VIDEO: "I Wanna Be Rich"

[VIDEO] You know this song just popped into my head at random today. Right now it's my current aspiration although well one needs a plan to get rich or maybe one doesn't have no idea. All the same it would be nice to make more money than I currently do now.

 BTW, this song is just indicative of my 80s experience. I was a child of the 80s, but by the time I became aware of the period it was about to be over and then started the 90s a time where I came of age!

Anyway enjoy Calloway's I Wanna Be Rich. :)

Yeah, so the song was released in 1989 and reached #2 on record charts in 1990. So it's still a 1980s song. :P

CNet: What we don't know about the iPad mini...

Well at this point I know that there will be a smaller version of the iPad coming at some point in the near future it's been rumored for a long time. It would be a cool thing carry around and probably easier if you're carrying it in a bag.

With my iPad my fantasy was to bring it with me while out and about. This contraption might make that much easier. Still I find myself wondering what's the point of a smaller iPad? Could this thing instead be an early version of the iPad 4?

I'm fan of the form function of the iPad 2 and 3. I can put it away in a bag just as easily while out and about. Surely it would make for the perfect travel companion as well. If you have wifi you can surf the internet on it much easier than using the iPhone. Of course one doesn't need an iPod if you have a nice hard drive size iPad with you as well.

Anyway for a different reason I won't be falling all over the "iPad mini". It's just not worth it for me at this point. Especially if there is a larger iPad (that is the one I currently own) being sold along with the mini. There has to be a purpose to it.

When it is finally unveiled, I hope to learn more about it's purpose.

Black college graduates may find more success in self-employment

Well I hope they have skill which could ensure  success. I imagine it's easier to be an entrepreneur if you had a law degree or a business degree. It's just one start among others.

Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that black self-employment has been on the rise. The number of self-employed blacks grew by 5.7% from 2007 through 2009, in contrast to the 3.4% experienced by self-employed whites. Some minority entrepreneurs have found a substantial amount of success using social media. Twenty-four year old minority alum of the  University of California at Berkeley alum, Charlie Fyffe, started his dessert business, Charlie’s Brownies, on Facebook. “I started my business initially on Facebook, marketing through a fan page for four years before getting a real Web site,” he said in an interview. “As social media has become a societal norm, the popularity of my brand naturally grew with it.”

You know that just means I need to find a way to start my own business. Should've started in high school because if I had more interest, who knows where things would be today!

Three frames from the next "Star Trek" movie...

[VIDEO] You know this does seem like a gag Conan O'Brien would engage in, but recently on his show Star Trek director JJ Abrams brought a three frame clip from the new movie onto the show with him. I don't want to spoil it so you got to watch the video to understand what you're very briefly seeing.

We can spoil the title of the new Star Trek 2 entitled Star Trek into Darkness. I can only wonder what that is indicative of.

Stupidity on Twitter...

Actress Tamera Mowry says one thing about the debate on her Twitter account. She states that she hated that the candidates over talk each other during the course of the debate. She made no apparent mention of who she supports in this election.

Then after that comment she gets jumped on as a Romney supporter. Not long after that she gets jumped on for her interracial marriage to a FOX News reporter. He jumps into the fray himself.

According to those engaged in the flame war Mowry is denying her black half. The FOX News reporter is funny looking and not hot enough to cross over to the dark side. Marrying a black woman is the perfect cover up.

WOW!!!! I hate talk like that from anyone. And I had little idea about Mowry's marriage and sorry she does go by Tamera Mowry Housley now.

Anyway who she marries is only her business and should have little to do with whether or not she denies her heritage. There are quite a few inter-ethnic marriages out there and well I wonder if in these relationships does either spouse deny their backgrounds. Let's hope now.

Also what does that have to do with their political stances. Mowry said very little about her politics just made a statement about the interruptions or overtalk of the candidates during last night's debate. It was innocent but she gets attacked because her white husband just so happens to work at FOX News.

Well they called out for what they are racist. Denigrate the both of them for their respective races was wrong and absolutely shameful! And at that attempt to intertwine that with politics.

For their parts I could just as easily call them Obama supporters. It doesn't matter to me if they are Obama supporters but this sheer vitriol may make his campaign look worse. Besides, I'm there are those who believe just because you're black you should support Obama. That's just dumb to me!

Hat-tip Instapundit!

Today is now October 11, 2012

That is Thursday is now 10/11/12 or ten, eleven, twelve. Another set of sequential numbers for dates. That is all! Make it good Thursday!

So should states be able to create their own gold & silver based currencies?

An old friend talked about this frequently since he's a proponent of using primarily precious metals as currency and not merely fiat currency. It looks like some states are considering his advice at least. This article is from February 2012 but might as well share it on this Sunday:

Worried that the Federal Reserve and the U.S. dollar are on the brink of collapse, lawmakers from 13 states, including Minnesota, Tennessee, Iowa, South Carolina and Georgia, are seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or explore it as an option. Just three years ago, only three states had similar proposals in place.

"In the event of hyperinflation, depression, or other economic calamity related to the breakdown of the Federal Reserve System ... the State's governmental finances and private economy will be thrown into chaos," said North Carolina Republican Representative Glen Bradley in a currency bill he introduced last year.

Unlike individual communities, which are allowed to create their own currency -- as long as it is easily distinguishable from U.S. dollars -- the Constitution bans states from printing their own paper money or issuing their own currency. But it allows the states to make "gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts."

To the state legislators who are proposing state-issued currencies, that means gold and silver are fair game, said Edwin Vieira, an alternative currency proponent and attorney specializing in Constitutional law. And since gold has grown exponentially more valuable, while the U.S. dollar continues to lose ground, the notion has become increasingly appealing to state lawmakers, he said.

If it happens in Illinois, my friend may not like the fact that Illinois could use on their precious metal based currency Abraham Lincoln. He's not a fan although I'm sure there are other state figures that my state could put onto such currency. Although granted I'm not sure this state would adopt their own currency.

Here's the section of the constitution which concerned money in this nation. Article 1, Section 8 among the powers of the United States Congress: "To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures"

What if Big Bird was a right winger?

[VIDEO] This video had to have come from Conan O'Brien's tenure as host of Tonight on NBC. This clip seems like a hilarious counterpoint to the debate on Wednesday where Mitt Romney indicated that he would like to cut funding for public broadcasting. Even mentioned that he loved Big Bird.

With this video and mind, I'm sure Big Bird is rethinking what he said to the First Lady and even his right winged beliefs. LOL