Fwd: WHERE are MY DIVIDENDS??? (Expanded/Updated Version)

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             Where are My Dividends??? (Expanded Version) posted Dec. 21, 2010

                                                by Richard DePersio

                                    Reminder: Three "Plato" articles follow.
 

"...pork-barrel legislation sails through Congress, lavishing money on small projects

that cannot possibly be described as promoting the national interest...Death by a

thousand subsidies. The cost of Dan Rostenkowski's underground parking garage

at the Museum of Science and Industry is insignificant in the face of our $14

trillion economy. So is the ethanol subsidy. So is the trade protection for sugar

producers, and the tax break for pharmaceutical companies with operations in

Puerto Rico, and the price supports for dairy farmers. But in total, these things--

and the tens of thousands like them-- are significant. Little inefficiencies begin to

disrupt the most basic function of a market economy: taking inputs and producing

good and services as efficiently as possible. If the government has to support the

price of milk, the real problem is that there are too many dairy farmers. The best

definition I've ever heard of a tax shelter is some kind of investment or behavior

that would not make sense in the absence of tax considerations. And that

is exactly the problem here: Governments should not be in the business of

providing incentives for people to do things that would not otherwise make sense."

             -Charles Wheelan, W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2002, updated: 2010.

End virtually all types of subsidies, including, corporate welfare to big oil and gas.

Those who want a subsidy should go through an extremely difficult obstacle course

 to qualify.

End subsidies to wind and solar. Experts say that greenies won't start showing a

a small profit until 2020 (no doubt, subsidies will continue beyond that year).

Sometimes, Charles is liberalish, he didn't mention wind and solar. Experts also

tell that w/s can only generate about 25% of our electrical needs and no more -

and that it can't do it until about 2040. See: "ATBTC Action Chain Letter 4 (Updated

and Expanded" NASA might be able to guarantee 25% and add another 5% and do it

 at much lower cost and more efficiently.

End subsidies to SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Risk-investors usually get bank-

backing because of their track record. Let these types of investors take the big

risks and not taxpayers!!!

 

  End all unconstitutional, socialist, costly subsidies: oil. gas. wind, solar, farm, 

ethanol,  electric cars, utilities, etc., especially now when nation is

facing hyper-inflation or bankruptcy or both.Free market forces must

 prevail.  These handouts allegedly prevent

food and energy prices from going too low. Survival of the   Fittest. Those companies

 with flexible/adaptable business models will

 prosper at times and    manage just to get by at other times. Those that

can't will perish. Too big to fail is a ridiculous economic concept. While

criminal president, unconstitutionally played bankruptcy judge in                

order to sock it to preferred bond and shareholders and common

shareholders and spare unions                 of as much discomfort as he could.

Obama and  union unconstitutionally assumed the largest            share of ownership

 and control. Fed gov can't own and manage a private company but is. Obama

 nationalized/socialized auto and banking industries and is in the process of doing

the self-same thing with the health industry. No more financial bailouts!!!

 Auto companies should have faced a real bankruptcy judge and reorganized under

 Chapter Eleven if they could.     These are just some of Obama's impeachable

offenses. Let's not forget: He has taken the first steps toward partially or completely

controlling Internet.

Fed Grants were originally established due to Sputnik fear and were meant

 for universities and colleges             for physics research and

developments in engineering. Later extended to social sciences and

educational studies. We can no longer afford the latter two; perhaps, we

can continue first two but reduced in light of debt crisis.

 And, grants to companies -unconstitutional. 

Subsidies to SpaceX and Virgin Galactic:
Your tax dollars. You won't be surprised to know that it was Obama's idea! It isn't a

loan - you won't be paid back! You won't enjoy potential dividends either!

 Bond and stockholders will. Meanwhile,

NASA - budget 17.5 Billion (1/2 of 1% of fed budget)faces $1 billion-plus cut. We believe

that virtually all fed departments, agencies and programs must be cut due to dangerous

$15 trillion debt. NASA: Completely or partially responsible for over 30,000 discoveries

and inventions since its inception in 1958. Only gov program that gives you a

return on your investment - for every $1 budgeted NASA, you get $5 back within 7

years in the form of science and technology. Don't you think that a $500 million cut

is more reasonable - about a 2.5% cut? Some recent NASA activity:

NASA developing silicon-germanium electronics for satellites that is highly  

resistant to temperature and radiation variations.
NASA and weather: Goes-P new generation satellite developed by NASA for

more precise measurements of moisture and temperature variations. Expect

clearer weather photos with your weather reports.

NASA in NANO. Nanosatellite size of a loaf of bread unfolds to over 100 square

feet with a thickness of 1/100th a human hair.

As always, what NASA does will eventually be applied to devices in your home,

car, office, farm, factory, hospital, etc. 

We were one of the first to propose that NASA should  develop declassified version of

Air Force X-37B and use the $9 billion dollars worth of R & D from CONSTELLATION

 Program (Orion, Ares 1 and 5, Altair) in new  heavy-lifter and manned -   beyond -

earth-orbit program. Update: Obama lost, he wanted to start from scratch and waste

the $9 billion.

 We can't afford to wait for SpaceX (Falcon 9) to be capable of sending astros to and

from space station.

We will have to pay Russia, whom we beat in Moon Race, a hefty price for tickets

 for them to fly us to our station,

we footed most of cost. Further, we lifted most of the 14 modules that comprise the

station. SpaceX won't be able to carry astros until 2014 or later. Meanwhile, China,

Japan and France will soon be able to carry astros to our station.What will China

(our banker) charge us. It is humiliating -

needn't be the situation. SpaceX's biggest obstacle: in excepting gov $$$s it

 must except expensive red tape, paperwork and regs to impede its progress.

NASA knows how to work the system and deliver. We support private space

programs for we are true capitalists but don't want to support with our $$$s - unless,

we share in dividends!

(See "Updated Anew: Chain Letter of a Nature Different 1"  for what you can do).

www.quasarpolitics: DEPERSIO BEATS BECK

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Fwd: PLATO'S CAVE...

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                                      PLATO'S CAVE: THE SERIES: MAN IN THE CAVE

                                     by Richard DePersio w/ Citizen Journalist

                                        Between the idea

                                        And the reality

                                        Between the motion

                                        And the act

                                        Fallows the Shadow

                                                     -George Elliot            

                 The ancient period is pre-500 A.D. During the period from about

        1500 B.C.-500 A.D. there were ethical/natural philosophers.

       As regards the latter: They drew their conclusions from pure thought

       and mathematics     especially, geometry. They considered

      observation and experiment to be base - working with hands was

      something  slaves did. Philosophers placed themselves at the top while

      the king or whatever title the leader had and those high up in

      government placed  themselves at the peak. Below them were soldiers 

      (even though  their work was largely physical in nature). Next came the

      land owners  followed by the merchants. Artisans and masons were next

     with architects and stone masons on top. Bringing up the rear were

      servants, peasants and slaves  respectively.

                   On the rare occasions that philosophers felt compelled and

      deigned to observe  or experiment, they felt that they were debasing

      themselves. There are always exceptions to the rule. The Ionians on the

     islands of Ionia ( Greek island nation) where between 600-400 B.C.

      key, the ruler, the 

     carpenter's square, the level, the lathe, bronze casting were invented. 

     These natural philosophers were the sons of farmers, sailors and

     weavers who were used to poking and fixing unlike the priests,

     scribes and philosophers of other nations. They were used to getting

     their hands dirty. While the ancients accomplishments were immense

     further progress would have to wait until the late 16th century when

     observation and experimentation begin the process of becoming 

     acceptable. Between 1700 and 1800, the term natural philosophy was

     employed progressively less and less while science became more

     in vogue. One can reasonably say that theoretical science is akin

     to natural philosophy. The ancients would be pleased with it.

     See Cosmos by Carl Sagan p, 153; Intelligent Man's Guide to

     Physics by Isaac Asimov p.8.

            Ionian got their hands dirty but Plato didn't...

            Plato imagined a man in a cave unaware of the man on his right and the

            man on his left for he was transfixed on the shadows on the

           wall. He perceived the images as reality. Unbeknownst to him there were

           people and animals behind him and that some of the people had wagons and

          some were carrying all kinds of objects. Beyond them was a fire creating the shadows

          (imperfect perception of reality). One day, he is removed from the cave and sees reality.

          He rushes back to tell the others who fail to believe him. The man in the cave once again

         becomes the man in the cave. Plato perceived reality to be on a higher plane or outside of the

         cave (metaphor)and available to a select few, such as, himself. God understood ultimate

         reality and Plato could come the closest in apprehending it. Some philosophers believed in

         one god (not God of the Bible) some many and some none (not wise to say to most people).

         Emperors and Kings may or may not but it was practical to say that they were intimately

         connected to the gods to control the ignorant masses.

                   Perfect concepts such as love and liberty and perfect forms such as the point,

the line, the square, the cube, the triangle existed in heaven. Humans whose soul was

inside a base body couldn't perfectly described concepts and when humans make,

say, a point, it is an imperfect representation for a real point has no length, width

or depth. The point that we make with a pencil does however small.

There was virtually no observation and experimentation during the "Dark and

Middle Ages" courtesy of the Catholic Church. The philosophers and teachers had

to get all answers from the Bible: good, especially, New Testament when it comes

to love, charity and forgiveness; not so much when it comes to the astronomy,

botany, zoology, geology, and meteorology. Intentions: keep evil thoughts

from minds, otherwise, destiny hell. Laudable? During 1200s, the works of Aristotle

and Ptolemy made their way to Western Europe and received stamp of

approval from church. "Why the Church should have been willing to accord such

high honors to the teacher of Alexander the Great, whereas they condemned

all other Greek philosophers on account of their heathenish doctrines, I really

do not know. But next to the Bible, Aristotle was recognized as the only

reliable teacher whose works could be safely placed in the hands of true

{{educated} Christians" The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon.

Also see Aristotle in Stars in Their Courses 9p.174)/ Intelligent Man's Guide to

Physics by Issac Asimov p.8.

        While medical knowledge was to come from the Bible too, the works of the

Great Roman physician/surgeon  Galen survived by was watered down, digested,

and simplified between 500-1800 A.D. More info: The Fragile Species by

Lewis Thomas. He employed purging (bloodletting, inducing vomiting and

bowel movement) for a few conditions; by 1800, doctors were performing it

for most health problems.

       Classical physics (which was the new  natural philosophy

 created primarily by Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and

culminating with Newton - but that is debatable as we shall soon see.

The second phase of classical physics transpired in the 18th and

19th centuries with the biggest accomplishments concerning electricity,

magnetism and electromagnetism.

        Newton thought of God as a Machinist and mathematician who

 created the universe (the machine) and the mathematical laws that

 operated it and that there was nothing wrong with understanding the 

mind of God. His universe was reality and is our reality. We live in the

 common sense world of Newton. Is it

 possible that you are a man in a cave who perceives imperfect reality

- a shadowy world! Where is true reality to be found?

       The strange case of Newton for while he was a Christian and no

doubt believed he understood the reality of the universe in which we lived,

he always believed that he was one of the few chosen to truly comprehend

 the Bible. Many historians contend that his study of the Bible was more

important to him than natural philosophy. He studied the occult even though

 he was a devout Christian and conducted experiments in alchemy. There

was a part of reality

that he couldn't explain: what was the nature of gravity and how could it act

and influence across empty space. Sound through air, waves through

water, energy moving from one end of the slinky to the other (no, he didn't

 invent the slinky but did invent calculus and reflecting telescopes). He grew tired

 and annoyed at

 the questions. Hypotheses non fingo (Latin for: I feign no hypotheses) he eventually

 responded: "It is enough that gravity exists according to the laws I explained. I feign

 no hypotheses. It abundantly serves to account for all the motions of celestial bodies."

 He made it clear that he would not speculate or guess if the answer was physical or

 metaphysical or occult or mechanical but was inappropriate for science which is

 concerned with how not why.

    There is classical or mechanical physics and quantum physics or mechanics.

Some refer to the first and most important phase of classical mechanics as Newtonian

mechanics. Some consider relativistic physics or Einsteinian mechanics to be

classical mechanics at it's most accurate and developed. Others consider Einstein

 to be a bridge between classical and quantum and still others think of it in terms of

 being part of modern physics like quantum.

       Most of the time,physicists and engineers use mechanical physics which is

 more commonsensical and easier with which to work and used it to get human to

 a celestial body and back. They employ relativistic physics (this science writer is in

 category three: classical mechanics and modern mechanics: Einsteinian and quantum).

       Do we live in reality or do we harbor a corrupt and imperfect, shadowy and

commonsensical view of  reality. Is true reality in the realm of the quantum world of

 atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons, quarks, neutrinos , mesons,  strings, etc. and

where massless light from gamma rays to visible to radio and objects with mass,

such as, protons: both (light and matter) behave like particles sometimes and waves

other times and can be at more then one place at a time? Multi-dimensions and universes.

      And, the equally non-commonsensical world of Einstein wherein gravity is really

the curvature of the space/time foam and the faster you go the heavier you get

 and the faster you go  the slower clocks tick and there are mysterious black holes. 

     Will we arrive at ultimate reality when and if we combine quantum and relativity:

quantum relativity. And, dealing with Einstein's 'gravity' (curvature) which we

can't describe like the other three fundamental forces of nature: strong nuclear,

 weak nuclear and electromagnetic (which includes light). We are on a quest for

a theory of everything: quantum relativity and proving that all forces were one force

until a split second after the Big Bang; we can show that three were. Once again,

 Einstein won't cooperate! Or, we all men in a cave with true reality outside of the cave.

 Why is the reality of the 'outsider' any better then that of the 'insider' (homebound) and

 does the moon exists even though someone  hasn't seen it in years?

=

Fwd: IN and OUT of PLATO's CAVE (totally new version)

 

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A Star is Born/A Tale of Two Nieces: R. DePersio is close to his nieces; although,

they live far away and he rarely sees them. Alexa (age 11; magnet school) and

Katie (age 15; magnet school) have registered a star (RA20h1m46.62s

D38degrees4'47.97") in the constellation Cygnus with U.S. government with the moniker:

Richard J. DePersio; added a note to the Music of the Spheres (you are welcome to

visit him on a planet near the star; bring plenty of beer or don't bother to visit!).

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We endorse without reservation NASA, "ChildFund International," "Judicial Watch,"

"Alliance Defense Fund" and strongly recommend groups.google.com/one-million-mph,

/group/science-space-technology, "Satellite Launch Charts."

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                                        IN and OUT of PLATO's CAVE

                                              by Richard DePersio

 

                                                      EPILOG

 

We are going to start at the end. Subsequent installments will reveal the thought

process employed, offer justifications for conclusions and supply details.

 

After years of searching, I have embraced Deism with a taste of Plato. I have

problems with the Bib...

 

We interrupt this article with a Special Bullitten: Citizen Journalist has apprehended

the heretofore nebulous Richard DePersio (alias, Rick; alias, Citizen Reporter;

alias, Rickcosmos). We think that we know him from various sources or do we?
Transparency: Do we know him any better than one of Obama's 44 stealth czars?
Who are they and what do they do in the shadows by day and in the dark at

night when most good Americans are sleeping? If we know R.D., we need to

know more. Citizen Journalist (you can call me C.R. but you don't have to call

me Rick) always had a policy regarding books, especially, those of the

non-fiction variety. He wouldn't purchase a non-fiction which didn't contain an

"About the Author" section for he wanted to know the level of professionalism

and the degree of credence to place in the words of the scribe.

       After an expensive and extensive search in four continents (North America,

South America, Europe and Antarctica), including, searching in garbage cans,

we learned the shocking truth!

       He became interested in astronomy and space exploration at the age of six;

politics at ten; economics, foreign and defense policies at the ripe old age of

fourteen. American history - his roots - at eighteen. R.D. began to dabble in

various other sciences after nineteen. He didn't find the classroom conducive

to learning and likely enjoyed A.D.D. having been diagnosed with regular and

two variants as an adult. Only student to argue with nuns; didn't realize that that

was a no-no and that he was suppose to fear them. More pride of self-ed as

opposed to schooling. Strange kid (Not by design by via employing hindsight):

Started reading the newspaper at ten, everyday at thirteen; began attending

meetings at the local Republican club at fourteen - only kid there - - didn't

realize that he wasn't suppose to hobnob with the big shots.

       Did that: Was involved with seven institutions of higher learning after

high school; motivated by the acquisition of paper. (Completed three years of

college) Earned an associate-of-arts degree in liberal arts with a concentration in

science journalism; certificates in computer applications, space and general

science, business management and medical assistance. R.D. completed an

internship in museum/science education.

       The fun will begin momentarily....C.J. has opted to place Epilog prior to

Fun...Will resume article proper soon: same time, same channel...Is he a

grammatical though breaker?...Don't say a word: He packs a punch and has

big friends: on the couch are George, John, Tom and Jim, all about are Topper and

Harvey.

 

                                                     EPILOG

                                           by Citizen Journalist

 

Obvious...Subtle...Superficial...Deep...Face-value...Multi-lay ed.....He never gives

his true age...Prides himself on his honesty...Shoots-from-the-Hip/Non-P.C./

Pulls-No-Punches....Thinks that he knows more about outside than people who

go outside...Modest International Man of Mystery...Look at him and what is

transpiring behind him...He resides In and Out of Plato's Cave...

           His first black friend (we needn't say "African-American" because the

           Reverend Jackson ordered everyone to do so in 1988) Harriman (who was

           passing) said of "Krazy Kat" what C.J. thinks is applicable to R.D.:

           "May in some time...let in the light which is now to our meager vision

            denied...For you will understand him no better then we who linger on

            this side of the pale."

           "It's wot's behind me I am. It's the idea behind me (with ever-changing,

            shifting backgrounds) and that's what I am."

           "He is but a shadow of himself caught in the web of this mortal skein."

 

'cause of the cause.

As a child and teen and since exposed to old and new. Good taste and not as old

as you might think.

                                    Best Movies (the envelope, please)

                                          As told to C.R. by R.D.

           1) (Temporary aside: Once compiled a list of his 50 favorite movies and

               was shocked to discover that as a rule he hated musicals but his

               favorite movie was) YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (Patriotism? See best

               T.V. series which was irreverent);

            2) Twelve Angry Men;

            3) 2001: A Space Odyssey;

            4) Good fellows;

            5) The Pink Panther;

            6) Hanoi Hilton;

            7) Blazing Saddles;

            8) The Day the Earth Stood Still;

            9) Devil's Advocate;

           10) Hear No Evil, See No Evil

 

                                                  Best Songs

             1) Jumpin' Jive (Cab Callaway);

             2) Wayward Wind (Patsy Kline);

             3) Yankee Doodle Dandy (James Cagney);

             4) Pomp Stomp (instrumental, Woody Herman Orchestra);

             5) Yesterday (Beatles);

             6) Birth of the Blues (Sammy Davis Jr.);

             7) My Way (Frank Sinatra);

             8) The Gambler (Kenny Rogers);

             9) Is that All There Is (Peggy Lee);

            10) It's a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

              (R.D.'s Godfather knew "Rat Pack")

 

Best Singers (not in order): Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Nat 'King' Cole,

Billie Holliday, Buddy Holly, Bing Cosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Louis

Armstrong, Chuck Berry

 

Ponder this: Have today's singers listen to an hour of one or more of the above

singers. What they then be capable of getting on stage!?!

 

                                     Best Television Series

               1) M*A*S*H*;

               2) Bonanza;

               3) Dick van Dyke;

               4) Burns and Allen;

               5) Twilight Zone;

               6) The Prisoner (with a nod in the direction of our British friends);

               7) All in the Family;

               8) Taxi;

               9) Odd Couple;

              10) I Love Lucy

 

   (It's wot's behind me)

 

                                             The MUSES

                1) Tom Jefferson;

                2) Jim Madison;

                3) Tom Paine;

                4) Rod Serling;

                5) Arthur C. Clarke;

                6) Isaac Asimov;

                7) Carl Sagan;

                8) Arthur Canon Doyle;

                9) "Ellory Queen";

               10) Groucho Marx

 

The museless: Charlie Sheen..."Who's number one?"...To be continued: In Plato's Cave...

When? Upon the return of the A.D.D. train to the "Village"....

See you in the funnies...