Monday, June 8, 2009

Opposite Effect - Say It Isn't So

Well this popped up on Drudge this morning: Big government spending programs -- having opposite desired effect...

If you haven't already read the article, stop for a moment. What might the article be about? Which area of the vast federal outlay might be pouring your tax dollars into a plan that is working entirely contrary to its stated goal?

The article covers the mortgage market and explains how no amount of emergency spending will be able to forestall rising interest rates on loans. It was not green shoots springing up last quarter. It was just the government shooting up a lot of green.

I think a better caption would be "Big government spending programs -- having opposite of advertised effect...". Let the conspiracy buffs chew on that.

So is the sovereignty in our country out of its collective mind? Maybe Obama is actually a Manchurian jacobite using his cult of personality to hasten the demise of the modern liberal system by giving it everything it has wished for throughout the 20th century. Well if he is, it is totally by accident.

The truth will not set you free. It may piss you off enough to motivate you to do something, but that something may not be enough. Don't pray for an easy road. Pray for strength to handle the challenges that are ahead.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

14541 => 6 ?

one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
That is the chord pro-gress-ion, chord progression.
one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
Every line is just like another, four five four one one.

one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
Wait there is one line that's different, and here it is:
one one two five five six six two-oo
Dont forget those are minor key-eys, four five four one one.

one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
I ripped this off from praise band, four five four one one.
one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
Now I'm paying with my sanity, four five four one one.

one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
Wait there is one line that's different, and here it is:
one one two five five six six two-oo
Dont forget those are minor key-eys, four five four one one.

one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
That is the chord pro-gress-ion, chord progression.
one one four five four one one, four five four one one.
That is the chord pro-gress-ion, chord progression.

fin

Around The House

I haven't written much lately, but I've been spouting off a lot over on John Galt's blog.

I didn't realize this bill was so far along. "H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" has some really fun stuff in it.

I mean this has to be a good sign right?

This bill is very large, and loading it may cause your web browser to perform sluggishly, or even freeze. This is especially true for old and/or bad browsers. As an alternative you can download the PDF of the bill or read the text on THOMAS.

Bad browsers? Do Microsoft and Google use the display of currently pending legislation as a regression test on their code to determine if they have made a good or a bad browser?

There are some snags apparently. But it's just such a bad idea.

I've had my hopes up that H.R. 1207 would at least come to a vote in the house. It seems to keep getting more and more cosponsors, but it could as well die in the Financial Services committee. I mean the illustrious chair of that committee isn't behind this last time I checked.