tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post5399681278524374423..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 494Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-90553710462575411822009-12-25T03:12:54.359-06:002009-12-25T03:12:54.359-06:00I was asking for it wasn't I? BTW, Merry Chris...I was asking for it wasn't I? BTW, Merry Christmas!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-35894105934116978172009-12-25T02:05:34.748-06:002009-12-25T02:05:34.748-06:00Yo, Gus, you ask: "How do you deep fry coke?...Yo, Gus, you ask: "How do you deep fry coke?"<br /><br />One effective way is to put a half kilo wrapped in a plastic bag in a thick dough seasoned heavily with curry powder and other substances and fry it long enough to form a hard crust, then put it in a hollowed-out cake, top it with icing, and put it in a box with a shipment of specialty cakes. The curry seasoning helps throw off the scent for any dogs.Snedcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-81918092688412415302009-12-24T14:43:39.881-06:002009-12-24T14:43:39.881-06:00Heh!
I'll make the switch, but I'm defini...Heh!<br /><br />I'll make the switch, but I'm definitely a late adopter there.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-40568254548545048392009-12-24T12:25:06.203-06:002009-12-24T12:25:06.203-06:00The switch from CD to iTunes happened for me a whi...The switch from CD to iTunes happened for me a while back when some new albums came out and the weather outside was inclement (a rarity for Arizona), on top of which I had work the next day and was really jonesing to listen Now. At 9:01 pm local time (just after midnight EST), I owned both albums for $19.98 out of my Paypal account. And I was listening to them starting three seconds later.<br /><br />Combine that with Mozy (or whatever online cloud backup you want to use) and streaming video via Netflix and I think it's clear that music and movie content has gone the way of Star Trek now... "Computer, play artist Iron Maiden." And it just does.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125745545009130612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-57703182332757251452009-12-24T09:08:11.382-06:002009-12-24T09:08:11.382-06:00"Actually, the government can create lots of ..."<i>Actually, the government can create lots of jobs which is part of the problem because they can’t create wealth or progress.</i>"<br /><br />That is a more correct way of making my point. Thanks.<br /><br />"<i>Do you think any foreign governments ever worry about offending the US?</i>"<br /><br />Not often, as we are, by the lights of altruism and collectivism, uncouth barbarians who need to be "educated."<br /><br />RE: Hanson<br /><br />I'd have to think about that one more, but regardless of whether I think he's being overly pessimistic, why take chances by <b>not</b> fighting for freedom now, when we can?Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-41621477674111084032009-12-24T08:46:19.318-06:002009-12-24T08:46:19.318-06:00“job creation, which the government is also inhere...“job creation, which the government is also inherently incapable of”<br /><br />Actually, the government can create lots of jobs which is part of the problem because they can’t create wealth or progress. Therefore, government job creation projects will either cause a net loss of jobs or a net gain of jobs with lower pay. In other words they are just pushing pieces around (like the way some people play chess) gradually draining resources out of the system. Kind of like saying you won $500 in the lottery and only had to buy $1000 worth of tickets!<br /><br />Sigh. This is not rocket logic. I wish more people could understand this. I’ve had a seemingly intelligent colleague tell me that NASA shouldn’t fire their engineers because that would hurt the economy. <br /><br />“doing so would offend foreign governments”<br /><br />Do you think any foreign governments ever worry about offending the US? Does the US give gifts to officials of foreign governments. Hmm, it really should work both ways.<br /><br />I like your suggestion though - auction the gifts and apply the funds directly to the debt. Interesting example of how altruism is preventing the ‘pragmatic’ or best solution to the problem. <br /><br />“Either those who can see take power from them or we all collapse into barbarity.”<br /><br />I have a theory that one of the reasons this hasn’t happened in Europe yet is that the example of the United States has acted to slow their march to barbarism. With the AmSoc gaining ground in the US, there will no longer be any culture impediment to this in Europe and the last vestiges of freedom there will die. If this is correct we could be looking at a lot more than a temporary loss of freedom - especially given all the new technologies which can easily be used against the people. <br /><br />Victor Hanson made a comment once that if we lose our freedom in America now it will be gone forever. At the time, I thought it seemed over pessimistic but now I am not so sure. The comparisons I’ve read between the West today and fall of the Roman republic (or the collapse in the 3rd century) are haunting.Steve Dnoreply@blogger.com