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YA DONE GOOD MAX!

Now on THE pressing problem with our society

Most people grasp compound interest. Some of us even earn some. Others charge customers for it.

The largest problem facing this nation and its leaders is understanding

.......................EXPONENTIAL.............................

Here's a beginning I have benefited from immensley

"Crash Course." It's blue name clicky and it's a Must See/hear/think.

(Dr Bartlett, physics U.of Colo. used to tell the tale of the mathematician who invented the
game of chess for the king's pleasure.

Upon discovery the awesomeness of the game the King asked his subject what he could do in return for such a creation.

The mathematician being clever said "Oh your Highness, just a few grains of wheat." Thinking how foolish his subject was the King agreed. Then asked him how many grains of sand.

The mathematician then said "just put one grain on the first square of the chess board and for each of the remaining 63 squares double the amount of grain you placed on the previous square."

The King thought him foolish and readily agreed The mathematician was smart. The King could
never accumulate that many grains of wheat. Not in his kingdom, not in his lifetime, in fact we could not produce that many grains of wheat in a year.

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Oops. Here's the blue clicky for "Crash Course."

Yes, Norma, awesomeness is a correct word.

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Good elwood. Here are some facts as I remember them that the political will does not want to hear.

In WWII the top tax rate was 90%. Raygun lowered the top rate from 70 to 50. It is now in the lower 30s. Clinton raised the top rate during a slow down and created surpluses. IMO the myth that lowering taxes on the lower 95% and deficit spending has no basis in history to believe that that would stimulate the economy. It is like the feds fund rate can not do any good by going any lower.

IMO we have run the borrow and spend ponzi scheme over the cliff.

There are plenty of things to invest in that would be worthy. Japan uses half as much energy as we do to make a pound of steel. The myth that nuclear energy is undesirable when no one has suffered from such use. And on and on if we were only to discern the facts from opinion.

And permit the publisher to weigh in. The Arkansas Blog is STILL, after umpteen years the hottest thing going in Arkansas journalism. Max has sustained this for years, and certainly with help from his very talented staff. But it is most of all ,a testament to his bull-like intellectual strength that this undermanned, over-talented blog continues to define the daily news budget of the Democrat and other news sources. It is my privilege to sell ads and pay the bills for

Any Madonna fans aboard? Do the clicky

Nobody cares: Washington Post via C&L

--With seven days left until he surrenders power, Bush will have to do a heck of a sales job to convince the nation of this. Further complicating his last-minute legacy rehabilitation: Nobody seems to be paying attention. The White House had high expectations for yesterday's final, historic news conference. "ONE CORRESPONDENT PER ORGANIZATION," proclaimed the bulletin sent to reporters. "STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR NON-SEAT HOLDERS." But when the appointed hour of 9:15 a.m. arrived, the last two rows in the seven-row briefing room were empty, and a press aide told White House interns to fill those seats.---

Heh, I remember getting laughed out of Leveritt's office after suggesting that his paper should go on-line many years ago.

Still, this is the best news blog for breaking Arkansas news, so congratulations on that. You've made some progress while the competition has been stagnant.

There is still a lot of untapped upside potential here, but it would require broadening your editorial horizons and technical capabilities.

Now I have a suggestion to the SPJ for a web site: farklefinger.com. We could use the laughs, and with a little advertising revenue, it could help fund some of those journalism scholarships.

Seems I'm the only fool still up tonight so I'll bid you all a goodnight and stumble toward my

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Cato that pix of Madonna is awful, whats wrong with her arms??

clicky for a cat song.....which was the big topic today.

Alan,
All that you say is true. It was with glee and some trepidation that last year at lunch with one of Stephen's major reporters I was given the opportunity to defend Max and the AT. He had insinuated that Max found it necessary to have a wife with a cushy gubbermint job. I reminded said reporter that his
Stephens Media esteemed colleague, and widest read columnist, was once the editor of Ark Times. I also mentioned that Max had years of newspaper experience before he joined the AT. Then I broached the growth of AT since Max took the helm. That was the end of that.

Whatever partnership arrangement you two have I hope it navigates thru the storm that is sweeping the publishing industry. I do think you have crafted what will become a model for news reporting.

Instead of your customers being merely consumers we have the opportunity to be contributors either overtly or covertly. So, keep the two way lines open and working.

Here's hoping your corn stands tall and your maters are Russian purple this year.

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>>The myth that nuclear energy is undesirable when no one has suffered from such use. <<

Being a proponent of nuclear energy I regret to inform you Phaedrus that your statement is
wrong.

I did know of two local physicians who traveled to Russia to treat several of the thousands of victims of the Chernobyl nuclear incident. Also, many homes were lost and lives severely disrupted with our own Three Mile Island accident. Both incidents were the result of human error and lack of ethics and not nuclear energy its self.

Self-regulation/inspection may work for the poultry bidness in the short term as Clinton was conveniently conned into believing but,
it should NEVER be allowed for the nuclear industry.

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Jazzy--I think Madonna looks awful too! She is underweight (which really makes her look older) and her arms look like she has been body-building. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with toning your muscles, but in this picture, it is just emphasized by her extreme lack of body fat. She is 50 now but still trying to look trim and fit to wear those skimpy costumes on stage. Personally I think she'd look younger and more healthy if she gained a few pounds.

The new year gets me thinking I should get out and run some or buy an exercise dvd or something.....then I look at that pic of Madonna and wonder which is more appealing, my soft fat or her sinewy muscles..........