Oct 5, 2009
My father once said that once you start lying, you can never stop. That’s because you have to tell another lie to cover that lie, and another lie on top of that, and before you know it, your lying is out of control. But eventually, everyone gets caught in the lie, no matter...
Sep 29, 2009
A lot of people are uncertain about the U.S. economy. In many cases, it seems to be a walking contradiction.The stock market is up over 50 percent, yet our portfolios seem to be down. Consumer confidence numbers have been growing, yet nobody seems to be shopping. Obama has...
Sep 25, 2009
When is this nightmare going to be over? It started under George W. Bush and Hank Paulson with the original bailouts. Now it has continued under the reign of Barack Obama and Timothy Geithner who have taken bailouts to a new level, spending trillions of taxpayer dollars....
Sep 23, 2009
National identity. It’s part of the very fabric that holds the United States together. We are individuals, we are capitalists, but above all else, we are Americans. We make our own laws. We decide our own future. No one can tell us what to do. But that is now under attack....
Sep 21, 2009
It sounds like a terrible thing to say. At first glance, a recession of any kind, especially a double-whammy recession, doesn’t seem like the best thing for America. America needs jobs, entrepreneurship, and recovery. The last thing we need is another recession. But if...
Sep 16, 2009
Today was the day. The big bill is now on the table. That is, the new $856 billion healthcare bill proposed by Senator Max Baucus. I know what you must be thinking. We all thought the healthcare bill was going to be a cool $1 trillion, so we’ve already saved $144 billion...
Sep 11, 2009
Taxpayers will lose billions. We’ve spent trillions on bailouts, healthcare, mortgages, and Cash for Clunkers. So who cares?In fact the total exposure from the bailouts could total $23 trillion dollars. So really, why should anyone care about a couple billion dollars when...
Sep 8, 2009
Money is power. Let’s face it, the person who has the money, has the power. Right now China has the money, and it was only a matter of time before they started demanding the power. For years, China has slowly and methodically moved toward removing the dollar as the world’s...