Archives for the ‘Rampant Consumerism’ Category
Friday, 12 September 2008
Government created the financial market climate responsible for the risky loans that should never have been given. Yet government has now appointed itself the savior that will rescue us from bad decisions made by government. How this guy can be so far off base is amazing.
Self-reliance. Individual responsibility. A faith in free markets and a [...]
Tags: bad decisions, bear stearns, economic model, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal national mortgage, federal national mortgage association, finance lenders, government sponsored enterprises, harsh discipline, home mortgage corporation, lehman brothers, market climate, mortgage finance, national mortgage association, risky loans, securities and exchange commission, self reliance, u s treasury, unprecedented intrusion
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, Trevordamus, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Monday, 8 September 2008
Whether we’ll admit it or not, we are a communist nation. As such, no one is free to fail. No one is free to succeed either. In fact, no one is free at all. We are all pawns in the hands of the politicians - those proud men and women who tell us that they [...]
Tags: apparatchiks, bailout, bear stearns, communist nation, fannie freddie, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, investment markets, irregular intervals, jim rogers, nationalization, parasite, pawns, presidential candidates, proud men, public private partnerships, ruling party, schemers, tipping point
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Current Events, Government, Memewars, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, United States | 1 Comment »
Thursday, 21 August 2008
The Federal Trade Commission has implemented new rules banning those annoying recorded sales pitches.
The FTC amended its Telemarketing Sales Rule after reviewing more than 14,000 comments made since October 2006, when proposed amendments were published for public consideration.
There are two stages to the change: By December 2008, robocalls will be required to include an automated [...]
Tags: business relationship, charitable fundraising, federal trade commission, footnote, government bureaucrats, health insurance portability, health insurance portability and accountability, health insurance portability and accountability act, health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996, key press, natural death, nonprofit charitable organization, political campaigns, proposed amendments, public consideration, strict limits, telemarketers, telemarketing sales rule, tsr
Posted in Banality of Bureaucracy, Government, Rampant Consumerism | No Comments »
Friday, 18 July 2008
Career bureaucrats are making America safer. At least for career bureaucrats.
The Air Force’s top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on “comfort capsules” to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such as the [...]
Tags: budget documents, career bureaucrats, civilian leaders, counterterrorism, design details, feudalism, flat screen monitor, force documents, full length mirror, global war on terror, leather chairs, military brass, military planes, obedience training, public servants, seat belts, seat pockets, stereo speakers
Posted in Banality of Bureaucracy, Citizen Soldier, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Military, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, United States, War on Intelligence | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
David Walker says we’re in trouble. Since David Walker has spent a great deal of time making management decisions inside of our federal government, and since I’ve been under the impression that we’re in trouble since long before I ever heard of David Walker, I decided to attend when I was invited to participate in [...]
Tags: CEO Dave Walker, congressional leadership, dave walker, david walker, debatable evidence, financial trouble, fiscally, house majority leader steny hoyer, I.O.U.S.A Movie, I.O.U.S.A., I.O.U.S.A. I, immutable fact, instant gratification, judd gregg, majority leader steny hoyer, management decisions, members of congress, national debt, Patrick Creadon, peter g peterson, purveyors, senate budget committee, vicious cycle
Posted in Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, United States, War on Intelligence | 3 Comments »