Sunset Somewhere Else

Surf – none local. Travel – maybe. Beaches – rumors and some confirmed reports. Up North – mas e manos.

The fucking balls – Blackwater – denied a license to operate in Iraq by the home government, stated “it could leave the country within 72 hours but cautioned that such a move would cause more harm to the American diplomats it protects than the company itself.” Oh gee – we need them so bad – just because they massacred civilians, what are we going to do? Our own military can’t do the job anymore – only private armies can deal with it.

Comedy usually lightens the mood – which is definitely necessary for the ME, but another – you’ve got to be fucking kidding me – story has surface. The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak proposed linking the Gaza Strip with the occupied West Bank by digging a thirty-mile tunnel through Israeli territory. Why not put all of ‘em underground? Precious.

And it doesn’t stop - a Pakistani American who owns a satellite TV company in Brooklyn has pleaded guilty to providing material aid to a terrorist organization by letting customers receive broadcasts from a Lebanese TV station tied to Hezbollah. The accused used satellite dishes on his Staten Island home to distribute television broadcasts of Al Manar, and faces up to six-and-a-half years in prison. He has lived in the United States for twenty years and is the father of five children.

Date unknown – The days pass by unmarked by any notable string of surf, hence time passes without milestones. I really couldn’t tell you when I last surfed, let alone how the surf was – it was probably marginal with too many guys out and critical length achieved. Of the sessions I have had, it seems I remember board damage over wave quality. Always hopeful, I surf.

On economics – “Modern economic theory is based on “empty-world” economics. But, in fact, today the world is full. In a “full world,” the fish catch is limited by the remaining population of fish, not by the number of fishing boats, which are man-made capital in excess supply. Oil energy is limited by geological deposits, not by the drilling and pumping capacity of man-made capital. In national income accounting, the use of man-made capital is depreciated, but the use of nature’s capital has no cost. Therefore, the using up of natural capital always results in economic growth.”

“For example, the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico from fertilizer runoff from chemical fertilizer farming are not counted as a cost against the increase in agricultural output from chemical farming. The brown clouds that reduce light over large areas of Asia are not included as costs in the production of energy from coal. Economists continue to assume that the only limits to growth are labor, man-made capital, and consumer demand. In fact, the critical limit is ecological.” - Paul Craig Roberts, 2009.

Blackwater is now Xe – pronounced “zee” – it’s also the atomic symbol for Xenon. The name for the atom Xenon came from the Greek word for foreigner, stranger, or guest. Indeed, a parasite that invades your community or your country, and yet invited as a guest (mercenaries). Xenon “Xe” can also be used as an anesthetic. Again, you don’t know what they’re up too when you’re under. No matter, what’s in a name?

Last Word
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Or a God who is a real estate agent -  ¶ 10:34 PM 0 comments