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Hello my fellow Politiores Troglodytes. This Blog is a collection of Posts, Poems, & Short Stories that I write on a weekly basis. If you find it entertaining, informative, and controversial, then I have done my job properly. Thank goodness too, because Karma has been on my case of late. I'm supposed to bring fifty people into the fold or I'll have to give back the part of Einstein's brain I inherited. No, I'm not one of the Scientists who got a piece of his brain when he died. Karma said, "Eat this knowledge. It'll make you smarter!" The bargain I made with Karma was, if I could change fifty people into Politiores Populos, I would be rewarded with my very own Lamborghini. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Like what you're reading, then read on. P.S. Populo is Latin for people. Politiores is Latin for educated. Troglodytes is English for troglodytes. And Einstein's brain was stolen by Thomas Stoltz Harvey after his death in 1955 and eventually divvied up into 240 pieces. If you just read that last sentence, then you have just learned something and I'm just that much closer to fulfilling my commitment to Karma!

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Robbing Peter To Pay Paul

Do you remember hearing the 
cliche-idiom-wisdom 
of your father 
or grandfather, 
where they say, 
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." 
The fact is, 
people in general, 
are lazy, 
greedy, 
suckers, 
who are born every minute. 
From the rich on down to the poor, 
sooner 
or later, 
you will be suckered in by someone. 
Myself included. 
One of the oldest schemes in the book is to 
"Rob Peter to pay Paul." 
This old cliche is from a time when the
King Of England
demanded payment of taxes from his subjects.
The
Catholic Church Of England
in
London
demanded taxes be paid to them under the name of donations.
Even the
Vatican
in
Rome 
demanded taxes be paid to their
Church,
Saint Peter's Basilica
in the form of donations.
All this to prove your devotion to
God. 
Of course, 
the poor couldn't afford all these taxes, 
so even though your congregation would owe the
Pope
more 
and more back taxes every year, 
it is always easier to 
"Rob Peter so you can pay Paul"  
since 
St. Paul's 
was in your own backyard.
When
Banks
became more predominate, 
where you no longer had to borrow money from the
Church
or a
King,
investors already knew about a scheme that had worked for centuries. 
You might recognize some of the prominent schemers of the last century. 
Bernard Madoff, 
Allen Stanford, 
Victor Lustig, 
and 
Charles P. Bianchi, 
I mean 
Carlo P. Bianchi, 
err I mean 
Charles Ponci, 
err again,
I really mean 
Charles Ponzi. 
He was so good at 
"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" 
that the
World
soon knew him 
and the scheme he perfected as the, 
"The Ponzi Scheme."
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This is,
Wondering What It Takes To Get A Name Like 
Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi?
James Bernard Paul Hauenstein,

And,

"I landed in this country with $2.50 in cash and $1 million in hopes, and those hopes never left me."
- Charles Ponzi -

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Friday, January 1, 2016

A State Of Mind

Every year, 
on
January 1st, 
hundreds of new 
California Laws 
go into effect that the general
Public
does not know about. 
Since, 
ignorance of a Law, 
does not exonerate you, 
you should probably take a little initiative 
and find out what might affect your life. 
I know every year, 
the magazine 
Westways, 
which gets delivered to your front door for free if you are a member of the 
lists the 
or new 
"Driving Laws" 
which go into affect on the 1st. 
The city I live in has a few different websites, 
besides the local newspaper  
like the 
which will tell you what they feel are the top ten to fifteen new Laws
you should know about. 
I'm sure every 
State in the Union 
has its own way of at least trying to inform the
Public
what is becoming a new
Law, 
but I can only talk about what
California
does. 
Everywhere else in the
World? 
Good luck to you. 
You are on your own. 
Back to
California. 
If you live in, 
what I like to call 
- A State Of Mind -
they have a website where you can sift through the hundreds of new
Laws
and the thousands of changes to the already existing
California Constitution, 
Statutes, 
and Codes. 
The site is the
Maybe sifting through all the mumbo jumbo that even a good Lawyer
can't memorize,
might give you the gumption to start a 
Ballot Initiative 
or a 
Referendum 
of your own.
To change what you feel are unfair laws
and legislation. 
Especially 
Law
AB 1100.
Which has changed the fee you'll have to pay the 
from $200 to $2,000 for starting your own

Ballot Initiative
or
Referendum. 
Making, 
getting involved in the political process, 
that much more costly
and out of reach for most citizens.

This is,
Happy That Law Enforcement Officers Now Need A Search Warrant To Check Your Phones And Electronic Communications - SB 178,
Jim Hauenstein,

And, 

“Good people do not need laws to tell them how to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
- Plato -

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Best Posts Of December 2015

It's New Year's Eve, 
which means it's the last day of the month. 
Which means, 
it's time for the five best Posts of December! 
Since it's already late in the day, 
because I had to take my Grandson up to the mountains so he could sled down a hill, 
build a two-foot tall snowman, 
and I could throw snowballs at him, 
I'm going to make this somewhat quick. 
So, 
can I have a drum roll please? 
Number 5 Best Post of December is; The Mugging
The true story of how I avoided being mug when I recognized one of the assailants. 
The person I was with, 
was later named as a suspect for manslaughter, 
of the same assailant when he turned up dead months later.
Number 4 Best Post of December is; Conundrum 
The problem all Fathers go through when one of there children turns eighteen 
and decide it is time to move out. 
It's hard letting go.
Number 3 Best Post of December is; Charitable 
How, 
one time, 
I was going through a bad stretch in life 
and I was on the receiving end of some heartwarming charity. 
This is, 
part of the reason, 
I ask people all the time, 
to help the unfortunate.
Number 2 Best Post of December is; Put Some Yeast Into Your New Year's Eve Resolution
Story about how to drink a six pack of beer 
and only feel the effects of two. 
Why didn't anyone ever tell me about this secret when I was still drinking.
Number 1 Best Post of December 2015 is; The Megestanu 
It has to be number one.
It is an original short story written by me 
and if you have any idea how big my ego is, 
you would know that it couldn't be anything else!

This is,
Wishing Everyone Everywhere A Happy - A Healthy - A Prosperous - New Year,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!” - Aleister Crowley -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The Megestanu



     “I’m not the kind of person who can easily admit to this, but I am a little bit confused? You’re telling me I can forget everything I’ve been taught and believe in? About our Country and the World?”
     “Mister Kardeem. I know you understand exactly what I am saying. You’re just trying to figure out, how much of it you should believe and how much of it is true.”
     “How can you blame me? We are brought up in this country to believe in ‘Honesty, Compassion, and Freedom for All,’ but now you’re telling me it is all a facade?”
     “It is funny that you should quote a comic book hero. That is exactly what we are telling you. Just like the readers of those comic books, science fiction novels, fantasy novels, the people who listen to music, watch heroic adventure movies, and play today’s virtual reality games, where the player is depicted as the hero of a story line, it is all superficial.”
     “And your reasoning behind this is to give the masses false hope? So they believe, as resources dry up, water continues to be contaminated, and their food source becomes synthetic, there will be a hero, either born here on Earth, rising as Phoenix from the ashes, or an alien being, swooping down from the heavens in the nick of time to save humanity from their blight?”
     “Exactly Mister Kardeem.”
     “And I’m being recruited by whom?”
     “Mister Kardeem, once again we are inviting you into the inner-circle of The Megestanu. The true Rulers behind the One World concept. The movers and shakers, if you will, of the New World Order. The One World Order.”
     “Let me get this straight. You are a representative of a group of ten men and women, I believe you called them Princeps, who run the show, behind the scenes and our President is not really Commander and Chief of the United States Military?”
     “He certainly is the Commander and Chief of the United States Military. But his actions are dictated by the information he receives on a crises, the advice given to him by his Advisers, and any collaborating evidence supplied by other Nations involved.”
     “Then you are saying, the way the Megestanu wants a Political crises handled, the President of the United States will receive only partial information on that crises or false information altogether?”
     “Precisely.”
     “Give me some examples.”
     “I’ll give you three based in your own country. But the three will be in the distance past, where there are no survivors to collaborate your story if you decide not to join our elite Centurions.”
     “Oh, I see. You are going to let me walk out of here if I decide not to enlist in your legionnaire squad.”
     “Mister Kardeem, let me give you my three examples, then we will discuss our recruitment procedures, OK?”
     “Go right ahead. First, what do I call you again? Imperator Claudius?”
     “You will go a long way in our Centurion Corps if you show respect to the Princeps and Imperators you are introduced to. You could even walk out of here alive.”
     “Claudius, err, Imperator Claudius. Your threats don’t frighten me. I’ve been dead inside for years. That is why I’ve been a mercenary for most of my life. If I decide I don’t like your little group of God-wannabes, I’ll enjoy the challenge of taking you down before anyone can snipe me from behind.”
     “Very astute Mister Kardeem. But I’m sure there will be no need for violence. Your profile was thoroughly checked and I assure you, you would not be here if we felt in the slightest way that you would not join our little Utopia.”
     “See, God-wannabes.”
     “The first incident I’ll tell you about is the attack on Pearl Harbor.”
     “Claudius, I’ve heard the conspiracy theory. Where the radar technician saw the planes coming and his Commanding Officer waved it off as a training mission of the United States Navy.”
     “What you might not have heard Mister Kardeem is that President Roosevelt, who desperately wanted to enter the War, received information four days before, that the attack by the Japanese Fleet was emanate.”
    “You’re saying the President new about it and did nothing? I find that hard to believe.”
     “It has been over one hundred years since the incident, and because of the Freedom of Information Act, you can read all the documents for yourself Mister Kardeem. And if you do so, why don’t you try to find out if the Commanding Officer of the radar technician ever was reprimanded for his failure to act appropriately to the oncoming attack, by confirming any Navy training missions.”
     “I’ll check on it.”
     “The next incident is about the one individual who almost single-handedly destroyed one hundred years of the Megestanu’s effort to lead us into the New World Order, Richard Milhous Nixon. Once he became President, he was supposed to escalate the Vietnam War into Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and finally Malaysia so we could have had one Nation ruling over that part of the Asian Continent. This would have made it that much easier to manipulate the area going forward. But alas, being President made Mister Nixon think he was out of reach from the Megestanu. His failure to follow instruction became his downfall, and a lesson to all the Nations of the World. That if the Megestanu can have the President of the United States dethroned for his dereliction to us, what would become of Leaders of less influential empires? The Megestanu has lasted for a thousand years and will continue for a thousand more.”
    “Imperator, you’re Freudian slipped. You said the Megestanu has lasted for a thousand years and will last for another thousand. Since you folks like to throw around Latin names for everyone and everything, you might have heard that the Roman Empire only lasted two thousand years in one form or another. Now you’re hinting at lasting only a thousand more years? I thought Utopia was supposed to last forever?”
     “Mister Kardeem, sarcasm, really? The last incident I will relay is the infamous 9/11 attacks on the United States. If you read your history, then President Bush wanted to take down Saddam Hussein as President of Iraq. He kept lying to his own people, telling them that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and that the United States should unite with NATO, to destroy his regime. We finally relented since Saddam himself failed to make peace within his own country with the Kurdish people. The Megestanu are not fond of any Leader trying to genocide any race of people. To stabilize the region, we agreed upon a solution which would appease George W. Bush’s personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein, and in return he would have to occupy Afghanistan as well.”
     “The Middle East has been waging war in the name of one religion or another for over three thousand years. Why can’t the Megestanu control that area of the World?”
     “Mister Kardeem, religious fervor is always the x-factor in any equation of uniting the World. Our efforts for a New World Order is through economic means. Until all those avenues have been exhausted, then violence can finally be used. And as you plainly know, Afghanistan is still occupied today.”
     “Imperator Claudius. I’m beginning to see why I have been recruited. You want me, as an Arabic descendant, to take out a Religious Leader who is disrupting your New World progress in the Middle East.”
     “Precisely Mister Kardeem.”
     “How do I know you won’t let me out to dry?”
     “Mister Kardeem. We have total faith in you by your record of past successes. We will let you plan the whole scenario and if you like you can use your own men, equipment, and contacts. But if you do, you are the only one joining the Megestanu, and your men must not be informed of our existence.”
     “What is in it for me and my men if I invite them along?”
     “For them, double their normal salary. For you, something we know you always wanted. Your own private island as your home base of operations.”
     “I can do that. Where do I sign?”

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Let's All Sing - Happy Birthday To Me.....

"Happy Birthday to me. 
Happy Birthday to........
Wait, 
stop singing that song! 
Or I will have to pay 
Royalties 
to someone who owns the copyright. 
If you didn't know, 
the song is copyrighted, 
to a corporation.
Here's the poop on this story.
Sing 'Happy Birthday' and It'll Cost You 
by Joel Siegel & John Cochran for ABCNews.com
The Guinness Book of Records calls it the most popular song in the English language. It has been sung to popes and presidents, and incorporated into nearly 150 movies. It was featured in the world's first singing telegram. And during the Apollo 9 mission, it became the first song performed in outer space. Everyone knows the words to "Happy Birthday to You." What few people know is that the song is owned by a private company, and that it is copyrighted. Use it for any commercial purpose, and you are supposed to pay up, says George Washington University School of Law professor Robert Brauneis. "If you want to sing it at your home at a birthday party you don't have to pay anything, because that is a private performance," he said. "But if you want to use it in a television show, a movie, or a television commercial, you'll pay anywhere from $5,000 to $30,000 for those rights." Turns out this humble little ditty is a cash juggernaut, generating approximately $2 million in royalties every year, Brauneis said. After a series of purchases and acquisitions, the song is now owned by Warner Music Group, through its publishing arm, Warner/Chappell. It collects royalties for everything from happy birthday ring-tones to e-cards that play "Happy Birthday to You." 
Commercially, 
you won't be able to use the song, 
without paying, 
until the year 2030 when the copyright runs out. 
But you know how greed works. 
They'll find a way to extend it somehow.
On a happier note, 
no wait, 
it's not happier if you get hung up on the age thing. 
My Dad is trying to convince me that I'm actually older then 60 years! 
Here is his logic. 
The day you are born is your birthday. 
We all know that. 
On your next birthday you celebrate one year of life. 
We all know that. 
The day after your birthday you are starting your second year of life. 
That means you are 2 years old! 
We all didn't know that. 
So, 
being the Salesman he has always been, 
he is crunching the numbers the way he wants them to look, 
making me that much older! 
Starting today, 
I'm going to announce, 
like any respectful human being would, 
for the next ten years my age will always be 60 years old. 
I'm picking an age 
and I'm not growing any older from that age,
like all the women in my family do! 

This is,
Feeling Younger Everyday,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” - Bob Hope -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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