Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com information extremist Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Peter Schiff was right http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/12/peter-schiff-was-right/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/12/peter-schiff-was-right/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:40:50 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=17 Peter Schiff backed Ron Paul for president.  What does that tell us?

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/12/peter-schiff-was-right/feed/ A Story of Hope and Change http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/11/a-story-of-hope-and-change/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/11/a-story-of-hope-and-change/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:04:53 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=14 Once upon a time, there was a young charismatic and eloquent leader who decided his Nation needed a change and that he was the one to implement it. The people were receptive and ready for a change.   He spoke passionately when denouncing the existing system and the media loved him.  Nobody questioned what he believed in or who his friends were. He would help the poor and bring free medical care and education to all.  He would bring justice and equality.  He said: I am for hope and change and I will bring you both.

Nobody bothered to ask about the change, so by the time the executioners’ guns went silent; all personal firearms had been confiscated.  When everyone was finally equal, they were equally poor, hungry and miserable.  Their free education was worthless.. When the change was fully implemented, the country had been reduced to a Third World status.  More than a million people fled in small boats and rafts.

The charismatic young leader was Fidel Castro; the nation, Cuba.

The citizens of the United States would never fall for a charismatic, eloquent young leader who promises hope and change without asking, ‘What change, and how much will it cost us?” Would we?

During this election year let’s be reminded of these words:
* You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich.
* You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong.
* You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot build character and courage, by taking away men’s initiative and independence.
* You cannot help men permanently, by doing for them what they could and should, do for themselves.

Do you recognize the author?
It was Abraham Lincoln … Very, very wise words, written years ago and we still don’t seem to get it.

I truly hope that Barack Obama can be the President this country has hoped and prayed for.  I hope that he is the real deal.  However, based on mankind’s inability to learn from its mistakes, I am cautious.  I fear now for the future more than I ever have.  There *is* hope to be had, but let’s make sure it’s not a fool’s hope.

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“Heath Ledger’s performance is one of the greatest ever captured on film.  I’m not kidding… More evil than Darth Vader.  Amazing.  Absurd.” — Jason Calacanis

“If “The Dark Knight” is about anything, it’s about civic catastrophe and the fragility of our institutions in the face of blind, consuming evil. The evil is the Joker, and no one knows what to do about him - not the good guys, like Batman (Christian Bale) or the new district attorney, Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), and not even the bad guys, like the mob boss played by Eric Roberts. The Joker doesn’t play by the usual rules, because he isn’t motivated by self-interest. In the words of Alfred the Butler (Michael Caine), he “just wants to see the world burn.”" — Mick LaSalle

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/the-dark-knight/feed/ wordpress 2.6 released! http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-released/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-released/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:11:07 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=9 hooray! new features!

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-released/feed/ My Mahalo http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/my-mahalo/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/my-mahalo/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:51:22 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=8 so awhile back I was on a chat with Jason Calacanis, (i think iJustine’s podcast) and he started sending out Mahalo gear to random lucky people in the room!  I love using Mahalo and this sort of marketing campaign really hits the right demographic (people who love free stuff).

Not pictured, the great hat which is actually very comfortable… too bad my wife took it.  Sorry for the quality, took it with an old cameraphone!

My Mahalo

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/07/my-mahalo/feed/ WicketPixie http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/06/wicketpixie/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/06/wicketpixie/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:26:38 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=7 So I’ve been a bad blogger lately, i know.  I still haven’t blogged my Mahalo gear from Jason and I haven’t updated in 3 weeks!  What gave me a kick in the ass was Chris Pirillo posting his Wicket Pixie theme for Wordpress.  It takes a little know-how to get it all set up and clicking, but all in all it’s a damn good theme and he did some really nice work on it.

Check it out on Chris’s blog… wicketpixie

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/06/wicketpixie/feed/ the aftermath http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/the-aftermath/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/the-aftermath/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 00:07:33 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=5 The presentation went pretty well actually.  Problem was, everyone had the same thing to say!  It got *really* repetitive.  Our group was right in the middle, which will probably work to our advantage.  We had a good amount of time to learn from other groups while not being at the end where people are tired and bored of listening to 3 hours worth of presentations.

not a great picture, but you can see how excited everyone is…

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/the-aftermath/feed/ 25% of your grade… http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/25-of-your-grade/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/25-of-your-grade/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 19:05:19 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=4 rests upon a single f***ing presentation.  I have a presentation tonight for a marketing class at MBA School tonight (5:30edt).  We are consulting for a private company here in Rochester, NY and attempting to provide a marketing plan for their business.  It has been a great project so far, giving us a good understanding of real world situations in the marketing field.  What doesn’t fly, however, is that 25% of our grade rests on this single project.  We have 25% consulting project, 25% final exam, and the rest is homework.  It just doesn’t seem like a decent combination to have 50% of the grade for a class resting on two events very close to the end of the quarter.

Maybe I’m just over reacting…. Guess it doesn’t matter, have to do it anyhow.  Wish me luck!

]]> http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/05/25-of-your-grade/feed/ This is why you read road signs… http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/04/this-is-why-you-read-road-signs/ http://blog.zerzhul.com/2008/04/this-is-why-you-read-road-signs/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:05:09 +0000 Zerzhul http://blog.zerzhul.com/?p=3 So my friend Jeremy bought a Jeep Wrangler about 8 months ago or so and just loved the thing.  WELL, he put some pictures up on facebook last week of him offroading with some friends and having a good time:

then this week he was apparently on a rainy road with his offroading tires (kinda wide) and didn’t see a 20mph turn ahead… so he took it at 55 and this was the result:

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