituents.
We should end the political grandstanding over the GSA conventions and videos. This is the type of spending that pulled us back from the brink during the recent financial crisis.
Be grateful. And get back to work. There are a lot of people in line waiting to spend some stimulus.
Happy Day After Tax Day !!!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Government Explained
This will take up nine precious minutes of your life, but it is worth the sacrifice.
We've lost track of the idea that Obama, Boehner and Company are our employees.
Thanks to Samizdata for the link.
We've lost track of the idea that Obama, Boehner and Company are our employees.
Thanks to Samizdata for the link.
Friday, January 6, 2012
What if Blockbuster Video or Barnes & Noble were run by the government?
Go here for an interesting tale from The Libertarian Book Club (of Canada, thank God).
The picture of the dreaded knock on the door in the middle of the night came from here.
The picture of the dreaded knock on the door in the middle of the night came from here.
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Atlas Shrugged/Bush/Obama Reality Mashup
You've still got time to see it !!! (The movie, I mean. The actors aren't great, but they're better than the cast of the D.C. Reality Show.)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Whatever happened to the anti-war movement?
And from David Boaz:
In October 2007, Obama proclaimed, “I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.” Speaking of Iraq in February 2008, candidate Barack Obama said, “I opposed this war in 2002. I will bring this war to an end in 2009. It is time to bring our troops home.” The following month, under fire from Hillary Clinton, he reiterated, “I was opposed to this war in 2002….I have been against it in 2002, 2003, 2004, 5, 6, 7, 8 and I will bring this war to an end in 2009. So don’t be confused.”
Indeed, in his famous “the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow” speech on the night he clinched the Democratic nomination, he also proclaimed, “I am absolutely certain that generations from now we will be able to look back and tell our children that . . . this was the moment when we ended a war.”
Today, however, he has tripled President Bush’s troop levels in Afghanistan, and we have been fighting there for more than nine years. The Pentagon has declared “the official end to Operation Iraqi Freedom and combat operations by United States forces in Iraq,” but we still have 50,000 troops there, hardly what Senator Obama promised.
Yeah, and we've got 9 more months to go in 2011. Who will bomb next, Iran or Pakistan? I'm voting Pakistan.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Why Chuck can't start a business (along with a listing of every state agency in California)
And just for fun, compliments of the Maggie's Farm blog, here's a list of all the state agencies in California.
California Academic Performance Index (API) California Access for Infants and Mothers California Acupuncture Board California Administrative Office of the Courts California Adoptions Branch California African American Museum California Agricultural Export Program California Agricultural Labor Relations Board California Agricultural Statistics Service California Air Resources Board (CARB) California Allocation Board California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority California Animal Health and Food Safety Services California Anti-Terrorism Information Center California Apprenticeship Council California Arbitration Certification Program California Architects Board California Area VI Developmental Disabilities Board California Arts Council California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus California Assembly Democratic Caucus California Assembly Republican Caucus California Athletic Commission * California Attorney General California Bay Conservation and Development Commission California Bay-Delta Authority California Bay-Delta Office California Biodiversity Council California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors California Board of Accountancy California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology California Board of Behavioral Sciences California Board of Chiropractic Examiners California Board of Equalization (BOE) California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind California Board of Occupational Therapy California Board of Optometry California Board of Pharmacy California Board of Podiatric Medicine California Board of Prison Terms California Board of Psychology California Board of Registered Nursing California Board of Trustees California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians California Braille and Talking Book Library California Building Standards Commission California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education California Bureau of Automotive Repair California Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation California Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services California Bureau of State Audits California Business Agency California Business Investment Services (CalBIS) California Business Permit Information (CalGOLD) California Business Portal California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency California Cal Grants California CalJOBS California Cal-Learn Program California CalVet Home Loan Program California Career Resource Network California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau California Center for Analytical Chemistry California Center for Distributed Learning California Center for Teaching Careers (Teach California) California Chancellors Office California Charter Schools California Children and Families Commission California Children and Family Services Division California Citizens Compensation Commission California Civil Rights Bureau California Coastal Commission California Coastal Conservancy California Code of Regulations California Collaborative Projects with UC Davis California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth California Commission on Aging California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation California Commission on Judicial Performance California Commission on State Mandates California Commission on Status of Women California Commission on Teacher Credentialing California Commission on the Status of Women California Committee on Dental Auxiliaries California Community Colleges Chancellors Office, Junior Colleges California Community Colleges Chancellors Office California Complaint Mediation Program California Conservation Corps California Constitution Revision Commission California Consumer Hotline California Consumer Information Center California Consumer Information California Consumer Services Division California Consumers and Families Agency California Contractors State License Board California Corrections Standards Authority California Council for the Humanities California Council on Criminal Justice California Council on Developmental Disabilities California Court Reporters Board California Courts of Appeal California Crime and Violence Prevention Center California Criminal Justice Statistics Center California Criminalist Institute Forensic Library California CSGnet Network Management California Cultural and Historical Endowment California Cultural Resources Division California Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Branch California Data Exchange Center California Data Management Division California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission California Delta Protection Commission California Democratic Caucus California Demographic Research Unit California Dental Auxiliaries California Department of Aging California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control California Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating) California Department of Child Support Services (CDCSS) California Department of Community Services and Development California Department of Conservation California Department of Consumer Affairs California Department of Corporations California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation California Department of Developmental Services California Department of Education California Department of Fair Employment and Housing California Department of Finance California Department of Financial Institutions California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) California Department of General Services California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing California Department of Health Care Services California Department of Housing and Community Development California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) California Department of Insurance California Department of Justice Firearms Division California Department of Justice Opinion Unit California Department of Justice, Consumer Information, Public Inquiry Unit California Department of Justice California Department of Managed Health Care California Department of Mental Health California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) California Department of Personnel Administration California Department of Pesticide Regulation California Department of Public Health California Department of Real Estate California Department of Rehabilitation California Department of Social Services Adoptions Branch California Department of Social Services California Department of Technology Services Training Center (DTSTC) California Department of Technology Services (DTS) California Department of Toxic Substances Control California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVets) California Department of Water Resources California Departmento de Vehiculos Motorizados California Digital Library California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Certification Program California Division of Apprenticeship Standards California Division of Codes and Standards California Division of Communicable Disease Control California Division of Engineering California Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control California Division of Gambling Control California Division of Housing Policy Development California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement California Division of Labor Statistics and Research California Division of Land and Right of Way California Division of Land Resource Protection California Division of Law Enforcement General Library California Division of Measurement Standards California Division of Mines and Geology California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources California Division of Planning and Local Assistance California Division of Recycling California Division of Safety of Dams California Division of the State Architect California Division of Tourism California Division of Workers Compensation Medical Unit California Division of Workers Compensation California Economic Assistance, Business and Community Resources California Economic Strategy Panel California Education and Training Agency California Education Audit Appeals Panel California Educational Facilities Authority California Elections Division California Electricity Oversight Board California Emergency Management Agency California Emergency Medical Services Authority California Employment Development Department (EDD) California Employment Information State Jobs California Employment Training Panel California Energy Commission California Environment and Natural Resources Agency California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) California Executive Office California Export Laboratory Services California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) California Fair Political Practices Commission California Fairs and Expositions Division California Film Commission California Fire and Resource Assessment Program California Firearms Division California Fiscal Services California Fish and Game Commission California Fisheries Program Branch California Floodplain Management California Foster Youth Help California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) California Fraud Division California Gambling Control Commission California Geographic Information Systems Council (GIS) California Geological Survey California Government Claims and Victim Compensation Board California Governors Committee for Employment of Disabled Persons California Governors Mentoring Partnership California Governors Office of Emergency Services California Governors Office of Homeland Security California Governors Office of Planning and Research California Governors Office California Grant and Enterprise Zone Programs HCD Loan California Health and Human Services Agency California Health and Safety Agency California Healthy Families Program California Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau California High-Speed Rail Authority California Highway Patrol (CHP) California History and Culture Agency California Horse Racing Board California Housing Finance Agency California Indoor Air Quality Program California Industrial Development Financing Advisory Commission California Industrial Welfare Commission California InFoPeople California Information Center for the Environment California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) California Inspection Services California Institute for County Government California Institute for Education Reform California Integrated Waste Management Board California Interagency Ecological Program California Job Service California Junta Estatal de Personal California Labor and Employment Agency California Labor and Workforce Development Agency California Labor Market Information Division California Land Use Planning Information Network (LUPIN) California Lands Commission California Landscape Architects Technical Committee California Latino Legislative Caucus California Law Enforcement Branch California Law Enforcement General Library California Law Revision Commission California Legislative Analyst's Office California Legislative Black Caucus California Legislative Counsel California Legislative Division California Legislative Information California Legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caucus California Legislature Internet Caucus California Library De velopment Services California License and Revenue Branch California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board California Maritime Academy California Marketing Services California Measurement Standards California Medical Assistance Commission California Medical Care Services California Military Department California Mining and Geology Board California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts California Museum Resource Center California National Guard California Native American Heritage Commission California Natural Community Conservation Planning Program California New Motor Vehicle Board California Nursing Home Administrator Program California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board California Ocean Resources Management Program California Office of Administrative Hearings California Office of Administrative Law California Office of AIDS California Office of Binational Border Health California Office of Child Abuse Prevention California Office of Deaf Access California Office of Emergency Services (OES) California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment California Office of Fiscal Services California Office of Fleet Administration California Office of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Implementation (CalOHI) California Office of Historic Preservation California Office of Homeland Security California Office of Human Resources California Office of Legal Services California Office of Legislation California Office of Lieutenant Governor California Office of Military and Aerospace Support California Office of Mine Reclamation California Office of Natural Resource Education California Office of Privacy Protection California Office of Public School Construction California Office of Real Estate Appraisers California Office of Risk and Insurance Management California Office of Services to the Blind California Office of Spill Prevention and Response California Office of State Publishing (OSP) California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development California Office of Systems Integration California Office of the Inspector General California Office of the Ombudsman California Office of the Patient Advocate California Office of the President California Office of the Secretary for Education California Office of the State Fire Marshal California Office of the State Public Defender California Office of Traffic Safety California Office of Vital Records California Online Directory California Operations Control Office California Opinion Unit California Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) California Park and Recreation Commission California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) California Performance Review (CPR) California Permit Information for Business (CalGOLD) California Physical Therapy Board California Physician Assistant Committee California Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services California Policy and Evaluation Division California Political Reform Division California Pollution Control Financing Authority California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California Postsecondary Education Commission California Prevention Services California Primary Care and Family Health California Prison Industry Authority California Procurement Division California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) California Real Estate Services Division California Refugee Programs Branch California Regional Water Quality Control Boards California Registered Veterinary Technician Committee California Registrar of Charitable Trusts California Republican Caucus California Research and Development Division California Research Bureau California Resources Agency California Respiratory Care Board California Rivers Assessment California Rural Health Policy Council California Safe Schools California San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission California San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy California San Joaquin River Conservancy California School to Career California Science Center California Scripps Institution of Oceanography California Secretary of State Business Portal California Secretary of State California Seismic Safety Commission California Self Insurance Plans (SIP) California Senate Office of Research California Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Certification Program California Small Business Development Center Program California Smart Growth Caucus California Smog Check Information Center California Spatial Information Library California Special Education Division California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) California Standards and Assessment Division California State Administrative Manual (SAM) California State Allocation Board California State and Consumer Services Agency California State Architect California State Archives California State Assembly California State Association of Counties (CSAC) California State Board of Education * California State Board of Food and Agriculture California Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) California State Children's Trust Fund California State Compensation Insurance Fund California State Contracts Register Program California State Contracts Register California State Controller California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) California State Disability Insurance (SDI) California State Fair (Cal Expo) California State Jobs Employment Information California State Lands Commission California State Legislative Portal California State Legislature California State Library Catalog California State Library Services Bureau California State Library California State Lottery California State Mediation and Conciliation Service California State Mining and Geology Board California State Park and Recreation Commission California State Parks California State Personnel Board California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Railroad Museum California State Science Fair California State Senate California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) California State Summer School for the Arts California State Superintendent of Public Instruction California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) California State Treasurer California State University Center for Distributed Learning California State University, Bakersfield California State University, Channel Islands California State University, Chico California State University, Dominguez Hills California State University, East Bay California State University, Fresno California State University, Fullerton California State University, Long Beach California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge California State University, Sacramento California State University, San Bernardino California State University, San Marcos California State University, Stanislaus California State University (CSU) California State Water Project Analysis Office California State Water Project California State Water Resources Control Board California Structural Pest Control Board California Student Aid Commission California Superintendent of Public Instruction California Superior Courts California Tahoe Conservancy California Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Competent Physicians and Dentists California Tax Information Center California Technology and Administration Branch Finance California Telecommunications Division California Telephone Medical Advice Services (TAMS) California Transportation Commission California Travel and Transportation Agency California Unclaimed Property Program California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board California Unemployment Insurance Program California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission California Veterans Board California Veterans Memorial California Veterinary Medical Board and Registered Veterinary Technician Examining Committee California Veterinary Medical Board California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board California Volunteers California Voter Registration California Water Commission California Water Environment Association (COWPEA) California Water Resources Control Board California Welfare to Work Division California Wetlands Information System California Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch California Wildlife Conservation Board California Wildlife Programs Branch California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) California Workers Compensation Appeals Board California Workforce and Labor Development Agency California Workforce Investment Board California Youth Authority (CYA) Central Valley Flood Protection Board Center for California Studies Colorado River Board of California Counting California Dental Board of California Health Insurance Plan of California (PacAdvantage) Humboldt State University Jobs with the State of California Judicial Council of California Learn California Library of California Lieutenant Governors Commission for One California Little Hoover Commission (on California State Government Organization and Economy) Medical Board of California Medi-Cal Osteopathic Medical Board of California Physical Therapy Board of California Regents of the University of California San Diego State University San Francisco State University San Jose State University Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy State Bar of California Supreme Court of California Teach California University of California University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Hastings College of the Law University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz * Veterans Home of California
Every one of these institutions is loaded full of folks who try to justify their existence by regulating yours.
Good luck, Chuck !
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Wiener Dog barrel racing
Everybody needs a goal.
Some people want to save the world.
Some people want to train dachsunds to properly do a barrel race.
Mission Accomplished ! ! !
Some people want to save the world.
Some people want to train dachsunds to properly do a barrel race.
Mission Accomplished ! ! !
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Reason TV on the Glenn Beck rally
Here's Reason TV on yesterday's Glenn Beck rally:
Beck occasionally flirts with small "l" libertarianism. Some people think this is scary. I'd rather have him inside our tent and pissing out, than outside our tent and pissing in.
Beck occasionally flirts with small "l" libertarianism. Some people think this is scary. I'd rather have him inside our tent and pissing out, than outside our tent and pissing in.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Good Night, Sleep Tight, and don't let The Bed Bugs Bite ! !
The law of unintended consequences is back!
MYFOXNY.COM - The AMC Empire 25 movie theater complex in the Times Square area shut its doors Tuesday night to deal with a bed bug problem.
AMC said it has been testing and treating its theaters after getting complaints from some patrons about bed beg bites.
The company said it inspected the Empire 25 Tuesday and found bed bugs in an auditorium that had previously tested negative.
Here's an email sent out to the CNN employees working in the Time Warner Center:
August 13, 2010
To: TBS, Inc. Employees
From: TBS, Inc. Human Resources
The Time Warner Center Facilities Department advises that bed bugs have been detected in Time Warner Center. This determination was made after testing was conducted on several floors of the building. In response, Time Warner Facilities is working with pest control providers to address the issue in an environmentally safe manner, and during non-working hours...
There's only one effective, efficient way to get rid of bedbugs. That would be DDT.
Our government banned DDT in 1972.
"To only a few chemicals does man owe as great a debt as to DDT... In little more than two decades, DDT has prevented 500 million human deaths, due to malaria, that otherwise would have been inevitable."
- National Academy of Sciences
I'm sure that our government knows best. But in the meantime, if you see Wolf Blitzer scratching his privates on camera, you now know the reason why. CNN can't spray their building with DDT, which, if used properly, is ok to drink in small quantities. (There used to be a cocktail called the Mickey Slim - Gin & a pinch of DDT.)
If you see Larry King scratching his privates on camera, it's because he has grown old and forgetful after all those years of throwing softballs to Democrats.
If you see Anderson Cooper touching himself on camera, it's because he thinks there's nothing like the feel of Anderson Cooper.
If Candy Crowley starts scratching herself on camera.....aww....never mind. I'm not going there.
Sorry for the digression. I'm really enjoying the idea of The Castro News Network having a bed bug breakout. I apologize.
Here are the folks from Reason magazine on the DDT scare campaign:
Can we find a volunteer to sneak bed bugs into the EPA headquarters?
MYFOXNY.COM - The AMC Empire 25 movie theater complex in the Times Square area shut its doors Tuesday night to deal with a bed bug problem.
AMC said it has been testing and treating its theaters after getting complaints from some patrons about bed beg bites.
The company said it inspected the Empire 25 Tuesday and found bed bugs in an auditorium that had previously tested negative.
Here's an email sent out to the CNN employees working in the Time Warner Center:
August 13, 2010
To: TBS, Inc. Employees
From: TBS, Inc. Human Resources
The Time Warner Center Facilities Department advises that bed bugs have been detected in Time Warner Center. This determination was made after testing was conducted on several floors of the building. In response, Time Warner Facilities is working with pest control providers to address the issue in an environmentally safe manner, and during non-working hours...
There's only one effective, efficient way to get rid of bedbugs. That would be DDT.
Our government banned DDT in 1972.
"To only a few chemicals does man owe as great a debt as to DDT... In little more than two decades, DDT has prevented 500 million human deaths, due to malaria, that otherwise would have been inevitable."
- National Academy of Sciences
I'm sure that our government knows best. But in the meantime, if you see Wolf Blitzer scratching his privates on camera, you now know the reason why. CNN can't spray their building with DDT, which, if used properly, is ok to drink in small quantities. (There used to be a cocktail called the Mickey Slim - Gin & a pinch of DDT.)
If you see Larry King scratching his privates on camera, it's because he has grown old and forgetful after all those years of throwing softballs to Democrats.
If you see Anderson Cooper touching himself on camera, it's because he thinks there's nothing like the feel of Anderson Cooper.
If Candy Crowley starts scratching herself on camera.....aww....never mind. I'm not going there.
Sorry for the digression. I'm really enjoying the idea of The Castro News Network having a bed bug breakout. I apologize.
Here are the folks from Reason magazine on the DDT scare campaign:
Can we find a volunteer to sneak bed bugs into the EPA headquarters?
The Roger Federer Trick Shot, frame by frame
Amazing viral video of Roger Federer playing William Tell.
Here's a slow motion someone did of the shot, from someone who isn't amazed.
Here's a slow motion someone did of the shot, from someone who isn't amazed.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Broken Windows - The Video
Here's the final word on Bastiat's "Broken Windows" fallacy.
It doesn't matter if it is Cash For Clunkers, the new Cowboys Stadium, or Obama's Porkulus plan - we're all better off when you can spend your money the way you want to spend it.
It doesn't matter if it is Cash For Clunkers, the new Cowboys Stadium, or Obama's Porkulus plan - we're all better off when you can spend your money the way you want to spend it.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
I screwed up
I've screwed up.
A couple of posts ago, I linked a video of Shirley Sherrod, an African-American employee of the Department Of Agriculture, speaking to an NAACP gathering.
I usually don't worry about taking quotes out of context. That's why they're called quotes. By their very definition, they're out of context. But in this case, Shirley Sherrod was explaining how she overcame anti-white bias. The latter half of her story, the redemptive part, is not included in the video clip that I posted.
The video, by not including the complete story, gives the wrong impression of Shirley Sherrod and the point that she was trying to make at the NAACP gathering.
Talk radio has been pretty lively this morning, pointing out how Sherrod's audience was apparently delighted in her power over the white farmer, the Department of Agriculture shouldn't have forced her to resign, the White House shouldn't have pressured the Department of Kickpacks to force her to resign, Andrew Breitbart should have checked out the context before releasing the video, and on and on and on.
But enough about them. I screwed up by posting the video. (And my post and commentary has already been linked by a couple of Big Deal blogs in Europe, BTW.)
It's atonement time.
I don't think Shirley Sherrod is going to put her mailing address online any time soon.
I ain't about to write a "I'm sorry" check to the Department Of Agriculture.
I might write a check to the NAACP, along with some kind of apology letter.
I'm open to suggestions.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
A couple of posts ago, I linked a video of Shirley Sherrod, an African-American employee of the Department Of Agriculture, speaking to an NAACP gathering.
I usually don't worry about taking quotes out of context. That's why they're called quotes. By their very definition, they're out of context. But in this case, Shirley Sherrod was explaining how she overcame anti-white bias. The latter half of her story, the redemptive part, is not included in the video clip that I posted.
The video, by not including the complete story, gives the wrong impression of Shirley Sherrod and the point that she was trying to make at the NAACP gathering.
Talk radio has been pretty lively this morning, pointing out how Sherrod's audience was apparently delighted in her power over the white farmer, the Department of Agriculture shouldn't have forced her to resign, the White House shouldn't have pressured the Department of Kickpacks to force her to resign, Andrew Breitbart should have checked out the context before releasing the video, and on and on and on.
But enough about them. I screwed up by posting the video. (And my post and commentary has already been linked by a couple of Big Deal blogs in Europe, BTW.)
It's atonement time.
I don't think Shirley Sherrod is going to put her mailing address online any time soon.
I ain't about to write a "I'm sorry" check to the Department Of Agriculture.
I might write a check to the NAACP, along with some kind of apology letter.
I'm open to suggestions.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Repealing Obamacare
1. Republicans will never, ever repeal Obamacare. The fix is in.
2. We haven't had a Free Market in healthcare for a long, long time. I don't think we'd recognize it if we saw it. If I get sick, I think someone else needs to pay the bill.
3. All that having been said, this is a good video.
2. We haven't had a Free Market in healthcare for a long, long time. I don't think we'd recognize it if we saw it. If I get sick, I think someone else needs to pay the bill.
3. All that having been said, this is a good video.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Al Gore and the masseuse - The Taiwanese video ! ! !
If you get your news from the mainstream media, you might not be aware that Saint Albert, The Goracle of Music City, Tennessee, has finally been accused of sexually assaulting someone who is not in the manufacturing or transportation industry.
The story the alleged victim told the police goes something like this:
Saint Albert calls a massage service to send someone to his hotel room.
The masseuse arrives, starts doing her thing, but she fails to properly massage Saint Albert's ego or other assets.
Saint Albert forces the masseuse onto a bed. She calls him a "crazed sex poodle".
Who knows what happens next. But the masseuse claims that Al Gore left some of his carbon footprint on her black jeans, much like Bill Clinton left a trail on Monica Lewinsky's blue dress from The Gap.
She puts the black jeans into a ziplock bag, preserving the evidence for possible peer review by trained scientists.
The masseuse tells a friend about the incident. The friend argues against making the story public, since without Saint Albert, the world will surely perish fromGlobal Warming Climate Change.
She takes the story to the police.
Later on, Saint Albert announces his divorce.
If you didn't quite follow all that, here's a visualization from a Taiwanese news agency. Keep an eye out for the poodle.
A fresh coat of Whitening to Jim Treacher for the video.
The story the alleged victim told the police goes something like this:
Saint Albert calls a massage service to send someone to his hotel room.
The masseuse arrives, starts doing her thing, but she fails to properly massage Saint Albert's ego or other assets.
Saint Albert forces the masseuse onto a bed. She calls him a "crazed sex poodle".
Who knows what happens next. But the masseuse claims that Al Gore left some of his carbon footprint on her black jeans, much like Bill Clinton left a trail on Monica Lewinsky's blue dress from The Gap.
She puts the black jeans into a ziplock bag, preserving the evidence for possible peer review by trained scientists.
The masseuse tells a friend about the incident. The friend argues against making the story public, since without Saint Albert, the world will surely perish from
She takes the story to the police.
Later on, Saint Albert announces his divorce.
If you didn't quite follow all that, here's a visualization from a Taiwanese news agency. Keep an eye out for the poodle.
A fresh coat of Whitening to Jim Treacher for the video.
Friday, June 11, 2010
How to explain the benefits of Free Trade
Here's how to explain the benefits of Free Trade in less than three minutes.
The next time you hear Lou Dobbs or Nancy Pelosi griping about the "unfair advantages" of those pesky Chinese, Japanese, Messicans, or any other minority they don't like, please think of the Bastiat quote that closes this video:
"Through exchange, they are, in fact, compelled to allow us to share in those unfair advantages"
If you still disagree, think of it this way....What is the last item that you purchased because it was on sale for a great price? Did you ever consider NOT purchasing the item because it would be unfair to the retailers who couldn't offer the same low price?
Go here for more good stuff from The Atlas Network.
The next time you hear Lou Dobbs or Nancy Pelosi griping about the "unfair advantages" of those pesky Chinese, Japanese, Messicans, or any other minority they don't like, please think of the Bastiat quote that closes this video:
"Through exchange, they are, in fact, compelled to allow us to share in those unfair advantages"
If you still disagree, think of it this way....What is the last item that you purchased because it was on sale for a great price? Did you ever consider NOT purchasing the item because it would be unfair to the retailers who couldn't offer the same low price?
Go here for more good stuff from The Atlas Network.
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