Political POTpourri, Bennie and the Feds & the Last Free Place on Earth
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 8:53AM POLITICAL POTPOURRI
Coming off of the American elections yesterday there were a number of results worth some comment. Let's proceed:
Marijuana Decriminalization: I never cease to be amazed but even when Americans are offered freedom in an election they choose to enslave themselves. Here's the warped thing about democracy. In effect, by voting against the decriminalization of marijuana a person is saying "No, I do not want the choice whether or not to use the substance. I prefer that I pay someone to watch over me and ensure I do not use this substance at threat of force." But, clearly, anyone who voted against decriminalization isn't a user of marijuana (or at least I hope not - that level of cognitive dissonance could be enough to take your head clean off). So, then, what the person voting against legalization is saying is, "I don't use this so I want to force others not to use it because I don't like it". And that is not only coercive but is despicable. The sad part is this won't stop one person in California from enjoying marijuana and will continue the "War on Drugs" which has killed untold thousands and ruined the lives of millions. Did they mention that on the ballot?
DeMint Wins!: We covered this exciting race in the TDV Blog on October 13 between DeMint, a man 
running on a platform that unmarried mothers shouldn't be allowed to be school teachers vs., Alvin Greene a man who is unemployed, lives with his parents and has now been indicted on felony charges for showing pornography to a South Carolina college student (how showing porn to a college student is a felony in the US we'll leave to another day!). If you never saw the original video on our blog you must check it out, it is one of the most bizarre videos we've seen this year. Despite Greene's campaign, based almost entirely on just repeating, "DeMint started the recession" to any question he was asked, Greene lost out to DeMint. What is perhaps the most shocking part of his loss? 356,969 people voted for him! As for Greene, he's already gone on to bigger and stranger things. He has apparently already started up his own comic book, featuring himself, where he stops foreclosures caused by the evil DeMinto. WHAM!! BAM!!! SOCKO!!! DEMINT STARTED THE RECESSION!
Pelosi is insane: And the quote of the day comes from Nancy Pelosi who stated, "The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people". To which we just have a brief reply: "That is EXACTLY what it does!" There couldn't be any other possible way to interpret the results other than "the American people" were not happy with your "work". In a recent poll, the percentage of Americans who "approved of Congress" hit an all-time low of 11%. That's a rounding error away from 0%! Does that diminish any of your "work" Nancy?
BENNIE AND THE FEDS
Bennie unveiled his grand plan he has to save the world today. Ed Bugos, my partner and our poor senior analyst who has to sit there intently and listen to what Helicopter Ben has to say, sent out a Market Alert to our paid subscribers (subscribe today for only $15 or $25/month) just after the announcement. We can't print it here in our blog out of respect to paying subscribers but the title of the Market Alert likely gives you a pretty good hint at what Ed thought of the announcement: "Deflation Fears at Fed Draw Hyperinflation Nearer".
I, on the other hand, listened eagerly to what Ed had to say about the announcement, as I always do. And then I sat back into my lounge chair on the beach in Acapulco and did what I do for an hour every day, took in some sun, did some light exercises on the beach, drank some fresh coco juice and let my mind wander.
What crossed my mind was how the Japanese or Chinese must feel knowing that their entire nations have provided millions upon millions of electronics and other products to the American consumer in exchange for green pieces of paper with dead presidents drawn on them. And, to rub salt in the wound, the Fed today just basically announced that they will print up a sum of money, in a flick of the switch, equivalent to years and years of work/sweat/production that the Chinese and Japanese have "saved".
Oh, I'm sure there are more than a few meetings over some ebi tamaki or dim sum this week wherein a few people might just about have had enough of allowing this game to continue.
THE LAST FREE PLACE ON EARTH
Do you know where the last free place on Earth is? I won't waste any time making you guess, if you didn't already know, it is the internet.
Sure, many nations have already begun to clamp down on it, including China, Thailand and dozens more. Thankfully the network is actually almost unstoppable. They may be able to shut down parts but as long as the connection can be made, there will almost always be ways around the censors and federalis out on the internet.
That said, we should all be vigilant to make sure that no politician tries to do anything to ruin this wonderful place. The video below is about internet freedom and is highly entertaining and has a great message.
In fact, just having access to videos like this are testament in itself to the greatness of the internet. Without the internet what would we have? Two and a Half Men, Snooki and the NBC Nightly News? God forbid!
Jeff Berwick
Chief Editor
Reader Comments (3)
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Hi Ralph, I'd be happy to give you some tips on Acapulco, email me directly at TDV@dollarvigilante.com
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