Sarah, Sarah, what will you say next?
A Summary of Supreme Court Cases
not only was Sarah caught off guard by Katie's question regarding Supreme Court cases, so was I !
so i rushed to a search engine and found a few good summary pages in case Ms Couric corners me in an interview.
go ahead, Katie.... ask me something....
The Wall Street Bailout
i am reading much about the proposed wall street bailout (now renamed the
credit system rescue). on monday the american people flooded their congressmen with e-mails and got them to reject the $700B bailout.
so.... today the senate increased it to a $850B plan !! and looks like they will approve it!
update: the senate did pass it, but it was re-written back to $700B.
so the US government (you and me) owns $700B of worthless investments (so worthless that no bank or business or investment firm in the world wanted to buy them !!).
the people who made these worthless investments got rich and the American taxpayers who lost their homes have just paid to bail out the banks that foreclosed on those homes.
God Save America.
I stand corrected: the Senate-approved plan is not named "The Wall Street Bailout Plan". It is actually titled the "Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)".
Gosh.... I feel better now.... we, the people, aren't paying to buy $700B of the toxic garbage that Wall Street created and then labeled it "worthless" .... we are merely investing in "troubled assets".
The Federal Reserve Bank
i have become very aware of the enormous unchecked financial power of the federal reserve bank and the treasury department. at the end of the day basically 2 men control the US financial system which today is based on a foundation of credit.
this began in 1913 when Woodrow Wilson created the FED.
however, a few years later, he lamented:
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world ..... no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men. -Woodrow Wilson
Question: if you flip a coin 15 times and get HEADS, what's the probability of getting TAILS on the next toss?
oh..... I almost forgot....
Zach caves in...
i think not. i want to say to the students "if you desire to understand everyday math, i need 8 hours of your time. but if you desire to invent a laser to guide brain surgery, or a more efficient light bulb or mouse trap, or to generate more food in arid lands, or more perfect economic models of world economy, or more humane political or accurate weather computer models, disaster simulation models or Disney rides or better airplanes or video games or hair driers or whatever else a better world needs from you .... i need more than 8 hours and you have to learn more than everyday math and science."
Yikes.... Chris Buckley endorses Obama!
breakfast with Mike (Family Diner, 2 poached eggs on hash, coffee and tomato juice). then checked out his pellet stove ... pretty setup kind of half inserted in the fireplace .... heats by convection (blown air) rather that radiation (wicked hot surface). surface is cool to touch but hot air blows out of it.
my grandpa's fruit press has been stored away for ages waiting for .... something to happen to it ? .... but now its right there on my work bench, and i am scheming a restoration plan. it is in remarkably great shape and may need only a serious cleaning, but i'm thinking that a moderate paint (the black iron) and wood surface refinish (not overdone) would be best.
Thanks for the link to the test videos. It's amazing how much abuse an engine can take.
I had read that 'big props' as they call them are still popular for cargo aircraft around the Gulf. Sure enough, Opa Locka airport had plenty of DC-6's and DC-7's and they were in good shape. I also saw numerous DC-3's.
started burying the roses in mulched leaves today. put black mesh screen around the fish pond and roses then had to add the red ribbons because the birds were flying into the mesh (which is basically invisible !)
no matter how hard you pull on the rope or how small the weight W is, you can never pull it straight because
Chief Joseph
for example lived a life that personified his courageous beliefs. Joseph, a Nez Perce, grew up in Oregon's Wallowa Valley, a region that his ancestors occupied for centuries. In 1874 the U.S. government ordered his people to resettle in Idaho. In the month of June 1877, Joseph began leading his people to Idaho in peace, but on the way found himself confronted by some hostile whites. Gunfire was exchanged which eventually escalated to an all out war with the United States. For 1,800 miles Chief Joseph courageously lead 800 men, women, and children to a Canadian refuge but was pursued closely by the U.S. Cavalry. Ambushed only 42 miles from their destination and with only 418 of his survivors he bellowed this unforgettable lament, "I will fight no more forever".
Being a respected Sioux leader, one of his main objectives was to feed his people and lead them to the ever changing migrating buffalo herds. As he strove to fulfill this role, he was met by much resistance from the U.S. government. Eventually his zeal to make a way for his people met its fiercest opponent in General George Custer that soon crescendoed at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Although Custer was defeated and killed and despite Sitting Bulls heroic acts, westward expansion soon took its toll resulting in the near extinction of the buffalo.
Elusive and crafty, he was feared by all those who pursued him. Cynical of the corrupt Indian agents he dealt with, he determined in his heart not to surrender to any of them. While leading many raids Geronimo seizied enemy property while escaping mostly unharmed. But with the inevitable fruit of warfare being loss of loved ones and family, Geronimo seemed to have an inexhaustible appetite for vengeance. Eventually after many failed attempts Geronimo and his "renegade" band were finally captured and he was sent to a Florida Jail as a prisoner of war.
If the term "founding fathers" was properly defined for us as a young people it would first apply to the many American leaders who fought so valiantly to preserve their people's way of life. A way of life where land was not something to be bought or sold but instead was a gift to be governed by good and humble stewards.
I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say, "Yes" or "No." He who led the young men [Olikut] is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are -- perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
Glorious Light
Scary Movies
.... their news reports are not the alarmist, biased, opinionated, half-truth crap the "news" media is so famous for . .... they usually wait a day for a story to further develop and more facts emerge before they print it, and they print it as objectively as possible.
