SEPTEMBER 2011 I am unable to see every speech or statement given by policy makers live, so I often make use of transcripts to get the unfiltered comments of our fearless leaders. We have been accustomed to the mainstream media taking gaffes by prominent Republicans or conservatives in their statements and turning them into laugh […]
SEPTEMBER 2011 It seems as if not a month goes by without our wizards of smart in Washington D.C. threatening some sort of government shutdown if one side or another does not get their way. The latest shutdown threat involves taking some of the funds allocated toward green automobiles and shifting it to pay for […]
SEPTEMBER 2011 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was tasked by his colleagues to pen our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. […]
AUGUST 2011 The August 22, 2011 edition of the Wall Street Journal contained a column written by Laura Meckler titled White House to Scale Back Regulations on Business. I started reading this column at around 4:15 AM. My coffee hadn’t yet finished brewing at that time, so it is possible that I was not yet […]
Sticking It To The Taxpayer The U.S. Attorneys office has sued Deutsche Bank for tricking a government insurance program into backing mortgage loans that carried much more risk than the firm let on. Most of the loans have been defaulted on, costing “We the People” $400 million. If you think Deutsche Bank was alone in […]
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion. When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing. When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors. When you see that men get richer […]
Hold on to your hot dog! That summertime BBQ you were planning is going to cost you. The average food costs for a BBQ are up 29% from last year. Holding a BBQ for a dozen guests will cost you an additional $45 over last year excluding soda and alcohol. To all of you “meat […]
Bill Parcells, the long-time and venerated football coach once stated and I happen to agree with, “You are what your record says you are.” With that being said let us take a look at the record of the Obama Stimulus Package and the Keynesian Playbook that we have followed since 2008, and that includes George […]
I was strongly against the 2008 stimulus package that President George W. Bush pushed for and Congress agreed to, which I dubbed the “Incumbent Protection Act of 2008.” I was also aghast at the monstrosity of a stimulus that the Obama administration rushed through Congress in 2009. I proposed back in 2007, during the early […]
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