Posts Tagged ‘ congress ’

Total Government Leads to Total Misery

Jul 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
Am I speaking or writing about the War of Northern Aggression, incorrectly called the ‘Civil War’? Not on your life. I am talking about North and South Korea, and North and South Rhodesia. America is rapidly approaching the condition of North Korea and Zimbabwe, which used to be Southern Rhodesia.. ...read more

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The Eden Myth and the Ratification Con of 1789

May 12th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
It’s often said that America was once a free country, but that its freedom has been heavily damaged by a relentless growth in government. Some (like Aaron Russo in his documentary America: From Freedom to Fascism) date the decline from 1913, when the Federal Reserve was chartered and the Income ...read more

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They’re Going to Kill the Fed

Dec 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
They're going to kill the Fed. Tentative last safe date to get your Bernankes traded for something of intrinsic value is the end of the first quarter, 2010. Well...you you could just take my word for it and save both of us some valuable time, but you probably want enough details to ...read more

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The High Cost of Independence

Jul 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Liberties, Politics
Recently we here in the U.S. celebrated the 233rd Anniversary of our Independence Day.  It is, as I hope you remember from your history lessons, the day upon which Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. The legal separation from England, however, actually occurred on July 2, two days earlier. This ...read more

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Tomorrow Mark-to-Model Returns with a Vengeance

Apr 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
The heat is on in Norwalk, Conn., this week. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s headquarters quakes down to its foundation as Congress bullies it toward sweeping rule changes. Those changes govern the balance sheet values of those very pesky loans and derivatives that started us on this road to crisis in ...read more

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Double Standard Time

Nov 13th, 2007 | By | Category: Oil
RECENTLY THE FINANCIAL TIMES PUBLISHED an article about Congress’ oversight when it comes to speculative trading in crude oil. Why would congress take an interest in speculating on crude oil but not when it comes to stocks, treasuries, or CDOs? Something doesn’t seem to match up here, so we’re going ...read more

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