Friday, November 09, 2012
Blood and Money.
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Working on beer #7 at 1844. Sip. Buzz has been degrading since it peaked, and I am attempting to catch up. Sip. If necessary I'll do a double shot of Canadian Mist. Sip. Kootch has hit the sack. Now what?
A little music? How 'bout Ode to Joy. Yas!
My computer is literally crawling along when it should be performing much faster. I need to 'reboot' Blogger. Standby... Ok. Much better. Sip.
Ha! Now sipping on beer #7 - Nope. I just poured myself a double shot of Canadian Mist. Sip. That'll get me going again.
Yas. I'm wondering about 'money.' What good is it?
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Money is like blood. In a healthy organism, money flows all around the creature who made it, carrying oxygen and other essential nutrients to places which need it to stay alive. That blood flow keeps the creature alive. That is the metaphor. And as the creature grows into adulthood, that creature's liver creates more and more blood (money) as necessary. Got that?
But in today's America, much money languishes in 'money reservoirs' producing more money at a very slow rate, but not directly contributing to the national (our creature) blood flow. The creature becomes lethargic. Cells die prematurely. The creature resorts to transfusion from other creatures. The creature's liver, meanwhile, creates more blood. In fact, in an existential emergency, that creature's liver can and will produce an unlimited amount of money! But that is not the answer, because in such cases, 'more money' really means, 'water added.' (just did my last sip of CM. Now working on beer. Sip.) The ideal thing is that the creature's liver produces just a slight bit more than the creature's cell growth would suggest. That is the ultimate sign of a healthy growing creature and a healthy liver. Got that? Therefore, it seems to me, that we need to reduce 'pooled blood.' We need to get that pooled blood back into the bloodstream. That will cure our current national problem.
Did you get that?
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Working on beer #7 at 1844. Sip. Buzz has been degrading since it peaked, and I am attempting to catch up. Sip. If necessary I'll do a double shot of Canadian Mist. Sip. Kootch has hit the sack. Now what?
A little music? How 'bout Ode to Joy. Yas!
My computer is literally crawling along when it should be performing much faster. I need to 'reboot' Blogger. Standby... Ok. Much better. Sip.
Ha! Now sipping on beer #7 - Nope. I just poured myself a double shot of Canadian Mist. Sip. That'll get me going again.
Yas. I'm wondering about 'money.' What good is it?
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Money is like blood. In a healthy organism, money flows all around the creature who made it, carrying oxygen and other essential nutrients to places which need it to stay alive. That blood flow keeps the creature alive. That is the metaphor. And as the creature grows into adulthood, that creature's liver creates more and more blood (money) as necessary. Got that?
But in today's America, much money languishes in 'money reservoirs' producing more money at a very slow rate, but not directly contributing to the national (our creature) blood flow. The creature becomes lethargic. Cells die prematurely. The creature resorts to transfusion from other creatures. The creature's liver, meanwhile, creates more blood. In fact, in an existential emergency, that creature's liver can and will produce an unlimited amount of money! But that is not the answer, because in such cases, 'more money' really means, 'water added.' (just did my last sip of CM. Now working on beer. Sip.) The ideal thing is that the creature's liver produces just a slight bit more than the creature's cell growth would suggest. That is the ultimate sign of a healthy growing creature and a healthy liver. Got that? Therefore, it seems to me, that we need to reduce 'pooled blood.' We need to get that pooled blood back into the bloodstream. That will cure our current national problem.
Did you get that?
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