Old Days......
....good times I remember.
Point Reyes circa 1985
Monday, January 12, 2009
New Deal... Bad Deal.
I am working on a little post on this topic but found this article of note. FDR was always a pompous self promoter. His "New Deal" was a disjointed, contradictory set of fix it quick schemes that had little positive effect until the WWII began in earnest. That effort got us out of the depression.
The New Deal metaphor in wide circulation today is based on the illusion that, since New Deal interventions were effective in dealing with the Depression, they are the right medicine for dealing with today's financial crisis and economic slowdown. This illusion is driven by a deep misconception: that the market-oriented policies of the past quarter century were a great mistake and should be replaced by a more coordinated set of policies that (it is argued) will yield more stable growth and a fairer distribution of income. Thus the New Deal metaphor is now invoked as a call to overturn the free-market revolution of the 1980s, just as the New Deal threw overboard the Wall Street-favored policies of the 1920s. Such hopes are based on a fairy tale version of the New Deal and a highly ideological interpretation of recent history. In combination, they provide a shaky foundation for current policy and are a trap for Democrats.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
It's Aloha Friday..........no work till Monday!!!
Doo de doo, de doo, de doo ...
Island dreamin..... Busy Busy, Troop JLT, Eagle Projects, maybe do some varnish on the boat. Y'all have a GREAT weekend!
Doo de doo, de doo, de doo ....
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Choices.... Looking at this photo you have to acknowledge that the driver of this contraption, at some point, evaluated the head gear options and elected the classy white accoutrement over the one on his handlebars. As to the chap in the back, well, I got nothing.
Choices. We all make them. Some good, some not so good.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Michigan. In an upcoming issue of Sports Illustrated Mitch Albom works some magic on a state that is near and dear to the olde Rumbear's heart.
Because we may be a few steps behind the rest of the country, but we're a few steps ahead of it too. And what's happening to us may happen to you.
Do you think if your main industry sails away to foreign countries, if the tax base of your city dries up, you won't have crumbling houses and men sleeping on church floors too? Do you think if we become a country that makes nothing, that builds nothing, that only services and outsources, that we will hold our place on the economic totem pole? Detroit may be suffering the worst from this semi-Depression, but we sure didn't invent it. And we can't stop it from spreading. We can only do what we do. Survive.
Do you think if your main industry sails away to foreign countries, if the tax base of your city dries up, you won't have crumbling houses and men sleeping on church floors too? Do you think if we become a country that makes nothing, that builds nothing, that only services and outsources, that we will hold our place on the economic totem pole? Detroit may be suffering the worst from this semi-Depression, but we sure didn't invent it. And we can't stop it from spreading. We can only do what we do. Survive.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Moons Over Colorado!
....that's not how you ride a ski lift!
Two moons over Colorado!
Some hapless sot managed to lose his seat and pants while dangling from a ski lift at Vail Colorado. Follow the link and see how the explanation sounds to you!
....that's not how you ride a ski lift!
Two moons over Colorado!
Some hapless sot managed to lose his seat and pants while dangling from a ski lift at Vail Colorado. Follow the link and see how the explanation sounds to you!
Monday, January 05, 2009
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Israel Okay kids, several have asked Hey Rumbear, what's up with the Israeli's turning down a 48 hour cease fire with Hamas.
The Rumbear has stayed out of this one for several reasons.
A). I support Israel 100%.
B). See A above.
So, why no cease fire? Let me ask you a question...what happens in the US in 17 days? Do you think the next guy will provide unwaivering support for Israel? Me either.
In layman's terms it's "Git Er Done" time.
Here's a link to a long article that says pretty much the same thing. Oh, and here's a link to the Israeli Defense Force YouTube site. The one YouTube keeps trying to wipe out.
Your welcome.
Because He's Right. Vaclav Klaus is the new Presdient of the Europeon Union (EU). He does not believe in GlowBall Warming. At all. This is cause for grave concern amongst the true believers. On a continent with a long history of torturing those who fail to follow the presently accepted beliefs, (see Galileo, Keplar, Brahe), the Presidency of Klaus and his beliefs borders on heresy.
The European Union's new figurehead believes that climate change is a dangerous myth and has compared the union to a Communist state. But there are already fears that,..... the Czech effort will be mired in infighting and overshadowed by the platform it will give to Mr Klaus and his controversial views.
Catch that last line??..."his controversial views." Let that sink in for a minute. Now, apparently in Fortress Europa, if YOU do not believe in GlowBall Warming, YOU have controversial views.
What a load of tripe.
Friday, January 02, 2009
Served. Red Wings dominated the Blackhawks at the Winter Classic. Lessons learned for the upstarts from Chi-town.
You don't tug on Superman's cape.......
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