Back in 2016, Mini-Mike Bloomberg was at a forum and uttered the immortal lines:
“I could teach anybody in this room to be a farmer. It’s a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on to, add water, up comes the corn.”
But he wasn't finished.....because then he added that information technology had arrived, and things were "fundamentally different, because it’s built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets you need to learn are how to think and analyze and that is a whole degree level different, you need to have different skill set, you have to have a lot more gray matter.”
I sat and watched the video of this event here in the AM.....maybe four times. It kinda bothered me.
Back in the early 1970s, living on the farm as a kid, it was obvious to me that technology was creeping in, and in an average year.....there were probably 100 different technology items that were being funneled into the farm 'world' and the old guys who'd quit school in the ninth-grade in the 1940s.....were screwed. They would be lucky to last out another twenty years, but the idea of low-knowledge idiots becoming farmers were rapidly disappearing.
By the 1990s, if you looked around a typical rural country....there were a thousand different technology items being introduced.
Today? I'd take a guess that it's near 10,000 technology items in a rural county, and farmers are sitting at the feed-store, or in some regional farming 'fair'....absorbing introduction material to things approaching in the next year or two.
I look at Bloomberg and kinda suspect that he hasn't hung out with regular people (carpenters, plumbers, farmers, bus drivers, or longshoremen) in the past fifty years.
You know who he reminds me of though? Hillary Clinton. She was the same way....she hadn't hung out with regular people either....not since the 1980s. She also talked about knowing things about technology.
So here's the whole angle to technology and farming. Around 300 years ago, in a single year....you might have had one single technology advancement introduced to you as a farmer.
Somewhere around the 1880s...the technology advancement went up two or three notches, and you could show up at a state farm exposition (say in Iowa or Ohio), to find forty advancements.
By the 1940s, between articles in farm magazines and farm expositions....you were up to around 300 advancements.
At the present rate? Just within five years, I think a number of farmers will have drones which routinely check on cattle or fence conditions, allowing the farmer to sit at the barn 'office'. Extended weather forecasts will allow farmers to plan out their work for the next ten days, and prevent wasteful periods.
What bothers me here, is that it's actually the moron political figures with zero talent or capability....running for some office, who fake you out with a resume that seems mostly blank or bogus. Maybe it's the farmer who could teach the politician a thing or two.
Monday, 17 February 2020
Sunday, 16 February 2020
Ask Yourself: Why Would a Black Guy Vote for Bloomberg-Clinton
It's a stupid question but with 40-percent of black guys talking of voting for Trump....Bloomberg would need to pick up half of those guys and bring them back.
Would having Hillary on the ticket work?
This is why I don't think the Clinton for VP chatter is legit.
Would having Hillary on the ticket work?
This is why I don't think the Clinton for VP chatter is legit.
Saturday, 15 February 2020
Avoid Talking Fake-Texan
"Now if I were from Texas, I might say Donald Trump is scared as a cat at the dog pound. But since I'm from New York, I put it this way. We're scaring the living hell out of him, and we're just starting right now."
-- Mike Bloomberg, at a Texas rally
I paused over the quote from yesterday. The thing that bothers me about this, is that this is not how a typical Texan would talk or compare things. It sounds like some Yankee-guy who has flown in....got an hour of advice on how to compare things in Texas, and then goes out to chat with Texas folks.
Friday, 14 February 2020
2020 Election
At some point in 2019, the Democratic Party had 28 total folks.....up for the Presidency.
Today? It's basically Mayor Pete, Bernie, and Bloomberg. That's it.
Yes, after two state primaries, it's been whittled down to three individuals.
Warren? She probably never had a chance.
Biden? The age factor should have been discussed in 2018.
The bulk of the rest? Nobodies that people don't remember.
Today? It's basically Mayor Pete, Bernie, and Bloomberg. That's it.
Yes, after two state primaries, it's been whittled down to three individuals.
Warren? She probably never had a chance.
Biden? The age factor should have been discussed in 2018.
The bulk of the rest? Nobodies that people don't remember.
Thursday, 13 February 2020
What About the 40-Percent?
A poll was done and it came out that sixty-percent of Americans think they are better off now, than a year ago. So, the question arises.....what about the other 40-percent.
I sat and pondered over this. What about the other 40-percent or 120-million?
Well....first, if you live in L A, SF, Seattle, or Portland....you'd naturally have conflicting issues with homeless folks, crime, and druggies.....so you would admit things were not better off now.
Second, if you live in NY City, and you were anticipating that Amazon would be advertising all those jobs.....you were screwed royally and things aren't better.
Third, if you work for CNN or MSNBC....it's pretty good odds that you haven't seen a pay-raise, or a promotion, and probably won't see anything marvelous for the next five years.
Fourth, if you were Hillary Clinton.....you still bare a grudge and certainly nothing has improved since 2016.
Fifth, if you were part of the insider crew who were supposed to take the President down by now.....well....you failed....miserably, and 2020 doesn't look that good for you.
Sixth, if you were some stupid teenage idiot back in 2002, and borrowed in the range of $80,000 for your stupid college degree, yeah....you are probably still in debt, and still looking at another three years before it's all paid off.
Seventh, if you lowered yourself into a debt pit over five credit cards and achieved almost $60,000 in debt.....yeah, you are still in serious debt and nothing much has improved over the past decade, and probably won't improve much in the next decade.
Eighth, if you sunk $40,000 into a pontoon boat four years ago, and find it's not used more than four Saturdays per year, and the value has dropped to around $20,000....yep, your life hasn't improved much either.
Ninth, if your wife threw $7,000 in a boob-job last year, and ran off with the Maytag repair guy last week, the odds are that your life hasn't improved much.
Tenth and final.....you do roughly $10,000 worth of meth per year and have been doing that much for six years, it's a pretty sure bet that your life hasn't improved much, and it's a pretty sure bet you will be dead within the next decade.
I sat and pondered over this. What about the other 40-percent or 120-million?
Well....first, if you live in L A, SF, Seattle, or Portland....you'd naturally have conflicting issues with homeless folks, crime, and druggies.....so you would admit things were not better off now.
Second, if you live in NY City, and you were anticipating that Amazon would be advertising all those jobs.....you were screwed royally and things aren't better.
Third, if you work for CNN or MSNBC....it's pretty good odds that you haven't seen a pay-raise, or a promotion, and probably won't see anything marvelous for the next five years.
Fourth, if you were Hillary Clinton.....you still bare a grudge and certainly nothing has improved since 2016.
Fifth, if you were part of the insider crew who were supposed to take the President down by now.....well....you failed....miserably, and 2020 doesn't look that good for you.
Sixth, if you were some stupid teenage idiot back in 2002, and borrowed in the range of $80,000 for your stupid college degree, yeah....you are probably still in debt, and still looking at another three years before it's all paid off.
Seventh, if you lowered yourself into a debt pit over five credit cards and achieved almost $60,000 in debt.....yeah, you are still in serious debt and nothing much has improved over the past decade, and probably won't improve much in the next decade.
Eighth, if you sunk $40,000 into a pontoon boat four years ago, and find it's not used more than four Saturdays per year, and the value has dropped to around $20,000....yep, your life hasn't improved much either.
Ninth, if your wife threw $7,000 in a boob-job last year, and ran off with the Maytag repair guy last week, the odds are that your life hasn't improved much.
Tenth and final.....you do roughly $10,000 worth of meth per year and have been doing that much for six years, it's a pretty sure bet that your life hasn't improved much, and it's a pretty sure bet you will be dead within the next decade.
Nancy's Chat
It's not front-page news and barely gets onto page four.....but on Tuesday of this week....House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a meeting with a top Obama economics adviser.
The topic of discussion? Pelosi wants details on how to explain to Democrats (and likely Republicans as well)....on why the economy REALLY ISN'T as strong as Trump says, and then how to message or brand this to voters.
So you sit there and ponder upon this.
It would be like going up to some farmer who has personally counted 200 head of cattle on his farm yesterday, and then you trying convince him today that there are only 120 head of cattle. Then the farmer might respond that the only way that he's lost 80 head...is that someone cut a hole in the fence, and the cattle escaped off into the night.
I suspect that the economist will sit there and marvel Pelosi with various facts and numbers....that in various California regions....the economy has swiveled up and done poorly. Then he'll mention NY City's loss of Amazon. But none of this will really provoke a message that you'd want to give Democratic voters.
So my advice to Nancy: Go forth and suggest the economy is marginal, and then offer up tax breaks for the regular-working-class people. Offer tax breaks to companies who hire new positioned people. Bring in deregulation. Stomp down on foreign countries that 'dump' products on US markets.
Yes, out-Trump Trump. That's the ticket.
The odds of this reality occurring? Zero. But it'd interesting to hear the guy explain to Nancy that there's stuff going on that hasn't been seen since the 1950s.
Nancy could do advertisements.....some loser kid sitting in a basement....a 4-year degree in his pocket in French literature, and nowhere to market the degree. Some loser on a San Francisco street....living in a tent....talking about his paranoid schizophrenia and inability to work Some loser in a Detroit suburb talking over his customer base dissolving, and business in serious trouble....but avoiding the discussion that he mostly sells crack or marijuana.
No one says much what occurred after the meeting, but I would guess that Nancy opened up a bottle of gin, and had several cocktails by 2 PM. It's going to be a long, long campaign for 2020.
The topic of discussion? Pelosi wants details on how to explain to Democrats (and likely Republicans as well)....on why the economy REALLY ISN'T as strong as Trump says, and then how to message or brand this to voters.
So you sit there and ponder upon this.
It would be like going up to some farmer who has personally counted 200 head of cattle on his farm yesterday, and then you trying convince him today that there are only 120 head of cattle. Then the farmer might respond that the only way that he's lost 80 head...is that someone cut a hole in the fence, and the cattle escaped off into the night.
I suspect that the economist will sit there and marvel Pelosi with various facts and numbers....that in various California regions....the economy has swiveled up and done poorly. Then he'll mention NY City's loss of Amazon. But none of this will really provoke a message that you'd want to give Democratic voters.
So my advice to Nancy: Go forth and suggest the economy is marginal, and then offer up tax breaks for the regular-working-class people. Offer tax breaks to companies who hire new positioned people. Bring in deregulation. Stomp down on foreign countries that 'dump' products on US markets.
Yes, out-Trump Trump. That's the ticket.
The odds of this reality occurring? Zero. But it'd interesting to hear the guy explain to Nancy that there's stuff going on that hasn't been seen since the 1950s.
Nancy could do advertisements.....some loser kid sitting in a basement....a 4-year degree in his pocket in French literature, and nowhere to market the degree. Some loser on a San Francisco street....living in a tent....talking about his paranoid schizophrenia and inability to work Some loser in a Detroit suburb talking over his customer base dissolving, and business in serious trouble....but avoiding the discussion that he mostly sells crack or marijuana.
No one says much what occurred after the meeting, but I would guess that Nancy opened up a bottle of gin, and had several cocktails by 2 PM. It's going to be a long, long campaign for 2020.
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Mayor Pete's Statement
About two days ago.....Mayor Pete (Pete Buttigieg) made a statement that parents can’t explain Trump to their kids. He meant this in a way that suggested nine-year-old kids were curious over the election, Trump, and that there just wasn't a way to explain Trump.
I sat and pondered upon this.
Most nine-year-old kids that I've known.....would have come up with significant questions...but having next to nothing to do with politics:
1. Did Iron-Man really die at the end of Endgame?
2. Why is cousin Wanda such a slut?
3. Why can't you make a zero-calorie hamburger?
4. Why don't the kids on SouthPark ever age?
I just don't see kids coming up to Dad or Uncle Barney....asking about Trump. They might ask why Mom is so torn-up or frustrated with President Trump, and Dad accidentally says that she's a socialist, and then the kid asks Dad to explain socialism. That would be a serious mistake.
But what would happen if 'Johnny Junior' suddenly got peppy and pro-Trump....around Mom who was anti-Trump? Would Mom be able to handle this or would she got nuts with Johnny Junior? Would Johnny Junior have to move out or resettle with other relatives?
I'm just shaking my head because this is some type of alien landscape that makes no sense....that you'd be so fired up over politics, and unable to handle any other scenario. You have to wonder.....come 2024, what happens if another Trump-like character appears? Could these people handle another eight more years of this business?
It all used to be simple, with nine-year-old kids asking if Higgins was really Robin Masters, on Magnum P I or if the Power Rangers really did all die in a plane crash over Arkansas like their cousin Marvin suggested.
I sat and pondered upon this.
Most nine-year-old kids that I've known.....would have come up with significant questions...but having next to nothing to do with politics:
1. Did Iron-Man really die at the end of Endgame?
2. Why is cousin Wanda such a slut?
3. Why can't you make a zero-calorie hamburger?
4. Why don't the kids on SouthPark ever age?
I just don't see kids coming up to Dad or Uncle Barney....asking about Trump. They might ask why Mom is so torn-up or frustrated with President Trump, and Dad accidentally says that she's a socialist, and then the kid asks Dad to explain socialism. That would be a serious mistake.
But what would happen if 'Johnny Junior' suddenly got peppy and pro-Trump....around Mom who was anti-Trump? Would Mom be able to handle this or would she got nuts with Johnny Junior? Would Johnny Junior have to move out or resettle with other relatives?
I'm just shaking my head because this is some type of alien landscape that makes no sense....that you'd be so fired up over politics, and unable to handle any other scenario. You have to wonder.....come 2024, what happens if another Trump-like character appears? Could these people handle another eight more years of this business?
It all used to be simple, with nine-year-old kids asking if Higgins was really Robin Masters, on Magnum P I or if the Power Rangers really did all die in a plane crash over Arkansas like their cousin Marvin suggested.
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