MooPig Report from the Middle :: "Meritocracy"

Why do we Throw Around "--OCRACY'S" so Much?
mashed articles by Pat Darnell  |  Nov 10, 2013  |  Bryan TX

What is more important: Universal knowledge, or Micro-management knowledge? MooPig Report from the Middle Department would like to subscribe to both extremes. However, that leads us to today's subject, "--ocracy." After all we find we represent the Middle, which hardly has universal understandings, nor all that much micro management skills.

For instance: Rich man, self-made millionaire, lived his youth through the 30's and Great Depression, builds up his street cred, and buys a few distressed banks which he flips and sells for big profits. He gets to middle age, and gets the "politics bug." Not too many politicians stray very far from this stereotype.

So what then does the newly elected politician do? He picks from the huge list of --ocracies; which one to use in his dialogue with others? This is true for every politician, from lowly council members to presidents; Chairman of the Board to CFO's ... lot's of rich guys think they are doing a self-evaluation of their lives as they pick an --ocracy. What they are missing is that while rich and powerful, they can't even make a cup of coffee for themselves.

When we, the lowly non-elected, think of Meritocracy, we think of schooling. We might think also of churches, sports, artists, and other labor intensive institutions. Rarely would we think of politicians. As usual at MooPig Enterprises we most often think of things in terms of cow herds. Politicians exist because of a long standing curse on mankind. Stand out politicians are not natural to the herd.

But for transgressions-that-will-remain-untold, one can make Meritocracy mean anything one wants it to mean. On face value, let's go with the root "Merit." For the rich man, merit could mean making a big pile of cash in business. In America that seems to be all one has to do in life. For this to be true, the ends justify the means. We would agree if all the rich men and women start from a position of  "no inheritance" like the definition of meritocracy implies.

Whoa, what is that? Yes, meritocracy says all people start from the same position, like a horse race, and proceed from there.

Meritocracy And John Galt! | DOCMARTIN1: Its Business and Personal: " ...“The Rise of Meritocracy.” It was published in 1958, and dealt with a society obsessed with talent. “The date was 2034, and psychologists had perfected the art of IQ testing. But far from promoting social harmony, the preoccupation with talent had produced a social breakdown. The losers in the talent wars were doubly unhappy, conscious not only that they were failures but that they deserved to be failures. Eventually they revolted against their masters.” I wonder why something like this would happen?"

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Yes, a high percentage all of the 'racers would be losers. Is that how it really is out here? No; no more than how a calf could not make it through its first year without its mother. To lose means dependence on others for your decline. To win also then, means dependence on others when you succeed. Meritocracy is relative to institutional support systems, and correlates with advancing in one area while sucking wind in another, usually crucial, area.

MooPig Report from the Middle Department brings up "meritocracy" because while not being fully understood as an --ocracy, it is used in many ways today. Schools have almost nationwide lost their minds to delusions of "merit." The Core Curriculum idea, and its acceptance by states, has just about destroyed education in the USA. Its cumulative result has been one of stamping a student with an achievement number as related to the whole student body's achievement.

Such unpardonable meritocracy is wrong, because:
1. Students lose respect for facts - they become skeptical
2. Students lose respect for people - they become morally relativists - they start to think humanity is screwed up by nature, they start to dismiss the significance or importance of any one individual, and they start to think that the only way to change the world is by forcing policy down people's throats.

As students become professionals, they adapt these flaws to their own understanding of their professions.

We don't know who Mencken is but this is our conclusion:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
― H.L. Mencken

That's our Report from the Middle where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are above average.

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http://docmartin1.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/meritocracy-and-john-galt/
http://www.salon.com/2011/04/05/my_father_the_objectivist/
http://reason.com/archives/2010/02/12/the-fable-of-market-meritocrac
http://forum.objectivismonline.com/?showtopic=22958
http://polly-rage.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-is-wrong-with-meritocracy.html
https://www.facebook.com/AynRandInstitute/posts/10150244228762534
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/meritocracy
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/meritocracy.html
http://docmartin1.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/meritocracy-and-john-galt/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101127051151AAYYI9L
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100310030041AA4bGVY
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-meritocracy.htm
http://www.reference.com/example-sentences/meritocracy
http://www.economist.com/node/3518560
http://climateofsophistry.com/2013/04/23/meritocracy-its-weaknesses-and-how-to-improve-it-a-lesson-from-climate-alarm/
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http://pribek.net/2013/10/09/what-is-core-really-its-not-what-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-31417

Who is Robert Holmes?

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Aug 4, 2012 | Bryan TX

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News headlines: Batman Massacre - WHY?:

"Robert Holmes, the shooting suspect's father, not only uncovered the true intent of this massive fraud, but has also traced the "hidden" trillions of dollars to the exact bank accounts of the elite classes who have stolen it. In other words, Robert Holmes could NAME NAMES! Those names WOULD AWAKEN THE WORLD to the depth of government and corporate corruption which could include members of Congress, Wall Street, Federal Reserve and EU executives and could even include US Presidential candidates and the British Royal family.
What kind of a "shut up" deal has been worked out with Robert Holmes to save his son from the death penalty?"

'via Blog this'

The banks of London set the 'borrowing rates' low betwixt each other, so that they can loan money at a 'high rate' and make lots of money! Easy to understand, eh?

At article: " ... the banks did not fix the Libor rate with their customers in mind. Instead, the fixed Libor rate enabled them to improve their balance sheets, as well as help to perpetuate the regime of low interest rates. The last thing the banks want is a rise in interest rates that would drive down the values of their holdings and reveal large losses masked by rigged interest rates. (Jacque Fresco. July 17, 2012. HERE)... "

We are now pretty obviously facing the possibility of a world that the supranational corporations, and the governments and educational systems that serve them, will control entirely for their own enrichment—and, incidentally and inescapably, for the impoverishment of all the rest of us. - Wendell Berry

One is left with bereft feelings about the obvious sadism of the son James Holmes and what he did in shooting innocent people. How could a banking regulator be at the well head of this story, though?

" ... Most important to note about James Holmes, however, this report says, is that his father, Robert Holmes, was said to have been scheduled to testify within the next few weeks before a US Senate panel on the largest bank fraud scandal in world history that is currently unfolding and threatens to destabilize and destroy the Western banking system. (justpiper. July 28, 2012. HERE) ..."

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http://www.helpfreetheearth.com/news616_batmanwhy.html
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http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_21073397/new-york-federal-reserve-knew-about-libor-manipulation
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Welcome to "MooPig TV MatchMaker" Department

Proving the legitimacy of the "Anti-Demographic"
by Pat Darnell

GRAPHIC: Our Green Governor [Crist] Hanging out
with RINO Arnold in Bankrupt California...
Please Charlie don't learn anything there.
Gov. Charlie Crist will be the only Republican
of the four governors attending a two climate change
summit sponsored by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
in Beverly Hills this week, according to a story
today in the LATimes.

___________
I vote Republican
but live like a Democratic
I am a new member
of the anti-demographic

Specialists would like to know
how we go about it
But soon find out
we are admixture addicts.
_____________

Going Greener, many see Red!
Due to Budget Cutbacks and inherent need to go Greener on the West Coast, soon to be bankrupt West Coast, MooPig has tapped these two groups for Co-Ed living. Check it out.

A historical review should prove co-habitation of these two groups is favored demography... MooPig has run all the numbers and decidedly found the missing links; yes links of transition, from demographic to anti-demographic. It's called "using the fists to solve issues of the id and ego..." pretty much describes the divisional Venn diagrams of 733 degrees of compatibility. MooPig offers this primary research to its readers free of charge.

Only one house in Schwarzenegger's town is needed for the combination of these pseudo-anti-demographia's... MooPig TV MatchMaker Dept. says, "Go Co-ed, improve your carbon foot-prints, the best solution for this TV phenomenon. Sincerely We cannot wait to experience the BUGFCC, or Bad Ultimate Girls Fighting Club Championship." A month ago --

Nov 17, 2008 -- Schwarzenegger was a featured guest at both of the high-profile climate change summits held by Crist and it's clear he's now returning the favor. He [was] scheduled to speak...

"More than 600 environmental officials and activists from Borneo to Bulgaria, along with five U.S. governors and regional politicians from foreign nations, [had been] expected to attend,'' the LATimes reports. "...Schwarzenegger had invited all 49 other U.S. governors, but only four plan to attend part of the conference:

• Republican Charlie Crist of Florida and
• Democrats Rod Blagojevich of Illinois, Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Jim Doyle of Wisconsin.
• In addition, seven others have said they will add their names to the declaration. [SOURCE]

It is assumed by MooPig Enterprises that anti-advertising will find a purposeful and profitable niche based on these market corollaries of research and history.

Reference
Pribek.net; October 23, 2008; NOTE: (Anti-Demographic is attributed to Pribek.net, HERE, and commentary is a result of no less than obsessive viewing of Bad Girls Club and UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship television when-what-how-ever time or place it airs or appears, or re-runs... rather than do anything useful by MooPig anti-demographic professionals, UAA, MIA).

Crouse, Jeff; August 22, 2008;The Anti-advertising Agency; Product placement; via adamkluger@inbox.com HERE NOTE: (Through long-term commercial saturation, it has become implicitly understood by the public that advertising has the right to own, occupy and control every inch of available space. The steady normalization of invasive advertising dulls the public’s perception of their surroundings, re-enforcing a general attitude of powerlessness toward creativity and change, thus a cycle develops enabling advertisers to slowly and consistently increase the saturation of advertising with little or no public outcry.)

Coming in "MooPig TV MatchMaker" Part 2 -- MooPig Editors take this opportunity to introduce a new marketing strategy terminology: "Anti-parody"
pd\ Pat. Pend.

Chinese Jungle Fever?

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PHOTO: Pig Floyd Pribek.net
I wanna Write a Rock Opera, too !!

The highest new entry, at No. 5, was Monkey's "Journey to the West" (XL Recordings), the album of the contemporary opera written by Damon Albarn and designed by Jamie Hewlett, both of Gorillaz. The show had its premiere season in Manchester last year and made its London debut at the Royal Opera House last month. The show uses nearly 40 Chinese performers including acrobats, martial artists and singers, with an orchestra combining Western and Chinese instruments.

du hast gut geschlaffen

Piece of the Pink Floyd Pig Perhaps; Found in La Quinta, by Randall Roberts April 29, 2008 2:44 PM

There are very few breaking news stories in the music biz, and Pink Floyd's escaped flying pig ranks pretty high up there. Sources tell us that there are now two reports of pig -recovery operations currently underway in nearby La Quinta, California. [read on HERE]

Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,

Pink Floyd — isn’t that the barber of Mayberry… who later had a stroke? When was it he played in a band again? And I swear no one talked about drugs in or around Mayberry and Aunt Bea. Ron Howard grew up to be a really good movie maker… and bald, but I sure don’t remember Dave, Roger or Syd. (Roger Rabbit and Syd from ToyStory?)

I feel so uninformed, dang it, but with a little help from you, my friends, I might get The Final Cut off The Wall, pending you divulge a Saucer Full of Secrets. A Momentary Lapse of Reason left my Atom Heart Mother temporarily Obscured by the clouds, so we both followed the Piper to the gates of Dawn. Wish You Were Here on the Dark Side of the Moon !! En Fuego, Sans… muy en fuego!!!

"Imagine this pig exploding high up in the atmosphere, and floating down onto the village of La Quinta. Somebody should write a boring rock opera about it.

LA Weekly will be offering round-the-clock reportage on what is perhaps the most tragic event in Coachella history. We dedicate this post to the pig. It was a great run, and you almost made it.

American Idiot Becomes a Film Nov 10, 2005
[SOURCE]

You write a rock opera; it becomes a smash hit album. Isn't it logical to make it into a movie?

Singer/guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong revealed that he's taking on some of the writing and production roles for an upcoming American Idiot (2004, Reprise) (read Aversion's review) film. The movie, which will revolve around the rock-opera presented on the Berkley pop-punk band's latest album, will, quite unsurprisingly, take its cues from The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia. Whether that means Elton John will make an appearance as a flamboyant Pinball Wizard or not has yet to be decided.

Green Day won’t appear in the movie, however. Fans will have to make due with the 14-minute version of the “Jesus of Suburbia” video (read full story), which stars the punks in about 15 percent of a movie.