From the Desk of Michael Ross

Here you'll find my thoughts on business, marketing, psychology, government intrusion, freedom of thought and person, all from a commonsense point of view. I also house all my products here too.

May 20, 2004

Let's Get Israel

WORLDWIDE - Media outlets the world over are salivating at the chance to have another go at Israel. In what can only be described a "lucky break" for the leftist elite media, Israel took out some more terrorists, and then when so-called civilians came a running to help the terrorists, some of them got killed too.

All the condemnation being reported is not being attributed to anyone (yet). So the only conclusion we can draw is the leftist media are the one's who are outraged - and of course the Jew-hating Europeans whose outrage may be spoken about soon.

Other leftists are looking to the U.N. for what they think. But all sensible people know the U.N. is a corrupt useless organization full of self-aggrandizing psychophants under the control (and in the pocket) of tin-pot dictators who wear funny hats, and so what they think doesn't mean jack.

And while this outrage at Israel goes on, blood-thirsty murderous dictators in the Sudan, Zimbabwe and other areas of Africa as well as the "freedom put down" going on in Iran, are desperately being ignored. It's as if the media thinks it is okay for Mugabe and others of his ilk to kill thousands and thousands of people in cold blood, while Israel isn't allowed to get rid of terrorists who blow up school buses full of children. Unfortunately, the majority of the sheeple don't have access to the "other news" and so only know what the elite leftist media, with their anti-Semite anti-conservative anti-America agendas, report.

Why I Only Pay Half Rego

Our illustrious state government allows us motorists to choose to pay motor vehicle registration for a full year or six months. If you pay the year, you don't get another renewal notice until next year. If you pay the six months, you get a renewal notice in six months which also gives you the option of paying for a year or six months.

If you choose the six month option, after two payments it will have cost you more than paying for the year from the start.

Knowing this, I pay the six month option, and not because I can't afford the measly $300 extra paying for a year would cost. I choose the six monthly option because I am an entrepreneur and can turn the $300 I would have spent on rego, into more than $300 within six months. So by the time the next six months has come around, I have taken the $300 I would have spent, and increased it more than ten fold. Effectively giving me free rego.

I do the same with electricity bills. For instance, pretend my electricity bill is $400 for the quarter. I will call them and ask them if I can pay $200 by the due date (which is in three week's time), and the remaining $200 by the same date the month after. They ALWAYS say yes.

Now pretend one of my businesses has an advertising cost of $200 per month. By delaying the $200 electricity payment, I can run ads for a month, make ten times my cost ($2,000) and effectively get my second electricity payment for free.

By using money which could have gone on a bill, I am able to make way more money than the bill is, and thus have money to pay the bill plus extra money, when next the bill arrives.

Of course, bills which arrive monthly - such as phone bills - cannot be delayed like this. But the same concept can still be applied - take the money you would have spent on the bill, and use it to generate business - as long as the business generating method you have is a proven one and can give you a return within days/weeks - and you could end up with plenty of money available to pay the bill.

But if you pay the bill in full the moment it arrives, then you will need to come up with other money for business projects.

May 18, 2004

Big Brother Case Study In Brief

If socialists had their way, everything would be owned by the government, there would be no real personal property, everyone would be given according to their needs, and there would actually be very little freedom outside of the official line - government knows best.

The only way to live in a big house would be to have many children - you have many children so NEED more bedrooms and space to accommodate those children. You would get more food. More clothes. More shoes. A bigger car. All because you need more stuff. According to your needs.

Of course, your needs are taken care of by taking effort away from people who have fewer needs than you do, and giving the results of their efforts to you. Apparently, this is fair. Of course, they never say who it is fair for.

People would also be on a need to know basis. If something doesn't directly effect you, you don't need to know and have no say in it.

This recently came to light with the shocking story about the pregnant school girl in Britain.

In case you hadn't heard: A 14 year old girl got pregnant. She went to the school counselor (21 year old), who advised abortion and arranged it. AFTER the abortion, the mother was informed of the daughter's pregnancy and that it had been aborted. NOT before. After. The girl's mother was NOT told the girl was pregnant by anyone. Not until after the growing baby had been hoovered out of the girl's womb.

If you see nothing wrong with this, then you are not right - to quote Che is Gay.

No-one, it seems, is responsible. Everyone followed procedure and acted within the law. So we now have a young girl in emotional turmoil, who has jeopardized her ability to bear children in the future, and who was denied consultation with her mother during the entire process. This is what we get from socialism.

In my opinion, the mother should now take the following action:

1 - Sue the school counselor
2 - Sue the school headmaster/principal
3 - Sue the school
4 - Sue the school board
5 - Sue the education department
6 - Sue the doctor who performed the abortion without parental consent.
7 - Sue the nurses who assisted in the abortion
8 - Sue the abortion clinic
9 - Sue anyone and any "body" (department, board, business) that had anything to do with it.

Suing a "body" by itself does no good. The individuals within that body need to be sued as well. Take them all through the wringer. I am sure there will be a lawyer somewhere willing to do this on pro-bono (where they do it for free and get paid after winning).

May 17, 2004

How NOT To Deal With People

Some people are funny. It's almost as if they think that because they are paying for something, they have the right to treat those they buy from, like dirt.

Client calls me early today. Needs some help pronto. Must be today. I do a bit of a merry dance and manage to squeeze them in for later in the day. Within five minutes of being there, they are rude to me twice and call me arrogant ("You're arrogant") because I told them "the more they wanted me to do, the more it would cost." Of course, I started to leave. When they asked what I was doing I told them calmly, as is my way, that they insulted me and were rude to me and so I was going. And left. Leaving them totally up the creek without a paddle.

Imagine your toilet is overflowing and the only emergency guy who turns up, gets insulted and leaves. That's the kind of predicament I left them in.

Will that client partake of my services again? Nope. Will they tell others not to partake of my services? Yep. But judging by the type of person they are, their friends wouldn't be the type of client I want anyway. My clients love what I do for them. That's why they keep coming back. I am the guy that zooms in out of the blue - like a knight in shining armor - to solve their problems without fuss. (Cue happy smiley music here.)

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Off Sky

To some people this will be a newsflash. To others, it will be a "Well, D'uh."

I am, of course, talking about Sky News' love affair with the socialist politicians. And their extra strong affair with Bob Brown - the anti-human politician from the Apple Isle.

For two weeks in a row, Sky has given Brown an uninterrupted voice. And, being the weasel he is, he uses it to bash everything and anything the Howard government is doing. The man is a professional whinge bag. His whining is incessant. And he is dull boring too. I don't think I have ever seen him smile. He must have had his sense of humor surgically removed.

As I've said elsewhere in these writings... why won't he just go away.