1. If you have a cow and a bull, you will eventually have a calf. (If you don't have a bull, a low wire on the fence between your cow and the neighbor's bull will do the trick in a pinch.)
If you think any model of wealth increase different in fundamental principle than this one is sound, do us all a favor. Just go ahead and spend your money at the tables in Vegas. At least there you can get cheap buffet (dinner with your screwing).
2. If you don't have enough money in your wallet for something, check between the cushions of the couch. If that doesn't work, wait till you get paid, or do without.
3a. People need widgets. People say that if we pay someone to make a widget in this country, then the widget will cost more. I say, it won't matter because you'll be making good money in the widget factory.
3b. And just WTF are we giving China for all the widgets we ain't making anyway? Our lofty and inspiring television programming? Entertainment derived from watching our celebutards? Liposuctioned fat to fry their wontons in?
Methinks we are giving them paper, and they will eventually realize they already have plenty of that in China.
4. However, we probably should import the Chinese definition of insanity: Doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting it to yield a different result.
5. Grab your bootlaces and pull really, really, really hard. You ain't going to raise yourself. Now, for our next experiment, we will try lending money to people who can't possibly pay it back...
6. I noticed Hurricane Ike disrupted offshore petroleum drilling, and Gulf Coast refining. It is too bad America only has one coastline. It is also really a shame that we have so few new refineries opening, although understandable since Americans use so little oil.
7. Finally, and most importantly: Anytime you see a man getting something for nothing, somewhere another fellow is getting nothing for something.
