[sparkscoffee] Re: Conundrum
- From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 13:01:25 -0400
In a capitalist system sometimes - not as often as it should be -
people break through to become "owners".
What unfortunately happens is brilliant people do not build up needed
capital before releasing a great invention and secure a great patent
attorney and put a great attorney on his staff.
Case in point is how Reginald Fessenden was screwed every way but the
highway with the money from his inventions of continuous wave system
of communications, fathometer, radiotelephony.
His partners screwed him.
http://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium/radio/radio_unsung.html
An excellent write up. I was personally at the dedication of the IEEE
Milestone plaque - Boston area has five such plaques, one for the
first underground electric railway, first fire signaling telegraph,
invention of the telephone, I can't number them all but it was told to
us at the dedication back in 2008 (or so). Very interesting with
contributions by our Society of Wireless Pioneers and others.
I'm no longer a member of ieee but you can be if you want to pay, but
the publications are fascinating to read.
73
DR
On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Ron Ristad <ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> DR,
> It's simple and easy to understand.
>
> In a pure communist system the government owns everything. The people own
> nothing and are slaves.
>
> In a pure capitalist system the government owns nothing. The people own
> everything and are free.
>
> In either system an elite group owns most of the wealth. It has always been
> so and will always be.
>
> The difference is freedom.
>
> This is why in NY Harbor we have a Statue of Liberty and not a statue of
> Lenin.
>
> -RR
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@xxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: May 5, 2014 8:01 AM
>>To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [sparkscoffee] Conundrum
>>
>>The definition of the word conundrum is “something that is puzzling or
>>confusing.”
>>
>>Here are six conundrums of socialism in the United States of America:
>>
>>1. America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is
>>subsidized.
>>
>>2. Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims.
>>
>>3. They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government.
>>
>>4. Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting
>>poorer.
>>
>>5. The poor keep getting poorer - yet they have things that people in
>>other countries only dream about.
>>
>>6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about -
>>yet they want America to be more like those other countries.
>>
>>Think about it! That, my friends, pretty much sums up the USA in the
>>21st century.
>>
>>Makes you wonder who is doing the math.
>>
>>These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our
>>current government and cultural environment:
>>
>>1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few
>>lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions
>>of a few lunatics.
>>
>>Funny how that works.
>>
>>And here's another one worth considering...
>>
>>2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run
>>out of money. How come we never hear about welfare or food stamps
>>running out of money? What's interesting is the first group "worked
>>for" their money, but the second didn't. Think about it.....
>>
>>and last but not least,
>>
>>3. Why are we cutting benefits for our veterans, no pay raises for our
>>military and cutting our army to a level lower than before WWII, but
>>we are not stopping the payments or benefits to illegal aliens.
>>
>>Am I the only one missing something?
>>
>
>
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