Unchecked self-interest furthers the common good !

Explain to me exactly how that works?

There is a corrolation between

the growth in campaign donations and the growth of the national debt. Go figure! Debt to GDP is up 181 percent since 1980. Congressional Campaign donations up 180 percent over the same period. Look into the growth of specific tax cuts and tax subsidies.

The four Catastrophes -

Militarism, materialism, racism & poverty.

OVEN MITT'S $12 million mansion isn't big ENOUGH !

How can anyone worth Billions and more worried by tripling the size of one of his homes understand what the average American is going through during the Lesser Depression.

LIBERAL / CONSERVATIVE ?

Are these really the dynamics - they seem to justify centralism (the most horrible way to solve our problems) - when in reality the issue is extremist / moderate. Think about it ! Its not my original idea - Jon Stewart saw this has the dynamic back in 2002.
Centrism is a political strategy often employed that is contra to the public good, because all politicians are always influenced by special interests.
two sources of centrism - anti-extremism and the desire for intellectual honesty. Centrists sense the problem but vastly underestimate its scope. Which leads and supports to anti-rationality.

IF ALL DEFICIT SPENDING

IS STIMULATIVE (WHICH IT IS) THEN WE HAVE A POLICY PROBLEM - BECAUSE THIS STIMULATIVE SPENDING ISN'T DOING ANYTHING, maybe because its being spent on all the wrong things. Defense junk, subsidizing the old, the inefficient, yesterdays' energy, big agra-business. Since 1981 the US has run deficit spending for forty years. How bad has capitalism failed & this give away to the wealthy class been that it has produced very weak growth.
Chart - annual defiicts / growth rate / fed % vs gdp / employment rate / size of the wealthy.
TAX CODE CREDITS/DEDUCTIONS ARE ALSO DOING LITTLE.
In essence, through the tax code, the USA continues to subsidize those with connections, old technology and the dismemberment of America. Why invest in a business when one can get a better return through the tax code without doing anything.

NEXT UP - 'THE GAS TAX WAR'

I CAN SEE IT NOW - 'WE DON'T NEED NO FEDERAL GAS TAX !' - THE ROADS ARE JUST FINE THE WAY THEY ARE.

MY REPUBLICIAN PICKS ARE LOOKIN'

PRETTY GOOD ! IF PERRY/BACHMANN WIN LOOK FOR PERRY TO BE GONE BY ELECTION DAY - DONE IN BY A DISGRUNTLED OBAMA SUPPORTER. IF A GUESS.

INADEQUATE AGGREGATE DEMAND

FREIBURG, GERMANY -

FIND SOMEPLACE DOING IT BETTER ! NOT EASY. HERE"S WHY:

The 12 guiding principals:
Spatial:
I. Diversity, Safety & Tolerance.
II. City of Neighborhoods.
III. City of Short Distances.
IV. Public Transport & Density.
Content:
V. Education, Science & Culture.
VI. Industry & Jobs.
VII. Nature & Environment.
VIII. Design Quality.
Process:
IX. Long-Term Vision.
X. Communication & Participation.
XI. Reliability, Obligation, Fairness.
XII. Co-operation & Partnership.

The rise of conservatism is the response

to the failure of the USA economic system. Our political system favors : the old technologies, internationalism over localism, greed, trading over making. Our country clings to the past economic ways because those who can finance the political system benefit from and are heavily invested in the current ways.

LITHIUM-OXYGEN BATTERIES

What about BIG GOVERNMENT MILITARY ?

Is that BAD just like the rest of government ?

TEN YEARS AGO WE WERE PAYING OFF

THE NATIONAL DEBT. BUT THEN WE ELECTED OBAMA.

THE AGE OF DECLINE -

ARE WE IN IT AND IF SO WHEN DID IT BEGIN ?

taxes - why things are screwed up, part 2 !

People and households earning $1 million or more annually made up just 0.1 percent, or just over 235,000, of the 140 million tax returns filed in 2009, and just 8,274 returns were filed by people making $10 million or more. [...]

And, the data shows, the 235,413 taxpayers who reported earning seven digits or more in 2009 took in a total of $726.9 billion — yet 1,470 paid not a penny of income taxes.

TAXES - WHY THINGS ARE SCREWED UP !

THE MEDIAN AMERICAN PAYS TWICE AS MUCH IN TAXES AS A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME AS THEY DID IN THE 1950'S & 1960'S. THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS PAY TWO-THIRDS LESS THAN THEY DID BACK THEN.

PENTAGON SPENDING - 307 B IN 2001 GREW

TO 529B IN 2011 - INCREASE OF 72%. DOESN'T INCLUDE IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN. WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT DON'T WORK, BUILT FOR THE PAST WARS, WAY OVER COST. HEY - WHERE'S THE SPACE BASED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM - WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THAT FOR 30 YEARS, STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

THE MEDIA SEEMS TO ONLY PROMOTE THE

TEA PARTY MESSAGE. MAYBE THATS WHY THE TEA PARTY SEEMS SO SUCCESSFUL.

BASIC MESSAGING: DON'T CUT THE SOCIAL

SAFETY NET TO PAY FOR CORPORATE TAX BREAKS.

SOME INTERESTING TRENDS

in Television - like the format of audience tv, all internet tv. Attracting viewer-ship in the face of 500 channels/choices +, and view-on-demand technology. Building a viewership that follows one than 3 of your programs. I personally don't watch network tv at all & maybe 3-5 programs seriously + 4 occasionally. Like how cable offers the show several times during the week and a season marathon. Of course one can always record.