Wall Street? Morons, Bufoons, and Idiots In My Opinion

It never fails to amaze me how lacking in vision, innovation, and commonsense the managers in the capitalist system can be. Having worked in industry all my working life other than maybe 2 years, I have seen many apparently intelligent people make mistakes that a 15 year old would not make. The commonality in these mistakes seems to be a case of being unable to listen, and being unable to go backwards far enough to determine root causes, preferring instead to take corrective action by getting the lower levels to work harder but not smarter.

I will keep this short and try to make it readable:

1 - Capitalism cannot continue indefinitely, as it depends on expansion that is limited by energy.

2 - Every political system is corrupt at one level or another.

3 - A change to communism would not fix the global economy, but the capitalist system has to change to something new.

4 - The money-suppliers to the capitalist system have been accelerating their extraction of funds above what is reasonable or ultimately possible.

5 - The old socialist theory about how the masses of the population must have the money (in earnings) to buy the goods that they create appears to be taking effect.

6 - The money taken by the investors creates no wealth or added value to the corporation. It merely robs the masses who do add value of their purchasing power.

7 - Like the legal system, the political and economic systems globally depend upon the confidence of the people, as well as the respect of the people.

8 - The US economy no longer has the respect of the average American, in fact, I would say that the average American is fed up with seeing the rich get richer by forcing the poor to get poorer.

9 - The current issue is not just about mortgages, it is about the rich gouging the poor, and the selling of goods and services using lies.

10 - The US Government as well as the Wall Street crowd have been so intent on using their power in a self-serving manner, that they have failed to heed the signs of the big picture.

So, what does this all mean? Well, it means that George Bush and his advisers have formulated a plan that makes a start on changing how the system works. This has to be done. To do nothing is to perpetuate the current failure of the global capitalist system.
It will allow greater accountability (even though there is masses of stupidity and corruption in any governmental system, it is less than in a government supported corporate system where the corrupt corporations are not even checked by the governmental systems - food safety is a great example in a smaller sense).
The snag for Wall Street is that their thievery has to stop. Their hand has to come out of the cookie jar, the game is up. And they don't like that.
I cannot, for the life of me understand just how imbecilic these Wall Street idiots are. They are so locked onto personal gain, and easy money that they just don't get it.
THEY WILL HAVE NO EASY MONEY EITHER WAY. THOSE DAYS ARE LESS NOW, AND MIGHT EVEN DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY.
They are like fools stranded on a desert island who will not pay the price of a passage to leave there, as the price is 'too high', and will leave them poor.
Hand out the guns to Wall Street, they want to shoot themselves in the feet!

Gas Prices VS Oil Prices

So, the oil goes down, the gas goes up.
This is a classic.

The thing that has prevented the oil refining companies from making even more profits is the perception of the public that gas should go down when oil goes down.

Now they have broken that connection, so it will be free-for-all time. Whenever they want, they can shut a refinery down for a few hours, then jack prices across the board and blame the shutdown.

This is a classic example of why we are in the hole we are all in. The raping of corporate funds by the investors to satisfy the need for short term personal gains.

Now the next step will be that the oil price will increase, and the gas will go up more and the oil price will be given as a reason for the increase.

No wonder the public globally has poor confidence levels in corporations. They appear to be a proven pack of liars in many respects, always finding a reason for making more money. Taking out 'profits' as the corporation fails over a period of time. These 'profits' are not actually profits of course, they are they property of other smaller investors who might not have enough clout to influence the prices by creating false scenarios.

Well done, all you "Captains Of Industry". You manage to make personal gains upon the backs of those who are disadvantaged, as well as those who actually do the value adding to the corporation by doing a fair days work, while you do as much work as a hobo on a park bench. And society actually looks up to you with respect, rather than treating you as the leeches upon society that you really are.

Enjoy that public respect, it won't last a lot longer, as the public begin to understand the deceit and self-serving gains you are in the business of making for yourselves. Soon, if there is any justice in the world, you will be looked upon in the same manner that we now view drunk drivers - as totally unacceptable to society and as leeches upon public funds.

School Communications - Should I Care?

As each day of the new school year passes, I get handed a new piece of paper that is in the name of communication. They generally refer to problems that I never knew had existed, and the solutions that were going to be applied to them.

This is often written in a kind of code, using scholarly terminology that I am unaware of, as it is not used in England, where I am from. In fact, in England, they just get on with it.

So, I have this "They protesteth too much" kind of feeling about this. As a taxpayer, I am paying for the expertise and professionalism of those trained to educate.

I suggest that they stop wasting their time composing this fodder for the paper recycling bin, and get on with what I am paying for, which is educating the kids. If they have problems, speak to their boss, not me.

Municipal Incompetence At It's Best!

Take a good look at the picture of the multi-lane highway above. It is outside an Industrial Park, and as you can see the name of the place is Truro.
So, we know where Truro is, right? It is in the county of Cornwall, England, so the vehicle lights will confirm that, as the vehicles are clearly driving on the left hand side of the road.

But NO ! It is in Canada! Check the picture below. check the flag on the right - it is outside a business that is located on the Number 2 Highway, Truro Nova Scotia just outside the town centre, where the Industrial Park is located. It is a Canadian flag.
Now, you all have heard of the province of Nova Scotia, right? That is just one of the places that has soundly drafted food regulations, but ones that are not enforced, and where those who are paid by the taxpayers to enforce those food regulations say that all is well because the coffee shops that have the exposed food with flies crawling and copulating on it, those coffee shops have a 'Food Safety Program'.

So, we have the food being regulated to the standards, or lack of them, that are set and controlled by a private profit-making corporation, and we have the signs from other countries to show how the business is moving.

Maybe the vehicles are all going backwards, and moving the business AWAY from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada!

And this illustrates the typical level of attention to simple detail that is missing throughout North America. Because if you for a moment imagine that this is just a Nova Scotia problem, think again.
All levels of corporations, municipalities, and governments are being run by morons, buffoons, and idiots who don't even know how to check their own work. But they do know how to collect their fat pay-cheques and pensions that we, the taxpayers, are handing out to them.

Morons With Loud Cars Make 'Wonderful" Neighbours!

So, you are asleep, and at 2 am you wake up to car doors being slammed. Not just slammed, but slammed as if they had been grabbed by both hands, and wrenched shut as hard and fast as was humanly possible with the windows wound down. Then the pinhead who drives the car fires it up, and revs it up to about 5000 revs (that is about 1500 to 2000 more than a normal driver would ever see their car go up to) and then they pull away after about two or three minutes of revving, then move forward about ten yards, get out slamming the doors again, then get back in, and start it up again, and revving even more come back to where they were, and shut it off.
The whole routine is then repeated about ten minutes later.
Example number two - Some pathetic little insecure worm drives up with a car stereo pumping out about 300 watts of bass. The windows of your house rattle with the vibes.

WHAT IS THERE IN COMMON WITH BOTH THE ABOVE EXAMPLES?
Simple. D*ckheads.
The only possible reason, for instance, that a f*ckhead like these would have a stereo set at a high level is to piss people off.
I mean, it cannot be that they cannot hear it, and it cannot be that they have trouble hearing it at 100 watts, so they need it up at 300 watts.
And the revving dude? Again, this cannot because the car needs moving. Why would it be needing moving in the middle of the night? What would have changed by the time morning comes? Why not move it using, say, 2000 revs, instead of 5000? I'll tell you why. Because the intention is to piss people off.
This isn't a party situation, where it is a Saturday night, and it happens once in a while, or even once a month. This is an ongoing deal.
There is even dude there who is such a little pr*ck that he spins the wheels at every start. This isn't just outside his own house, it is all around the village, according to what I hear from people who are the 'in crowd' and were born in the village, and are ticked off.
He doesn't even have a car that can actually spin the wheels, I think it is a Neon or something - he has to rev the crap out of it, and dump the clutch to use the flywheel weight to get the tires to chirp. I haven't seen or heard him lately, maybe he broke a driveshaft. I hope so. Pity it didn't burst into flames with him inside it, the little dork.
I have people I don't know coming up to me in the village, and asking "Who are the people who moved in to that house next door to you? They are very noisy all the time, and drive way too fast while there are children around."
And I reply that I heard that it was a young guy who rents out rooms to his friends, who appear to suffer from insecurity issues or other mental problems.
But, I have a plan. I am selling. They Win. But I win too.
I could fight, I could smoke the tires on my old V8 car at 4 am, after THEY get to sleep.
But, I will just move to the city. It is quieter there, and if it isn't, the city cops soon fix that.

Corporate Culture Is Killing Innovation

I saw a documentary on TV that was looking into innovation and change in corporate circles, and amazingly, the High-ups (CEO's etc) actually seem to want innovation.
As a worker all my life at various levels within different companies, I had exactly the opposite impression.
In the documentary, it was stated that 75% of all employees are looking for a new job, and for the higher executive positions, the figure is at around 80+% , I think it was 87%.
This explains a lot.
I have, throughout my life, wondered why when I have a great idea, it is just brushed aside by my boss, and seldom exploited. Now, to be realistic, I know that some of my 'great ideas' are maybe great only in my own mind, and that in reality, the usefulness would be limited by factors in other areas of the corporation.
But probably the main reason for the rejection of innovation is that the people receiving the information are not interested in it, because they are not interested in ANYTHING.
This might be why they act so stupidly, and show little commonsense, other than to give the impression to their specific boss that they are doing a great job.
Looking at it with the knowledge about how most employees are looking to work elsewhere, I can now see what is happening.
If I have a great idea, and I tell my boss, this will mean more work for him/her. It will additionally introduce a budgetary demand, even if only for the time spent presenting the idea.
So, from a purely selfishly personal point of view of anyone in the corporate structure, it has no merit, only liability.
The innovative companies will be those who are innovative at the top.
All others can never have true innovation as it will be stalled at a low level due to personal agendas.