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October 27, 2009 10:16 PM EDT -- I am going to use many of my own experiences to demonstrate that lower costs need not be Draconian or culturally seismic alterations to our economic and social fabric as is now proposed in Washington, . . . more
October 25, 2009 07:54 PM EDT -- Today’s news had an article on how the nearly 700,000 vehicles in this program have clogged the recycling scrap yards. See " Cash for Clunkers trade-ins piling up ". With the typical blatant liberal . . . more
October 25, 2009 02:14 PM EDT -- I haven’t written anything since April as you may have noticed. The main reason is that I have been busy becoming extremely familiar with our health care system. Let me state unequivocally, that . . . more
April 13, 2009 09:58 AM EDT -- I will always give credit where it is due.  I have major differences with President Obama but giving the order to use deadly force on the Somali pirates was not only the correct thing to do, but . . . more
April 12, 2009 11:45 AM EDT -- For medical reasons, I have had to sleep in my recliner in the family room for the past three months. I do so with my companions Racer and Rockie (and sometimes Pepe). We have four dogs and a cat . . . more
April 02, 2009 04:39 AM EDT -- The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri No, you did not read the title wrong.  Most people don’t know that . . . more
March 29, 2009 11:06 AM EDT -- The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. R. Buckminster Fuller In the first two parts of this article I laid down the facts of the origin and current status of FEMA and the use of the . . . more
March 21, 2009 09:51 AM EDT -- As you saw in my first article, FEMA is not what it appears to be. This can be said with most rules, regulations, and laws that come out of Washington (and most state capitals). Human greed and the quest . . . more
March 15, 2009 11:52 AM EDT -- It would seem natural that all governments would want to protect their people in times of disaster, both natural and man-made (though not all do). Contingencies may be set up for such events. The United . . . more
March 14, 2009 11:38 PM EDT -- I had planned on writing a lot more than I have in recent weeks, but I just couldn’t decide on what topics to approach. Quite honestly the myriad of problems out there cry out for discussion and action; . . . more
February 18, 2009 10:18 AM EST -- "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. "   Edmund Burke Yesterday, Feb. 17, 2009, . . . more
February 15, 2009 12:03 PM EST -- "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri" If everything continues as it is, it may disappear altogether. . . . more
February 13, 2009 02:06 PM EST -- I have not written anything since the election. There are three reasons for that. 1. I had some health issues that needed correcting. I have been and still am working on that one. 2. I have been . . . more
November 13, 2008 02:50 AM EST -- There is a point in each of these for life today.  Look if you dare. The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. . . . more
October 28, 2008 09:03 AM EDT -- I haven’t written much lately because I have been doing my prime duties of taking care of business and my family.   However, I have been sifting through the growing pile of ashes of the maelstrom . . . more
October 11, 2008 02:46 PM EDT -- Starting on May 16, 2008, I wrote a series of articles entitled Three Big Bubbles Will Burst. I want to revisit them and take a look at what has happened. 1. Oil Prices, May 18, 2008 . I predicted . . . more
September 23, 2008 05:48 PM EDT -- If this bailout plan is put in place, that is exactly what we will become.   Our country in one stroke of the pen will cease to exist as a Representative Republic and will shed its last remnants . . . more
September 19, 2008 03:49 PM EDT -- We're screwed. Do you get it yet? The line between the public and private sector was just indelibly blurred. Just as Chavez has been nationalizing the private sector in Venezuela, and Rep. Maxine . . . more
September 11, 2008 01:03 AM EDT -- Even I was confused on this one. Talk about intricate conniving on a grand scale. The federal government itself took over Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac directly, probably so the Fed would not get its . . . more
September 08, 2008 11:30 PM EDT -- I wrote yesterday that the Fed takeover of Mae & Mac would cost us.  The total is probably going to reach $300,000,000,000 ($300 Billion).  That's a lot of zero's.   Do . . . more
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