Author Archives: ChrisA

Boulder County ballot printing error

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

This ballot printing error costs Boulder County $35 thousand in an uncontested election. I hope they take the $35k out of the county prairie dog fund! The Longmont Times Call has once again scooped the Boulder Daily Camera. DC, the … Continue reading →

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Fannie and Freddie the root of the problem

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

An IBD editorial written by Fred L. Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute addresses how Fannie and Freddie are at the heart of the financial crisis. Going back in time… But eight years ago, when I testified before Congress that … Continue reading →

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Republican Study Committee has a plan…

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

Read about it over at OpenMarket.org. Here’s the meat and potato’s and some comments on mark-to-market… The RSC plan is chock-full of measures to remove barriers to economic growth and market-distorting subsidies. It would suspend capital gains taxes to put … Continue reading →

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Modify “mark to market” and short sale rules

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

This accounting rule is forcing financial institutions to write down their debt securities to ridiculously low values which only causes the problems to “trickle down”. I’m not necessarily advocating getting rid of it. Apparently mark to market rules came after … Continue reading →

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Asian stock markets open lower

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

(click to enlarge) Get your asian stock market quotes here. Most major asian stock markets have opened down between 4 – 5%.

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Oil plunged today

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

Get your oil price charts live charts. The above is a 1 hour chart. All the “dead space” is due to the weekend. Think this has OPEC concerned? Short term, “yes” and long term “no”.

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Gold is jittery

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

Get your gold price update at kitco.com.

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Are their lips moving?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by ChrisA

LOL.

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Typical Daily Camera Hatchet job

Posted on September 29, 2008 by ChrisA

Clay Evans picks up the “It’s all Bush’s fault” baton in this Daily Camera editorial. Clay concludes… But at the political level, I wonder: Would we still be arguing, or would he look at the relative prosperity of the Clinton … Continue reading →

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Both types of greed are toxic

Posted on September 29, 2008 by ChrisA

Greed for political power and greed for money are both toxic. When you combine them you get a financial crisis of earthshattering proportions. Read the greed for politcial power argument over at Hot Air where Ed Morrissey analyzes a 1999 … Continue reading →

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Bailout bill fails

Posted on September 29, 2008 by ChrisA

I don’t know if the bailout bill is a good or bad scheme. For the short term it is probably good, but I have little idea regarding the long term implications. Raising the debt ceiling by more than 10% with … Continue reading →

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What would you expect from Obama?

Posted on September 29, 2008 by ChrisA

McCain had nothing to offer. Yea, right. Probably works for people who can’t pop the hood of their trunk. Read more about “Obama the arrogant“. Great picture by the way!

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Barack Obama truth squad

Posted on September 27, 2008 by ChrisA

OMG, what the heck is going on here. What will happen if/when this guy becomes President and someone disagrees with him? The people in law enforcement so eager to sign up to be members of the “truth squad” is very … Continue reading →

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Who won the debate?

Posted on September 27, 2008 by ChrisA

According to the self selected group of Instapundit readers, McCain won in a landslide. I didn’t watch or listen to a lot of the debate. What I saw, I thought McCain did well, but Obama seemed to be doing a … Continue reading →

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Washington Mutual ad received today

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

The advertisement below was part of an e-mail I received today… I don’t think that will happen again!

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How much is a dollar worth?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

“Dr. Doom”, Marc Faber believes $700 billion isn’t close to enough. Marc Faber, editor & publisher of ‘The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report’, told CNBC’s Asia Squawk Box on Friday, he doubts that $700 billion would make any difference when … Continue reading →

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Washington Mutual closed by government

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

Perhaps the closing of Washington Mutual by the government, the largest US bank failure ever, will spur our lawmakers to act on the bailout bill.

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Palin e-mail missing scandal

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

This article, “How to Blow a Scoop” sums it up and concludes… It’s an perfect lesson in what’s gone wrong with America’s major media. No potential scoop is so big that it can’t be ignored if it doesn’t conform to … Continue reading →

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An American Carol

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

Looks like great entertainment to me.

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An American Carol

Posted on September 26, 2008 by ChrisA

It looks like great entertainment to me.

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