Been powerless for the past four days, ergo no blogging. And as I sat there seething in the dark, I was planning to type thousands of words describing what out and out thieves public utilities are and how they've never given a d*** about customer inconvenience and never will.
In fact, having had the same provider, LIPA, for eons and personally gone through many previous horror shows due to their mismanagement of whatever befalls them, I could list considerable examples of their failures during disasters in the past. Be that as it may however, at around ten AM today two emergency trucks from Joplin, Missouri showed up and a half hour later I was blogging again on line. So, now that I'm feeling better I'll skip the rest of the rhetoric, because if I learned nothing else from the past, expecting competence from government, a utility or any kind of public service is so far beyond ridiculous it's not even worth typing any more words.
Then we have our leader who had to cut his vacation short due to fears that high winds and torrential rains might blow him off the Vineyard, so he came back to DC. And the most interesting thing about that was, Christie and Bloomberg among a whole host of governors and mayors from the Northeast were so quick to respond this time around that they all upstaged him to the extent that he had absolutely nothing of value to add. And I guess that only goes to further prove that worthlessness is a trait that stays with you no matter what it is you're trying to do.
And while I was contemplating the fact that we have a guy in office who has no clue as to what leadership is all about, I thought back to the last presidential campaign and George Soros. Because it became very clear once the administration funded Soros' oil venture in Brazil as to why moveon.org had spent so much money buying the last election. They needed a puppet Soros could control.
But, even so. Why would they want someone in the White House who was so far off the wall that he doesn't even understand his own constituency? While pandering to unions, which only account for twelve percent of the work force, and trying to shred the business community, he's managed to alienate almost seventy percent of the voting public while the chances are that number will grow. What's more, his failed energy policies will likely lead his successor next November to cut off all foreign sources of oil ASAP and ramp up drilling here.
And so it seems Mr. Soros has really missed the boat on this one. And I can surely imagine the frustration he must feel. Because it really has to be painful when you invest the sums that he has assuming that no one could be that stupid and ineffectual only to find out millions later that they surely can.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/27/2011
Much in keeping with the poor judgement the administration consistently shows, it seems it's shot itself in the foot once again. And this time it's because it failed to heed one of the oldest, most valid parables there is: He who hesitates is lost.
By taking a vacation and ducking the huge unemployment issue and delaying unnecessarily for weeks, whatever the president's so-called solutions are will now be upstaged by the weather. Because if hurricane Irene actually does the damage projected, nobody's going to care a whit about some meaningless long-term jobs plan while their homes, jobs and worldly possessions are washing way in floods and tides. The headline stories might go on for a long time to come.
And this just goes to show that the now more frequently heard comments of the president's performance are proving out, because this time he's going to really be in over his figurative head literally as well.
That's it for today folks.
Adios.
By taking a vacation and ducking the huge unemployment issue and delaying unnecessarily for weeks, whatever the president's so-called solutions are will now be upstaged by the weather. Because if hurricane Irene actually does the damage projected, nobody's going to care a whit about some meaningless long-term jobs plan while their homes, jobs and worldly possessions are washing way in floods and tides. The headline stories might go on for a long time to come.
And this just goes to show that the now more frequently heard comments of the president's performance are proving out, because this time he's going to really be in over his figurative head literally as well.
That's it for today folks.
Adios.
Friday, August 26, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/26/2011
The president took significant heat from just about all sides when he decided his vacation was more important than the failing economy and the twenty or so percent of the work eligible population who need more or better jobs.
And while he says he'll present a plan some time after he returns from his R & R, there are many who think that even if he has no solution at all, in view of the economic destitution, perhaps he should have stayed at work instead of snubbing his nose at those who're broke all over the nation.
It's reached a point though, to illustrate just how badly the president's handling the matter, that of all people, even pro golfer Paul Azinger thinks he might be hitting the links a bit too hard. Zinger's an author, businessman and 12-time PGA Tour winner, and he zinged O'bama on Twitter over his frequent golf rounds while on vacation in Martha's Vineyard.
Zinger wrote: "Facts: Potus has played more golf this month than I have: I have created more jobs this month than he has."
Among other things, Azinger captained the U.S. team that defeated the European team to win the 37th Ryder Cup Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky in 2008.
And for what it's worth, I've noticed recently that when discussing economic recovery, more pundits are commenting things like "When a new administration takes over, we expect..." So, it's as if they're consciously or not assuming a change is a forgone conclusion. Now, naturally all that can change before 2012, however, if things keep going as they are, the odds are they won't.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
And while he says he'll present a plan some time after he returns from his R & R, there are many who think that even if he has no solution at all, in view of the economic destitution, perhaps he should have stayed at work instead of snubbing his nose at those who're broke all over the nation.
It's reached a point though, to illustrate just how badly the president's handling the matter, that of all people, even pro golfer Paul Azinger thinks he might be hitting the links a bit too hard. Zinger's an author, businessman and 12-time PGA Tour winner, and he zinged O'bama on Twitter over his frequent golf rounds while on vacation in Martha's Vineyard.
Zinger wrote: "Facts: Potus has played more golf this month than I have: I have created more jobs this month than he has."
Among other things, Azinger captained the U.S. team that defeated the European team to win the 37th Ryder Cup Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky in 2008.
And for what it's worth, I've noticed recently that when discussing economic recovery, more pundits are commenting things like "When a new administration takes over, we expect..." So, it's as if they're consciously or not assuming a change is a forgone conclusion. Now, naturally all that can change before 2012, however, if things keep going as they are, the odds are they won't.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Thursday, August 25, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/25/2011
Many recent entries have mentioned that a significant number of today's political types seem either unaware, or simply can't grasp, that the world has changed. And while signals exist everywhere, demonstrating how out of touch with reality they are, they insist on staying on the same tired old courses regardless that it's dooming them to failure.
Just yesterday I pointed out how damaging it is to try managing situations beyond one's scope of knowledge or experience, as evidenced by how the incumbent administration has almost destroyed our nation's economy altogether, only to read that the president now plans to garner as much support as he can from union members. And here too, he's totally missed the point of what makes our country succeed and grow.
Because as candidate Mitt Romney pointed out in New Hampshire Wednesday, “Right-to-work states over the last decade added three million new jobs. Forced union states lost a million. I don't want to discriminate against right-to-work states. I like right-to-work states. I want those jobs.”
Right now, there are approximately 16.1 million union members. 36.8% of them in the public sector, 7.6% private.
So, when you look at the actual membership statistics and realize how little of the total workforce these folks represent, you can see that what really goes on here is that a relatively small percentage of all those employed make an awful lot of noise.
What that means is, once again the president's on the wrong track as far as the economy's concerned. Because, voting-wise, union folks don't have anywhere as much clout as you'd think. It's just that, quite similar to him, they think they can win by screaming and no one will notice what a lousy job they actually do when it counts.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Just yesterday I pointed out how damaging it is to try managing situations beyond one's scope of knowledge or experience, as evidenced by how the incumbent administration has almost destroyed our nation's economy altogether, only to read that the president now plans to garner as much support as he can from union members. And here too, he's totally missed the point of what makes our country succeed and grow.
Because as candidate Mitt Romney pointed out in New Hampshire Wednesday, “Right-to-work states over the last decade added three million new jobs. Forced union states lost a million. I don't want to discriminate against right-to-work states. I like right-to-work states. I want those jobs.”
Right now, there are approximately 16.1 million union members. 36.8% of them in the public sector, 7.6% private.
So, when you look at the actual membership statistics and realize how little of the total workforce these folks represent, you can see that what really goes on here is that a relatively small percentage of all those employed make an awful lot of noise.
What that means is, once again the president's on the wrong track as far as the economy's concerned. Because, voting-wise, union folks don't have anywhere as much clout as you'd think. It's just that, quite similar to him, they think they can win by screaming and no one will notice what a lousy job they actually do when it counts.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/24/2011
Some time ago, I had the real pleasure of being part of a group of folks who built the finest, most successful financial organization of its kind on the planet. We grew very quickly, expanded nationwide, and outperformed our competition to the extent that we had no peers. I believe our success stemmed from hard work, dedication, and especially, experienced creativity blended with a huge dose of street smarts. We could react and perform effectively almost instantaneously.
Ours was a public corporation which, because of our success, had a very high profile drawing a lot of interest and admiration. And then one fine day, one of the largest businesses in the country, a communications giant with a financial subsidiary, decided that it was easier to buy a successful entity than build one, so they wrote a check and quite soon then we belonged to them.
It took almost no time for us to realize that our acquirer's had no clue as to what they'd purchased. Not a soul in their employ could begin to figure out how we ran, or really, even what we did for a living. Financial industry-wise, these folks were brain dead.
Consequently, in order to gain some understanding of our endeavors, and enable their lethargic, slow-thinking, antiquated cadre of the ineptitude to try to gain some control over what they'd purchased with no capabilities of their own whatsoever, except piles of cash, they began to slow us down. And, like a disease that creeps through one's bones, they soon began to turn this marvelous, well-oiled machine, into a plodding dinosaur that functioned just like they did. A very short time after that, they possessed an empty shell.
The reason I write this tale today is, the administration's latest grasps at what few straws may be left of the nation's economy are very remindful of what I've seen happen in the past when mis-guided zealots jump into water that's hundreds of feet over their heads. They're splashing and flailing the surface, trying to find a rope or preserver, however all those things disappeared when they themselves sunk the boat.
And the worst part of the whole horrendous situation is that when the president was asked about over-regulation on his bus tour, he responded: "Show us particular [regulations] that are getting in the way of you hiring. If red tape is not improving situations, let's figure out how to get rid of them." Yet, what his answer really demonstrates quite clearly is, he hasn't a clue as to how much damage his bureaus and agencies have already done.
So, much like my own experiences have shown, it's incredible to see how much damage can be done relatively quickly when folks with no capabilities whatsoever are empowered with control. But what's worse is, after failing results are demonstrated clearly, still allowing them to proceed at all.
Ours was a public corporation which, because of our success, had a very high profile drawing a lot of interest and admiration. And then one fine day, one of the largest businesses in the country, a communications giant with a financial subsidiary, decided that it was easier to buy a successful entity than build one, so they wrote a check and quite soon then we belonged to them.
It took almost no time for us to realize that our acquirer's had no clue as to what they'd purchased. Not a soul in their employ could begin to figure out how we ran, or really, even what we did for a living. Financial industry-wise, these folks were brain dead.
Consequently, in order to gain some understanding of our endeavors, and enable their lethargic, slow-thinking, antiquated cadre of the ineptitude to try to gain some control over what they'd purchased with no capabilities of their own whatsoever, except piles of cash, they began to slow us down. And, like a disease that creeps through one's bones, they soon began to turn this marvelous, well-oiled machine, into a plodding dinosaur that functioned just like they did. A very short time after that, they possessed an empty shell.
The reason I write this tale today is, the administration's latest grasps at what few straws may be left of the nation's economy are very remindful of what I've seen happen in the past when mis-guided zealots jump into water that's hundreds of feet over their heads. They're splashing and flailing the surface, trying to find a rope or preserver, however all those things disappeared when they themselves sunk the boat.
And the worst part of the whole horrendous situation is that when the president was asked about over-regulation on his bus tour, he responded: "Show us particular [regulations] that are getting in the way of you hiring. If red tape is not improving situations, let's figure out how to get rid of them." Yet, what his answer really demonstrates quite clearly is, he hasn't a clue as to how much damage his bureaus and agencies have already done.
So, much like my own experiences have shown, it's incredible to see how much damage can be done relatively quickly when folks with no capabilities whatsoever are empowered with control. But what's worse is, after failing results are demonstrated clearly, still allowing them to proceed at all.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/23/2011
A blurb I read on Fox says, "It comes as no surprise that Obama agreed to be the headline speaker at the massive union conclave in Detroit on Labor Day. This will be part of the president’s new jobs program rollout, but it will also be his chance to remind unions what he has done for them."
And as I read the short paragraph, I too was reminded of what he's done on union members behalf, because his support has helped them immensely in their drive to disable every entity in which they've crept in. Thanks to them our school system's worthless, products and services cost more than they should, and those having them on the payroll are saddled with management problems practically impossible to resolve.
So, this is one more example of an incumbent whose view of the working world is upside down. It's as if he looks at the world of commerce as a machine that keeps producing no matter how much you do to drain it dry, and that he can keep on taking from it forever via redistribution of wealth.
The only flaw in the plan, however, is that he needs continuing cooperation from those that generate income but they've no patience left . And when all the givers are gone, no one remains but takers. So, he can go and make all the speeches he pleases to hordes of professional leeches, but just like him, their time's just about run out.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
And as I read the short paragraph, I too was reminded of what he's done on union members behalf, because his support has helped them immensely in their drive to disable every entity in which they've crept in. Thanks to them our school system's worthless, products and services cost more than they should, and those having them on the payroll are saddled with management problems practically impossible to resolve.
So, this is one more example of an incumbent whose view of the working world is upside down. It's as if he looks at the world of commerce as a machine that keeps producing no matter how much you do to drain it dry, and that he can keep on taking from it forever via redistribution of wealth.
The only flaw in the plan, however, is that he needs continuing cooperation from those that generate income but they've no patience left . And when all the givers are gone, no one remains but takers. So, he can go and make all the speeches he pleases to hordes of professional leeches, but just like him, their time's just about run out.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
Monday, August 22, 2011
BloggeRhythms 8/22/2011
Really good weekend all-around, Jets beat the Bengals 27-7 in their second pre-season game, but just as important for me, Freddy won at the Senior Player's Championship at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, NY. That's a place I've visited many times to watch pro tournaments, and walking it yourself proves it's a long, tough, tree-lined layout.
I've been a Couples fan since he first came on the pro tour in 1980, after graduating from University of Houston. He was a low-key, take-whatever-comes-in stride kind of guy back then and still is to this day. His status in the game, many wins, and crowd adoration hasn't changed him a whit. All he really wants to do is hit golf balls, find them and hit them again. And in between, he loves to talk about all the other sports too, because he's a fan himself. He says that recent back surgery in Germany is helping him with problems he's had for years, but he feels great right now and I sure hope he's right. Because as did Arnie, who set the standard for class and sports professionalism, then Jack, Raymond Floyd, and Hale Irwin, Freddy represents all that's good about pro golf, so I hope he's still around for a long, long time to come.
In other happenings, I heard someone suggest that there might be a push for a Perry/Giuliani ticket and that former NY Governor Pataki could also enter the presidential race. And although I'm quite certain that the next president will not be a Democrat, no matter, at least these three guys are seasoned, experienced, successful government leaders. And that's what the nation needs right now, a steady hand on the tiller, not some stereo-typical politician with little to no history of accomplishment to rely on.
And while I was typing I just had a random thought about the issue over prayer in school that could solve the problem easily. Instead of making a big deal about whether or not school prayer should be allowed, the ones who truly want to pray ought to simply stay in their seats, close their eyes, and silently pray whenever they feel the need. Because in today's educational system, almost every student, and likely most of the teachers, are dead to the world anyhow, so who would possibly notice? In fact, they could probably stay half-comatose for as long they chose, unless their cell-phones suddenly rang and woke them from their trance.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
I've been a Couples fan since he first came on the pro tour in 1980, after graduating from University of Houston. He was a low-key, take-whatever-comes-in stride kind of guy back then and still is to this day. His status in the game, many wins, and crowd adoration hasn't changed him a whit. All he really wants to do is hit golf balls, find them and hit them again. And in between, he loves to talk about all the other sports too, because he's a fan himself. He says that recent back surgery in Germany is helping him with problems he's had for years, but he feels great right now and I sure hope he's right. Because as did Arnie, who set the standard for class and sports professionalism, then Jack, Raymond Floyd, and Hale Irwin, Freddy represents all that's good about pro golf, so I hope he's still around for a long, long time to come.
In other happenings, I heard someone suggest that there might be a push for a Perry/Giuliani ticket and that former NY Governor Pataki could also enter the presidential race. And although I'm quite certain that the next president will not be a Democrat, no matter, at least these three guys are seasoned, experienced, successful government leaders. And that's what the nation needs right now, a steady hand on the tiller, not some stereo-typical politician with little to no history of accomplishment to rely on.
And while I was typing I just had a random thought about the issue over prayer in school that could solve the problem easily. Instead of making a big deal about whether or not school prayer should be allowed, the ones who truly want to pray ought to simply stay in their seats, close their eyes, and silently pray whenever they feel the need. Because in today's educational system, almost every student, and likely most of the teachers, are dead to the world anyhow, so who would possibly notice? In fact, they could probably stay half-comatose for as long they chose, unless their cell-phones suddenly rang and woke them from their trance.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
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