3 a.m. Telephone Call

BEIJING, China.  It was more or less 3am EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) in Washington D.C. on or about April 29, 2012, when the telephone in the White House started ringing.  America's children were safe and asleep. [1]  On the other end was a blind Chinese activist (now a dissident [2]) critical of China's one-child enforcement tactics with a telephone on or about the same day, more or less 3pm CST (China Standard Time), calling the President of the United States from the US Embassy in Beijing.  No one picked up the call.

Meanwhile, Hillary was busy with a trip to Beijing.  After she arrived, she picked up the telephone and spoke to the blind man. [3]  Was this the 3am telephone call coming true? [1]  The boss in the White House is still silent.  The US President does not know what to do or say but the blind dissident had plenty to say and lots of ideas what he could do.  He even called Congress. [4]  During that call, the blind dissident said he wanted to leave China, fly to the US with Hillary, and rest.  He said he had not rested for 10 years [5] even though he had been under house arrest for quite some time.

The story is still developing.  It seems that the blind dissident has been offered a chance to study at NYU as a visiting scholar but the university did not indicate how long he would be permitted to visit. [6]  He has also indicated that he feared for his immediate family and those who helped him escape.  It is possible that this blind self-taught lawyer might organize a large community to protest against China's human rights record, perhaps as large as a 1/4 billion people and ask President Obama and NYU to bring them all to the United States so that they could rest in front of their televisions watching Wall Street protesters work on their behalf, to have the US government give them their entitlements, in the same way that he had been given food, shelter and healthcare in China [7].  He might even run for President as an even bigger community organizer than the current President of the United States, but not right away because he does not have a US birth certificate yet.


[1]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yr7odFUARg
[2]  Definition of dissident (only for the purpose of this post):  a person who is being dissed behind closed doors in Beijing and in Washington D.C.
[3]  "Clinton urged China to protect human rights but made no specific mention of Chen, whom she had spoken to on Wednesday after he left the embassy."  See http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/03/11514848-blind-activist-chen-guangcheng-i-want-to-leave-china-on-hillary-clintons-plane?lite
[4]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD5BEYt9apY
[5]  What do people do when they are under house arrest?  Are they busy 24/7?  They do not ever rest?  Quite an exciting house arrest program China must have.
[6] http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/18145239/clinton-says-progress-made-in-resolving-chinese-dissident-dispute
[7]  What exactly does this blind man do when he was under house arrest?  How did he get to have a house in the first place and who provides him food, water, clothing and healthcare?

"Water Is A Human Right"

"Clean and potable water is a human right" according Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace as reported by Catholic San Francisco. [1]

I agree, except that the Vatican should have continued to say that until every person on earth has enough clean and potable water to live on, anyone who is part of the Vatican, including the Pope, shall have only those basic human rights necessary for his existence and nothing more. [2]

[1] http://www.catholic-sf.org/digital_paper.php (on page 4)
[2] My "tweet" - Al in SF ‏ @Al_in_SF

Vatican: "Water is a human right" http://www.catholic-sf.org/digital_paper.php (p.4) Of course, check out the Vatican Gardens & the fountains https://www.google.com/search?q=Vatican+gardens&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=M2N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AxJlT-n2J5DOiALDrvmjDw&ved=0CFQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=616

Greece Communist Party

"On the second day of a 48-hour protest strike, about 50 Communist party activists draped two huge banners on the ramparts of the Acropolis Saturday, reading: 'Down with the dictatorship of the monopolies (and the) European Union.'" [1] .... Something akin to what Obama might say.

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/anger-greece-parliament-vote-bailout-011756625.html

A Wrong Prediction

Tom Brady's NE Patriots lost the Superbowl just now along with me losing my bragging rights for making a call that Tom would win. [1] I miss the good old days of Joe Montana and Steve Young of the 49ers who ran with the ball and threw short passes, and Jerry Rice who caught their long passes and touchdown throws.

With renewed humility, I will backtrack and revise my prediction for a Mitt Romney win in November against Barack Obama. [1] I will only say that it will be very, very close so that I would not again be very, very wrong.

[1] My blog entry on Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Deficit Cronyism & Life-Term Entitlement Fund

My latest three tweets:

Obama's cronyism is "Deficit Cronyism" NOT "Capital Cronyism" because US has NO capital. It has continuous deficits that add to its debt. [1]

Obama's "Two-term Fund" should instead be the "Life-Term Entitlement Fund For The Embittered". [1], [2]

Will Obama earn money from speeches post-presidency?No. What capitalist will pay for socialism & what socialist will pay for an entitlement? [1]

[1] @Al_in_SF

[2] After Mitt Romney launched his $1 million One-term Fund: https://secure.mittromney.com/donate/one-term-fund, the Obama team followed the money man's lead and started a $2 million Two-term Fund, which inspired me to re-name it in a tweet.

Eye Of Newt

My tweet just now @Al_in_SF:

After criticizing Romney for eliminating Kosher food for holocaust survivors, Gingrich then proposed food with eye of newt for old witches.

Foldable Electric Car

If you cannot afford a Ducati 1199 or a TreMoto Monstrosity 920, get a Tuk-tuk, all of which are classier than a fold-up car. [1]

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/photos/futuristic-fold-up-car-makes-its-debut-1327432043-slideshow/jose-manuel-barroso-l-jesus-echave-unveil-hiriko-photo-175638899.html

[Class] War & Peace

It is funny to me that those who cling to the concept of class warfare have never produced a real solution that achieves class parity other than taxing the rich, which does not work. [1] & [2] They have yet to articulate the point when parity is reached, when the relative "poor" will be satisfied with what they have in comparison to the rich and when the class war commander-in-chief will be able to raise a banner declaring "Mission Accomplished" and "Class Peace."

Although I am not a fan of history, but on this occasion I will use the example of Mao Tze Tung, a peasant who with his Red Guards ran around China taking away wealth from their owners and as a result, he was able to achieve equality by making everyone just like him - poor. Is that what the people of the United States want to be, equally poor?

[1] http://lemomentdepaix.blogspot.com/2011/12/tax-rich-sounds-good-but-does-it-really.html

[2] "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher. [2.1]

[2.1]See http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/198468.Margaret_Thatcher

Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich

My tweet: "Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich. Wonderful! They can both go on the campaign trail and espouse their opinions on marriage [in]fidelity." [1] See also [2].

[1] https://twitter.com/#!/Al_in_SF
[2] http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/28/10261353-herman-cain-endorses-gingrich-for-gop-presidential-nomination

Can Facts Be Copyrighted?

"Copyright does not protect facts ..." [1] For NBC to claim that Mitt Romney could possibly have violated copyright laws when one of his campaign ads featured a former news broadcaster saying that some of Gingrich's House colleagues in 1997 had questioned their Speaker's "future effectiveness" [2] is to admit that NBC and its broadcaster were not simply reiterating the facts but were instead indulging in something other than facts that could be subject to copyright, such as fiction. So were NBC and the broadcaster televising facts or fiction at the time?

NBC further claimed that "the extensive use of the broadcast 'inaccurately suggests that NBC News and Mr. Brokaw ... agree with the political position espoused by the videos[.]'" [3] Who in the right mind would reasonably believe that NBC and Brokaw would ever have partisan views? Were they not the pillars of objectivity and integrity in the news reporting business?

[1] http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
[2] http://news.yahoo.com/nbc-asks-romney-remove-news-material-ad-185037892.html
[3] Ibid.

Mitt Romney's Star Shining In Jacksonville, FL

That's the star I was waiting to see in Mitt Romney and it was shining tonight during the debate in Jacksonville, FL.
Bravo!! Mitt Romney!!

Corruption At The Vatican

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.

...

"As deputy governor of the Vatican City for two years from 2009 to 2011, [Carlo Maria] Vigano was the number two official in a department responsible for maintaining the tiny city-state's gardens, buildings, streets, museums and other infrastructure.

"Vigano, currently the Vatican's ambassador in Washington, said in the letters that when he took the job in 2009 he discovered a web of corruption, nepotism and cronyism linked to the awarding of contracts to outside companies at inflated prices." [1]

It can reasonably be assumed that this "web of corruption, nepotism and cronyism" has been on-going for decades, even during Pope John Paul II's papacy, and John Paul II is on a fast track to sainthood?

The church needs to be saved from these sinful, sinful popes.

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/corruption-scandal-shakes-vatican-internal-letters-leaked-160055276.html

The Obama Administration Just Crumbled

Obama administration's biggest asset, Hillary Clinton, will not serve another term as Secretary of State. [1]



[1] http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/hillary-clinton-says-she-done-high-wire-american-175721782.html

Hillary's Resigning!

"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told State Department employees Thursday that she will not stay on in the job if President Obama wins re-election, saying that she is ready to step off 'the high wire of American politics,' according to the AP.

"A State Department official confirmed Clinton's comment, writing to Yahoo News: 'Yes, she did [say that]. She said she would stay on until Obama nominates another Secretary of State.' " [1]

Has she just elected the eventual Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, to be the next United States president? Her vote is like the equivalent of all the swing states.

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/hillary-clinton-says-she-done-high-wire-american-175721782.html

Obama "Condescending"

"In the book [Scorpians For Breakfast, Arizona Governor Jan] Brewer describe[d] two meetings she had with Obama, including one where she describes Obama as being 'condescending' and trying to lecture her on immigration." [1]

Is it not true that a prerequisite for constitutional law professors is to be condescending, especially one with a Harvard law degree? I had heard that these people think that they have the brightest minds for miles.

Icy intellect can be a heady experience when it is on fire and like fire, it can burn both ways.

My antonyms for condescending: inspirational; humble.

[1] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-exchange-president-obama-phoenix-airport-thin-skinned-article-1.1012426?localLinksEnabled=false

Definition Of "Thin-skinned"

Dictionary.com defines thin-skinned as "sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy." [1]

This is how I would use it in a sentence: The more confident one is in one's capabilities and the more comfortable one is with one's status in society, the less thin-skinned one is.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said President Obama was "thin-skinned." [2] Was she right?

[1] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thin-skinned

[2] http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-exchange-president-obama-phoenix-airport-thin-skinned-article-1.1012426?localLinksEnabled=false

Geithner's Prediction

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner predicted that Obama will have a second term. [1]

Is that really a prediction or an insider's hint that he will further depreciate the value of the dollar to temporary plump up the US economy and prop up the Euro before both of them deflate like a blown-up balloon without a knot? Bernanke already said the Fed will artificially hold down interest rate until late 2014. [2]

Working in tandem, the most powerful money guys in the world plan to ensure that the US economy will hold up before Obama's re-election unless something unexpected happens that is beyond their control, like the rapid disintegration of the Euro and the immediate insolvency of certain European nations and/or financial institutions causing fear and uncertainty in the US financial markets and a severe global recession.

I agree with Geithner that Obama is likely going to have a second term but only on the assumption that human beings are completely in charge of the unfolding of events but they are not. There are things called "coincidences," "luck" and "divine intervention." I could be very, very wrong, but I am confident that Mitt Romney will become president in January 2013 and Tom Brady will win the Superbowl against the NY Giants. With respect to the latter, I am on the side of Rapper Birdman who placed a $5 million bet on the Patriots winning Superbowl 46. [3]

[1] http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-26/geithner-says-obama-won-t-ask-him-to-remain-past-first-term.html

[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/economy/fed-to-maintain-rates-near-zero-through-late-2014.html

[3] http://thisbeatgoes.com/hip-hop-news/birdman-bets-5-million-on-new-england-patriots-for-super-bowl-46-game/

Obama On Taxes

Obama said the rich should pay more taxes. He's wrong.

I say the not-so-rich should not have to pay any taxes.

Poor Dad & Poor Dad

Barack Obama's dad grew up poor. Barack Obama became a community organizer. He is not a rich man. Does he knows how to make you rich? I do not think so but he knows how to transform America into a welfare state.

Mitt Romney's dad grew up poor. Mitt Romney became a multimillionaire. He knows something about making money. Can he make you rich like him? Not likely, but he can sure tell you what he had done and maybe someone out there can inspired to become an entrepreneur and create opportunities and jobs and not become a community organizer feeding off the productivity of society.

Warren Buffet Is Bitter

Warren Buffet is bitter because God has given him the talent to amass wealth and he blames Congress for the amount of money he has accumulated: "Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he doesn't blame Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for paying only about 15% of his income in taxes, saying it was misguided federal law that allowed very wealthy people who make a living "shoving around money" to pay a lower rate than average Americans." [1]

Just for you, Mr. Buffet, the United States should pass a law that taxes 90% of the total wealth of all United States citizens over 80 years old and whose net worth exceeds 1 billion dollars. The rationale for this is that the value of money for billionaires over 80 is only pennies on the dollar based on the universal truth of the value of money: the closer you are to your death, the less your dollar is worth to you.

However, my recommendation is for you to use your pre-death billions to stimulate the economy by constructing a pyramid in Omaha at least five times the size of Giza to house a million life-size terra-cotta Wall Street executives to stand around your sarcophagus.

[1] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-buffett-romney-20120123,0,1875317.story