The Articles of Confederation From a Wikipedia search— Even though the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution were established by many of the same people, the two documents were very different. The original five-paged Articles contained thirteen articles, a conclusion, and a signatory section. The following list contains short summaries of each of the thirteen [...]
The Followers of Chris Matthews As I have mentioned from time to time, I frequent a site, SodaHead which hosts polls. The most frequent one to catch my attention, ‘Did Scott McClellan lie?’ One can only imagine the number of responses from the Bush haters. Last time I checked over 1,200 responses. The majority of [...]
david walker from Peter G. Peterson Foundation Last week on CNBC Sqauwk Box. Here a three things which Mr. Walker discussed: U.S. $53 trillion in debt. No restriction on spending and entitlements. Constitutional Convention called by the states to fix government. The last one intrigued me. Mr. Walker said that if Congress will not come [...]
Marx and exploitation Karl Marx built his theory on the principle that capitalism exploits workers to make a profit. For students of history the clash between Czarist Russia and socialism would be old news. For those educated in the socialist systems of today little truth would lie in textbooks. As with any anarchy, it is [...]
Meeting with the Revision Department “Good morning, Mr. Andrews,” the Revision Agent said as I entered the very small cubicle, “thank you for coming in today.” I sit down in a straight backed chair, with no arms. I am sitting directly across from him, he is busy shuffling papers and trying not to look me [...]
Real Pain ComingFrom Business and Media.com— Maxwell’s original $12-15-a-gallon prediction came in a February 5 interview with Energytechstocks.com, a Web site run by two former Wall Street Journal staffers. “[Maxwell] expects an oil-induced financial crisis to start somewhere in the 2010 to 2015 timeframe,” Energytechstocks.com reported. “He said that, unlike the recession the U.S. appears [...]
Check this out– “Nevertheless, a turn toward localism is already making strides across Europe, and there is a growing sentiment toward devolution and even the eventual independence of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.” The State of Englishness
More Government Yesterday on CNBC (amazing how CNBC can be so constructive and MSNBC exists merely as theater) two topics concerned speculators. For those not interested in markets, currently, speculators are those individuals who buy and sell options on commodities. The early discussion on Squawk Box centered around speculators’ impact on the oil market. The [...]
Messiah speak I am not the only one concerned by the speech at Wesleyan by Obama. Check out The Lonely Conservative. Her coverage is much better than mine. The Lonely Conservative
And now for something completely different. The Ink Spots Take a few minutes and remember when music was sooo good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j15Uee_mL3A
Time for the Wake They say it is wrong to speak ill of the dead. Therefore, I must postulate prior to Mr. Kennedy’s passing. Teddie Kennedy represents liberalism in the U.S. It is my belief the Kennedy clan’s liberalism stems from Trust Fund guilt and shame from whence the money came. The clan leader Joseph [...]
Let us not forget those who have sacrificed for “our” freedom. Let us not forget the ones who originally died to set us free. That freedom is under attack today.
The Collective Uber Alles. ‘Our individual salvation depends on our collective salvation.’ Barrack Obama—Sunday May 25, 2008 11:23am His Mission It would appear his mission is to convert us all to communism. Buzzword—the collective comes directly from the concept of communal living. The Real World of Socialism– ???? ????????? ???????????????? ????????? You remember that? Yes, [...]
Passive Solar Heating Plan From Solar Components Corporation Here is a site which sells the units or the parts. Being a do-it-yourselfer, I take plans and build it myself. For those of you less motivated, you can find others complete on the net. http://www.solar-components.com/SOLARKAL.HTM
Socialist on Oil I saw one of the socialist legislators on today. She promised that in the future they would invest alternative energy to replace foreign oil rather than drilling in the U.S. Great idea, but will someone please ask them three little questions: 1) How much will be invested? 2) What will the money [...]
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