Monthly Archives: February 2009

Sell!

FDR didn’t have to worry about folks looking at their monthly mutual fund statements and their 401(k) statements, so he didn’t care. What’s troubling is this president does have to worry about folks looking at those statements and he still … Continue reading

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Where I went to college

Knoxville Tennessee on the webcam. I see a Golden Arches!

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Sales triple

Sales of Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged that is.

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Goodbye Rocky….

The Daily Camera has an editorial on the demise of the Rocky Mountain News. It quickly morphs into an brief review of the dire situation on the newspaper industry in general, noting the Daily Camera is far from immune. Most … Continue reading

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Origins of the Financial mess

Alan Blinder on how we got from there to here! I sure hear the word “leverage” a lot! Hat-tip to Newmarks Door.

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More money Scotty…

The Mogambo Guru comments on the the creation of more paper money…… Whether or not this theory is true, I don’t know, but I don’t think so, as I have never read anything like, “From the moment that the government … Continue reading

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Who likes to hear themselves talk

David Thielen of the blog Liberal and Loving It analyzes posters on the Daily Camera blog site. His post is titled… Who likes to hear themselves talk? What I find humorous is the title of all the posts around it… … Continue reading

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Yobuko, Saga, Japan

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Good marketing

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Whose credible….

when talking about the economy and financial markets…From Fox Business News.

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Unprecedented transfer of wealth

The Democrats are delirious at the idea that we’ve gone back to the future–a return to the 1930s. I’m not sure their joy is shared by many of those who actually lived through that era, but from the Dems’ perspective … Continue reading

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No Obama safe stocks say Cramer

Great rant today, you can read it here. This sums it up… We’re in real trouble… We’re in real trouble between what’s happening in the world economy and our President… who seems to be taking his cues… Guess who he’s … Continue reading

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Gimmicks in the budget

From todays IBD editorial… Phony baseline spending forecasts. Obama’s budget assumes that the government will continue to spend $170 billion a year on the Iraq War until the end of time. By cutting that number back, he magically credits himself … Continue reading

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Price of oil last 4 days

Wowza, up over $6/barrel in 4 days. Chart courtesy of livecharts.

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Honk!

From the Tennessee GOP, “Honk if you’re paying my mortgage“! I especially like the “swirly stuff” embedded in the ‘O’.

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Asaka, Saitama, Japan

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Do over on Wall street

Today was almost a mirror image of yesterday.

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Do over on Wall street

Today was almost a mirror image of yesterday.

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Spending?

Apparently when the Democrats are the ones doing the spending it’s all “ok”. Back in 2006, when Democrats were hoping to win control of the House and Senate, party leaders worked themselves into a righteous outrage over the issue of … Continue reading

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Lessons in world politics

…from the chessboard. The conclusion… I’ve always thought that a broader lesson could be drawn from these observations. Ambitious world leaders are like top chess players. If they see that their opponent has positioned his forces flawlessly, so that aggression … Continue reading

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