Whiskey & Gunpowder by Jim Amrhein July 20, 2011 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
For now we direct your attention to the second installment of Jim Amrhein's review of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary. Read on below...
BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
In the first installment of this two-part series, I entertained you - quite fittingly, I thought, for its 100th anniversary - with the acerbic hilarity of some of the more state-skewering entries from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary...
To me, many of these "definitions" are actually closer to being truly definitive of their corresponding terms than anything you'd find in an actual dictionary.
For instance, the latest version of the online dictionary I use most often defines "cynic" principally as:
Cynic (noun): A person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons...
However, to my way of thinking, this "objective" definition falls far short of the clinical (or cynical) reality.
Evidence abounds in government, the markets, medicine, the courts, religion, the media, sports, education, marriage, friendships, and everywhere else of rampant selfishness. By and large, people really are motivated by self-interest - it's central to our survival, bred into our very DNA.
Through the lens of the real, Bierce's definition of "cynic" is the more accurate one:
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be...
That's because his definition (which includes himself as a prototypical example) speaks not to whether people are selfish or not - but to how a society wholly comprised of selfish people regard those who point out their hypocrisy...
According to Bierce, a cynic is one who's held in contempt by society (a blackguard) for seeing it as it really is: A corrupt place ruled by the self-interested.
Like I said, dead-nuts accurate under a thin veil of humor...
Just like his Devil's Dictionary take on other institutions fundamental to a "civilized" society. Things like schooling:
ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.
ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.
EDUCATION, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.
And medicine - a deserving target if there ever was one...
FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
PRESCRIPTION, n. A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Let's not forget morality and religion - those sacred cows few ever deign to joust with in print...
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of bettering his temporal ones.
FAITH, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
IMPIETY, n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
MORAL, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.
PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor.
SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
(I suppose now is the time to add the disclaimer: The views of this column are not necessarily the views of Whiskey & Gunpowder, its publishers, contributors, etc. Although some - like Bierce's thoughts on money, commerce and business - no doubt are, to one degree or another...)
COMMERCE, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E.
CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager.
(Are you paying attention, Goldman-Sachs?)
IMPUNITY, n. Wealth.
INSURANCE, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.
LABOR, n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.
RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless.
WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke.
Some of Bierce's most hilariously devilish "definitions" apply to that hallowed ground, the law...
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
(Because like almost any of the lawyers in Congress can tell you, one must know the law if one is to break it to his own benefit.)
LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
RETALIATION, n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
But for all of his venom loosed on society's institutions in The Devil's Dictionary, Bierce saves some of the most potent for everyday life and relationships. I won't list any of them here, but they're pricelessly vicious and undeniably true...
If you're a fan of the ugly truth and timeless, sardonic wit, you simply must pick up a copy of The Devil's Dictionary for yourself - and for each of your like-minded friends. I'm fortunate enough to have the 2004 edition illustrated by the one-of-a-kind Ralph Steadman (of Hunter S. Thompson fame), but there are others out there.
However, by now you must be wondering why anyone would want to subject himself to the miserable, "nothing matters" vision of Ambrose Bierce anyway...
There's a very good reason, and it's this: If more of us were sharp-eyed, acid-tongued, outspoken cynics instead of rose-colored-glasses-wearing, social media addicted Kool-Aid gulpers, America might not be as screwed as she is right now.
The incredible hubris and hypocrisy in our government got that way over the last 200 years because we bought into the vaunted notion that they were doing what they did "for the people"...
Instead of for themselves - which is human nature, like it or not.
We let things like debt spending, entitlements, welfare programs, lax border security, and endless regulation get the better of our wallets, property, and rights because we believed it when our leaders told us they were "doing it all for us"...While they feathered their own nests and saddled America's children with the bill.
In other words, if more of us had been cynics like Ambrose Bierce - and as such, more keenly able to spot the egregious self-interest of those we've elected - we could have done more to stop the damage they've done to our republic.
Bierce himself single-handedly defeated one of the most shamelessly corrupt bills ever put before Congress, in fact. It was 1896 when advocates for numerous railroad giants slipped a bill in front of Congress without public notice or hearings...
The nature of that bill: An exemption on repayment of tens of millions of dollars borrowed from the U.S. government for the construction of the transcontinental railway. Dispatched by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, Bierce traveled to Washington, investigated the deal, and penned a series of such scathing editorials on the subject that the plot was exposed and the bill roundly defeated.
We forget, we Americans, what power we wield. Not just with our pens - but with our dollars, our votes, our choices, and our passion.
And the reason we forget is that we're all hopeless deceived, distracted, deluded, or doped-up to be able to clearly see when others are acting egregiously in their own self-interest in dire conflict with our own...
Ambrose Bierce and his Devil's Dictionary remind us of the need to be more cynical for the sake of our own survival - and he does it better than anyone else can, or ever has. And the price he paid for it in life was surely one of loneliness. From the Dictionary:
FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
I, for one, salute Ambrose Bierce as friend, wherever he is. His disappearance at age 71 remains a mystery.
My only hope is that however he went, it was doing something for himself - in his own interest - rather than in trying to add to the incredible service he rendered to this nation and the world with the simple, cynical truth.
Very Truly Yours,
Jim Amrhein
P.S. Thanks again, Whiskey-ers, for the chance to spend some time and share some thoughts with you all once again. I hope you've enjoyed my fond look back at one of history's greatest polemicists. And I look forward to keeping you abreast of the exciting goings-on at Agora Financial's "Fight or Flight" Wealth Symposium in Vancouver, the last week of July. Talk to you then... J.A.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Stans Energy Provides Updates for Kutessay II Mine, Aktyuz Ore Field and Kashka Rare Earth Processing Plant
1 days 20 hours 44 minutes ago
Stans Energy announced the following update on the progress of the exploration and development activities at its Kutessay II and Kutessay III sites and the Aktyuz Orefield and at the company's Kashka Rare Earth Processing Facility.
In a release, the Company noted Stans Energy's feasibility study is scheduled for completion by end of Q4 2011. The feasibility studies will be conducted under the guidance of VNIIHT - All Russian Research Institute of Chemical Technology.
Valery Kosinkin will be overseeing the metallurgical aspects, while Marat Fazlullin will be supervising the mine design and its various elements.
Asiarudproject Mining Planning-Production Company CJSC has been retained for the mine design and its planning.
Information-Research Centre will be responsible for assays and further development of new milling technologies for Stans Energy. Ludmilla Evteeva, Director General of IRC will be reporting to VNIIHT whilst overseeing the company's laboratory services.
VNIIHT will be guiding the implementation of improvements to historical methods of rare earth extraction and processing of final metals, alloys and oxides.
VNIIHT has developed technologies and technological schemes of individual REE production out of different types of raw materials which were implemented at plants in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Estonia.
Geomin will be responsible for environmental protection management for Stans Energy.
Kazakhstan Mineral Company is a Kazakhstan consulting company that will provide resource estimation services to the company.
Kyrgyz GIIZ OJSC (Kyrgyz Main Institute of Engineering Surveys in Construction), will provide a full complex of geological engineering and topographical surveys for Stans Energy.
Stans Energy Corporation announced that its Mining and Milling initiatives will be overseen by Valery Yakhin.
The Atomic Company Kazatomprom is the national operator, of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for import and export of uranium, rare metals, nuclear fuel for power plants, special equipment and dual-purpose materials.
Additionally, Stans Energy Corporation announced that Vladmir Shubin its Chief Geologist will be responsible for all the geological activities for Stans Energy.
Stans Energy Corporation will focus this year's initial exploration program on extending the mineralization to depth on Kutessay II to increase to size of the Measured and Indicated Reserves as confirmed by the JORC on Kutessay II.
Stans Energy Corporation is a resource development company focused on progressing heavy rare earth properties in areas of the Former Soviet Union.
Read more about Stans Energy
Stans Energy announced the following update on the progress of the exploration and development activities at its Kutessay II and Kutessay III sites and the Aktyuz Orefield and at the company's Kashka Rare Earth Processing Facility.
In a release, the Company noted Stans Energy's feasibility study is scheduled for completion by end of Q4 2011. The feasibility studies will be conducted under the guidance of VNIIHT - All Russian Research Institute of Chemical Technology.
Valery Kosinkin will be overseeing the metallurgical aspects, while Marat Fazlullin will be supervising the mine design and its various elements.
Asiarudproject Mining Planning-Production Company CJSC has been retained for the mine design and its planning.
Information-Research Centre will be responsible for assays and further development of new milling technologies for Stans Energy. Ludmilla Evteeva, Director General of IRC will be reporting to VNIIHT whilst overseeing the company's laboratory services.
VNIIHT will be guiding the implementation of improvements to historical methods of rare earth extraction and processing of final metals, alloys and oxides.
VNIIHT has developed technologies and technological schemes of individual REE production out of different types of raw materials which were implemented at plants in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Estonia.
Geomin will be responsible for environmental protection management for Stans Energy.
Kazakhstan Mineral Company is a Kazakhstan consulting company that will provide resource estimation services to the company.
Kyrgyz GIIZ OJSC (Kyrgyz Main Institute of Engineering Surveys in Construction), will provide a full complex of geological engineering and topographical surveys for Stans Energy.
Stans Energy Corporation announced that its Mining and Milling initiatives will be overseen by Valery Yakhin.
The Atomic Company Kazatomprom is the national operator, of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for import and export of uranium, rare metals, nuclear fuel for power plants, special equipment and dual-purpose materials.
Additionally, Stans Energy Corporation announced that Vladmir Shubin its Chief Geologist will be responsible for all the geological activities for Stans Energy.
Stans Energy Corporation will focus this year's initial exploration program on extending the mineralization to depth on Kutessay II to increase to size of the Measured and Indicated Reserves as confirmed by the JORC on Kutessay II.
Stans Energy Corporation is a resource development company focused on progressing heavy rare earth properties in areas of the Former Soviet Union.
Read more about Stans Energy
Friday, July 8, 2011
"New Silicon": The Next Junior Mining Sector Poised For Lift-Off
By Byron King June 14, 2011
Dear Penny Sleuther,
It's no secret that adding small-cap junior minors to your portfolio can lead to outstanding profits.
Junior miners are, of course, the tiny companies hard at work finding... exploring... and hopefully mining some type of valuable mineral.
Yes, some of these companies will go bust as they burn through cash...
But find the right junior mining company and your life could change forever. In fact, I know of no other plays that have produced such amazing life-changing profits time and time again. Just look at some of recent gains I found through our friends at Casey Research...
Northern Freegold went up 117% in just one month.
Osisko Mining soared 284% in the matter of 6 months.
Or, International Hill climbed 200% in 7 months.
When it comes to junior miners, most investors search only for companies in the precious metal and oil sectors. But today I'd like to introduce you to another "secret" set of miners that are poised for takeoff.
The "New" War That Could Rocket Oil Past $220 in 2011
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They're busy at work mining a breakthrough new mineral.
It's a material that China already has on lock down. And, no, I'm not talking about rare earths... oil... or anything like that. Let me show you what I mean...
Recently, two scientists won the Nobel Prize for their pioneering discovery of this breakthrough new material.
They call it the "New Silicon."
It's billed as the wonder material of the 21st century...
With the power to revolutionize micro-electronics... just like the introduction of the silicon chip nearly 50 years ago.
According to the National Science Foundation, it's called this material is the "New Silicon" because it's a leading candidate to replace silicon in applications ranging from high-speed computer chips to biochemical sensors.
This new wonder material could have a major impact on the way we live, work, and play.
Tiny Ottawa Company Discovers "New Silicon" - A $2.5 Billion Breakthrough!
This massive "New Silicon" discovery could literally change the world we live in.
Find out how you could grab your piece of this $2.5 billion breakthrough - right here.
Just like the "old silicon" made our lives easier, richer and safer when it was introduced into thousands of products in the 1960s...
According to PC World, the "New Silicon" has transistor speeds up to 10,000 times faster than the "old silicon." And it's cheaper to produce.
Incredibly, it's only one-atom-thick... 100,000 times smaller than a human hair... yet has the strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity to open up new horizons for high-tech applications, military uses, construction - almost anything you can imagine.
In other words, its potential isn't even fully known or even imagined yet. That's how new and amazing this is...
So what, exactly, is this "New Silicon?"
It's simply graphite - and specifically a new substance called "graphene."
Graphite burns at a very high temperature (3,000 degrees or so), and is therefore useful in numerous electrical and thermo-chemical applications, from arc-lamp electrodes to thin-film heat sinks - such as are contained within your Apple I-Pad.
Quite a bit of natural graphite is consumed in refractory processes, electric arc steelmaking, brake linings, foundry facings and lubricants.
There's also a substance called graphene, which occurs naturally in graphite. Graphene has unique physical properties. It may be one of the strongest substances ever identified. On that score, we're still in the very early innings of understanding the technology that could come out of graphene.
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According to a shocking new presentation, we could be on the verge of the biggest wealth advances in history.
Fast sizeable gains could be the norm in this potential wealth wave.
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The reality for miners is that good graphite is not that easy to find.
Because of it's rarity and increased usage, graphite prices have more than doubled in recent years. Based on recent quotes, a ton of 97% pure graphite goes for over $2,000. A ton of ultra-pure, 99.99% graphite will set you back over $20,000.
Put simply, I believe graphite prices still have a long way to run.
This is your chance to be on the cutting edge of resource investing. And more importantly, your chance to profit.
Now's the time to add some of the best junior graphite miners to your portfolio. Who knows... you may just make those life-changing gains I showed you earlier.
[The Sleuth's Note: Doing a quick search using Yahoo! Finance, we came across a few minors working with graphite right now. You can start out by taking a closer look at these: Northern Graphite Corp (TSXV: NGC.V), China Carbon Graphite Group INC (OTCBB: CHGI), and GraphTech International LTD (NYSE: GTI ). This high growth industry also comes with risk, of course. Before buying anything, we suggest doing your homework on this one.]
Sincerely,
Byron King
Energy and Mining Correspondent for The Penny Sleuth
P.S. I recently conducted a "world tour" to find the best "New Silicon" company. The company I found just won the rights to a $2.5 billion graphite discovery. Luckily, they're still sitting within my buy range. To learn more on how to get the name and ticker of this play, click here...
"New Silicon": The Next Junior Mining Sector Poised For Lift-Off is featured at Penny Sleuth.
Dear Penny Sleuther,
It's no secret that adding small-cap junior minors to your portfolio can lead to outstanding profits.
Junior miners are, of course, the tiny companies hard at work finding... exploring... and hopefully mining some type of valuable mineral.
Yes, some of these companies will go bust as they burn through cash...
But find the right junior mining company and your life could change forever. In fact, I know of no other plays that have produced such amazing life-changing profits time and time again. Just look at some of recent gains I found through our friends at Casey Research...
Northern Freegold went up 117% in just one month.
Osisko Mining soared 284% in the matter of 6 months.
Or, International Hill climbed 200% in 7 months.
When it comes to junior miners, most investors search only for companies in the precious metal and oil sectors. But today I'd like to introduce you to another "secret" set of miners that are poised for takeoff.
The "New" War That Could Rocket Oil Past $220 in 2011
This shocking conflict could be eight times bigger than the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. It could also be lethal enough to at least DOUBLE the price of gas and oil in 2011...
Bunker down against soaring energy costs with the ONE "safe haven" financial plan that could protect you and pay impressive gains. Watch the full report here.
They're busy at work mining a breakthrough new mineral.
It's a material that China already has on lock down. And, no, I'm not talking about rare earths... oil... or anything like that. Let me show you what I mean...
Recently, two scientists won the Nobel Prize for their pioneering discovery of this breakthrough new material.
They call it the "New Silicon."
It's billed as the wonder material of the 21st century...
With the power to revolutionize micro-electronics... just like the introduction of the silicon chip nearly 50 years ago.
According to the National Science Foundation, it's called this material is the "New Silicon" because it's a leading candidate to replace silicon in applications ranging from high-speed computer chips to biochemical sensors.
This new wonder material could have a major impact on the way we live, work, and play.
Tiny Ottawa Company Discovers "New Silicon" - A $2.5 Billion Breakthrough!
This massive "New Silicon" discovery could literally change the world we live in.
Find out how you could grab your piece of this $2.5 billion breakthrough - right here.
Just like the "old silicon" made our lives easier, richer and safer when it was introduced into thousands of products in the 1960s...
According to PC World, the "New Silicon" has transistor speeds up to 10,000 times faster than the "old silicon." And it's cheaper to produce.
Incredibly, it's only one-atom-thick... 100,000 times smaller than a human hair... yet has the strength, flexibility and electrical conductivity to open up new horizons for high-tech applications, military uses, construction - almost anything you can imagine.
In other words, its potential isn't even fully known or even imagined yet. That's how new and amazing this is...
So what, exactly, is this "New Silicon?"
It's simply graphite - and specifically a new substance called "graphene."
Graphite burns at a very high temperature (3,000 degrees or so), and is therefore useful in numerous electrical and thermo-chemical applications, from arc-lamp electrodes to thin-film heat sinks - such as are contained within your Apple I-Pad.
Quite a bit of natural graphite is consumed in refractory processes, electric arc steelmaking, brake linings, foundry facings and lubricants.
There's also a substance called graphene, which occurs naturally in graphite. Graphene has unique physical properties. It may be one of the strongest substances ever identified. On that score, we're still in the very early innings of understanding the technology that could come out of graphene.
Impressive Gains From the Biggest Story...Ever?
According to a shocking new presentation, we could be on the verge of the biggest wealth advances in history.
Fast sizeable gains could be the norm in this potential wealth wave.
Best part is - the stocks leading this wave are cheap. They're solid. They're sprouting profits now. Start your own chance at huge wealth with this brief presentation - here.
The reality for miners is that good graphite is not that easy to find.
Because of it's rarity and increased usage, graphite prices have more than doubled in recent years. Based on recent quotes, a ton of 97% pure graphite goes for over $2,000. A ton of ultra-pure, 99.99% graphite will set you back over $20,000.
Put simply, I believe graphite prices still have a long way to run.
This is your chance to be on the cutting edge of resource investing. And more importantly, your chance to profit.
Now's the time to add some of the best junior graphite miners to your portfolio. Who knows... you may just make those life-changing gains I showed you earlier.
[The Sleuth's Note: Doing a quick search using Yahoo! Finance, we came across a few minors working with graphite right now. You can start out by taking a closer look at these: Northern Graphite Corp (TSXV: NGC.V), China Carbon Graphite Group INC (OTCBB: CHGI), and GraphTech International LTD (NYSE: GTI ). This high growth industry also comes with risk, of course. Before buying anything, we suggest doing your homework on this one.]
Sincerely,
Byron King
Energy and Mining Correspondent for The Penny Sleuth
P.S. I recently conducted a "world tour" to find the best "New Silicon" company. The company I found just won the rights to a $2.5 billion graphite discovery. Luckily, they're still sitting within my buy range. To learn more on how to get the name and ticker of this play, click here...
"New Silicon": The Next Junior Mining Sector Poised For Lift-Off is featured at Penny Sleuth.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Declare your independence from corporate rule!
What are you doing this July 4th? Need inspiration?
On July 4, 1997, AfD founder Ronnie Dugger and Al Krebs, a former AfD national council member and a great defender of family farms, stood side by side in front of the Liberty Bell. Each read his own version of a "Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule."
Now, nearly 15 years later, we are still trying to keep "the big corporations and the centimillionaires and billionaires" from turning the halls of government into their private clubhouse. And we're still fighting for the real democracy we need.
Take a stand! It's not too late to get together with fellow activists and plan your own July 4 action. Check out the ideas sent in by groups and individuals and posted here on the Move to Amend website. Dress as a Supreme Court "In-Justice." Be as outrageous as the idea that corporations are entitled to the same constitutional rights as real people.
Bring along copies of this "Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule" that Nancy Price, AfD liaison to Move to Amend, helped to write. You can print out a large version or a half-sheet version from the Move to Amend site, or a quarter-sheet version here. Check out more material on our "Tools for Organizing" page.
Thanks for all you do for democracy, and have a great 4th!
Want to keep us growing? Our Facebook page is an easy way to share AfD news with friends and help spread the word about grassroots alternatives to corporate rule.
And consider becoming a member of Alliance for Democracy—join or give online here.
On July 4, 1997, AfD founder Ronnie Dugger and Al Krebs, a former AfD national council member and a great defender of family farms, stood side by side in front of the Liberty Bell. Each read his own version of a "Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule."
Now, nearly 15 years later, we are still trying to keep "the big corporations and the centimillionaires and billionaires" from turning the halls of government into their private clubhouse. And we're still fighting for the real democracy we need.
Take a stand! It's not too late to get together with fellow activists and plan your own July 4 action. Check out the ideas sent in by groups and individuals and posted here on the Move to Amend website. Dress as a Supreme Court "In-Justice." Be as outrageous as the idea that corporations are entitled to the same constitutional rights as real people.
Bring along copies of this "Declaration of Independence from Corporate Rule" that Nancy Price, AfD liaison to Move to Amend, helped to write. You can print out a large version or a half-sheet version from the Move to Amend site, or a quarter-sheet version here. Check out more material on our "Tools for Organizing" page.
Thanks for all you do for democracy, and have a great 4th!
Want to keep us growing? Our Facebook page is an easy way to share AfD news with friends and help spread the word about grassroots alternatives to corporate rule.
And consider becoming a member of Alliance for Democracy—join or give online here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Declare Independence from a Corrupt Supreme Court: Impeach Clarence Thomas for taking Millions of $$ from Harlan Crow !
Declare Independence from a Corrupt Supreme Court: Impeach Clarence Thomas for taking Millions of $$ from Harlan Crow !
Our Founding Fathers fought to free the American people from the tyranny of a corrupt government. Hundreds of years later, we still face unethical conduct from the highest positions of power.
This Fourth of July, declare independence from dishonesty in the Supreme Court.»
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Our Founding Fathers fought to free the American people from the tyranny of a corrupt government. Hundreds of years later, we still face unethical conduct from the highest positions of power.
This Fourth of July, declare independence from dishonesty in the Supreme Court.»
Take action link: Impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas has a reputation for some questionable court decisions, but his recent acceptance of "gifts" from conservative benefactors takes his shady behavior beyond the bounds of morality.
Rich conservative donor Harlan Crow, who finances companies with frequent Supreme Court litigation, has provided Thomas with access to his private yacht and jet, millions in contributions to Thomas's side projects, and a $500,000 donation to Thomas's wife's Tea Party group.
Supreme Court justices are obliged to act in the best interests of the American people. Stand up for your right to an unbiased Supreme Court: Impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomasimpeach Clarence Thomas today!»
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
How the US Could Have “467,000 More Jobs Right Now”
June 14, 2011 9:36 am
With the US’ nine-plus percent unemployment rate — and when no stone should be left unturned in boosting jobs — there’s a huge, and currently untapped, potential job creation engine in tourism.
Since just last April, Brazilians have spent $1.4 billion as tourists, an 83 percent increase from that same time frame the year before. However, it turns out those dollars are largely not being spent in the US. The giant and growing BRIC tourist numbers are not making it to the US to spend their money, and create jobs in the tourism industry, even though they want to, simply because it’s too hard to get in the US.
Time Magazine explains:
“The most lucrative target is Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy. In the past, most Brazilians used to come to the United States looking for work; now they come to spend money and create jobs. The spending would help the U.S. economy tremendously. The American tourism market has recovered slowly since 9-11, but it missed out on a decade of growth, according to Roger Dow, president of the U.S. Travel Association.
“‘We call it the lost decade. If we had just stayed on pace with the rest of the world, we would have generated $606 billion more dollars and have 467,000 more jobs right now,’ Dow said recently at the Pow Wow tourism trade show in San Francisco. The good news, he says, is that the problem is still fixable, and has some inexpensive solutions. By just extending the visa-waiver program to Brazil and Chile, he says, the United States could double visits from those countries in one year and quickly generate $10.3 billion in new tourism revenue while creating 95,100 new American jobs.
“The Travel Association has also proposed a simple, four-point plan for ‘common sense entry reforms’ that Dow says would create an estimated 1.3 million new jobs and bring in $858 billion into the U.S. economy by 2020. He insists the entry reforms, visa waivers and other ‘trusted traveler’ initiatives would not compromise U.S. national security, rather streamline it and let Homeland Security ‘focus more on finding bad guys rather than harassing the good guys.’”
Only 36 nations are on the US’ visa waiver list, and not a single one is in Latin America. Perhaps it’s time to revisit a policy that was designed with the US’ best interest in mind… for the US’ best interest. You can read more details in Time’s coverage on how letting Brazilians in could help the US economy.
Best,
Rocky Vega,
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Author: Daily Reckoning - Rocky Vega Rocky Vega is a regular contributor to The Daily Reckoning. Previously, he was founding publisher of UrbanTurf and RFID Update, which he operated from Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico, and associate publisher of FierceFinance. He specialized in direct marketing at MBI, facilitated MIT Sloan School of Management programs, and has been featured on CBS. Vega graduated with honors from Harvard University, where he was on the board of Let’s Go Publications and directed business programs involving McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and Harvard Business School faculty. He is also enrolled at the Stockholm School of Economics.
With the US’ nine-plus percent unemployment rate — and when no stone should be left unturned in boosting jobs — there’s a huge, and currently untapped, potential job creation engine in tourism.
Since just last April, Brazilians have spent $1.4 billion as tourists, an 83 percent increase from that same time frame the year before. However, it turns out those dollars are largely not being spent in the US. The giant and growing BRIC tourist numbers are not making it to the US to spend their money, and create jobs in the tourism industry, even though they want to, simply because it’s too hard to get in the US.
Time Magazine explains:
“The most lucrative target is Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy. In the past, most Brazilians used to come to the United States looking for work; now they come to spend money and create jobs. The spending would help the U.S. economy tremendously. The American tourism market has recovered slowly since 9-11, but it missed out on a decade of growth, according to Roger Dow, president of the U.S. Travel Association.
“‘We call it the lost decade. If we had just stayed on pace with the rest of the world, we would have generated $606 billion more dollars and have 467,000 more jobs right now,’ Dow said recently at the Pow Wow tourism trade show in San Francisco. The good news, he says, is that the problem is still fixable, and has some inexpensive solutions. By just extending the visa-waiver program to Brazil and Chile, he says, the United States could double visits from those countries in one year and quickly generate $10.3 billion in new tourism revenue while creating 95,100 new American jobs.
“The Travel Association has also proposed a simple, four-point plan for ‘common sense entry reforms’ that Dow says would create an estimated 1.3 million new jobs and bring in $858 billion into the U.S. economy by 2020. He insists the entry reforms, visa waivers and other ‘trusted traveler’ initiatives would not compromise U.S. national security, rather streamline it and let Homeland Security ‘focus more on finding bad guys rather than harassing the good guys.’”
Only 36 nations are on the US’ visa waiver list, and not a single one is in Latin America. Perhaps it’s time to revisit a policy that was designed with the US’ best interest in mind… for the US’ best interest. You can read more details in Time’s coverage on how letting Brazilians in could help the US economy.
Best,
Rocky Vega,
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Author: Daily Reckoning - Rocky Vega Rocky Vega is a regular contributor to The Daily Reckoning. Previously, he was founding publisher of UrbanTurf and RFID Update, which he operated from Brazil, Chile, and Puerto Rico, and associate publisher of FierceFinance. He specialized in direct marketing at MBI, facilitated MIT Sloan School of Management programs, and has been featured on CBS. Vega graduated with honors from Harvard University, where he was on the board of Let’s Go Publications and directed business programs involving McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, and Harvard Business School faculty. He is also enrolled at the Stockholm School of Economics.
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