Do you remember that in my last column, I mentioned a book by Joe Scarborough, titled “The Last Best Hope?” I have finished it and in turn loaned it to a friend. Parts of this column will be quotes from pages 213, and 214. The quotes will show how, in my opinion anyway, there […]
Do you admire a bank that has the most branches, the company that sells the most widgets, or the largest pizza chain in the world? Ah! To be the biggest! I actually don’t like the biggest in anything. I like the small, individually owned restaurant, the individually owned bank with a five star rating, […]
The latest figure is 48,000,000. Not dollars. Not the unemployed. Not the deficit. 48,000,000 Americans who are uninsured. No medical insurance. Now, isn’t that terrible? Doesn’t it give one nightmares? Funny, but I can sleep at night in spite of the figure. Obama and his Democrat stooges plus probably a lot of Republicans also, […]
The dictionary defines “invest,” as, “To put (money) into business, real estate, stocks, bonds, etc. for the purpose of obtaining an income or profit.” This is the objection many have, when advised to ’invest’ in gold and silver. “Gold doesn’t pay any interest.” True, and I am well aware of that. However, when someone […]
I didn’t write it. A Pastor’s wife wrote it, but I’ll pass it along, with a few changes by me. “And it came to pass in the age of insanity, that the people of the land called America, having lost their morals, their work initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as […]
Of all the mysterious things in life, the one thing which few know anything about, it is “Money.” We use ’money’ every day. We buy things with ’money,’ sell things for ’money,’ and invest our ’money’ in things that are supposed to increase the amount of ’money’ in our accounts. Yet, no one really […]
Of all the ruining things ever invented by man, and used in a perverted way, the word “empathy,” takes first place with me. How many spoilt, ruined kids are there, who turn out terribly, because stupid parents had ’empathy’ when the little creeps begged for something, didn’t want to clean their room, or obey? […]
Life is full of things we trust. We trust our mates, kids, banks, cars, structures, forecasts, investments, religious beliefs, and of course ourselves. A new Vanity Fair article examines Bernie Madoff’s scam in detail. It was written by his long time secretary, and it is very interesting. Here was total trust in this man […]
Let’s suppose that there are such things as ’widgets,’ and that everyone has one, and maybe even two or three. While they’re not necessary to sustain life, they certainly do make life pleasanter. Let’s assume that widgets are made all around the world in different brands, sizes, and price categories. With the current depression, […]
Let’s suppose that there are such things as ’widgets,’ and that everyone has one, and maybe even two or three. While they’re not necessary to sustain life, they certainly do make life pleasanter. Let’s assume that widgets are made all around the world in different brands, sizes, and price categories. With the current depression, […]