tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82050625743357587252024-03-13T20:02:57.734-07:00Critter's CrapMy crap -- not your crap. It might be political, social, or personal. If you don't like it, leave. Comment if you want. I might reply or I might not, but I do read them.Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-92211675286957878962016-09-11T17:40:00.001-07:002016-09-11T17:40:49.743-07:00The Most Important Post About 9-11READ THIS,<br />
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http://www.stonekettle.com/2016/09/renegade-911.html<br />
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especially all you hate-filled, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, white-bigotedTrump-loving racist assholes. Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-66458549323858294122013-12-04T10:28:00.002-08:002013-12-04T10:32:17.683-08:00Does Lowering Corporate Tax Rates Create Jobs?<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Here is what the link at the top of the page has to say:<br />
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"The study, for example, found that a supermajority (22) of the 30
corporations paying the HIGHEST tax rates created 200,000 jobs between
2008 and 2012, while only 8 of those 30 had any reductions in the number
of employees. IN contrast, the 30 profitable corporations paying no or
very little taxes in that period had an aggregate loss of more than
51,000 jobs--half created a few jobs and half reduced jobs between 2008
and 2012." Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-47480186599964012302013-10-20T14:42:00.001-07:002013-10-20T14:42:05.607-07:00Bring Me Back a COLD One!<b>Global Warming Solution From Anthropogenic Deniers.</b><br />
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<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-47272045553978592752013-10-07T15:35:00.001-07:002013-10-07T15:35:39.609-07:00John Boehner - Cry Baby!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kKmdRZnjm2k" width="459"></iframe>Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-66790202289776626902013-09-26T17:53:00.000-07:002013-09-26T17:53:30.140-07:00Arguing With Conservatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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[<a href="http://stateofworkingamerica.org/chart/swa-wages-figure-4u-change-total-economy/" target="_blank">Source</a>]Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-57985060863815736142013-09-11T15:58:00.001-07:002013-09-11T19:20:24.585-07:00Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone<br />
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There is no reason for Social Security to be part of any deficit or debt discussion. End of topic!Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-54069525040345417822013-01-01T12:23:00.001-08:002013-01-01T12:23:54.368-08:00We Are Raising A New Generation<br />
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And it is scaring the hell out of the Tea Party!Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-7102974904246399282012-12-31T18:30:00.003-08:002012-12-31T18:30:49.595-08:00Happy New Year!?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a followup to my previous post, <a href="http://bradycampaign.org/xshare/Facts/Gun_Death_and_Injury_Stat_Sheet_3-Year_Average_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">here are some statistics on gun deaths in the US</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 11.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">(all ages)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Over 100,000 people in America </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, accidents, or by
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">31,537 people die from gun violence:
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">11,583 people are murdered.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">18,783 people kill themselves.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">584 people are killed accidentally.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">334 are killed by police intervention.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">252 die but intent is not known.
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">51,249 people are injured in an attack.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">3,627 people survive a suicide attempt.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">15,815 people are shot accidentally.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">694 people are shot by police intervention.
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 11.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">(ages 0-19)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Over 18,000 American children and teens </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts,
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">2,829 kids die from gun violence:
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">1,888 children and teens are murdered.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">766 children and teens kill themselves.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">124 children and teens killed accidentally.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">18 are killed by police intervention.
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">34 die but the intent was unknown.
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 11.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">(all ages)
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">11,929 are injured in an attack.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">254 survive a suicide attempt.**<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">3,164 are shot accidentally.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">81 are shot in a police intervention.**
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">day, 282 people in America </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts,
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">day, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">86 people die </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">from gun violence: 32 are murdered; 51 kill themselves; 2 die
accidentally; 1, intent unknown.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">day, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">196 are shot and survive: </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">140 shot in an assault; 10 survive a suicide attempt; 43
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 11.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 11.000000pt;">(ages 0-19)<br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">day, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">50 children and teens </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts,
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<span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">day, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">8 children and teens die </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">from gun violence: 5 are murdered; 2 kill themselves.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">Every </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">day, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 10.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">42 children and teens are shot and survive: </span><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'; font-size: 10.000000pt;">33 shot in an assault; 1 survives a
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Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-26355759055765310382012-12-26T19:30:00.000-08:002012-12-26T19:30:00.971-08:00When CA Leads Will Others Follow?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<a href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Los-Angeles-LAPD-Gun-Buyback-Gift-Cards-184818091.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Several blocks long, a line of vehicles formed early Wednesday at the Sports Arena parking lot.</a>"<br />
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What? Is there a big sporting event going on at the Sports Arena? No. The LA police department is having a gun buyback and LA residents are turning in their guns...voluntarily!<br />
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Maybe this is what we need. To hell with the politicians in Washington. They aren't going to do anything anyway. People at the local level, people who are concerned and patriotic, need to initiate such programs country wide. <br />
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As discussed by <a href="http://www.thepragmaticpundit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pragmatic Pundit</a>:<br />
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"<a href="http://www.thepragmaticpundit.com/2012/12/2-wars-to-spread-democracy-6658-deaths.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2 Wars to Spread Democracy = 6,658 Deaths; Democracy in America = 110,000 Deaths</a>"
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Furthermore he adds,<br />
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"Add in suicides and accidental deaths as a result of hand guns and the figure nears 400,000...over 30,000 deaths a year."<br />
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And the NRA's solution is to arm more people! Is that crazy or what? Come on people. Have some common sense. Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-34493934782338665362012-11-22T13:03:00.004-08:002012-12-26T18:58:43.415-08:00Happy Thanksgiving<img src="webkit-fake-url://1A0FC804-4531-496D-B194-51C0C056E245/imagejpeg" />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-49020464948704793852012-11-06T20:19:00.001-08:002012-11-06T20:19:10.439-08:00CongratulationsOBAMA WINS! (Called 15 minutes after polls close in the West)Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-3014689338504958422012-06-11T14:25:00.002-07:002012-06-11T14:25:52.317-07:00The Stimulus Did What?!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have continually heard from our right-wing "friends" that the stimulus did nothing to help the economy. Below are a few graphs that illustrate what was happening before the stimulus and what has happened after the stimulus. There charts are available over at <a href="http://www.moslereconomics.com/wp-content/pdf/stimulus.pdf">Mosler Economics</a>. I found them via <a href="http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2012/06/11/a-whole-bunch-of-charts-show-effects-of-stimulus-bill/">Applesauce</a>.<br />
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The stimulus certainly had an effect...and most of it was good.Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-64607558061336173352012-04-08T22:54:00.000-07:002012-04-08T22:54:29.377-07:00Draw Your Own Conclusion...I'm tired.<br />
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<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-91942006742934240462012-03-23T15:50:00.000-07:002012-03-23T15:50:19.206-07:00Fair Is FairFrom our friends at <a href="http://front.moveon.org/the-most-eye-opening-fact-about-inequality-that-weve-seen-all-week/" target="_blank">MoveOn</a> via <a href="http://www.politicsplus.org/blog/2012/03/23/open-thread3232012/comment-page-1/#comment-37691" target="_blank">PoliticsPlus</a>.<br />
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<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-9873300965047672342012-03-09T15:11:00.000-08:002012-03-09T15:11:29.128-08:00Critter's Crap Presents The Republican CandidatesBrought to you by our friends at <a href="http://badlipreading.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Bad Lip Reading</a>.<br />
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I have posted before about <a href="http://critterscrap.blogspot.com/2011/02/reagan-best-republicans-have.html" target="_blank">how the economy does better when there is a Democrat in the White House</a>. Here is another measure of how the economy does better with a Democratic President. Take a look at the figure below.<br />
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This figure comes to us from our friends over at <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/politics-policy/joshua-green-on-politics/archives/2012/02/dow_13000_thank_democrats.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg Businessweek</a>. <br />
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What it shows is that if you took $1000 and invested it in a S&P tracking fund at the beginning of Kennedy's term in 1961 and only took gains during subsequent Democratic presidencies, you would have ended up with $10,920 on Feb. 21 of this year.<br />
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Similarly if you took $1000 and did the same thing starting with Nixon's term, you would have only $2087.<br />
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In other words, you earned almost FIVE TIMES as much under Democratic presidents as under republican presidents.<br />
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Tell me again, which party is better for the economy?<br />
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<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-35814614738029511722012-02-17T11:03:00.000-08:002012-02-17T11:03:38.034-08:00John McCain Admits It.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/PAWIC/APUSnews/Article_2012-02-17-Payroll%20Tax/id-3812bd476a914eaeb458c69306f27dd4" target="_blank">Here is what he said</a>,<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.politicsplus.org/blog/2012/02/15/open-thread2152012/" target="_blank">TomCat</a>.Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-71065317388718895602012-02-05T22:41:00.000-08:002012-02-05T22:41:58.024-08:00The War Is Over......at least as far as I am concerned.<br />
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No doubt. Winner! Clear and simple. It is the best. Game over!<br />
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I grew up with the development of computers...at least personal computers. <br />
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When I started college, oh those so many years ago, we used slide rules to do calculations. I still have my Post bamboo slide rule. It got me through my undergraduate studies. We did not have access to the mainframe computer and personal computers were not invented yet. Hell, we did not even have calculators. My calculator was the slide rule and a piece of paper.<br />
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In graduate school we had access to a main frame. We programmed in FORTRAN and used punch cards to enter the program. Most of you out there probably don't even know what punch cards are, let alone have had the fun of punching your own cards and verifying them on the card punch machine.<br />
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When I started working in industry, the computing was still done primarily on the mainframe. At least now, we had someone else to do the card punching. We were lucky to get one computer run completed per day. Usually, you submitted a run during the day, and got the results the next day. We also had access to a timeshare terminal with a paper punch tape for entering and storing computer programs. However, it was expensive to use, required you to do your own programming, and was only used when very specialized programs were needed.<br />
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Handheld calculators started to come into being during my transition from college to industry. They were very expensive and could not do much more than add, divide, subtract and multiply. Actually, they could do logs and exponents also which was a great advantage at the time. The company bought you a calculator. You were not expected to buy it for your self. They were too expensive. (Now I suspect the company would say you have to buy it. It is too expensive for the company to buy. How times have changed!)<br />
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There was a long, slow transition from mainframe computing to desktop computing. First you had mainframe terminals, usually at a central location that you went to, rather than having it on your desk. The computer department fought tooth and nail to prevent giving up control of the computing services. I had a personal computer on my desk at home before I had one on my desk at work.<br />
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Eventually, though, we all had one on our desk. By the time I quit working "for the man", and started working for myself, the mainframe was dead, and all computing was being done at the desktop. Fifteen years prior, the company I worked for build an entire three story building to house a mainframe computer that had less computing power than what I have on my desk.<br />
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Through all of this, I was a Windows man. It was what we used at work. It was what I used at home. It was what I used in my business. Two of my sons, however, are in the entertainment business. They use Macs. And they always touted how great Macs are. Finally, about a year ago, they convinced Mrs. Critter to buy Apple. We bought a iMac and an iPad. I've had a year to compare them.<br />
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I have three Windows computers in my office, one desktop and two laptops. Where do I spend my time? On the iMac and the iPad. No doubt about it. They both are much easier and more intuitive to use than my Windows machines. Right now, while I am writing this (on the iMac), I am listening to music being streamed from the iMac to the sound system on my TV through AppleTV. Was it hard to set up? No. I had a couple of thousand tunes on an external hard disk on one of the Windows computers. I brought the disk to over to the iMac, plugged it in, open iTunes, and with one or two clicks loaded them all into the iMac. I went to the TV, open AppleTV, clicked on Music, clicked on play, and bingo, the house is filled with music. I can do the same thing with video and movies. <br />
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Sorry Bill. I admire your philanthropic work but Steve has beat your butt when it comes to computers and integrating the things we like to do with them. And I haven't even mentions the applications that come with it, like iMovies, iDVD, GarageBand, iTuneU. Hell, they even have a free app to develop books with video and audio components. <br />
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I tell you. These computers are amazing. Congratulations Steve Jobs. You may have been a son of bitch to work for, but you developed one hell of group of products. <br />
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A job well done, Jobs. The world will miss you.<br />
<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-30012182253604309922012-02-04T09:24:00.000-08:002012-02-04T09:24:12.281-08:00Republicans Talk, Democrats DoOnce again, we have an example of republicans just talking and Democrats actually doing something. Check out the figure below<br />
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This is a chart showing <a href="http://www.whatisworking.com/2012/02/health-care-reform-charts-and-graphs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WhatIsWorking+%28what+IS+working%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">prosecutions for Medicare fraud</a>. Republicans are always talking about Medicare fraud. But note, it is during the Democratic presidential terms when prosecution of Medicare fraud increases, during both Clinton and especially now during Obama. Bush I and Bush II were relatively flat.<br />
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What a surprise.<br />
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Republicans talk, Democrats do. <br />
<br />Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-57108366124078882652012-01-22T16:29:00.000-08:002012-01-22T16:29:41.492-08:00Republican VS Democrat<br />
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Picked up over at <a href="http://reagan-was-a-horrible-president.tumblr.com/post/16320430050" target="_blank">Ronald Reagan Was a Horrible President</a>.Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205062574335758725.post-88422938285280223582012-01-22T11:33:00.000-08:002012-01-22T11:33:02.559-08:00Newt Is A Bad Catholic<br />
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Good Catholics tithe 10% of their income. <br />
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In 2010, Newt and wife #3 <a href="http://www.wisn.com/r/30256756/detail.html" target="_blank">earned $3,162,424</a>. Their total charitable contributions were $81,133. That's only 2.6% of their income. As part of that charitable deduction, he did report $9,540 in donations to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the church that they attend in DC. If that is his only Catholic charitable donation, then he contributed only 0.3% of his income. Shame, shame, shame.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><br /></span>To be good Catholics they should have contributed $316,242. <br />
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On Tuesday, Romney is going to release his tax returns. Let's see if he is a good Mormon and tithes his 10%.Jerry Critterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com7