Government is the Most Powerful & Evil Corporation

Many people criticize big corporations as being too big and abusing their power and wealth. Those people are generally correct in many of their points.

The people that criticize big corporations usually point to government as the solution. They say that taxes, regulations and police will check the abuses of big companies.

Who will regulate the government though?… read more “Government is the Most Powerful & Evil Corporation”

Owning American Dollars is Dangerous

As the national debt continues to grow at epic rates (our deficit last year was 12% of our total GDP), the question arises: How can I protect myself?

The ideal world solution would be that our politicians would come together in a bipartisan deal to drastically cut spending and increase taxes (including reinstating the estate tax), but unfortunately we live in a world where our politicians aren’t motivated by what’s best for the country.  … read more “Owning American Dollars is Dangerous”

Anti-Competitive Measure from Venice Chamber of Commerce

I am sad to see the Venice Chamber of Commerce violate it’s free market beliefs for fear of open market competition. The Abbot Kinney Merchants Committee of the Venice Chamber of Commerce successfully lobbied the city DOT to post no parking signs along Abbot Kinney for the First Friday Art Walk to keep out food trucks.… read more “Anti-Competitive Measure from Venice Chamber of Commerce”

Santa Monica Online Marketing

Online marketing is essential for businesses operating on the internet.  Santa Monica-based Coalition Technologies knows that a company’s web-based operations are increasingly tied to both offline sales and overall profitability. From website design and logo creation to search engine optimization and advanced backend marketing capabilities, the experienced team at Coalition santa-monica-website-designersTechnologies can create and execute the various elements that go into a successful online marketing campaign, combining innovative, creative advertising and industry-leading marketing and positioning strategies. … read more “Santa Monica Online Marketing”

Estate Tax Should Be Sole Method of Taxation

The government should be 100% financed by estate taxes (of course the government would necessarily be much much smaller).  Estates should be taxed at a 75% tax rate.  Gifts to family members, childrens or non-charity institutions would have careful rules put in place to prevent tricks of trying to hide wealth transfers.

Google Adwords Keyword Insertion Capitalization

Having trouble finding ways to use Google Adwords keyword insertion capitalization correctly?  See the chart b below to better understand how to appropriately use Google Adwords keyword insertion capitalization:

keyword: Everything will be lower case.

Keyword: First letter of the first word will be capitalized.

KeyWord: First letter of every word will be capitalized.… read more “Google Adwords Keyword Insertion Capitalization”

Microsoft Windows Azure Scammed Me Out Of $611.87

(As always, everything posted below and throughout my blog is my opinion and my opinion only.  Thanks lawyers.)

I wanted to try testing out using Microsoft’s Windows Azure to see if it was a worthwhile service for my clients. I signed up for the Windows Azure Introductory Special after a salesman (and the website) stated that for testing a site I would have NO CHARGES unless I took it live to a production server (and even then I would have to have more use more than 10,000 storage transactions, 500 MB of storage and 25 compute hours of a small instance.… read more “Microsoft Windows Azure Scammed Me Out Of $611.87”

American Pet Industry Worse Polluters than Auto Industries

Quick question: What is the most harmful industry to the environment in America?

You might be surprised by the answer.

The pet industry is by far the largest cause of pollution in the United States just by looking at the amount of food consumed by pets and the amount of waste produced.

Below are the total number of pets in the United States:

Total Number of Pets Owned in the U.S.read more “American Pet Industry Worse Polluters than Auto Industries”