Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Crap (aka, Don't Turd On Me!)
For all who support the noxious, obnoxious garbage known as Obamacare…for all who support the expansion of the insolent entitlement culture that it will bring…for those who find strength in weakness…for those who wish to denigrate my profession and livelihood with this juggernaut of slime: Should I do as I'm told? Should I go where I'm sold? Should I have to be sacrificed in this or any manner? Should I continue to give till it hurts, till it bleeds, till it sucks me dry, and give it to anyone and everyone who has or will have nothing to do with me…because it is "just", "kind", or "right"? No. I have to, want to, must live a life…free. Your relative morality is not my absolute. Your opinions end where mine begin. But how will the new America begin? Some are good with words. Some are good with swords. I've always preferred a quiet, patient intolerance. A Gandhian resistance. But I had a dream…that I can be more than a silent, screaming machine. I must breathe while I seethe. I must fight the lies, which are only as strong as they are accepted or believed. I must channel a rational energy. I must…I must…I don't know. I'm hearing the old Rajput echoes…the glory of standing strong for the land I believe in. In the end, I will not be an altruistic black hole. I will not drown in a collective sea. And, most of all, I will not be society's ostomy bag. When you're pushed to the brink of stink, and it's starting to sink…it's time to save this ship from the same old shit!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Don't be a fool, don't be a tool
This news article states that "one of the most contentious issues between India and the U.S. is the administration's push for India to accept limits on carbon emissions as part of an international climate change agreement. To emphasize the importance of the matter, Clinton traveled [to India] with the special U.S. envoy for climate change...Clinton urged India to take a leading role and to avoid the missteps that occurred during U.S. industrialization:
'We believe India is innovative and entrepreneurial enough to figure out how to deal with climate change while continuing to lift people out of poverty and develop at a rapid rate,' she said."
'India' (aka, the Indian entrepreneur) should openly ignore the 'American' (aka, the American leftist) push to accept limits on carbon emmisions...that would be innovative enough.
Entrepreneurs work best when left alone, not when they are an instrument of leftist policy.
And anyway, if the Indian entrepreneur is innovative enough to slow climate change without increasing poverty, then surely they're innovative enough to adapt to climate change and eliminate poverty. Leave them alone and we'll see what they can do.
This news article states that "one of the most contentious issues between India and the U.S. is the administration's push for India to accept limits on carbon emissions as part of an international climate change agreement. To emphasize the importance of the matter, Clinton traveled [to India] with the special U.S. envoy for climate change...Clinton urged India to take a leading role and to avoid the missteps that occurred during U.S. industrialization:
'We believe India is innovative and entrepreneurial enough to figure out how to deal with climate change while continuing to lift people out of poverty and develop at a rapid rate,' she said."
'India' (aka, the Indian entrepreneur) should openly ignore the 'American' (aka, the American leftist) push to accept limits on carbon emmisions...that would be innovative enough.
Entrepreneurs work best when left alone, not when they are an instrument of leftist policy.
And anyway, if the Indian entrepreneur is innovative enough to slow climate change without increasing poverty, then surely they're innovative enough to adapt to climate change and eliminate poverty. Leave them alone and we'll see what they can do.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Great Songs On My Mind Recently
Bisso Fri (Bisso na Bisso)
Giant (The The)
Seven Veils (Peter Murphy)
Honesty Files (Urge Overkill)
Scatta Head; Beng Beng Beng (Femi Kuti)
Musical Box (Genesis)
Soon (My Bloody Valentine)
Cry in the Wind; A Day (Clan of Zymox)
Come in Number 21 (Charlatans)
Main Title Theme (UNKLE)
Olsen Olsen (Sigur Ros)
Cherry-Coloured Funk (Cocteau Twins)
Why; Heaven Knows; Helen of Troy (Robert Plant)
Tarkus (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Dreaming of Me (Depeche Mode)
Crank; Satellite (Catherine Wheel)
Newborn Friend; Latest Craze (Seal)
What's Wrong With This Picture (Lloyd Cole)
It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys)
I Fall Down (U2)
Bisso Fri (Bisso na Bisso)
Giant (The The)
Seven Veils (Peter Murphy)
Honesty Files (Urge Overkill)
Scatta Head; Beng Beng Beng (Femi Kuti)
Musical Box (Genesis)
Soon (My Bloody Valentine)
Cry in the Wind; A Day (Clan of Zymox)
Come in Number 21 (Charlatans)
Main Title Theme (UNKLE)
Olsen Olsen (Sigur Ros)
Cherry-Coloured Funk (Cocteau Twins)
Why; Heaven Knows; Helen of Troy (Robert Plant)
Tarkus (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Dreaming of Me (Depeche Mode)
Crank; Satellite (Catherine Wheel)
Newborn Friend; Latest Craze (Seal)
What's Wrong With This Picture (Lloyd Cole)
It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys)
I Fall Down (U2)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In Denial: A Play in One Act
This is my caption for this photo caption contest where Zardari, Ahmadinejad, and Manmohan Singh are mingling at a recent summit meeting:
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?"
Singh: "Morons."
In Denial: A Sequel
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What cash fraud?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What vote fraud?"
Singh: "Morons."
In Denial: Encore
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What nuclear marketing?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What nuclear targeting?"
Singh: "Morons."
This is my caption for this photo caption contest where Zardari, Ahmadinejad, and Manmohan Singh are mingling at a recent summit meeting:
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What Terrorism?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What Holocaust?"
Singh: "Morons."
In Denial: A Sequel
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What cash fraud?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What vote fraud?"
Singh: "Morons."
In Denial: Encore
Zardari to Ahmadinejad: "What nuclear marketing?"
Ahmadinejad to Zardari: "What nuclear targeting?"
Singh: "Morons."
Friday, June 12, 2009
Congratulations, Stupor-man
Bill in Kill Bill 2 says "Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak...He’s unsure of himself...He’s a coward. Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race."
Interesting thought, but I dunno...I just thought Superman acted like Clark Kent so that no one would even begin to think he's Superman, that's all. However, there is a pseudo-hero out there who does seem to have this critique on humanity, given the philosophical underpinnings of his apathetic, coma-inducing ideas. Given my recent posts, it's not hard to guess who!
Bill in Kill Bill 2 says "Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak...He’s unsure of himself...He’s a coward. Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race."
Interesting thought, but I dunno...I just thought Superman acted like Clark Kent so that no one would even begin to think he's Superman, that's all. However, there is a pseudo-hero out there who does seem to have this critique on humanity, given the philosophical underpinnings of his apathetic, coma-inducing ideas. Given my recent posts, it's not hard to guess who!
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Mystics of Death
Zimbabwean "traditional healers"...shouldn't they get a taste of their own medicine...well, ok, at least some type of legal action?
Sadly, faith healing is big here too, where false cures (redistribution) spread to the populace result in the exploited (the productive).
Zimbabwean "traditional healers"...shouldn't they get a taste of their own medicine...well, ok, at least some type of legal action?
Sadly, faith healing is big here too, where false cures (redistribution) spread to the populace result in the exploited (the productive).
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Fierce!?
The Obama (aka Bush 3) administration is supposed to be about "the fierce moral urgency of change". Lets see...big goverment expansion: no points for change there; the deliberate, systematic dismantling of capitalism: well, there goes moral urgency. That's left us all with...fierce!? The upcoming trojan horse attack on the US health care system (a crypto-socialist blueprint for eventual universal health care) is going to be pretty fierce, unfortunately.
The Obama (aka Bush 3) administration is supposed to be about "the fierce moral urgency of change". Lets see...big goverment expansion: no points for change there; the deliberate, systematic dismantling of capitalism: well, there goes moral urgency. That's left us all with...fierce!? The upcoming trojan horse attack on the US health care system (a crypto-socialist blueprint for eventual universal health care) is going to be pretty fierce, unfortunately.
The Great, the Good, and The Ugly
(Caution: Involves highly subjective content)
The Great:
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Where's the Party Yaar
Lord of the Rings I, II, III
Heat
Total Recall
Army of Darkness
Clerks
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Indiana Jones (the first three)
Star Wars (parts 2,4,5,6)
Aliens
Traffic
Contact
Matrix (1,2)
Raw (Eddie Murphy)
Delirious (Eddie Murphy)
Dumb and Dumber
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Ocean's Eleven
Count of Monte Cristo
Salaam Bombay
Gladiator
The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Water
Blade series (I and II)
The Good
Dirty Pretty Things
Monsoon Wedding
Ocean's 12
Identity
My Cousin Vinny
Troy
Equilibrium
The Last Castle
Boondock Saints
The Professional
Moonraker
Three Kings
Blade
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Donnie Brasco
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Thirteen Days
Wayne's World
Thunderheart
Executive Decision
Nick of Time
Osmosis Jones
Zoolander
Napoleon Dynamite
The Hot Chick
Assault on Precinct 13
Deep Cover
Downfall
City of God
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Intermission
The Verdict
The Man
Unfinished Life
Animal (2005)
Crazy/Beautiful
Maria Full of Grace
Death Wish
United 93
Kingdom of Heaven
Lucky Number Slevin
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Casino Royale
Borat
Blood Diamond
Million Dollar Baby
Equilibrium
In America
Brokeback Mountain
Crazy/Beautiful
Commando
United 93
Borat
Casino Royale
March of the Penguins
Color Purple
Boiler Room
The Guardian
Last King of Scotland
Batman Begins
Hyderabad Blues 2
War of the Roses
Departed
Archangel
Rocky Balboa
Fire
Maria Full of Grace
Jaws
Apocalypto
Something the Lord Made
My Son the Fanatic
TNMT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Next
Transformers
Bean
Johnny English
11:14
Vantage Point
In the Name of the King
Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Resident Evil: Extinction
Underdog
Speed Racer
Taken
Body of Lies
Underworld (Series 1-3)
Tropic Thunder
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Milk
The Ugly
Wes Craven's Mind Ripper
Bella Mafia
Planet of the Apes (2000)
Nightbreed
Mystery Men
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
The Green Mile
Magnolia
O Brother Where Art Thou?
2001
Rushmore
Me, Myself, and Irene
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Patch Adams
Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Deeds
Passion of the Christ
Bride and Prejudice
Bride and Prejudice (had to be mentioned twice)
Miss Congeniality 2
Naked Lunch
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Family Man
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lady in the Water
Buckaroo Banzai
Naked Lunch
The Love Guru
Also A couple more categories:
Well Made Crap
Crash
Match Point
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Constant Gardener
The Ice Storm
Jarhead
Once Upon a Time in America
Find Me Guilty
Munich
Wild Rides (Unclassifiable)
U turn
Lord of War
Sexy Beast
Q and A
Angel Heart
Mr. Brooks
(Post updated continuously)
(Caution: Involves highly subjective content)
The Great:
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
Where's the Party Yaar
Lord of the Rings I, II, III
Heat
Total Recall
Army of Darkness
Clerks
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Indiana Jones (the first three)
Star Wars (parts 2,4,5,6)
Aliens
Traffic
Contact
Matrix (1,2)
Raw (Eddie Murphy)
Delirious (Eddie Murphy)
Dumb and Dumber
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Ocean's Eleven
Count of Monte Cristo
Salaam Bombay
Gladiator
The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
Water
Blade series (I and II)
The Good
Dirty Pretty Things
Monsoon Wedding
Ocean's 12
Identity
My Cousin Vinny
Troy
Equilibrium
The Last Castle
Boondock Saints
The Professional
Moonraker
Three Kings
Blade
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Donnie Brasco
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Thirteen Days
Wayne's World
Thunderheart
Executive Decision
Nick of Time
Osmosis Jones
Zoolander
Napoleon Dynamite
The Hot Chick
Assault on Precinct 13
Deep Cover
Downfall
City of God
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Intermission
The Verdict
The Man
Unfinished Life
Animal (2005)
Crazy/Beautiful
Maria Full of Grace
Death Wish
United 93
Kingdom of Heaven
Lucky Number Slevin
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Casino Royale
Borat
Blood Diamond
Million Dollar Baby
Equilibrium
In America
Brokeback Mountain
Crazy/Beautiful
Commando
United 93
Borat
Casino Royale
March of the Penguins
Color Purple
Boiler Room
The Guardian
Last King of Scotland
Batman Begins
Hyderabad Blues 2
War of the Roses
Departed
Archangel
Rocky Balboa
Fire
Maria Full of Grace
Jaws
Apocalypto
Something the Lord Made
My Son the Fanatic
TNMT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Next
Transformers
Bean
Johnny English
11:14
Vantage Point
In the Name of the King
Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Resident Evil: Extinction
Underdog
Speed Racer
Taken
Body of Lies
Underworld (Series 1-3)
Tropic Thunder
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Milk
The Ugly
Wes Craven's Mind Ripper
Bella Mafia
Planet of the Apes (2000)
Nightbreed
Mystery Men
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
The Green Mile
Magnolia
O Brother Where Art Thou?
2001
Rushmore
Me, Myself, and Irene
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Patch Adams
Artificial Intelligence
Mr. Deeds
Passion of the Christ
Bride and Prejudice
Bride and Prejudice (had to be mentioned twice)
Miss Congeniality 2
Naked Lunch
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Family Man
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lady in the Water
Buckaroo Banzai
Naked Lunch
The Love Guru
Also A couple more categories:
Well Made Crap
Crash
Match Point
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Constant Gardener
The Ice Storm
Jarhead
Once Upon a Time in America
Find Me Guilty
Munich
Wild Rides (Unclassifiable)
U turn
Lord of War
Sexy Beast
Q and A
Angel Heart
Mr. Brooks
(Post updated continuously)
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Small thoughts...
To the Left, the State is Church.
To the Right, the Church is State.
To the Left, the State is Church.
To the Right, the Church is State.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Let the stars shine
Swing Out Sister. What a bright sense of life. Some of my favorites:
Love Won't Let You Down
Breakout
Always
Am I the Same Girl
Somewhere in the World
Heart for Hire
Fooled by a Smile
Grand lizards vs. Grand wizards
LGF is an intriguing blog which exposes Islamofacism and their useful idiots, the LLL (liberal loony left). (I even named this blog after a ridiculous pink protest tank depicted there long ago...couldn't pass it up). Lately LGF has diverted some ammo toward the RRR (rabid religious right), namely creationists, and other far right ilk. Their aim is true. By the way, the economic fascism of the current BO administration is also quite a target rich environment, but I go to other blogs for this.
Swing Out Sister. What a bright sense of life. Some of my favorites:
Love Won't Let You Down
Breakout
Always
Am I the Same Girl
Somewhere in the World
Heart for Hire
Fooled by a Smile
Grand lizards vs. Grand wizards
LGF is an intriguing blog which exposes Islamofacism and their useful idiots, the LLL (liberal loony left). (I even named this blog after a ridiculous pink protest tank depicted there long ago...couldn't pass it up). Lately LGF has diverted some ammo toward the RRR (rabid religious right), namely creationists, and other far right ilk. Their aim is true. By the way, the economic fascism of the current BO administration is also quite a target rich environment, but I go to other blogs for this.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Quote of the day:
"In the world of the blind, I don't really mind"--One-eyed King
"In the world of the blind, I don't really mind"--One-eyed King
Saturday, May 02, 2009
"Tea-poy" mutiny
I went to a nearby tea party protest a couple weeks ago. Clever signs! It would have been nice to see other Americans of Indian descent there...can't we see that Obama is just another Nehru (young, charismatic, misguided economic nitwit?). Oh well...
(My sign idea: "Separation of Obama and State"...after all, he is just another cultish institution hypnotizing the masses...didn't have time to make it, though).
I went to a nearby tea party protest a couple weeks ago. Clever signs! It would have been nice to see other Americans of Indian descent there...can't we see that Obama is just another Nehru (young, charismatic, misguided economic nitwit?). Oh well...
(My sign idea: "Separation of Obama and State"...after all, he is just another cultish institution hypnotizing the masses...didn't have time to make it, though).
Friday, May 01, 2009
Five years later...
...Starting right where I left off! Here we go!
...Starting right where I left off! Here we go!
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Time for an exit!...
One of my more recent sound creations, Space Exits, attempts an Indo/Western theme (hey, at least that's what I hand in mind!).
(Due to time considerations, I will have to make this the last entry on this blog; life seems to get busier with each passing day (it's a good kind of busy, though...) Well, it was fun while it lasted!)
One of my more recent sound creations, Space Exits, attempts an Indo/Western theme (hey, at least that's what I hand in mind!).
(Due to time considerations, I will have to make this the last entry on this blog; life seems to get busier with each passing day (it's a good kind of busy, though...) Well, it was fun while it lasted!)
Saturday, April 10, 2004
The Original Fountain-head?
According to Chris Satullo of The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Shiva [when regarded as the Supreme Spirit mentioned in Hindu treatises] emodies a central paradox of life: To create the new, you must destroy the old. To create fire, you must destroy wood. To make oil, animals must die. For the automobile to prevail, blacksmiths must suffer. For Bill Gates to rise, the typewriter repairman must fall. So free-market capitalism is Shiva...it is what it is, at once creative and destructive...but it is not a zero-sum game either...as free-market capitalism does its Tandava dance, it leaves behind more wealth and more health for more people.
...US politicians fail to see the larger picture and root for protectionist measures...that is where a training in Hindu philosophy helps.
Well, that's a perspective we don't hear every day.
Nature, and stuff
We command what we obey
To create what we destroy
Out of which our life is torn
Is of that which we are born
But I find a solace high
For in between is Time
Preserving all our kind
Viakuntha on my mind
According to Chris Satullo of The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Shiva [when regarded as the Supreme Spirit mentioned in Hindu treatises] emodies a central paradox of life: To create the new, you must destroy the old. To create fire, you must destroy wood. To make oil, animals must die. For the automobile to prevail, blacksmiths must suffer. For Bill Gates to rise, the typewriter repairman must fall. So free-market capitalism is Shiva...it is what it is, at once creative and destructive...but it is not a zero-sum game either...as free-market capitalism does its Tandava dance, it leaves behind more wealth and more health for more people.
...US politicians fail to see the larger picture and root for protectionist measures...that is where a training in Hindu philosophy helps.
Well, that's a perspective we don't hear every day.
Nature, and stuff
We command what we obey
To create what we destroy
Out of which our life is torn
Is of that which we are born
But I find a solace high
For in between is Time
Preserving all our kind
Viakuntha on my mind
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
"Music!"
I haven't had much time to "blog" these days; I have been working on my music lately, among other things (a few of my strange creations can be found here...please excuse my drum programming; I am primarily a guitarist, y'know!)
I haven't had much time to "blog" these days; I have been working on my music lately, among other things (a few of my strange creations can be found here...please excuse my drum programming; I am primarily a guitarist, y'know!)
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Profitophobia
What's holding back privatization? Fear clearly has a lot to do with it. Irrational fears have their negative impact, but among them, the fear of profit is the most underestimated. This fear, which seems to derive from an ignorance of capitalism, is a powerful currency, especially for non-profit groups.
It seems that the fear of profit has paralyzed the privatization of insurance. As Sowell observes, "Insurance companies are in the business of reducing given risks and transferring them, for a price. Non-profit advocacy groups are in the business of maximizing fears from given risks, in order to attract the donations that keep them going. Yet because the latter's income is not called by the dreaded word "profit," they are considered to be doing something more noble." Some of these "advocacy" groups use this fear to "improve" insurance (a product designed to alleviate fear), and end up only destroying the concept of insurance, only leading to more...fear.
Though an irrational fear of the word "profit" exists when it comes to products like insurance, Stephen A. Moses notes where the real concern should lie: "When politicians, bureaucrats, or "advocates" of one kind or another try to achieve welfare goals through private insurance—when they try to "improve" on private insurance with mandates, controls, or regulations—all sorts of unforeseen and unintended consequences follow."
Rational fears may require insurance; irrational fears, however, seem to require facing the simple facts: Some people believe in limited government as a principle. Others see limited government as simply a fact -- that there are only a limited number of things that government can do more effectively than individuals or other organizations can do--Sowell.
(While on this subject, I've noticed that KL has some wonderful insights into fear, and so does Donald Hagen, with question 116 on this funny political quiz)
What's holding back privatization? Fear clearly has a lot to do with it. Irrational fears have their negative impact, but among them, the fear of profit is the most underestimated. This fear, which seems to derive from an ignorance of capitalism, is a powerful currency, especially for non-profit groups.
It seems that the fear of profit has paralyzed the privatization of insurance. As Sowell observes, "Insurance companies are in the business of reducing given risks and transferring them, for a price. Non-profit advocacy groups are in the business of maximizing fears from given risks, in order to attract the donations that keep them going. Yet because the latter's income is not called by the dreaded word "profit," they are considered to be doing something more noble." Some of these "advocacy" groups use this fear to "improve" insurance (a product designed to alleviate fear), and end up only destroying the concept of insurance, only leading to more...fear.
Though an irrational fear of the word "profit" exists when it comes to products like insurance, Stephen A. Moses notes where the real concern should lie: "When politicians, bureaucrats, or "advocates" of one kind or another try to achieve welfare goals through private insurance—when they try to "improve" on private insurance with mandates, controls, or regulations—all sorts of unforeseen and unintended consequences follow."
Rational fears may require insurance; irrational fears, however, seem to require facing the simple facts: Some people believe in limited government as a principle. Others see limited government as simply a fact -- that there are only a limited number of things that government can do more effectively than individuals or other organizations can do--Sowell.
(While on this subject, I've noticed that KL has some wonderful insights into fear, and so does Donald Hagen, with question 116 on this funny political quiz)
