from the beyond the beyond

Pigs Gettin' Fattened for the Slaughter

Remember what you created...

Remember what you give away when you take something...

Remember where your food and your inspiration comes from....

"He asked, ‘ Do you know how to catch wild pigs?’ The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. ‘You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how To forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity." (blog)

The Breakdown of the 2008 US Budget

The Budget Graph

"If you want a daily reminder of where all the tax money that doesn't go intoo your paycheck actually goes, then put this stunning new poster up on your wall. You may be relieved just to see what a magnificent display the people at budgetgraph.com can make materialize out of those dollars that seem to disappear so abstractly from your paycheck."

-opencongress.org

Writer Friend - GOOD shit.

(Please click the picture to link to the article.)
A written piece by my friend Simon;
he takes an inside look at the U.S.A's Comptroller and interviews the Comptroller General;
key-words:
"Trillions of dollars..."
"...audit, oversee, and report on every penny Congress spend."
"...transparency, performance, and accountability..."
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