Comments by Hedgehog58

Perhaps it is worth considering the thoughts of multimillionaire Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer. Here is the text of his TED talk on "job creators".
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/here-is-the-full-ine...

A flawed character certainly -- and certainly the product (or creation) of the state (via his imprisonment and torture, etc.) -- the totalitarian state ultimately sows the seeds of its own destruction...

All excellent comments. Please note that this is a quote -- in context it means something like "in cases where the people are afraid of their government it rather needs to be turned around". Thanks.

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." V.

One suggests that thinking of the TSA as a kind of employment intiative might help -- have to look for a silver lining, after all.

One is forced to think of the old saying.... "Carefull what you ask for, because you might just get it."
How painful it is to watch this slow-motion train wreck! It will all end in tears.

Not a yankee, but, as always, very interesting -- excellent comments. I read all the way to the end -- again. Thank you.

I don't know. Why the fuss? Does France matter any more? Is it not too late? Doesn't the data show they are lined up to be the next Spain?
Best to let them be.

It is a very old saying from the rural cottage environment. Sometimes when there are too many guests the septic system can be overloaded with water -- hence if it is yellow, let it mellow (do not flush), if is is brown, flush it down (flush 'cause it is nasty).

So. You are saying the PW is NOT the Almighty? How upsetting.

Am I the only one who finds this creepy?
"A signal send down a fibre-optic cable attached to the cell can then trigger electrical and chemical events corresponding to those which occur naturally."
The tin foil-hatted, mind control brigade might be right about this one.

I'm making mine now!

I do wonder how technological changes will impact all of this in the end?
One supposes that "reforming" labor markets will be mostly irrelevant in 20 years. AIs will be doing most of the "service"-type work. And pretty much everything will be built by machines.
So, is all this trauma and pain being undertaken to support an economic model which is already ancient history?
Does current thinking offer any kind of path out of this mess?
Beats he heck out of me.

Thank you for your thoughts.
My first thought is that the tax payer (European or otherwise) should not be bailing out failing businesses (in this case the French and German banks). And I can't imagine that they feel good about it.
In the investment world there must be winners and losers. If the losers know they will protected by the government, then the market becomes distorted and unstable. This is what is happening now. A correction must be a correction.
As for what the Greeks want, well I spend a lot of time there (not with the elite, obviously) and my friends (middle class, hard working folks) tell me they do want out. What any of the Greeks want, however, may be besides the point. I suggest that it is too late now, they will need to leave the Euro (but not the union).
Again, thank you for your thoughts.

Thank you for your suggestion. I would urge you to visit www.wesellmannerstolouts.org.

So... How do the European tax payers feel about being taxed to bail out French and German banks?
Agree that it is time for the Greeks to abandon the Euro, devalue their new currency and carry on...

I seem to recall some sort of experiment with rats and density which did not turn out so well -- for the rats....

A good guess is that this is just Good Cop / Bad Cop. The old elite go faster if they have somewhere to go.
China, Russia and the US do talk amongst themselves one supposes....

I don't really follow US politics and now will admit I read this to the end mostly for the comments. Nice job guys. (Non-gender specific use of "guys".)

Agree. This is just downloading work on to the customer under the illusion of ease. The correct solution is to have enough trained staff to take care of it -- and the check in.