the economy.

"One other thing I've done, is I've called on private sector mortgage banks and banks to be more aggressive about lending money to first-time home buyers. And the response has been really good. There's a lot of people in this - our communities around the country that deeply care about the issue of homeownership, and they've been responsive." -George W. Bush, March 26, 2004.

ive always wondered where all these bush supporters are because i sure as hell dont meet them very often. according to the statistics, 1 in 4 people should approve of the job hes doing. i dont get it. i mean i do... theyre mostly rural voters beyond the reach of modern civilization but still... wtf.

im sure theyre the type of people that pride themselves on having only one or not even one news source and disdain urban/intellectual elitism, but dreday raises a good point. hypocrisy. i mean... im just sayin.



the economist on the financial crisis... (also via big cousin.)



i ♥ warren buffet.

oh and i also ♥ paul krugman. he likes beach weak too! congrats and a half on the nobel prize big guy.

oh and last thing... so recently ive been seeing probably some of the strangest ads in the world. heres one from a ny cab...



oh and remember my drunkspress train post? well i took this then.



and heres some in dc near adams morgan that creeped me out...



and by far the weirdest of all...



those are from the metro center stop on the dc metro... i seriously felt like id entered an alternate universe of counter counter culture and it pretty much totally blew my mind.

im sad that the last picture came out a little bit fuzzy cuz it was actually pretty interesting... so i went to the the advertisers website at econ4u.com to get the fuzzy part. here it is...

Correct Answer: 17%
When the minimum wage was created in the late 1930s, most families had only one wage earner and almost by definition low-wage employees lived in low-income families. Over time the labor force has changed and low-wage employees are often second and even third earners. Only a minority of low-wage employees are supporting a family, and only 17 percent are living in poor families. As a result, the average family income of minimum wage employees is over $43,000 a year.

heres paul krugman on the minimum/living wage... if a price floor on labor does indeed create surplus labor (or inversely stated, a shortage of jobs,) i wonder to what extent (if at all) minimum/living wage laws arbitrarily favor those who are actually financially pretty secure at the expense of the 17% of low wage earners who are in fact the primary breadwinner. food (or lack thereof) for thought. maybe a research idea.

ok bye. ♥

awesome articles.

good food? (the economist on organic and fair trade.)

voting with your trolley. (more from the economist.)

stuck in the mud. (more from the economist.)

desalination. (the economist on delsalination.)

the israel lobby. (the israeli lobby. look for when they mention quandt, he was my advisor at uva and an awesome dude.)

crab meat.

so the other night i went to the gym at like 10 pm really really hungry and could barely lift my own arms. then afterwards i just made it to kroger to find food but they were closing so i grabbed the nearest thing i could find... artificial crab meat.

so picture me weak, sweaty, and alone slowly shoveling lumps of artificial crap meat into my mouth... tears everywhere.

damn im awesome.

drunkspress train to self awaremess.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahaha....

NOTHING IS WORKING!!!!

all i see are quiggly lines and i fucking love. it.

tit.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. ok im wasted on an express train to dc.

our love to admire.

dear person,

YOU ARE SO FUCKING STUPID>

but im glad it catches up with us all in the end. maybe there is karma. i hope so cuz ima get a fucking sandwich. and its gonna aste really really good.

SCENERY LIES. scenery flies by! scenery lies.

SAVING! thank blog machine. you are the savior. saver? savious? octavious.

ummm.... am i still typing? holy shit i blacked the fuck out last night

blacking out is when you dont remember things in case youre an idiot.

which you are.

what? no... YES. give it to me.

dude im still typing. lets type the whoeeee train ride. one tap tap after another tap tap tap tpppp.

tip.

ride wit me.

i had more money last night. seriousy... where the fuck did all m cash go? mybe i houldnt post this one....

whagevre.

dear wires. GET THE FUCK OFF ME.

im so in love.

why isnt everything wireless? like... toasters... and... biscuits.

seriosuly read the biscuits 10 times real fast... its totally not spelled right ever cuz its a fucked up word and no one likes it.....

SLOUCHY!

adventures all the fucking time... so last night i drank a lot and blacked out. i was trying to leave nyc early early early to get back in time to hang with my cuz whos over from afghanistan... and.... i definetly woke up at 1030am and i was like shit so i sped outta there got in a cab to penn station and the next thing i remember is being nudged by the driver like yo dude... you okay? were here. and me being like holy shit thanks. and i stumbled and fumbled my way onto a train . and now im here.

wow.

also ive recently adopted the habit of replacing the word curious with bicurious at every opportunity just for fun... but heres the thing... sometimes thats inappropriate. thats it... i wont tell the story but you can imagine.

you know whos a liar? big fat fucking liar? dj khaled. in the song "out here grindin" he says he hasnt slept in 8 days and he could go for 8 weeks. i totally disagree and im totally right. so yea. me on the other hand. i need to stop passing out in strange places.

W-E-T-H-E-B-E-S-T. (dj khaly!)

i wake up to get my cake up what can i say im a product of my environment...

owwwwww my fucking head. fuck.

can i type with my ees lodef? cuz i think i can. so whats up susan? awesome... ima mothafucking bloggin machine.

holy shit the only thing i missed was eyes closed/ thats awesome.... so you know what tastes awesome? POPEYES. yum.

you kno what else ules? bolt bus. shit is awesome. sometimes i but rickets and throw em away ust for fun.

im tuping all this with my closed because its fun me. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LIFE IS HILARIOUS>

dude s you know who rules? andre weldu.

haha.

ummm....... maybe i should open my eyes now... i bet this looks really weirds to the other people on this train.... cuz im definetly looking upwards with my eyes closed and still typing reallt fast and duriously... woah. im not angry at all. im fast though definetly.

ok goodnight.

hunger.

how loyal is the hungry dog? how stable is this civilization?

same answer.

moral absolutes are the lowest common denominator of the civilized man. utilitarian calculations partially explain the remainder.

and karma?

there is no karma.

youve been decieved. and youve decieved yourself.

patterns. identity. defenses. justifications. rationalizations. realizations.

who ive become. who i am. i am (not) condemned.