Monday, January 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Entrepreneurial Solution to High Unemployment
Facts: The unemployment rate is stuck indefinitely at about 10 percent. An average of five unemployed Americans scramble for each available job opening. Forty-six percent of the unemployed have been out of work for six months or longer. This dismal job situation will not correct itself any time soon.
Related Factors: Consumer spending is necessary to create jobs, but consumers are not spending because they have watched the value of their homes and investments decline sharply during the past two years and they are worried about their own job security.
Here's the problem: There isn't enough money in the U.S. economy to create enough jobs for all the people who need to work.
Solution: We must bring MORE money INTO the economy! More money moving through the economy equates to more consumer spending and more jobs.
Consideration: Because many folks are exasperated by government efforts to resolve our economic woes, it would seem that most of us would prefer a private sector solution to the employment crisis.
Required Action: Launch a “D-Day” invasion of investor-supported entrepreneurial activity, a veritable Entrepreneurial Blitzkrieg!
Why? Entrepreneurship is the quickest way to job creation, with every dollar that an entrepreneur receives going directly into job creation. New businesses need employees. New businesses need professional services (accountants, attorneys, et al). New businesses often require offices and other facilities (employing builders, contractors, and heating/cooling, plumbing, and electrical professionals, et. al.).
Increased entrepreneurial activity translates to more jobs. More jobs mean that more people have more money to spend. With increased individual spending power, the U.S. economy springs back to life, enabling all Americans to realize a higher standard of living and a higher quality of life.
Related Factors: Consumer spending is necessary to create jobs, but consumers are not spending because they have watched the value of their homes and investments decline sharply during the past two years and they are worried about their own job security.
Here's the problem: There isn't enough money in the U.S. economy to create enough jobs for all the people who need to work.
Solution: We must bring MORE money INTO the economy! More money moving through the economy equates to more consumer spending and more jobs.
Consideration: Because many folks are exasperated by government efforts to resolve our economic woes, it would seem that most of us would prefer a private sector solution to the employment crisis.
Required Action: Launch a “D-Day” invasion of investor-supported entrepreneurial activity, a veritable Entrepreneurial Blitzkrieg!
Why? Entrepreneurship is the quickest way to job creation, with every dollar that an entrepreneur receives going directly into job creation. New businesses need employees. New businesses need professional services (accountants, attorneys, et al). New businesses often require offices and other facilities (employing builders, contractors, and heating/cooling, plumbing, and electrical professionals, et. al.).
Increased entrepreneurial activity translates to more jobs. More jobs mean that more people have more money to spend. With increased individual spending power, the U.S. economy springs back to life, enabling all Americans to realize a higher standard of living and a higher quality of life.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
North Beach Winter Wonderland January 30, 2010
North Beach Maryland and northern Calvert County were buried in a late January snow storm. Presented here is a photo montage road trip accompanied by the music of Tom Barabas. Re-live the snow-venture!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
On the Road Again
Take a drive thru scenic Southern Maryland - actually northern Calvert County and the very southern tip of Anne Arundel County while Willie Nelson warbles his classic "On the Road Again" live at Billy Bob's Texas!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Luray Caverns Experience
Let's take a walk thru the enchanting Luray Caverns located in picturesque Luray, Virginia, about two hours or so outside of Washington, DC. Relax as we journey down below the surface to experience the majestic handiwork of nature's relentless effect on subterranean solid rock .... Designated a U.S. National Landmark, the Luray Caverns is a natural environment, the result of seeping water and shifting soils ... in many places resembling a giant underground cathedral or a quiet lonely moonscape with protruding stalactites and stalagmites ... large and small, jagged and smooth .... Take the journey ... experience the mystery and otherworldly majesty of Virginia's Luray Caverns!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Christmas Snowfall 2009
Take a trip thru the snow-covered landscape ... see the snow that covered the Mid-Atlantic region in December 2009 just before Christmas. Quiet and forlorn, grey and gloomy, the frozen tundra shot in and around North Beach, Maryland while the snow was still falling and during the aftermath the following day or two ... still, the spark of Christmas, at times, shines thru ... perhaps there's something meaningful here. We decorate our homes and towns with colored lights to chase away the early wintry darkness and to prepare for the celebration on the 25th, but then the skies darken and the wind whips cold and two feet of fresh powder are dumped down from above upon us all ...
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Watts: Great American Rock-n-Roll!
I discovered the band Watts some time ago when I was reviewing new original independent music online (and briefly in print) for a previous incarnation of Raging Smolder News. I was mesmerized by the band's CD "Flash!" which seemed to encompass everything great about American rock-n-roll. My favorite song on the disc, "Sweethearts of the Radio," is a kind of sentimental (or not so sentimental) look backward to a time when just one song could represent everything right and good (or bad and ugly) about life at that particular time. For those of us who have drifted deeper into adulthood and grown-up responsibility, this song is a reminder of the urgency (sometimes desperate) of our earlier days - when life seemed to be experienced on a grander emotional scale, when we were free to feel things (good and bad) and run with those passions. So, I invite you to listen to the track, posted right here and just a click away ...
Sweethearts of the Radio
The band is still playing in the Boston area and here are links to the latest updates and other relevant info:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wattsrock
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watts/16866253871?ref=nf
CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/watts
Here’s my original review of Flash! as published in Raging Smolder Music many moons ago:
With earnest vocals and strong gutsy melodies, Watts’ straightforward rock-n-roll (self-described as “retro-modern rock-n-roll stew” and “the finest in retro-modern punk-pop-n-roll”) grabs the listener in the general region of the heart and presents a collection of finely crafted highly compelling and, at times, deeply moving, pop tunes. Watts is the real deal! Watts’ music has been described — accurately — in the media as “intense power pop songs that harken back to the glam of the early 70s, pop of the 60s, and punk of the late 70s.” Bouyant, alive, and driving with Beatle-esque energy thru-out!
Here’s the blurb from the band’s MySpace page:
Watts “make a superb retro rock ‘n’ roll racket,” says Rob Forbes (Leicester Bangs). A dynamic four-piece aptly named for the gentleman drummer of the Rolling Stones, Watts’ sound combines all the best elements of ’70s glam, old school punk, new wave, British Invasion and straight up rock-n-roll to create a timeless amalgam that is at once familiar and fresh. The band was recently named one of 2008’s “Bands You Must Hear” by the UK’s Classic Rock magazine, and their latest record, “One Below The All Time Low,” has been receiving raves from critics worldwide since its release in September 2007.
Hope you enjoy! If you're in Boston tell'em Riff says hello ...
Sweethearts of the Radio
The band is still playing in the Boston area and here are links to the latest updates and other relevant info:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wattsrock
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watts/16866253871?ref=nf
CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/watts
Here’s my original review of Flash! as published in Raging Smolder Music many moons ago:
With earnest vocals and strong gutsy melodies, Watts’ straightforward rock-n-roll (self-described as “retro-modern rock-n-roll stew” and “the finest in retro-modern punk-pop-n-roll”) grabs the listener in the general region of the heart and presents a collection of finely crafted highly compelling and, at times, deeply moving, pop tunes. Watts is the real deal! Watts’ music has been described — accurately — in the media as “intense power pop songs that harken back to the glam of the early 70s, pop of the 60s, and punk of the late 70s.” Bouyant, alive, and driving with Beatle-esque energy thru-out!
Here’s the blurb from the band’s MySpace page:
Watts “make a superb retro rock ‘n’ roll racket,” says Rob Forbes (Leicester Bangs). A dynamic four-piece aptly named for the gentleman drummer of the Rolling Stones, Watts’ sound combines all the best elements of ’70s glam, old school punk, new wave, British Invasion and straight up rock-n-roll to create a timeless amalgam that is at once familiar and fresh. The band was recently named one of 2008’s “Bands You Must Hear” by the UK’s Classic Rock magazine, and their latest record, “One Below The All Time Low,” has been receiving raves from critics worldwide since its release in September 2007.
Hope you enjoy! If you're in Boston tell'em Riff says hello ...
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