Too many thoughts!!

There is just too much that I have to say, too much that I want to say, that I am twiddling my thumbs and avoiding saying anything at all. Part of this problem is that I am very self aware, and somewhat lazy, and am really tired of humanity.

But I know I want to explain a few things to humanity and so I am going to do so, albeit in a very piecemeal manner, in my very disorganized manner -- which is why I'm creating these "pages" so that I can polish and consolidate my thoughts. Over and over I am confronted by the fact that I don't know where to start, that I don't want to deal with the ingrained hostility of humans, that I don't want to deal with the demands for instant gratification and the requirement that I must entertain the public to be heard.

But I am going to trudge onward, and within that toiling trudge onward I must acknowledge and deal with the reasons that I am going to trudge onward.

Perhaps something like the acerbic paragraphs above should be a permanent page, or an introductory text near the top of this blog. I will think about it.

Today I'd just like to point out a few things that I've already written, and will eventually expand and incorporate here.

Today I "seeded" a link to an article at www.1115.org at www.newsvine.com and made a lengthy comment.

And that sentence right there with five links in it is a great representation of our fractured realities.

And that sentence right there represents many further thoughts I have about our fractured realities. Each sentence

I type creates many further thoughts that I have, and if I stop to type those thoughts I get caught in a constant loop of typing many more sentences to elucidate and explain each previous sentence -- heck, I'm getting caught in such a spiral now.

I'd like to try to stick to one topic right now, but that is nearly impossible for me. But, let me start with fame and futility. It doesn't matter if I have any answers if nobody will listen; so to get anybody to listen I would have to pursue popularity, but I personally abhor popularity (and the pursuit thereof) and therefor it is a given that humanity won't listen to my ideas.

So there is my conundrum: I want to help humanity; but humanity only listens to popular ideas, humanity only listens to celebrities and big [media] corporations and doesn't want to hear new and innovative ideas; therefor humanity doesn't want to hear innovative ideas, even if they contain answers humanity really needs.

I'm blowing my own mind and am caught in a spiral and need more coffee...

(Notes to self: escapism; narcissism; intelligence; effort v. accomplishment)

Still out; just looking ...

I'm taking care of personal bureaucratic BS, but keeping an eye on the market... Heard the "news" about the yuan, see that the market is finally rolling over, and just wanted to post a big weekly chart of the SPX and the XLE just to highlight that we are an energy economy, and the turmoil in the energy markets (mainly because of BP) is having a major impact on the overall market.

XLE 6-mo/weekly

Notice the Fast Stochastic is starting to roll over a little "soon" so to say, looking kinda' bearish. Anyway, check out the next chart, the XLE, the "energy" Index and you can't but notice the similarity. I guess I could look up the weighting in the S&P and all, but you get the idea.

SPX 6-mo/weekly

OK, enough with the charts ... I'm gonna' start babbling about law and law school shortly ... you've been warned. Actually, in the near future I'd like to keep an eye on a few blogs and websites and post a few snippets and commentary, some market related, some just financial, or legal, or whatever.

oh well part II

well, I guess if I hadn't bailed my calls would have worked out,

now AKAM is breaking out, closing at the high of the day and all...

AKAM 2-mo/daily

Competition

I see economists of every stripe talking about what must be done and I always think how one-sided their view is.

We must have growth, we must cut taxes, we must raise investments, we must increase savings, we must cut the deficit, ... (If you have read a bit of other things I have written on this you can probably see where I'm going.)

We must do all of those things, but we must not obsess on any one of those things. More importantly, we must do new things. Almost every one of those economists and commentators will mention "innovation" and the need to invent more crap to sell to the consumers. 'Creating jobs in the clean energy industry' is a favorite and is often mentioned.

But this all reminds me of the "blogosphere" and how it seems to me that life is like a play where the entire audience is on stage and everybody is shouting their lines but nobody is listening to the words, nobody is commenting on the content or meaning or the meaninglessness -- the fact that when people use the word "innovation" all they really mean is doing basically the exact same thing that has been done before except now they've attached a decoration ...

True innovation isn't just thinking of a new product to sell -- true innovation starts with examining fundamentals and contemplating alternative approaches.

Capitalism is too competitive and usually benefits the individual corporation and to an extent the individuals within that corporation but harms society. We already have all of the answers, they are all laid out before us like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, but we don't put the pieces together into a picture because they are in competition.

All of the pieces are fighting for themselves but nobody is fighting for completing the puzzle.

We, the corporate slaves, ...

FROM: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html

I stated in an email that "America planned to have an uncontrolled oil blowout," but I'm not sure that anybody puts one-and-one together anymore, so I wanted to elucidate.

Canadian regulators require drillers in the Arctic to drill a relief well at the same time as the main well. The BP disaster could have been avoided if the US had the same regulations for deepwater drilling. But, through our crude democracy we had come to an agreement, a 'social contract,' to deregulate everything and enhance profits. Therefor, the risk of investment to BP was lessened and we, in our collective consciousness, decided that when a deepwater blowout occurred we, as a nation, would suffer most of the environmental and economic losses.

The risk to BP was lessened by deregulation, the cost of gas was lower, the profit incentives to pursue alternatives were reduced, and "we the people" were content that we were reaping short-term material gains and knew that in the future society as a whole would bear the brunt of any harm. America believes in privatized profits and socialized risks!

BP may pay for the clean-up and may pay fines, but the nation has lost things that BP can't buy. If a man is wrongfully imprisoned for 50 years, and then he is released, do you think any amount of money would make up for those lost years? The money that BP will pay for this disaster is insignificant to BP, barely a few months normal profit, but the costs to the Gulf economy and environment are huge, and the affect on the human lives are incalculable. There needs to be a coin of the realm that represents both material and moral goods. Money doesn't replace what has been lost, you can't buy time, you can't eradicate horrible experiences, you can't speed-up the healing.

America's lack of regulation is de facto planning. America planned on minimal investment by oil companies and no expensive relief wells drilled at the appropriate time. Therefor America planned to have an uncontrolled oil blowout -- despite that many now act as though this is an "accident." If a person is driving down I-95 at 180 mph with no functioning brakes one would perceive that individual as planning on crashing .... and wouldn't think of it as an accident when it does happen.

A corporation taking huge risks with our property is not what I call a "free market," but apparently the majority of Americans do feel that way.

I believe a highway with NO SPEED LIMITS is dangerous. I believe unregulated corporations (pursuing shareholder profits to the exclusion of all other concerns, including disregard for national security, the environment, human rights, etc.) are dangerous to the USA, capable of more damage to the nation than any terrorist.