Wednesday, July 29, 2015

2016 Election update

There are currently 16 Republicans in the race and maybe 3 Democrats.....

Mrs. Bill Clinton is the front runner for Demo's but Bernie Sanders is getting all the positive press while she just keeps having to defend her e-mail account. Since this issue seems to (or so alleged) involve national security, we aren't able to know exactly what is what.  Somewhat like the Trans Pacific Trade Pact and the Iranian Nuclear deal.

WE AREN'T ALLOWED THE INSIDE SCOOP BECAUSE WE ARE.....????????

And yet for the next 15 months every person running for President will promise totally transparency when it comes to how the government should be run.

Donald Trump is leading the polls in at least two states, maybe three, and Celebrity Apprentice is  the top rated TV show in those states....and the show plays on a loop 24/7 in Des Moines....or not.

We are in the golden age of celebrity but if anyone thinks The Donald could generate more than 12% of the popular vote then that proves Molly has become commonplace in our society....right along with coffee and Viagra.

If you have to ask what Molly is than you are either 90 or 4...or drunk.  I suppose that along the Bible Belt of America there are those who have no idea about designer drugs because they are taking their own psycho-pharmaceuticals and of course those are prescribed and legal.  I'll trade you a Zoloft for a Zanex....(and those both might be misspelled, which proves I take neither)

BY THE WAY......ANYONE WHO IS IN JAIL FOR POSSESSION OF POT
SHOULD BE
RELEASED
TODAY

Slightly off point but needed to be stated.

Back on track......

The first Republican debate is next week and they are only allowing 10 candidates to participate.

How entertaining will it be to watch The Donald fire the other candidates?  He'll probably be using the event for his next show.....CELEBRITY POLITICIANS.

Travel with me through time and just imagine for one second..........

the  Presidential Election takes place on November 8th 2016.......the ballot says

REPUBLICAN.......DONALD TRUMP and Carley Fiorina
DEMOCRAT..........BERNIE SANDERS and George Clooney

That's three celebrities and one politician........

Sounds rather silly doesn't it?

And so the following ticket doesn't show silly?

REPUBLICAN.......JEB BUSH  and Chris Christie
DEMOCRAT..........HILARY CLINTON and Bernie Sanders

So many things can happen between now and then but
just check out this last ballot

Stranger things have happened.......

REPUBLICAN.........RICK PERRY and Rand Paul
DEMOCRACT.........JOE BIDEN and Jerry Brown

AND AMERICA MARCHES ON.......


Be sure to watch the first GOP debate on AUGUST 6
presented by FOX News.......


Michael Timothy McAlevey







Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Some of you think Iran is a problem

RankCountry


Spendi($ Bn.)
% of GDP
World total1,776.02.3
1United States United States610.03.5
2China China[a]216.02.1
3Russia Russia[a]84.54.5
4Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[b]80.810.4
5France France62.32.2
6United Kingdom United Kingdom60.52.2
7India India50.02.4
8Germany Germany[a]46.51.2
9Japan Japan45.81.0
10South Korea South Korea36.72.6
11Brazil Brazil31.71.4
12Italy Italy30.91.5
13Australia Australia25.41.8
14United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[a]22.85.1
15Turkey Turkey 22.62.2

DEFENSE BUDGETS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES

Some people seem to be flipping out over our "deal" with Iran.

THE FIGURES LISTED ABOVE SHOULD CLARIFY SOME ISSUES.

Japan has 54 Nuclear reactors and they basically tried to conquer half the world with Germany taking the other half.

When was that exactly?  500 years ago?.....400 years ago?.....300 years ago?......100 years ago?.....??????

HOW ABOUT 1941? 
WHICH THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, WAS 75 YEARS AGO......

AND FOR MANY LIVING AMERICANS IT SEEMS A LOT CLOSER THAN THAT.

I understand why Japan and Germany have large defense budgets......Russian, China and North Korea are their neighbors.

Do we have regular checks to make sure Japan isn't building weapons?

During the 20th century both Japan and Germany were batshit crazy and I'm quite sure there are factions within both of those countries that would like us to pull out our troops and leave them alone.

I keep thinking that we give billions of dollars to Israel for the sole purpose of not only defending themselves but to take care of anyone in their neighborhoods who want to create major problems.

Iran's defense budget is perhaps in $30 billion range...but they don't make the above list because of verification problems.

One Nuclear Reactor couldn't begin to offset the amount of nuclear weapons Israel has.

WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT SINCE ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES ARE PARTNERS I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEIR NUMBER IS FAIRLY LARGE.

I don't think anyone should have Nuclear weapons or Nuclear reactors but that ship has sailed and it ain't coming back to shore anytime soon.

Israel and Turkey should be able to handle any situation in the Middle East but then again Turkey is 99% Sunni Muslims thus no one really has a handle on what they will do...so in reality, Israel is the only true partner we have in that region.

I THINK THEY ARE WELL STOCKED WITH EVERYTHING....AND I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IF THEY NEED MORE WE WILL GIVE THEM MORE.

ONE REACTOR IN IRAN IS NOT A TABLE TIPPING EVENT.

FOX NEWS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD HAVE US THINK THAT THIS IS WORST EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO GLOBAL PEACE IN OUR LIFETIME.

I see much bigger issues with other countries.  And a few of those other countries have already shown in recent history that they can't be trusted.

Do you get my point?

Michael Timothy McAlevey

















Friday, July 10, 2015

RECENTLY COMPLETED ARTWORK and pregnancy

Just completed this 40" x 50" canvas.  2"wrapped box, ready to hang.  Oils, Acrylics and Inks.

Single Line Flow Motion Design.   Follow the line from top left corner.

I can't do much bigger without a movable dolly.

Most definitely for sale......but I spent 4 years working on it......of course I've done 300 pieces in the meantime but I always drift back to this big guy and keep layering and layering it....so I won't be giving it away.

It's more expensive than a signed and numbered Steven King novel but much less that a Tesla.

It's up to you to ask the magic question.

I'm either going to name it something simple like "Biggie" or just make it #1 in this particular size.....maybe Naylor in honor of the new baby boy who finally arrived about two hours ago for my niece Victoria and her husband Michael.





Michael Timothy McAlevey

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Nations or Corporruptions


Paul Kahn, professor of law and the humanities at Yale wrote a piece this morning for the OP-ED section of the LA TIMES. 
"FEAR CORPORATIONS OR FEAR NATIONS."
The jest of the piece says that we should be worried more about the nation-states concept than about how corporations are running the political show and controlling our individual rights.

 The following two statements summarize his article
"Today, the threats posed by corporations increasingly shape everyday understandings.  Many people rightly worry that the transnational corporation is not subject to democratic political control but, on the contrary, controls our politics.  They believe that government policies support corporate profits over individual success."
"We do not have more to worry about from transnational corporations than from other nations.  The world is not yet done with nation-states. Indeed the world is becoming more dangerous; we have exhausted the post-Cold War peace bonus.  One only need to look at the disasters in the Middle East, the fear along the western border of Russia and the changing political alliances of Southeast Asia.  These are conflicts driven by resource scarcity, religious differences, ethnic division and sheer political power. They are not conflicts driven by corporate interests."
Now me....no longer Professor Kahn.........

I'M GOING TO SIMPLY SAY......HUH?

The corporate interest involved in resource scarcity cannot be overlooked.  The corporate interest involved in oil and gas production cannot be overlooked when one tries to determine how conflicts get started.
Organized religions are the strangest form of corporations that have ever existed....and they are tax-exempt....and they have always displayed a desire to control individual thoughts and actions.
In fact, I might consider that initial corporations were formed from enterprising merchants looking toward the church on how to manipulate their flocks.....I mean stocks.
I believe that we do have nations that still want to increase their power but I've always heard that if you want to solve the case.....follow the money.
Corporruptions cannot be overlooked when he comes to who wants to control what.....and when one looks at the physical conflicts, both religious and resource control efforts, taking place around our planet...it's important to realize that business is thriving in some very large munitions corporate headquarters.

AND THOSE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS ARE BASED IN

CHINA
RUSSIA
and
THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Please Professor Kahn, don't give the benefactors of global conflicts a pass.......follow the money.
The dangerous part of this is that our corporruptions aren't based in the White House.  China and Russia seem to be their own corporruptions and there in lies the rub.  Neither one of those powers seems to be democratic.  At least in a democracy we have checks and balances......and see, one more example of following the money.

By the way....the OP-ED section of LA TIMES is always entertaining.

Michael Timothy McAlevey