Obvious Truth

As has been demonstrated over and over again ... free-market capitalism creates wealth ... whereas socialism ... modified by any squishy adjective ... destroys wealth. Arm-waving rhetoric denying this obvious truth is not believable ... it is diabolical.

Quotable Quote

The world has never had so much wealth with so little comfort ... so much knowledge with so little understanding. — Anon.

Just a Gigolo

There is a man who was prone to marry

Women who would name him beneficiary

To much of their wealth.

Should be in bad health.

His name, of course, John Forbes Kerry.

Obvious Truth #31

"Nationalism is to capitalism as globalism is to socialism" -- Anon.

Like the 'invisible hand' of capitalism produces overall individual benefit ... so does the economic self-interest of nationalism produce an equivalent expansion in the wealth of nations.

Fractured Definition

Alimony -- The wealth that the prizefighter once named Cassius Clay had received from all his bouts.

Obvious Truth #3

Politics is an easier path to plutocratic wealth than is entrepreneurship ... particularly for the slow-witted. -- Anon.

Just Rewards

The incredible wealth that most elected politicians somehow quickly and easily accumulate is their just rewards for having to work with all their many sanctimonious, corrupt, mendacious, demagogic and greedy compatriots. -- Anon.

History Lesson

The persistence of Socialism (and its evil twin, Communism) is one of the best examples of mankind's stubborn inability to learn from the difficult lessons of history. This, of course, advantages those who can fathom the counterintuitive nature of Capitalism -- Greed creates Wealth, whereas Charity creates Poverty.

Today's Quote

Wealth is the juice that can be extracted from knowledge -- Anon.

Three Wishes

What would I wish for if a (Muslim?) Genie were to give me three wishes?

1) Grant the world a complete understanding of the science of our life experience -- Earth's likely future?, life elsewhere in the Universe?, human population limits?, complete understanding of photosynthesis?, limits of human lifespan?, disease cures?, future of fusion as an energy source?, can man inhabit other worlds?, how magnetism works?, how gravity works?, is the speed of light the limit of speed?,  parallel universes?, worm holes?, existence of an afterlife?, the ultimate in subatomic particles?, etc., etc.

2) Cause a glorious Renaissance in the (non-political) arts that lasts throughout eternity.

3) Make all the bad actors in the world forever decide it makes no sense to wage war. The only competition allowed would be mercantilism and non-lethal sports contests.

3.5) Make me, all my family and all my friends (and this blog's readers)  as wealthy as we want to be and as healthy as we need be.

3.75) Bring the Clinton crime family to justice.