Legacies

With the current transinsanity being embraced by the likes of Busch, and Jack Daniels, it's obvious those that run the company are oblivious of their market, unwilling to accept their consumers have moral values that don't agree with theirs, and those that can will run with the money, if they can find someone willing to buy what may be a useless product. Both business were originally owned by people that passed on to their heirs a success, which is now gone. The heirs made a tidy profit during original sales, employees were thrown into the gears of the corporations that now run the businesses, and it's easy for large corporations to close the doors if things don't go as well as they envision. That, or sell a subsidiary. 

The embracing of abberant behavior has many consequences, but with minority participation, there's always the possibility the majority will not only reject the behavior, society will turn on those that participate, and the consequences can be grim. Whether this happens is yet to be seen, but the multi-national companies that are pushing the products don't have any qualms about promoting any behavior that increases their sales. The original integrity that led to quality products is gone, and those unwilling to accept alternate lifestyles that conflict with their morals have choice. I have a feeling the effects will only be minor. 

As a side note, neither Busch, nor Jack Daniels are owned by heirs. Bush is part of an international company, and Jack Daniels is owned by a Brown-Foreman Company, which is another multi-national corporation. Neither will be harmed by boycotting one of their brands, since they have so many to offer. Unless people only buy from local companies, the constant search for anything (whether immoral, or not) to increase sales will continue unabated. 

Tomorrow is the Day

I've been somewhat dreading my planned colonoscopy. My last one, about 12 years ago, involved fasting for a month, drinking a horse trough full of diluted battery acid, weeks on the commode, and a serious conversation with myself about my agreeing to the procedure. The procedure was a cake-walk, since the "I don't care" medication insured I didn't get to see the medical students, and other spectators gather to critique my posterior. 

This one, so far, seems much different. The medieval horse trough prep is replaced by a 16 ounce flask and two small bottles of what looks like insecticide in a brown bottle. The nurse, after my doctor appointment, insured me it's not nearly as bad as it once was, but I'm a little suspicious, since she doesn't look old enough to even spell colonoscopy. 

So, today it's a liquid diet, with the instructions of no dairy, alcohol, liquids of a certain color and the wait until this evening when I drink the insecticide, or whatever it is. After that, I sit, and sit, and sit, and sit, maybe watch some television, sit, and sit ,and sit...wait four hours, complete the above procedure again, and finally the encore: two enemas. I'll be so clean there will be a draft like wind through a cave. 

Tomorrow morning I have the supreme pleasure of two more enemas two hours before my procedure and my favorite part: the "I don't care" shot with a short nap. After that, my wife gets to bring me home. I'm sure I'll either be very sleepy, or a rambling idiot. 

Something I Think About

 After the guilty verdict against someone that made a meme that fooled ignorant into thinking they could vote by mail, it's apparent New York City, and most of the densely populated areas of New York, are in the process of self-destruction. Such abysmal ignorance never leads to prosperity, or a healthy community. How it ends is yet to be seen, but New York City is on a downhill slide that will only end in a city of the extremely wealthy, and ignorant people willing to wallow in their ignorance.

Electric Madness

I started to write a long post about the foolishness of pushing, and demanding, the use of electric automobiles. It was to highlight the terrible expense, pressure on the grid, lack of resources to fabricate the batteries, and how such things lead to enormous containment areas for the batteries after they become useless. I realized it was probably preaching to the choir, and wouldn't change many minds. 

Too many people, in my opinion, would rather wallow in their ignorance, accept lies, and not do a little research to reach a point where their thoughts are controlled by critical thinking. Reality shows much of what is published is corrupted by personal feelings, based on false information, and only to promote a specific agenda. Truth is pushed to the corner, and regardless of what it determines, isn't demanded when personal gain is more important. 

So, the basic truth is modern society can't exist as it is with all electric automobiles. The technology is too expensive, the resources for the batteries aren't available, the electricity to charge the batteries can't be acquired through the existing grid, and to offset these problems, the minions of government corruption would only have one option to accomplish the task of an all electric society: Turn the electricity off when necessary, and have a total disregard to the damage this causes. Only the ignorant can't understand this, and as long as their cell phone keeps their minds occupied, they'll blissfully slide into tyranny.

Maybe Not Such of a Good Deal

This article explains how economic development deals may not be such a good thing. The last two paragraphs summarize the reason for the article, and offer a warning to those so willing to take a chance with the revenue of a municipality for gain that may be as ethereal as a jackpot at a casino. 

My personal experience with such "deals" was having some friends having business problems due to their city allowing a special deal for a large retail chain. Their products would now be sold at the large chain, as well as other local businesses, and the retailer received a tax abatement. In the end, the economic disaster destroyed small businesses and caused harm to the tax paying citizens that once funded the city.

Did it help the community? From my perspective, it didn't, and caused some well founded resentment to those that are supposed to represent the local community. Losing tax revenue from local businesses, decreasing the value of commercial real estate, and opening the door to corruption are not healthy results. Whether the decision increased the revenue is not really important. Hurting local business, and individuals, for a gamble is as ridiculous as betting on the ponies with public funds.