Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Reposting The Most Recent Rant. Change Is Inevitable But Moderation Is Also Critical. Our Pathetic/Outlandish Government Structure.

Til Death Do Us Part – 1Funny.com
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This Rant is worth reposting for those who may not have read and/or missed.  (See 1 below.)
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I received this from a dear friend and fellow memo reader.(see 2 below.)
Change is inevitable.  Some change is imperative, some change is good, some change is disastrous.

Diversity makes life interesting but like everything, in moderation. 
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Too much government can prove overwhelming.   The bigger, the more distant, the more it is likely to fail and under-deliver. Consequently,  when public support erodes, public disinterest dictates and then fades and our Republic will not last.

 Why would anyone favor more government 

The only reasons I can think are:

a) they want power and control over freedoms.
b) they want America to fail.
c) they benefit from the chaos that will ensue.

I believe these are the collective goals of leftist radicals, anarchists and fascists who have invaded and are seeking to dictate the direction and message of The Democrat Party. As I have noted, Socialism produces misery and has always failed. (Read Hayek's: "The Road To Serfdom."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-tyranny-of-bad-ideas-1535311573


I also submit many of our current problems are due to Obama's successful efforts to transform our nation. He never held a meaningful (real) job   He either had no knowledge of economics or used it as a destructive weapon to weaken our ability to fund the military and to spread more dependency which ultimately destroys  initiative and freedom.  .His rhetoric was smooth, his breezy style was cool but his invective, his racially directed outbursts against our institutions cannot be ignored. Then, what about his associations and personally disturbed youth and lack of a stable family structure?

Furthermore, he sought to rule outside the restraints of our Constitution.

I know this is heretic commentary and you have heard me say this many times but the evidence is incontrovertible.

Consequently, I am also posting something I consider critical.  It is the office/department/agency structure of our bloated government.  No wonder we are in the trouble.  Bloat is bad for one's physical health.  Why not the same for government? (See 3 below.)
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Total agreement:

The Stupidity Of Trump's Anti-McCain Antics

By Ben Shapiro

On Saturday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passed away at age 81. President Trump, who has had a historically awful relationship with McCain, responded in typical Trumpian fashion: he had the White House flag lowered to half-mast for the statutory period, then rose it to full height again despite the tradition of keeping the flag lowered until a sitting senator’s burial. Trump refused to issue a presidential proclamation about McCain, instead tweeting about McCain:



✔@realDonaldTrump

My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!
8:44 PM - Aug 25, 2018

Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral; he had infamously called into question McCain’s heroism for doing five years in a Viet Cong prison, including two years of solitary confinement. Meanwhile, Trump had joked for years about avoiding STDs in the 1970s, calling it his own personal Vietnam. When asked about McCain’s death at the White House, Trump sat in stony silence.


Twitter Ads info and privaIt’s worth noting that half of the media’s enthusiasm for McCain in recent years has come as a direct result of McCain’s opposition to Trump. But whatever the reason, Trump’s behavior is egregious and beneath the office he holds. Trump is being petty and vindictive. That's no surprise.
His behavior is also dumb politics. Yes, his base loves it — any sign of militancy from Trump makes the base happy, particularly since many conservatives saw McCain as politically wishy-washy at best. Trump’s behavior further cements his base in opposition to the “establishment” — both George W. Bush and Barack Obama will speak at McCain’s funeral. But Trump needs to move beyond his base now. Declaring needless battles with the corpse of a sitting senator and military hero looks small and absurd. Trump’s supporters won’t go anywhere because they have nowhere else to go. But everyone else is far less likely to give Trump the benefit of the doubt as time goes on, no matter how good the economy remains. Character does matter. Hillary had none, so Trump eked out an electoral college victory. But Trump is letting the opportunity to redefine his character and win over admirers slip through his fingers out of pure egotistic brutality.
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1) WE ARE NOW IN THE LONGEST BULL MARKET IN HISTORY. I BOUGHT FULLY BACK INTO ALL EQUITIES IN MARCH, 2009, THE MOMENT THE MARKET TURNED UP. I HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST ANY NEW CASH IN ALL EQUITIES. SINCE  MARCH 2009, THE S&P IS UP 322% AND THE NASDAQ IS UP 521%. SOME TECH AND OTHER BASIC STOCKS ARE UP OVER ONE THOUSAND PERCENT.  EVEN STRAIGHT UP COMPANIES LIKE HOME DEPOT AND BOEING ARE UP SEVERAL HUNDRED PERCENT. MY POINT IS, I HAVE POSTULATED SINCE 2009, THAT AN ALL EQUITY PORTFOLIO YOU PERSONALLY CHOSE WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT YOU COULD HAVE, PROVIDED IT WAS ALL US BASED SOLID COMPANIES. FAR BETTER THAN THE STANDARD 60-40 EQUITY DEBT MIX, FAR BETTER THAN HEDGE FUNDS, EUROPEAN OR EMERGING MARKET STOCKS, AND FAR BETTER THAN ANNUITIES OR MUTUAL FUNDS, NEITHER OF WHICH MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. YOU JUST PAY SOMEONE EXCESSIVE FEES TO DELIVER SUBPAR RETURNS WITH NO, OR LIMITED LIQUIDITY AND TAX ISSUES WITH ANNUITIES. IT IS ALL ABOUT RISK ADJUSTED RETURNS, AND INVESTING FOR THE LONG TERM. I BELIEVE EQUITIES HAVE A VERY GOOD RUN AHEAD FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I MAY BE WRONG, SO DON’T INVEST ON WHAT I SAY. IF THE DEMS WIN THE HOUSE THEY WILL CREATE CHAOS IN DC AND FURTHER RESIST.

TURKEY PLAYED ITS HAND, AND TRUMP CALLED THE BLUFF. ERDOGAN HAS NO CARDS LEFT TO PLAY. TURKEY IS SCREWED NOW. MERKEL IS NOT BAILING HIM OUT AS HE HOPED. NEITHER IS PUTIN. IRAN IS NEXT UP TO LEARN THEY NO LONGER CAN GET AWAY WITH THREATS AND BAD BEHAVIOR. CHINA IS BUYING OIL, BUT EVERYONE ELSE LEFT FOR HOME. INDIA IS LIKELY TO REDUCE OIL PURCHASES MATERIALLY. COME NOVEMBER, IRAN WILL BE LEFT WITH NO CARDS TO PLAY THAT AMOUNT TO ANYTHING, OTHER THAN CHINA BUYING OIL. THE EU CAN TRY TO CREATE W A WORK AROUND TO HELP IRAN, BUT IT WILL NOT WORK. COMPANIES WILL NOT RISK ANGERING THE US. MONEY WILL BE RUNNING OUT AND INFLATION WILL BE VERY HIGH. PROTESTS WILL RAMP UP. SUPPORTING ACTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL, OR IN SYRIA, OR YEMEN WILL BEGIN TO BE UNAFFORDABLE. THE EU IS STUPID FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT IRAN POSES A TERROR THREAT TO THEM, AND THE WORLD, MORE REAL THAN NUKE THREAT, AND THE NUKE DEAL JUST POSTPONED NUKES, IT DID NOT STOP THEM. POMPEO IS GOING BACK TO N KOREA SOON.  I AM ASSUMING HE WILL TELL KIM GAME TIME IS OVER. MY GUESS IS TRUMP IS WAITING UNTIL AFTER ELECTIONS TO JAM N KOREA WITH MORE SANCTIONS AND RENEWAL OF WAR GAMES IF THERE IS NO REAL PROGRESS IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS. WHILE ALL THIS IS HAPPENING THE TRADE DEAL WITH MEXICO IS ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED, THE EU WILL FINALIZE A DEAL IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, AND CANADA WILL HAVE TO FALL IN LINE IN OCTOBER.  CHINA HAS ESSENTIALLY CONCEDED WITH THE TRADE NEGOTIATION TEAM HEADED TO DC. KAVANAUGH WILL HAVE BEEN SEATED WITH TWO OR THREE DEMS VOTING FOR HIM. UNEMPLOYMENT WILL BE AROUND 3.5%. GDP WILL BE GROWING AT OVER 4%. BY NOVEMBER A LOT WILL HAVE HAPPENED, OR BE HAPPENING. THE US WILL BE IN A COMMAND ROLE IN ALL OF THIS. THE MUELLER PROBE WILL NOT MATTER NO MATTER WHAT HIS REPORT SAYS. DO YOU CARE HE PAID SOME BIMBOS, OR THAT YOUR TAKE HOME PAY IS INCREASING AND YOUR LIFE, AND THE US ECONOMY IS MUCH BETTER THAN 2 YEARS AGO. THE DEMS WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING TO SAY OTHER THAN RAISE TAXES, OPEN BORDERS, FREE EVERYTHING, BECOME SOCIALISTS, AND IMPEACH TRUMP. NONE OF THAT IS A WINNING PITCH. 

DIVERSITY IS THE MANTRA TODAY ON CAMPUS AND IN CORPORATIONS. QUITE A WHILE AGO I WROTE ABOUT DIVERSITY, AND WHY IT IS WRONG AS A GOAL AS IT IS NOW POSTULATED.  SO HERE IS AN UPDATE. THIS IS BASED ON REAL LIFE SITUATIONS IN CORPORATIONS. WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS TAUGHT AMERICA IS A MELTING POT, EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED, AND EVERYONE HAD TO ASSIMILATE. WHILE THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF DISCRIMINATION, ASSIMILATION WAS THE GUIDING PRINCIPAL WE WERE TAUGHT. BEING AN AMERICAN WAS THE PRIORITY OVER BEING WHATEVER ELSE YOU WERE.  TODAY THE WORD INSTEAD IS “DIVERSITY”. TRANSLATED, THAT MEANS EMPHASIZE DIFFERENCES AND SUBJUGATE BEING AN AMERICAN TO ETHNICITY, GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. TODAY THEY  HAVE A BOX TO CHECK TO SHOW THEY HIRE BLACKS, LATINOS AND WOMEN. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME ON STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CHECK THE BOX. SCHOOLS TAKE MINORITY STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED, IN SOME CASES, TO DO THE LEVEL OF WORK AT THE MORE PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOLS. THE EFFORT BY DEBLASIO IN NY TO DO AWAY WITH MERIT FOR SELECTION TO THE ELITE HIGH SCHOOLS BEING THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. BUT THE KIDS ARE THE POLITICAL TOKENS WHO MAKE THE STUDENT BODY “DIVERSE”. SO WE HAVE KIDS WHO CANNOT DO THE WORK GOING THROUGH CLASSES, AND AS A RESULT OF WIDESPREAD GRADE INFLATION AT MANY COLLEGES, THEY MOVE THROUGH SCHOOL WITHOUT REALLY BEING ABLE TO DO THE WORK, OR THEY DROP OUT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY CANNOT SUCCEED, MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE LOSERS. EITHER WAY IT IS BAD FOR THE STUDENT WHO POSSIBLY KNOWS HE CANNOT DO THE WORK, AND FEELS LIKE HE IS NOT AS QUALIFIED AS HE SHOULD BE, EVEN IF THEY GRADUATE.  COMPANIES NEED TO HIRE MINORITY GRADUATES, SO THEY HIRE THESE KIDS WHO DID MANAGE TO GRADUATE, BUT ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SOME OF THE HIGH TECH, HIGHER MATH JOBS REQUIRED TODAY IN MANY COMPANIES. HERE IS A REAL LIFE TYPICAL TRUE STORY: A BLACK GIRL WAS HIRED BY A PENSION ADVISOR AS AN ACTUARY. SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO THE VERY COMPLEX MATH REQUIRED. SO TWO NIGHTS A WEEK HER SUPERVISOR STAYS LATE FOR TWO HOURS TO REDO HER WORK. THE COMPANY KNOWS THIS, AND PAYS HIM BONUSES AND OTHER THINGS, AND THEY TELL HIM “WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT WE HAVE A BOX TO CHECK, AND SHE CHECKS THAT BOX”. IT IS ALL A BIG GAME OF MAKE BELIEVE THAT HURTS THE COMPANY, THE SUPERVISOR WHO WOULD RATHER GO HOME, AND THE BLACK GIRL WHO MUST KNOW SHE IS IN WAY OVER HER HEAD. EVERYONE IS A LOSER. APPLE, GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK HAVE THE SAME SITUATION. IT IS NOT UNIQUE. BUT NOW EVERYONE IS WORKING TO HAVE A “DIVERSE” STAFF THAT THEY CAN SHOW OFF THE CHECKED BOXES TO THE REGULATORS, NEWS MEDIA, ACTIVISTS, AND THEIR LEFT WING WHITE STAFF. PROBLEM IS, LIKE IN THE SITUATION I DESCRIBED, THIS BLACK GIRL CANNOT BE PROMOTED BECAUSE SHE IS UNABLE TO DO THE WORK AT THE ENTRY LEVEL. AT SOME POINT SHE HAS TO BE LET GO, OR TOLD SHE IS NOT BEING PROMOTED OR GETTING A RAISE. NOW SHE LIKELY CLAIMS IT IS RACIST. THEY CAN’T FIRE HER BECAUSE SHE IS A BLACK FEMALE. I KNOW DIRECTLY OF A SITUATION IN A MAJOR BANK JUST AS I DESCRIBE, WHERE THE UNQUALIFIED BLACK GIRL STOPPED COMING TO WORK CLAIMING ILLNESS, BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN OVER HER HEAD, BUT SHE WAS REALLY WORKING ANOTHER JOB. THE BANK KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT FELT THEY COULD NOT FIRE HER, SO THEY GAVE HER WARNING AND NOTICE, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS A BLACK FEMALE THEY CONTINUED TO PAY HER FOR MONTHS UNTIL THEY FINALLY HAD ENOUGH DOCUMENTED WARNINGS TO TERMINATE HER.  MEANTIME HER SUPERVISOR HAD TO CARRY HER ON THEIR GROUP BUDGET, AND SO COULD NOT INITIALLY REPLACE HER. YOU SEE WHERE ALL THIS IS HEADED. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE A HIGH GRADE TO KIDS IN CLASS WHO SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A C OR D, AND HIRE OR APPOINT BY SKIN COLOR TO FILL A QUOTA, AND NOT ON MERIT. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY WELL QUALIFIED MINORITY KIDS WHO GO TO WORK IN THESE COMPANIES AND EXCEL, BUT MY POINT IS, THERE ARE SOME HIRED JUST BECAUSE THEY FILL THE QUOTA, AND THAT IS WRONG, BAD, AND ILLEGAL REVERSE DISCRIMINATION. YEARS AGO I HAD A BLACK FRIEND WHO HAD A SUCCESSFUL WALL ST CAREER, WHO COMPLAINED HE WAS A GRADUATE OF HARVARD B SCHOOL, WELL QUALIFIED AND SUCCESSFUL, BUT HE FELT OTHERS LOOKED AT HIM AND ASSUMED HE WAS THE TOKEN, AS OPPOSED TO HIS SUCCESS BEING DUE TO BRAINS AND HARD WORK. SO HERE WAS A WELL-QUALIFIED, SUCCESSFUL BLACK GUY WHO FELT ANGRY, AND THOUGHT HE WAS LOOKED DOWN ON JUST BECAUSE HE FELT EVERYONE ASSUMED HE WAS GETTING AHEAD ON SKIN COLOR, NOT MERIT.

EVERYONE IS AFRAID TO STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS ALL NUTS AND ILLEGAL, BECAUSE IT IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST WHITE MALES WHO MAY HAVE WANTED THAT JOB AND WERE QUALIFIED, BUT A WHITE MALE. IT IS HARMING THE MINORITY KIDS WHO KNOW THEY ARE IN OVER THEIR HEADS, AND THE COMPANIES WHO LOSE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BY HAVING TO HIRE UNQUALIFIED STAFF.  IF THEY DID SAY SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE CALLED RACIST AND SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD POUND THE COMPANY, THE LEFTY POLITICIANS WOULD ISSUE PRESS RELEASES, AND ALL HELL WOULD BREAK LOOSE FOR THE COMPANY. SO WE ARE CREATING A WHOLE GROUP OF MINORITY KIDS WHO COULD BE SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY IF THEY WORKED IN JOBS THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO DO, AND IF THEY HAD GONE TO A LESS RIGOROUS SCHOOL WHERE THEY COULD BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR  CLASS. (THIS IS WHY I DO NOT PUBLISH THE RANT ON FACEBOOK OR ANYWHERE ON THE WEB.) MAYBE WHEN THE LAWSUIT OF THE ASIAN KIDS AGAINST HARVARD REACHES THE SUPREME COURT, THEY WILL UNDO PAST DECISIONS, AND SAY RACE IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO BE A CRITERIA, AND DIVERSITY HAS TO OCCUR NATURALLY BASED ON MERIT.

REALITY IS, HUMANS ARE LIKE ALL ANIMALS, WE LIKE TO BE WITH OUR OWN HERD OR PACK. WE FORM TRIBES AND NATIONS AROUND SIMILARITIES, AND CULTURES DEVELOP AROUND THE TRIBE OR NATION.  HUMANS TAKE COMFORT BY BEING WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK, OR HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, LIKE THEM.  BE THAT, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, RACE, REGION, SCHOOL, A SPORT, ECONOMIC LEVEL, OR RELIGION. GROWING UP JEWISH I HAD MANY EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION. I FULLY GET WHAT IT MEANS TO FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER. THAT JUST MEANS YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO EXCEL INSTEAD OF WHINING LIKE THE SNOWFLAKES ON CAMPUS THESE DAYS.  HUMANS ARE GENERALLY NOT LONERS OR HERMITS. THEY ARE TRIBAL. WHAT MADE AMERICA UNIQUE AND GREAT WAS THAT WE USED TO INSIST ON ASSIMILATION, AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU NEED TO LEARN ENGLISH, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN, AHEAD OF WHATEVER ELSE YOU ARE. NOW IT IS DEMANDED THAT WE NEED TO BE EMPHASIZING BEING “DIVERSE”, WHICH TRANSLATES TO-- MAKE A POINT OF SHOWING YOU ARE DIFFERENT, AND NOT ASSIMILATED. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE DIVERGED FROM MERIT BASED, TO SKIN COLOR BASED, AND THAT IS AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT MADE AMERICA THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY IT IS TODAY. DIVERSITY MEANS DIFFERENTIATION, AND NOT ASSIMILATION. THE MORE THERE IS THE PUSH FOR DIVERSITY, THE WORSE THINGS HAVE BECOME IN RACE RELATIONS, AND POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA DISCOURSE. CUOMO PUT HIS FINGER ON HOW THE LEFT SEES IT, BUT HE MADE THE POINT THAT NOW THE LEFT THINKS BEING AN ASSIMILATED, EXCEPTIONAL AMERICA IS NOT GREAT.

YOU GOT AHEAD IN AMERICA ON MERIT AND HARD WORK, EVEN IF DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. THAT IS HOW MY GENERATION PULLED THEMSELVES UP FROM BEING POOR OR LOWER CLASS. NOT BY BEING SOME LEGALLY FAVORED ETHNICITY, GENDER OR WHATEVER. THAT IS WHAT MADE AMERICA EXCEPTIONAL. THE GREATEST WEALTH AND JOB CREATORS WERE GUYS WHO STARTED WITH NOTHING BUT AN IDEA, AND WHO POUNDED THROUGH THE HURDLES AND SETBACKS, AND EXCELLED BECAUSE AMERICA MADE IT POSSIBLE.  IT IS NEVER THE GUY WHO MOANED ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AND GOT PROMOTED BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR.

I AM GOING HIKING IN THE TETONS FOR 2 WEEKS SO I WILL BE BACK IN MID-SEPTEMBER
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2) Ten Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime


1. The Post Office

Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.


2. The Check

Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with check by 2018.  It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks.  Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check.  This plays right into the death of the post office.  If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business


3. The Newspaper

The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper.  They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition.  That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man.  As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it.  The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine articles publishers to form an alliance.  They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell     phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.


4. The Book

You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages  I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes.  I wanted my hard copy CD.  But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music.  The same thing will happen with books.  You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy.  And the price is less than half that of a real book.  And think of the convenience!  Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.


5. The Land Line Telephone

Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore.  Most people keep it simply because they've always had it.  But you are paying double charges for that extra service.  All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes.


6. Music

This is one of the saddest parts of the change story.  The music industry is dying a slow death.  Not just because of illegal downloading.  It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it.  Greed and corruption is the problem.  The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing  Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with.  Older established artists.  This is also true on the live concert circuit.  To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, 
​( on Amazon- $6.99 download!) ​
and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."
​ ( Amazon again, $1.99 rental / $6.99 to own!!)​


7. Television Revenues

To the networks are down dramatically.  Not just because of the economy.  People are     watching TV and movies streamed from their computers.  And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV.  Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator.  Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds.  I say good riddance to most of it.  It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery.  Let the people choose what they want to watch      online and through Netflix.


8. The "Things" That You Own

Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future.  They may simply reside in "the cloud."  Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents.  Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be.  But all of that is changing.  Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services."  That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system.  So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet.  If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud.  If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud.  And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.  In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device.  That's the good news.  But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?"  Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical?  It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that     photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.


9. Joined Handwriting (Cursive Writing)

Already gone in some schools who no longer teach "joined handwriting" because nearly everything is done now on computers or keyboards of some type (pun not intended)


10. Privacy

If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy.  That's gone.  It's been gone for a long time anyway..  There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone.  But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View.  If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits..  "They" will try to get you to buy something else.  Again and again and again.


All we will have left that which can't be changed......are our "Memories".
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3) 
This article is part of a series on the
Politics of the
United States of America
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This is a list of agencies of the United States federal government.
Legislative definitions of a federal agency are varied, and even contradictory, and the official United States Government Manual offers no definition.[1][2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and subsequent litigation, often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to enumerate a list of agencies.[3][4]
The executive branch of the federal government includes the Executive Office of the President and the United States federal executive departments (whose secretaries belong to the Cabinet). Employees of the majority of these agencies are considered civil servants.
The majority of the independent agencies of the United States government are also classified as executive agencies (they are independent in that they are not subordinated under a Cabinet position). There are a small number of independent agencies that are not considered part of the executive branch, such as the Library of Congress and Congressional Budget Office, administered directly by Congress and thus are legislative branch agencies.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Legislative Branch[edit]

Judicial Branch[edit]

Specialty Courts[edit]

Executive Branch[edit]

Executive Office of the President[edit]

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Main article: Executive Office of the President of the United States

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Agriculture

United States Department of Commerce[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Commerce

United States Department of Defense (DOD)[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Education[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Education
  • United States Secretary of Education
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Education
      • United States Under Secretary of Education
        • United States Deputy Under Secretary of Education

Department of Education structure
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Office of the Under Secretary (OUS)
Office of the Deputy Secretary (ODS)
Other federal agencies, centers, boards, clearinghouses

United States Department of Energy[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Energy

United States Department of Health and Human Services[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Health and Human Services

United States Department of Homeland Security[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Homeland Security
  • United States Secretary of Homeland Security
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Agencies and Offices, Library and Coast Guard, and Teams and schools[edit]

Offices and Councils[edit]

Management[edit]

National Protection and Programs[edit]

Science and Technology[edit]

Portfolios[edit]

Divisions[edit]

Offices and institutes[edit]

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Agencies[edit]

Offices and Centers and Library and University[edit]

Corporation[edit]

United States Department of the Interior[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of the Interior

United States Department of Justice[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Labor (DOL)[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of Labor
  • United States Secretary of Labor
    • United States Deputy Secretary of Labor

Agencies and Bureaus and Corporation and Center and Program and Library and University[edit]

Boards[edit]

Offices and Offices of[edit]

  • Office of Security
  • Energy
  • Defense
  • Veterans Affairs
  • General Counsel
  • Labor
  • Commerce
  • Ethics
  • Compliance
  • NA Affairs
  • Agriculture
  • Housing and Urban Development
  • Homeland Security
  • Health
  • Labor Policy
  • Administrative Law
  • State
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Interior
  • White House Liaison
  • Public Affairs
  • Education
  • Civil Rights
  • Treasury
  • Transportation
  • Justice
  • Office of Emergency Management
  • Office of Labor Intelligence
  • Office of Administrative Law Judges
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
  • Management
  • Administration
  • Communications
  • CPO
  • CISO
  • CHCO
  • CHRO
  • CTO
  • Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  • Office of the Chief Information Officer
  • Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Office of Disability Employment Policy
  • Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
  • Office of Labor-Management Standards
  • Office of the Solicitor
  • Office of Worker's Compensation Program
  • Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
  • Wirtz Labor Library

United States Department of State (DOS)[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of State
  • United States Secretary of State
    • United States Deputy Secretary of State

Agencies and Bureaus and Offices and Library and Boards and Councils and schools[edit]

Reporting to the Secretary[edit]

Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources[edit]

  • Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources
  • Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
  • Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) Office

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security[edit]

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights[edit]

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment[edit]

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management[edit]

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs[edit]

Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs[edit]

Permanent Diplomatic Missions[edit]

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United States Department of Transportation[edit]

Operating Administrations[edit]

United States Department of the Treasury[edit]

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Main article: United States Department of the Treasury
Bureaus[8]

United States Department of Veterans Affairs[edit]

Agencies and university[edit]

Boards and offices and library[edit]

    • National Veterans Affairs Library
    • Office of International Affairs
    • Office of Security
    • Office of Emergency Management
    • Office of Veterans Affairs Statistics
    • Office Of Veterans Affairs Intelligence
    • DOVA Office of the Inspector General
    • Board of Veterans' Appeals
    • Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
    • Center for Minority Veterans
    • Center for Veterans Enterprise
    • Center for Women Veterans
    • Office of Advisory Committee Management
    • Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
    • Office of Survivors Assistance
    • Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction
    • Office of Information and Technology
    • Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
    • Veterans Service Organizations Liaison

Independent agencies and government-owned corporations[edit]

Established under United States Constitution Article I, Section 4[edit]

Elections[edit]

Established under Article I, Section 8[edit]

Administrative agencies[edit]

Civil Service agencies[edit]

Commerce regulatory agencies[edit]

Government Commissions and Committees and Consortium[edit]

Education and broadcasting agencies[edit]

Energy and science agencies[edit]

Foreign investment agencies[edit]

Interior agencies[edit]

Labor agencies[edit]

Monetary and financial agencies[edit]

Postal agencies[edit]

Retirement agencies[edit]

Federal Property and Seat of Government agencies[edit]

Transportation agencies[edit]

Volunteerism agencies[edit]

Authority under Article II, Section 1[edit]

Defense and security agencies[edit]

Authority under Amendment XIV[edit]

Civil rights agencies[edit]

Other agencies and corporations[edit]

Joint programs and interagency agencies[edit]

    • Joint Fire Science Program
    • National Interagency Fire Center

Special Inspector General Office[edit]

Quasi-official agencies[edit]

Arts & cultural agencies[edit]

Museum agencies[edit]

Commerce & technology agencies[edit]

Defense & diplomacy agencies[edit]

Human service & community development Agencies[edit]

Interior agencies[edit]

Law & justice agencies[edit]

See also[edit]

References


Notes[edit]


  1. Jump up^ Fischer 2011, pp. 1-2.
  2. Jump up^ Federal Register 2013.
  3. Jump up^ Lewis & Selin 2013, pp. 13-14.
  4. Jump up^ Kamensky 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k "Our Administrations". US Department of Transportation. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Office of the Secretary". US Department of Transportation. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  7. Jump up^ "Governance and Oversight". U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  8. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l "Bureaus". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  9. Jump up^ "IBM Cognos software". www.fedscope.opm.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  10. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k "Organizational Structure". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  11. ^ Jump up to:a b "Offices". www.treasury.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-17.

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