I like this thread. There's always been the guy who takes up a guitar and teaches himself what he needs by strumming it for 100 hours a week until he's ready for prime time. Those guys have existed and could do pretty well in the music business. But, most good players have put in the dues needed to be Really good. This includes learning music theory, harmony, rhythm - like the Bossa Nova beat and being able to jam in 5/4, having the muscles developed to be able to play non-stop for two hours, and having the memory of tunes and music history - so he can tell you how the string quartet evolved from Church music.
I think a teacher should have mastered his subject to the point that he could answer anything a student could come up with. I think the new-comers find out about what a classroom can become and get the easy office job. The salary is a whole political nightmare that is really another whole thread.
The CEO of a large corporation does not have this level of knowledge about anything. He finds a way in to the high roller club and plays that game. I bet there a lot's of wanna-be CEOs waiting in the wings for one of the big boys to go down. It's quite an exclusive group. You don't just stand in some line to get started. It really helps if your daddy was in there before. There can be exceptions to my rule here. I have met quite a few of the middle-management guys at Goldman-Sachs, Merrill Lynch, CitiBank, and BOA. They were all customers of mine when we came on the market with videoconferencing back in the 70's.
I had to install systems in the CEO offices of all of these companies. I heard a lot of gossip. I got a point of view and watched everyone get bonuses because they installed my system.
Personally, I think it is about time some of these folks occupy a job. (Please, not for one moment do I believe all the folks out doing this are perpetually unemployed.) I respect you iggy, but I honestly think you need to watch that movie again. This is nothing like that.
OK MOG I'll watch the movie again. I do see reasons for revolution when I see people having to be homeless. How does one occupy a job when there is this much unemployment? I think you also need to take a second look at what's happening. There might be some people riding public unrest and using the malcontent to further their own political agendas. There are various types of people on both sides of the aisle. But, the malcontent - which is being blamed on Obama - has been coming for a number of years before Obama was in the running. The economy, the wars, the price of drugs and medical care, have all been happening for a long time.
I believe the situation we have today is making the revolutionary approach the only thing we have left to do. In Red Dawn the enemy just landed here and took over a large portion of America. The economic system is making foreclosures common in all parts of the Country. We're all a bit fed up with the 1% running the show. There's no one out there fighting for the regular citizen. We need to take back our Country. In Red Dawn the enemy was Russia and Cuba. The flashbangs are being thrown at American citizens who want some recognition by our government. I don't see the big difference.
Just my 2 cents but sometimes I think the two/multi-party system is just a facade to make it appear that change is actually happening... in the meantime the 1% stay perpetually in control. Lots of tools at the disposal of the 1% to get folks distracted on the real issues... gadgets galore, Hollywood movies, casinos, booze, etc. However, if you don't have jobs you can't afford those items. The real key is to get people to have jobs, get into debt (cars, homes, big screen TVs, have kids in school, etc.) and then be in the servitude of the 1% in perpetuity. What will scare the 1%, just like the dictators in the Middle East, is if those youth out of school who have nothing to lose, are not able to have jobs thus and get into the debt/servitude cycle. That will be the real powder keg...
I personally do not agree. I believe what we have happening here is politically motivated class envy. Essentially, it is much easier to get things done in Washington if you can deflect the attention to something artificially created, meaning class warfare. Also, we do not know the whole story about what happened in Oakland, just what the person taking the video wants us to see. (What happened before that and so on.) Do I think that there is greed, yes. Do I think that Obama is answer, NO!
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term, then go home and back to work.
OK Geno. I like your program. Every step makes sense to me. It's fair and honest to make them work for the pay and benefits after they win the election. Now, how do we send this 7 step bill to Congress? Is there some way we the people can pop it into some Facebook page or Twitter it onto some political forum in Washington? Or do we send this to our local Congressman who will do nothing about it? What's the next step? I'm ready to do something. Unfortunately, our government doesn't provide any way for the people to send back actual ideas like these.
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I think a teacher should have mastered his subject to the point that he could answer anything a student could come up with. I think the new-comers find out about what a classroom can become and get the easy office job. The salary is a whole political nightmare that is really another whole thread.
The CEO of a large corporation does not have this level of knowledge about anything. He finds a way in to the high roller club and plays that game. I bet there a lot's of wanna-be CEOs waiting in the wings for one of the big boys to go down. It's quite an exclusive group. You don't just stand in some line to get started. It really helps if your daddy was in there before. There can be exceptions to my rule here. I have met quite a few of the middle-management guys at Goldman-Sachs, Merrill Lynch, CitiBank, and BOA. They were all customers of mine when we came on the market with videoconferencing back in the 70's.
I had to install systems in the CEO offices of all of these companies. I heard a lot of gossip. I got a point of view and watched everyone get bonuses because they installed my system.
I believe the situation we have today is making the revolutionary approach the only thing we have left to do. In Red Dawn the enemy just landed here and took over a large portion of America. The economic system is making foreclosures common in all parts of the Country. We're all a bit fed up with the 1% running the show. There's no one out there fighting for the regular citizen. We need to take back our Country. In Red Dawn the enemy was Russia and Cuba. The flashbangs are being thrown at American citizens who want some recognition by our government. I don't see the big difference.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term, then go home and back to work.
Is there some way we the people can pop it into some Facebook page or Twitter it onto some political forum in Washington? Or do we send this to our local Congressman who will do nothing about it?
What's the next step? I'm ready to do something. Unfortunately, our government doesn't provide any way for the people to send back actual ideas like these.