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It appears there’s no stopping this runaway train! Our economy is a giant ponzi scheme and the word from the top is “It’s unstoppable, there’s no turning back and we’re gonna ride it to the end.” This morning I read the following statement in the New York Times: The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, warned on [...] You can hear the sound of freedom from the beach. It’s the low rumble of explosives, the chatter of helicopter blades or the tandem footsteps of young men with the distinctive “high and tight” haircuts as they jog down the tide line. Nearly inaudible reminders that soldiers are being prepared for war, blending with the [...] The other day, I caught myself again longing for the pace of life I enjoyed in the third world. Life there is languid compared to life in the United States. Most people will admit that their life is hectic, and I’m no exception. I think it’s because we have so much technology at our fingertips. Because [...] Priorities. Our government has them, but they don’t resonate with many of our personal values. One good example is a bloated military budget (an amazing $515.4 Billion or 16.5% of our budget earmarked for 2009) when one out of every three Americans is left without adequate health care. Another good example is the government’s obsession with [...] I’m just getting around to reading the The Second McCain-Obama Presidential Debate transcripts from October 7, 2008 and Barack Obama’s words caught my eye: And, in fact, we just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week after they got help went on a $400,000 junket. So I went and found the [...] I was reading “After Glow of Games, What Next for China?” in this morning’s New York Times and the following paragraphs caught my eye: Meanwhile, eight Americans were among a group of foreigners jailed after they tried to demonstrate about China’s Tibet policies. The authorities released the Americans on Sunday and placed them on a flight [...] Here’s a great little video exploring the possibility of the U.S. Dollar tanking that was snipped from a documentary recently aired on Dutch National Television: If you think it can’t happen, think again. Just this week, the Federal Reserve rescued the stock market again. Here is how James Howard Kunstler described it in his blog entry [...] This just in: The Federal Government has earmarked 1.5 billion dollars, not for education or health care, but to help consumers continue watching television. I found a little poetic justice in the following article, “In Face of Hurricane, a Rush to Secure Oil Operations, ” in which: “The many refineries along the coast of Texas were also bracing for a harsh lashing by strong winds, rain and flooding.” So, we’ve spent billions of dollars wrecking havoc on Iraq in the name [...] As the water recedes, and investigations dredge up more dirt, it is becoming apparent that when the hurricane hit, people ran around like chickens with their heads cut off. You’d expect the richest country in the world to have all their poop in one sock. But they don’t. They aren’t any more organized than the [...] |
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