Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The current troubles with the Natural Gas pipelines in Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia is just another piece of proof that globalization doesn’t always work. It’s fine for one country to leverage it’s supplies of a resource over others. It’s OK for them to raise prices as the market demands. It’s NOT OK for them to completely cut off [...]
Monday, December 22, 2008
As a usually law abiding American citizen, and a gun owner myself, these are some good arguments for continued gun ownership.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Congress is set to vote on the Bush’s $700+ Billion plan again tonight. Added to the bill were provisions to “…add tax breaks for businesses and the middle class and increase deposit insurance…” Yahoo reports that calls in opposition to the Bill have dropped to 50-50 instead of 90% against. Hopefully House Leader Nancy Pelosi [...]
Saturday, August 23, 2008
I like conspiracy theories and hoaxes as the next guy. I try not to believe them, but some items really make me wonder. Letting the FBI engage in warrant-less spying on Americans is one of those items. 1.) Create an enemy. 9/11 did this admirably, even more so if you believe it might have been [...]
This is the hardest single truth to tell. America can no longer afford to fix the world until we fix ourselves. This means taking a long hard look at where the money is going and reducing certain expenditures. The fact that the US is entering some economic hard times is still in doubt, although I [...]