Keith Nagel's recent OT Social [In]Security Post got me to thinking... The thing that infuriates me the most about the Bush administration's Social Security Reform attempt is its utter futility at actually improving the average U.S. citizen's standard of living as the plan their retirement years. From my perspective it's just another elaborate shell game that redistributes a finite amount of beans from one pocket to another, the question being: whose pockets will the beans eventually end up in.
As anyone who has ever played the stock market and ESPECIALLY commodities market will tell you: There are buyers and sellers. It takes two individuals to complete a transaction. When a transaction is completed one individual tends to make a profit at the expense of the other. This "profit/loss" mantra is particularly true for those hearty souls who play (or should I say: gamble) within the highly volatile commodities market. Granted, I assume that the Bush SSNO reform scheme is not proposing that any of its citizens gamble the future of their social security by playing the commodities market. Never the less, the buying and selling of stocks in the stock market often implies that some individuals, regardless of whether they are really smart or just plain dumb lucky, will make a profit. The point being: A profit tends to be made at the expense of those they complete the transaction against. The utter futility of Bush's SSNo reform plan implies that only those who are "smart or just plain dumb lucky" will tend to benefit. IMHO: It's not the president's job to assist those who are "smart or just plain dumb lucky." It's always been my impression that the president's job is to assist and improve the lives of ALL U.S. CITIZENS who voted (or didn't vote) him into office. Bush's plan favors the "smart or just plain dumb lucky." It's always been my hope that the elected official that was voted into the highest office of our land would spend more of his time on figuring out how to reduce the over-all cost of energy so that ALL U.S. citizens would benefit, instead of implementing the equivalent of a "shell game" where only the smart or just plain dumb lucky will tend to benefit. Said differently: Reduce the cost of energy and EVERYONE benefits. EVERYONE's standard of living has a chance to improve. Mr. Rothwell has already explained this paradigm more eloquently than I even could. OTOH, start playing the stock market with our SSNO and only the "smart or just plain dumb lucky" will tend to benefit when it's time to retire. Bush is not doing his job. This is a recipe that will allow more senior citizens to spend their golden years working under the Golden Arches rather than enjoying what creative pursuits they have left to give back to society. "May I take your order, sir? Two Big Macks? Yes, sir, right away." So, what else is new. Frustrated in Madison, Wisconsin. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
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Observing the vortex produced in a clear plexiglas tank of water by a high
speed rotating member facing down with a clockwise rotation I notice the cone of
the vortex is at the surface and counterclockwise due to the vortex
curling 180 degrees from the face of the rotating member up to the
surface. The diameter of the vortex remains near constant until it approaches
the water surface when it expands to the familar parabolic form. a measured
amount of air can be induced at the member due to vacuum. The air allows the
many shed vortices to become visible in the water that move in many directions.
A water vortex is made up of many spirals some of which appear to
be flowing opposite from the main bands.
These spirals remind me of a model of a DNA molecule.. hmmm.
Reading a recent research paper where light was "
frozen" reminds me of what happens when a water vortex is disturbed.. it
collapses.
Thinking of the frozen light experiment, I try to imagine what is taking
place. I have considered the event may be similar to impinging
on a water vortex... " IF" light is actually in spiral helix form and
interrupting ( impinging) the helix may be what causes the light
to freeze. If light is actually composed of 3 components it could better explain
why sunlight can heat a surface after traveling the distance through space at
near absolute zero temperature.
The water vortex may reveal one of the " capacitor" properties of water. If
water and light have 3 components and are spiral helix
in form there may be a way to " interrupt or impinge on one
of the bands to " trigger" the capacitor.
Looking at Ecclesiastes 4;12 I read a sentence made by the Teacher.. "
a cord of three strands is not quickly broken".
may offer a clue.
Some of the most unseeming comments expressed in this group have led
to stimulation of thought which is the real worth of
the VortexL.
Richard
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