COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
Just watched Hamburger Hill for the first time. Great movie.
ReplyDeleteCarlin, who never was funny, just disgusting, deserves to be shot, along with all those in 'marketing'.
ReplyDeleteCarlin was a poet and a social critic. It is too late to shoot him as he is dead. He disturbs because he has no sacred cows. For me to even mention “s acred cows”is probably offensive to someone.
ReplyDeleteTo his point about bullshit: The last election was all about the message and political spending. Why should anyone’s vote be affected by a 30 second commercial? They were? Did any of the candidates lie, distort or bullshit? Did the voters buy the bullshit?
The first video shows what Hollywood celebrities say about guns juxtaposed against film clips showing how they make their money glorifying gun violence. Any contradiction there?
All of Washington and the media are in a tizzy over a financial fact that is obvious to just about everyone and has been so for years: The government spends too much money that it does not have. Every dime is necessary. Does that have a whiff of eau d’turd?
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US Budget for Dummies
posted at 5:12 pm on December 28, 2012 by Jazz Shaw
From my inbox, submitted without comment.
* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000
Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget:
* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50
Make sense now?
In light of the fact that those numbers are, what, 3 years old?
DeleteTo a dummie, maybe.
And haven't things gotten worse?
DeleteCarlin made his money off profanity. I'm just getting old and don't appreciate that kind of humor. Not good for the kids.
ReplyDeleteContradictions all over the place with the 'celebrities'.
You must, not mentioning it, agree with the sentiments expressed about those in marketing.
:)
Agree about the sound bites, though they seem to be a necessary evil these days.
DeleteI read Romney considered and rejected an idea to make an hour long infomericial in the waning days of the campaign on the grounds that nobody but those already decided for him would watch it, the others switching over to a football game or 'Days of Our Lives'.
DRAMA: Clinton in hospital with blood clot...
ReplyDeleteDOCTOR: Danger 'depends on where it is'...
Worried about 'other issues associated with concussion'...
NBC reporter: 'Clots from concussions can't be treated with blood thinners'...
Has not been seen in public for 3 weeks...
Conspiracy theories abound...drudge
Maybe somebody slipped some coagulation factor into her gin and tonic leading to a coagulation cascade.
Naw.....
Only Putin does that kind of thing, and he likes incompetence in high office in the United States.
DeleteTo be clear, I do not only post things that I agree with. If I agree, I will usually comment on that point. More often than not, I agree with some or most, not always.
ReplyDelete2020.05.24酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容酒店小姐會去上班是原因呢??
ReplyDelete梁曉尊 為你劃出3個重點我在酒店上班的日子 (想賺錢、需要賺錢、必須賺錢)
A.因為負債~~(被動酒店打工因素)~~
(1).家庭負債 為了家人的賭債或者家人生意失敗…。
(2).感情負債 為了男友或老公還錢。而另一半無工作…。
(3).個人負債 刷卡花錢。做生意失敗…。
(4).學業負債 讀書…。如助學貸款
B.因為環境酒店上班-酒店兼職-兼差如何達成人生的第一桶金 ~~(被動因素)~~
(1).單親家庭 也許是獨生女或長女需要照顧重病家人…。
(2).養育小孩 自己獨立撫養小孩的單親媽媽。
C.因為夢想酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境？~~(主動因素)~~
(1).物質夢想 想買自己的東西…。
(2).金錢夢想 想存一筆錢…。
(3).留學夢想 想要出國留學…。
(4).購屋夢想 想要一間的房子…。
D.因為迷上了不良嗜好。輕微:養男人。重度 如:毒/賭。
有小姐常問職場須知 【酒店PT 】:
A. 酒店上班需要什麼條件呢？
B.需要很漂亮或是身材很好嗎？
C.有彈性一點的時段嗎？能不能上自由班？
D.我不會喝酒或是不會講話怎麼辦？
E.需要很漂亮或很會喝酒之類的等等嗎？
其實依照很多酒店小姐過來人的心得~總結只有三個字(有、決、心)只要有決心，一切的問題都變的不是問題 不是嗎？
假設以下問題:若你下個月急需拿出一筆錢時，你還可能想著～
＂我酒量很不好＂、＂我可不可以上自由班？＂這些問題嗎？
當你正要解決妳的經濟壓力時，你還會想著～
＂上班地點好遠喔 ＂、＂下班時間好晚喔，我都不能出去找朋友 ＂這些問題嗎？
加班賺錢都來不及了…應該是為了生活來配合工作制度，而不是要求環境來配合你。
當然! 我們也看過條件很好、但是不缺錢的小姐上班沒多久就放棄了、因為她沒有壓力、其實不缺這份工作 只是心存幻想。
也看過外在條件還好、可是有經濟壓力的、很需要錢的，他照公司制度準時上下班、就解決她的燃眉之急啊～！！
那你呢？妳想解除妳的經濟壓力嗎～？這些話是入行多年的我梁曉尊想告訴剛入行的女孩們的心理話。其實寫這篇文章 是要讓姐妹們知道 自己清楚所做的決定 而非一時衝動。
梁曉尊:
妳所期待的，未必是妳所願的
妳該做的事，未必是妳願做的。
做任何事都有它的所得跟代價!