I deal with a local, individually owned bank, which is not a ’national’ bank. I know the owner and consider Garth a friend. He runs his bank well, is careful about who he lends to, his chief loan officer is in my Kiwanis Club, and I know all the personnel by first name. My account […]
I know all the jokes about being as busy as a set of jumper cables at a (take your choice) wedding. Funny, but they do come in handy. However, a set of jumper cables will not fix a worn out engine, worn out battery, or worn out car. They may get it started for a […]
I do hear this all the time, and especially from newcomers. They are afraid to invest in fgold and silver because ’it may go down.’ That’s not a stupid worry, considering what has happened to real estate of late, and what will probably happen to the stock market when it re-opens tomorrow (Tuesday), and for […]
The late Aaron Copeland, when he wasn’t plagiarizing Indian melodies, wrote “A Fanfare For The Common Man,” which is absolutely beautiful, as opposed to his symphonies. The common man is being decapitated by his government, the military-industrial complex, and corporate monopoly. As I said in the last column, Helicopter Ben Bernanke said that he will […]
I love old radio shows, and have probably a thousand hours or more of them on disc, tape, or record. Why? Because unlike TV, they require one’s imagination to be fully operational. Listening to a radio show, one can imagine the detective breaking into a home, a car crash, Jack Benny driving his butler Rochester […]
(I’ve been writing columns for many years before I began placing them on a web site. Every once in a while, I am going to print one of them, this time from November 8, 1993) On the “60 Minutes” show of November 7 1993, CBS showed a piece glorifying a temporarily jailed monster, due to […]
The economic decline continues, and nothing CNBC can do with all their fake “news” and bright commentators will help. Helicopter Ben, I am sure, stays awake at night, worrying about what his predecessor got him into…while his predecessor takes his morning bubble bath. The point is that the housing slump has spread to the UK […]
The disappearance of some things may be good, or it may be bad, but how unfortunate that today’s youth may never know about them, no matter what they are. Fortunately, there are those with wealth and taste who want some things to be fondly remembered, and they donate and work hard to preserve these vanishing […]
The Supremes are going to hear the case for Kentucky, either today or soon. The whole problem is that it is wrong to cause a painful death for those condemned to death for murders or other dastardly crimes deserving of death. See, the three injections might cause undue pain to these poor little murderers and […]
All ratios are important. With two cycle engines, the ratio between oil and gas is important. In roofing, the ratio of inches of climb per foot of roof is important. A friend has a metal roof which has too low a ratio, the snow won’t run off correctly, and his roof is full of problems. […]