This column, I wrote in 2006 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 […]
“It’ll never get to $300.” When you are ancient like me, and have been doing this for as long as I have, you remember the past, and “It’ll never get to $300,” was spoken to me a hundred times, I’ll bet. That was about gold, of course. As the years passed, it wasn’t difficult […]
In the 1939 film, “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her little dog Toto, were swept away from Aunt Em and Uncle Henry’s Kansas house in a tornado, and found themselves in a Technicolor land of Oz, with all sorts of strange things, people and animals.. “The Wizard Of Oz” was […]
Two dollars million a minute? That’s the amount the United States of America goes into debt every minute. $2 million a minute. This means that the D.C.Gang spends $2 million a minute more than it takes in. Just think of it! $2 million a minute further in debt, 24 hours a day, 365 days […]
The Greatest man in our history, is undoubtedly Thomas Jefferson. Consider what he did and at what age: At age 5, he began studying law under his cousin’s tutor. At 9, he studied Latin and French. At 14, he studied classical literature and additional languages. At 16, he entered the college of William and […]
The word “AID” always means help of some kind or other. Our church has about 20 missionaries it gives aid to every month, and of course ’First Aid’ is an old expression, dating back to the eleventh century. But I wish to examine the word ’aid’ from a 78 year period, and look at […]
Remember the “Got Milk?” Ads? Advertising that works, is so great. Remember the old gal who said, “Where’s the Beef” for Wendy’s? And the first duck commercial for the insurance company? Quack quack ads since, have been getting worse and worse. The Volkswagen ads of a couple of decades ago sold hundreds of thousands […]
What do the various classes of Americans contribute towards employment and prosperity? Should the rich “pay their fair share?” If a person makes millions a year, shouldn’t he have to pay maybe 90% of it, to equalize everyone and reduce the debt? What does a working class family, making probably $40,000 a year, contribute […]
When you “short” a stock, you basically are betting that it will go down in price, and you will make a profit when it goes down. To ’short’ something, you borrow it, and agree to repay it at the price at which you borrowed, and theoretically you sell it at a lower price, pay […]
Four cents? What is that supposed to mean? Good question. Four cents per kilowatt hour, is what it costs to generate electricity with coal. Coal? You mean that dirty black stuff that comes from a mine? Yuk! Yes, coal. Coal, which we have hundreds of years worth in America. Coal, which generates 44.7% of […]