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Look at the state of affairs in this country and we see what dire straits our economy is in. The deficit is at an all-time high and employment is at an all-time low. In order to boost the economy, the banks are still offering adjustable rate mortgages, which in the long run will cause more foreclosures. ...more
December 26, 2009
I see a lot of complaints about how things are going, but few solutions. I will try to give a few here. First: We should make drugs legal. This would save billions in law enforcement and bring in billions in taxes (like what happened with liquor). It would also take away a lot of money from al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists. Second: Bring home all of our troops on foreign soil. We could use the billions that it is costing for infrastructure repairs and put thousands back to work. ...more
December 24, 2009
Pertaining to all of this hoopla about global warming that we are being bomb blasted with every day. ...more
December 20, 2009
This morning I woke up and went outside. I heard a racket and I looked up and saw Santa flying around, testing out a brand new sleigh. Upon a closer look I saw a tag on it which read "Made in China." ...more
December 3, 2009
A conservative watchdog group has filed a lawsuit against an Arizona agency on behalf of a salon owner who uses nibbling fish to remove dead skin from the feet of customers. ...more
December 2, 2009
I am a former small business owner, now retired, and trying to make some sense of what is going on today. The unemployment figures are the glaring statistics that stand out and no one seems willing to state the obvious reason why they are so high. ...more
November 28, 2009
Ignoring Chinese protests, the Dalai Lama traveled to a disputed part of India near China's Tibetan border Sunday as thousands of pilgrims braved cold weather to catch a glimpse of their spiritual leader. ...more
November 9, 2009
President Obama campaigned on much-needed job creation, which should be his top priority given the several million good-paying jobs that were off-shored during the Clinton and Bush years, as well as the United States' trade deficit and debt. ...more
October 8, 2009
The government is investigating a potential fire risk in more than 200,000 Jeep Wranglers. ...more
August 17, 2009
If we could have eavesdropped on a recent China-India economic conference, I suspect this, in essence, is what we may have heard: Obama's extreme carbon and other taxes on industry will give much of the remaining United States industry to us on a silver platter; especially since we have no carbon controls and our taxes are industry friendly. Their huge unemployment numbers may also give us an opportunity to import skilled workers at reduced cost. ...more
August 7, 2009
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