Thursday, March 12, 2009

Puking ...

as I listen to Blabberg cover the Forbes' 400 list of richest people in the world. That is one annual event that always makes me grab the barf bag. This adulation of the richest and most powerful is simply one of the most foolish actions of the American press. I can only reply with that fine quote from Pericles, the famed leader of ancient Athens:

"We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy; wealth we employ more for use than for show, and place the real disgrace of poverty not in owning to the fact but in declining the struggle against it."

The Forbes 400 is the antithesis of this laudable sentiment. Most of those people spend their time and money simply trying to make more money or spending it extravagantly. Bill Gates excepted.

Word of the Day

Misprision - noun [$10 - mis prizh' en]; from Shakespeare & Mrs. B.
Misprision means 1. maladministration of public affairs; 2. neglect in preventing or reporting a crime.
Sentence: The Obama administration so far deserves considerable opprobrium for misprision; perhaps it's due to his inexperience in the executive branch, but he needs to get some people in his government who know how to run complex systems.

Shakespeare's usage -
So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,
Comes home again, on better judgement making.

Le Mot du Jour

Remanier - verb, transitive; conjugated like 'prier'
Remanier means to rework, revise modify, reorganize.
La Phrase: Obama doit remanier sa adminstration dés que possible.
Sentence: Obama should reorganize his administration as soon as possible.

17 comments:

Bud said...

fine piece Bman.........a year ago i may have disagreed with today's post...........but now we know much of our so-called wealth was generated by looting and ponzi credit


'hogs at the trough'

Bud said...

'opprobrium'

huh?? Bman you can't use a word that no one understands in a sentence trying to explain another word that no one understands

Bunkerman said...

sorry, I was worried about that one, but as I learn words, they beceom easy touse in normal writing, speech.

Opprobrium means disgrace or humilitation resulting from shameful conduct; ignominy; scornful contempt or reproach.

Bunkerman said...

sheesh .. become easy to use.

maverick said...

Bman ...your thoughts

http://tinyurl.com/ctyv63

Bud said...

i am so grateful i have a Mensa member helping me put food on my table....



PFE


'thanks jim'

Spin-em said...

enjoy your strawberries bud

mfl59 said...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Frosty said...

PFE...that's it...fat bastard should take a victory lap...marko vedio worthy, nannies push the shark around the office as he waives to the tankers....victory..oh man.

Bunkerman said...

a self-adoration society .. circle jerk club.

Spin-em said...

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Bunkerman said...

To re-write my quote from Pericles:

We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy; intelligence we employ more for use that for show, and place the real disgrace of ignorance not in owning to the fact, but in declining to struggle against it.

Bunkerman said...

Off to the MG range for a bit of 9mm fun.

enjoy the games

Spin-em said...

Madoff address at trial...."In 1982..my cousin.......

mfl59 said...

Bunkerman don't get too excited over today's rally...its options misdirection Thursday...

Spin-em said...

GE

"huge put action"


speakin of lowlife dirtbags...............lemme ask u somethin bob


is me losin $$ some sort of amusement for you ??? cuz it ain't funny to me


i'll knock your teeth out if you do that again

Bud said...

GE

cha ching cha ching cha ching


'thanks jim'


lmaoooooooooooooooooooooo



PS......sorry spin......try again tomorrow