Jeff Berg

Got my new home network up and running. Should have done that a year ago. What a difference.

Anybody use seesmic ping and like it?

Arthur B. Laffer: Cain's Stimulating '9-9-9' Tax Reform - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...

is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Yes it is, in its own way, but that doesn’t quite cover it. In reality, Social Security is much worse than a Ponzi scheme. The analogy to a Ponzi scheme is accurate and necessary, because it captures the basic economic unsustainability of the program. A Ponzi scheme is unsustainable because the returns it... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Note that there is no current example that might suggest big deficit spending leads to national prosperity. The unsustainable debts of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain have nearly wrecked the European Union. Most consider a fiscally prudent Texas or Utah to be a better job creator than debt-ridden blue states such as California, Illinois... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Nancy Pelosi on today’s vote: “What we’re trying to do is save the world from the Republican budget. We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today. - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Jeffrey Eisenach and Kevin Caves of Navigant Economics, a consulting firm, recently examined ARRA’s subsidization of rural broadband. The ARRA stimulus funds for broadband constitute “the largest Federal subsidies ever provided for broadband construction in the U.S.” An explicit goal of the program was to extend broadband access to homes currently... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Gasoline prices have been falling. Supplies have been and are expected to be relatively stable. And the Obama administration taps the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserves, designed to offset serious supply disruptions. That 30 million barrels — and 30 million more from the reserves of more than two dozen member countries of the International... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

(via How Do You Teach a Geek to Meditate?) - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Hey @karenhallberg! Hope life is good for you out in Chicago.

RT @jbonewald: All I see on my twitter homepage is a message, "Go find some interesting people to follow." Gue… (cont) http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter...

RT @jbonewald I wonder how Larry Norman might revise his song, "I wish we'd all been ready?" especially sinc… (cont) http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter...

My first session with the Impatience Support Group is tonight. I can't wait! #fb

RT @gottalife: A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject Winston Churchill

Trying to find your phone when its on silent is one of life`s hardest tasks.

I have to say, the new #evernote web interface looks fantastic. A great tool seems to be even better. http://blog.evernote.com/2011...

RT @GuadaPaga: RT @kraakerjack "The quality of your life is a result of the quality of your decisions."

RT @brandonacox: Being Missional May Kill Your Church http://missionalinsuburbia.com/being-m...

Woman Dies in Her Cubicle — But Nobody Notices Until the Next Day - TIME NewsFeed - http://newsfeed.time.com/2011...

A short fortune-teller escaped from prison to become a small medium, at-large.

Just wondering...how can someone "draw a blank"?

RealClearMarkets - The Ongoing Folly of Quantitative Easing - http://www.realclearmarkets.com/article...

It’s ironic that extending unemployment benefits, one of the reasons unemployment remains so high in the first place, is actually being touted as a jobs bill. Keynesian proponents argue that giving money to unemployed people will create jobs wherever they spend their government cheese. This is utter nonsense. If printing money and dolling it out... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

When you look around the world at the countries that have come through the recession best, it’s not the countries with the brilliant and aggressive stimulus models. It’s the ones like Germany that had the best economic fundamentals beforehand. It all makes one doubt the wizardry of the economic surgeons and appreciate the old wisdom of common... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Whether Buffett recognizes it or not, rich Americans’ investments are needed to push the economy ahead. Taking more from them deprives the private sector of the fuel it needs to expand. Government cannot boost growth by increasing taxes. Nor does giving more money to the government create jobs. All it does is cause the government to spend more.... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Why do plastic shopping bags continue to get such a bad rap? Why is it still chic to pillory them? Frankly, I’m getting a bit tired it. I am quite certain many people would be shocked to know that plastic grocery bags are arguably a better environmental choice than paper. In fact, the Wall Street Journal observed that the choice between paper and... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Possibly the most important event of the vice president’s day Tuesday is to meet at 2:15 with Earl Devaney. Everyone knows him as chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board — the top guy monitoring the gazillion-dollar stimulus and the overdue economic recovery, and ensuring that the taxpayers financing same know all about it.... - http://jeffberg.tumblr.com/post...

Google Maps Locates the Batcave http://www.foxnews.com/scitech...

Breitbart.tv » Reid: ‘But For Me, We’d Be in World-Wide Depression’ - http://www.breitbart.tv/reid-bu...

ObamaCare will clog system - USATODAY.com - http://www.usatoday.com/news...