by Diane Tate

It’s ba-ack…


Actually, attempts to pull me into the ponzi-scheme-o’-the-day haven’t really subsided; I just chose to refrain from posting all of them that have poured in since I first posted on this lamentable practice in June ’07…

But today’s email forced my hand; I must vent…

To: (impersonal dist list here)

Hey there!
I would be remiss if I didn’t let ya’ll know about the special MonaVie has going through the end of March. They are waiving the normal $39 start up enrollment fee, so now you can buy MonaVie at wholesale prices. The beauty of this promo is that there is no purchase commitment, no hidden fees, just access to the lowest possible price on the product for one year! It has certainly kept me busier than usual. Good thing I’m drinking it to keep my energy levels up! Rock on acai berry!

So if you are interested, let me know and I can give you further info…just wanted to be sure I let everyone in on a good deal! No pressure….
Here’s to your health!
Blessings,

My burning ontological question: does the fact that something is wholesale make it intrinsically better?

The rhetorical question is: will MonaVie’s salesforce, in its need to stay amped to promote the beverage, be sufficient as a consumer base for the product? Let’s lift a glass to derivative, self-referential economics!

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by Diane Tate

Recurring themes




I’m consistently mesmerized by denial…Idiocracy…and my current favorite, euphemisms.

How fitting that the very word itself sounds so much better than, say, obfuscation.

Cap industries’ emissions of the gases blamed for climate change? Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, who leads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will have to contend with dissent on a panel with Democrats from coal and manufacturing states.

“The legislative process requires compromise and being open to different alternatives,” Mr. Waxman said.


In defense of Henry though, I’m not sure I’d want to say, “We’re copping out on this one.”

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by Diane Tate

Surely this must be a *lagging* indicator….



I was so eager to check out NY’s Museum of American Finance, “the nation’s only public museum of finance, (whose) mission is to promote financial literacy, and to empower people to better understand risk and reward in order to make more effective financial decisions.”

But what are we to make of the “Current Exhibit” page?


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