Saturday, May 28, 2011

I Shot the Sheriff

My girlfriend admitted she cheated on me. I asked her if it was with Eric Clapton and she said no....She's now single.



Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff




Lyric:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down.
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense.

Sheriff john brown always hated me;
For what I don't know.
Every time that I plant a seed
He said, kill it before it grows.
He said, kill it before it grows.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense.

Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff john brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

Reflexes got the better of me
And what is to be must be.
Every day the bucket goes to the well,
But one day the bottom will drop out,
Yes, one day the bottom will drop out.
But I say:

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no.

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/eric+clapton/#share

So what do I tell my children?



You call it inflation. I call it theft.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Society doesn’t need smarter central planners.

........Ben Bernanke is an extremely intelligent man. Few morons can graduate from the MIT Ph.D. economics program. Perhaps some graduates are dishonest or idiot savants, but in sheer brain power, they are on the far right tail of the IQ distribution.
However, what Bernanke lacks is not intelligence – it is a much more basic human characteristic: humility. The Fed chairman’s intelligence has deluded him in to believing the economy can be centrally planned through complex equations and statistics. This isn’t his failing alone............
http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd

Saturday, May 14, 2011

The death of the American working class and the catastrophic debt that is crushing American society.


Written and produced by Canadian Andrew Materi, An Inconvenient Death presents the historical, governmental, political, and personal issues on how the middle class is slowly fading. This non-partisan, non-political film investigates the complexities of the deteriorating American economy and attempts to spread the blame not merely across poor government policy but also corporations and individual consumers, while maintaining the central focus of the film sympathetically on the middle class.

『女人要有讓自己幸福的能力』

女人要有讓自己幸福的能力
        
很尬意這句^___^

我見到明依是在好友的聚會上,一個35歲的女人,中等姿色,學歷也不高,卻嫁了個氣宇軒昂的好老公,他據說是碩士,後來做傢俱生意發了家,結婚10年,有一個粉雕玉鐲的小女兒,好友說完後半妒半羨地感歎,嫁到這麼好的男人,明依真幸福,我笑著不說話,想來她的故事不會這麼簡單。


幸福能力1會做菜,會煲湯,會踏實過日子
明依嫁給老公的時候,他還是大學裏年輕的講師,站在講臺上激情飛揚地大談犬儒主義和叔本華,台下的女生們多數是沖著英俊老師來的,明依全身心的投入和迷戀這份感情,那時候她當然不會去考慮臺上氣質非凡的男人名下只有一間20平米的筒子樓宿舍。
婚後的現狀雖然不盡如人意,但如膠似漆的愛情可以彌補一切。小倆口一起在公共用水間洗衣服,一人一頭擰床單;在煙薰火燎的樓道裏做飯,飯後老公陪著她邊洗碗邊聊天;週末手拉手去看場電影或是回婆家吃頓飯。
明依覺得小日子雖然清貧,但一樣覺得幸福甜蜜,她把眼光從簡陋的家,樸素的衣裳,自己光禿禿的脖子手指上移開,每月精打細算的捂著手中不多的錢把日子過好,明依做得一手好菜,老公最愛喝她熬的湯,排骨燉蓮藕,鯽魚蘿蔔絲,芋頭娃娃菜……
每次喝的肚兒圓圓才放下碗。看到老公簡單滿足的微笑,明依覺得,這就是幸福。


幸福能力2對婚姻別期望太高,
                  
少抱怨,少糾結於小事
懷上孩子的時候,老公的事業剛起步,天天周旋于客戶和朋友間,請客吃飯,陪酒,陪玩,每晚不到深更半夜回不了家。
明依非常難過,面前的男人雖然還是熟悉的面孔,卻好像完全換了一個靈魂。
他沒時間對著大肚子的老婆噓寒問暖,沒精力回應老婆的溫存關切,在生活的殘酷考驗下,他還原了男人愛事業不愛美人的本質,簡直就是一個工作狂。
明依覺得自己的溫柔克己完全白費了,眼前的男人已經不是當初自己深愛的那一個,再勉強下去還有什麼意義?定居美國的大姐回來看她,明依哭著告訴她:老公給不了我想要的幸福,我想離婚。
大姐緘默,第二天給她帶來一本美國專欄女作家的暢銷小集子,裏面有一句話讓明依有所觸動:
有一種女人,不管她嫁的是建築工人還是國會議員,她都有能力讓自己過得幸福。
沒錯,女人的幸福,為什麼要靠男人給呢?每個女人,都應該有讓自己,讓家庭幸福的能力。
大著肚子的明依向父母求援,請媽媽過來幫忙買菜做飯,照顧這個自己無力兼顧的小家。
她強迫自己不去想煩心的事情,每天吃好睡好,安心養胎;她不再等老公夜歸,不再像以前那樣每天纏著他問長問短,不再拿雞毛蒜皮的小事去煩他;
在他偶爾有空的時間裏讓他攙著自己散步,彼此取笑著對方為孩子取名字。
也怪了,一天天平靜安穩地過去,原本覺得天昏暗地的生活,漸漸變得陽光燦爛起來。
女兒快3歲了,他們搬了新家。錢都花在房款上了,明依雇了個油漆匠把牆一刷,購置了簡單的傢俱,就這樣湊合著先搬進去了。
老公每天回家都能看到一點點新的變化:客廳裏別致的燈罩是用硬紙殼蒙上米色暗紅碎花圖案的棉布做的;自己到海南出差帶回來的椰子,吃剩的硬殼被巧妙改造成了造型可愛的小豬撲滿;捲筒紙用完了,明依給簡芯細緻地裹上了一層米白色亞麻細布,教女兒用蠟筆塗鴉,畫出五彩的虹,綠的樹,藍色的河流,金色的太陽公公,這樣一個DIY小筆筒擺在書桌上,做爸爸的每次看到心裏都暖洋洋的。
一個原本平凡的空間在明依手裏漸漸改頭換面,一天比一天豐富,一天比一天有情趣。


幸福能力3培養自己的興趣愛好,照顧好自己
                    
在前,不冷落家庭在後
湯妮的出現差點兒擊碎了明依的幸福夢想。她是老公生意上的重要合夥人之一,年輕,家境富裕,有生意頭腦和管理能力,帶著一種咄咄逼人的美和氣勢。
湯妮明顯地向老公老公表示好感,根本不在乎他的已婚身份,男人到了這種地步,不免有些心猿意馬,曖昧不明。
很多人都來向明依告密,有的是打抱不平,有的純粹為了看熱鬧。
明依卻還是和以前一樣,看自己的書,種自己的花花草草,照顧剛上小學的女兒。
在老公回家的時候,給他送上舒服的拖鞋;在他起床洗漱的時候,提前給他擠好牙膏。
她對烹調的興趣越發濃厚,時不時來些新奇的花樣。
比如把香蕉切成小塊,澆上優酪乳,然後裹上全麥餅乾屑;去鳳凰旅遊的時候學會了用蒜葉和新鮮芫菜加幹辣椒熗炒;跟婆婆學會了做四川泡菜。
種種小創意讓在外面吃慣了大魚大肉的老公回到家來就會忍不住多添一碗飯,贊一句,還是家裏的菜好吃。
明依把週末的時間精心策劃起來,老公有空的時候,帶上孩子,開車到附近的農家樂,踏青,看紅葉,老公沒空陪她,她就自己帶著女兒去兒童樂園,或是看最新上映的動畫大片。每次娘倆兒都開心的
手牽手回家,女兒歡聲笑語,明依紅光滿面。
老公終日擔心,如果明依提出那個難堪的問題,他不知道該如何回答。但明依開開心心地過自己的日子,從來不多問一句。
當然明依也有變化:她恢復了幾分婚前活潑可愛的樣子,穿衣打扮越發精緻;她參加了瑜伽課,學打網球;她組織姐妹旅行團去尼泊爾,回來容光煥發,給女兒帶回一條手工繡花的小裙子,送老公一個烏木鑲銀的煙灰缸;她甚至開始學習英文,居然可以磕磕巴巴地和美國網友聊天!這個跟了自己10年的女人身上原來還有那麼多自己不瞭解的特質和能量,這一切都讓他感覺既陌生又熟悉,並深深為之吸引。
湯妮的事情居然就這麼慢慢地淡了,沒了,女友去看明依,崇拜無比地追問她處理方式。明依笑說,見怪不怪,其怪自敗。
以前我老覺得嫁個好老公就能幸福,現在看起來,女人的幸福不是靠男人給的。
女人要有讓自己幸福的能力。熱愛生活,照顧好家庭,不冷落自己,這才是女人真正的幸福。
這話有道理,一個家庭幸不幸福,80%以上取決於女主人。有能力讓自己幸福,有能力給男人幸福,才是聰明的好女人。

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非常喜歡這樣的一個故事
遇到什麼不開心的事情或者想不通的事情
就翻出來看一下
然後學著釋然
人最大的幸福應該是自己給的
尤其是女人
生活從來都不乏色彩
只是有時候我們會被悲傷仇恨嫉妒蒙蔽了雙眼
一頭紮進去不願意出來
畫地為牢
一遍又一遍地重複自己的悲傷
其實女人不必如此
不用委屈著自己的心情
快樂永遠不缺少理由
沒有誰必須是誰的太陽或月亮
也沒有誰離開誰就會窒息而亡
學著自己給自己製造快樂和幸福
用自身的魅力去吸引著別人
而不是死纏爛打地拖著某人
學著去理解去體諒
學著去遺忘一些不愉快的事情
學著放棄糾纏於雞毛蒜皮的小事
學著忍耐淡然
學著忽視表面的不安
學著深信愛著的人
女人
該做一本讓人忍不住讀下去的書
而不是一眼看穿的花瓶

Harry's War With The IRS


Harry’s War is a small independent film produced in 1981 by Kieth Merril. The movie suffered limited distribution and play time, allegedly due to fear by theater owners incurring unwanted attention by the IRS. It quickly faded into obscurity into local video stores. It was re-released for a short run in DVD in 2005, and currently is out of print.

Watch Harry's War With The IRS

Monday, May 9, 2011

Compassion of the mind

Harry Browne    Harry Browne

Posted: April 04, 2002


WorldNetDaily

Compassion of the heart is designed to make you feel better. Compassion of the mind is focused on helping others feel better.

Read more:Compassion of the mindhttp://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27085#ixzz1LvaywAyV

Ignorance Of History Is No Excuse





A Little History Can Be a Dangerous Thing

by Harry Browne   
February 12, 2003










Sunday, May 8, 2011

More money is definitely not good!

When you create more wealth by having more money, it is good.

When government creates more money, it is bad-ultimately very bad.


Claus Vogt explains in his May 4, 2011 article

The Hidden Consequence of Inflation

Thursday, May 5, 2011

WE DON'T NEED LEADERS



When you hire a manager to run your business, you give him the criteria. There are sets of rules for the manager to follow. You don’t let the the manager do whatever he feels like.

A country should be run the same way. Government works for the people. Government has to run its business according to rules set by the people. Therefore a constitution is important. But, a constitution is useless when the people don’t understand it.
We don’t need leaders as a country. We need managers and we tell them what to do. It is not the other way around.

If we let them do whatever they feel like, we end up having good time as well as terrible time. History proves it.

Constitution has to be taught to every citizen so that they can keep their eyes on the government. Every citizen should be required by law to learn about the constitution. A constitution is a set of rules to preserve the ideals these citizens are there in the first place. A country is born to ideals of a group of people. Every country has its own constitution. People can choose to go where it fits their ideals.

United States has the best constitution ever written in human history. Their citizens were above the government. Their government’s role was limited. Citizens’ freedom was preserved by the constitution. Their country prospered and its success was envied. Many countries copied the US constitution, but few understand it.

The idea of having some superhuman to tell others what is best for them ruined the constitution therefore the original ideal. These leaders ignored the constitution. Freedom is eroded in such situation. People were exchanging their freedom for certainties. Yes, once in a while there were ‘good’ leaders. But quite often, a tyrant leader would show up and bring havoc to the country.

Yes, we do need leaders. But these leaders belong to the entrepreneur category. These leaders invent products; renovate ideas to improve living standard choices. But they should never tell us what to do with our lives. They offer choices but the people decide for themselves.

Anything a government can do. The people can do it better.