Ray's Thought for the Day - Rainfall Update
Goddess all righty! The gauge collected 0.32" yesterday. So, 28.42" + 0.32" = 28.72". Praise the Goddess! That is the total for Day 186 of DY 1.
For US, money is it. Money is the big deal. Money is everything. The profit motive drives US. No wonder then, that some of US are sticking it out in the miserable Iraqi colony. There's money in sticking it, big money. Your money if you pay taxes. But whom, among US gets the money? Ha! Answer that and ye shall know the constituency whooping up the continuing miserable Iraq colonization.
What is the profit potential in the miserable Iraqi colony, long term? Pretty good. General Principle informs that securing colonies can take ten years, or even longer. Then, after ten years, or even longer, the colony may not be all that secure. In fact, the imperial colonizer may lose the colony entirely, after ten years, or even longer.
But that's OK for those who make lotsa money, working to insure the colonial dream comes true, or not. Doesn't matter to them. So long as they get paid.
Consider this. A warrior can make more money working as a mercenary than as a warrior enlisted among the forces of US. Yet the money the warrior gets paid, comes from US. So, the more mercenaries, the more outgoing tax dollars, and the more per warrior, too. How about that?
Imperialism may be an expensive proposition for the many, but a windfall for the few. That is one reason imperialism is not hugely popular among US, generally. And also why, imperialism needs to be exclusively, privately financed.
For US, money is it. Money is the big deal. Money is everything. The profit motive drives US. No wonder then, that some of US are sticking it out in the miserable Iraqi colony. There's money in sticking it, big money. Your money if you pay taxes. But whom, among US gets the money? Ha! Answer that and ye shall know the constituency whooping up the continuing miserable Iraq colonization.
What is the profit potential in the miserable Iraqi colony, long term? Pretty good. General Principle informs that securing colonies can take ten years, or even longer. Then, after ten years, or even longer, the colony may not be all that secure. In fact, the imperial colonizer may lose the colony entirely, after ten years, or even longer.
But that's OK for those who make lotsa money, working to insure the colonial dream comes true, or not. Doesn't matter to them. So long as they get paid.
Consider this. A warrior can make more money working as a mercenary than as a warrior enlisted among the forces of US. Yet the money the warrior gets paid, comes from US. So, the more mercenaries, the more outgoing tax dollars, and the more per warrior, too. How about that?
Imperialism may be an expensive proposition for the many, but a windfall for the few. That is one reason imperialism is not hugely popular among US, generally. And also why, imperialism needs to be exclusively, privately financed.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, June 24, 2007
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