Jan. 22, 2009
Earlier this evening, I had a nice chat with a representative of Amnesty International. Amnesty International appears as a worthwhile organization and should be given our support. Here is Amnesty International's website:
http://www.amnesty.org/
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Monday, November 17, 2008
Tornado Warnings in New York (Long Island) and Massachusetts
Monday, November 17, 2008
According to the broadcast weather reports on local radio and television (NYC, Boston), it seemed that tornadoes considered making regional appearances this past Saturday – euphemistically, possibly to welcome me back to the New England portion of the nation. However, the said weather conditions were reported by the broadcasters as ‘a tornado warning’ (which historically implied that a tornado had touched-down in a particular region or vicinity, rather than merely ‘imminent’ for the area). Regardless, to the knowledge of this blogger, no such vortex-type phenomena actually formed or materialized in the region on the given night.
According to the broadcast weather reports on local radio and television (NYC, Boston), it seemed that tornadoes considered making regional appearances this past Saturday – euphemistically, possibly to welcome me back to the New England portion of the nation. However, the said weather conditions were reported by the broadcasters as ‘a tornado warning’ (which historically implied that a tornado had touched-down in a particular region or vicinity, rather than merely ‘imminent’ for the area). Regardless, to the knowledge of this blogger, no such vortex-type phenomena actually formed or materialized in the region on the given night.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
JPMorgan Chase Posts ‘Surprise’ Profits??!!??
10/15/2008
It was reported on the news this morning (Today Show, if I recall correctly) that JP Morgan Chase posted ‘surprise’ profits (Third Quarter 2008). And, the US Government just voted to give the banking / investment community how many hundreds of billions of tax-dollars? What’s more, as citizens of the nation, we are / the government is going to buy stock in these banking institutions with our tax dollars to ‘bolster them-up’??? Treasury Secretary Paulson was also on the news this morning [CNN, I believe] stating the intent of the ‘bail-out’ is ‘not for the banks to ‘horde’ the monies.’ To anyone in the banking community, please forgive this next statement, but, isn’t it the nature / business of the banking industry to ‘horde’ assets? One has to wonder the intent of the government and any members of the executive and legislative branches that supported such a ‘bail-out’ while a major banking institution in this business arena is posting profits. To whom does it appear these members of the legislature / government ally? Have no doubt this blogger supports American capitalism. But, I mean…, is this ‘bail-out’ merely a ‘smoke-screen’ to further devalue the dollar or potentially some other hidden agenda?? In this blogger’s opinion, by its actions, it would appear that U.S. Government seeks to further dismantle the ‘middle-class’ into the ‘working-poor.’ Again, in this blogger’s educated opinion, any ‘knowledgeable’ member of government that supported such a ‘bail-out’ would then appear as no ‘friend’ to the ‘middle-class’ peoples of the United States. This blogger may understand the rationale for devaluing the dollar [to some extent]. However, when no monies are available for valid research ideas, no jobs are to be found for the vast numbers of unemployed workers, school systems are in poor condition, the nation’s infrastructure is often in deplorable condition, and yet our Federal government votes to give billions of tax-dollars to the institutions that have the greatest amounts of assets, something is wrong with such an initiative – if not the entire system. Whether JP Morgan Chase will be ‘cashing-in’ on [or is eligible for] low-cost tax-dollars now available to the banking industry, I don’t know. However the point is if they were able to turn a profit, why is the industry getting a ‘bail-out’? This blogger welcomes anyone’s response and comments concerning this blog entry.
Check it our for yourself:
http://investor.shareholder.com/jpmorganchase/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=340523
It was reported on the news this morning (Today Show, if I recall correctly) that JP Morgan Chase posted ‘surprise’ profits (Third Quarter 2008). And, the US Government just voted to give the banking / investment community how many hundreds of billions of tax-dollars? What’s more, as citizens of the nation, we are / the government is going to buy stock in these banking institutions with our tax dollars to ‘bolster them-up’??? Treasury Secretary Paulson was also on the news this morning [CNN, I believe] stating the intent of the ‘bail-out’ is ‘not for the banks to ‘horde’ the monies.’ To anyone in the banking community, please forgive this next statement, but, isn’t it the nature / business of the banking industry to ‘horde’ assets? One has to wonder the intent of the government and any members of the executive and legislative branches that supported such a ‘bail-out’ while a major banking institution in this business arena is posting profits. To whom does it appear these members of the legislature / government ally? Have no doubt this blogger supports American capitalism. But, I mean…, is this ‘bail-out’ merely a ‘smoke-screen’ to further devalue the dollar or potentially some other hidden agenda?? In this blogger’s opinion, by its actions, it would appear that U.S. Government seeks to further dismantle the ‘middle-class’ into the ‘working-poor.’ Again, in this blogger’s educated opinion, any ‘knowledgeable’ member of government that supported such a ‘bail-out’ would then appear as no ‘friend’ to the ‘middle-class’ peoples of the United States. This blogger may understand the rationale for devaluing the dollar [to some extent]. However, when no monies are available for valid research ideas, no jobs are to be found for the vast numbers of unemployed workers, school systems are in poor condition, the nation’s infrastructure is often in deplorable condition, and yet our Federal government votes to give billions of tax-dollars to the institutions that have the greatest amounts of assets, something is wrong with such an initiative – if not the entire system. Whether JP Morgan Chase will be ‘cashing-in’ on [or is eligible for] low-cost tax-dollars now available to the banking industry, I don’t know. However the point is if they were able to turn a profit, why is the industry getting a ‘bail-out’? This blogger welcomes anyone’s response and comments concerning this blog entry.
Check it our for yourself:
http://investor.shareholder.com/jpmorganchase/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=340523
Searching for America
Currently, this blogger is on-the-road searching for America. Please let me know if you happened to see where it went.
October 15th, 2009
Follow-up thought, I have come across encouraging places and people that appear to be in tune with the themes of America.
October 15th, 2009
Follow-up thought, I have come across encouraging places and people that appear to be in tune with the themes of America.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Tornadoes in Southern California - May 22, 2008
Though the tornadoes that appeared today (May 22, 2008) in Riverside County , California
AVT
Sunday, May 18, 2008
A question to NASA regarding 'live' video from outer space, or lack thereof, I thought you might like...
I thought you might get a 'kick' out of this question I posed to NASA on its website - regardless of all else and for whatever such might be worth. To date, there has been no response from NASA on the matter.
On March 26, 2008, I wrote to NASA on its website:
NASA,
As a child I remember often seeing 'live' video feeds from your missions and crafts orbiting in space. Those video feeds, as I recall, often panned the depths of space. I am curious, why are there no longer any 'live' [real time] video feeds showing the recesses of outer space - as opposed to your current-day 'live' video feeds typically showing only the interior of your spacecraft or merely of the earth in the background [or always on some sort of taped-delay]? As an American taxpayer and a US citizen, I ask, is the nation not entitled to see what you see? Please let me know your thoughts on this issue. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Adam Trotter
Blog entry post-script: Bracketed terms ([...]) were not part of the original note to NASA.
See follow-on entry:
Apollo 11 Videos: Lunar Landing and Lunar ‘First Steps’
On March 26, 2008, I wrote to NASA on its website:
NASA,
As a child I remember often seeing 'live' video feeds from your missions and crafts orbiting in space. Those video feeds, as I recall, often panned the depths of space. I am curious, why are there no longer any 'live' [real time] video feeds showing the recesses of outer space - as opposed to your current-day 'live' video feeds typically showing only the interior of your spacecraft or merely of the earth in the background [or always on some sort of taped-delay]? As an American taxpayer and a US citizen, I ask, is the nation not entitled to see what you see? Please let me know your thoughts on this issue. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Adam Trotter
Blog entry post-script: Bracketed terms ([...]) were not part of the original note to NASA.
See follow-on entry:
Apollo 11 Videos: Lunar Landing and Lunar ‘First Steps’
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