February 22, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

Given the growing number of Americans thinking Americas’ Democratic and Republican Civil, Political, and Religious Leaders are wrong one is forced to ask if Americans still believe Labor and Management can fairly represent their point of view in this Service Based Economy. For why we can all agree that something must be done to stop the Shopaholics of the 20^th Century, can Labor and Management do it given they are not in control of the Corporation. Thus one is forced to ask “Do Americans still hold a Labor/Management Political Point of View?”

Personally, I would say with the decline in membership of the two political parties and more and more Americans no longer engaged in the Union and Corporate debate of Big Business the Youth of America can make the case that their parents political ideology no longer represents the Real World. In fact, the problem in Wisconsin could be easily solved simply by asking Governor Walker if he is for reducing the number of economically viable customers available to Wisconsin Business. For in reality, by reducing the Spendable Cash Public Workers through increase health care premiums payments Governor Walker is telling Wisconsin Business that they are going to have to live with less people purchasing their products.

And why it becomes a National Issue is the fact that Governor Walker and others are also telling Big Business that they will have less customers in order to meet their bottom line. In fact the only winner in the idea of having Public Workers pay more for their healthcare insurance will be the insurance companies. So why is the Media supporting the idea? In fact their Advertisers will have less money to pay the Radio and TV Stations which in turn will result in the Media Leadership having to cut the pay of Commentators and Pundits once again.

So why we all recognize the fact states must work to balance their budget, as Entrepreneurs and Consumers I do believe Americans can see that Governor Walker and others are making a mistake by demanding Public Workers make less income especially in a time when the cost of living is going up. For after seeing the events break out in the Middle East over the same issue and knowing the last thing the American Economy needs is a nationwide strike like we seen at the turn of the last century. One is forced to ask if Governor Walker and others are acting out of Ignorance or a political agenda which gives aid to Americas’ Enemy.

Yes, times are changing and why Americans do have to work to solve the Issues of the 20^th Century. We must have the political courage to ask if Labor and Management, Unions and Big Business, and the Democrats and Republicans are going to still represent Americans’ Point of View in a Service based Society or during this time of General Change that new Political Leadership finds a voice to maintain Domestic Tranquility and provide a Common Defense from the enemy within and outside our borders.

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February 16, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

With Speaker Boehner saying “So be It” when it comes to our public workers losing their job and many Conservatives and Republicans wanting to take away Public Workers benefits and retirements, I have to ask why shouldn’t all Public Workers just walk off the job. For I wonder what these Conservatives and Republicans will do when they call 911 and no one answers or they go to drop off their children at school only to find out no one is there to watch their children as they go to work. Yes, all the protesting in the street will only help build the fires of divide as the debate goes forward; however, I wonder how many sick days it would take before Conservatives and Republicans realize that their Whole World can’t exist without Public Workers doing their job.

For imagine waking up tomorrow and find no police on the streets, no first responders answering the call for help as morning accidents pile up, or no county emergency room being open. Not to speak of entire construction projects coming to a dead halt as no inspections or permits can be done. Yes, America would truly come to a halt the day all Public Workers call in sick in protest of Conservatives and Republicans attack them by wanting to cut their pay, eliminate the benefits, and dismantle their retirement. And who can blame the Public Workers since it was Conservatives and Republicans who is responsible for the Local, State, and Federal governments being in the mess that we are in.

No, a bad idea made only worse by the fact Conservatives and Republicans are not willing to take the hard cuts they are demanding from Public Workers. For where is the Law repealing Our Elected officials benefits and retirement plans. Where is the Law demanding that all Elected Officials take the money they receive in fund raisers and put it into the Treasury? For asking someone making $100,000.00/yr. to take a 10% pay cut when they are raising millions of dollars to cover their expenses and asking someone making less than $50,000.00/yr. who by law cannot handouts or tips to take a 10% pay cut is not the same. Nor can you tell me it is for the good of the community since the Public Workers will have less money to support Local, State, and Federal Businesses.

However, by Conservatives and Republicans declaring war on Public Workers I hope they are prepared to wait days for their building, hunting, and other permits. For why would a State need more than one person to issue hunting permits when it shouldn’t matter how long citizens have to wait in line or even if those citizens can’t hunt at all that season. So I hope the Public Workers would walk off the job just to show the rest of America what will happen if the Conservatives and Republicans have their way eliminating State and Federal jobs.

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February 11, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

Congratulations are in order to the Egyptian Citizens for using the Weapon of Peace to achieve their Freedom. For as the Global Generational Change keeps blowing I am glad to see My Community Elders and Peers step aside and extend a Helping Hand instead of the Iron Hand they grew up on. However, now begins the hard work of learning to be patient as things return to normal everyday life. Because why some will still scream that the new leaders are taking longer to do this and that than they should, Good things take time. So rejoice today in knowing the Egypt Citizens have won, for tomorrow starts the beginning of the next 30 years to prove to the Youth of Tomorrow that Parents ain’t as crazy as we think they are

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February 10, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

If the Democrats really want to goat the Republicans and Tea Party than they IMHO submit a bill which would eliminate all free Market Entitlement Programs and only give tax breaks to those American Businesses engaged in building a Green Economy. For if Conservatives truly believe in the Free Market and smaller government than eliminating the government programs and tax breaks in order to save money and force the Free Market to be self sustainable would make for an interesting debate to say the least.

Yes, I suppose the House Leadership and the Senate Minority would be inflamed as well as the Media Pundits upset due to their inability to attract advertisers. Nevertheless, as Welfare for Individual Citizens underwent major change in the 1990’s so should Corporate Welfare undergo major changes as we work to lower the debt and rebuild the economy. Because why Congress can cut entitlements designed to help the middle class and poor without addressing the every growing entitlement to the Free Market the budget will continue to grow since how much money is enough for Healthcare Industry, the Oil Industry, and Corporate Farmers.

No, I do not expect the Democrats to win the first round of the debate; however, making the Republicans and Tea Party prove they are for higher debt and bigger government in order to support the Free Market without wanting to change the Corporate Welfare System will make it harder for them to cut and eliminate other social programs designed to help the middle class and poor. And why that might seem harsh to some I do believe those American Businesses who actually believe the Free Market should be opened to their products without being undercut by those industries getting government support for providing cheaply made products which do not help our government and society build a green sustainable Government and Society is a political winner especially in the 2012 Elections.

So are the Republicans and Tea Party for Free Markets, Smaller Government, and Debt Reduction or are they once again saying one thing to get elected and doing the exact opposite when in power? For giving their record so far and their lack of a plan to address debt reduction and create jobs I do believe the Democrats or even a Third Party supporting the Green Corporations of America could make great headway in showing the American Voter why they shouldn’t support the Conservatives still clearly stuck in the 20^th Century. For Drill Baby Drill is not going to get Americans more jobs since the sell of American Oil draws a higher price overseas.

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January 31, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

With the need to replace oil as the primary source of energy I realize that others have their own ideas on how to sell the average citizen the electricity and fuel they will need to power the cars and homes; however, recognizing our leaders are looking for sustainability I do believe Mother Nature has already given Mankind the answer they seek. For though Bio-Mass Material http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass is still a young industry it does offer advantages that no other resource of energy can match. And in my opinion is an excellent companion to Solar and Wind especially since the trio can mimic what Nature has been doing for billions of years.

Given that producing biomass material either through algae farms or factories plus the gathering of falling foliage can provide the building material needed for the 21^st Century and beyond as well as be composted so that warm moist air and nutrients for the soil ban be returned. Additionally, the residual biomass can be used in furnaces to create steam which can drive generators to burn lights brighter than the sun http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/a-light-10-bill.html when neither the sun is shining nor wind is blowing. Because why we may not be able to control the Sun or the Wind which has always presented a problem when it comes to the steady production of electricity, in building a Renewable Energy Plant we already have the technology to combine the trio on a single platform.

For example; today we think of burning organic material http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=biomass_home-basics Solar Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=biomass_home-basics and Wind Energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine as being separate systems; And while all three have their limitations, together they can create a hybrid system which can work in rain or shine. Since imagine what a system could do if it was made up of a wind tunnel housing several wind mills driven by a solar fan and attached to a light from a furnace which burned residual organic waste to generate steam to drive a generator. For though complex in its figuration and mammoth in its ability to deliver a steady source of electricity I do believe the scaling of such a system could be more than enough to help every Human achieve the goal of becoming economically viable and financially independent while supplying Commerce and Trade with the raw material they need and reducing the impact of our landfills.

Thus, what seems like an impossible task will take a little bit of educating the Old Folks; nevertheless, in teaching how to mimic Nature in order to provide us with the energy and products the Human Race will require for the next 100 years and beyond seems like a good start. However, given that Mankind for centuries has been trained to do things the hard way, don’t think they are going to want to change overnight. For why we are still finding the limitations of Biomass, Solar, and Wind, considering Mother Nature has been using the same combination for billions of years. I truly wonder if the Sky is the Limit?  

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January 28, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

One would think with all the Media Experts and Pundits on the Radio and TV at least one of them would be able to step forward and show Americas’ Democratic and Republican Civil, Political, and Religious Leaders that Americans do have a way to deal with the Issues of the 20^th Century and prepare for the Events of the 21^st Century. However, based on my experience and the fact most of My Community Elders and Peers of the 70’s have grown up disbelieving it would ever be possible to make every Human on Earth economically viable and financially independent. The idea Americas’ two Political Parties could ever agree on anything after what they saw in the 60’s and 70’s has at best left them with a distorted truth of why Our Elected Officials will probably never see eye to eye. However, that does not mean we cannot get them to agree on how to solve the Issues of the 20^th Century and prepare for the Events of the 21^st Century over the next several years.

And just like in the 70’s when grandma would not allow the Children of the 70’s to have cars that flew, today’s youth already knows that it is wrong to give a 16 year old the keys to an electric car which will pay them to drive up and down Main Street. So why My Brothers and Sisters of the 70’s as well as Americas’ Democratic and Republican Civil, Political, and Religious Leaders can rest easy knowing that whatever changes are needed to be made so The Corporation and Market can build a Better World will stay within the Principles and Standards set forth by our Forefathers and Ancestors. However, unlike generations before them watch as this generation embraces the concept they can work together with their Elected Officials to produce a Green Sustainable Government and Society.

For why others in the past may have rose up against the beast known as The New World Order in fear, having the innovations and technology of their parents to tame the monster, I do believe the Leaders of Commerce and Industry would do themselves well to listen as the Children of the 21^st Century take what their parents have learned about corporations and nations becoming more efficient and start applying it to their life. Because why I won’t list today the goods and services which can quickly be created to reduce the economic impact required for a higher standard of living, behold the changes made by corporations in the last 30 years in order to become more profitable. Then ask yourself how those lessons can be put to use in order to make a household function leaner and smarter?

Because from renewable energy sources to recycling their trash, like those before them they most feed the Beast, but nowhere is it written the Human Race cannot prosper from their Labor of Love. So just as sure as we see Smart Cars and Homes entering the Market, what other innovations and invents can be made to make the Household more efficient?

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January 27, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

Although I thought President Obama SOTU was a little lame, some of the responses I have heard were still lamer; however, the lamest response I heard so far comes from Speaker Boehner. For if that was the case than shouldn’t we lay him off. And though I am open to that idea I don’t think others in Congress would find it that funny. Because why one could say that the Republicans have accomplished their mission in bleeding the government dry, others might say it is Speaker Boehners’ Opinion that we are broke since the government still functions today. In any case, I still believe Speaker Boehner wins the award for the lamest response to President Obamas’ SOTU.

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January 26, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

With the Speaker of the House calling for $2 trillion to be cut out of the federal budget over the next ten years why does the Tea Party try to one up the man by claiming they want to cut $2.5 trillion over the same time frame? Do they really think the difference is going to matter especially considering they will not have the final word on the subject? No, having already started this conversation with a friend over at Watchblog.com I realize that why America does need to get its financial house in order cutting the budget for the sake of cutting the budget is not the answer. For blinded by the Ignorance that not only will they have to get the Senate to agree, but persuade President Obama and the American Public, but whatever they decide to cut will stick through the next 4 new Congress and two Presidents. I’m still waiting to hear where they are going to find the first dollar to cut from this years’ budget.

For why I hear from the Media every day how entitlement programs will have to be cut; however, I haven’t heard one elected officials who is willing to state for the record which entitlement program will be the first to see the chopping block. Instead, I hear how if we only get te spending level back to the 2008 levels that everything will be ok. Yet, knowing that will do very little if anything to offset the nearly $14.3 trillion Americas’ Government is looking at this year let alone the expected growth over the next two years I doubt if even the $2.5 trillion in ten years is enough to silence the critics of our government.

However, knowing something has to be done by the Republican lead House of Representatives to deal with the problem caused earlier the century I do hope they are willing to look at increasing the taxes on at least the super wealthy in America. For remembering the day when the first President Bush said “Read My Lips, no new taxes” only to have to relent right before the elections I do believe it would be a shame for the Speaker of the House and the Tea Party to fix our government financial problem due to the fact they could not agree to raise the taxes of even a single American.

Because why Speaker Boehner and the Tea Party is going to have to show me that they can do more than wish they can solve the budget by cutting a few trillion dollars, I do believe they will find that while talk is cheap. They will have to give up their trash talking just as the Republicans learned in the 1990’s if they aspect to get the Democrats in the House and Senate to agree with which ever cuts to the budge will be necessary in order to return America back to a balance budget in the next ten years. For simply put, anything short of that goal is just Congress trying to get over on a generation that knows better.

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January 24, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

Having grown up in the 80’s when the Corporate Raiders of Wall Street were busy taking away many of Americans pension funds, I hear talk from the Media on how they want to change the laws so state pension funds today can be raided. And why that should send every American running saying “Honey bar the doors” it seems that most of the commentators are estranged from the fact that many of the states borrowed these funds in good faith in order to keep their taxes from having to be increased over the years. In fact, I wonder if the fools on Wall Street realize how much more they would owe today in state taxes if over the years governors wouldn’t have been allowed to borrow from these pension funds. So why the Corporate Raiders of Wall Street are busy convincing the Media Pundits it is a god idea to allow the state pensions to be raided like so many of our parents and grandparents pensions were raided in the 80’s. I wonder what their answer will be the next tome the State has to raise their taxes because they no longer have the State Employee Pension Funds to borrow from.

Yes, it is true that many of our states face some financial hard times; however, I am surprised if not even shocked that the same Media Pundits who stood up against those who wanted to take away the Bankers and Wall Street bonuses and stock options just a few years ago would be all too willing to take away the American Workers’ money. Is this because they don’t care about the American Worker or somehow believe the benefits paid to these Americans are somehow less valuable? No, I think it is due to the fact they have for so long been use to dividing Americans that it just seems natural to try to turn those who work for private industry against those who work for our states.

Because why they have learned over the years that they cannot turn the debate into dividing the Poor from the Wealthy without getting into trouble and risk being fired, it seems ok if they listen to the Corporate Raiders of wall Street and turn the Working Class against the Working Class so the Wealthy in America don’t have to worry about returning the money they have borrowed from the state pension plans over the years.

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January 23, 2011 by ItheConsumer.

With Factcheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/ rising after John Stewart went on CNN and called the Media Pundits out I don’t think a Conservative or Liberal in America wants to try and defend the position that misinformation within and without of Americas’ Borders has become a problem. And why I will let Fact Check tell us who is more responsible for using this weapon of ignorance, but it seems to me the Republican Leadership in Washington continue to use it in order to gain political power just as Al Qaeda does to gain ground in the World.

Now I’m not saying the two are the same. In fact, one pursuing National Power and the other one pursuing World Dominance I would say they are both just two groups trying to misinform their audience in hope they can move their agenda forward. Nevertheless, unwilling to see the difference, but instead focusing on the idea that people who are easily fooled are being doped to act and vote against their own inherent best interest. I can find no reasonable logic of why the Leaders of Society’s’ Media would allow such things unless they benefited in their support of misleading the American Public.

Because why I recognize the Medias’ Need to answer to their Advertisers, but do this mean the Organizations and Corporations are also supporting the misinformation of the American Public or in their lust for money the Media is turning a blind eye to the problem instead of doing their job for Society? For aware that negativity sales and has been used in 20^th Century Politics to win elections. I would caution the Leaders of Media that here is a fine line between supporting the Status Quo of Man and supporting those in Society who would wish nothing more than to overthrow and control our governments and media.

For all one has to do is look at the Media during the build up to the start of the Iraq War or 2004 Elections to see how easy it is for those in the Media to be doped into believing they are doing their job instead of misleading the American Public by supporting the Enemy within and without our borders. Given that the world would look a lot different if the Media would have stayed focused on addressing the Issues which started the War on Ideology and Terror instead of going along with the idea Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction without proof.

Yes, organizations like Fact Check has done a lot to level the playing field and help protect those easily fooled; however, given that once upon a time was the role of the Media in America I wonder if the shooting in Arizona could have not been avoided if the young man would have been told that it is not the government who is the problem, but those in inside and outside of government and society who wish to drive their agenda instead of promoting a Better World.

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