As an aside, did you notice that Bush is meeting with Al-Maliki in Jordan? I suppose Iraq is far too dangerous for the man who made it that way to have a meeting there. How many lives have been saved by air bags? Damned few. Maybe 50? I know that many ears have been ruined […]
Lots of good guys live in Idaho! I know, because I have a lot of clients there. Idaho is probably the most “American” of all the states as far as people living there who don’t like strong central government and all that goes with it. They’re finally getting up with Kennesaw, at least in one […]
Ever see the film, “The Bridge on the River Kwai?” It is a marvelous film, and won many academy awards. Sir Alec Guinness was superb. However, it was about 100% false, as a two hour show on the History Channel proved. People have often accused me of being a racist as far as the Japs […]
Ever hear of “The Seven Sisters,” as they have often been called? They are Standard Oil of New Jersey, (Esso), Mobil, Gulf, Texaco, Chevron, Royal Dutch, and British Petroleum (BP), several of which have been consolidated into each other. It is they which control oil prices, not OPEC. Los Angeles freeways are almost all on […]
It is so obvious…to me anyway…that the stock market is experiencing a huge bubble. Like myself and a lot of others predicted when the NASDAQ and DOW were bubbling a few years ago, history seems to be repeating itself. Be warned. Get out. Think about the facts, as I mentioned in my current Gold Eagle […]
It’s about time to go into a few ways that markets work, and why. As in the stock market, all items have a “spread.” No, this isn’t peanut butter or peach jam, but a common expression used by traders not only in metals, but in stocks as well. An expression indicating a ’spread’ may be, […]
It continues, of course. It will continue as long as U.S. troops are there. Bismarck once said, “It is unworthy of a great state to dispute over something which does not concern its own interests.” How true. As the Democrats and Republicans worry over what to do about Iraq, not a single one has said […]
It was almost exactly five years ago that American Airlines Flight 587 suffered a mid air explosion which broke the plane in half. The wreckage fell on Far Rockaway, New York, setting fires and killing many on the ground plus all on board. There were hundreds of witnesses to the mid-air explosion, and I saw […]
Damned right! The public schools are terrible, and even getting worse. Home schooling and private, for profit schools are the best. The entire ’free’ public school idea is a disaster. Nothing is free. Public schools have gobbled up taxpayer dough for over a century, and have provided nothing, just like welfare has not alleviated poverty. […]
During WW II, the Germans and Japanese both told their respective citizenry that all was well, and the Allies were being soundly defeated. A B-17 every hour was being turned out by Boeing, and thousands of Jeeps were being built every month by Willys. Millions of gals were running trolley cars, building planes, guns, bullets, […]