California Passes Dream Act, Illegal Aliens Now Entitled to Scholarships

Wow. The bankrupt state of California passes the DREAM Act. This act entitles illegal aliens, under certain conditions, to obtain private taxpayer funded scholarships to college. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTpLn4cVCgXcE_jx1HDfKTBEiifg?docId=CNG.35938e723ad2fcbcb70c6292de0e98b4.9b1

It was really hard for me to find the precise funding source for this act. This was the best that I could do:

The signing of AB 131 would supplement the passage of AB 130, which allows undocumented students access to private financial aid in the forms of grants and scholarships. The second part of the bill expands financial aid to include state-backed funding. California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 130 into law in July.

Nothing from California shocks me. California is the "death star" of statists and central planning. This is a state which is limping along with a patchwork 21 billion dollar make believe budget. They cannot pay their unfunded pension liabilities. They are bankrupt.

So what do statist politicians do when faced with the imminent possibility of voter anger? They do this. Why? Because of this:

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship."

The Hate Crowd Is Out in Force- More Steve Jobs Churn

Ya wanna hear something funny?

I used to hear people piss and moan that the rich could buy themselves out of a criminal charge. No shit. Like the Kennedy's hadn't done that a time or two, or OJ Simpson, or even Angelo Mozilo. Nobody likes our two tiered criminal justice system- most of all me. But what about the people who use their wealth to simply survive? When did that become a hateful offense?

Steve Jobs was dying. According to this story, Jobs bought a place near Memphis, Tennessee and lived there just long enough to qualify for a liver transplant and got one.

Did he commit a criminal act? No. Did he grease anyone's palms to make the transplant happen? Well, maybe... but this story doesn't allege that. Did Jobs do anything immoral, unethical, or reprehensible? No.

To read this malicious piece, you'd think Jobs was the anti-christ. Let me make this simple. In a capitalistic system, the one we were born into and I guess by default, agree to support... successful people are not able to take advantage of their intelligence or work product according to this author. The poor people of Tennessee were victimized. The author's contention is simple. Because most of us could not do what Jobs did, Jobs is bad. I get it.

One more whining statist (accusing others of being statists) and writing crap. http://exiledonline.com/memphis-where-the-oligarchs-eat-their-fellow-americans/

Absolute and Definitive Proof That Our Government Has Completely Left the Rails

In America, we once had these two concepts. The rule of law and due process. We thought these things were of value and we put them in place to establish procedure and define the circumstances under which a person could be prosecuted for a crime. Due process entitled the accused a chance to review the case, defend one's self, and appeal an adverse verdict. Tyrannical oligarchs don't have much use for all of that pomp and circumstance. It takes too much time. http://news.yahoo.com/secret-panel-put-americans-kill-list-041603267.html

So now, government has it's own version of the Star Chamber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Chamber  Based on some highly secretive  and evasive mumbo jumbo spewed by government officials, the oligarchy now has the right to declare any of us, "enemies of the state and they can proceed forthwith to send us to a watery grave." Great.

Now all of this back and forth comes on the heels of the decision to whack that American born terrorist with a drone last week. The neo cons everywhere were proclaiming that if you take up arms against the U.S. and become an enemy of the state, citizen or not, the U.S. has the right to kill you. In addition to denying any given citizen his or her civil rights and due process which is contrary to law... there is even more downside risk here. 

Remember, we can't review the best evidence nor is there any due process before the government decides to send someone to Davy Jones' locker. No way to keep our government honest. Under these circumstances, we will be forced to accept government's version of the truth. That doesn't exactly leave me brimming with confidence while coming from the most deceptive government perhaps- in the history of the world. That is not an overstatement.

I want you to think about this for a minute. Do you really want to give this government the power to declare anyone they want to- an enemy of the state in some secret little star chamber- and then go out and start killing them? What level of proof are we going to require from government before they start dropping bombs on republicans enemies of the state?

Gawd I hope we can wrestle our country back from these assholes. I really do.

Gal Tries New Baby Batter Flavored Yogurt, Gives It a Thumbs Down

Where else could you write about stuff like this? Topping the urine flavored Mt. Dew furnished to me by my cousin in junior high, and eclipsing the pubic hair submarine sandwich we enjoyed while having lunch in uniform one day, comes this remarkable gem. Not odd that I flashed on the "chocolate pie" in the movie, "The Help."

http://news.yahoo.com/man-pleads-guilty-offering-semen-tainted-yogurt-175023000.html

My Sentiments Exactly, Very Colorful Speech, "R" Rating

Thanks bruddha. For some odd reason, I don't even mind his language.

Two Critical Points, Coming Soon To A Country Near You

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship." 

“THERE IS NO MEANS OF AVOIDING THE FINAL COLLAPSE OF A BOOM BROUGHT ABOUT BY CREDIT EXPANSION. THE ALTERNATIVE IS ONLY WHETHER THE CRISIS SHOULD COME SOONER AS THE RESULT OF A VOLUNTARY ABANDONMENT OF FURTHER CREDIT EXPANSION OR LATER AS A FINAL AND TOTAL CATASTROPHE OF THE CURRENCY SYSTEM INVOLVED.”
Ludwig von Mises – Austrian Economist 

He Who Dies With the Most Toys, Still Dies

Today was an odd day for me. Two deaths. Two men that I didn't know. Two men who influenced my life. One because of who he was and the other because of what he wrote.

I have loosely followed the life and wisdom of Steve Jobs. Initially, I followed Apple because it was a company that I wanted to invest in- many years ago. Jobs has always been one of my heroes. He is the embodiment of the American dream. Jobs is what every one of us would want to be- if only we could find a way. Jobs had 300 patents assigned to him. He was a modern day Thomas Edison. I had read Jobs' 1985 interview with Playboy which was quite visionary. It is featured on ZeroHedge today. I was also one of the first to see the Pirates of Silicon Valley when it came out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley

I have also used Jobs' commencement address at Stanford many times. Embedded it on this site. In fact I think it is one of the best addresses, speeches, life instructions that I have ever heard. Period.



I felt the same pit in my stomach today that I did when Randy Pausch of the "Last Lecture" (a fantastic book) died. Pausch died way too young with the same disease that claimed Steve Jobs. Weird.  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184

I am left wondering why do guys like Jobs have to exit the planet so early?
You know what I don't get? I have been reading nothing but jealous and nasty comments all over the web about Jobs. Vilifying him. For stupid shit. Like trying to make large profits, or enlarging margins by using overseas manufacturing. Doing the stuff we all would if we could. Big deal. The government gave the world free trade and we got stuck with the losing hand.

Jobs is one of the greatest stories of my lifetime. One of the few role models we had left. I mean that.

The other man who influenced my life a great deal died this week as well. All he ever did was write a weekly column in the Moonbat Express. Pat Murphy, newspaperman.

Murphy was a card carrying moonbat despite the fact that he was a Korean War Vet. Murphy despised anything not associated with the Democrats, he hated Bush and he liked Obama. I don't care what position the moonbats held, environmental issues or the belief that more government is always better, Murphy always agreed. Any kind of Republican, man or idea, was met with contempt.

Week after week I would read Murphy's writing. The dude nearly gave me an aneurysm. I can honestly say, I hated his writing and I really did quit reading his column for awhile. I did note that he hadn't been himself lately. I didn't know he was sick. I've linked his bosses' story about Pat Murphy's life here: http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005138864 

One of the things you will note is that even though I didn't care for Murphy's writing, that is all I know about Murphy. You can dislike someone's work without hating them, can't you? They are separate subjects aren't they? Murphy may have been a pretty good guy, I will never know. What Murphy did FOR me was infuriate me to the point that I have spent literally thousands of hours becoming aware of what is going on in this country. Through some odd ball conduit, Pat Murphy actually caused me to become a more informed citizen. And I will tell you this, thousands of hours later, I am glad he was who he was. Had I agreed with his crazy positions, I would not be one bit better for it. I might be running around to this day- wanting more debt, more taxes, more government.

Years ago, I was having some blog war about the elite in this country when the site owner introduced me to the title of  today's piece. Some people show us what they believe (good or bad) and as a result- we decide what kind of men we want to be.