Crater Lake

Saphire blue singing upon water....

HippoParamus

Charasmatic Leaders Will Win the Young

All:

Copy and paste the following string: An Alarming video every Westerner should see - posted by Memri Videos (MEMRITVVideos) - tangle.com

Movements rise by charismatic leaders - obviously, this dude is one (in the video), and in my estimation should be assasinated - bilking the young for their penchant for idealism, while endowing himself with his own blessing from God (all people come from God but this guy will die by the slip of tongue into his own sword). But, by the same token, there is no sacrement in insane violations against any human being.

This is really scary. We need the moderate Middle Easterners (Muslims, Christians, or otherwise) to quell the problem - there are so many (but their sentiments reside in a free Palestine (by the same token, why don't the Saudis build Palestine's infrastructure - perhaps because they are inept, selfish, monied pheasants? - with money but no culture and no decent sentiment)).

My God! Egads! What has this world come to - that tyrants will rule or have sway?

My point being is: the young are easily swayed by ideologues spewing extremism. That's where the problem lies - sway the young, win the movement.

But, then again, is a movement worth winning if the spoils are truly losses. Can you count the losses and the losers?

HippoParamus

Nature Abhors All Monopolies

"The private sector runs the Federal Government." - M. Burris

But, now, at an exigent historical crossroads, our status as a Super Power is slowly ebbing away by ridiculous expenditures. (China will implode through environmental degradation and Russia will implode through corruption and the same).

Nonetheless, do you think that it is okay for an EPA executive to spend $80,000 on a 4’ by 6’ marble slab imported from Italy for an office nook? This is only one gross example. There are so many other instances of Government wastage on these and grander proportions.

Simply put, the private sector and political interests now run the Federal Government. There are so many expectant companies, groups, and people expecting pay days previously received – that the Federal Government will implode.

IT WILL IMPLODE IF WE DON'T ACT.

There is no Social Security Fund, so to speak, because all the monies arriving into the "fund" proceed somewhere through sinuous tunnels. If there was a fund, it would be extant into one, managed account. But, the truth of the matter is that social security taxes swim into the sea of Federal extravagances - not put into a fund but in a pool of regular expenditure (like a Ponzi Scheme).

So, ultimately, there will be a global vacuum. And, who will be there to take over? Russia or China or some other nucleur power?

I’m not a politician; I’m not an economist. But, I do know one thing – when there are multiple pressures on one system – that system will eventually implode. Because:

Nature abhors all monopolies – Leonardo de Vinci

But, on a larger level, the problem is endemic – a lack of ethics envelopes our culture – whether a mortgage officer encourages a client who can’t afford to purchase a home when the market is hot (when the officer knows that the client will go bankrupt within 2-12 months); whether Bernanke says that “the big banks are too big to fail” (hence the bailout at taxpayer expense); or whether a corporate schmuck trades integrity for personal ground by kissing ass instead of performing, etc.

By all means – KISS ASS AND LOSE ONESELF - lose generations for that matter.

Alternatively, do the right thing? Perhaps find oneself by a wisp or a tether of integrity.

Cheers,

HippoParamus

On Carroms

Ladies, Tomboys, and Gentlemen:

Carroms is a beautiful game - like cricket and hockey.

Like chess; they are physical and psychological configurations of fouls and goals married in a game.

Simply put: sleep with classical music!

With love,

Pum