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Friday August 22, 2014 · 9:46 AM PDT

2014/08/22 · 09:46

Ronald Reagan was certainly not a super intellect by anyone's definition but he did once say something that is really permanently true.

He said then that

" People say there are no simple answers but they are wrong.

There are simple answers: there just are no Easy Answers".

The simple truth is that there is nothing wrong in the world right now that cant be rectified by one simple response of the US Government and that simple response is to simply NUKE Syria

And then say ---

"This is what will happen to any one or any country or any city or any state that doesn't start acting like responsible citizens of the 21st century world should be acting"

Isn't it time to Admit it ?

rontripp

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Tuesday August 12, 2014 · 1:56 PM PDT

2014/08/12 · 13:56

The true tragedy of the Robin Williams Suicide is that everyone saw it unfolding and American Medicine was powerless to prevent it ---

Because there is no money in curing a disease

The money is in treating it

This will be a strange Diary But I am at my wits end

rontripp

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Wednesday August 06, 2014 · 12:02 PM PDT

2014/08/06 · 12:02

I Was laid off over 5 weeks ago and ever since then I have tried unsuccessfully to find the address and phone number of the local Unemployment office for Broome County New York.

I know this State tries desperately to force anyone who loses their job to either move out of state or commit suicide but I think this is going to far.

Can any reader out there provide me with this information

Thank you all

This Needs to be Said

rontripp

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Friday July 25, 2014 · 1:29 PM PDT

2014/07/25 · 13:29

When I first started following this blog because my daughter had been essentially murdered by the American Health Care System some ten years ago and DKos was fortunate enough to have NYCEVE on its list of contributors, the first thing I learned was that KOS wanted "Think Pieces" instead of much more effective Bumper Sticker Diaries.

I think that edict was wrong headed and of course many important writers no longer contribute here just because of that.

But on the outside chance that wisdom has prevailed in the ensuing years let me addresss a different topic.

I am 77 years old and I have been working since I was 16 ( on my birthday ) but two weeks ago I got laid off and tried to appylyfor Unemployment Insurance.

Keep reading the rest is short

rontripp

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Friday June 13, 2014 · 9:48 AM PDT

2014/06/13 · 09:48

Someone told me a long time ago that the secret to life was to make something good come from everything bad that happens to you

The recent problems with the extended VA Wait Times can be a case in point.

Even though the Congress has belatedly begun to take steps to rectify the VA problem it obviously is a very sad situation and we need to get to the bottom of what caused it and get it fixed very quickly.

But - and it is a very large But - We need to fix it ( and a related problem ) in such a way that the problems stays fixed and in fact can never recur again.

Only in that way will we truly be able to say that we have taken this terrible thing and made something good come out of it.

A suggested way to do this is discussed below the fold.

rontripp

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Monday February 24, 2014 · 4:15 AM PST

2014/02/24 · 04:15

For those unfamiliar with the word Pareto, it is the last name of an Italian Statistician/ Economist who in the thirties noticed that a great many natural phenomenon followed what came to be called the 80/20 Rule - namely that very often if one was trying to identify which of several items was causing the most improvement in a given operation they should first order the potential causes in descending order of their magnitude.

When this was done what Pareto noted was that very often only 20% of the items accounted for 80% of the desireable effects.

If this principle were followed today for the disribution of wealth in the US economy one would therefore expect to find that 80% of the wealth was concentrated in the hands of 20% of its citizens.

But what do we find instead?

We find that as of 2007, the last year for which we have reliable data, 93% of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of just 1% of the people.

Pareto must be spinning in his grave don't you think?

What on earth could turn this once highly reliable tool so badly on its head?

Keep reading-

rontripp

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Tuesday January 14, 2014 · 10:52 AM PST

2014/01/14 · 10:52

I am trying to determine who authored the quote below.

"Whenever it is widely recognized that Power is the creation of its victims, the world trembles."

My recollection is that this first appeared in an article in Harvard Business Review several years ago.

rontripp

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Wednesday August 14, 2013 · 5:53 AM PDT

2013/08/14 · 05:53

I personally was shocked to hear AG Holder sound off recently about what he says appears to be racial bias in the enforcement of the nations laws.

And even more shocked when the word he used to describe this practice was "shameful".

rontripp

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Friday January 25, 2013 · 11:05 AM PST

2013/01/25 · 11:05

1) The world is round.

2) It did not suddenly spring into existence 6000 years ago

3) Evolution actually happens

4) Global Warming is really taking place at this moment and is a threat to the world

5) The American Government does not work for the benefit of the American People. It works for the benefit of its Lord and Masters in K Street.

6) Government will not cure itself of the Deadly K Street Disease

7) That will require an amendment to the Constitution that bans money from the Political Process.

rontripp

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 10:58 AM PDT

2012/10/18 · 10:58

This is going to be short but it is important.

Clearly, for unknown reasons, a continuing discussion of Romney's refusal to release his past tax returns - especially the one from the Tax Amnesty Year of 2009 - by the National Media is "Off the Table".

But what about taking a different tact?

The Citizen's of the United States are not, as a matter of Law, entitled to view another citizen's tax returns.

But we are entitled - as a matter of simple logic - to know the identity of people who have committed major crimes against the United States Government and certainly Tax Evasion is just such a crime. It is after all our money that these guys have been stealing.

That being the case it should be a simple matter to insist that the DOJ release the names of all the Felons who sought and received the Amnesty offered in 2009.

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum

Is this true? And what does it mean if it is?

rontripp

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Wednesday March 07, 2012 · 10:50 AM PST

2012/03/07 · 10:50

The item below just showed up in my E Mail Inbox

I don't know if it is true or not but on the premise that it is, doesn't this make the readers of this Blog wonder if there really is no difference between the two major political parties and both are simply trying to devise ways to trickle wealth up from the 99% to the 1%?

If some of this is fabrication feel free to say so and correct the record.

I no longer have a dog in this fight but some of you must.

rontripp

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Friday October 14, 2011 · 5:14 AM PDT

2011/10/14 · 05:14

Some will say this is too short to be a Diary but in a town where a "Bumper Sticker beats an Essay" that should not be a problem

I looked all over, albeit quickly, to see if someone had posted on this but I should have known better.

Although they studiously avoided using the word, Rachel had a Harvard Professor on her show last night who has written a book apparantly comparing the current dysfunctional Congress to a drunk who cannot bring himself to seek help to break his habit.

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