Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Al Qaeda's New Magazine for Women Mixes Beauty and Bomb Tips

From Fox News.com (March 14):

Would-be female Islamist extremists Sunday were awaiting copies of Al Qaeda's newly-launched women's magazine, which mixes tips on skin care with articles on marrying suicide bombers and waging electronic jihad.

Al Shamikha magazine -- its title means "The Majestic Woman" -- features beauty and fashion tips alongside articles on "marrying a mujahedeen" and carrying out suicide attacks. [read more]

You can’t make this stuff up! What exactly does one wear to a homicide bombing anyway? What will be next a cave decorating magazine? Maybe a militant Jihad version of the O(prah) magazine?

Monday, March 14, 2011

Maine gets break in federal health care overhaul

From CNBC.com (March 8):

PORTLAND, Maine - The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state's market for individual health insurance.

The U.S. Health and Human Services department said in a letter it would waive the requirement that insurers spend 80 cents to 85 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and quality improvement. Instead, the letter said, the state could maintain its 65 percent standard for three years, with the caveat that HHS intends to review the figures after two years.

The decision makes Maine the first state to receive a waiver of the requirement. Similar requests are pending from Kentucky, Nevada and New Hampshire. [read more]

First, if Obamacare is the “ideal” health care system then why have any waivers at all? Second, can the other states (like the ones who are suing to get off this oppressive system) have a waiver like this?

And what about this Section 9 (Limits on Congress) in the Constitution:

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce [my emphasis] or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

Then again it isn’t the Congress granting the waiver, but still I think that law would apply to gov’t agencies too following the spirit of the law. True, the waiver is only temporary but it would be nice if all states could get a waiver permanently. Only way to do that is to repeal  Obamacare. And the only way to repeal Obamacare is vote people in Congress who will repeal the law and a president who won’t veto the repeal like Obama would. 

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 21

  • If God is omnipotent then why did He have to rest? I mean being omnipotent means having  infinite energy doesn’t it?
  • Procrastinators of the world unite tomorrow! Or maybe next week…
  • The reason the Left likes public transportation like trains and buses (other than that they are governmentally controlled) instead of automobiles is because autos represent total freedom.
  • If you let one rip and want to blame an animal close to you be sure it is a mammal of the right size. That is don’t blame mice, rats, hamsters, rabbits, etc. 
  • I think that if school is cancelled because of a snow day it should be made up on a Saturday instead of shortening summer vacation. Although, the National Teachers Union would not go for this idea.
  • Oprah thinks Obama should deserve respect. Well, respect goes both ways. I cannot respect a president who doesn’t respect the Constitution or other Americans.
  • Insane thought: Heavy metal country music. Imagine the group Metallica playing steel guitars and violins. It would be music with dark and foreboding lyrics but with a nice country feel. 
  • To the elite Left only they are capable of ruling themselves.
  • Big Labor likes card check because the leaders can try to intimidate union voters to vote their way. Something tells me they would love to do away with secret ballots in political elections. Voting should always be secret no matter what or who you are voting for.
  • The Left is so arrogant that they would think they could persuade evil extraterrestrials bent on conquering the earth that they are on the ET’s side and get massacred later on.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Likes for Potential GOP Presidential Candidates

Below is a table of Facebook likes for GOP candidates who may be running for president:

   GOP candidate             Likes                                   Notes

Sarah Palin 2,769,978  
Mitt Romney     803,069  
Mike Huckabee     539,501  
Ron Paul     305,123  
Donald Trump     177,995  
Newt Gingrich       111,141  
Tim Pawlenty       72,877  
Herman Cain       53,884 ex-CEO and President of Godfather’s Pizza and ex-radio show host
Mike Pence       47,651  
Rick Santorum       13,127  
Rudy Giuliani          2,168  
Buddy Roemer              296 ex-governor of Louisiana
Harold Heard                67 businessman

If you notice Sarah Palin got the most likes. This is not too surprising to me. But if you believe the Left-wing pundits you would think she doesn’t even have a fighting chance.

Donald Trump said during the CPAC conference that he did not think Ron Paul had a chance at winning. And yet Ron Paul’s likes are a lot more than his.

I found Buddy Roemer’s candidacy for POTUS by Googling “Presidential Exploratory Committee.” It seems a lot of candidates got to start this committee before deciding to run for president. I wonder if  George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or Abe Lincoln had these committees. Probably not.

The last candidate Harold Heard I saw on my Facebook page. One of my “likes” talked about him so I included him in the table for fun.  Not too bad a guy.

Monday, March 07, 2011

Pentagon Study: ‘08 Financial Crisis May Have Included Work of Financial Terrorists

The Blaze.com reports that in 2008 the Pentagon may have thought the financial crises back then may have included financial terrorists.

The most likely suspects according to the report include Middle Eastern states, Islamic terrorists, hostile members of the Chinese military, or government and organized crime groups in Russia, Venezuela or Iran. Chinese military officials publicly have suggested using economic warfare against the U.S. Wow, that’s a lot of suspects.

According to the Pentagon’s new report, the attack has three stages, two of which may have already been implemented:

  • The first phase was a speculative run-up in oil prices that generated as much as $2 trillion of excess wealth for oil-producing nations, filling the coffers of Sovereign Wealth Funds, especially those that follow Shariah Compliant Finance.
  • The second phase appears to have begun in 2008 with a series of bear raids targeting U.S. financial services firms that appeared to be systemically significant [such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers]. … This created a system-wide crisis, caused the collapse of the credit markets, and nearly collapsed the global financial system.
  • The risk of a Phase Three has quickly emerged, suggesting a potential direct economic attack on the U.S. Treasury and U.S. dollar. Such an event has already been discussed by finance ministers in major emerging market nations such as China and Russia as well as Iran and the Arab states. A focused effort to collapse the dollar by dumping Treasury bonds has grave implications including the possibility of a downgrading of U.S. debt forcing rapidly rising interest rates and a collapse of the American economy. In short, a bear raid against the U.S.financial system remains possible and may even be likely. [Emphasis added]

You can read more of the report if you want. It would have been nice if the Pentagon reported this in 2008. Evidently they think it is important now to release the report.

These are of course all outside threats. But there is another threat to be aware of. And that’s the erosion of American patriotism or nationalism. Basically, love of country. There is nothing wrong with this. If the French, Germans, or Russians love their country that is okay. Heck, I don’t care if Iranians and Chinese love their country. As long as they don’t start attacking other countries or making threats I don’t see a problem.

World War II was not caused because of nationalism. It was caused because a narcissistic power-hungry leader wanted to take over the world. Interestingly enough the German people back then had to swear an absolute oath to Hitler not to German’s constitution or the country.

When you don’t love your country you won’t defend it. Hitler knew this when he invaded France. After WW I the teachers union taught the school children not to love their country. (Does that sound familiar in this country today?)  The teachers union must of thought love of country in Germany started WW I. It didn’t. WW I was caused because of an assassination and a bunch of pacts between countries. 

Now, the teacher unions in America in my opinion are not teaching American nationalism  is because they have  the New World Order mindset. You can’t have a New World Order when there is nationalism in countries.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Miscellaneous Thoughts Part 20

  • Busy people of world unite! That is if you can fit uniting in your schedule…
  • God does not believe, He knows because He is omniscience. Man has beliefs because he only has incomplete knowledge of the world and fills the gaps with his beliefs.
  • If Communists in America controlled the internet everyone would be using a dial-up connection except of course for the powers-that-be.
  • Ben Franklin once said “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Progressives would want the population of a country only to be healthy. They would overtax the wealthy and keep the population unwise (read: in the dark).
  • I wonder if the rich Left applies progressive tip system at restaurants? That is do they tip at a higher rate than people who earn less money than they do? Knowing them they probably don’t tip at all.
  • If guns cause violence then what caused violence before the invention of gun-powder?
  • Rule 4 from Rules for Radicals: “Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. “ Since we (the Radicals) don’t have any meaningful principles don’t worry about opponents using the rule on us.
  • Glenn Beck said if you change yourself you can change the country. This statement sounds like a principle from Complexity Theory: Tiny differences in input could quickly, become overwhelming differences in output. Also, known as the Butterfly Effect.
  • So, the Left now wants civil discourse. I say they go first.
  • Treating people as part of a group instead of treating them as individuals is beginning of a stereotype or even an “ism” like racism or sexism.

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Space weather could wreak havoc in gadget-driven world

From Google News (Feb 19):

WASHINGTON — A geomagnetic space storm sparked by a solar eruption like the one that flared toward Earth Tuesday is bound to strike again and could wreak havoc across the gadget-happy modern world, experts say.

Contemporary society is increasingly vulnerable to space weather because of our dependence on satellite systems for synchronizing computers, airline navigation, telecommunications networks and other electronic devices.

A potent solar storm could disrupt these technologies, scorch satellites, crash stock markets and cause power outages that last weeks or months, experts said Saturday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting.

The situation will only get more dire because the solar cycle is heading into a period of more intense activity in the coming 11 years.

"This is not a matter of if, it is simply a matter of when and how big," said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco. [read more]

Well, isn’t that something to look forward to. Not! And people are worried about climate change? Ha!

Monday, February 28, 2011

Facts and Talking Points for the Wisconsin Budget Showdown

Government employee union reform proposals in Gov. Walker’s budget repair bill:

  • Limits collective bargaining for most government sector employees to wages only, with wages capped to inflation;
  • Union members given the opportunity to vote every year to keep their union;
  • State can no longer collect union dues;
  • Requires union members to contribute 5.8% of their salary toward their pensions and 12.6% to the cost of their health insurance premiums.
    • The comparable nationwide employee healthcare contribution is 20% according to the BLS.
    • The comparable employee contribution for retirement was 7.5% in 2009, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute
The bottom line:
  • This is about balancing the budget;
  • Compared to the national average, it is a modest proposal to ask government workers to contribute to their healthcare and pension;
  • The Governor’s full proposal will save $300 million and prevent approximately 5,500 layoffs of state workers and a similar amount of local government employees and teachers. As a result the Governor’s budget will not include furloughs or layoffs;
  • Workers will save money because union dues will not be required or collected by the government;
  • This bill has had over 17 hours of public hearings and vigorously debated. It is time for a vote;
You can read about about the private and public sector fact sheet on Newt.org.
The Governor is doing what he was elected to do. His state is in debt. State’s cannot print money like the federal gov’t can so he has to cut somewhere. The unions are scared because they believe he is taking power away from them (probably because members can vote every year to keep their unions. Union bosses don’t like that for sure.) Maybe, but they had a free ride in the state and that is coming to an end. I like everything in the bill. I think it is a fair bill.
One other thing. All those Democrats that ran and hid so a bill couldn’t be passed are cowards. I would say the same thing if the Republicans did the same thing. You stay and argue your case. If you lose the argument then so be it. That’s the way it is. To paraphrase Obama: The Republicans won. Deal with it.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cleric orders Gaddafi killed

From Sky News.com (Feb. 22):

Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa that any Libyan soldier who can shoot dead embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi should do so 'to rid Libya of him.'

'Whoever in the Libyan army is able to shoot a bullet at Mr Gaddafi should do so,' Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric who is usually based in Qatar, told Al-Jazeera television. [read more]

Why issue a fatwa on Gaddafi? I mean I don’t like the guy but why him? Usually a fatwa is issued if a Muslim is not following the Quran’s dictates. If this fatwa is because Gaddafi is brutal to his fellow countrymen then why not issue a fatwa on Ahmadinejad? He’s just as brutal. Unless there is another reason….

I should note that this cleric is spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. So, much for them being peaceful.

Too bad some prominent cleric cannot issue a fatwa on Bin Laden.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

US Gov. Software Creates 'Fake People' on Social Networks to Promote Propaganda

From The Examiner.com (Feb. 18):

The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage "fake people" on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues.

The contract calls for the development of "Persona Management Software" which would help the user create and manage a variety of distinct fake profiles online. The job listing was discussed in recently leaked emails from the private security firm HBGary after an attack by internet activist last week.

According to the contract, the software would "protect the identity of government agencies" by employing a number of false signals to convince users that the poster is in fact a real person. A single user could manage unique background information and status updates for up to 10 fake people from a single computer. [read more]

Why does the gov’t have to create “fake people” anyway? I mean can’t the gov’t find enough real people to create accounts on social media sites? Oh, that’s right to the Left truth is optional especially when very few people agree with your viewpoint.  First, the Left have  dead people and illegals vote for a candidate. Now, this.

What’s next Leftist robots running for Congress? Have someone at a distance control their voting? A progressive’s dream come true.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Comparing the Antichrist and the 12th Imam

From the www.666soon.com website this definition of the 12th Imam:

Within the Shiite, (which is predominate in Iran ), it is prophesied that there is a coming 12th Imam [an anointed leader or ruler] who is the great spiritual savior. This Imam is named Abu al-Qasim Muhammad or also called Muhammad al Mahdi. He is said to have been born the son of the 11th Imam, Hasan Al-Askari and his wife, the granddaughter of an Emperor. There are conflicting statements of her name being either Fatima or Nargis Khatoon.

Most accounts of the story say that al Mahdi went into hiding as a child around the age of 5 years (about 13th Century). It said he has been ‘in hiding’ in caves ever since but will supernaturally return just before the Day of Judgment.

Here are the comparisons:

                               The antichrist                                                         The 12th Imam

The antichrist's kingdom will rule the world for seven years. 12th Imam will rule the world for seven years.
Bible speaks of 3 ½ years of tribulation before the antichrist reveals himself by desecrating the Jewish temple. Three years of chaos before the revealing of the 12th Imam.
The antichrist is described as a deceiver who will claim to bring peace, but will actually bring widespread war. The anticipation of the 12th Imam is that he will bring peace through massive war with the rest of the world.
Beheading is Antichrist's preferred method of execution according to Revelation. The antichrist has any non-believer beheaded. This practice is done today in Muslim countries.
The world will marvel after Antichrist. The world will love the 12th Imam.
Antichrist will be helped by the Beast. The 12th Imam will be helped by Jesus.
Antichrist and Beast will have great power on earth. The Mahdi will be rich and will give wealth to the people of the world freely. He will cause crops to grow.

 

Spooky huh. Why is this comparison important? Because the leader of Iran wants the 12th Imam to return soon and that means chaos in the world. It does not matter if anyone else believes what Ahmadinejad believes. It only matters what he believes. Because actions follow beliefs. Just like Hitler’s actions followed his belief system.

To make my point clear, here is what Ahmadinejad says at the end of almost speech he gives:

"hasten the emergence of your last repository, the Promised One [the Mahdi or 12th Imam], that perfect and pure human being, the one that will fill this world with justice and peace"

This is what I am talking about. Should make you nervous.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Obama, Egypt and the Media

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Isn’t that a cute poster? Wait a minute. I’ve seen a similar poster somewhere else….Hmmm….But not quite like that one. Don’t remember seeing that poster in the media.

Talking about the media, CNN sent  reporter Nic Robertson to the Egyptian protest and asked this “intelligent” and  “news worthy” questions to protesters: What do you think of Obama?  What is your message for Obama?

I kid you not. I am really getting tired of this adulation that the media has with Obama. If you are going over there and possibly risking your life to get the story and ask questions, I would think asking dumb questions like these would not help anything.  By the way, the protester answers were: Obama, he wasn't with us. Obama, he's been all over the ballpark. Obama, we have no message for Obama. So, much for Obama’s speech in Egypt he gave before being elected POTUS. Obama really has influence with the protesters. Not!

Here are some questions the “reporter” (I know you are getting tired of the quotes, but can you really call this guy a reporter?) could have asked:

  • What do you think of the Muslim Brotherhood?
  • Do you think the new government of Egypt should break the non-aggression treaty with Israel?
  • What do you think of America? What is your message to America?
  • Do you think Sharia law should be implemented in Egypt?

You know questions like these about Egypt and the rest of the world would be a good start.  I am surprised the reporter did not ask the protester what he thought about Obamacare. Would have been the same type of question if he did.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

An Interpretation of the Georgia Guidestones

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I first heard of these guidestones on Brad Meltzer’s Decoded show. No-one other than the stonemasons knows who contracted to build these guidestones in June 1979. The stonemasons know but are not saying. What’s interesting is not who had them built but the inscription on them.

Here are the inscriptions:

  1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
  2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
  3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
  4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
  5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
  6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
  7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
  8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
  9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
  10. Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.

Inscription #1 sounds like population control from Paul R. Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb book.

Inscription #2 sounds like eugenics.

Inscriptions #3 #5, and #6 sound like parts of the New World Order.

Inscriptions #4 and #9 aren’t too bad.  Kind of new agey. It would been nice if he used the word “God” or “Almight” or even “The Creator” instead of “the infinite.”

Not sure what inscription #7 means. The word “petty” is not well defined. And how do you define “useless”?   Is the author talking about gov’t bureaucrats when he mentions “officials”?

Inscription #8 sounds like collectivism. What “social duties” does the author mean?

Finally, inscription #10 sounds environmentalism. “Cancer” is a strong word to use.

If these stones are meant to help people after a global catastrophe to restart society again then I think the guidestones will fail. Putting the 10 Commandments or even The Bill of Rights on them would have been a better idea. Heck, even the Buddha’s Precepts would be better and I’m not even a Buddhist. I don’t think the author put much thought into the advice.

We may not know who the author is but I can tell you what his ideology is: He’s a far-Leftist.

Monday, February 14, 2011

Four Divisions of the Land and Freedom Society

This Marxist society was pre-revolutionary Russia. It was formed before the Bolshevist Revolution. Here are the four steps they wanted to do to destabilize Russia and overthrow the czar:

  1. Agitation--passive and active. Passive agitation included strikes, petitions for reforms, refusal to pay taxes, and so on. Active agitation meant riots and uprisings.  (Bottom-up?)
  2. Organization--the formation of a fighting force prepared to bring about a general uprising. (Bottom-up again?)
  3. Education--the spreading of revolutionary knowledge and ideas, a continuation of the work of the Tchaikovsky Circle. (Inside out?)
  4. Secularization--the carrying on of systematic work against the Orthodox Church through special channels. (Inside out? Get people to turn away from God and lose their faith.)

This sounds similar to what the Leftist radicals are doing today. Of course, the top-down part is where the Communist Party became the rulers.

Source: Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy (1919) by John Spargo.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

20 Something “TEA” parties?

I think the 20 somethings should form their own “TEA” parties and protest paying into Society Security. They are not going to get their money back when they retire (actually anyone under 47 won’t get their money back) so why should they pay into it? They should put pressure on Congress to make it optional. They could also put pressure on Congress to balance the budget too. That’s a burden on the young  and their future children.

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

The Islamists Conning the Far-Left

How’s that for a title? But I believe it is true. The far-Left think they have commonality with the militant Jihadists. This is true. Both groups hate the free-market system and both hate Israel. You can read Unholy Alliance : radical Islam and the American Left (2004) by David Horowitz for more similarities. Even the Islamists are using the term “social justice.”  There is even a socialism called “Islamic Socialism.” That should make the radicals smile.
The far-Left think there is an alliance between them and Islamists. This is what the Islamists want the far-Left to believe. This is the con. The Islamists are just using the naive far-Left for their own purposes. The Muslim Brotherhood’s third step of their plan is to “infiltrate America’s political, social, economic, and educational systems…”
Just like Hitler duped the leaders of the Soviet Union (he broke the treaty with them before WWII), the far-Left are being duped by the Islamists. The Left are so naive. They cannot control the Islamists. Once the Islamists are doing using the Left they will kill them. Well, if they are Jewish or Christian they might try to convert them to Islam. If that doesn’t work then it is either slavery or death. If a Leftist is an atheist or agnostic or any other religion they are dead. If a Leftist is a homosexual they are dead.
If a Leftist insults Allah, Muhammad or the Quran then they will be killed.
Make no mistake, the Islamists are not friends of the radical Left. As long as the radical Left are not Muslim fundamentalists then they will be treated as the enemy.

Monday, February 07, 2011

Assassinations in America

What do these assassins have in common:

                          Assassin                                     Target                           Ideology of assassin

Guiseppe Zangara FDR Anarchism
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola Harry Truman Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Charles Guiteau James Garfield N/A; just crazy
John Wilkes Booth Abe Lincoln Anti-government
Lee Harvey Oswald JFK Marxism
James Earl Ray Martin Luther King N/A; wanted notoriety; racism
John Hinckley Jr. Ronald Reagan N/A; just crazy
Leon Czolgosz William McKinley Anarchism
Sirhan Sirhan Bobby Kennedy Anti-Semitism
Mark David Chapman John Lennon N/A; just crazy

It’s not that they were all men or they all used a gun which is all true. No, the commonalty is that none of these assassins were conservatives.

Now, far-Left bomb-throwers might say Booth and Ray are conservatives. Booth because he was anti-gov’t and Ray because he was a racist.

Well, Booth was from the south during the Civil War and he was against the Union. That’s why I classified him as anti-gov’t. Plus, conservatism wasn’t even an ideology back then. And the Republican party was brand new too.

As for James Earl Ray well anyone can be a racist. That might not be the real motive for the assassination anyway. This murderer had a history of crimes and probably wanted to be infamous.

You can’t say Hinckley Jr. is a conservative. I don’t remember the press ever questioning if he was on the far-Left or not though. I wonder why. Hmmm….

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

China blocks 'Egypt' from Internet searches, concerned anti-Hosni Mubarak riots could inspire unrest

From NY Daily News.com (Jan. 31):

The protests raging across Egypt are captivating the rest of the world -- except for China.

The country's Communist Party has ordered Internet censors to block the word "Egypt" from Twitter-like micro-blogging sites out of apparent concern events in the Middle East will stoke unrest closer to home, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Chinese authorities are also busy having comments on the crisis in Egypt scrubbed from those sites. [read more]

So, if a Chinese national wants to do research on let’s say Egyptian mummies he or she is pretty much out of luck.

If the Chinese gov’t is nervous about Egypt I bet other dictators around the world are nervous as well.  Like the king of Saudi Arabia. He probably is watching closely—he could be next.

Obama (and I’ve heard another Lefty say this too) that Egypt’s change of gov’t is good when Mubarak leaves. I am really getting tired of the term “change” being used all time.  Change is not always good. In this case if the Muslim Brotherhood takes over Egypt then that is definitely not good. Hamas has already taken over Palestine's gov’t. Can you imagine what Israel's leaders (and probably Israel’s citizens) must be thinking. If change means a democratic republic with bill of rights like America’s then that is good change.

It’s funny that CBS Evening news last night described Egypt’s protesters as “moderate and peaceful.” How does the press know how strong the protester’s religious views are? I am not saying they are not, but who really knows? It would have been nice if the press would have given that benefit of the doubt to TEA partiers. Oh, well. That’s just wishful thinking.

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

The Trouble with Wind Farms

From the Telegraph.co.uk (Jan. 1):

Despite high demand for electricity as people shivered at home over Christmas, most of the 3,000 wind turbines around Britain stood still due to a lack of wind.

Even yesterday , when conditions were slightly breezier, wind farms generated just 1.8 per cent of the nation’s electricity — less than a third of usual levels.

The failure of wind farms to function at full tilt during December forced energy suppliers to rely on coal-fired power stations to keep the lights on — meaning more greenhouse gases were produced. [read more]

Make sense to me. If you don’t have wind, you don’t have energy. Plus I don’t think the turbines store any energy either.

To make things worse British customers face huge bill for wind farms that don't work in the cold as reported in the Telegraph too.

The moral of this story is if you rely on an energy source that is not at a consistent level all the time you will have these problems. Ask T. Boone Pickens about his investment in wind farms. He is not putting wind farms in Texas as he originally intended. Solar power is a little better. Even then you have to worry about the sun going behind a cloud or even setting. When dealing with inconsistent energy sources you always have to take into account the location of the source or you’ll have more scenarios like the one in England. 

Monday, January 31, 2011

The Progressive Manual for the Masses

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If message in the above picture is not clear to you then let me spell it  in simple language:

In society there are two types of classes: Cattle and Ranchers. Ranchers are not shown in the picture above.

You are Cattle. Which means you are dumb, instinctive, emotional and have very little control of your life.

The elite Progressives are not Cattle. We are Ranchers. We are smart and have total control of our lives. Ranchers are the politicians, newspaper publishers, TV anchormen, college professors, union leaders and lawyers.

Ranchers have all the rights. Any rights Cattle have are at the whims of the Ranchers. After all you are property.

The fence in the picture is there for your own good. The width of the fence is at our discretion.

Do not worry about any needs you have. We, the Ranchers, will take care of them.

All Cattle are the same. Don’t think you are different.

Here are the rules that Cattle must follow at all times:

  1. Always follow the orders of your Rancher without question. If you are confused about any order please let your Rancher know. It is his responsibility to make sure you understand his message or order.
  2. Don’t cause trouble. This will make your fellow Cattle upset.
  3. You cannot assemble into herds by yourself unless you have permission from a Rancher.
  4. Weapons are not allowed. Cattle owning weapons is dangerous to themselves and to Ranchers. Only Ranchers can own weapons.
  5. You will always be Cattle. Never think you are a Rancher.
  6. Religion is not allowed. This will only confuse you and make you rebellious.
  7. The above rules must never be questioned. They are there for your own good. Any rule breaking is punishable.

(This analogy is not meant to be an insult to real Ranchers. I am just trying to make a point.

Of course, the elite Left does not think people are real cattle. The Left just perceive them to be and wish they were cattle. That way people are easily managed or easily controlled.

Interestingly enough, there were schools of thought in psychology that thought people did not have very much free will. One was Freudism and the other was Behavorism. Freudism though people were controlled by instincts. Behaviorism thought people were conditioned by the environment. Basically people were programmed like robots was the prevailing “wisdom” of the day.)