A few tid bits before the actual article: Blake Griffin was chosen No. 1 overall. Wow! Two remarkable people passed on Thursday and it would be wrong not to mention them. Rest in peace Michael Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett. You will both be remembered and missed dearly. On to local topic!
http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_177011535
The OU Board of Regents will be retrofitting buildings for the purpose of conservation. I applaud the move.
The move retrofitting will be affecting older buildings on the OU campus, and will improve energy savings, and make the buildings overall more efficient. A "green" campus is something to be poud of, and something that in the long run will see much more money returned to OU than if no retrofitting were to occur.
There are "green" steps that anyone can take to improve their homes, and make them more efficient simulataneously. OU is ahead of the state on these "green" issues. Regardless of your position on global warming, there is nothing wrong with being an environmentalist right?
I recommend you visit this website for further "green" info.
June 26, 2009
Firearms frequent for flock
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26guns.html?_r=1&ref=us
An article in the New York Times is particularly interesting to me. If only because it has the phrase "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry" in the first paragraph, a feat I have been trying to attain as a writer for quite some time. Anyway...
The article is describing a Kentucky church which is celebrating the United State's Constitution's Second Amendment, or the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They're showing their celebration with sermons, events, and even a bring-your-gun-to-church day.
This is an emblematic piece for what is happening all over the country. NRA membership is up since November, people are buying more guns and there is a general fear that the Obama admnistration will stick the hounds on their guns, and confiscate or severly limit them.
I don't see any reason why these people are so concerned. The Obama administration has not made any moves toward gun control issues. Neither has the democrat controlled congress made any moves toward harsher moves regarding guns. The public response is to a fear that he may at some point begin to crack down on guns. But I don't see that happening.
I am keeping a lookout though, but considering I don't own any guns I don't know why I'm on watch.
An article in the New York Times is particularly interesting to me. If only because it has the phrase "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry" in the first paragraph, a feat I have been trying to attain as a writer for quite some time. Anyway...
The article is describing a Kentucky church which is celebrating the United State's Constitution's Second Amendment, or the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They're showing their celebration with sermons, events, and even a bring-your-gun-to-church day.
This is an emblematic piece for what is happening all over the country. NRA membership is up since November, people are buying more guns and there is a general fear that the Obama admnistration will stick the hounds on their guns, and confiscate or severly limit them.
I don't see any reason why these people are so concerned. The Obama administration has not made any moves toward gun control issues. Neither has the democrat controlled congress made any moves toward harsher moves regarding guns. The public response is to a fear that he may at some point begin to crack down on guns. But I don't see that happening.
I am keeping a lookout though, but considering I don't own any guns I don't know why I'm on watch.
China confers currency controversy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8120835.stm
The BBC article, describes a report from the People's Bank of China, which states that a "super-sovereign " currency change should occur.
The implications are that an international monetary fund dominated by a single currency , specifically the US dollar could not be regulated as much as required by the country of issue. Basically the report claims that the US dollar's weakness is the primary reason for the current economic crisis worldwide.
The chief of the Chinese central bank aroused worldwide attention last year when he claimed the US dollar could be replaced as the world's primary currency by the Special Drawing Right. The Special Drawing Right was created during the late 60s by the International Monetary Fund.
The logic for this move is that no country should have control over the world's reserve currency. The article quotes the PBOC as claiming a debt-based consumption model is unsustainable.
I tend to agree with the statement that debt-based consumption is an inteniable position. The US has $11.3 trillion in national debt. Paul Krugman, nobel prize winning economist, in his book "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008" has noted that consumer debt is equal to the US GDP. The last time this happened was a few years before the Great Depression. Dire predictions.
I read in the Norman Transcript on Thursday an article from the AP entitled something like "Fed sees end to recession". I apologize but I gave my copy away otherwise I'd get you the specific article.
The article was describing the recent move by the Federal Reserve to maintain interests rates. It also quoted several economists regarding the situation, and how much longer or deeper a recession could be. My first thought goes to Phil Gramm, former economic advisor to the McCain campaign, who was caught on video saying, "We've(US) become a nation of whiners."
My problem and why I bring this up, is the fact that people like Gramm are regarded as experts on this economy, when clearly in that statement they are out of touch, and have no idea what is going on.
I would recommend questioning everything that one hears about the economy. Read multiple diverse sources of information. Do not assume that the current capitalistic model of economics is the best in the world. A few hundred years ago, the feudal system was regarded as the best economic model ever invented.
What does this all mean? Is the recession over? Should a monetary fund be allowed to create and control a country-independent currency?
Recommended reading: Chomsky, Noam: Profits Over People. Paul Krugman in the New York Times, as well as his numerous books. Marx, Karl: Das Kapital.
The BBC article, describes a report from the People's Bank of China, which states that a "super-sovereign " currency change should occur.
The implications are that an international monetary fund dominated by a single currency , specifically the US dollar could not be regulated as much as required by the country of issue. Basically the report claims that the US dollar's weakness is the primary reason for the current economic crisis worldwide.
The chief of the Chinese central bank aroused worldwide attention last year when he claimed the US dollar could be replaced as the world's primary currency by the Special Drawing Right. The Special Drawing Right was created during the late 60s by the International Monetary Fund.
The logic for this move is that no country should have control over the world's reserve currency. The article quotes the PBOC as claiming a debt-based consumption model is unsustainable.
I tend to agree with the statement that debt-based consumption is an inteniable position. The US has $11.3 trillion in national debt. Paul Krugman, nobel prize winning economist, in his book "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008" has noted that consumer debt is equal to the US GDP. The last time this happened was a few years before the Great Depression. Dire predictions.
I read in the Norman Transcript on Thursday an article from the AP entitled something like "Fed sees end to recession". I apologize but I gave my copy away otherwise I'd get you the specific article.
The article was describing the recent move by the Federal Reserve to maintain interests rates. It also quoted several economists regarding the situation, and how much longer or deeper a recession could be. My first thought goes to Phil Gramm, former economic advisor to the McCain campaign, who was caught on video saying, "We've(US) become a nation of whiners."
My problem and why I bring this up, is the fact that people like Gramm are regarded as experts on this economy, when clearly in that statement they are out of touch, and have no idea what is going on.
I would recommend questioning everything that one hears about the economy. Read multiple diverse sources of information. Do not assume that the current capitalistic model of economics is the best in the world. A few hundred years ago, the feudal system was regarded as the best economic model ever invented.
What does this all mean? Is the recession over? Should a monetary fund be allowed to create and control a country-independent currency?
Recommended reading: Chomsky, Noam: Profits Over People. Paul Krugman in the New York Times, as well as his numerous books. Marx, Karl: Das Kapital.
June 25, 2009
Odd angles
Hey long time no blog, expect multiple posts regarding things happening now, tomorrow.
I can report that school is bogging me down, my home internet is screwy, and I need to do laundry.
On to better news, I have joined the Fellowship of the Sun Church, and am currently working on part three of The Box (for my 3 devoted fans of that). Check out the trailer for the movie of the same name.
I will debut another original serial short story ,still untitled, within a few weeks. Also expect an in depth analysis of Lost, which I think will finally explain everything coherently and predict precisely what will happen next season.
So something to look forward to.
I can report that school is bogging me down, my home internet is screwy, and I need to do laundry.
On to better news, I have joined the Fellowship of the Sun Church, and am currently working on part three of The Box (for my 3 devoted fans of that). Check out the trailer for the movie of the same name.
I will debut another original serial short story ,still untitled, within a few weeks. Also expect an in depth analysis of Lost, which I think will finally explain everything coherently and predict precisely what will happen next season.
So something to look forward to.
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