Math and money

Math and money


Here is a math lesson. $1.00 will buy some sort of junk at a dollar store. Now here is some math for you 10x10=100; 10x100=1000; 1000x1000=1,000,000 (one million if you are keeping track) many of us would consider ourselves quite wealthy if we were the owner of a cash position of $1,000,000. Now for some government sized numbers. 1000 x 1,000,000 = 1,000,000,000 (that is one billion) an amount of dollars our government is always talking about as if it is not very much at all. Now another number: 1000 x 1,000,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000 (that is one trillion if you didn’t figure it out yet) That is enough money to make you sick thinking about it. Our government owes more than 13 trillion dollars. 1% of that is 130 billion dollars.

© 2010 Vic Jones

For all my writing friends

The pen,


In my hand,

Writing,

Drawing,

Communicating!

What a wonder,

What glory,

What tales to tell!

Dreams fulfilled,

Worlds changed,

All with,

The pen,

In my hand!



© 2010 Vic Jones

The Price of Life

The Price of Life


Everything has a price,

So I’m told,

Though often we don’t know,

What the price will be,

’Til the tune is done.

And the piper’s gone away,

To play another gig,

Why don’t we ask,

Ere he sets the pipe to his lips,

What will this dance cost?

Some things ’tis true,

Must be done,

But others we choose,

Though they cost us all we own,

And gain not but pain and sorrow,

In the end!



© 2010 Vic Jones

Human sexuality

Is homosexuality a choice? There are those who say that it is not, yet profess to believe in evolution. Let me say this, pure homosexuality is anti survival. Not necessarily for the individual but for the species. If some type of creature existed at some time in the past that was exclusively attached to those of the same sex then it long ago went extinct because it didn’t reproduce.


Bisexuality on the other hand is extremely adaptable and makes for a very survivable species. If men bond to men but not exclusively then it is possible to build tribes, villages, and nations. For then men will both work together and still mate with women often enough to engender the next generation.

On a historical side note; what do you know about Sparta?

© 2010 Vic Jones

The Space Race

The space race


We need a place to go. That is the main reason to continue to explore space. The question I have is this: why have we stopped looking outward? Do we not realize how close we are to creating some sort of disaster that will cause the human race to become extinct? Even though I don’t necessarily accept the conclusion that human activity is the cause of global warming (though I do think that the climate of the earth is changing) I think that the answer to human activity causing global warming is to have a pressure relief valve as it were.

A large scale shift to space exploration might even reduce the tendency of people to make war on one another (although I doubt that will happen) and even if it doesn’t reduce our warring on one another it does give us the possibility of having a seed left somewhere to reclaim the earth if we haven’t managed to reduce the earth to an asteroid belt.

Yes there is wealth out there that right now no one is using and I think we should be working on getting it. A good set of talks on this subject begins here: http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/space-exploration-part-1-planning-our-next-steps-in-space/3c5cff24453979954f973c5cff24453979954f97-60066300036 I am an admirer of David Brin and recommend his thoughtful books on the possibilities of the future.

The Events of The Day

Some people may take offence at my saying that we are at war with Islam but in this case I feel that those who see something must speak forth the truth. And the truth is that Islam has attacked us. We did not attack them although I think that if we had been wise (rather than being ruled by bigots) at the end of World War two we would have said to the Jewish people that while we supported the concept of a Jewish homeland such an event occurring would cause no end to trouble and therefore we invite you to come here and live. Spend your money send your children to school become doctors, lawyers, bankers, soldiers, or astronauts. Practice your religion the way you want to practice it, we don’t mind as long as you don’t cause chaos in your neighborhood.

Islam will not stand for the Jews to be in their midst (and although this would not stop their wars on those who do not follow their teachings it would remove one of their favorite excuses for those actions) and so long as the Jews remain they will claim whether justly or unjustly that they are being attacked and persecuted. A true reading of history however tells a far different story: The followers of Islam have since the founding of their religion carried out wars of aggression against their neighbors.

© Vic Jones

Another short piece on the future

When I discussed the possibility of an asteroid heading toward the earth I didn’t discuss the end result if the object was not stopped from impacting the earth. This is in part because I just don’t know enough about the physics involved. However I can recommend that you read Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell (IIRC), I do remember the title if you care to search it on http://www.amazon.com/ , to get a vision of what might happen (though the object in this book is a bit larger than the one I posit…) if we are struck by an asteroid.


I believe it is sufficient to say that such a strike would change the face of the earth enough to possibly eliminate the human race (though in truth people are as tough as cockroaches) and definitely would probably lead to the extinction of some of the life forms we know today.

© 2010 Vic Jones

About the Future

One if the huge concerns I have had since the advent of the current war with Islam is that we will take our focus off from building a better future that includes a colonization of space. Consider the following scenario: Suppose that we were told tomorrow that the earth would be struck by an asteroid just ¼ mile in diameter. Would the governments (especially the ones that are the most paranoid) put aside their suspicions of one another long enough to do something constructive like make sure that the asteroid swung into orbit around the earth?


Consider the wealth that such an object would have V=4/3πr^3 which translates to 220 yards cubed times pi times 4/3 or more iron than the whole world uses in several decades if the asteroid were (as most of them are) mostly iron. And that doesn’t get into the possibility of rare earths like gold and platinum or that the whole thing could be hollowed out and reinforced to be used to transport a large quantity of supplies for a mission to Mars.

To be honest the continued fight over this ball of mud is frightening to the max and I sometimes want to simply crawl back in a cave and say please leave me alone. But I cannot and neither should you. If you value your children’s future then somehow we must win this war by making Islam come into the century where they can no longer be a closed and xenophobic society. They too must see that fighting over Israel is counterproductive to their children’s future.

Because the longer we fight over the earth or any part thereof, the longer it takes us to reach space where there is room enough for everyone to live the way they want to live…

© 2010 Vic Jones

Wheels

Wheels


Rolling….

             Rolling…

Wheels keep the world rolling,

A wheel seems to be,

A simple thing,

Yet can you imagine,

A world without wheels?



© 2010 Vic Jones

Is Democracy a bad idea?

Those who tout the idea that democracy is desirable or leads to desirable results seem to like to sweep under the rug the fact that Hitler was elected by the democratic process. Therefore if democracy can result in evil men reaching the pinnacle of power in their nation what shall we say? That democracy is undesirable? Actually we can. The Greeks who were the first westerners to study such things as governments (so far as I know) considered democracy to be a degenerate form of government at best. They much preferred the idea of the republic though that has been corrupted a great many times to by not limiting the power of the government.


The founding fathers of the USA believed that any government was at best a necessary evil to be kept as small and as weak as possible and still maintain a relatively consistent society. The absence of government leads to chaos and the usual end of chaos is tyranny. The ever expanding and overreaching government today has but one end as well: Tyranny!

Indeed it is possible if one looks with an honest eye over the history of the human race to see that liberty and freedom is the anomaly not slavery and tyranny.

© 2010 Vic Jones

Thank you

To all the people who follow my blog and visit my blog.... I am rather new at this so I don't quite know how to reply to your comments. However let me assure you that your presence here is noted and appriciated!

Random thoughts

Every organization needs overseers to make sure that it doesn’t become corrupt. The moment any organization (this includes government) refuses to allow someone or anyone to see what it is doing it is on the way to becoming a corrupt organization. What is worse is that the more power an organization has (think government) the more opportunity exists for its members to be corrupt.


One thing that has worried me of late is the fact that the current administration of the United States of America has refused to let any light shine in on what it is actually doing. We can however see the results of their actions. And they tend to lead a person to believe that the current administration believes Marx’ theory of revolution for the sake of revolution. One thing that is certain is this, most people will demand an end to the chaos and the usual end of this sort of chaos it the rise of a tyrant.

Therefore it is worth asking: Who will emerge on top if we do not weather the chaos and refuse to be intimidated by the noisy and violent people who support the change that the current administration wants.

© 2010 Vic Jones

marketing...

So what do I do about internet marketing… by this I mean how do I drive traffic to my blog or web page if I market goods or services via the internet? That is a tough question to which I have no answers that are simple. Some things that anyone can do is study the tags and tag their posts to help bring in search engine hits.


Some people suggest paying a SEO company to help in getting to the top of search engines but to me and for a great number of people out there who are blogging or selling a product that is probably wasted money… if you use social networking like facebook or myspace there is a chance that if you have a large fan or friend base that you will begin to have larger numbers of hits on your commercial page if you keep plugging it there so that friend who visit your page will see the commercial venture as well.

© 2010 Vic Jones

a short weekly report

Well I had to step out and take care of the usual sort of end of month business… pay rent, shop for groceries etc. Oh and pay my cel phone bill… just to make the rest of you jealous I get my service through metroPCS http://www.metropcs.com/ where I pay one flat fee for all the calls I can make.


I didn’t stop at Office Depot http://www.officedepot.com/ today (even though I want a couple of items for my computer setup) because on Saturday I stopped at Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ to get some items so that I could set up a container garden as I live in an apartment.

Ads

So I went and did it… What you may ask have I done?


I decided that I would see if google ads could generate any income for me. I will continue to work to make my content interesting of course and do hope that if you see something you like that you will recommend my blog to your friends.

The End of The World

The End of The World


Some of the radio hosts I listen to are recommending that you buy gold as a hedge against inflation. For them I have a year in history 1933; I don’t recall the exact date but at that time the sitting president of the USA declared it illegal to own gold!

If you think the world is going to end your best bet for survival is to prepare to survive. Stock pile food but expect to have anti-hoarding laws be enacted. Therefore you should grow a garden and get to some place where you can keep a dozen chickens and a rooster. Do your best to live near water that you can drink and in general go back to the basics. Think about self defense and about how to convince your neighbors that you are generous to them. Because your community is always the people who you share with… to be honest you can’t very well share with the rest of the world just those who are nearest to you.



© 2010 Vic Jones

Weather

This is a short weather report from Redding Ca. I work indoors and today was the first day I was able to wear shorts to work…. Thus a short weather report!!  :D

Cry freedom

I am strongly against totalitarians no matter what they call themselves. We hear P. Obama say that he is not a socialist. Fine sir, if you are not a socialist what are you? A communist? I refuse to accept the false dichotomy that only another totalitarian can oppose a particular brand of totalitarianism. Thus to oppose a Marxist or communist does not automatically make one a NAZI. Indeed all people who are and wish to remain free oppose NAZI’s, communists and all other totalitarians no matter what brand they wear. Even if it is the oh so good sounding brands of liberal or progressive that are being presented here in the USA. It is unfortunate that a good deal of those who oppose P. Obama would only institute their own vision of a totalitarian regime. This is one reason I say vote out the Republicans as well as the Democrats this year. And in 2012 until we get some people with the spine to say that the American people deserve to be free, and freedom carries only one guarantee: that is that you will have to take a risk to secure your future because no one else will.


http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2010/03/11/republican_collectivism

Another word for today

From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary


Socialism

Main Entry: so●cial●ism

Pronunciation:*s*-sh*-*li-z*m

Function: noun

Date:1837



1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

A word for today

From Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Socialist
Main Entry: socialist
Pronunciation:*s*-sh(*-)list
Function: noun
Date:1827

1 : one who advocates or practices socialism
2 capitalized : a member of a party or political group advocating socialism
–socialist adjective , often capitalized
–so£cial£is£tic \*s*-sh*-*lis-tik\ adjective
–so£cial£is£ti£cal£ly \-ti-k(*-)l*\ adverb