Archives for the ‘Current Events’ Category
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
What is on everyone’s mind in corporate America? Money. Same thing that should be on your mind. If you have significant savings then you might be in good shape for the time being. Or your might not. Depends on whether the banking system collapses completely. While the chances are low, I think we may well [...]
Tags: banking system, building projects, commercial construction projects, corporate america, credit markets, electrons, foreboding, gas tank, good shape, graft, hardships, instant gratification, moment in time, myrmidons, next five years, riots, Ron Paul, storage arrays, three generations, what the heck
Posted in 21st century, American socialism, Apropos Rumination, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Memewars, United States, War on Intelligence | 10 Comments »
Thursday, 25 September 2008
I’m just about through with the people in Washington, D.C. and all those who share their mentality.
Frankly, my dear, I no longer give a damn. My short term goals are to keep putting food on the table and gas in the tank so I can get to and from work. My long term goals are [...]
Tags: administration need, bad debt, bailout plan, binary data, bush administration, chris dodd, committee hearing, financial meltdown, food on the table, hubris, long term solution, losing faith, minor breakdown, rasmussen reports, senate banking committee, system collapse, term goals, train wreck
Posted in American socialism, Banality of Bureaucracy, Current Events, Economics, Federal Wars, Government, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Friday, 12 September 2008
Government created the financial market climate responsible for the risky loans that should never have been given. Yet government has now appointed itself the savior that will rescue us from bad decisions made by government. How this guy can be so far off base is amazing.
Self-reliance. Individual responsibility. A faith in free markets and a [...]
Tags: bad decisions, bear stearns, economic model, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal national mortgage, federal national mortgage association, finance lenders, government sponsored enterprises, harsh discipline, home mortgage corporation, lehman brothers, market climate, mortgage finance, national mortgage association, risky loans, securities and exchange commission, self reliance, u s treasury, unprecedented intrusion
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, Trevordamus, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Thursday, 11 September 2008
It should come as no surprise that federal employees have been accused of being in bed, literally, with oil industry representatives. The nature of power almost demands such relationships exist.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — U.S. government employees received improper gifts from energy industry representatives, and engaged with them in illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual relations, according [...]
Tags: cocaine use, dirk kempthorne, earl devaney, financial losses, illegal drug use, improper gifts, interior department, interior secretary, minerals management service, nature of power, oil and gas company, randall luthi, receiving gifts, recreational marijuana, sexual relationships, textbook example, united states federal government, white house lawn
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Correct Me Please, Government, Ideas, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
As a legally naturalized citizen of these United States, and a trained disciple of the cult of big government, my first thought upon reading an article stating that the world would prefer a President Obama was why the hell should I care what choice the rest of the world would make if they got to [...]
Tags: baghdad, behemoth, cult, Democrats, disasters, disciple, first thought, hell, kosovo, men and women, mistake, mogadishu, national guardsman, naturalized citizen, republicans, rest of the world, stake, united states government
Posted in 21st century, Apropos Rumination, Current Events, Global, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, United States | 5 Comments »