Category Archives: stoopid government

United States heath care sucks…

Posted on March 27, 2009 by ChrisA

It’s not even debatable anymore. IBD steps up to the plate and defends some good things about our present health care system. They aren’t saying it’s good or great, or doesn’t need fixing, just that it does many things better … Continue reading →

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Americorps

Posted on March 26, 2009 by ChrisA

Expanding the power of Americorps. With almost no public attention, both chambers of Congress in the past week advanced an alarming expansion of the Americorps national service plan, with the number of federally funded community service job increasing from 75,000 … Continue reading →

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Got Gold?

Posted on March 23, 2009 by ChrisA

The government printing presses are running at full tilt. Hedge fund manager Bill Fleckenstein makes a good case for owning gold. I’d like to take a few moments to talk about the Federal Reserve’s latest act of irresponsibility in a … Continue reading →

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Government Ponzi scheme

Posted on March 21, 2009 by ChrisA

From Madoff to government ponzi scheme…. A government that will issue trillions of dollars of new debt to pay for this severe recession and socialize private losses may risk becoming a Ponzi government if–in the medium term–it does not return … Continue reading →

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Bank exec’s keep hangin’ around

Posted on March 11, 2009 by ChrisA

From a letter to the editor in today’s Wall Street Journal… Readers’ CornerWhen a business goes bad and finds itself in a workout, the first thing the bank does is to throw out the existing management. Why should this treatment … Continue reading →

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It ain’t your money to spend…

Posted on March 11, 2009 by ChrisA

Music here. Lyrics here. Music by Kathleen Stewart, lyric by Steve Jones Here’s a sample… You gave some cash to ACORN.Those folks are so corrupt.All the pork and all payoffs,It makes me want to erupt.Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi,The scariest … Continue reading →

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Bailing out the incompetents

Posted on February 16, 2009 by ChrisA

Let the competent people take over from the incompetent people. Instead, Jim Rogers poinst out, we’re doing the opposite. It all started with the moral hazard from Long Term Capital Management bailout.How many “bad” years will we have? I find … Continue reading →

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It won’t work, Part 2

Posted on February 16, 2009 by ChrisA

And speaking of the stimulus not working; Gold is up around $130/oz over the last 30 days. Wonder why? Gold charts at Kitco.com.

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Inflation is coming, inflation is coming

Posted on January 30, 2009 by ChrisA

Let the Mogambo Guru brighten up your day. Here’s a snippet of his wisdom as a teaser… And the world will certainly fall apart, just as my world always falls apart after long spells of excesses and heedless hedonism, although … Continue reading →

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Yikes!

Posted on November 23, 2008 by ChrisA

I find myself in agreement with Erika Stutzman on the stoopid DMV regulations what prevent married women from changing their middle name to their maiden name without a court order. An e-mail had just circulated to clerks telling them that … Continue reading →

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