Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Living Christmas Tree Company, an example of superior green job creation that actually makes sense.


You order a Living Christmas Tree online and the Living Tree is delivered to your home, alive and with a potted based. After Christmas, the still living tree is picked up from your home and returned to where it is kept the other 11 months of the year for reuse the following Christmas season.

The superiority of this concept can be documented in several ways. Even though the living tree service costs more than buying a newly cut tree, the customer AVOIDS the trip to go get the tree. While getting the tree may be half the fun, the drive to and from and attaching the tree to your car may not be so much fun. Plus, WATERING a still living tree during the 3 weeks you have the tree is probably more fun.

The living trees are less prone to starting on fire because they are still alive. The living trees look healthier, because they are alive, not dead. The living trees will not leave a pile of needles all over the place, once again, because the tree is alive and not dead.

On top of that, the whole economic business structure, because it is based on keeping the tree alive, creates an green trail of honest work. Rather than continually growing, cutting, shipping, selling, dying, needles dropping from the Dead Christmas Tree that is then dumped on the curb to be picked up as trash, a Living Tree is simply ordered online, dropped off at your home, then picked up when done.

The company employee then returns the tree to the company where it is tended to until next year. The additional employee involvement of having to pick up the tree and then take care of it during the year creates an economically repeating cycle that every year without having to constantly grow more and trees that are prematurely killed.

Eventually, when the living tree gets too big, it can be turned into any number of things rather than simply being put out with the Christmas trash rush. "Retired living trees" don't have to be dealt with during a very short window of time right after Christmas. Rather, the company has the entire off season to devote to how to best reuse a tree that has eventually outgrown its Christmas season usefulness.
The entire living tree process appears to have a higher ratio of wages paid per price charged while not wasting or overusing precious resources. Recycling by reusing is the ideal green solution but one that only certain green economies can utilize. Plastic bottles can't be reused as is when removed from the original user, but a living christmas tree can.
Even though the Living Tree Service appears to be more expensive, it may not actually be more expensive. What price can be put upon the fire hazard a drying dying Christmas Tree creates? Let us not forget the mess of the needles during the entire time the dying tree is up, and then the additional needles that are dropped as the dead Christmas tree is hauled to the curb for pick up, including the ones left on your clothes and your hair.

Is it possibly less healthy being around a dead and drying tree for several weeks compared to an actual living tree? Lets not forget the initial expense the time spent and the resources needed to go pick up the dead tree and putting into or onto your ironically too small green car. Lets not forget the time saved as well.

Because the living trees are delivered and picked up in bulk, the lower usage of fuel to deliver and pick up the living trees is easily superior to any other method currently being used.

For anyone who likes to have a real tree for Christmas, the idea of using a living tree seems to make so much more sense than a dead tree. I would much rather place a present under a living tree than one purposely killed just for one Christmas.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

GOOGLE LINK HACKERS, are they attacking certain blogs to drive down traffic?

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I noticed a bunch of hits from the same IP, each one just seconds apart. I checked the IP to see if it might be some kind of spam bot
and discovered a shocking blog article that mentions the exact same IP that "visited" my blog.
IP 38.100.21.210

If you click on the link above it will take you to that article. The article claims a drop in the number of hits after a visit by the IP number listed above. The IP number lists a location of Reston, Virginia.

How much longer until somebody with too much power and influence simply sets up fake articles to check everybody that is on to them.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Real Cancer Research Breakthrough Finally Here?

A lot of cancer research breakthroughs periodically get press releases. I wonder if this one is any different. The basic cancer fighting concept with this treatment is that the cancer cells receptors are told to commit suicide, and they do. The cancer fighting clinical trial treatment goes by the name SHetA2.

I guess I don't understand why the normal cells nearby also don't hear that same suicide command, but that is probably explained somewhere on the internet. It looks like clinical trials are gearing up for this "breakthrough". If this turns out to be a dud, it just goes to show you how that investor's money not only goes towards cancer research, but towards publicity releases as well.

If the clinical trials prove successful, then this could actually be the real progress that we have all been waiting for in regards to cancer research.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

To All the Enlightened ones who Voted for Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton because of Hillary Clinton's war voting record...

To All the Enlightened ones who Voted for
Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton because
of Hillary Clinton's war voting record...

When a handful of congress people from
both houses of congress chortle that they
will vote against Barack Obama's plan for
more troops in Afghanistan, KNOWING
THAT THEIR VOTE WILL NOT AFFECT THE
EXTRA TROOP VOTE OUTCOME, will you
be impressed with their no more troops
vote this time around the way you were
when Barack Obama voted no to the war
several years ago?

When politicians who voted against
additional troops in Afghanistan then
campaign for re-election by bragging about
how they voted against funding for additional
troops in Afghanistan, will you be impressed
the way you were with Barack Obama's no
war vote several years ago?

When Barack Obama voted against the
Afghanistan war, or was it the Iraq war, or
was it both wars that Barack Obama voted
against the first time around; explain to me
again how those no votes were much, much
more of a brave no vote then, then the
politicians who will vote no this time around.

Voting NO to stop or end a war or to increase
troop size, when that no vote will not change
the outcome of the overall vote, can then be
manipulated for political gain when it comes
time to campaign for re-election.

Al Gore's vote in favor of Desert Storm back
in the early 90's, was a KEY yes vote the
republicans desperately needed for that early
90's war to happen, yet Michael Moore thinks
Al Gore is great, and Hillary Clinton not so
great, even though Hillary Clinton's vote was
not a difference maker and Al Gore's vote was
a difference maker.

Barack Obama to use ACORN volunteer soldiers in Afghanistan.

It appears that ACORN volunteers worked so well when it came to cheating in the 2008 democratic caucus contests that Barack Obama is considering using ACORN volunteer soldiers in Afghanistan.

ACORN's penchant for padding numbers when it comes to democratic caucus votes would give Barack Obama flexibility in padding his additional troop count. 1,000 ACORN volunteers could easily equal 30,000 additional troops based on ACORN accounting methods.

Since ACORN is demanding either the reinstatement of their already promised funds or the continuation of funding based on prior years, why not pay ACORN those suspended funds to go to Afghanistan? The sight of ACORN soldiers with petitions and clipboards in their hands instead of guns may put more fear into the taliban than anything else we've tried.

One possible downside to this idea could be that even if ACORN did find Osama Bin Laden, odds are high that they would not be able to reproduce his proper address correctly even if Osama were to provide it.
(Warning! The above editorial is satire and should not be confused for the truth).

Monday, November 30, 2009

TheBurningPlatform.com » Economy » SCHOOL - 1957 vs 2009

TheBurningPlatform.com » Economy » SCHOOL - 1957 vs 2009

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Judges Suddenly paying attention to Banksters that abuse the system and are starting to take them on! Better now than never.

The more people blog about bankster abuse, the harder it will be for judges to ignore the situation. News reporters are finding it easier to gauge home owner and credit card user's experiences by googling. This in turn makes it easier for the reporter to focus on the judges. It appears some judges are starting to turn the tables on the banksters.




I could see this particular case being overturned on appeal based on one technicality, the couple had no equity in the home and the bank could probably argue that they needed to put their resources into helping homeowners that had at least some equity in their home.

However, if it turns out that the bank was basically trying to scoop up as many homes into foreclosure as they could, then the case may hold up even on appeal. I wish the judge could have found a case where the homeowners had equity in their home, but, at least the judge is making a statement to the banks, and that is the most important thing of all.

The next step would be to pass a federal law that nobody can be evicted from their own home without a judge's decree. This would ensure that the bank follows the proper guidelines before evicting a homeowner.
Presently, tax payer funded law enforcement is being used by the banksters to evict homeowners without any judicial notification or approval, and that needs to change.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Fred Barnes Wall Street Journal Editorial about Barack Obama seems to nail it.


Thursday, November 26, 2009

Oh No, Convicted UBS employee turned whistle blower is suing for a whistle blower reward, wants BILLIONS!


The jail time of 40 months will not be that prolific for Bradley C. Birkenfeld when compared to the billions Birkenfeld hopes to receive for his "whistleblowing" efforts. Apparently Mr. Bradley C. Birkenfeld walked into the Justice Department's office and told of secret offshore accounts involving UBS.

If Mr. Birkenfeld is entitled a "reward", I don't think it is ethical that he get more and more money because he sat on the information long enough so that the amount of money that has been discovered has grown as well.

I would split the whistleblower's reward, giving most if to charities, or perhaps, to the 10,000 homeowners who are being foreclosed upon EVERY SINGLE DAY in this country to help modify their home loans.

I would limit what Mr. Birkenfeld goets to a certain time window, A one year window, perhaps just six months. Otherwise, if whistleblowers get more money by holding onto the information for a longer period of time, whistleblowing will have many whistlestops along the way before they actually comes forward.

Federal Reserve tries theater ads to burnish its image -- latimes.com

Federal Reserve tries theater ads to burnish its image -- latimes.com

The federal reserve is running commercials in movie theaters that warn consumers not to run up credit card debt, I find this action to be a stones throw distance from the twilight zone.

Is the Federal Reserve admitting that too much credit card debt at obscene interest rates just might not be a good thing for the economy or the future of our country??? Ya think.

And yet, Wall street waits with baited breath hoping consumers will run up their credit cards this holiday season so the "eCONoME" picks up.

"Buy-Polar-Opposite eCONoME" anyone? Wall Street Needs consumers to go further into credit card debt to proclaim an economic recovery, yet the Federal Reserve knows that consumer credit card debt reduction would actually strengthen local economies all over the country without having to raise taxes.

Credit Card Debt reduction would instead actually create jobs and increase tax revenue as local economies began to spring back from an influx of people paying other people for local goods and services versus just paying monthly obscene credit card interest rate charges.

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Man Made Style

Man Made Style
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MAN MADE STYLE!

I know Len Stone, the producer of a Television Pilot called Man Made Style.

Man-Made Style Video Promo LINK.

Len Stone is an absolutely brilliant television promotions writer who had to re-educate himself when promotions writers were forced to learn how to edit and even produce their own promotional pieces a few years back. Imagine having already proven yourself as a promotions writer who is now forced to learn how to do video editing or lose your job. The written word mattering less than video editing? You Betcha!

A few years back I edited Len Stone's promotions demo reel. A couple of his promotions spots were so good I wanted to do a short demo about Len Stone!

When I find the time I would like to post a true promo masterpiece that Len Stone made. The Promo features a Will Smith clip from the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire that I think is all time genius work. If there is a promotions Hall of Fame, this promo would be enshrined in it for being able to do a lot with very little material.

The Prince of Bel Aire promotional spot involves no special effects, no sound effect enhancement, and virtually no picture editing, just a straight forward cleverly written voice over that takes the clip to a whole new dimension.

Len Stone's latest effort is a NEW TV Show Pilot that he has put together.

Man-Made Style Video Promo LINK.

FIGHT FOR ONA KALIMA'S YouTube VIDEO THAT WAS UNFAIRLY REMOVED BY YOUTUBE ! ! !

FIGHT FOR ONA KALIMA\
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CATO INSTITUTE DISAGREES WITH THE STIMULUS PACKAGE, CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE FULL SIZE.

How about the First Annual PUMA Awards?

IF THERE WERE AN ANNUAL PUMA AWARDS SHOW, WOULDN'T THIS COMMERCIAL BE ONE OF THE WINNERS?

From Analog to Digital.

From Analog to Digital.
Maybe Barack and George are Related ???

Iraqi Insurgents try to slay an entire Family, but fail.

Iraqi Insurgents try to slay an entire Family, but fail.
Please Pass On. Click on Image to learn more.

Ground Zero, How PUMA's came to be.

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