Today is the day when we celebrate our nation's independence by blowing up little pieces of it.
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Helen said:
Are we blowing up pieces of our nation, or pieces of its independence?
Evil Spoonman said:
Except these days we celebrate Independence Day by blowing up little and not-so-little pieces of other people's countries. Same general effect...
Adam Anderson said:
Actually, now that I think about it, we are actually blowing up little pieces of China. How appropriate...
Me said:
As I was attempting to solve the world's numerous dilemmas, hunger, poverty, and war forefront among them, I came to a startling revelation: government is a sham. The only realistic solutions I see are corporations taking over the world OR a country populating other nations with its puppets or soldiers and then forming an international union.
The concept of government is truly flawed. I had just never realized it before. Governments are monopolies. Think about it.
They are inefficiencies in the system. They are responsible for my and my brethren's discomforts. I quit. Down with government! Up with... uh....... hmmmm......... er....... nevermind. The world will suffer forever and languish under the rule of these monopolies and oligopolies. A polyopoly isn't the solution. One and only one monopoly is.
Thinking about this, I realized that perhaps I should retract some of my unpopular beliefs about states' rights and sovereignty. But then I think, "NO, the world is ending! Who cares?!"
Colin said:
Gotta love outsourcing our cheap fireworks manufacturing jobs.
Jon said:
Did I detect a hint of un-Americanism? Terrorist!
John said:
I think corporations are a great idea -- have you discovered the stock market? You can actually buy part of a company and vote on how to run it if you are a part owner (e.g. own their stock). The alternative is totalinarism, and we know where that got this planet.
Learning how to invest is as much an intellectual persuit as physics and the SATs, plus you can enjoy the rewards.
Me said:
Actually, perhaps I was a bit hasty in my judgements and lacking in my evidence. World utopia could also be achieved by all people dying out in every nation but one. The solutions of poverty and hunger require that all people have relatively equal working opportunities. This means that in a system where a rich state subsidizes all local businesses and poor state does not, the poor state will suffer. The rich will stay rich and the poor will remain poor. The problem is that nothing compels the rich countries to halt their tactics of never allowing the poor country to develop wealth or infrastucture. It seems rather like a rich country oligopoly to me, in the sense of conflicting interests rather than very few sellers. However, in a market, governments regulate those oligopolies but in the internation arena, nothing really regulates governments (due to their soveriegnty and all) and rich governments will not surrender their soveriegnty to an internation regulatory commission of some sort because of the obligations to their constiuents to do whatever is in their best interest. I can't figure a way around this problem other than to ignore it. I find this deeply disturbing.
Me said:
I'm surprised at how few people learn how to invest well or constantly track rates and numbers. I think its laziness.
Adam Anderson said:
I think missing apostrophes is laziness.
helen said:
Once you have your investing portfolio online, it's (note the apostrophe) amazingly easy to waste time during your workday looking at it, hence turning the whole laziness thing around, so that looking at your portfolio becomes a great way to distract yourself from work.
Me said:
Wel'l 'I' t'hi'n'k.
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This page contains a single entry by Adam Anderson published on July 4, 2005 3:55 PM.
Are we blowing up pieces of our nation, or pieces of its independence?
Except these days we celebrate Independence Day by blowing up little and not-so-little pieces of other people's countries. Same general effect...
Actually, now that I think about it, we are actually blowing up little pieces of China. How appropriate...
As I was attempting to solve the world's numerous dilemmas, hunger, poverty, and war forefront among them, I came to a startling revelation: government is a sham. The only realistic solutions I see are corporations taking over the world OR a country populating other nations with its puppets or soldiers and then forming an international union.
The concept of government is truly flawed. I had just never realized it before. Governments are monopolies. Think about it.
They are inefficiencies in the system. They are responsible for my and my brethren's discomforts. I quit. Down with government! Up with... uh....... hmmmm......... er....... nevermind. The world will suffer forever and languish under the rule of these monopolies and oligopolies. A polyopoly isn't the solution. One and only one monopoly is.
Thinking about this, I realized that perhaps I should retract some of my unpopular beliefs about states' rights and sovereignty. But then I think, "NO, the world is ending! Who cares?!"
Gotta love outsourcing our cheap fireworks manufacturing jobs.
Did I detect a hint of un-Americanism? Terrorist!
I think corporations are a great idea -- have you discovered the stock market? You can actually buy part of a company and vote on how to run it if you are a part owner (e.g. own their stock). The alternative is totalinarism, and we know where that got this planet.
Learning how to invest is as much an intellectual persuit as physics and the SATs, plus you can enjoy the rewards.
Actually, perhaps I was a bit hasty in my judgements and lacking in my evidence. World utopia could also be achieved by all people dying out in every nation but one. The solutions of poverty and hunger require that all people have relatively equal working opportunities. This means that in a system where a rich state subsidizes all local businesses and poor state does not, the poor state will suffer. The rich will stay rich and the poor will remain poor. The problem is that nothing compels the rich countries to halt their tactics of never allowing the poor country to develop wealth or infrastucture. It seems rather like a rich country oligopoly to me, in the sense of conflicting interests rather than very few sellers. However, in a market, governments regulate those oligopolies but in the internation arena, nothing really regulates governments (due to their soveriegnty and all) and rich governments will not surrender their soveriegnty to an internation regulatory commission of some sort because of the obligations to their constiuents to do whatever is in their best interest. I can't figure a way around this problem other than to ignore it. I find this deeply disturbing.
I'm surprised at how few people learn how to invest well or constantly track rates and numbers. I think its laziness.
I think missing apostrophes is laziness.
Once you have your investing portfolio online, it's (note the apostrophe) amazingly easy to waste time during your workday looking at it, hence turning the whole laziness thing around, so that looking at your portfolio becomes a great way to distract yourself from work.
Wel'l 'I' t'hi'n'k.