I love the police, at least about 99% of the time. State troopers, who patrol the highways are generally fair, and I have never been stopped going my usual five miles per hour over the speed limit. Long ago, there was a “Support your local police” group, which I gladly supported and joined. Locally, I […]
First things first. Is there an end to the run-up of the price of metals? I am not sure, but as long as every single person in business complains about prices of their merchandise going up, and that they are having a hard time making a profit, and as long as oil is doing what […]
In 1929, the market crashed, and I think it will again. In 1929, there was huge unemployment, and I think there will be again. A lot is different though, so let’s examine the differences. In 1929, there was no ’off-shoring,’ and manufacturing stayed here, what there was of it. No clerical work, phone answering, and […]
In a town 60 miles from mine, a couple of years ago, the town council condemned the private ambulance service, forced them out of business, and turned the ambulance service over to the fire department, which, at taxpayer expense, bought new ambulances and hired EMT’s or some sort of semi-doctors to take care of the […]
Remember back in the 1970’s, when there were long lines at gas stations? There was no gas, and people often ran out while waiting in line. America, literally almost ground to a halt. Why wasn’t there any gas? Because idiotic government decided, in all of its normal wisdom, that gas and oil were just too […]
Everyone loves a bargain, no matter where one finds it. A local restaurant we love has wines at 25% off on Wednesday nights, and we often go there to get a bottle of wine we like, even though at 25% off, we could still buy it at a fourth of that at a liquor store, […]
Spring is coming, and it is impossible to visit Las Vegas, Orlando, plus many other places, without being bombarded with time share hawkers on every street corner, promising you free tickets or other such stuff if you will just ’attend a meeting.’ Of all the American sales schemes, the time share condo is perhaps the […]
In modern times, it has become common for most people to forget the very principles on which America was founded. The Constitution and Bill of Rights tells government what it cannot do, for all practical purposes. Look at any of the sections of the Bill of Rights. The first says there shall be no national […]
I well remember the prices of gold at about $250 and silver at $4 a few years ago. If we could turn back the clock and buy them at those prices, all of us would. Hind sight is always 20/20. If we could buy a new home for $76,500, or a gallon of gas for […]
I previously commented about the guy who was making his own dollars out of silver and paper. He was arrested and his stuff confiscated because he was making “Dollars.” He had been warned over and over again and kept up. The title of this, “Vallars” is a historic fact. In 1931, after the stock market […]