If you can't trust me....
Thursday, July 10, 2014
My Favorite Car Service
Whenever I go to the park I travel with MB Car Service. I have a special relationship with the owner. I usually get a free biscotti.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Another Battle Won......The Same War Lost
TODAY WE LEARNED THAT A PRIVATELY HELD CORPORATION CANNOT BE FORCED TO OFFER ITS EMPLOYEES BENEFITS THAT IT OPPOSES BASED ON THE CORPORATION OWNER'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
- When I first heard this I wanted to find this a cause to celebrate. And it IS a cause to celebrate. People are finally winning in their battle against increased government intervention in their private lives.
- But, on the other hand, is this just another "carve-out" of the basic premise that the government does have authority over what employers can be forced to provide for their employees' health care?
- It is a tacit admission of the base issue - that we no longer are in control of our own health care choices. We have an exception for our employer's religious beliefs under well defined circumstances - but what about the religious beliefs of owners of widely held entitities?
What about Apple? What about Microsoft? What about all the other publicly held companies that operate in this country, will they remain subject to this law?
I have a an idea. (Which means that many people have the same idea). Let's force shareholder votes in all publicly held companies on this issue. If the majority of holders of Microsoft Shares are opposed to offering employees benefits that the majority of Microsoft's shareholders (based on their religious beliefs) oppose, that corporation will have to apply for (and I assume will gain) an exemption from this partcular provision of the law.
I believe this is an effort worth pursuing. The effects of such efforts could be quite interesting.
All of a sudden, faceless public companies will have a face. Hey - that's the company whose owners favor free contracteption for their employees. Hey - there's a company whose shareholders are against helping their employees' contraception as a free benefit, etc.
All of a sudden, faceless publicly held companies (which corporate law requires be treated as individuals), will have faces. And those faces won't simply be the faces drawn for them by their shareholders' relations groups, they will represent the majority of the faces of their shareholders, who won't be able to hide behind the corporate veil. Will corporate bylaws prohibit these kinds of votes? Will conflicts between shareholders on bylaws reach the courts? Will they reach the Supreme Court?
Probably not - but better yet - they will reach our legislators!
White and Fluffy has no idea of course, but he thinks it might be a good thing.
All of a sudden, faceless public companies will have a face. Hey - that's the company whose owners favor free contracteption for their employees. Hey - there's a company whose shareholders are against helping their employees' contraception as a free benefit, etc.
All of a sudden, faceless publicly held companies (which corporate law requires be treated as individuals), will have faces. And those faces won't simply be the faces drawn for them by their shareholders' relations groups, they will represent the majority of the faces of their shareholders, who won't be able to hide behind the corporate veil. Will corporate bylaws prohibit these kinds of votes? Will conflicts between shareholders on bylaws reach the courts? Will they reach the Supreme Court?
Probably not - but better yet - they will reach our legislators!
White and Fluffy has no idea of course, but he thinks it might be a good thing.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Zusha and White and Fluffy Like Rabbi Shmuley
Obama at AIPAC: Let the Fun Begin
Obama at AIPAC: Let the Fun Begin
Obama at AIPAC: Let the Fun Begin
Friday, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Caroline Glick's Yom Hashoah Day Speech at Young Israel of Hillcrest
An extraordinary presentation by Caroline Glick on what "Never Again" requires of us.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Happy President's Day - Stolen from Josh Hammerman's Blog
A truly inspiring exchange between George Washington and Moses Seixon the leader of the Jewish Community in NewPort Rhode Island in 1790.
On One Foot: Joshua Hammerman's Blog: "To Bigotry No Sanction": "“To Bigotry No Sanction,to Persecution No Assistance” George Washington's Letter to the Jews of Newport Rhode Island (1790)
On One Foot: Joshua Hammerman's Blog: "To Bigotry No Sanction": "“To Bigotry No Sanction,to Persecution No Assistance” George Washington's Letter to the Jews of Newport Rhode Island (1790)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
IRANIUM
This is a little heavy going for White and Fluffy.
But if you are made of tougher stuff and have some time you should watch.
But if you are made of tougher stuff and have some time you should watch.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Don't Dry Those Eyes!
Rebbe Yitzhak, better known as the Vorker Rebbe, believed foremost in looking out for the well-being of all people. Meanwhile The Kotsker Rebbe was most concerned with the truth and sought it out at the expense of all else. Though their paths were different, they were the closest of friends. So much so that even death wouldn't keep them apart.
The great Hasidic Rebbes were very special people. This world wasn't the only world they lived in. One of the later Lubavitch Rebbes was imprisoned once and the guards were flustered because they couldn't break his spirit. One of the Guards threatened him with his pistol, taunting him that it had sent many a person from this world. The Rebbe replied, "To one who believes in many gods and only one World this might be frightening, but to one who has two worlds and one God, this has no effect." The Rebbe was illustrating a major point of Jewish belief. This world is but the lesser of two worlds, and the great Hasidic Rebbes travelled frequently between the two.
So, when the Vorker Rebbe passed away, a full month went by and his son, Reb Mendele, hadn't heard from his father at all and he was growing concerned. So, he went to visit his father's closest friend, The Kotsker Rebbe. And the Kotsker told him that he had been concerned as well, so he had ascended to the upper world to look for him. He searched him out through all the palaces of Torah study. Rashi's palace, Moshe Rabeinu's palace, Rambam's palace and so on. At every place he stopped they told him that his beloved friend, the Vorker, had been there and he had gone.
In growing despair he asked the angels, "Where is my dear friend Rebbe Yitzchak?" And the angels sent him in the direction of a dark dark forest. It was the most fearsome and foreboding forest he had ever been to, but he pushed on concerned for his friend. As he travelled deeper into the forest he started to hear the most awful sound of crying. He reached the edge of the forest and before him lay a great sea that was wailing to the heavens. Every wave as it swelled high would cry out. And there by the edge of the sea was his holy friend Rebbe Yitzchak.
"I've been looking for you, why have you not come back to visit me?" Rebbe Yitzchak asked him a question instead of answering, "Do you know what this sea is?" The Kotsker replied that he did not, and so Rebbe Yitchak explained, "It is the sea of all the tears of God's holy people," he said, "and when I saw it I swore in God's name that I wouldn't leave its side until he dried up these tears."
Reb Shlomo, in his recorded telling of the story, says it is a lesson for all of us, when we see someone crying, don't tell them to stop. Simply keep them company, stay there, until God dries up those tears.
The great Hasidic Rebbes were very special people. This world wasn't the only world they lived in. One of the later Lubavitch Rebbes was imprisoned once and the guards were flustered because they couldn't break his spirit. One of the Guards threatened him with his pistol, taunting him that it had sent many a person from this world. The Rebbe replied, "To one who believes in many gods and only one World this might be frightening, but to one who has two worlds and one God, this has no effect." The Rebbe was illustrating a major point of Jewish belief. This world is but the lesser of two worlds, and the great Hasidic Rebbes travelled frequently between the two.
So, when the Vorker Rebbe passed away, a full month went by and his son, Reb Mendele, hadn't heard from his father at all and he was growing concerned. So, he went to visit his father's closest friend, The Kotsker Rebbe. And the Kotsker told him that he had been concerned as well, so he had ascended to the upper world to look for him. He searched him out through all the palaces of Torah study. Rashi's palace, Moshe Rabeinu's palace, Rambam's palace and so on. At every place he stopped they told him that his beloved friend, the Vorker, had been there and he had gone.
In growing despair he asked the angels, "Where is my dear friend Rebbe Yitzchak?" And the angels sent him in the direction of a dark dark forest. It was the most fearsome and foreboding forest he had ever been to, but he pushed on concerned for his friend. As he travelled deeper into the forest he started to hear the most awful sound of crying. He reached the edge of the forest and before him lay a great sea that was wailing to the heavens. Every wave as it swelled high would cry out. And there by the edge of the sea was his holy friend Rebbe Yitzchak.
"I've been looking for you, why have you not come back to visit me?" Rebbe Yitzchak asked him a question instead of answering, "Do you know what this sea is?" The Kotsker replied that he did not, and so Rebbe Yitchak explained, "It is the sea of all the tears of God's holy people," he said, "and when I saw it I swore in God's name that I wouldn't leave its side until he dried up these tears."
Reb Shlomo, in his recorded telling of the story, says it is a lesson for all of us, when we see someone crying, don't tell them to stop. Simply keep them company, stay there, until God dries up those tears.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Jake Shimabukuru Plays the Star Spangled Banner on UKE
White and Fluffy is nothing if not patriotic!
Dershowitz in the Jerusalem Post
As some of you may know 400 Rabbi's put an add in Wall St Journal denouncing the use of the word and reference to the holocaust by right wing pundits. This, of course is not only a "right-wing" problem.
The following article by Alan Dershowitz (I saw it in the Jerusalem post) puts the issue in a fuller context. I urge you to read it.
The following article by Alan Dershowitz (I saw it in the Jerusalem post) puts the issue in a fuller context. I urge you to read it.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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