That “omnibus spending bill” which I mentioned last week, exceeded even my wildest expectations. The final bill, had thousands of pieces of fat in it, was over 3600 pages, and was 14″ thick. Naturally, no one read it before voting on it, and the politicos indeed did bring home the bacon. Another nail has been […]
There are three definitions of “tender,” and we will take the second, which is, “To offer in payment of an obligation.” So one can be tender with one’s wife or gal, treat something tenderly, tender a resignation, or tender money for payment. A boiler tender is one who cares for a boiler. “Tender” then, has […]
About a hundred and fifty years ago, a budding young entrepreneur in Philadelphia was looking for a gimmick to sell his product. He racked his nubile young brain, and finally had a brilliant idea. He decided to place the garbage from the manufacture of his product into the product itself, and tell everyone it made […]
GOLD-EAGLE.com is not a political site, but the elections have a very interesting economic effect on all of us. On Tuesday, the Dow was way upÂ…initially. Then the exit polls leaked out, and the Dow dumped into negative territory. Why? Because those with assets realized that if Kerry won, the economy would go into the […]