Tea Party Report 15 Apr 2009

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Scatcatpdx

CAN YOU HEAR US NOW!

The place: Portland Oregon, Pioneer Courthouse Square.

April 15 2009 18:00

I must report that unlike previous protest by the usual “Peace” and anti-globalization anarchist protest, No protesters were justifiably tear gassed, no police officers assaulted and no Starbucks were trashed during the protest, we kept it rather civil. The only problem I had was the first speaker seems to be too much of the Ron Paul conspiracies type. I did not see any acorn nuts; I did see two 9/11 conspiracy nuts and perhaps a anti-war libertarian or two.   

I can not say how many were there, I say 800 to be on the low side. Beavereton had 1000 and in Salem  they had 5000.

 

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He Has Risen

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Scatcatpdx

The Holy Bible, King James Version
Matthew 28:1 through Matthew 28:15 (KJV)
1In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. 8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. 9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 10Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

11Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. 12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

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Twitter and Texting No Thanks You

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Scatcatpdx

I feel I am being assaulted from all sides about Twitter, texting, social networking and the god forsaken need to be constantly connected via I-Phones and the infamous Crackberry , but  worst is texting and Twitter.  It is not only at my fellow furries I am focusing my wrath but also at politics and talk radio. For example talk show host Hugh Hewitt is singing to praises of Twitter as if it a it the cure for all that ails conservatism and Republican. Party, never mind it will take more than technology to solve to contradictory nature of so call conservatism or, in my opinion, to cover Mr. Hewitt lack of intellectual depth and insight or to express there of.

 

I feel the worst is we will lose the power of writing. Great ideas are transmitted in the written word. The problem is texting and Twitter will be all inspiration will be lost if writing is reduced to a few line of bullets. For example imagine A Shakespearian Sonnet, the Gettysburg Address, a passage of the Bible or even the preamble of the Decoration of   Independence    ran through the 140 characters grinder of twitter, all inspiration and meaning would be lost.

 

One doesn’t not have to have a degree in English grammar, just write. I was research the claim about Civil War soldier vs. High School Educated students today. Even without even a middle high school education and with many spelling and grammar mistake, I believe the point  can be made that a Civil war soldier with a fourth  grade education can express themselves in writing better  than  the Hip Hop culture or the average Tweet.

 

The problem is many I fell. It can be stifling influence of the hip hop or culture bowing down at the alter of instant gratification. Writing takes time even for me a post may take weeks because my difficulty in writing and may contain many spelling and grammar errors (reversed letter order, missing words, wrong word). Only 25% of what I write gets posted.  Many times I would write a paragraph and find the ideas jumbled to where I delete the document and move on the next subject. 

 

I not am asking any person reading this for perfect grammar or the next Gettysburg Address but instead of Tweeting Just take the time write and make a paragraph or two. I would love to red your thoughts and experiences.  

 

This document contains 1962 characters. Any Tweets or comments not in or at least attempt to write in complete sentence will be mercilessly deleted in protest.

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AIG = Astroturffing Indignation by Government

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Scatcatpdx

Of course we now all head about the AIG scandal and how the press in America has twisted this way out of proportion.  Now comes out that Obama administration and Congress knew about the retention bonuses for months, and Chris Dodd inserted the language in the Stimulus bill.  This is nothing more  than political posturing.

If AIG has to return the bonuses, the executives should do a John Gault, quit in mass, and sue the government for breach of contact.

 

As for the CEO misdoings, for the last seven year or more there is one central connection and catalyst for CEO misdeeds: government regulation starting with the limitation of deductibility of CEO salaries which in turn causing companies to turn to bonuses, stock options and other forms that in the past has lead to the temptation of corruption. The simple solution is let company pay their CEOs like the rest of us: in cash. . The second issue is anti hostile takeover regulations of the 1980’s. The unintentional effect was to take the only weapon stockholders had to hold, boards of directors, officers and CEO’s accountable. If stock holders felt that the company was underperforming, they could vote their shares to a white knight that would fire and replace the directors and the CEO.   

 

Government should never been in the business of running or bailing out private business. No company is to big to fail, if to big like AIG and GM, they should be broken up and sold which in turn  allow new business to be created and grow and bring real stimulus to out economy

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