Listening to Free Music MP3's from Thrivent. https://www.thrivent.com/magazine/music/index.html
All this is music is FREE. Some of the dowloads are better than others The Bueltman's are usually very good and there are three in the family who have songs listed. Also just listened to "You are Beautiful My Love" by Robert Finch on Playlist 8. Then on to Adele. Also on the playlist today Punjabi MC a hang over from our time living in the U.K.
Happy New Year to all no mater what playlist you have on when the time comes. Best wishes to all my friends who have already celebrated the New Year.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Iowa Caucus-Presidential Campaigns
I am against moving up the voting for possible presidential candidates. The early we narrow down the choices the worse it is for voters. WHY? Think of all the things that have come out about the peoeple running for president already. Think of the sex scandals and financial scandals.
I think congress should make a law that said Party elections be held in May and not before. This would give plenty of campaign time to the winner and we would not see states a chomping at the bit to be the first to the polls.
So now that we have narrowed down the presidential possibilities to two. What next? If either candidate has a skeleton in the closet then the other candidate is a shoe in. In this case Obama is running unopposed.
I like Obama, just as I did Clinton years ago. So it would be no skin off my back if he did win again. I just want the playing field to be equal.
I think congress should make a law that said Party elections be held in May and not before. This would give plenty of campaign time to the winner and we would not see states a chomping at the bit to be the first to the polls.
So now that we have narrowed down the presidential possibilities to two. What next? If either candidate has a skeleton in the closet then the other candidate is a shoe in. In this case Obama is running unopposed.
I like Obama, just as I did Clinton years ago. So it would be no skin off my back if he did win again. I just want the playing field to be equal.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Labor Unions-The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
100 years ago Labor Unions were extremely important to Americas continued financial expansion and success. Today, Labor Unions actually hurt the economy. Why? I'll spell it out.
100 years ago companies could and did hire people to work and pay them almost nothing. As the economy grew and the wealth of the working class grew, transitory goods were able to be purchased. So said cycle expanded the economy.
Today the same can not be said. Companies are paying a large share of their profits to the people who work for them. By forcing companies to continually up-the-ante by way of wages and benefits causes a loss in profits. Remember yesterdays lesson? If it becomes less profitable to a company to remain in business, then the only option is to move to where costs of production are cheaper or close the company. Modern companies have that option.
Lets look at the Triangle Shirtwaist fire as an example. Due to the desire to make MONEY Triangle Shirtwaist locked women into a sweatshop building. There was a tremendous fire and subsequent loss of life. Laws were passed, better working conditions resulted, and Unionization took place. Today there are almost NO garment makers making clothing in the USA. The costs of production outweigh the ability to sell the product cheap. We like cheap clothes in the USA. Just go down to Walmart and look at the costs of womens clothing. Really 5$ for a shirt, chances are it is NOT made in the USA.
Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam are all places of origin I've seen recently. In fact I am sitting here in a pajama from AVON, that was made in Vietnam. Yes, these places still have sweatshops. I do not condone sweatshops, but you wanted to know why...
US Labor Unions only stay in business because we want MORE Take Home Pay, MORE Benefits, MORE Vacation and Sick Days. In essence we don't want to work. If we don't want to work we shouldn't get paid it's as simple as that. Labor unions will continue to tell you that you deserve more or they wouldn't stay in business. They ARE a business. They do not work for free and they only get paid if they get you MORE.
Companies are leaving the USA because the workers are encouraging it. They can not blame it on Taxes or the EPA alone. If US workers would understand economics they would be better off. Be content with what you have. You live better than anyone else in the world. Why must we always want more.
100 years ago companies could and did hire people to work and pay them almost nothing. As the economy grew and the wealth of the working class grew, transitory goods were able to be purchased. So said cycle expanded the economy.
Today the same can not be said. Companies are paying a large share of their profits to the people who work for them. By forcing companies to continually up-the-ante by way of wages and benefits causes a loss in profits. Remember yesterdays lesson? If it becomes less profitable to a company to remain in business, then the only option is to move to where costs of production are cheaper or close the company. Modern companies have that option.
Lets look at the Triangle Shirtwaist fire as an example. Due to the desire to make MONEY Triangle Shirtwaist locked women into a sweatshop building. There was a tremendous fire and subsequent loss of life. Laws were passed, better working conditions resulted, and Unionization took place. Today there are almost NO garment makers making clothing in the USA. The costs of production outweigh the ability to sell the product cheap. We like cheap clothes in the USA. Just go down to Walmart and look at the costs of womens clothing. Really 5$ for a shirt, chances are it is NOT made in the USA.
Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam are all places of origin I've seen recently. In fact I am sitting here in a pajama from AVON, that was made in Vietnam. Yes, these places still have sweatshops. I do not condone sweatshops, but you wanted to know why...
US Labor Unions only stay in business because we want MORE Take Home Pay, MORE Benefits, MORE Vacation and Sick Days. In essence we don't want to work. If we don't want to work we shouldn't get paid it's as simple as that. Labor unions will continue to tell you that you deserve more or they wouldn't stay in business. They ARE a business. They do not work for free and they only get paid if they get you MORE.
Companies are leaving the USA because the workers are encouraging it. They can not blame it on Taxes or the EPA alone. If US workers would understand economics they would be better off. Be content with what you have. You live better than anyone else in the world. Why must we always want more.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Office of the President
Did you know? One of my pet peeves with people is when they begin a statement, "we wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for _______, " (insert name). Most of people insert in the blank, Obama.
This then promts me to ask them to clarify. Most students truely believe that Obama is the root of all governmental evils.
I generally ask them to get out their Constitutions and ask them to find me the jobs of the President. I quickly point out that Congress shall make all laws. So why then are you blaming Obama, when we have a House and a Senate that has done a good job of doing the most damage. As a President he or she can set an agenda for what they would like congress to discuss, but that does not mean the outcome is going to be in his or her presidential best intrests.
While health care was one of the Obama administrations agenda declarations. He did not MAKE congress aprove it. Secondly, Congress has generally two factions that can't and won't work together. The Democrats and Republicans. When they do work together, as we saw just before Christmas to pass the payroll tax extension, the credit does not rest with the president.
On the LONG drive (see previous post) one of the commentators was spouting that the EPA was the root of all evil. I finally had to tell my husband that I couldn't listen to this SHIT anymore. The commentator had said that the reason plants are closing and jobs are being lost is because of the EPA and its regualtions regarding safe environmental policy. I as a History/Government teacher had a cow. I know why there is an EPA, read your history books folks it isn't pretty. I wanted to shout at all his callers, the reason you are loosing your jobs is because of EXPENSE. When the cost of production outweights the money that product would bring in an open market economy.
I'll break it down for you. If a car costs 12,000 to buy new. Then the costs of production have to be under 12,000 for the company to make a profit. Companies are in this for the profit, they do not give jobs out of the goodness of their hearts. If the people making the cars continually expect to make MORE money, and even continue to strike (see Labor Unions) to take home more pay. Combined with the costs of raw materials like Metal and Fiberglass used to create the actual product. The car better cost under 12,000 when finished or the company will loose money. NOW here is where the EPA steps in. Sometimes companies can make MORE money if they choose to ignore environmental standards. For instance, using water to clean car parts. They can either dump it on the ground thereby contaminating your drinking water or they can spend MONEY to filter it and clean it before they dump it. The first option is zero dollars, the second option is 1,000 dollars. As a company executive your job is to make costs zero dollars. You dump it on the ground. But wait I go to my tap and run some water. It comes out black like sludge. I call the EPA, they come out assess the situation and now the costs to clean up the problem have cost the company 100,000 dollars. Is this the EPA's problem or the Company's? The company and the workers blame the EPA, but really who is at fault for the loss of jobs, it's not the EPA? http://www.epa.gov/cleanup/whereyoulive.htm Check out where you live, Do you live in an EPA clean up area?
This then promts me to ask them to clarify. Most students truely believe that Obama is the root of all governmental evils.
I generally ask them to get out their Constitutions and ask them to find me the jobs of the President. I quickly point out that Congress shall make all laws. So why then are you blaming Obama, when we have a House and a Senate that has done a good job of doing the most damage. As a President he or she can set an agenda for what they would like congress to discuss, but that does not mean the outcome is going to be in his or her presidential best intrests.
While health care was one of the Obama administrations agenda declarations. He did not MAKE congress aprove it. Secondly, Congress has generally two factions that can't and won't work together. The Democrats and Republicans. When they do work together, as we saw just before Christmas to pass the payroll tax extension, the credit does not rest with the president.
On the LONG drive (see previous post) one of the commentators was spouting that the EPA was the root of all evil. I finally had to tell my husband that I couldn't listen to this SHIT anymore. The commentator had said that the reason plants are closing and jobs are being lost is because of the EPA and its regualtions regarding safe environmental policy. I as a History/Government teacher had a cow. I know why there is an EPA, read your history books folks it isn't pretty. I wanted to shout at all his callers, the reason you are loosing your jobs is because of EXPENSE. When the cost of production outweights the money that product would bring in an open market economy.
I'll break it down for you. If a car costs 12,000 to buy new. Then the costs of production have to be under 12,000 for the company to make a profit. Companies are in this for the profit, they do not give jobs out of the goodness of their hearts. If the people making the cars continually expect to make MORE money, and even continue to strike (see Labor Unions) to take home more pay. Combined with the costs of raw materials like Metal and Fiberglass used to create the actual product. The car better cost under 12,000 when finished or the company will loose money. NOW here is where the EPA steps in. Sometimes companies can make MORE money if they choose to ignore environmental standards. For instance, using water to clean car parts. They can either dump it on the ground thereby contaminating your drinking water or they can spend MONEY to filter it and clean it before they dump it. The first option is zero dollars, the second option is 1,000 dollars. As a company executive your job is to make costs zero dollars. You dump it on the ground. But wait I go to my tap and run some water. It comes out black like sludge. I call the EPA, they come out assess the situation and now the costs to clean up the problem have cost the company 100,000 dollars. Is this the EPA's problem or the Company's? The company and the workers blame the EPA, but really who is at fault for the loss of jobs, it's not the EPA? http://www.epa.gov/cleanup/whereyoulive.htm Check out where you live, Do you live in an EPA clean up area?
Politico-Anonymous Rants
Since beginning this blog I have thought about the myriad ways in which I could connect with people. I want to rant on politics. You may ask what gives me this right. Well for one the US Constitution and secondly, I graduated with a degree in American Government. Then several years later I went back to school to teach American Government. With the first degree they taught me things like what it means to be a senator. With the second they taught me to look to the past to write the future.
Why now? The other day my husband and I spent over 10 hours trapped in a car together. For most of that trip we listened to public radio. When that would fade out we(he) would search until he found some revolting person talking about the economy or some other political problem the comentator had perceived.
I say they were revolting because most of them did not understand how the government worked according to the US Constitution. I got tired of people blaming this person or that person for all the ills of the American people. I decided I to could rant. Now I want to see who is listening...
Why now? The other day my husband and I spent over 10 hours trapped in a car together. For most of that trip we listened to public radio. When that would fade out we(he) would search until he found some revolting person talking about the economy or some other political problem the comentator had perceived.
I say they were revolting because most of them did not understand how the government worked according to the US Constitution. I got tired of people blaming this person or that person for all the ills of the American people. I decided I to could rant. Now I want to see who is listening...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Job: Editor
I'm looking for some constructive criticism. Sometimes I make some silly gramatical mistakes, too. Seeking productive help to find said mistakes before I publish.
Pay: Sorry, at the moment this is an unpaid position. If I get rich and famous the first person to share in the wealth will be you.
Perks: See your name in print. I will publically thank you in a foreword in each and every book you help me edit. See previous statement about pay... I will provide solid reviews of your work if you are seeking a paid position elsewhere.
If you are as good as you say you are then this partnership will last a long time.
Email: adelayeherst11@hotmail.com if you want to tackle this position.
Pay: Sorry, at the moment this is an unpaid position. If I get rich and famous the first person to share in the wealth will be you.
Perks: See your name in print. I will publically thank you in a foreword in each and every book you help me edit. See previous statement about pay... I will provide solid reviews of your work if you are seeking a paid position elsewhere.
If you are as good as you say you are then this partnership will last a long time.
Email: adelayeherst11@hotmail.com if you want to tackle this position.
Will the real Adelaye Hearst step forward.
I'm taking a turn at writing these days. I've always wanted to see if I could hack it. A close family friend has shown me that I may just have it in me to conquer my fear. Adelaye is a pen name, nom-de-plume if you will, that I have exchanged for my real name. Why? Well I recently decided that due to the nature and subject matter of what I really want to write, I do not wish certain people to conect me to the more daring side of my personality.
That said, I hope those of you who do eventually read this blog will understand my reluctance to part with my online persona. Happy Reading.
That said, I hope those of you who do eventually read this blog will understand my reluctance to part with my online persona. Happy Reading.
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