The Billionaires Are Giving Handouts

There is something that really frosts my ass about the rich and elite. Of course, this includes Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.

After decades of monopolizing computer software, the hallowed Bill Gates is now thinking of giving some of his excess robber baron largesse to charity. And Mr. Buffet, with that giant ego who now thinks of himself as an expert on everything, is thinking of giving away a few of his billions.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVXN_8nZYKE0TwRPMa9w6pNHrM9A?docId=45130f0fc84547c890fcd16ffb557b5f

People like Buffet and Gates think nothing of gaining every conceivable advantage and exploiting it. Perhaps that is simply opportunity and perhaps I would have done the same thing. I mean, we can't all be billionaires because that would leave no one for us to covet- except trillionaires.

It is the ego that gets to me. The world worships these men, and make no mistake about it- they do. The billionaires, for emotional reasons all of their own, want to give some of us poor down trodden types some of our money back. They want to be remembered as generous and kind. And like old crones in the village, with our hands extended and tears streaming down our face, we are supposed to thank them for their inherent goodness. Like some fucking Oprah Winfrey audience during a laptop- give away.

So about the time you are trying to convince me what great people these folks are, I become a skeptic. I am one of those guys that when told to "do this or else" I buy 20 bucks worth of "or else." Fuck you Warren and Bill. I stayed at Miraval last year in Tucson. You ain't special. You got nothing I want. So go ahead and jump on your planes, call the reporters, let the liberal arts puppets write glowing copy about what great guys you are- so that you pillagers can feel good about yourselves.

Come to think of it- that's what pisses me off. I spent a lifetime helping the poor, giving money away that I didn't have, but mostly giving people my time. I devoted my life to that. I do it now. You bastards devoted your lives to getting rich. And now like some lost souls...

You want to buy some good will because that's what you people do. You buy shit. You don't give, you take. You always have. And now after you have all of the marbles you want to buy mass appeal and appreciation. Maybe your name on university buildings. A statue or two.

Ok, Buffet and Gates. You want to prove to me you are good people? Get your ass down to the local mission. Do laundry for the homeless. Cook meals for the 25 million people out of work. Spend 20 hours a week with crippled children. Volunteer significant amounts of your time- devote your lives to making things better. Have you ever done that? Fuck no, of course not. You pay someone else to do that for you. You lack authentic intent. You see, absent that kind of personal commitment- guys like me are gonna just think guys like you- are a couple of rich pricks trying to buy a bigger ego and a healthy conscience. Sorry, I'm not selling healthy conscience points and I don't give handouts to the wealthy.
But if you are looking for some "or else" I might have a little extra.

More Winning the Future

Nobody loves Obama like Obama.

The nation's cheerleader and the man who single handedly put an end to Osama's reign of terror, now on television (CNBC) and talking about how we have created 2 million jobs- mostly at McDonald's.

Obama just got pre-empted by breaking news on Greece after making jokes about gas prices and filling up his motorcade. Greece thinking of leaving the euro zone.

Dow immediately tanks 50 points.

Obama had to tactically release that birth certificate of his prior to any nominated opponent making it's non-disclosure an embarrassing campaign issue.  Everything is now proceeding on schedule. Osama Bin Laden could never have known that his death would kick off Obama's 2012 re- election campaign. 

That's winning the future, Obama style.

The Big Lie

So good, so prescient, that I think it is the best read that I've had in months. Perfect. From ZeroHedge.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/mike-krieger-exposes-big-lie

The Last of the Last

The last WWI combat vet. He became a pacifist. Think long and hard about that. Maybe dying for your country ain't all it's cracked up to be.

I would have liked to hear what this guy had to say about that. The last of the last. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/relative-claude-choules-the-last-combat-veteran-of-world-war-i-has-died-in-australia/2011/05/04/AFxTxfsF_story.html

European Central Bank Now Playing Kickball With the U.S.

This morning, the head of the European Central Bank broadcasted that they are done hiking interest rates on the euro for the short term. That soft move and weak talk has caused our otherwise completely worthless dollar to go straight up against the worthless euro.

Wow. And the market yawns. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/euro-plunges-dovish-trichet-comments

Obama: Let Me Get As Much Political Mileage As I Can From This Bin Laden Thing

I gotta tell ya, Obama is so predictable. First it's the late night TV appearance, now this. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/05/obama-visit-ground-zero-strives-bring-closure-victims/

I don't think Obama gives two shits about anybody but himself and his political future. After the TV appearance the other night, the casual observer might have thought Obama himself- went to the Bin Laden compound and double tapped the Great Satan. 

Wow. We got 18 months of this rhetoric and bullshit coming our way. I can hardly wait.

Let the Spin Begin!

This morning, I was watching the news when jobless claims came out. I had a feeling that greedy corporations would begin laying people off when they felt the margin pain of inflation and higher energy prices.

Bingo. When the number came out, I was not surprised. Futures tanked a little and bounced back. Zero hedge states it best and succinctly...

And scene: jobless claims explode to 474K, beyond the worst economist expectation, far above consensus of 410K, and well above the previous (upward revised of course) number of 431K. This is the worst claims number since Augist 2010. Game over for the US "recovery."

However, Apple stock is up.