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8/8/08(FRI:73º:Mostly Clear)Up @0600: Coffee w/light breakfast: Fed cats: Chg.bed clothes & started laundry: Dr.Suzuki to W*M(topped off tank & bt.gro.): Dr.814(pk'd.outside gate & unloaded): Ate early lunch: Fed fish: Viewed selective scenes of Connie's Arkansas DVD(audio still not correct): Updated quicken: Ck'd.e-mail & weather: Posted LJ: Ate in Casita17: Listened am & napped till 1530: Dr.Suzuki to library(patricia there): Dr.814(pk'd.behind gate): Ck'd.& read p-mail: Synchronized to iBook & ck'd.e-mail & weather: Downloaded Fri.closing prices & ck'd.financial news: Showered on patio: Ate in Casita17: Listened am: Asleep after 2000.
A word to the wise:
Sleep well all you dollar holders in the belief that public funds will solve everything. The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner think about whether you want them spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective. Here it is:
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate our government is spending it.
Now think about the size of the notional value of the mountain of all derivative of which 95% are OTC Derivatives: One Quadrillion, one thousand one hundred and forty four trillion.(Source: The Bank for International settlements).
Many people out there are resting assured that all financial problems have been solved by the use of public funds to sustain those that created these problems in the first place. If you can sleep soundly with such a brew boiling while believing there are no CONSEQUENCES, you are taking some heavy duty sleep medication. Public money will not solve all problems and if there isn't enough we will simply print more. That's a recipe for disaster.
THINK ABOUT IT !
A word to the wise:
Sleep well all you dollar holders in the belief that public funds will solve everything. The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner think about whether you want them spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective. Here it is:
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate our government is spending it.
Now think about the size of the notional value of the mountain of all derivative of which 95% are OTC Derivatives: One Quadrillion, one thousand one hundred and forty four trillion.(Source: The Bank for International settlements).
Many people out there are resting assured that all financial problems have been solved by the use of public funds to sustain those that created these problems in the first place. If you can sleep soundly with such a brew boiling while believing there are no CONSEQUENCES, you are taking some heavy duty sleep medication. Public money will not solve all problems and if there isn't enough we will simply print more. That's a recipe for disaster.
THINK ABOUT IT !