Today’s quote

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw

Finally Mr. Will

Today, for the first time, George Will admitted that the Republicans are engaged in a self-destruct path….I guess he finally realized that, if he does not say so, he will be identified by the same embarassing rhetorics created by these jokers.

Thought

I wake up in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Anyone with the same dilemma?

today’s quote

“Whenever someone tries to offend me, I raise my soul so high that he cannot reach it.”
Rene Descartes

Today’s quote

” To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.”

Henry Kissinger

Unfortunately more people know nothing than everything!

I told you so!

Democracy in countries where illiteracy is at high levels CANNOT WORK. Case in point: Egypt. Not because Egyptians voted for the Islamists, but because most of the voters had NO IDEA who they were voting for. Never mind the symbols as opposed to names on the ballots, but in most cases, voters were asking the guard where to put that cross. He would then direct them to the spot.
I told them so during my last visit when I saw the jubilation following Mubarak’s oust… I know better.

Enough

These republican candidates should be told to stay home. It is so embarrassing. The whole world is laughing at us and it is hurting this country.
Somebody take charge please.

Today’s quote

“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge”
Winston Churchill
Wish it were true!

Unemployment figures

According to the Wall Street Journal, during the last ten years, US multinationals fired 2.9 million workers here, AND hired 2.4 million workers abroad! Does anyone ask : WHY? Yes of course… Because it is cheaper to hire abroad even if that fellow in India is incapable of communicating effectively.
Next question is: OK I understand these companies want to reduce costs and increase profits. OK then who benefits from that? Aha! The investor in these companies.
Then all Americans should benefit right? Wrong… The 2008 financial crisis eliminated the savings of the middle class by eroding their pensions which are invested in the stock market. So then who benefits? Those who can afford to. The top 5% or less. And what do they do with this money? They re-invest it in the stock market in the same instruments that caused the financial disaster of the past ten years.
Do we better understand the worldwide :Occupy Wall Street and equivalents movements now? God help us…

Elections

As long as we have elections every two years, and we allow campaigns to start 18 months before election day, WE ARE DOOMED. We get six ‘honest’ months of governing???? Shame on the United States of America.