Personal Poetry

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

An Immigration Anthem

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Dearest Woman of my Dreams

Dearest Woman of my Dreams, Why are you so lonely tonight? Do you not hear the words of my song, my naked voice of love for you, streaming over your balcony to nestle with you in your sleep? My promise is in this serenade, which you can hear each night...... even without your balcony... and it is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

My Property Tax Reform

The Property Assessment and Tax Act of 2012 as proposed by Carl Peter Klapper of Edison,New Jersey Property Assessment Be it enacted that: The assessed value of a Property within a municipality shall be: Changed no more frequently than once a year; A bid by the municipality to buy the property once... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Facebook/Social Media Business Model

From a comment I made on another Blogit blog: If you remember banner ads, you will recognize the same basic marketing plan. Even if you do not, the point is not to be "on" Facebook, but to run your ads on Facebook. Not that I do not spend way too much time on the former rather than the latter, but I... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

A response to George Carlin's "man in the sky versus paint drying" joke.

George Carlin was a funny man but he is confusing metaphor with a statement of fact. Heaven is only "in the sky" in the metaphorical sense of being spiritually upward, from the human tendency to seek the "higher" things, to "reach for the stars", etc. God is like a man only in the metaphorical sense... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

A comment on Keynesian fiscal policy (which I made elsewhere on the web)

Keynes advocated COUNTER-CYCLICAL fiscal policy, so the debt taken on to pay for the deficits during a depression would have been paid back by surpluses during the following boom. My critique of this particular policy focuses on the use of debt rather than printed currency. First, fiscal debt... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Tragedy and the Story of Etan Patz

Tragedy and the Story of Etan Patz Now that we sort of know what might have happened back in 1979, we are getting more comments about how that was a tragedy from people who should perhaps know better. Perhaps, because the serious are often pretentious and that character flaw makes them more likely... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 30, 2012

A Response to the Obama Slow Jam: Pell, Yes!

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Facebook is down

Or, at least, its login page Is timing out Each time I try to login in I remain out Facebook is down and out Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

A relevant unpublished leter to the editor

From: KLAPPER Carl (Consultant) Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:37 AM To: letters@washpost.com Cc: cpklapper@abstractdev.com Subject: RE: Providing Health Care To the Editor, I applaud George Will for pointing out one way in which the proposed health insurance reform bills, specifically the... Sign in to see full entry.

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