The Oracle of Dayton

Austin Road Cheerleaders in Full Force - Remember Who Had the Shovels - The Guilty!

2009-04-21T03:09:00.001-07:00

I love Freud as he pointed out that people say things to ward off what they fear is not true! Austin Road is about tearing down the city and building up sprawl in the suburbs. It is actually fine by me as there are many houses along the river in Dayton that are great buys right now; close to water transportation and great soil for growing. I hope Dayton remembers that every person that had a shovel in their hand during the Austin Road ground breaking is guilty of driving the nails in the coffin. I equate this group to the groups of financial idiots in NY trying to bailout an economy that is dead. Austin Road money should have been directed to high speed rail and Transit Oriented Design as that is the future, but we have greedy people shoveling money to themselves so they can leave Dayton in the dust.

Long-awaited Austin Interchange project promises economic boost

“This project is about jobs,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Turner. “It’s not just the jobs that will be created by the construction work. We’re going to get an exciting place to redevelop and offer people to bring their businesses and retain businesses.”

Does that sentence make any sense? Are we redeveloping something or paving over something?

Fascism - The Corporate Entities are exposing themselves but the Sheeple are missing it!

2009-03-28T00:57:00.001-07:00

I watched Dylan his last day on CNBC and I was very hopeful as he was finally running with the true crime of the AIG story as I talked about in this post indicating it was the counter parties to AIG that the government and Wall Street wanted cover up. I was thinking "WOW GE must be getting killed and maybe they want to help expose everyone else, because at least GE makes something. No such luck as Karl calls it out but goes no further in the analysis.

Dylan Ratigan And CNBC - The Market Ticker

Mr. Ratigan was the notable exception to that commonly-held belief in my opinion, and CNBC will be much the poorer for the loss of his talent and refusal to do other than call 'em as he saw 'em.

In addition I have noted a rather interesting change of tone in Rick Santelli's reporting over the last couple of weeks. I can only speculate on who applied a jackboot to his neck - and shake my head in sad acceptance of his decision not to provide a one-finger salute in response.

It has been a great time to see that there is no Democracy and we have been sold down the river, but it is our own fault as we are not paying attention as John Ise is a perfect sheep. John represents the sheeple and I always wonder how people come to these conclusions as it is unfathomable.

Please pay attention as Dayton is run the same as DC and it is time to ignore them and if your neighbors want to "obey" the powers that be, ignore the also, except remember it is a Fascist state and anything that is done to "help yourself" is in direct competition to the corporate interests and as such you will be labeled a criminal.

Obama is a Wall Street hack and the people that are pulling off the greatest looting of the American Populace ever and people sit on their hands or as John says "It is required" Humans have totally lost there way.

If you would like to see what is important in this world spend an hour and see what we should be doing now! Instead of building roads with stimulus money we should be encouraging Daytonians to work with our wonderful environment and become a self sustaining community.

Look in the Mirror and if this sentence applies to you - Die, because we are dead already - I see dead people.

2009-03-23T01:57:00.001-07:00

The Oil Drum: Campfire | "I Don't Know"

Politically this means groups of fairly intelligent and educated people like the oildrum are impotent in our modern world. The masses are incapable of understanding our problem and our leaders are far more interested in extracting wealth out of the toil of the masses to pay attention to where our society is esp vs the environment.

The Audacity of Dopes - America's Lack of Planning for Stimulus is Reckless

2009-03-14T02:17:00.001-07:00

Connecting the dots - Does anyone in Dayton understand why the Stimulus Proposed by Obama is a poor investment and will be his undoing as it will take fours years at least for the sheep known as the American populace to get it. As an exercise try to figure out why the list of projects funded based on this quote

“We understand that everyone has a need out there, so we used the idea of a fair share scenario,” said Don Sprang, MVRPC executive director.

is not a good use of the Chinese Investments

And that the way Old Europe has or will invest its money may be wiser. But hey we are Americans and we are blessed by God, so we must be right - Shovel Ready to Dig our own graves - Riiight! I find the list very interesting as the comments were mainly about improving and expanding bikeways, while very little was funded. Well Dayton knows better as the Car Industry has a very bright future, so funding roadways is a "great investment."

Old Europe Is Right on Stimulus - WSJ.com

While he's in the U.K., perhaps Mr. Geithner should also ask his European counterparts whether any of them have ever seen a 1.5 Keynesian "multiplier" in the wild. That's the idea -- promoted by Mr. Summers -- that every $1 of deficit spending yields $1.5 in economic growth. If that were true, Italy would be the richest country in Europe, instead of merely one of the most indebted.

And if the Treasury Secretary is looking for something to read on the plane, we recommend a recent paper by a trans-Atlantic team of four economists -- two Germans and two Americans. The authors -- John Cogan and John Taylor of Stanford and Tobias Cwik and Volker Wieland of Goethe University -- subject the Administration's stimulus to the most recent Keynesian scholarship.

What Dayton Leadership is All About - Groupthink

2009-03-09T00:34:00.001-07:00

It would be interesting to really get at the table to discuss these issues and at least have a dialogue about the decisions that have been made in this town. I have talked to the "movers and shakers" and if you look at their decisions over the last 10 years they have all been wrong. However, they own the media through personal relationships or financial control, so no serious questioning of these decisions is ever undertaken.

The Groupthink model is leading us directly over the cliff, and it appears on both sides of the aisle. I have been appalled by the liberal medias take down of Rick Santelli and his Boston Tea Party rant. Each side never really can take the middle ground. I think most people would call the Daily Show a liberal view of politics, so when Jon Stewart used Rick Santelli to take down CNBC, he perpetuated the Groupthink model as he used the ONLY commentator on CNBC that ever questioned the blowing of the Greenspan bubble and every economy cheerleader that CNBC had on, especially Chief CNBC Economist and Apologist Rick Leisman. Review the video and Stewart's team never uses Santelli again in its take down. Keith Olbermann makes the same mistake on his worst person of the world take down of Santelli.

It is part and parcel of how those with some discerning or populist view of the world are taken down and out by both sides of the aisle. Rick gets blasted all the time on CNBC and then when it looks like he might get a following, the corporate hacks get their liberal puppets to take the populist down. It just reinforces my continued antipathy for "those in power". It is not about what is right, it is about staying on top. Corporations and Politicians are turning America into a dung heap, just like the Politicians and Corporations in our community are turning the Miami Valley into a dung heap. Jesus, Martin Luther King, Rick Santelli and your's truly.

Economics Professors Are Unshaken by Financial Crisis - NYTimes.com

Unquestioning loyalty to a particular idea is what Robert J. Shiller, an economist at Yale, says is the reason the profession failed to foresee the financial collapse. He blames “groupthink,” the tendency to agree with the consensus. People don’t deviate from the conventional wisdom for fear they won’t be taken seriously, Mr. Shiller maintains. Wander too far and you find yourself on the fringe. The pattern is self-replicating. Graduate students who stray too far from the dominant theory and methods seriously reduce their chances of getting an academic job.

“I fear that there will not be much change in basic paradigms,” Mr. Shiller wrote in an e-mail message. “The rational expectations models will be tweaked to account for the current crisis. The basic curriculum will not change.”

“I hope I am wrong,” he added.

Heroin - Nothing Like a War in Afghanistan and American Insanity to Fuel this Crisis!

2009-02-09T02:53:00.001-08:00

Here we go again. Another article about the drug problems in America without one probing question of whether the American, but maybe Day 2 will offer some hope. Until then I will give the solution, one that I hoped we the American populace would make because were reasonable, but one we will make because it is the only one we can afford.

Heroin hits home

Heroin, once thought to be disappearing from the local drug scene, is back with a vengeance, fueled by a new generation of users seduced by its euphoric high and initial door-busting price.

And, in alarming numbers, they are dying.

Heroin has made a comeback, and not just in the underbelly of cities where hard-core addicts can always be found.

It is showing up in places where you'd least expect to find it.

The reason Heroin is a killer problem in America is because we (look in the mirror) are Insane.

Definition of Insanity - Repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

That definition of insanity is certainly the American Drug policy over the last 75 years and it is killing people. The problem is that it is human nature to do drugs and society's solution, the drug war, not the drug, itself is a non market based approach. If you think this country has enough money to continue fighting a losing battle with the narcotics trade, think again or at least for the first time. Combine our insane domestic drug policy with our entry into Afghanistan and voila explosion of Poppy production and cheap Heroin. America was successful at stemming the production of Heroin as our State Department paid the Taliban 22 million dollars, because they had squashed production in 2000. Never mind that the US State Department financed 911; Hey the Taliban wiped out poppy production. How did that work out for us?

There are several types of responses associated with a Heroin overdose.

1.   He/She deserved it because they were warned and its against the law, those worthless drug addicts; while, others say
2.   That is a tragedy and put all of the pushers in jail; but,
3.   I say "We could solve the two major problems with one stone. We could kill off the funding of terrorism through narcotics trade and save a great number of lives."

Americas response has been a combination of 1 and 2, which leads to insanity, while number 3 requires compassion and understanding, something America says it has but rarely practices.

So here is the solution - Legalize the importation of Poppies, Heroin or Opium, for sale and use, but it must met standards. This one solution saves lives and kills the narcotics funded terrorism. The reason people overdose is due to the fact that the strength of the product varies and users are conditioned to shoot the same quantity every time, hence an overdose. The farmers in Afghanistan can still make money, but they no longer have to be under the threat from both America and the Taliban.

It is coming up on the 10 year anniversary of one of my best friend's death due to a Heroin overdose and America is still Insane!

Wilmington Should be Shut Down and Return to Pig Farming!

2009-01-28T03:40:00.001-08:00

Miami Valley Representatives Prepare For $825B Battle - News Story - WHIO Dayton

Republican Rep. Michael Turner, a former mayor of Dayton, said he remains undecided on the President's stimulus plan. Turner said he's concerned the $825 billion might not trickle down into a city like Wilmington, which is suffering massive job losses in the wake of DHL's shutdown. Turner told WHIOTV.COM, "In this stimlulus package, there isn't an opportunity for the president to direct funds to some of the hardest hit areas."

I have a plan to save the City of Dayton's Schools and stimulate the housing sector. Forgive all of the mortgages for Wilmington homes, close them down and move everyone to Dayton. Simple! Why put off the inevitable? The houses is Wilmington can be taken down, moved or recycled into insulation; which will provide a great number of jobs for the Miami Valley.

Do you ever wonder why Ohio and Dayton continue to be the hardest hit areas? Poor leadership, elected by the uneducated because WHIO and the Dayton Daily News do not do there jobs.

Dayton Daily News says "Keep Digging"

2008-09-18T06:43:00.001-07:00

Dayton Daily News does not see any reason to change course, what goes down must go up! I do not subscribe to this Laissez faire attitude anymore than Ben and Paul. The "free market" acolytes have certainly been bailing, with your tax days, pretty hard to keep Business As Usual afloat. America deserves it's plight as there are only two soothing responses for the people - the military and the markets.

America has squandered its wealth on large, poorly built houses sprawling over farmland, while it has sent its treasure of fine young men and wealth to the deserts and the mountains. I say when you are in a hole, stop digging.

What Dayton and America has to face is "an about face" or admitting we were wrong. Can that happen? It does not seem so, we seem to be waiting for.... cue Sarah She looked in my eyes and said, 'Yes, I think I will see Jesus come back to earth in my lifetime.'"

OY VEY - Is this what America has come to? Nothing but a consolidated effort of reaching out to our enemies and reconfiguring America back to an electrified rail, with less sprawl, will allow us to avoid falling back to a third world country. The automobile and globalization are dead, so we should invest in our region and forget the worlds problem. If Jesus is coming back, he will not need any help from Sarah and John.

One storm would've been plenty this week, but now there's a financial crisis

Auto companies and manufacturers have been at the heart of U.S. economic problems in recent years. Therefore the Miami Valley has been hit particularly hard. Problems in the financial industry are not as directly focused on southwest Ohio, but they reach Ohio directly through big banks and insurance companies. The region's pre-existing condition makes it especially vulnerable.

And yet, financial analysts seem to agree that when the markets go down, they ultimately go up. Maybe that's another way the Wall Street situation and the Ohio situations intersect.

Does Anyone Admit They Are Wrong? Is it Our Achilles Heal?

2008-05-12T20:52:00.001-07:00

The data builds, but our stubborn nature will allow us to rationalize any situation because we refuse to admit we are wrong?

The peak oil culture wars - How the World Works - Salon.com

Partisan conservatives pooh-pooh peak oil (and human-caused climate change) because they think that to concede that these challenges are real and must be confronted is to acknowledge that greed is not always good, and that free market capitalism must be restrained, or at least tinkered with substantially. Peak oil and climate change are fronts in the culture wars, and to some conservatives, watching the price of oil rise as the Arctic ice melts, it might feel like being in Germany at the close of World War II, with the Russians advancing on one front while U.S.-led forces come from the other. The propositions that cheap oil is running out and the world is getting hotter -- as a result of our own activities -- threaten a whole way of life. The very idea that dirty Gaia-worshipping hippies might be right is absolute anathema.

Do You Feel It Yet?

2008-05-06T18:37:00.000-07:00

Is your budget impacted by Energy Costs?
Is your life not what You Thought?
While it may be New to You.
There are things you Can Do!
As All is not LOST!

Interesting Merger Study Gets Sprung During Spring Break - Cville and Washington Township to Merge?

2008-04-09T19:27:00.001-07:00

The sky is falling as the decisions of the Township and Centerville are considering coming together, but why? The audience was worked up and it appeared that Kingseed and Young wanted it done, but it was only a meeting for a study. The study should be done, but what are the real reasons.

Presenter: Odds do not favor merger

Washington Twp. Trustee Lee Snyder said the expansion of Social Row Road is estimated at $17 million and improvements to Clyo Road are estimated at $15 to $20 million.

The study said it would cost more for police services in a merger, but it didn't calculate the full cost, said Tom Zobrist, Washington Twp. fiscal officer. To keep the city's current 1.7 ratio of officers per 1,000 residents, the merged entity would need twice as many new officers. If the city's current cost per officer is $137,166, the estimated cost for a merged department would be more than $12 million, he said. Police services cost about $2.97 million for the township and $5.76 million for the city in 2006, he said.

Centerville Mayor Mark Kingseed said a merger would help make sure revenue sources are there so residents "would not have to rely on the county for handouts. It would allow this community to be in control of its own destiny," he said. "The thing that concerns me is that the burden of property taxes is going to get worse and worse," he said. "The property tax burden is just going to crush people."

Oregon District Tonight - Excellent Art, Music and Belly Dancing

2008-03-28T14:00:00.001-07:00

Stop down in the Oregon district and checkout the happenings at the Color of Energy. There will be Belly Dancing, music at the Paccia, Painting and maybe some handicapping for the Florida Derby. It is a beautiful night: Come on Down. Here is the Calender of Events.

The Color of Energy: A Mike Elsass Gallery

Caravan Workshops

Is This Logic Ironic To You?

2008-03-28T03:35:00.001-07:00

I love parsing newspaper editorials and there is no better
place than Dayton Ohio to evaluate weasel wording.
Ohioans spend a great deal of their money at casinos in neighboring states, but
still retain enough hypocrisy to keep any revenue from gambling in
Ohio and the latest attempt by the Indians appears to be dead, but you have to
love ~~rationale~~ common sense of the DDN editorial staff in justifying a
Bush decision, which goes like this:

Because Americans drove the Shawnees out of Ohio more than a hundred years ago
and Ohioans vote, that justifies keeping the Indian Casinos out. I mean this
type of reasoning got the US
into Iraq
and allows Americans to justify killing other people for their resources. So
how about this reasoning - Iraqis, Iranians and Saudi Arabians obviously do not
understand how to use the oil wisely and the US voted; so we are justified to
drive them out and take what is rightfully ours.

Our
view: Feds get it right about Indian casinos

So long as the law allowing for Indian casinos really does
result in a significant number of Indian casinos — so long as it's not a dead
letter — there's just something commonsensical about a regulation saying that a
casino's location ought to have some connection with a tribe's residence for
the last century. Let the big decisions about gambling in Ohio be made essentially by Ohioans.

I think it is funny that Ohio,
and therefore Ohioans, is an Indian Word.

One in 10 Ohioans on Food Stamps - More Are Eligible

2008-03-24T23:42:00.001-07:00

Do you think this is a trend we would like to continue? Ohio has made serious mistakes when it comes to putting the interests of Ohioans first. We have made policy choices that have not diversified the economy so that Ohioans can make Ohio work for them. Marching lock step to the tune of DC, NY or even Columbus has provided no value for those trying to make a living in this State.

The Columbus Dispatch : Food stamps double since '01

Nearly one in 10 Ohioans now receives food stamps, the highest number in the state's history.

Caseloads have almost doubled just since 2001, with 1.1 million residents now collecting benefits, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Low wages, unemployment and the rising cost of groceries, gasoline and other necessities are to blame for financial hardships facing many Ohio families.

Patriot Act Used To Spy On Americans - Turner Is Enabling Fascism

2008-03-20T19:36:00.001-07:00

Another article on the rise of the American Fascist State. The contract workers that have been hired to "protect us from the Terrorist Threat" are using the Powers of the Patriot to Spy on Americans. Americans have allowed the Federal Government to take power from them through fear. We are getting the government democracy asked for, but I say tyrants at the behest of the connected without a paper, that is owned by Billionaires, that does its job, are selling America out. The evidence mounts and the people are silent.

Obama passport files violated; 2 workers at State fired; 1 rebuked - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

The officials, all contract workers, used their authorized computer network access to look up files within the department's consular affairs section, which processes and stores passport information, and read Mr. Obama's passport application and other records, in violation of department privacy rules, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

Wall Street Killed The Unions - The Home Owner Union Returns the Favor

2008-03-16T14:17:00.001-07:00

I have always encouraged groups with common interests to band together as a negotiating tactic. Be careful of what I ask for. Greedy CEOs have used chronic marketing of credit to allow rabid resource consumption to achieve instant gratification has finally reached its melt down phase. You may not believe in global warming, but one can bet if this trend becomes a tidal wave, then the whole system comes down. True or False?

The Housing Bubble Blog

The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California. “Foreclosure used to be a last resort, something that hard-pressed homeowners would scrimp and plead to avoid. But some are deliberately choosing foreclosure as an early option. ‘It’s throwing good money away after bad’ to pay an escalating mortgage on a home that’s plunging in value, said Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicklaus Skaggs of Vacaville. He and his wife, Tishara, stopped paying their mortgage in February.”

“They have no regrets about their decision. ‘I feel like the pressure has lifted off my shoulders; before I was trapped,’ said Nicklaus Skaggs. ‘In the long run, I think this is the best financial solution. I have to do what’s right for my family. I don’t care if someone judges me. I certainly wouldn’t put my family in a position to lose $150,000 if I can help it.’”

“A Discovery Bay man who asked not to be identified said he is ‘upside down’ on his house by about $260,000. Instead of bemoaning the situation, he plans to capitalize on it.”

Gas Prices Got You Down! – You Voted For It

2008-03-12T06:22:00.001-07:00

The political class, the ones that can afford high gas prices; have helped bring on this mess, by not planning for the future, and you voted for it. They have continually voted to expand roads and build houses, while at the same time exterminating the small business owner or entrepreneur through onerous requirements and short sighted thinking. They still remain in charge while this crisis is unfolding. If you think they have done a good job, then I will pray that a miracle will occur for you and your family.

Me, I will encourage all that I can to grow their own food, buy a bicycle and keep their own chickens. It is time for the people to understand that world that we thought we could build, on cheap energy, is no longer affordable. It is time to convert lawns into gardens, roof tops into solar panels and GM’s Moraine Plant into a solar panel manufacturing plant.

Gas prices skyrocket to $3.45 a gallon in the Miami Valley

"And heaven forbid we have any problems with refining or delivery," Keyton said. "Combine that kind of problem with high crude prices and a weak dollar, and prices could get a lot worse."

Prices have already passed the $4 mark at many stations nationwide. But Tom Kloza, publisher of the Oil Price Information Service, thinks slower demand growth will prevent the national average from rising that high. Rising fuel prices affect much more than what we pay at the pump. They also affect the cost of business and government.

Dan Teaford, operations director of Boomerang Trucking Inc., said the Riverside-based company is paying $3.81 per gallon for diesel fuel these days compared to $2.20 a year ago. The company, which has 15 trucks used to deliver goods to five states, must pass the rising costs of fuel on to customers.

DaytonOS - Will it Suffer the Fate of Cassandra?

2008-03-09T07:56:00.001-07:00

I want people to understand that I care so deeply for the world and its people, I do not want to see suffering. I have been trying to avoid it all my life. It has done me absolutely NO GOOD professionally or personally to talk about or discuss the issues that impact society. What happened to the appreciation of scientific truth? I guess the Catholic Church was replaced by the US Government.
The Oil Drum: Europe | Cassandra's curse: how "The Limits to Growth" was demonized

Prophets of doom, nowadays, are not stoned to death, at least not usually. Demolishing ideas that we don't like is done in a rather subtler manner. The success of the smear campaign against the Limits To Growth ideas shows the power of propaganda and of urban legends in shaping the public perception of the world, exploiting our innate tendency of rejecting bad news. Because of these tendencies, the world has chosen to ignore the warning of impending collapse that came from the LTG study. In so doing, we have lost more than 30 years. Now, there are signs that we may be starting to heed the warning, but it may be too late and we may still be doing too little. Cassandra's curse may still be upon us.

Bill McKibben Takes A Positive Approach

2008-03-03T17:22:00.001-08:00

Bill helps describe what Bush should have said to defeat the enemy in the Middle East. He did not and we are further behind. Tony did not do it and neither did Turner.

First, Step Up :: Bill McKibben

We need to conserve energy. That’s the cheapest way to reduce carbon. Screw in the energy-saving lightbulbs, but that’s just the start. You have to blow in the new insulation—blow it in so thick that you can heat your home with a birthday candle. You have to plug in the new appliances—not the flat-screen TV, which uses way more power than the old set, but the new water-saving front-loading washer. And once you’ve got it plugged in, turn the dial so that you’re using cold water. The dryer? You don’t need a dryer—that’s the sun’s job.

We need to generate the power we use cleanly. Wind is the fastest growing source of electricity generation around the world—but it needs to grow much faster still. Solar panels are increasingly common—especially in Japan and Germany, which are richer in political will than they are in sunshine. Much of the technology is now available; we need innovation in financing and subsidizing more than we do in generating technology.

We need to change our habits—really, we need to change our sense of what we want from the world. Do we want enormous homes and enormous cars, all to ourselves? If we do, then we can’t deal with global warming. Do we want to keep eating food that travels 1,500 miles to reach our lips? Or can we take the bus or ride a bike to the farmers’ market? Does that sound romantic to you? Farmers’ markets are the fastest growing part of the American food economy; their heaviest users may be urban-dwelling immigrants, recently enough arrived from the rest of the world that they can remember what actual food tastes like. Which leads to the next necessity:

We need to stop insisting that we’ve figured out the best way on Earth to live. For one thing, if it’s wrecking the Earth then it’s probably not all that great. But even by measures of life satisfaction and happiness, the Europeans have us beat—and they manage it on half the energy use per capita. We need to be pointing the Indians and the Chinese hard in the direction of London, not Los Angeles; Barcelona, not Boston.

Bill McKibben Takes A Positive Approach II

2008-03-03T17:20:00.001-08:00

We need to conserve energy. That’s the cheapest way to reduce carbon. Screw in the energy-saving lightbulbs, but that’s just the start. You have to blow in the new insulation—blow it in so thick that you can heat your home with a birthday candle. You have to plug in the new appliances—not the flat-screen TV, which uses way more power than the old set, but the new water-saving front-loading washer. And once you’ve got it plugged in, turn the dial so that you’re using cold water. The dryer? You don’t need a dryer—that’s the sun’s job.

We need to generate the power we use cleanly. Wind is the fastest growing source of electricity generation around the world—but it needs to grow much faster still. Solar panels are increasingly common—especially in Japan and Germany, which are richer in political will than they are in sunshine. Much of the technology is now available; we need innovation in financing and subsidizing more than we do in generating technology.

We need to change our habits—really, we need to change our sense of what we want from the world. Do we want enormous homes and enormous cars, all to ourselves? If we do, then we can’t deal with global warming. Do we want to keep eating food that travels 1,500 miles to reach our lips? Or can we take the bus or ride a bike to the farmers’ market? Does that sound romantic to you? Farmers’ markets are the fastest growing part of the American food economy; their heaviest users may be urban-dwelling immigrants, recently enough arrived from the rest of the world that they can remember what actual food tastes like. Which leads to the next necessity:

We need to stop insisting that we’ve figured out the best way on Earth to live. For one thing, if it’s wrecking the Earth then it’s probably not all that great. But even by measures of life satisfaction and happiness, the Europeans have us beat—and they manage it on half the energy use per capita. We need to be pointing the Indians and the Chinese hard in the direction of London, not Los Angeles; Barcelona, not Boston.

Jim Connects the Dots - Approach One

2008-03-03T17:15:00.001-08:00

Jim describes the problem facing the new President. It is a potentially positive outcome.

Clusterfuck Nation by Jim Kunstler : Campaign Blues

The president-elect will quickly realize that the number one problem is not that Americans can't afford health care -- it's that they can't afford anything, because their income is evaporating in terms of both lost jobs and a dollar that is racing toward worthlessness. They'll be hard put to pay for food and gasoline, nevermind Grandma's emphysema treatments. They will be walking away from home ownership -- or yanked kicking and screaming by default-and-repo -- and any government scheme devised to abridge their mortgage contracts will only undermine basic contract law that has made mortgage lending a credible thing in the first place. And that too, of course, would redound straight to a real estate sector already in price free-fall, with no one willing or able to think about buying a house.

If You Do Not Understand The Implications - Then Do the World a Favor - Die

2008-02-28T08:56:00.001-08:00

I know that the people of Dayton will not take the time to read this post as the business of life is very time consuming and keeping up with Barak or Brittney is paramount, but if we do not stop the current trajectory, then the future is bleaker than you think.

The Oil Drum: Europe | Olduvai revisited 2008

Getting politicians, policy makers, leading academics and decision makers to grasp these issues has to be a major priority. The fact that this work is being conducted in the twilight world of The Oil Drum is really astounding. Although I am really encouraged by the number of senior academics who contribute to the work presented here. This twilight world will one day very soon be the mainstream. I would like everyone to note the absolute importance that energy efficiency plays in the path away from Olduvai. Without that we are screwed - TOTALLY. Every action and policy we implement from now on must be based on the premise of energy efficiency - both consumption and production.

Food Prices Set To Soar - Dayton Planted Houses Instead

2008-02-28T07:47:00.001-08:00

Tony Hall embraced Monsanto to aid in feeding the world and Turner embraces McCain, but neither one of them talk about a policy to increase food production for the Miami Valley. Instead we built houses and roads over our best farmland. This process needed to stop years ago, but it has not. The City of Kettering had the chance to allow it's citizens to defray rising prices by keeping chickens, it did not. Everywhere one turns in Dayton, people are making decisions based on the wrong paradigm. The perception that globalism will provide our basic needs. It is a false perception and our leadership are not taking the changes seriously. The longer the denial goes on, the worse it will get.

Idea - Instead of having a landscaper come to your house to cut grass and plant ornamentals; have them plant a garden and tend it. Catch the wave that will save money and provide high quality food items for your family. The 1930s are returning, like it or not.

The World's Growing Food-Price Crisis - TIME

Soaring prices of staples — which have risen about 75% since 2005, driven by growing demand, rising oil prices and the effects of global warming — have sparked riots in several countries, as people reel from sticker shock and governments scramble to feed their people. Crowds tore through three cities in the West African nation of Burkina Faso late last week, burning government buildings and looting stores; when officials tried to talk peace with one group of protesters, the enraged crowd hurled stones at them. The riots followed similar violent protests over food prices in Senegal and Mauritania earlier this year. And, last October, protesters in India burned hundreds of food-ration stores in West Bengal after stockpiles emptied, leaving thousands of people unfed.

Governments might succeed in quashing the protests, but lowering food prices could be far tougher and will likely take years, according to analysts who track global food consumption. The Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute, or IFPRI, said last December that high prices are unlikely to fall soon, partly because world food stocks are being squeezed by soaring demand.

Turner and Chabot Try To Fix A Problem They Helped Create - Be Afraid

2008-02-20T05:23:00.001-08:00

The data is coming in and it is not pretty, home prices falling, constituents in debt, but never fear the Republicans are here. Chabot and Turner, the people who helped bring on this mess are teaming up to save us. God help us all. Instead of instituting programs that would bring about better zoning and control of overproduction of housing stock, they decide to give work to bankers and lawyers in a futile attempt to save homes that should have never been built, let alone purchased. The people who represent this area do not get out much, as this housing bubble has been brewing since 2002. We need leaders, not reactors, especially those that react poorly. The sprawl of Chabot and Turner have been poor investments.

Economy prompts GOP defections - Victoria McGrane - Politico.com

In the recent debate over a stimulus package, Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.) broke ranks to push for Democrat-backed extension of unemployment insurance benefits. And, in the foreclosure bankruptcy debate, Chabot’s fellow Republican Ohio congressman, Michael Turner, recently joined him as a co-sponsor of the bill. Turner’s district includes Dayton, where the foreclosure rate is even higher than in Chabot’s Cincinnati.

Chabot, and now Turner, supports empowering bankruptcy judges to help homeowners keep their houses, an adjustment supporters say could avert as many as 600,000 foreclosures.

Hope Can Spring from Truth!

2008-02-07T11:34:00.001-08:00

And although cynicism can creep in when we are exasperated by slow progress on one front or another, I would be hesitant to underestimate the intelligence of the people. People may become disengaged, owing to discouragement or disappointment or distraction... they may even oppose our insights and vision for the future... but I have been pleasantly surprised how resilient, how thoughtful, how resourceful, and how wise they can be when facing life's challenges or unpleasantries.

TPTB (Powers That Be) can project an image of the unwashed masses as a herd to be manipulated, but this I suspect is an illusion propagated for their own perceived advantage and pride. Reality is a much more messy beast. And they do have to ride that beast if they want to maintain the illusion of control.

If PO (Peak Oil) is a real concern, and I believe it is, then sooner or later most people will catch on and adjust accordingly. Expect resistance, nobody likes to give up what they have, and expect anger, it is often a byproduct of grief or lament over a serious loss, especially a loss of trust, but also expect creativity and hope and steadfast determination. When all hell breaks loose, when the world around them crumbles, people will behave at their worst and best.

May I suggest that if we truly want to get the message out, if we truly want to make a difference on how this will unfold, if we truly want to help people prepare, it would be prudent not to underestimate or underappreciate our neighbours. We're not as far apart as it may first appear.

And from what I am observing, the message and insights offered here are becoming better known and understood elsewhere. This, IMHO, is a hopeful sign

.Zadok the Priest

I vow to make positive relationships to mitigate the issues, while trying to inform those in power of the potential rough spots in the road.

Stimulus to Exacerbate the Housing Bubble

2008-02-01T08:53:00.001-08:00

I mean you really cannot make this stuff up! Investing in existing infrastructure is one thing, but continuing sprawl is going to make a bad situation worse. Building Roads does not create sustainable jobs.

AASHTO News

“The survey asked states to identify projects that could be underway within 30-90 days. Some analysts erroneously claim that states can’t act that fast. But this response demonstrates that there is a store of projects that states have had to keep on the shelf for lack of resources. Funding for these projects would be a real boost for the economy,” Horsley added. Analysts estimate that for every $1 billion invested in transportation projects, 42-thousand jobs are created.

Ohio - Please consider Obama

2007-08-24T14:59:00.001-07:00

Brzezinski Embraces Obama Over Clinton for President - Yahoo! News

``There is a need for a fundamental rethinking of how we conduct world affairs,'' he added. ``And Obama seems to me to have both the guts and the intelligence to address that issue and to change the nature of America's relationship with the world.''

I have discussed in several of my blogs and with everyone I meet that we need a change and that change does not include Hilliary Clinton. Vote for Barack Obama.

LOL!

2007-08-21T20:30:00.000-07:00

Email to my broker on March 3, 2007

2007-08-16T10:24:00.001-07:00

Hello Jeff,

It seems I can never pull the trigger the way I would really like too. I had this same feeling back in the dot com bubble as I could not figure out how AOL was going to make money. A few players did survive and have come back, but the survivors are those that have been proficient at directing clients where they want to go or where they think they want to go or ones attached to bricks and mortar operations.

Having said that I feel the market is in the same condition as I cannot see what the future holds very well and all choices are fraught with danger. There appears to be too many tipping points to be in this market safely.

My primary concern is the discrepancy between those that that forecast energy supplies and the actual production of energy resources. The oil fields of Mexico and England are crashing and it is suspected that the Saudi fields are in decline. If this is the case, then the foundation of the continued growth of the capital markets is suspect. The rise in energy prices are already causing demand destruction in Zimbabwe and our energy policy is causing corn and grain prices to increase in third world countries. The only way my energy play work is if there is a "slow squeeze", which seems possible in the current environment, but unlikely. Currently the only way to deal with the situation is for the Saudi's to come clean on production or the world creates demand destruction in a manner to prevent continued expansion of petroleum and gas resources. The only way to do this is to go to war or have a recession. We currently have housing under pressure and the oil producing regions under pressure. It just seems tenuous and it appears unlikely that the US can continue its lifestyle while China and India strive for a first world existence. It seems the age of oil will end poorly and the best approach is to economize, localize and produce.

With those concepts in mind I think it would be best to be out of the market until at a minimum of August. By August, barring no precipitous demand drop, the Saudi production should become clear or Bush will have created demand destruction through war. It appears I should be one of the first out the door. If peak oil does become mainstream, we will see gold go up and maybe some running to alternative energy. I do not see that as being sustainable in the short term until an adult response comes into being.

Therefore, I would like to be 1/3 energy, 1/3 gold (bullion not producers) and bonds where most people flee when they are afraid. I would also like to know long it would take to liquidate my account if my scenario plays out. If it does play out, I want hit the exit as quick as possible and invest in my local essential business area (if I can figure that out).

Let me know what you think even if you think I should be committed.

DDN speaks the truth to Kettering - GM consolidates to China but dispatchers cannot locate to Montgomery County

2007-08-14T06:37:00.001-07:00

Our View: Kettering rejecting money-saving deal

One day the price will become too much for all of them to pretend they're islands.

Every once in a great while the truth is spoken in the DDN, but they will not stand up and say sacrifice their precious Austin Road interchange to correct the infrastructure deficiencies in Ohio. The DDN only cares when it impacts their revenue.

Mr. Walker of the GAO calls it clear - One more reason to ignore DC

2007-08-13T21:10:00.001-07:00

FT.com / World - Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned

Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”.

“Sound familiar?” Mr Walker said. “In my view, it’s time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time.”

I am truly enjoying being at the pinnacle of the Roman Empire and I am trying to enjoy the ride as the roller coaster has reached the top. The chain has been released from the ride and and there is no sound while the ride is frozen for an instant in time before the cars move toward the abyss. I am ready for the ride and will keep my hands up and look around for those that cannot stomach the plunge. We voted for this ride as the American public voted the old serpent to represent at us at every level of government.

Why I will never vote for someone from New York

2007-08-12T17:37:00.001-07:00

The markets are like a blind retard with a strong sense of smell looking for sweets using a sawed-off shotgun. It is amoral and totally self-interested. If getting the sweets means killing off the population, then so be it. The argument that it "gets us a better candy bar," somehow does not seem all that freaking relevant when as a result of that better candy bar the planet suffers an extinction event.

The stock market is not way to run a country, let alone the world.

Sins of Omission

2007-08-11T16:29:00.001-07:00

The sins of omission is a topic touched on in a previous blog. Sin of Omission assumes a populace and laity that understands' God's word as well as the world he created. A concept that requires thought and some degree of science training, which most Christians avoid or rationalize. The concept of sins of omission is well known among the WWII generation, but is a lost concept in today's ignorant society. It must mean we cannot discuss that America had a bigger heart and a better soul in the past. It is unfortunate that the media has allowed us to claim ignorance about how American appettites and addiction impact the world.

How does this post pertain to sin? Simple, or addictions are killing people in other parts of the world and they are aware of our ignorance.

We are sowing the seeds of dissent with our actions, but are we ready for the reaping and weeping? NO, we are giving 40k bonuses for those that sign up to kill people in 30 days.

Here is another data point for consideration - The subprime defaults are an example of higher energy prices impacting the American economy. Just be glad you do not live in the third world.!

Peak Oil Hits the Third World

Here in the first world, we still have the luxury of armchair theorizing about peak oil, and paying a bit more for gasoline, but the third world is actually feeling the pain of peak oil today. Rising oil prices are acting as a regressive worldwide tax, pricing poorer countries right out of the market. Since their experience must to some extent herald ours as peak sets in, let's see how peak oil feels to those who are undergoing it firsthand.

The Middle Class Squeeze

2007-08-08T22:11:00.001-07:00

The following string captures the pressures that are facing the US today and in turn the people of Dayton, Ohio. Unfortunately, due to homogeneous thinking, Dayton's leadership is following the US and State government like bleating sheep for the shearing. We need to step up and start building a local economy that utilizes all the skills of the citizens that surround the Miami Valley. We need manufacturing, wool making, public transportation, craftsmanship and quality. I am afraid of living in an era where our leadership sells out America, so the rich get richer. We should stop now.

The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: August 8, 2007

'The core of the issue is growing angst among wage earners in the US; their earning potential has stagnated - politicians are simply reflecting this real concern. Over the last several years, a striking new feature of the US economy has emerged: real income growth has been extremely skewed, with relatively few high earners doing well while incomes for most workers have stagnated or, in many cases, fallen. Just what mix of forces is behind this trend is not yet clear, but regardless, the numbers are stark. Less than 4% of workers were in educational groups that enjoyed increases in mean real money earnings from 2000 to 2005; mean real money earnings rose for workers with doctorates and professional graduate degrees and fell for all others. In contrast to earlier decades, today it is not just those at the bottom of the skill ladder who are hurting. Even college graduates and workers with non-professional master's degrees saw their mean real money earnings decline. By some measures, inequality in the United States is greater today than at any time since the 1920s. - Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Slaughter, Foreign Affairs July/August 2007 If true, this validates the view that US and Western workers not in the upper echelon income categories are bearing the brunt of enriching poor Asians. And the benefits of this are flowing disproportionately to the upper-echelon earners. So, the threat of MAD becoming reality is real - driven by real factors and fears. Rational individuals would avoid such a path. But the tug of events and circumstances sometimes take nations where they really don't wish to be.'

Response 1 - I don't think China is going let us leave them holding the bag (i.e., let us inflate away our debt). They will sacrifice their new middle class if necessary. Yes, they know it will cause civil unrest. They are prepared to deal with it.

Response 2 to 1 - 'They are prepared to deal with it.' I believe you are right, Leanan. I also believe that much of the Bush drive to garner more powers at the expense of our constitution is to position the US Government to 'deal with' domestic problems that will arise when the FWO (formerly well off) begin to feel frisky...Once they finally realize that they are the 'lobsters in the pot.'

Response 3 to 2 - Look at the USA from a similar outside perspective.

Maybe for the long term prospects of our country it makes sense for the Fed and Powers That Be (PTB) to allow the lower classes to be crushed in order for real wealth to be maintained at the very top (in order to start again).

Are there alternative options available to the Fed\PTB that would leave the USA in a better position to rebuild after the seemingly likely Financial Crunch?

Imagine we had leaders truly looking out for Everyone, what would their actions look like?

Response 4 to 3 - I am not sure if you have heard of the concept of globalization. Simply put, your PTB (Powers That Be) are not concerned about "your" country- they have more important things to worry about.

Response 5 to 4 - Right. They now look at countries the same way they look at businesses and product lines -- everything they need to know they learned in Marketing 101:

Pour investment capital into Rising Stars. That used to be the USA until around 1970 or so; China is the Rising Star today.

Milk the Cows. That has described the US, and what they have been doing to it, for the past quarter century or so.

Disinvest, sell out, and kill off the Dogs. This describes the new game plan for the USA, presently coming into full swing.

PUNCHLINE = Imagine we had leaders truly looking out for Everyone, what would their actions look like?

Instead of a trillion-dollar military occupation, we'd have a trillion dollars worth of PV panels on rooftops throughout the country. And we might be seeing some electric cars on the road by now.

Turner is the New Tony Hall at the DDN - He can do no wrong! (or right)

2007-08-03T05:29:00.001-07:00

Martin Gottlieb: Larry Korb brings out the combatant in Mike Turner

But Turner doesn't pose a question, and he gets up to leave before Korb can really respond. He seems to decide to stay only when the Democratic chairman asks him to.

It looks like one of the hyperpartisan pot shots that one often sees at the most highly charged congressional hearings. Which is interesting, because Turner says, "I am not a partisan." He prides himself on not playing those games.

He says that, in this case, he was put off, not by the substance of Korb's testimony, but by the tenor. Turner considered it partisan, the sort of thing one sees on cable television, rather than anything a serious legislator might find useful.

Korb's testimony is also available at the site that posted the video. The site is affiliated with the organization where Korb works these days.

The posting does tend to confirm the notion that Korb came as a political combatant. Childishly, it refers to Turner as a "chickenhawk," a term generally used about Vietnam draft dodgers, not people of Turner's later generation. And it calls Turner a "right-winger."

(In a phone call later, Korb revealed that he didn't know of Turner, any more than Turner knew him.)

Turner says he was only leaving the hearing because he had to leave. He says that whether the witness gets to respond is up to the chairman, that he (Turner) was fine with staying once he knew there was going to be a response.

Korb says he was shocked by the attack and that nothing so personal has happened before in the many, many times he has testified.

Marty takes a twisted course to defend Mike as he uses the word "seems" instead of the more appropriate...the impetuous Turner, after failing to belittle Korb, yields the rest of his time to silence him and is rebuked by the Chairman. Mr. Turner, already fleeing the chamber to fire a staffer, piroetes in the congressional aisle like he his on dancing with the stars and is forced to listen to Dr. Korb "put his military analysis up against anyone".

Marty then proceeds to an obvious Freudian reference by using the word "Childishly" when he refers to the web article about Mr. Turner. The kettle does not get any blacker than that and then to sell the public that Turner is not a "right-winger", OY VEY Martey. Mr. Turner worshiped George Bush's name to get that seat and he has voted to support this debacle in Iraq from the beginning of his term. Marty and Mike know that Mr. Hunter had the foresight to see the road ahead. C'est La Vie!

Marty, Mike and Mediocrity - Buy what Dayton builds!

Boehner Rationalizes Addiction by Blaming Democrats

2007-08-02T10:51:00.001-07:00

RIGZONE - 'Nothing' Prods Oil to Record $78 a Barrel

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, drew a connection Tuesday between rising oil prices and the energy priorities of the House Democrats, who are putting the final touches on an energy bill: "It's ironic that the price of oil would hit a new high in the very same week Democrats intend to make far less of it available for production in America," Boehner said. Democrats contend the bill, which would emphasize conservation, create incentives for alternative fuels and tighten up on some oil industry tax breaks, represents responsible energy policy over the long term. Oil prices may actually pull back in the coming weeks, some analysts said, as the U.S. summer vacation driving season comes to an end.

Ohio does represent America well, instead of admitting the United States is addicted to oil, he blames the Democrats for cutting the American supply. Boehner, as addicted smoker, should understand addiction as an addict cannot go long without getting a fix or rationalizing why he needs one. America can no longer supply the oil to feed its addiction so the addict is lashing out at everyone and everything, when the problem is in John Boehner's mirror.

Mike Turner embarrasses himself and Dayton, Ohio

2007-07-30T15:32:00.001-07:00

Think Progress » Chickenhawk Congressman Smears Military Expert

I watched this exchange in real time.
The poor reactionary thug did indeed
try these worn out old tactics, but it
was clear Lawrence Korb had the high
ground in the exchange, and was quite
dismissive in his reaction. Turner did
sound rather hysterical, and left the
distinct impression of a silly schoolboy
playing at acting like a grownup.

Is this the best Dayton Ohio can do?
I think not. Next time Dayton, send a
real grownup to the House, and stop
making yourselves look so silly and
vindictive.

Comment by BK — July 29, 2007 @ 10:21 pm

Poor Mikey but this kind of attack can only mean that Mike is in a safe seat and he is the only Republican they can send out to do the dirty work! The only problem is that he is still Mike Turner!

Why Dayton is Pathetic!

2007-07-28T12:13:00.001-07:00

Emerson said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."

I study the human condition and this statement describes the political and ruling class in Dayton, Ohio. This election cycle cries for radical change, but we are going to select the same old group. Does anyone examine what life is about? The people being selected to represent the interests of the Dayton area have no original thought and maybe Dayton is getting the representation it deserves.

The DDN certainly celebrates the election of Husted and Turner, two of the most groupthink individuals in the Dayton area, when those of ideas and intelligence are relegated to the "I told you so" class. I have learned that saying I told you so, does not make the world better, it just makes the future more bleak as the choices to make corrections about how to live in harmony become limited.

I was right about Pete Forster, in 1978 and told Paula MacIlwaine that he was a bum. She defended him, because she was setup in the lighting business by Petey the bum and was essentially a purchased politician. Her protege Judy Dodge is now Montgomery County Commissioner. There are similar stories for each of the elected officials in the Dayton area, which the DDN accepts because the Cox sisters hate Dayton, but love the money.

Look at who the Republicans are selecting to represent the Dayton area - Pro Sprawl, non think, real estate backed Lehner and Blair. Blair works for Buckeye Pools and is on the commission with Lee Synder of Snyder Brick and Block. They know nothing but continued lining of the development pockets. Lehner is Pro-Growth of another sort and while admirable, provides little solution to problems we face. Jesus may save your soul, but man resisting the temptation to breed like bacteria may save the earth.

Continue down the path if we must, but I will fight it, for the good of humanity, with all my heart.

Suburbia and energy consumption!

2007-07-23T11:43:00.001-07:00

Again my favorite site (theoildrum) with my favorite poster describing what needs to be done in Dayton Ohio TODAY!  As well as why suburbia is unsustainable.  It is unfortunate that Dayton is run by medical doctors, poor CEO's and Realtors. Alan Drake talks about Dayton's electric trolley line at least once a month.

The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: July 23, 2007

Some fraction of a reformed suburbia will likely survive with more than a "half our act together" effort. Much will not regardless.

One reason is the energy to support suburbia. More streetlights/capita (we could run quite a bit of rail off that possible conservation source, turning off the street lights in suburbia), plumbers, mail delivery, police, UPS delivery, etc. all require significantly more energy, i.e. oil, to service standard American suburbia than urban areas or new TOD (Transit Orientated Development). And much more pavement/person (and feet of water & sewer lines) to maintain in Suburbia.

In addition, suburban housing is generally quite poorly built and energy in-efficient (last Christmas in Phoenix a Real Estate article in local paper claimed market was STILL interested in "luxury extras" and no interest in higher energy effiency).

Suburbia was built on a herd mentality. People went to the hot areas outside town and bought the "in" floor plan, with minimal independent thought. (Remember avocado colored appliances ?) Once the herd starts leaving, in can turn into a stampede. Who will spend money on major repairs on an "investment" that is declining in value ? Especially if the neighbors aren't ?

Good public transportation cannot be cost effective in very low density areas.

IMVHO, Suburbia will decline because of

1) Direct energy costs (commuting, transportation to get essentials, HVAC)
2) Indirect energy costs (support infrastructure)
3) Needed repairs escalating in costs as market value declines
4) Herd mentality as empty homes appear and deteriorate over time nearby

Best Hopes for Urban Rail & TOD,

Alan

Peak Oil Rationalization

2007-07-20T08:59:00.001-07:00

I am like Bill Gates; I rob from the best. This the type of reply I get from elected officials and drivers in Dayton.

The Oil Drum | DrumBeat: July 20, 2007

There is a lot of this type of rationalization going on now. Say something negative about an SUV and the drivers will yell that the SUV haters are just jealous because they can't afford one. People are having a harder and harder time keeping all of the contradictory bits of information in their head that makes up the convoluted mess they call a belief system. The only way to glue all of it together is to come up with really stupid arguments and shoutout any debate on those points that would cause the house of cards their world view is built upon to collapse.

The poll I posted the other day that showed less than five percent of the people in this country blame our national driving habits for high gas prices is a prime example of our failure to think rationally. It has to be the fault of the selfish traders, the evil worshiping ragheads, the tree hugging liberals, the greedy oil barons, the non-libertarian government, etc. It has to be the fault of anyone but them! There are people now saying they had no choice but to move into a huge house fifty miles from work and buy a big SUV because society told them to. Apparently we are a nation of zombies powerless to think for ourselves. Hmmm... come to think of it, that one might be true.

Idiocy Prevails in Kettering

2007-07-19T08:19:00.001-07:00

I know how far we have come in a few generations. My Dad's mother killed chickens and use to have them in the yard to supplement food supplies. Now we are so far removed from Nature that we think we can regulate it out of existence. Does anybody ask whether keeping a certain amount of chickens might be a good thing? Do we ask why the law was created and for what benefit? NO! We fall back on legal interpretation instead of looking at the big picture.

The time is arriving were energy costs are going to continue to increase due to declining production, and if you, as a citizen, start to hear about wars and strife in the developing world it will be partially due to the fact that they can no longer afford oil to power their societies. America will not know or care as the newspapers and government refuse to discuss, because the American way of life is not negotiable.

If you determine that you can fill up your tank and kill those with oil to live the American dream, then so be it. We have killed many men and beasts to make America, why not continue to pillage. It is just our nature.

Downtown Dayton Coalition - How does it work and who benefits?

2007-07-17T14:57:00.001-07:00

The Dayton Daily News does not do its job, but that's no surprise, is it? They simply toot the horn of whatever some Dayton entity wants or says with no questions asked. Well I have a few? Who runs the Coalition? Who benefits? Are the earmarks actually working for the Region or is it a skim job to collect taxpayer money and dole it out to un regulated projects that provide no more value than the Bridge to Nowhere. The DDN does not see fit to explain any of this information, it is not a newspaper, but a stenographer for the connected in the Dayton Area. The DDN's goal is to fleece the public in two ways, provide a lousy paper at an exorbitant price and allow the ruling class to fleece the public coffers. The elite of Dayton, in cahoots with the DDN, know what is best for you! How has the been working out for Dayton?

Read the Article - Does it ever mention that Doug Franklin, the DDN publisher, is part of the Coalition?