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I happened to be in the book store today and I saw a book–published a couple of years ago–called The Coming Economic Collapse:  How to Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel, by Stephan Leeb.  I wondered why it was not in the bargain bin after reading oil is down to $65 a barrel–down about [...]

Some good economic news, durable goods orders increased in September. Yesterday Betsy’s Blog commented on the conviction of Senator Ted Stevens on corruption charges.  She has a very good take on the story: Ted Stevens is one GOP senator I certainly won’t miss.  The Washington Post points out the pettiness of the gifts that Stevens [...]

I know Senators McCain and Obama have been waiting breathlessly for my endorsement. As the title states, I am endorsing Senator John McCain for President of the United States. Actually, the Arizona senator was my first choice over a year ago. The main reason was Iraq. I feel it is vital to the country that [...]

This election season there has been a lot of talk about voter fraud, especially with the action of ACORN.  For me, much of the controversy is related to the fact we don’t distinguish between rights and privileges. A right is something inherent to every individual.  For instance, each human has a right to his or [...]

Here are some interesting blogs today: The price of oil has fallen to $67 a barrel since the high of $147 in July.  This is a drop of 54% in the past three and a half months.  So much for Senator Obama’s hope of bribing voters by giving them a $1,000 rebate raised from the windfall profits tax on oil companies. [...]

Recently I received an memo from the higher ups where I work (Washington, DC) about the need to recycle.  It said in the coming days, city workers would stop by the offices to inspect the recycling procedures.  The reason it was a priority is we could be fined up to $1,000 if we don’t properly recycle. My [...]

I think Victor Davis Hanson’s recent column in The Washington Times is the best summation of who is to blame for the recent financial crisis.  He writes that there is plenty of blame to go around: Greedy Wall Street speculators took mega-bonuses even when they knew their leveraged companies were tottering – and someone else [...]

The other day I wrote a piece on Senator Obama’s association with Bill Ayers.  In it I wondered what Sen. Obama would say if Senator McCain was associated with a group that included the president of the John Birch Society.  In the course of reading some blogs I found links to others who asked the same [...]

While watching the second presidential debate I heard Senator Obama say when asked about the future of the economy, “I am confident about the American economy.”  Here is the transcript. A few weeks ago Senator Obama and the Democrats raised a lot of fuss when Senator McCain said the fundamentals of the economy were sound.  [...]

Senator McCain and Governor Palin have begun pushing hard on the campaign trail the issue of Senator Obama’s ties with the 1960s political radical William Ayers.  Supporters of Senator Obama complain Sen. McCain is trying to change away from the subject of the economy too one of personal smear campaigns. Yet it is important because it [...]