Right On Einstein
Posted by Michelle Moquin on March 30th, 2009
Hey Robert: Funny how your comment yesterday is so apropos. It reminded me of one of the bumper stickers that I mentioned in yesterday’s post. I had completely forgotten about it until I read your comment. It was a quote by Einstein and I think we would all agree with what he has to say:
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Right on Einstein. I mean how can the people who created these problems, solve them from the same level of consciousness that created it? They can’t. It takes a different mindset and they don’t have it.
And if you want to take it to the next level and believe the theory that those that created the problems really don’t want to solve the problems…that they really only care for Obama to fail. Because god forbid if a black man is a successful president, the fear is that a white man might never be elected in office again. So the question lies…”Do they want to uplift our country out of this horrific economy more than they want to see President Obama fail?”
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Claire, Pearl: I think I too need to post my article from here or refer back to my blog article on my Facebook page. I have gotten a few responses from friends when they read that I was facing-off, and I think more of an explanation is needed.
Melanie: Yes, I think this site had some issues. I could not figure out why everyone was commenting on the day before I posted yesterday. Some kind of glitch. From what I understand from the few emails that I recieved, yesterday’s post was not being seen by some even though I posted it in the early morning.
Earl: Yeah, so where is the sex? – Get it going and maybe we’ll get some followers.
Zen Lill: Phone time would be great. I’ll try you this week. Happy to see you back here. I hope that you and Lisa had a wonderful time visiting ‘live’ :)
Have a fab day…
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March 30th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Hi Mischa, I was thinking of this quote last week, in regards to my own life, hahaha!
Am I ‘out of my own way’ enough thinking-wise to create a better Zen Lill solution to what can only be described as a complicated set of circumstances? Methinks I am a very positive thinker/visualizer but am I missing anything obvious or not so obvious that could be even more helpful? Sometimes it’s tough to think past next week, how can I do a better job with the bigger picture? (the same can be asked of the ‘financial crisis’ and bailouts in my opinion).
I have thought a lot about it bc my sitch is such a subjective thing that how would we (me) know when and if we (me again) are ‘in our (my)own way’? Maybe a chat with you will clear that up for me. Lisa’s opinion is to carry on as I wish, but wishes I’d take a harder line overall, thinks I’m being soft, but I do that for a variety of reasons she maybe cannot get/understand/fathom? Maybe you can provide perspective, she is a hard core Sicilian after all : ) and while she is the most compassionate of beings and loves me dearly, she can be a lot tougher than me, generally speaking. And we had an amazing coincidence of an experience while she was here, will tell you later, she claims God wanted her to see it…hmmm…ok. : )
Look forward to a chat when you have time, Luv, Zen Lill
March 30th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
President Obama is he most eloquent president we have had since, well, any of the previous 43 presidents. Any republicans still living in the real world must be cringing with emabarrassment.
My husband, bless his insecure soul, voted for Obama(he says), but never misses an opportunity to name a previous President that either did it better or who Obama is mimicking.
Why is it that white men think that us white women will desert them in mass if a black man does something better than a white man. Frankly, I do not see President Obama in terms of race or sex. I see a person who is exceptional in what he does.
My above comment was prompted by the constant comparisons of him with other white men. I am forced to endure them by insecure to blatantly racist white men. Stop it already. I am happily married to a wonderful man who just happens to be white. I married a man not a color or race.
Leslie
March 30th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
When the right latches on to a talking point given to them by their party, what I find disturbing is when these points are thrown out they latch on to them as original ideas. They start to mimic what is being repeated over and over on T.V., without any thought. It’s so scary that the mind set of so many is being controlled by what they hear. It’s as if they are empty vessels devoid of thought until someone comes along and plants an idea in their head.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
we finally have a smart, cool, highly intelligent president whose effect on the Repugs is to make them sputter in frustration. It’s about friggin time after 8 years when stupidity ruled the land
March 30th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
The Repugs exploit the ignorant and the racists because these are the group easily manipulated. They are trying to make anything that can be twisted against Obama an issue because they are p’od that Obama won the election fair and square.
They refuse to get over it. The Repugs are trying to find an issue to defame Obama on, but can’t do it without looking like the hypocrites they are. What a bunch of loser racist, greedy scumbags the Repugs are. I love to laugh in their face and tell them to get over it whenever I hear someone complain about Obama winning instead of McCain.
Larry
March 30th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I am beside myself with glee. Michelle you are back on. I had so much trouble publishing to your blog, I just gave up. When I awoke a few days ago to find that it was even difficult to find your blog, I was livid.
So I have decided to continue with this message until I get in. That message is keep up the struggle Michelle. We love you here in España .
March 30th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
It is certainly true that no one market index is predictive of the entire economy and it is equally true that no president is responsible for the markets daily rise and fall. Long term however the dynamics of the market are affected by the confidence individuals have in the president to address issues including the economy and investors in particular are notoriously fickle about these matters.
It is uncertainty which is poison to consumer confidence and investors. People were put in a real bind as a result of the public looting of the fisc by the Republicans over the past 8 years. Real wages dropped and tax rates on the rich dropped to tiny amounts compared to the rates paid during the 40″s, 50′s and 60′s. In the meantime the infrastructure suffered and all that money being made by the large corporations and wealthy investors was “outsourced”. The trickle down theory was shown to be a complete lie.
Obama cannot reverse years of corruption, looting and rampart greed overnight and in fact probably will be amazingly lucky to do 50% of what he wants to accomplish. But he is trying to do things to restore the public confidence and calm the markets. Two months is really too short a time to determine the success or failure of what he is trying.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Thanks for a thoughtful reasoned post-they’re hard to find sometimes. Obama is running as fast as he can- trying to get us back on the right track. There will be stumbles along the way- that’s expected.
65 days is NO time at all to judge anyone ! Fair minded people understand that, As you eluded- this crisis has been growing like a cancer- since Reagan deregulated banks & WAll st- which made it possible for them to go wild with greed, and unethical behavior.
Now the Wall St party is over- and the taxpayers and Obama get the booby prize !
We always had common sense safe guards & regulation- before Reagan / Bush / GOP policies took them away. Bush/ Cheney / Rove 7 Co all have to testify under oath- Then we will ALL know the entire shameful story. THE Reagan / Bush / Cheney / Rove policy of greed-dishonesty- deregulation lives on.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
I don’t see anything that Obama has done to account for the rise in the stock market. Will you assholes at least pick a name other than anonymous. I can’t address anyone in particular because of all the damn anons.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Carlton,You guys sing the same old tune-over and over again.. Bush gets credit for what happens on his watch- but OBAMA doesn’t . Well 9 / 11 happened on Bush’s watch -he was even warned in Aug 2001 that ” Bin laden determined to HIT INSIDE THE US. He IGNORED IT.!! . .
Try pedaling lies and misinformation on LImbaugh’s show-
There has been a ‘ pick up in homes sales and for CO’s who install windows- doors folks are saying – Obama’s tax credit caused them to do it now. But the GOP does not let get in the way.
Obama is doing a good job- he’s very popular. It must drive the hard line GOP crazy to know that. They want power and control back so bad-they will say or do anything to get it.
Reasonable people are giving him a fair shake– since Bush / Cheney dumped a load of crap in his lap.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
The market is up due to taxpayers infusion of obscene amounts of money into Wall St
.( crooks ) oops- I mean bankers / AIG Those who helped get us into this mess. Yet- ‘ most of the so called ‘ financial experts ‘ say we have to do this- we shall see. The far right GOP is praying it does NOT work -so they can crucify Obama even more. It’s politics as usual and it’s a dirty business. Obama has been in it a relative short time- but what about all the LONG TIMERS like McCain’s 40 years – Cheney’s 35 years – Bush’s 25 + years . What did they do in all these years- except collect lots of money-great benefits- screw the middle class and get millions in lobbyist money ? . Sen Bernie Sanders ( an independant ) is a good guy that has tried to help the average worker / citizen. He voted against many of these ‘ give aways’ to big business, big oil and against deregulation of banks / Wall ST. Now- that’s a good man to have on OUR side.-check him out. http://www.sanders.senate.gov
March 31st, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’m sick as hell of hearing about how “complex” this (and every previous) economic crisis is. Wall Street’s “losses” were nothing but falsified & over-valued “assets” being restored to their actual value — zero, or much closer to it than they had been credited. Nothing is complex about that; the schemes used to hide that fact were complex; the reality is simplistic. The solution is real jobs, doing real work, producing real things. We have started with infrastructure. Education and health care are also top priorities, because they also provide services that are really valuable to real people. What’s complex about that?
March 31st, 2009 at 12:04 am
Sure Obama would like to take his sweet time. ‘ but the incredible crisis that Reagan / Bush policy of deregulating banks & WAll St- prevents him from doing so. If a building is burning down – there’s not much time to react- You must act right away. Obama has been PUT INTO THIS POSITION BY GREEDY DISHONEST POLITICIANS, WALL St fat cats & UNETHICAL PRACTICES OF BANKS.
GOP policy allowed it. We do not have THE LUXURY OF TAKING OUR TIME. Thanks to the legacy Reagan & Bush left- a legacy of shame, lies, greed, deregulation- so the public had no safe guards any longer. against scams and unethical lenders. Its all a huge scam – mostly perpetrated by Reagan/ Bush/ Sen Gramm- and others . GRamms wife made 900 K off the Enron scam. Look it up so you know what you’re talking about.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am
You assholes should leave Reagan alone. He saved the world from communism. He gave us back capitalism as it should be practiced. He got rid of big government. He said that he wanted to go back to a time when we didn’t have the problems we had at his time.
I think that he just couldn’t say that the mud people were fucking up our country.
George
March 31st, 2009 at 12:08 am
Bush to blame ? How can that possibly be ? He was a ‘ compassionate conservative ‘ wasn’t he ? ANd the Reagan / Bush policy of deregulation of Banks & Wall st did allow them to run wild with greed, no sage guards, & unethical investing – such as selling ‘ junk & toxic securities ‘ that they labeled as TRIPLE AAA. ( Fraud ) How can that ‘ innocent behavior ‘ cause a meltdown ?
Reality check : IT COULD AND IT DID > It grew over many years -like a hidden cancer- until it exploded in Fall 2008.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:10 am
We’re certainly capable of understanding deregulation-which is why the economy went to hell. It was a perfect example of why deregulated markets don’t work. The thieves among the players invariably jump into that deregulated hole and milk it for all it’s worth. WIthout stringent controls they rob everyone else blind. And the Bush team IS to blame for this-and for politicizing or gutting every oversight agency that was supposed to monitor this.
March 31st, 2009 at 12:14 am
Larry, your point about the repugs appealing to the ignorant and the racist is validated by any view of shows like Lou Dobbs. For years, Mr. Dobbs had an agenda. It was not the economy it was an agenda that was constant for years to build “southern” border fence.
Lou Dobbs was CNN”s MONEY man but the “MIA” Economic Guru has failed terribly, isn”t that obvious?
The CNN viewers watched Dobbs rant ignorantly while the Investment Banks robbed the American People.
I wonder how much he was paid. Who sponsors his radio show?
Can any of his viewers define a CDS or Derivative?
Lou Dobbs promotes the statistic 1 of 4 American possess a passport. I wonder, can any of his viewers define the word Global yet alone Global Economy? What a joke.
It is a fact; the USA cannot even make it within the top 25 countries in the world for education.
Ignorance is Bliss!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:27 am
Sorry fellow guamanians. I couldn’t find the blog to make entries. Here is the latest Guam poll on the issue of bringing more military to the island.
Poll: Guam residents say expansion will add jobs.
I tried to include the whole article but it wouldn’t post.
Hafa adai
Anna
March 31st, 2009 at 12:28 am
Dear Friend:
Residents of Oakland and San Francisco will soon benefit from federal funds for “green” job training programs. One of the keys to fostering growth in the green sector is developing a well-trained, specialized workforce. These programs intend to train young people and re-entry workers in the emerging fields of solar installation, wind manufacturing and power generation, electric vehicle construction, and others that will foster a green economy.
The City of Oakland’s Green Jobs Initiative will receive $285,000, which the City intends to apply toward already existing programs like the Oakland Green Jobs Corps. The Green Job Corps is a collaboration among the City, community-based organizations, unions, and private companies. Together, they aim to teach job skills to high school and community college students, in addition to adults that are new to the job market. By increasing employment opportunities in the “green” sector, Oakland residents will be able to earn living wages and pursue careers in the burgeoning green economy.
The San Francisco Department of Economic and Workforce Development’s Green Jobs Workforce Program will receive $238,000 to help implement the Green Jobs Workforce Development Training Pilot Program. This program will include a construction academy focusing on green building techniques and applications, as well as an entry-level solar installation certification program. It hopes to prepare residents to meet a specialized labor demand resulting from the city’s wide-ranging environmental programs.
I fully support both of these programs to train people for new jobs the emerging green economy. These programs both give people new skills to better ensure their obtaining good-paying and reliable jobs while encouraging the growth of green economies because of a skilled workforce.
I am pleased that Oakland and San Francisco sought these federal funds and am pleased that they will be put to work so that more people can find good jobs.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator
March 31st, 2009 at 12:35 am
Hafa adai
Former Subic base workers get priority in Guam jobs
By Bebot Sison Jr. Updated March 27, 2009 12:00 AM
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines – For mer US naval base workers in Subic Bay will get the first opportunities to land jobs in the island of Guam where the US Navy is now transferring facilities from its base in Okinawa, Japan.
Olongapo Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. said in a statement yesterday that employees of the former Subic Naval Base, who mostly come from this city, would have the edge over applicants from other areas because of their skills and experience in working for the US military.
“This is a good opportunity for Filipinos who used to work in the Subic Naval Base, once the largest American military facility outside of continental United States,” Gordon said.
He proudly recalled that US naval authorities used to heap praises at Filipino workers in Subic for being “honest, highly skilled and industrious.”
“This would now give them the edge, I hope,” Gordon said.
According to Mike Pusing, Gordon’s senior executive assistant for public relations, the city government is now preparing a database of former Subic base workers to be provided to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
The POEA estimated that some 15,000 to 20,000 jobs would be available in Guam for mostly construction jobs like carpenters, masons, electricians, heavy equipment operators, pipefitters, painters and welders.
Gordon said most of the manpower requirements will come from Olongapo where thousands lost their jobs when the American military withdrew from the Subic Naval Base in 1992.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:45 am
I must agree with Anonymous…
There is nothing truly complex about what Wall Street has done. This kind of “complex” financial creativity stems back a long time. Most recently, for modern effect, we go back to the 80′s when the Bush family once again pilfered large sums of money out of the American people with the savings and loan debacle.
To say that Reagan ended communism…is laughable. Perhaps we should ask Anonz about the Gorbachev situation, the Russian mafia, and Putin. The Russians were going bankrupt and needed to “open” their tills to something other than the closed off ruble. They needed to open their lines of oil exports, as they were trying to privatize the industry. This went on to create one of the worlds richest men, who the Russian government is now trying to stifle due to his global power, by nationalizing the industry once again. This is why Reagan wanted Gorbachev to “tear down the wall”. The Unites States needed to be able to trade oil more cost advantageous. It was just good politics to be able to do that with the Russians. Then, Russia’s Gorby became a bit more powerful and respected than the elite whites had predicted would transpire so they paid to have him step down so they could put in a more hard liner in power…Putin. The same kind of strategy goes with Argentina and some other parts of Mexico.
As far as privatizing everything, through the deregulation of the phone companies, the gas companies, and the financial industry show that this kind of action does NOT work. There needs to be oversight and regulation as greed is much too powerful an emotion for most humans to control.
The idea that Reagan and Bush created a smaller government is laughable as well. Simply stating this fact is not a fact made. Since the government is the largest employer in America, and creates jobs for people with benefits, Obama with his infrastructure ideas is on the right track for this country.
Wall Street creates nothing! “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good” said Gordon Gecko. Greed can be good as it drives people to work and drive innovation. But, innovation must create jobs not simply Wall Streeters moving money from one hand to the next. What America is beginning to understand is that Wall Street literally creates nothing. What is done on Wall Street, with today’s technological capabilities, can be done without Wall Street and they, along with Washington is hoping that people DON’T realize this. Between Schwab, ETrade, and other low cost online trading desks we have found the need for “Wall Street” to be minimized to the enth degree…
If it doesn’t create a product that is tangible and consumable and necessary does the American people or world need it any more. Wall Streeters say yes…Construction, manufacturing, service industries are what makes the world turn. Not Wall Street.
You can ask China about that. They create most of the products in this world. Americans will frown on the lead in their dolls or toys, but they will still pay the WalMart dollar. The Chinese economy is still strong, albeit, a bit slower now that the American’s have slowed in buying products. But their economy is still in a growth mode of 4-6%. America is…NOT…
India, another strong economy, because they kept more than 50% of their GDP inside their own populace to trade within. They have not felt much of the global economic impact due to their own internal trading process within their own country.
Americans are far down the ladder in global education and manufacturing but high in the consumption. The savings of the American people is at a negative, and Bush was the man who told us, immediately after the towers fell to go out and shop. This created nothing.
What Wall Street and the elitists don’t want the American public to begin to understand and fathom is that our current process of capitalism is not working. Things must change. Capitalism is still the best means of trade yet invented, but the education of the people on how that system actually works for the benefit of ALL people, and not simply the top 1% is what the elitist do not want the American public to begin to understand. They do not want to create a more socialized capitalistic economy for the betterment of all people because…”greed, for lack of a better word, is good”…