How Did MSNBC Break the Law Last Tuesday?
How was MSNBC allowed to break the law and refuse to allow Dennis Kucinich to debate last Tuesday in Nevada? The law is that there must be pre-established criteria before a debate. MSNBC issued an...
View ArticleMSNBC Broke the Law
How was MSNBC allowed to break the law and refuse to allow Dennis Kucinich to debate last Tuesday in Nevada? The law is that there must be pre-established criteria before a debate. MSNBC issued an...
View ArticleThe Politics of Inflation
Inflation of the currency causes a transfer of wealth. Wealth is transferred from those that save to those that borrow. Further wealth is taken from those on a fixed income and given to everyone else...
View ArticleThe Federal Reserve Should Be Abolished
In the year 2000, the fed raised the federal funds rate to to 6.5%. This election was very close and the policy of the federal reserve basically decided this election. After this election the federal...
View ArticleThe FHA Should Be Abolished
Suburban sprawl is Mother Earth's worst enemy. The FHA, the mortgage interest deduction, the capital gains tax exclusion and all the rest of the wealth transfers that the USA government gives to...
View ArticleGovernment Subsidized Suburban Sprawl
There are many articles on Dailykos sounding the alarm on global warming and the comments blast government for inaction. The number one contributor to suburban sprawl is the price of housing. Houses...
View ArticleGuns Kill
Police shot and killed a cougar recently in Chicago. If the police did not have guns this cougar might still be alive. An easy access to guns decided this poor magnificent animal's life.Do you want...
View ArticleGun Violence
When the Constitution was written slaves were considered three fifths of a person. This concession was made to give the South enough clout in the legislature so they would agree to ratify the...
View ArticleGuns, Women and Freedom
Fact: In 1998, women were 101 times more likely to be murdered with a handgun than to use a handgun to kill in self-defense. Women were 302 times more likely to be murdered with a handgun than to use a...
View ArticleNational Defense In America
The United States economy is going down the toilet. Since 2001 growth in the economy was based on the housing market. We invested heavily building McMansions in suburbs which often required 30 mile...
View ArticleFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him; The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones, ... ... Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 2, And Mark Antony uses the death of...
View ArticleJames Hansen on the Carbon Tax.
James Hansen spoke to Congress last week. The biggest criticism on this site against a tax on gasoline is that the tax would be regressive. James Hansen proposes a carbon tax with dividend. The tax...
View ArticleFannie Plan a `Disaster' to Rogers; Goldman Says Sell
http://www.bloomberg.com/...July 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Treasury Department's plan to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is an ``unmitigated disaster'' and the largest U.S. mortgage lenders are...
View ArticleWas Bush Drunk at the Olympics?
I do not see this subject out there so here goes.Was Bush drinking at the Olympics?http://www.fourwinds10.com/...http://thegoodamerican.newsvine.com/...Here is a comment in Spanish. Could someone...
View ArticleA Short Primer On Bailouts
Contrary to the establishment propaganda, government bailouts did not, do not and will not save the financial system. The real effect of a government bailout on the financial system is to create...
View ArticleWhy Republicans Win Elections
Yesterday I wrote a short diary about bailouts. Several comments took offense at my use of the word piddling with regards to the people's investment losses. Actually it is true, in general the...
View ArticleA Short Primer on Derivatives
Everyone is a little confused as to what exactly the government is bailing out here.Let us say that one has a mortgage for 500 grand and the house is now worth 400 grand. The bank has lost 100 grand....
View ArticleEconomic Fear is the Wrong Prescription
It does not really matter if bloggers on the internet start spreading doom and gloom about the economy. Well maybe it matters a little bit.How can government officials spreading fear be good for an...
View ArticleA Short Primer On Derivatives UPDATED
After reading the comments here, there is still a great deal of confusion as to the debt the government is buying. The government is not buying mortgages for the most part. The mortgages are not the...
View ArticleClass Struggle and Bailouts
Taxes and bailouts only change the economy inasmuch as wealth is transferred from one class to another. Wealth is transferred directly by taxes by taking money from one class and giving to another....
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