Quote of the Day: Rockefeller's Inner Conflicts

Quote of the Day:

Ron Chernow

A couple of interesting insights into the inner conflict that was 'Rockefeller':

"To cope with excess production, many in Saginaw salt companies opted for cooperation and joined a cartel arrangement to try to prop up salt prices, providing a precedent for Standard Oil."-pg. 107 Titan

"It is deeply ironic that Rockefeller, a staunch temperance, got one of his most significant cash infusions from questionable gains in liquor." pg. 108 Titan

Read All About It: Get Your Part Time Job, Obamacare Is Coming!

     Has anyone been looking for a full time job in the United States recently?  Any luck?  I didn't think so.  With Obamacare looming on the horizon, companies are refusing to hire people full time so as to avoid the large increase in health insurance expenditure.  Many in Obama's own government know the plan is flawed beyond repair, but instead of repealing it, Obama exempts most government employees at the top level and 1200 large corporations.  Who is not exempt?  You and I.  If we do not acquire the necessary insurance we will be fined by the government.  So is this really the 'free' healthcare you thought you were going to get?

     The reality is there are only a certain amount of doctors in the country, and just because you say everyone should receive care it does not change the numbers of doctors available.  It's basic line theory once again.  I like to use the example of there being one McDonald's in a city and no other options, and suddenly the owner says 'All meals are free.'.  What would be the outcome?  You would see cars lined up for blocks to get their 'free' meal, but in the end many would wait so long they would starve to death.  Our country does offer emergency service to anyone who needs it, but even in a pay for service medical system, there are not enough doctors and people die in waiting rooms.  So if you suddenly allow everyone who has a cold to rush to the doctor for free, how long do you think you will be waiting?  Maybe the government will force hundreds of thousands of people to go to medical school, but is forced labor an answer?

     The reality is that Obama and his big government cohorts want, Republican and Democrat alike, is for many to just pay the fine and go without the insurance, because that increases tax revenue.  They understand that many young people will just opt to pay the fine because they don't plan on getting sick, but that only means that the few that do get really sick will be sitting in the same waiting room as before, only they will have paid a fine and the government will have padded its pockets.  Wake up people.  If it sounds to good to be true...

By Jeffrey Brandon Lee 

Quote of the Day: History Channel's 'The Men Who Built America's' Error

Quote of the Day:

Ron Chernow

"The biggest plum they dangled before Devereux was a promise to supply the Lake Shore with an astonishing sixty carloads of refined oil daily."-They being Rockefeller and his business partner.

According to the History Channel's series the men who negotiated the deal for sixty carloads was Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt's son.  Make's you wonder what else they were inaccurate about.  Never trust, but always confirm!

Quote of the Day: Rome's Constantly Growing Government Spells Doom For US

Quote of the Day:
Jack Weatherford

Government Spending In Rome:

"Unable to stem the imperial decline with the army, the emperors organized and reorganized their imperial administrations, searching desperately for a formula to help them overcome the mounting problems confronting them.  They created more and smaller provinces, split the empire, and divided the job of ruler between an emperor and two or more caesars who acted as assistants or regional emperors.  Each change, however, added a new layer of administration to the hierarchy and created new regional and local capitals along with all the supernumeraries, palaces, temples, and other public buildings to which even regional capitals aspired.  Despite the constant stream of organizational reforms, officials were rarely cut from the public payroll; instead more were added.  According to the best available evidence, during the reign of Diocletian alone, the government bureaucracy may have doubled in size."

Sounds a little like our government and the fact that our national debt has doubled since Obama took office.

Quote of the Day: Communism, Equality, and Democrats

Quote of the Day:
James H. Billington

"First came the political ideal...Second came the emotional ideal...Finally came the intellectual ideal of creating a nonhierarchial socioeconomic community.  This was the rationalistic concept of equality: the collective sharing of goods within a community free of all social and economic distinctions."

Its ironic that Democrats want financial equality, but also want to place us all in social classes such as; black, white, Christian, atheist, or Mormon.  It is the age old failure of Communism.  When everyone feels entitled to equal consumption, why would they choose to work?  If I get the same paycheck for playing games as I do for building a house many will choose to stay home.  What Democrats really want, is to place us in their pre-defined roles, and with them in firm control all is well.  Do you ever wonder why the richest men in Congress are Democrat or 'Landed Gentry'?  It's because if they convince you your stuck in some economic situation, you will cease to be a threat to their wealth.

P.S.  While I searched on google for 'Pictures of Communism' I had to spell out every letter before google suggested 'Communism'.  Just a glitch right?