There are several possible scenarios for the world’s and US economies. They involve currencies quite naturally, because it is the various currencies which are used to buy stuff around the world. Some have already gone bust and become worthless, and others will follow. The minor ones come and go, and Zimbabwe’s will be next to […]
The Pope quoted a 550 year old statement from some obscure character who said that the Muslim religion is fraught with violence and that force is not an acceptable way to promulgate a religion. True enough. So why has he spent the past week apologizing for his quote? Is he gutless? The Muslim religion is […]
The Constitution says it very plainly in Article One, Section One: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Can’t be any clearer than that, can it? Bill Clinton, Dubya, and a lot of former Presidents abused that […]
The internet that is. Think about it for a minute. Millions can now access virtually anything from porn to nuclear secrets to encyclopedias. Over thousand a day read my drivel on my website column. Many simply hate it and me I am certain, and would never buy a dime’s worth of anything from such a […]
Ever hear the line, “With a friend like you, who needs enemies?” Not bad, and it seems to this scribe that it applies to several items and institutions. There are many enemies out there, so don’t get taken in by them, because most of them are in sheep’s clothing. Take Washington D.C. and the “D.C. […]
The fired workers at the Electrolux plant in Greenville Michigan aren’t too happy with NAFTA, and I trust that the rest of America isn’t either. Electrolux makes refrigerators, and at one time was the largest maker of them in the entire US, not counting their vacuum cleaners. Michigan alone has lost over 200,000 manufacturing jobs […]
I ’ll always remember where I was, as will you. My friend Paul called me and asked me if I were watching TV. I wasn’t, but turned it on immediately. I won’t soon forget, and neither will any of you. It was shocking, appalling, disgusting, and revolting. But it was perhaps one of the biggest […]
The free coinage or silver and gold had been adopted in 1792. This meant that anyone could take gold or silver to the mint, and have it coined. A silver dollar would have a dollar’s worth of silver, and the much smaller gold coin would have a dollar’s worth of gold in it. Gold’s price […]
I ’m just flooded with news about just how bad the economy is, and am continually wondering how it will all end. Examples are not difficult to find. 32.6% of new mortgages and home-equity loans in 2005 were interest only. 43% of first-time home buyers in 2005 put no money down. 15.2% of all 2005 […]
I ’m back in high school again with a book report. Finished Pat Buchan’s book “STATE OF EMERGENCY,” and highly recommend it. As usual, well written, naturally with a bit of Catholicism thrown in, which doesn’t detract from it one bit. The stats on the numbers of illegals are frightening. More illegals are here now […]