Ted Cruz is in my opinion Canadian. At one point he had dual citizenship. He has renounced his Canadian citizenship, but this means nothing. Americans are not allowed to have dual citizenship, period. Go try to become a citizen of another country and try to remain United States citizen, just try to do it and see what happens This means that Cruz is Canadian and he should not be allowed to run for United States President. Yet he seems to have quite a great deal of financial backing to skirt the law.
It is just like the rich elite to want show off how the law does not apply to them. They are special and they want to get a Canadian in as President just to show how powerful they really are.
Another thing that bothers me about Ted Cruz aside from this ultra-right-wing agenda is that he is very disturbing to look at. He is very uncharismatic in my opinion. While running for President is not a beauty contest, a Presidential candidate should have a certain commanding yet comforting presence. Cruz just gives me the heebie jeebies. I cannot see how right-wing supporters can look at him and say, oh this is the guy I want running this country, but I guess he is telling them what they want to here in order to get their financial support. The appeal is there for them, but I just don't see it.
There are lawsuits against Cruz trying to stop him from running because of his past Canadian citizenship, he should not have the right to. I am just amazed that this would not scare financial backers away, because he may not be a viable candidate. Trump has the right to sue him, but hasn't done it yet. Perhaps he is afraid it will backfire and make Cruz some sore of right-wing martyr.
Ironically, if Cruz becomes President, I think a lot of Americans are going to want move to Canada, but I doubt the Canadians will want to let us in. I hope someone will stop Ted Cruz, because I think that even if Trump wins the Republican party will not let the delegates vote for him at the Republican convention. And if my theory is correct, Trump will only run as an independent if Hilary wins the Democratic nomination.
I hope in the end the lawsuits challenging Cruz's right to run for President will eventually do him in as a viable candidate.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Monday, September 7, 2015
My Speculation: Is Donald Trump a shill for Hillary Clinton or could America turn into the United States of Trump?
I know I have all but abandoned this blog. Who has the time these days? The recent news of Donald Trump throwing his hat in the ring for the Republican nomination for United States President is too hysterical not to comment on. Below is just all my speculation and opinion.
As other people have speculated, I believe that Trump is not making a serious bid for the White House and if Hillary Clinton, for whatever reason, does not get the Democratic nomination, Donald Trump will withdraw from the race altogether.
Have you noticed Donald Trump has been way ahead in polls for the Republican primary? He has really been telling the middle class what they want to hear. Close the borders, cut taxes on the Middle Class and raise taxes on the wealthy. This is not what wealthy Republicans want to hear, they want to keep the borders wide open to flood the United States with cheap labor, they want the shrinking Middle Class to pay for everything with through their taxes, and they want their own taxes reduced to nothing. It doesn't look like Trump will be getting any donations from the wealthy ultra-conservatives. but he doesn't care because he has plenty of his own money. And if he doesn't get the nomination, he has then threatened to run as third party candidate. I think here is where things get interesting.
Mr. Trump is a little too crass and blunt for the Republican party style and he knows it. At some point either top GOP officials will tell him to take a hike, or perhaps at some point he will pretend to get fed up dealing with the GOP and then run as a third party candidate.
Here Mr. Trump is acting like H. Ross Perot did for Bill Clinton. In 1992, Perot ran as a Third Party candidate and pretty much divided the Republican vote which helped Clinton to win. I do not believe Perot was in cahoots with the Clintons, I think he at least made a sincere bid for the White House. For the 1996 campaign, seeing Perot as a spoiler for the Republican party, the corporate controlled media helped squash Perot's second attempt by not selling him any airtime on their networks and helping with a smear campaign.
The Clintons so desperately want to be back in the White House again and I am not sure why, but I feel that it is most likely that hey are in cahoots with Trump. I could be wrong and Trump is really making a sincere bid for the White House, I have to say he does tell the American public what they want to hear. And he did have his own TV show for a while which may have added to his appeal. Well if my speculations are wrong, America better get ready to change its name to "The United States of Trump."
On a side note, I recently read a book about narcissism and Trump and Charlie Sheen were given as two celebrity examples, oh boy.
As other people have speculated, I believe that Trump is not making a serious bid for the White House and if Hillary Clinton, for whatever reason, does not get the Democratic nomination, Donald Trump will withdraw from the race altogether.
Have you noticed Donald Trump has been way ahead in polls for the Republican primary? He has really been telling the middle class what they want to hear. Close the borders, cut taxes on the Middle Class and raise taxes on the wealthy. This is not what wealthy Republicans want to hear, they want to keep the borders wide open to flood the United States with cheap labor, they want the shrinking Middle Class to pay for everything with through their taxes, and they want their own taxes reduced to nothing. It doesn't look like Trump will be getting any donations from the wealthy ultra-conservatives. but he doesn't care because he has plenty of his own money. And if he doesn't get the nomination, he has then threatened to run as third party candidate. I think here is where things get interesting.
Mr. Trump is a little too crass and blunt for the Republican party style and he knows it. At some point either top GOP officials will tell him to take a hike, or perhaps at some point he will pretend to get fed up dealing with the GOP and then run as a third party candidate.
Here Mr. Trump is acting like H. Ross Perot did for Bill Clinton. In 1992, Perot ran as a Third Party candidate and pretty much divided the Republican vote which helped Clinton to win. I do not believe Perot was in cahoots with the Clintons, I think he at least made a sincere bid for the White House. For the 1996 campaign, seeing Perot as a spoiler for the Republican party, the corporate controlled media helped squash Perot's second attempt by not selling him any airtime on their networks and helping with a smear campaign.
The Clintons so desperately want to be back in the White House again and I am not sure why, but I feel that it is most likely that hey are in cahoots with Trump. I could be wrong and Trump is really making a sincere bid for the White House, I have to say he does tell the American public what they want to hear. And he did have his own TV show for a while which may have added to his appeal. Well if my speculations are wrong, America better get ready to change its name to "The United States of Trump."
On a side note, I recently read a book about narcissism and Trump and Charlie Sheen were given as two celebrity examples, oh boy.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Staples closing stores: That was easy!
Bloomberg News Service reported that Staples plans to close 225 stores! That was easy! But it will be hard on all of those people who will loose their jobs.
Bloomberg reported that fifty-percent of Staples' business now comes from the Internet. Closing stores is major cost cutting move that will save them $500,000 they reported.
The major loss of retail jobs is the scariest thing about e-commerce.
And you've got nut-jobs like Jeff Bezos looking to automate all aspects of his online retailing giant Amazon, which includes delivery drones. Which leads to the question, "When no one has job, whose going to be able to buy all that crap from Amazon or any other retailer?"
One might argue that perhaps that in towns that loose their "Staples" stores, that the mom-and-pop stationary store might make a comeback, but what is more likely to happen is that the Wal-marts and the Targets in the area will just increase their stationary offerings.
It is stories like these that give me the feeling that another major economic collapse is coming. Perhaps President Obama should get one of those "Easy Buttons" to make our economic problems go away.
Bloomberg reported that fifty-percent of Staples' business now comes from the Internet. Closing stores is major cost cutting move that will save them $500,000 they reported.
The major loss of retail jobs is the scariest thing about e-commerce.
And you've got nut-jobs like Jeff Bezos looking to automate all aspects of his online retailing giant Amazon, which includes delivery drones. Which leads to the question, "When no one has job, whose going to be able to buy all that crap from Amazon or any other retailer?"
One might argue that perhaps that in towns that loose their "Staples" stores, that the mom-and-pop stationary store might make a comeback, but what is more likely to happen is that the Wal-marts and the Targets in the area will just increase their stationary offerings.
It is stories like these that give me the feeling that another major economic collapse is coming. Perhaps President Obama should get one of those "Easy Buttons" to make our economic problems go away.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Recommened viewing: The Queen of Versailles
I recently saw this movie about this rich guy named David A. Siegel whose timeshare business, Westgate Resorts was very badly impacted by the 2008 economic collapse.
Near the beginning of the movie Mr. Siegel mentions that he had a hand in George W. Bush winning the 2000 Presidential election. The same President whose economic policies that led to the "Great Recession" at the end of his second term in office. Based on what he said in the movie, I think Mr. Siegel should be subject to a criminal investigation, but I doubt anyone would take up that cause thirteen years after the alleged fact.
Now Mr. Siegel is a guy that in my opinion should wake-up and realize the importance of Keynesian economics, which basically states that the masses need to be employed and have enough money to feel confident enough to make purchases in order to pump more money into the economy which allows the economy to then in turn grow. When they do not have money, they cannot afford to invest in things like timeshare resorts and no bank will give them a loan no matter how desperately they want to do so.
Mr. Siegel and the other heads of businesses and industries that depend on the fact that the masses need money to spend in order for their businesses to be profitable should be lobbying the American government to return to Keynesian economics to keep people employed and ready to spend money. Instead they are just riding things out and hoping that the governments usual supply-side response (or non-response in some cases) will rectify things. Well, it hasn't in five years and most likely won't any time soon.
According to his wife Mr.Siegel's wife, Jackie, in an August 27, 2013 Orlando Sentinel article written by Hal Boedeker, Siegel was able to salvage his business by selling one of his properties, therefore he was able to come out if this with only some damage to his business and the mega-mansion that he is building will continue to be built in spite of the minor setback depicted in the film. Therefore I am very doubtful that Mr. Seigel or any person of means will come out on the side of Keynesian economics anytime soon.
If you have a Netflix streaming subscription, at the time of this posting, the movie is currently available for streaming.
You can also buy it from Amazon.com here:
or the physical DVD from Amazon here:
Really worth checking out, if you are interested in finding out more about what is really wrong with this country.
Near the beginning of the movie Mr. Siegel mentions that he had a hand in George W. Bush winning the 2000 Presidential election. The same President whose economic policies that led to the "Great Recession" at the end of his second term in office. Based on what he said in the movie, I think Mr. Siegel should be subject to a criminal investigation, but I doubt anyone would take up that cause thirteen years after the alleged fact.
Now Mr. Siegel is a guy that in my opinion should wake-up and realize the importance of Keynesian economics, which basically states that the masses need to be employed and have enough money to feel confident enough to make purchases in order to pump more money into the economy which allows the economy to then in turn grow. When they do not have money, they cannot afford to invest in things like timeshare resorts and no bank will give them a loan no matter how desperately they want to do so.
Mr. Siegel and the other heads of businesses and industries that depend on the fact that the masses need money to spend in order for their businesses to be profitable should be lobbying the American government to return to Keynesian economics to keep people employed and ready to spend money. Instead they are just riding things out and hoping that the governments usual supply-side response (or non-response in some cases) will rectify things. Well, it hasn't in five years and most likely won't any time soon.
According to his wife Mr.Siegel's wife, Jackie, in an August 27, 2013 Orlando Sentinel article written by Hal Boedeker, Siegel was able to salvage his business by selling one of his properties, therefore he was able to come out if this with only some damage to his business and the mega-mansion that he is building will continue to be built in spite of the minor setback depicted in the film. Therefore I am very doubtful that Mr. Seigel or any person of means will come out on the side of Keynesian economics anytime soon.
If you have a Netflix streaming subscription, at the time of this posting, the movie is currently available for streaming.
You can also buy it from Amazon.com here:
or the physical DVD from Amazon here:
Really worth checking out, if you are interested in finding out more about what is really wrong with this country.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Layoffs and more layoffs and the latest job reports.
Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics had good news when it came to the month of May's unemployment claims and job creation, all I have heard in the news lately are stories about layoffs.
IBM is allegedly sacking at least 3,000 employees worldwide. There was big hoopla over a Manhattan law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, laying off 60 attorneys and 110 support staff, something that was unprecedented in its 82 year history. The construction vehicle and equipment company, Caterpillar, has laid off about 800 works starting last month. And many banks and other businesses are allegedly laying off workers in spite of record profits. Also not to mention all of the layoffs that have and will result from congresses budget sequester.
These layoffs will have ripple effects as all of these people loose their spending power and can no longer pump their dollars into the economy. Businesses that once served them will stop getting a regular money in and they will eventually be forced to close their doors. Layoffs like the ones reported above are likely to have a strong ripple effect on other jobs and the economy as a whole.
On a side note, I think that companies are starting to realize that they can work much more efficiently with today's computer and networking technology and there is no point in keeping around workers that they don't have to keep around.
To me it looks like we are getting ready for recession round-two and I think it is going to be a scarier bout than the first one.
This is where the government should step in and create more jobs, but the Ayn Rand disciple Republicans will have none of that, as they make sure the government sequester takes away even more jobs.
Another scary bit of news I have heard that it is getting harder and harder for Harvard Law School graduates to find jobs. A Harvard Law degree was an almost certain path to employment years ago, I have heard that as much as 30 percent of their graduates cannot find jobs.
I am not sure why so many people want to go into law and not study medicine. Law must be an easier way to earn money, but now that lawyers seem to be tripping over each other you would think that at least some people would want to choose medicine for a guaranteed well paying job and career. One thing that scares me about the glut of lawyers is that they have to find ways to drum-up business which will mean a future of a lot of unnecessary lawsuits.
I hope all of these layoffs stop at some point, but I get the feeling that this is only the beginning.
IBM is allegedly sacking at least 3,000 employees worldwide. There was big hoopla over a Manhattan law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, laying off 60 attorneys and 110 support staff, something that was unprecedented in its 82 year history. The construction vehicle and equipment company, Caterpillar, has laid off about 800 works starting last month. And many banks and other businesses are allegedly laying off workers in spite of record profits. Also not to mention all of the layoffs that have and will result from congresses budget sequester.
These layoffs will have ripple effects as all of these people loose their spending power and can no longer pump their dollars into the economy. Businesses that once served them will stop getting a regular money in and they will eventually be forced to close their doors. Layoffs like the ones reported above are likely to have a strong ripple effect on other jobs and the economy as a whole.
On a side note, I think that companies are starting to realize that they can work much more efficiently with today's computer and networking technology and there is no point in keeping around workers that they don't have to keep around.
To me it looks like we are getting ready for recession round-two and I think it is going to be a scarier bout than the first one.
This is where the government should step in and create more jobs, but the Ayn Rand disciple Republicans will have none of that, as they make sure the government sequester takes away even more jobs.
Another scary bit of news I have heard that it is getting harder and harder for Harvard Law School graduates to find jobs. A Harvard Law degree was an almost certain path to employment years ago, I have heard that as much as 30 percent of their graduates cannot find jobs.
I am not sure why so many people want to go into law and not study medicine. Law must be an easier way to earn money, but now that lawyers seem to be tripping over each other you would think that at least some people would want to choose medicine for a guaranteed well paying job and career. One thing that scares me about the glut of lawyers is that they have to find ways to drum-up business which will mean a future of a lot of unnecessary lawsuits.
I hope all of these layoffs stop at some point, but I get the feeling that this is only the beginning.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Recommended Reading: "Pity the Billionaire" by Thomas Frank.
Here is another book by Thomas Frank that explores the crazy political and economic situation we are in now. Frank deftly explains how after the 2008 economic crash many people expected a return to Keynesian economics. You know John Maynard Keynes, he basically said that in order to have a strong economy the common folk have to remain employed in order to in turn have the money to spend to pump up the economy and create economic growth. This has to be done at all costs, even if the federal government has to be the employer of last resort, creating jobs where the private sector just won't. Of course the government would have to tax the wealthy to pay for all this, and this has now become a taboo topic.
What happened after 2008 was pretty much the opposite the bailout was a supply side solution basically giving money to banks and other financial institutions that were too big to fail. This of course never trickled down to the common folk an we still have high unemployment today.
Frank illustrates how adamantly the right-wing yahoos and the wealthy wan to keep the United States on the same course of tax cuts for the wealthy, a government that is shrunk down into an ineffectual peanut, and big business given a wide berth to do what every the hell it wants.
Recently the Huffington Post had a blended picture of George W. Bush and President Obama calling him George W. Obama to illustrate how the Obama administration is pretty much just a continuation of the Bush administration. Obama certainly wasn't the agent of change he promised to be. So are Titanic of an economy is not getting turned around we are just headed for the same iceberg over and over again.
I wish more people would read Frank's book. You can buy a copy from Amazon.com here:
Pity the Billionaire by Thomas Frank.
What happened after 2008 was pretty much the opposite the bailout was a supply side solution basically giving money to banks and other financial institutions that were too big to fail. This of course never trickled down to the common folk an we still have high unemployment today.
Frank illustrates how adamantly the right-wing yahoos and the wealthy wan to keep the United States on the same course of tax cuts for the wealthy, a government that is shrunk down into an ineffectual peanut, and big business given a wide berth to do what every the hell it wants.
Recently the Huffington Post had a blended picture of George W. Bush and President Obama calling him George W. Obama to illustrate how the Obama administration is pretty much just a continuation of the Bush administration. Obama certainly wasn't the agent of change he promised to be. So are Titanic of an economy is not getting turned around we are just headed for the same iceberg over and over again.
I wish more people would read Frank's book. You can buy a copy from Amazon.com here:
Pity the Billionaire by Thomas Frank.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Recommended reading: "The Wrecking Crew" by Thomas Frank.
I am going to try to recommend books on this blog since there are many people who can understand and explain the predicament the United States is in much better than I can. Even if you do not want to read my stupid blog, you should really check-out the authors that I will be recommending as required reading.
I am not a professional writer, I am not a professional anything really. I am a poor working schlub who is disheartened by the current economic decline and how the wealthy bullies of the world have stacked the cards of the game of life against us.
I wanted to start a blog because I felt that not enough people are talking about these issues and the corporate controlled media is disturbingly silent about the causes of our economic decline.
Also I felt that there are not enough people who are looking to help working class people and/or shine a light on the devious right-wing activities that have the United States as we know it on a path to ultimate destruction.
I have found an author who is trying to do just that, it is Thomas Frank. And the only talk show that I have seen him on is on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. I wonder why he is not on more main stream talk and news shows.
In his book "The Wrecking Crew," Frank describes how the wealthy corrupt government with their money and then turn around and complain that the government is corrupt and must be reduced in size or come as close as possible to be eliminated altogether. Ronald Regan and the two Bushes ran up big spending deficits, cut taxes on the wealthy and then complained that government spending was out of control and big government needed to be reigned in. And as James Carville put it, "The rich want small government for the same reason criminals want fewer cops on the street, so they can get away with murder. [This quote I got from the Internet and is probably paraphrased]"
Frank goes on to explain how the lobbyists of Washington DC's K Street are the ones who are truly running the United State government and through this abuse of the constitutional rights America has become a plutocracy.
He also tells of the horror story of Saipan, a small island that is a United States territory. In the 1990's was turned into basically a corporate controlled labor camps where guest workers had no rights and extremely low wages. And all to keep the "Made in America" label on clothing. The factories were eventually shut down for humanitarian reasons. I believe what happened in Saipan is what the rich have planned for all American citizens eventually.
You must read this book is order to see the horrors that right-wingers like John Boehner have planned for us. Even if you do not care for my blog, Please read this book. The link to purchase it from Amazon is below:
Buy a Copy of "Wrecking Crew" from amazon.com
I am not a professional writer, I am not a professional anything really. I am a poor working schlub who is disheartened by the current economic decline and how the wealthy bullies of the world have stacked the cards of the game of life against us.
I wanted to start a blog because I felt that not enough people are talking about these issues and the corporate controlled media is disturbingly silent about the causes of our economic decline.
Also I felt that there are not enough people who are looking to help working class people and/or shine a light on the devious right-wing activities that have the United States as we know it on a path to ultimate destruction.
I have found an author who is trying to do just that, it is Thomas Frank. And the only talk show that I have seen him on is on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. I wonder why he is not on more main stream talk and news shows.
In his book "The Wrecking Crew," Frank describes how the wealthy corrupt government with their money and then turn around and complain that the government is corrupt and must be reduced in size or come as close as possible to be eliminated altogether. Ronald Regan and the two Bushes ran up big spending deficits, cut taxes on the wealthy and then complained that government spending was out of control and big government needed to be reigned in. And as James Carville put it, "The rich want small government for the same reason criminals want fewer cops on the street, so they can get away with murder. [This quote I got from the Internet and is probably paraphrased]"
Frank goes on to explain how the lobbyists of Washington DC's K Street are the ones who are truly running the United State government and through this abuse of the constitutional rights America has become a plutocracy.
He also tells of the horror story of Saipan, a small island that is a United States territory. In the 1990's was turned into basically a corporate controlled labor camps where guest workers had no rights and extremely low wages. And all to keep the "Made in America" label on clothing. The factories were eventually shut down for humanitarian reasons. I believe what happened in Saipan is what the rich have planned for all American citizens eventually.
You must read this book is order to see the horrors that right-wingers like John Boehner have planned for us. Even if you do not care for my blog, Please read this book. The link to purchase it from Amazon is below:
Buy a Copy of "Wrecking Crew" from amazon.com
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