Sunday, March 27, 2011
MORE Good News !!
Tom Stienstra's column in today's San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, March 27, 2011, Sporting Green, back page) has the Disciples of Progress turning handsprings of joy! Check it out!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Ostentatious Philanthropy vs Wages
THEOREM: "The magnitude of Ostentatious Philanthropy is inversely proportional to the welfare of the working class."
PROOF: Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, March 7, 2011: Long-Run Impact of the Crisis in Europe: Reforms and Austerity Measures. Quote: " However, a long-run solution to Europe's problems requires economic reforms that increase competetiveness and REDUCE LABOR COSTS (emphasis added - ed.) in the peripheral countires. Such reforms could promote convergence of the euro-area economies and enhance the long-run sustainablility of monetary union."
PROOF: Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, March 7, 2011: Long-Run Impact of the Crisis in Europe: Reforms and Austerity Measures. Quote: " However, a long-run solution to Europe's problems requires economic reforms that increase competetiveness and REDUCE LABOR COSTS (emphasis added - ed.) in the peripheral countires. Such reforms could promote convergence of the euro-area economies and enhance the long-run sustainablility of monetary union."
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Saint Patrick and the Editor's Sidebar
Tying it All Together - PART 9 - posted March 17, 2011 - Saint Patrick's Day.
In the March 1996 edition of their journal, "Right of Way - for the Right of Way Professional," the International Right of Way Association published an article entitled, "Columbus Meets Saint Patrick, A Vignette of American History," written by one their members, which recounted that member's eviction of an American Indian woman from her ancestral home. The editor chose as a conspicuous sidebar this quotation from the article: "Her ancestors were witness to the transfer of land through discovery, conquest, revolution and war - polite names for theft and violence."
Which brings us full circle, to "Tying it All Together - PART 1, posted January 27, 2011.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day, all,
from shaggy old Ray, and recall
something today
that YOU should have done,
(except nailing him to the wall !)
In the March 1996 edition of their journal, "Right of Way - for the Right of Way Professional," the International Right of Way Association published an article entitled, "Columbus Meets Saint Patrick, A Vignette of American History," written by one their members, which recounted that member's eviction of an American Indian woman from her ancestral home. The editor chose as a conspicuous sidebar this quotation from the article: "Her ancestors were witness to the transfer of land through discovery, conquest, revolution and war - polite names for theft and violence."
Which brings us full circle, to "Tying it All Together - PART 1, posted January 27, 2011.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day, all,
from shaggy old Ray, and recall
something today
that YOU should have done,
(except nailing him to the wall !)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A Prayer for HVCA
Tying it All Together - PART 8
The torment of a Christ upon the cross
in prayer, "Forgive them, Father,
for they know not what they do,"
was merely as a flea bite
likened, as it were, to us
as We devoutly pray,
"Forgive them, Father, for they know
Exactly what they do."
To be continued
The torment of a Christ upon the cross
in prayer, "Forgive them, Father,
for they know not what they do,"
was merely as a flea bite
likened, as it were, to us
as We devoutly pray,
"Forgive them, Father, for they know
Exactly what they do."
To be continued
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Bridge to the Future
Tying it All Together - PART 7
Though costs of dentistry have risen since I subscribed to my dental insurance plan many years ago, my ability to pay for it has not. Insurance coverage has remained static. I'm caught in a pincers, and it is beginning to hurt.
Today I go to the dentist to begin replacing the bridge (last Post-this Blog.)
The good new is I like my dentist and his entire staff. They make dental visits a pleasure!
Which introduces us to the future.
To be continued.
Though costs of dentistry have risen since I subscribed to my dental insurance plan many years ago, my ability to pay for it has not. Insurance coverage has remained static. I'm caught in a pincers, and it is beginning to hurt.
Today I go to the dentist to begin replacing the bridge (last Post-this Blog.)
The good new is I like my dentist and his entire staff. They make dental visits a pleasure!
Which introduces us to the future.
To be continued.
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