Wednesday, August 11, 2004

SHORT & LONG TAKES

THE CISCO PYRAMID:

Cisco reminds me of an old pyramid scheme! The one in Ancient Egypt!

Consider: The Egyptians built only three or four "great pyramids,"
and a bunch of little ones. Cisco was the prime builder for the
GREATEST PYRAMID OF OUR TIME: The Internet.

But now that job is done. All that remains is the fill in the minor
details and maintain the systems. Perhaps, with a little added
connectivity in Russia, China and India. But, the big job is done.

What Cisco is now is a great pyramid builder; "working part time!"
Just like JDSU and Corning and the others from the days of the great
DotCom Pyramid Scheme. It's pretty much over for Cisco, at least for
now.

THE GREAT SHIA UPRISING:

What the US is upto in the Shia cities of Iraq could have major
consequences. The killing of Sadr and the bombing of the Shrine of
Ali and the adjacent Mosque will bring to US occupation to a whole
new level.

The US puppet government in Baghdad will lose all credibility, if it
ever had any. And, those elections in January? Forget about it;
that just ain't going to happen. NOT IN JANUARY, NOT EVER.

BY THIS FALL, THE US OCCUPATION WILL REVERT TO BARE-FACED
IMPERIALISM, AND ANY PRETENCE OF "DEMOCRACY" WILL BE FINALLY
DROPPED. Iraq is not 'becoming" a quagmire. IT IS A QUAGMIRE! And,
an expensive one at that.

LONG & SHORT:

Jesse's "new" LONG AND SHORT column in the WSJ is quite refreshing,
and a bit of a take off on the Gloom and Doom you'll find here almost
everyday. Finally the Journal isn't all touts, all the time.

A return to reality is long over due at the WSJ.

KERRY KAMP:

Has Kerry left the Grand Canyon yet? He missed the opportunity to
point out how the Grand Canyon resembled Dubya's Deficits. Clearly,
Kerry is going to lose this election if he continues to be
an "officer and a gentleman."

Kerry needs to get down and dirty with Dubya. And, soon!

Unless Kerry is willing to call Dubya a Total Moron, who took bad
advise from a bunch of Imperialist NeoCons, and because of his
mistakes is now trapped in an unwinnable war, with trade and budget
deficits out the wazoo, forever. Kerry won't win.

FRANKLY, considering the mess Dubya has made. It's possible that
Kerry doesn't really want to win! He does not strike me as a man
consumed with a desire to be President. But after four more years in
Hell with Dubya and the Neocons. It's very possible that the "next
president" will be Ralph Nader!

Everyone knows that Kerry won't do anything for America's "little
people;" the wage slaves and the poor. But, unlike Clinton, Kerry
can not even convincingly; "feel our pain."

DUBYA'S COMBINATION OF THE FILTHY RICH AND THE TERMINALLY STUPID
SEEMS LIKE A WINNER TO ME! KERRY WILL START TO SINK SOON. HE'S
REALLY JUST ANOTHER DUKAKIS!

THE DEMOCRATS GOOFED......AGAIN. ONLY THIS TIME IT'S REALLY GOING TO
COST US, BIG TIME!