A Pissing Match

Everyday I am on the computer for at least 4 hours. I read through about 20 links and I read a lot of comments. Once in awhile I stumble onto a real gem. Heres today's grand prize winner.  http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/25/ceos-self-serving-deficit-manifesto/?pending=1#comment-44182

I stared and drooled at that chart. It makes no sense. Then I thought, "Where did it come from?" I clicked back and read the source in the lower right hand corner. Everything started to crystalize. Note that the chart and the declining debt to GDP ratio stops in 2010. How would 2011 have looked? Well this article thinks it would have looked like this. Unfortunately, this is based on facts. http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-27/markets/30669494_1_gdp-report-private-inventory-investment-real-gdp

Where on that chart would they squeeze in 1.7% GDP or this year's 1.6% GDP?

From the governments lips to your eyes...Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property

located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the second quarter of 2012
(that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to the "third" estimate released by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.  In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent.

Now there might be some folks that think that I've completely left the rails. I swear a lot and I like to poke fun at all of these people and their collective egos. Some folks get downright angry at my opinions. They feel threatened when I threaten their "truth" of how the world turns.

Felix Salmon works for Reuters. This dude actually gets paid to write garbage like this. He has "editors" with "agendas." So Felix is confined to some degree. But I am not.

Sometimes this conflict of opinions denigrates into a pissing match. This happens when someone senses some bullshit (aka opinion) and challenges it. The bottom can fall out quickly. You know you are in a pissing match when the contestants quit talking about the subject matter and instead they are reduced to comparing credentials, calling each other names, and taking any cheap shot available to them. This insanity is called a pissing match.

Like most of you, I like watching a good pissing match. I don't like being involved in them so much. However, after having read a couple of gawd awful pieces by Felix Salmon, I could not contain myself any longer. Sometimes you just have to challenge stupid. I felt like that today.

Let the pissing match begin.

Trump Shoots Blank, Field Bet Wins

Obama's very first executive order once he became President was to seal all of his personal records.

Who does that? Well, a guy worried about his personal records, that's who.
There are only a few reasons to do that. Citizenship status, your lineage, some type of fraud.

So the Donald offers 5 million bucks to Obama's favorite charity if he will release his college transcripts and passport information. It's a shame he didn't offer more. The reality is, is that Obama is so dishonest that there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that he would disclose that information. I suppose the beauty here- is that Obama knows millions of us know he is full of shit and a fraud. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/10/25/trumps-5m-offer-least-transparent-president-history-obama-good-country

So Trump's offer will go uncollected. It's probably the safest bet in history. And as usual, it is the type of self indulgent, "it's all about me" mentality that Trump is known for.

Bobby Kennedy said pay attention to what a man does, not what he says. Obama's very first action as President was to seal his personal/personnel records. That tells you all you need to know.

FG's Outlaw Line on the Big Trump News

I've been surfing the intermesh a little tonight- trying to figure out what Donald Trump's big news about Obama is going to be Wednesday. Apparently, Trump thinks he has something big. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82770.html

Douglas Kass tried to steal some of Trump's thunder by revealing his October surprise yesterday. Here's what he tweeted about it:

"High above the Alps my Gnome has heard that Donald Trump will announce that he has unearthed divorce papers between the Prez and his wife."

Here at Frankenstein Government, I am never afraid to go out on a limb. President Obama provides such a target rich environment of half truths, lies, sealed personnel records, wandering rhetoric, and opaqueness that even I am left in awe. I often think that Obama could teach run of the mill sociopaths a thing or two. Maybe graduate school. So we have a job ahead of us- sorting out the possibilities.

Since I have wasted 4 years of my life following this moron- I feel uniquely qualified to offer up my "line" on what Trumps's big news is.

Obama cheating on LV golfcourse, playing the "don't" and hungover prior to first debate, 2-1.
Obama cheating on wife and pending divorce years ago, 3-1.
Obama whispering in Netanyahu's ear, telling him holocaust did not happen. 8-1.
Obama's school transcripts documenting his alien status, 4-1.
Obama's mother had another son, a secret brother, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 15-1.
Obama using false documents, any kind, including passport, 5-1.
Obama is not a serial liar, tells truth most of the time, 61-1.
Both Obamas losing Illinois licenses to practice law due to illegal activities or greasy palms, 7-1.
Obama is a Muslim, had plans to turn west wing into a mosque, 9-1.
Obama receiving undocumented and illegal campaign contributions from foreign sources, 4-1.
Obama is gay. That's why we have never found a girlfriend, 2-1.
Obama is the son of somebody other than Barack Obama Sr., 11-1.
Michelle Obama is Patrick Ewing's sister, 1-1.

Field bet. None of the above, something else. 2-1.

Ok, that's it. I ruled out dope dealing because Trump says that's not it. Anything seems possible with Obama. So let's hope Trump doesn't keep us waiting. Place your bets below. All bets off when the Donald tweets, eastern time.

Don't Vote At All

Great blog on ZeroHedge.

This is an excellent piece on why you shouldn't vote at all. I liked it a lot and Casey made some excellent points. But Casey offers no solution. Not voting, as Casey advocates, will accomplish nothing. Someone will always vote. Casey seems more invested in protecting a superior ego which maintains that not voting- allows you to escape responsibility for our broken system.

I don't see the solution there.

But for those of you who agree, this piece might be for you. Interesting enough to link. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-22/doug-caseys-top-five-reasons-not-vote

Joe Biden's Brother "Wins" 100 Million Dollar Contract in Iraq

When it comes to unethical conduct, nobody can match this administration. I know drug dealers with more restraint. They all should be in prison. I mean that.

I will add this. When Obama loses this election, pay attention to his pardon list.

Richard Nixon Never Let Me Down

-Hunter Thompson, from the Great White Shark Hunt, I think.

"I never expected much of him and he never let me down."

Thirty years later, with millions of people just dying to boot Obama out of office and stick Romney in, I feel exactly the same way. All over again, one more time.

An ode to George McGovern. http://www.dailypaul.com/259842/quote-fear-and-loathing-on-the-campaign-trail-1972

Sheep and Muppets

The fascinating thing about sheep and muppets- is that the sheep and muppets always think someone else is the sucker.

The truth is- millions upon millions of people are suckers. That makes the likelihood that you are a sucker- pretty good. The goal of the wise guys is simple. They convince the sheep and the muppets to turn over their money. They make gobs of money by taking advantage of math challenged sheep and muppets.

It really is that simple.

I have often written on how capitalists prey on their own. They do this without a conscience. Capitalists justify it by saying it's your fault for not educating yourself rather than applying some ethical or moral responsibility to themselves. Stealing from the poor and uneducated, whether it's legal or not, is deplorable. A fair profit for your work or service used to be the standard. Now days, corporate America
will charge you just as much as humanly possible- so long as it is marginally legal.

Behold that low bar. http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/10/22/greg-smith-goldman-sachs-worse/?iid=Lead