Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." .... jbd

"When once a job you have begun, do no stop till it is done. Whether the task be great or small, do it well, or not at all." .... Anon

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

Television is one daylong commercial interrupted periodically by inept attempts to fill the airspace in between them.

If you can't start a fire, perhaps your wood is wet ....

When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




Monday, January 9, 2012

Airologists concerned

Concern has been raised recently, by a number of "Airologists," that due to the extraordinarily large number of "talk shows," both on radio and TV, that their could be, in years to come, a shortage of "breathable" air.

One concern, the number of sports talk shows, where vast numbers of "experts" discuss, for many weeks before, who will win, and then for many weeks after, why a team lost. One network executive when quizzed about why "so many" experts, admitted,  "We have large numbers of them in hopes that at least one is articulate and accurate in their predictions and recaps. We have become a graveyard for retired players and unemployed coaches."

Sports experts, political, entertainment, health, advice, the fields never end. We have expert "pickers," experts at buying storage units, lumbering, mining for gold, and harvesting alligators and wild pigs. There are those who are "alone" in the wilderness, and are hurt, hungry or thirsty, and are unaware of the director, camera man, and sound man nearby, capturing their dilemma on film.

Tonight, THE game, the BCS (whatever that is) Championship game, two teams who played each other earlier in the season, playing each other again. The game has been discussed for thousands of hours by "experts" from all over the country. It is being played in a mild climate, so most are broadcasting from nearby, most wearing beads around their necks from partying in New Orleans. Each one has his own theory on who will win and why, and half of them will be right. Many people didn't realize the importance of the game, until the "experts" made them aware of it.

Look at the multi-billion dollar industry created by "political analysts." Some have become so powerful, that their voice and opinion can actually affect the outcome of legislation and voting. Most are admitted "entertainers" but their power is vast.

And, most of  these "experts" have become millionaires and more.

I wonder, need advice on this. Let's say 40 or 50 years ago, people went to work and received compensation for their labors, X amount of dollars total, and this amount went in to the economy each week.

Now there are few laborers, i.e factory workers, etc, but a smaller labor force, but making millions each week in compensation, X amount of dollars. I wonder if fewer people are making more money and the same amount goes in to the economy each week, but distributed differently.

Might be a good discussion for a talk show.