Politics

Arizona CPS Child Protective Services provide a view of your State Run Medical Care Future

Please note:

  • The following story may have had some minor details altered to make the parties involved unidentifiable to state authorities.
  • The following is the best representation of the story I could put together without asking many questions.  The most important take away points about state health authorities and the extortion they perpetrated are clear and unequivocal.

I went to visit a couple that I met a few years ago.  I had not seen them in the past 6 years and they had 3 children now.  The first birth was a set of fraternal twins.   These twins were born premature at 25 weeks with their birth weight equal to 1.5 lbs.  As a consequence they were kept in the neonatal intensive care ward.  As this couple was on hard times due to the recession this all occurred in the county hospital that is state and / or federally funded.  Fast forward 1 year after their birth and the girl twin is having trouble breathing so they take her to the hospital. An X ray is done and the student doctor says "no problems" you can take her home.  Then as her breathing difficulties get worse they realize they must go back to the hospital.  This time when the attending witch doctor looks at the X ray they detect that one of the girl's rib has been broken and heeled.  The break was on her back towards the spine.  Many times this is associated with a baby that has been shaken.   Thus a report was filed by the hospital with CPS.  

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Video: The Spanish Civil War

This series of shows were recorded on or before 1983.  They include many interviews with survivors on both sides of the Spanish civil war.

This is a fascinating study in how humanity lurches forward, resists change, grasps on to desperate ideas and is willing to kill each other in the process.   Spain was has a functional monarchy until the early 1930's.  When it tried moving forward to a republican form of government it wobbled and failed after a span of about 5 years.   Many people were more comfortable with the old order while some wanted to try radically new ideas.  Some of those ideas were stupid like communism and eliminating money in favor of a revolutionary council handing out chits.   Those thinking crazy thoughts can somewhat be forgiven because the monarchy had held on so long that the change hit Spain like an earthquake that had built up stresses over centuries.  On the other hand they invited war by trying to change too much at one time.  That is bound to upset someone and one has to consider this because lives are held in the balance.  Unstable stupid people do unstable stupid things like kill 500 people at a go with just the word of one person.

 So what resulted?  The forty years of the Franco dictatorship.  Hardly the progress the so called progressives wanted to accomplish.  It is adequate proof to me that true revolutions happen peacefully through people changing themselves and others.  That unfortunately that things change slowly.   And for libertarians like me I see the poor anarchists reject joining government only to learn the lesson that game theory teaches so clearly.  It only pays to be cooperative when your counter party is cooperative.  Otherwise it pays to be uncooperative.  The communists entered the government and solicited help from Soviet Russia.  They ended up pushing out the anarchists.  Quite an object lesson is what is to be overcome to institute true freedom with libertarian ideals.  This history may have bearing on the future for the next step forward in government is its near total elimination.  There will be resistance to this and I expect there will be some wars too.   People, including the peasants, are resistant to change even if it is for the good.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Video: Broken Rainbow – If you trust government you should watch this video

Do you trust government?   

Do you think Rand Paul was wrong when he said the civil rights act of 1964 theoretically goes too far when it bans discrimination in a private business?  If you do then you are substantively against private property rights.   Keep that in mind as you watch Broken Rainbow.  Had the Navaho and Hopi been treated according to the morality and legal philosophy of a libertarian they would have been compensated for their land.   Instead we played by the rules of the Neofeudalist class.   Since Navaho and Hopi did not have many votes to offer they were run over.   By not believing in private property and libertarianism you open the door to all manner of "sharp operators".  Many of whom end up in the United States Government.

Note when watching this video that the left romanticize primitive cultures and would have you believe several obviously false things.  They would have you believe had the native americans not been hoodwinked by actors in the U.S. Government and Peabody coal that they would have refused to allow mining on their land.  This is a tall assumption.   A more plausible reality is that the price paid by Peabody and company would have risen to market value and the Navaho and Hopi would have sold out sooner or later. 

The left sees opportunity in people treated shabbily.  However their eyes are always on making names for themselves or opening new territories in legal standing and representation.  This is not unlike opening wide open frontier land with little competition.  What would you expect? So many of them are lawyers.  If they do not see a chance for recovering on your claim you will get very little love from them.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Submitted to KFYI Phoenix for approval – My Anti McCain Ad

Update on the process of trying to get the script below approved for broadcast on KFYI in Phoenix:

 

  

Wish we had better news, but after review from our Legal department, we have been advised not to proceed. The political guidelines are extremely tight and the Federal scrutiny is at an all time high.
 
Sorry this didn't work out, but if there's something else we can do for you in the future please let us know!
 

So McCain Feingold et al have ripped the idea of free speech to shreds.

I feel it is time for John McCain to go. 

In the interest of furthering this aim I decided to run an internet ad on KFYI a local Phoenix Arizona talk radio station.   You might be surprised to find out how sensitive they are about political speech on a political talk station.   Either they are not accustomed to nobodies like me wanting to run a political ad or the government / FCC have hit them with the slap stick enough that they do not just let a local editor approve a script.    They put it in a briefcase, handcuff it to the couriers wrist and fly it to San Antonio.    Certainly I could detect that they did not have a procedure in place for accepting political ads.  But I have heard political advocacy ads on KFYI before so I am left thinking this "approval process" does not entirely pass the sniff test.   I have to say I am flabergasted.  I never imagined it being so difficult to get a private company to accept my money.    If I was in charge at KFYI  the approval process would be 2 hours or less.   Check for swear words,  correct grammar and verify no advocacy of illegal activities.  DONE!   

Why am I doing this?  The future of politics is not unlike open source software.  Open source software involves volunteers in the process of writing it.  It is a force to be reckoned with.  We are seeing open source politics  develop as a trend before our eyes.  This effort on my part is just a normal progression upon that trend.   I hope KFYI realizes that they can be a part of something that is likely to be very big.  To do that they will need to show some vision.   But dollars are what they do so maybe not.  If they choose not they will be diminished in my eyes and I think eventually other people will sense them slipping behind the times.  Yet maybe that is their job to be enough behind the times to never threaten their FCC license.   All the more reason to run the ad.  John McCain was co author of the bill restricting political free speech in the form of the McCain Feingold act.  

Well never mind if it runs or not.  We will not be their serfs and while they aspire to be feudal overlords I think the future is a flat society without political status.   Its only a question of how long it takes to realize it.

The first version is below.     Had I known it would have to be flown to Clear Channels San Antonio corporate headquarters for approval I would have been much more careful.   The second version is what I would have preferred to use but given the circuitous approval process I do not want to complicate the issue. 

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Audio: Interview with Edward Gonzalez for Congress- An eye opening interview

Gonzalez was in Argentina as a student when the crash came.  He saw the nation go from what appeared to be prosperous to one with hyperinflation.  Later he was in Iraq and saw how make work projects distorted the local economy and left people worse off than before by introducing distortions into the economy.  Highly recommended that you listen to this interview.

Charles Goyette interview with Edward M. Gonzalez.

The experiences detailed by Gonzalez are too important to risk loss due to other websites removing pages.  Thus I have a locally stored copy of the Goyette interview of Gonzalez here.

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By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Video: The Prize – The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power

Google keeps deleting the videos.  To get around this I am placing a search link

YouTubeSearch: The Prize

​Part 1

 In the style of the acclaimed CIVIL WAR series, THE PRIZE tells the epic history of oil – how it has dominated global politics, shaken the world economy, and transformed our century. Shot on location in Azerbaijan, Egypt, England, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, Turkey, and the United States, the series features fascinating characters, never-before-seen archival footage, newly filmed segments, and interviews with the people who shaped the oil industry. Yergin appears on camera throughout the series to discuss oil's impact on politics, economics, and the environment. We see how oil becomes the largest industry in the world–a game of huge risks and monumental rewards. Narrated by Donald Sutherland, THE PRIZE represents cinematic storytelling at its best – a historically significant tale of a quest for mastery that has revolutionized our civilization." PART ONE: Our Plan "Trace the turbulent, rapid rise of the world's biggest business, how a visionary but ruthless John D. Rockefeller controlled it–and how reporter Ida Tarbell took him on in one of the most famous muckraking exposes ever. A fascinating look at Rockefeller's controversial legacy, the rise of modern business, and how Tarbell served as the role model for the modern investigative journalist

Part 2

The Prize Episode Two: Empires of Oil "Witness capitalism on a grand scale: how Shell Oil and Royal Dutch merged, then challenged the supremacy of Rockefeller's Standard Oil. A compelling tale of how oil transformed everyday life in the farthest corners of the globe, made Russia a great oil power, and helped the Allies win World War I

 Part 3

The Prize Episode Three: The Black Giant "It's the Roaring Twenties, and the magic of oil touches everyone, from millions of new car owners to hopeful Texan wildcatters. The American oil industry wrestles with shortage and surplus, as flamboyant entrepreneur Calouste Gulbenkian stakes his claim in Iraq

Part 4

The Prize Episode Four: War and Oil "The untold story of World War II unfolds: how oil dictated strategy to Hitler; how lack of oil slowed Japan's war machine; how oil ultimately determined victory or defeat. Features rare footage on the critical impact of oil on decisive military events

Part 5

The Prize Episode Five: Crude Diplomacy "Post World War II America awakens to the strategic importance of oil and witnesses a key moment in history when oil production shifts from the US to the Middle East. An extraordinary cast of characters, including Arabian kings, US presidents, British adventurers, Iranian politicians, and American explorers paint a global portrait of how oil shaped the world economy and politics

Part 6

The Prize Episode Six: Power to the Producers "It's the heyday of cheap oil, the dawn of the Hydrocarbon Society…and the introduction of a prosperous new automobile culture for Americans. Follow the flamboyant characters, plots, and counterplots, as the producing countries and the independent oil companies challenge the "Seven Sisters"–and open a new era in world oil

Part 7

 The Prize Episode Seven: The Tinderbox "Relive two decades of upheaval that shook the world as power shifted, and nations and companies jockeyed for position–amidst embargoes, shortages, and surpluses. A unique view of the rise of the OPEC era, beginning with the British withdrawal from the Persian Gulf and ending with the burning oil wells of Kuwait

Part 8

The Prize Episode Eight: The New Order of Oil "The Gulf War marked the beginning of a new era for the Hydrocarbon Society. This program explores the relationship between oil and the environmental c wlitith onscience, and the technological race to balance energy, economic, and ecological needs in the Information Age. WARNING:  This episode is not good because it focuses in on the ecological criticisms.  If you watch it note how GreenPeace member positions himself in front of an oil platform and criticizes.  He tried to make himself look big by doing so but ends up paling in comparison with the work of titans in the form of an oil derrick.  Very little content is useful because we all know cities have smog due to many cars being driven.  What the environmentalists fail to do is solve any problems as they are in effect professional complainers with little to no skill in engineering or science,

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Economist and Economic Modeller Steve Keen showing instability inherent in high debt economies

Steve Keen talks about instability inherent in high debt economies.  He does this while modeling economies on a computer and demonstrating the oscillations.

Video Notes

  • I have seen this kind of stability analysis applied before.  It is valid for circuits and system functions – I would posit it is valid for economic systems
  • When economies start using debt to drive employment things are ok for a few economic cycles – then you hit a last cycle when debt taken on is huge – the economic levitation ends – the economy shuts down.
  • The blue trace with loops is a tracing of oscillator "squegging" as we call it in electrical engineering – parametric modulation
  • because private debt levels are so high private deleveraging can overwhelm government deficit spending
  • writing off the bad debt – a.k.a. recognizing the bad debt is the only solution
  • to stabilize the system the system should be tweaked to limit the amount of personal debt individuals are willing to take on – base housing loan prices on rents you can get for said house instead of what appraisers conjure up
  • Full talk at the Whitlam Institute is here
  • The associated PowerPoint presentation is here
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain

The first book I ever read was read to me before falling asleep at night by my mother.  It was Huck Finn by Mark Twain.   You can find some of his works online to read at the following locations:

Auxiliary Information

  

First edition

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago