Soon their “Six-Dollar Burger” will literally be six dollars. I saw the menu the other day and it’s up to $5.79.
Thanks to the government’s printing of money and inflation, Carl’s Jr is going to have to change it’s entire marketing campaign soon.
Our New Form Of Government: Bush-Obamaism
Is the USA an example of capitalism? Socialism? Corporatism? Fascism?
It’s none of those! It’s a new form of government never seen before called Bush-Obamaism. I shall describe how Bush-Obamaism works.
- Massive government and government growth is extremely important and one of its primary goals. Government is considered the primary engine of the economy and GDP.
- A vast war machine is critical to Bush-Obamaism. It likes at least three or four little wars going at all times, minimum. If the number of wars drops down below this number, the Bush-Obamaism country will be sure to attack a few new little countries to keep the war machine nice and healthy.
- Privacy does not exist under Bush-Obamaism. Phone calls, emails, Facebook info, all of that the government has access to. In order to protect you. Or something.
- Once companies reach a certain (large) size, the role of government under Bush-Obamaism is to keep these companies alive no matter how badly they do in the free market, how badly they rip off their customers, stockholders, or bondholders, or how often they break the law.
- Bush-Obamaism loves massive waves of immigrants every year. Legal or illegal, it doesn’t care. As long of hordes of third-worlders pour into the country every year, the lords of Bush-Obamaism are happy. The “Bushes” love the cheap labor, the “Obamas” love the voting block.
- Bush-Obamaism is based on debt. Government spending, business spending, and consumer spending are completely based on debt. This includes borrowing from other countries and/or monetizing the debt by the government buying bonds from itself. Actually saving money is discouraged by both the government’s rhetoric and its monetary policy. Spending is celebrated, saving is discouraged.
- Bush-Obamaism focuses on a vast military empire. Hundreds of thousands of troops are spread all over the world. Hundreds of military bases all over the world are maintained forever, often for no reason (other than to “provide jobs”).
- Wealth redistribution is a key tenet of Bush-Obamaism. Trillions of dollars are collected from taxpayers and are redistributed to all kinds of other people, including, but not limited to, people who don’t want to work, unemployed unmarried women who have babies on purpose, evil dictators in foreign countries, Wall Street bankers and CEOs, corporate lobbyists, farmers, oil companies, green companies, and many other types of people too numerous to list here. The more money it taxes and redistributes, the more “successful” Bush-Obamaism considers itself.
- Bush-Obamaism relies on eternal, artificial, near-zero interest rates. The government insures that the interest rates always remain low, forever, and will do whatever is in their power to ensure this, no matter how insane the method. This is the only way it can stave off recession. (At least for a while.)
- All political parties must follow Bush-Obamaism or they are denied access to state ballots, presidential debates, and other such mechanisms enjoyed by the Bush-Obamaism parties. This ensures that the only political parties who ever get elected are very pro-Bush-Obamaism, all while maintaining the illusion that he citizens actually live in a democracy, which they do not.
Bush-Obamaism is very interesting. It’s only been around for about 13 years, having been invented in the USA around 2001. It’s a great way for a country to have a fun ride before crashing into the side of a mountain, and is sure to be emulated by many other governments controlled by politicians who seek power while providing the illusion of freedom and (temporary) prosperity to their citizens.
Obama Knows Big Government Doesn’t Work
Obama explains why Obamacare doesn’t work. It’s already queued to about the right spot (39:50); you only need to watch for about three minutes:
It’s not often you see a leftist (such as he is) espouse libertarian realities about how big government works. He actually says it: more laws cause “chronic” problems. Government I.T. projects are always “over-budget” and “behind schedule”. And he “knew” government “wasn’t good at this stuff” when he started down this Obamacare road two years ago. But of course he did it anyway.
Racing Through Africa
There’s a very unusual race held annually called the East African Safari Classic Rally. It’s pretty much the coolest thing in the world. It’s a little complicated but I’ll give you the highlights.
The race is through Africa (Kenya and Tanzania). You drive through 3,000 miles of rocks, sand, mud, grass, flash floods, snakes, lions, heatstroke, and wind exposure. Drivers regularly crash into trees, get sunburned, splash cars into lakes due to sudden floods, and all kinds of other crazy shit.
Circus Analogy of Economics
Several Austrian economists including guys like Peter Schiff have used what is now called the circus analogy. It goes something like this.
A big traveling circus comes to a small town. All the circus people go have regular breakfast, lunch, and dinner at one of the town’s restaurants.
The owner of the restaurant is ecstatic. He get mountains of new businesses from the vast amount of circus folk eating at his restaurant. The problem is, he’s a moron. He assumes that all this new business is permanent and will never go away. He completely misinterprets the situation.
Urban Explorers
“Urban Explorers” are guys (and some gals) who illegally break into (or near) buildings, towers, bridges, even sewers. They don’t damage anything or steal anything. They just climb to the top, chill, and snap a few photos. The above picture is a railway bridge in Edinburgh Scotland, and is an example of the things these guys do.
If that sounds awesome, it’s because it is. I would never do it because I have a thing about breaking the law. Breaking the law puts one at risk of losing his freedom, so if freedom is important to you, it’s much better to move to a place with the maximum amount of freedom than it is to live in a place with little freedom and spend your time breaking the law.
Air Travel, And All That Implies, Part Two
I was once on an airplane looking for my seat. When I finally got back to the plane, I saw some middle-aged dude was sitting in it.
“Excuse me,” I said, “I think you’re in my seat.” I showed him my boarding pass clearly indicating that indeed he was.
Before he had a chance to speak, the woman next to him, his wife, exploded in a fiery fury.
“I can’t believe this man!” she screamed, yelling at her husband but talking about me, “I can’t believe he would split up a family like this! This is ridiculous!!!”
Air Travel, And All That Implies, Part Three
Flying back home from my recent Bahamas trip, I threw three cans of chili in my bag. It was expensive chili, since everything in the Bahamas is expensive, and I wanted to eat it when I got back home. I’m a cheapass.
I never check bags. Checking bags is a waste of time. So walking through security at the Airport in Miami, they called me aside and informed me they had to physically inspect my bag’s contents.
Since freedom died in America long ago, I shrugged at one of the usual symptoms of the decline of Western Civilization, and proceeded to watch the minimum wage security guy rifle through my socks and underwear, looking for bombs.
I’m In Love With Nicki Minaj And I Don’t Know Why
I am the whitest white man on the planet Earth. I have never dated a black woman. I hate rap music. Nicki Minaj isn’t even pretty. (Yeah, she has a big butt and that’s good, but in a Kim Kardashian world that’s nothing new.) I can’t even understand the words she’s singing. Yet this video is one of the sexiest, most mesmerizing things I’ve sever seen in my life. Especially the first minute and a half before Lil Wayne comes out.
Weird.
Obama Is Not Your Friend
One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.
On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic “wheeling and dealing” over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.
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