Commence the Economic Recovery

The one bit of good news that can be taken from this week is that I think the economy is now likely to begin picking up.  The overwhelming majority of the money in America is now on Wall Street and in the highest income levels, and after they caused the financial crisis I think there was a genuine fear that the general public was going to institute "wealth spreading programs" aimed squarely at creating more economic balance.  Similar to what happened after the Great Depression.  Business, and banks, have been raking in profits for the last year, but they've been holding out on the fear that the freshly impoverished American citizen was coming after their money, with various taxes on the rich that would provide people with free healthcare, pay for some of these wars, etc...Obama had the unique ability to do what FDR did the last time wealth concentration brought the system down, but alas he didn't.  And now more importantly, given the make up of congress he can't.  The money will begin to trickle down to the rest of us again, now that we can all be sure the bulk of it is safely secure at the top.  The healthcare debate taught the American public a valuable lesson.  Concentrated corporate wealth will determine what and how much the general public deserves, not the other way around.  If we even debate tinkering with that system, 1/5  of us will be unemployed while the wealth concentration at the top financially rewards itself at record levels.  But that threat is over with so the economy will now begin to recover, from the top down of course.  The larger point: we're all poor now so we'd all be wise to start acting like it.  There is no middle class pathway to the top anymore, just get there however you can.  I don't know what you're doing, but my album will be dropping next month. 

Republican Party Wins Big in 2010 Midterms!?!

George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party. Correction. George W. Bush nearly destroyed the United States of America and the Republican Party was more or less collateral damage. However you choose to arrive at that conclusion it's fairly clear that whatever it is the Republican Party is selling, it's unwanted by the American people and maybe even more important it just doesn't work. More than doesn't work, after eight years it actually produced negative outcomes. Thus President Obama was handed a country in uniquely perilous economic conditions and he has attempted throughout the beginning of his presidency…….Wait a minute, what? ....Uh,……this is awkward….I guess the Republicans are back.

The Time I Went to a Haunted House

Now that Halloween is safely behind us, here's a story about the only time I've ever been to a haunted house and the reason why I'll never go to another one again.

Social Network, The Founding of Facebook, and The Minds Of Silicon Valley

 "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies." First of all, something tells me if I had 500 million friends I'd be more than alright having a few enemies. That's a sentiment that I'm sure that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook identifies with. Second, the enemies of Zuckerberg as portrayed in the movie Social Network all eventually see a handsome payday so how villainous can they really be—plus I bet they all have a Facebook page. Third, nothing discussed above really has anything to do with the larger story, the deeper narrative, the fascinating tale that is Facebook and the way social networking is changing the world, so what was the point of the movie? The point isn't that the world is changing because of the mind of Mark Zuckerberg and that's a problem.