Mindconnection eNL, 2010-10-24

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Some reasons for stupid things I've said:

• Didn't know what to say, so just blurted out something (as if there is something wrong with silence).
• Insecurity; did it for approval rather than for a sound reason.
• Simple thoughtlessness.
• Failing to get the "lay of the land," first. What mood are people in?
• Not considering the other person's perspective.
• Lack of sleep.
• Judgment skewed after a prolonged and persistent stream of irritation.
• Thought it was what the other person wanted to hear (rather than what I wanted to say).

Reasons for stupid things I've done:

• Insecurity; did it for approval rather than for a sound reason.
• Simple thoughtlessness.
• Thought it would be funny.
• Ignorance (Earlier in my life, I sometimes drank soda pop and ate foods containing corn syrup--I was blithely unaware of how toxic these poisons are).

I'm going to tell you here how to more than double your money on your single largest investment. No, it's not a get rich quick scam. But it may be your best shot at improving your financial situation.

Suppose you had invested $50,000 in a business and lost it all. That would be bad, right? But suppose that, in addition to losing every dime you invested, you kept piling up debt. And then you lost your car and your house, both of which had been paid off. That would be really bad, right?

If you answered yes to the first question, good for you. If you answered yes to the second question, you may want to consider this may be how most Americans think but it's not the answer they give by their behavior.

The single largest expense you have is the cost of the federal government.

And by that, I do not mean just the federal income tax, It's only one of the hundreds of taxes you are inflicted with (there are 128 different taxes on a single loaf of bread).

The National Flat Tax, which is just under 16% is larger than the 1040-based income tax for most Americans. What flat tax, you ask? All small business owners know the answer. If you're an employee, look at your pay stub for Social inSecurity and then double the amount (your employer doesn't magically come up with the other half; it's subtracted from what could be paid to you).

Now, how many working Americans are there? The number of employed Americans is lower than many people think. Much lower. For example, the unemployment rate for those 18 to 24 is now 53% (yes, that's the actual figure--and the 47% percent with jobs, well, take a look at the low paying burger joint jobs).

Why is that figure so bad? When you remove capital from the economy via the Porkulus, Obamacare, and a few other heists (it's not just the Obamageddon stuff, we've been robbed for decades), someone has to suffer.

And who, exactly, has to suffer in the face of all this stealing? Hint: It's not the rich members of CONgress or the corporations they work for.

Does 100 million working Americans sound reasonable to you? If not, come up with your own number. But note that the official govt number is obviously wrong. For example, many people who are "employed" own small firms like electrical contractors that can't bill enough to pay their expenses or own businesses like "Joe's Landscaping" and "Fred's Handyman Service." Many white collar ex-workers are now "consultants," probably for the tax deductions, but are they actually living off that?

So, anyhow, take this number and divide it by our total national debt. Do you know what that figure is? It's far more than the deficit and far more than the "current debt." It's a figure that exceeds the GDP of all nations on Earth. Combined.

If you work out the numbers, what you see is that we do not get back pennies on the dollar as our net return. We actually get back debt in addition to losing our principal.

It's like investing $50,000 and then losing it along with your car and your house. No sane person would call this a great deal. It's a raw deal. It's the deal you get from the criminals in CONgress, the criminals in the Executive Branch, and the marsupial magistrates who fail us in their role as judges in our corporation-controlled courts (look up how Nestle managed a multi-million dollar heist in Wisconsin thanks to a Superior Court judge on its payroll).

Isn't it amazing what you see when you strip away the rhetoric and look at the reality? How does a nation accrue such a massive debt? Only one way: theft. And who does the stealing? The same people who pretend to represent us in CONgress and other "elected" offices while, in actuality, being on the payrolls of the corporations that benefit from all the stealing.

How do they get away with this? Don't people vote them out of office? In a word, no.

What happens instead is The Party sets up a controlled ballot (this is authoritatively documented, so look it up if you don't know this as a fact) of its own candidates. This is why, for example, volunteers who were legally collecting ballot access signatures were jailed in Oklahoma in 2008 (you can look that up, too). It's why, for example, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans met the ballot access requirements for Texas in 2008 but were allowed on its ballots anyhow (you can look that up, too).

But times, they are a'changing.

Much to the chagrin of The Party, this November will have actual candidates on quite a few ballots. That's because a second political party is growing. Unlike the major party (Demopublicans), this party represents actual citizens. That's the Libertarian Party, and it's likely to be on your ballot in November.

The LP has:

• 21 candidates for US Senator.
• 170 candidates for US House of Misrepresentatives.
• 625 candidates for state and local offices.

Among those 625, many are running for re-election. Some of them are running for election to higher office (e.g., from city council to state rep) with their candidacy seat being filled by another LP.

No Libertarian seeking re-election has ever lost (I got that from various sources, but still am too amazed by it not to qualify it with a suggestion to trust but verify).

The reason, of course, is people like having their property taxes reduced and services enhanced. Something about actually getting something back (in net) for your tax dollars while simultaneously paying less in the first place appeals to people.

So a choice other than what certain corporations want us to have (the same old D/R) is a very serious choice in this upcoming election.

Even if nobody from our nation's #2 political party got elected, people who vote for its candidates still send the right message. People who vote for the status quo send the wrong message.

Letting a few corporations continue to mismanage, rob, and debilitate this country is not a good option. We may not be able to stop them by actually voting in this next election, but at least we can avoid sending a message that then mismanagement, robbery, and debilitation meet with our approval.

Even if none of the 191 real candidates for CONgress get elected, we mere citizens who vote for them will at least not be wasting our only opportunity to say no to continued CONgressional crime. For each real candidate who is elected, we are one step closer to actually getting some pennies back on our tax dollars instead of being in the present situation of going deeper in the hole for every dollar in taxes paid. Well, actually, we are going deeper in the whole for taxes we haven't even paid yet....

So, that's how you can double the return on your investment. It's less than zero now, which means you still get nothing back in net. However, you will not be merely rubber-stamping crime as usual. If enough people stop approving of outrageous criminal behavior in this upcoming election, we mere citizens will have actual representatives instead of misrepresentatives. And that provide us with enough mojo to stop the rampant crime.

Haven't you been robbed long enough?

Remember, D v R is not a choice. The rhetoric might differ, but the results never do. We still get robbed, either way. So these are just different flavors of the same toothpaste. The problem is, the flavors are dog crap and cat crap. Both leave a foul taste in your mouth.

This Tuesday, say no to crime.

The solution is to build your back. And you are never too old to do it the right way.

The photo at right was taken just after my 50th birthday (I've got bronzer on to darken my normally pale skin).

You can see significant structure in my back. Notice the thickness of the rhomboids. Notice also how scalloped and thick the lats are, especially where they anchor.

These results do not come from doing pansy routines on fancy machines.

It comes from the very hard work of pullups, chinups, and bentover rows done at high levels of intensity.

Because this kind of workout is grueling, the only way it produces results is with sufficient recovery time. You cannot do this 3 times a week as part of a circuit training regimen.

Shortly after turning 50.

At www.supplecity.com, you'll find plenty of informative, authoritative articles on maintaining a lean, strong physique. It has nothing to do with long workouts or impossible to maintain diets. In fact:

• The best workouts are short and intense.
• A good diet contains far more flavors and satisfaction than the typical American diet.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. The US CONgress burns money like crazy, but has yet to do anything useful.

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