On Feb 27, 1:15 pm, "Jim Thompson" To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com wrote:
"James Arthur" wrote in message

...



On Feb 27, 12:27 pm, Martin Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:35:22 +0100, in sci.electronics.design
"Frithiof Andreas Jensen"

wrote:

"Jim Thompson" skrev i
en
...

http://www.marke****ch.com/news/stor...7B40D68525%2DB...

Feb. 26, 2008

.................................................. ................................................

As the broader market began to regain lost ground, crude prices for
April delivery gained 2.3% to a new high of $101.11 a barrel on the
New York Mercantile Exchange, surpassing crude's last record of
$100.65 hit last week.

...Jim Thompson

What people *should* be watching is the price of Wheat, Soy Beans e.t.c.
because that is where trouble will come from. In the middle east, India
and
Pakistan people are going from being middle class to having to choose
between heating and eating! China has enacted price controls -
*ensuring* a
shortage (maybe they will shoot some farmers to get the point across
that it
is well to produce at a loss)

PS:
And welcome to the brand new regime of Ressource limited growth
replacing
Finance limited growth. South Africa's mines are running below capacity
due
to lack of electricity.

This sort of sums it
uphttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natur...

andhttp://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-food26feb26,0,3838970.story

Not fair--Mr. Bush responds wholeheartedly (if ill-advisedly)--with
Congress in tow--to their (Greens in general, and the LA Times in
particular) criticism about not supporting alternative fuels, then
they lambaste him when he does.

That's not helpful. We need less advocacy & more sensible
discussion. But I suppose it's outrage that sells.

Cheers,
James Arthur

It is more than fair.

I mean it's not fair for these same guys to criticize the man for
doing the very thing they demanded he do.

I'll tell you why, when it comes to do the right
thing, Bush did everything too late. And when it comes to do the wrong
thing, he did it foolishly and very quickly.

Mostly no quarrel there, and I agree that biofuel's a bad idea.
Greenies and other conspiracy-types think there's some easy,
suppressed solution. There isn't.

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.

Cheers,
James Arthur

"James Arthur" wrote in message
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On Feb 27, 1:15 pm, "Jim Thompson" To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com wrote:
"James Arthur" wrote in message

...



On Feb 27, 12:27 pm, Martin Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:35:22 +0100, in sci.electronics.design
"Frithiof Andreas Jensen"

wrote:

"Jim Thompson" skrev
i
en
...

http://www.marke****ch.com/news/stor...7B40D68525%2DB...

Feb. 26, 2008

.................................................. ................................................

As the broader market began to regain lost ground, crude prices for
April delivery gained 2.3% to a new high of $101.11 a barrel on the
New York Mercantile Exchange, surpassing crude's last record of
$100.65 hit last week.

...Jim Thompson

What people *should* be watching is the price of Wheat, Soy Beans
e.t.c.
because that is where trouble will come from. In the middle east,
India
and
Pakistan people are going from being middle class to having to choose
between heating and eating! China has enacted price controls -
*ensuring* a
shortage (maybe they will shoot some farmers to get the point across
that it
is well to produce at a loss)

PS:
And welcome to the brand new regime of Ressource limited growth
replacing
Finance limited growth. South Africa's mines are running below
capacity
due
to lack of electricity.

This sort of sums it
uphttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natur...

andhttp://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-food26feb26,0,3838970.story

Not fair--Mr. Bush responds wholeheartedly (if ill-advisedly)--with
Congress in tow--to their (Greens in general, and the LA Times in
particular) criticism about not supporting alternative fuels, then
they lambaste him when he does.

That's not helpful. We need less advocacy & more sensible
discussion. But I suppose it's outrage that sells.

Cheers,
James Arthur

It is more than fair.

I mean it's not fair for these same guys to criticize the man for
doing the very thing they demanded he do.

I'll tell you why, when it comes to do the right
thing, Bush did everything too late. And when it comes to do the wrong
thing, he did it foolishly and very quickly.

Mostly no quarrel there, and I agree that biofuel's a bad idea.
Greenies and other conspiracy-types think there's some easy,
suppressed solution. There isn't.

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.

Cheers,
James Arthur


I got the magic to double the MPG, just because I'm funny doesn't mean the
magic doesn't exist. I've been driving a (doubled MPG) Mercedes and
Infiniti for over two years now. I gave one to my gf, and she loves my
technology.



...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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|
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASICK's and Discrete Systems | manus |
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| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Freedom Abusers, Because of the Rat *******s.

On Feb 27, 1:36 pm, "Jim Thompson" To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com wrote:

"James Arthur" wrote:

[...]

Mostly no quarrel there, and I agree that biofuel's a bad idea.
Greenies and other conspiracy-types think there's some easy,
suppressed solution. There isn't.

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.


I got the magic to double the MPG, just because I'm funny doesn't mean the
magic doesn't exist. I've been driving a (doubled MPG) Mercedes and
Infiniti for over two years now. I gave one to my gf, and she loves my
technology.

...Jim Thompson

Nah, you don't even have the technology to properly imitate Jim.

Cheers,
James Arthur

"James Arthur" wrote in message
...
On Feb 27, 1:36 pm, "Jim Thompson" To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com wrote:

"James Arthur" wrote:

[...]

Mostly no quarrel there, and I agree that biofuel's a bad idea.
Greenies and other conspiracy-types think there's some easy,
suppressed solution. There isn't.

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.


I got the magic to double the MPG, just because I'm funny doesn't mean
the
magic doesn't exist. I've been driving a (doubled MPG) Mercedes and
Infiniti for over two years now. I gave one to my gf, and she loves my
technology.

...Jim Thompson

Nah, you don't even have the technology to properly imitate Jim.

Cheers,
James Arthur



Too late, you lose.



...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et
|
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASICK's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 |
|
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Rat ******* |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Freedom Abusers, Because of the Rat *******s.

On Feb 27, 1:30*pm, James Arthur wrote:

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. *Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.

What the hell kind of country would this be if you could not steal
from your neighbors legally?

I especially like the last sentence:

"To the intellectual the social device of capitalism
offers a displeasing picture. Why? In his own terms,
here are self-seeking men in quest of personal aggran-
dizement. How? By providing consumers with things they
want or can be induced to want. The same intellectual,
puzzlingly, is not shocked by the workings of hedonist
democracy; here also self-seeking men accomplish their
aggrandizement by promising to other men things they
want or are induced to demand. The difference seems to
lie mainly in that the capitalist delivers the goods."
--Bertrand de Jouvenel,
_Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals_

On Feb 27, 2:06 pm, Simon S Aysdie wrote:
On Feb 27, 1:30 pm, James Arthur wrote:

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.

What the hell kind of country would this be if you could not steal
from your neighbors legally?

I especially like the last sentence:

"To the intellectual the social device of capitalism
offers a displeasing picture. Why? In his own terms,
here are self-seeking men in quest of personal aggran-
dizement. How? By providing consumers with things they
want or can be induced to want. The same intellectual,
puzzlingly, is not shocked by the workings of hedonist
democracy; here also self-seeking men accomplish their
aggrandizement by promising to other men things they
want or are induced to demand. The difference seems to
lie mainly in that the capitalist delivers the goods."
--Bertrand de Jouvenel,
_Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals_

http://silentpc.org/university/bastiat.php

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:32 -0800 (PST), in sci.electronics.design
James Arthur wrote:

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur
That quote is worthy of Mencken


martin

"Martin Griffith" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:32 -0800 (PST), in sci.electronics.design
James Arthur wrote:

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur
That quote is worthy of Mencken


martin



May I disagree with you?



...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et
|
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASICK's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 |
|
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Rat ******* |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Freedom Abusers, Because of the Rat *******s.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:30:44 -0800, in sci.electronics.design "Jim
Thompson" wrote:


"Martin Griffith" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:32 -0800 (PST), in sci.electronics.design
James Arthur wrote:

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur
That quote is worthy of Mencken


martin



May I disagree with you?



...Jim Thompson
Don't we always?



martin

Martin Griffith wrote:

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:30:44 -0800, in sci.electronics.design "Jim
Thompson" wrote:


"Martin Griffith" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:32 -0800 (PST), in sci.electronics.design
James Arthur wrote:

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur
That quote is worthy of Mencken


martin



May I disagree with you?



...Jim Thompson
Don't we always?


You should. You're replying to a forged message, posted through
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Jim Thompson wrote:
"Martin Griffith" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:22:32 -0800 (PST), in sci.electronics.design
James Arthur wrote:

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

Cheers,
James Arthur
That quote is worthy of Mencken


martin



May I disagree with you?



...Jim Thompson

Just to help us understand, give us some Mencken quotes.

On Feb 27, 2:22*pm, James Arthur wrote:
On Feb 27, 2:06 pm, Simon S Aysdie wrote:





On Feb 27, 1:30 pm, James Arthur wrote:

Everyone wants magic, wants it free, and don't bother us with the
details. *Government, in the business of pleasing people, is more than
happy to oblige...politicians of both parties *love* to spend money on
their constituents, no matter what the cause.

What the hell kind of country would this be if you could not steal
from your neighbors legally?

I especially like the last sentence:

"To the intellectual the social device of capitalism
offers a displeasing picture. Why? In his own terms,
here are self-seeking men in quest of personal aggran-
dizement. How? By providing consumers with things they
want or can be induced to want. The same intellectual,
puzzlingly, is not shocked by the workings of hedonist
democracy; here also self-seeking men accomplish their
aggrandizement by promising to other men things they
want or are induced to demand. The difference seems to
lie mainly in that the capitalist delivers the goods."
* *--Bertrand de Jouvenel,
* * *_Treatment of Capitalism by Intellectuals_

http://silentpc.org/university/bastiat.php

"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else." - Claude F. Bastiat
(1801-1850)

It really is a fiction, and I guess we can take that to mean people
love fiction. There is, however, somebody benefiting:

http://www.forbes.com/realestate/200...hisSpeed=30000
http://www.forbes.com/realestate/200...hisSpeed=30000

Guvmint lining guvmint pockets -- who woulda ever thunk it?