Dear Reader and Friend,

In case you did not hear… On October 8, 2008 Associated Press had a news story about Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. The man is doing his best to appeal to his constituency… the masses… rather than uphold the law he has sworn to obey.

The title kind of says it all…

Chicago’s Cook County won’t evict in foreclosures

The Cook County Illinois Sheriff is refusing to send his deputies out to evict people who have for whatever reason refused to pay their mortgages, and have been forclosed on in the court.

Now why would he refuse to uphold the law? Hmmmm?

He is grasping at straws here to justify his behavior.

Example One:

The article says The sheriff here said Wednesday that he’s ordering his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped throw out on the street are renters who did nothing wrong.

He neglects to mention that the renters are advised the property is going into foreclosure and they better find a new place to live.

Further, he is trying to justify his behavior by pretending he is doing this for the people… the poor downtrodden renter. Though the article does not say he is ignoring only renters… He ordered his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties.

Obviously he does not understand economics (Fiscal economics). You come to someone to lend you money. You agree to pay back the money being lent to you, and pay interest on that money. Then you refuse to pay back the money and tell the lender Fuck You! And the sheriff… the one they are counting on to enforce the legal agreement tells the lender Fuck Off! Shows he obviously does not understand the consequences of his actions long term.

If lenders are not assured they will be re-paid, will they lend money?

No!

If lenders do not lend money, can they pay depositors interest?

No

Sheriff Stupidity

Sheriff Dart is quoted in the article with a “Populist” message… he is quoted as saying”

We will no longer be a party to something that’s so unjust…

And He Goes On…

We have to be sure that when we are doing this – and we are destroying some people’ lives – we better be darned sure we’re talking about the right people

And on

My job as sheriff is to follow court orders, absolutely, But I’m also in charge of making sure justice is being done here and it is clear that justice is not being done here.

Regarding his last sentence… WELL DUHHHHH!

If his job as Sheriff is to follow the law, then follow it.

Why Would A Sheriff Not Follow The Law?

It’s not up to the Sheriff to arbitrarily decide which law to follow and which law to ignore… Unless that Sheriff is appealing to his constituency so he can get re-elected and maintain his power.

Could that be the reason?

After all… the press, the politicians, and people being foreclosed on are all vilifying the bankers. They are turning them into scapegoats. And there are fewer bankers and mortgage company executives than there are people who have mortgages.

Remember in my post above…

The Law Is NOT Designed To Deliver Justice… It’s There To Keep Those In Power… In Power. Nothing more, nothing less.

And what better way to be a greedy, selfish pig after power, than doing the popular thing… NOT the right thing.

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Do you like getting the best prices you can when you shop on the net?

Do you like to pay extra so an out of state merchant can hire extra people and waste more time figuring out tax codes for states they do not have a presence in?

And what do these big spenders — big spenders with YOUR MONEY — spend it on?

Feel good “Projects” inane laws, more intrusion into your privacy, and whatever hand-outs they can come up with THEY (the politicians) think will get most of the people to vote for them to keep themselves in office… so they can waste public money on all sorts of things… like say in the case of Elliot Spitzer former Governor of NY… Hookers. High priced hookers.

Let me ask you a question…

Is paying for hookers… high priced call girls… for politicians where you want your tax dollars to go?

Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against job perks for jobs well done… but this is a bit overboard… don’t you agree?

Especially in this time of supposed fiscal belt tightening, where the politicians are crying

“there isn’t enough money in State funds to pay for education” (Spitzer got his… I’ll be he was educated on some new positions ),

or they cry whaa whaa whaaa “there’s not enough money to keep proven criminals in prison”, or care for the sick, or keep the libraries open every day, or…

You get the picture.

But they have enough money to go on expensive “fact finding missions” aka Junkets at tax payer expense. They can find enough money to pay $10,000 a month cell phone bills. They can find enough money to pay for private cars and chauffeurs to take them wherever they want to go… and this goes for local city level politicians too.

Why Your Internet Purchases May Cost You More, Due To Politicians Greed And Lust For YOUR Money

Do you like to pay extra so an out of state merchant can hire extra people and waste more time figuring out tax codes for states they do not have a presence in?

How would you like to see prices on everything you buy on the internet go up by at least 10% + the sales tax you should be paying… all because some greedy politicians want to get their grubby huge hands deeper into your pocket?

Well, if you like that idea, you will love New York.

As just reported…

New York Rules Out-of-State Web Merchants Must Collect State Taxes

Apr 16, 2008 1:44 PM , By Jim Tierney

The complete story can be read at…

target=”_new”>Illegal Taxation: New York Rules Out-of-State Web Merchants Must Collect State Taxes

The funny… actually stupid thing is… this law was already declared illegal… make that ILLEGAL… back in 1992 in the 1992 Supreme Court Decision, Quill Corp. vs. North Dakota cry and cry as the politicians will, and their cronies complaining that the ONLY reason they are not selling as much is because of “unfair” competition from out of state stores because the out of state stores don’t have to collect sales tax.

Did these stores ever think of the ADVANTAGES THE LOCAL STORES HAVE OVER OUT OF STATE RETAILERS?

Of course not. Everyone ONLY buys based on price.

We are all like lemmings. (this is sarcasm)

Specialization in an interest has nothing to do with it.

Customer service has nothing to do with it.

A pleasantry when we come in like maybe a simple “Thank You” has nothing to do with it./p>

Receiving notifications from out of state retailers on items they are carrying we may have an interest in has nothing to do with falling sales at local retailers.

Oh no… why it has to be that 3, or 4, or 8&151; sales tax.

Of course when we buy from an out of state retailer, we typically end up paying shipping which is about the same as the sales tax would be.

Maybe these Cry babies should look for a less costly location, and then reduce their prices… IF they think it is strictly a price issue.

Better yet… why not stat selling on the internet themselves and get even.

They Make Me Sick… The Whole Lot Of Them

And any store or company who believes I should have to pay higher prices so they can make more profit for themselves, I will boycott. I will refuse to buy a single thing from them. Even if they were the last water store and I was in the desert.

They are beneath contempt. Blaming others for their deficiencies in their business.

Hey Fast food places are hiring, maybe these cry baby store owners should go get a job there. They won’t have to face “unfair competition”

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Talk about stupidity…. Make that STUPIDITY.

Let’s try and twist something, because as everyone in the USA and basically around the world knows, the USA ALWAYS seems to need an enemy.

Why? Because having a common enemy in the past united the people of the USA. So now those in power have decided to manufacture them.

Don’t believe me?…

Great, I love it when you do that…

Look.

In an article entitled “U.S. sees Russia, China, OPEC financial threat” it is once again a “sky is falling” article.

The Logic is Mind Bending

The article dated Feb 5, 2008 starts with…

The United States is worried that Russia, China and OPEC oil-producing countries could use their growing financial clout to advance political goals, the top U.S. spy chief told Congress on Tuesday.

Duh!!!

They have lots of currency, they have gold and oil reserves… we don’t. At least not like theirs.

Did you know that China is currently the number two producer of gold? It only missed South Africa by a few tons. And with the strikes going on in South Africa possibly this year China will be the number one producer of raw gold.

And besides, isn’t that what the UK, the USA and any other country or group does?

Don’t they use their financial clout to get their way?

Security Threat?

The article went on to say

Such economic matters joined terrorism, nuclear proliferation and computer-network vulnerabilities as top U.S. security threats described by National Director of Intelligence Michael McConnell in an annual assessment.

Gee… A country using it’s financial clout now equals terrorism? What kind of world are we living in? What are they going to do, bury us in our increasingly useless US Dollars?

Maybe if those “learned ones” in Washington DC would actually care about the people they were elected to serve rather than care for themselves and their personal power they would act in the best interests of the USA. But that’s a bit much to ask.

The article went on

In the energy sector, a weak U.S. dollar had prompted some oil suppliers, including Iran, Syria and Libya, to ask for payment in other currencies, or to delink their currencies from the dollar, McConnell said. ‘Continued concerns about dollar depreciation could tempt other producers to follow suit.’

Wouldn’t that make economic sense?

Ask yourself, if you could make more money in the stock market than you could putting your money in a savings account, would you do it?

If you could make more money and your money was safer in bonds rather than stocks would you do it?

If your financial wherewith all was safer in one currency over one that was dropping worldwide like a rock, would you get out, and not want to be paid in that currency?

If you answered NO, then I have a suggestion for you. Somalia has about a 10,000% inflation rate right now. Change your currency into Somali money. It costs somewhere around 1,000,000 Somali dollars for a loaf of bread according to an article I read over the weekend. That’s up from around 3000,000 a few months ago.

But you are NOT stupid. You wouldn’t put your money at risk, so why would anyone expect businesses to do so? Why would any sane person expect countries to do so?

Seeing an Enemy Where There Is None

The most telling part regarding China — who so many on the left, right, center, and in the media seem to see as the enemy… this quote from National Director of Intelligence Michael McConnell in the article should put an end to it.

“China has pursued a policy of global engagement out of a desire to expand its growing economy and obtain access markets, resources, technology and expertise,” McConnell said.

“It seeks a constructive relationship with the United States and other countries, but as its influence grows ‘Beijing probably will increasingly expect its interests to be respected by other countries,’ he said.”

Ummmm so let’s see. China is NOT posing a threat. They are peacefully expanding their influence by trade. They are working on expanding their economy looking to get access to more markets, more resources, and more expertise… like any growing entity whether business or country should do. They are looking for a constructive relationship with the USA (who seems to regard them as an enemy),and China expects it’s “interests to be respected by other countries” Gee! What a surprise.

One last thought before I get off this rant…

It is time for the self centered, babies to grow up. The whole world does not revolve around them. The whole world does not revolve around the USA. The government can not protect anyone against every possible negative thing. Whether it’s bullies in the school yard, some knuckle dragging idiot who overpays for a house, or whatever. We will all get along better if we simply adopt the belief of treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves.

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