Occupy Dallas

[Silverback]

Bro, you're one web page away from being a social media tycoon!

Fuck Social Media, I'll stick with Furburger. Furburger Magazine had some downs in the last several quarters, but now that BroncoJohnny is back running things, we should have a big FY13 with the relaunch of the "Granny Doin Wrong" series, and the latest additions "Face Down in the Toilet" and "Stuff Her Full of Household Items".

[mstng86]

Soooooooooo it's 9:20am, how is the protest going?

[Denny]

Agreed, but those are the exception, not the norm.

Bro, you're one web page away from being a social media tycoon!

[Silverback]

You still can. Maybe not so much the highschool but you definitely don't need the college part.

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, The FB guy, all college drop outs. I am sure there are more but those popped into my head.

Agreed, but those are the exception, not the norm.

[347Mike]

just throwing this out there... but there was a time where Americans could drop out of high school and become something. the focus has become so fixed on a college education not skills. Everyone wants a easy office job outsourcing to someone else, but people just aren't willing to pursue it any more. Most drop outs who make it, make it because they had to, they had drive and work ethic, or families to support. They were forced to succeed, kids today graduate and expect to succeed. And it really pissed me off because half of them half no skills or work ethic and they would end up under my boss's wing and i had to fix all the mistakes they made. Thats the reason I own my own company, and dabble in other types of finance.

You still can. Maybe not so much the highschool but you definitely don't need the college part.

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, The FB guy, all college drop outs. I am sure there are more but those popped into my head.

[Denny]

It is only about theft through purchasing power if you have put your money in something that doesn't adjust for inflation. That is, the government steals from people who don't invest wisely. As I said above, the other choice is an inflexible money supply based on something like gold where wealth is destroyed every 20 years because credit dries up.

Or just build an economy that says FUCK DEBT... just sayin'.

[Denny]

just throwing this out there... but there was a time where Americans could drop out of high school and become something. the focus has become so fixed on a college education not skills. Everyone wants a easy office job outsourcing to someone else, but people just aren't willing to pursue it any more. Most drop outs who make it, make it because they had to, they had drive and work ethic, or families to support. They were forced to succeed, kids today graduate and expect to succeed. And it really pissed me off because half of them half no skills or work ethic and they would end up under my boss's wing and i had to fix all the mistakes they made. Thats the reason I own my own company, and dabble in other types of finance.

I've had more issues with work ethic and incompetence from the college grads that worked both under and above me than I have with those that have worked their way in/up on their own without a formal education and stupid piece of paper stating they spent some time in school post-high school.

Granted, there are several professions that require advanced education that no one should argue its necessity (doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc) but employers are missing out on great employees with proven work experience (even specific to the job in question) to that stupid piece of paper and some brat with no experience.

[Broncojohnny]

Nah, they just used this fiat as a way to leverage without leveraging. Don't have enough cash? Print more. Can't print it all right now, run a line of debt with controlled inflation every year. It also justifies more spending (investing in the financial institutions that created this) for the government.

1910- JP Morgan's secret little meeting with the other big players at that time on Jeckyl Island... 1913 comes around and BAM! Federal Reserve is born. 1933 gold confiscation and dollar is worth less and less every day. EVERY DAY!

It's all about theft through purchasing power.

It is only about theft through purchasing power if you have put your money in something that doesn't adjust for inflation. That is, the government steals from people who don't invest wisely. As I said above, the other choice is an inflexible money supply based on something like gold where wealth is destroyed every 20 years because credit dries up.

[forbes]

just throwing this out there... but there was a time where Americans could drop out of high school and become something. the focus has become so fixed on a college education not skills. Everyone wants a easy office job outsourcing to someone else, but people just aren't willing to pursue it any more. Most drop outs who make it, make it because they had to, they had drive and work ethic, or families to support. They were forced to succeed, kids today graduate and expect to succeed. And it really pissed me off because half of them half no skills or work ethic and they would end up under my boss's wing and i had to fix all the mistakes they made. Thats the reason I own my own company, and dabble in other types of finance.

[mustangguy289]

Herman Cain to Occupy Wall Street protesters: If you're not rich 'blame yourself'

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/poli...#ixzz1Zxj0EAlY

Another reason to like this guy!

[Bassics]

In mediaval Europe, and even during the empire that preceded, gold was still part of a fiat currency.

Anyone who thinks wealth is pigeon-holed because of a fiat currency may want to examine Marcus Crassus.

The fiat exists when the note becomes wealth and not the reserve.

[Bassics]

You're wrong. Open a history book and learn you something about the east Indies trading company.

Do you really think the media would be airing legitimate protestors? Why dont you just sit back and enjoy your koolaid the government will take care of this disturbance

I think he probably has, and noted it was a state sponsored monopoly with extraordinary powers.

There are exchanges all over the world and they compete for blood. the opposite of a monopoly.

[line-em-up]

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I can see it now, lots of dirty hippies with eight fish hooks in their face, giant hoops in their ears and sleeve tats saying the world isn't fair because no one wants to give them a job.

It'll look like a Rob Zombie concert.

[Denny]

Sounds great, I'm all for it, tell us how we'd want to go about that given the fact that the gold standard was a failure.

Nah, they just used this fiat as a way to leverage without leveraging. Don't have enough cash? Print more. Can't print it all right now, run a line of debt with controlled inflation every year. It also justifies more spending (investing in the financial institutions that created this) for the government.

1910- JP Morgan's secret little meeting with the other big players at that time on Jeckyl Island... 1913 comes around and BAM! Federal Reserve is born. 1933 gold confiscation and dollar is worth less and less every day. EVERY DAY!

It's all about theft through purchasing power.

[Broncojohnny]

We need constitutional money. Its not capatilism when the game is rigged. The Fed steals our money through inflation and sends it overseas to offshore banks. (literally)

Sounds great, I'm all for it, tell us how we'd want to go about that given the fact that the gold standard was a failure.