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Foreign Investors

A friend recently consulted me about a rumor he heard. He wanted to know whether the Muslims are investing money in the US in order to take over. This is my reply: The simple answer is “No, and if they did it was an amazingly stupid investment.” But I don’t do simple. :-) I’ll start […]

The Nightmare is Almost Over

The Bush administration has plunged us into a moral and spiritual abyss, one that has separated us from our allies and friends. It is this same moral vacuum that has created the toxic business climate in the US.

Paying Down Our Debt

The total national debt as of this morning, Nov. 17th, 2008 is $10,617,806,584,635.27. The population of the US as of 22:40 GMT (EST+5) Nov 17, 2008 is 305,679,024. THEREFORE each and every US citizen owes $34,735.15. Cough it up, people. Make your check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt, and in the memo […]

McCain’s YouTube Nightmare

McCain’s YouTube Nightmare is that the voters – who have very short memories – will notice that he changes his story from interview to interview. Changing your story because you’ve seen your mistake and are correcting it is one thing. Changing your story to boost your self-image or to get votes is another thing altogether […]

Political Haikus

Political Haikus Political haikus seem to be a growing trend this year.

The Poetry of Sarah Palin

The Poetry of Sarah Palin. – By Hart Seely – Slate Magazine “Haiku” These corporations. Today it was AIG, Important call, there. (To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 18, 2008)

Mental Health Rules Put in Bailout

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/essabill.pdf The above link is to the full text of the bailout bill, and I suggest that everybody read this bill. It was pushed through with only a couple of days debate by lawyers who have little understanding of the workings of Wall Street or The Fed. And they tacked a lot of pork barrel […]

The Media Equation

The Media Equation – An Anchor Lets Down Her Hair – NYTimes.com It is telling that when the McCain campaign was looking for a soft place to land Governor Palin’s first interview, they turned to Charles Gibson at ABC, not Ms. Couric. It would have been fun to watch given the implied subtext: “Hey, Governor, […]

Palin’s Ethics – Computer Hacking

Sarah Palin: The Nuclear Option? • View topic – Sarah’s ethics – computer hacking The above forums are new, but I’m going to get on there and fill them with Truth. After the recent discovery that Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account had been hacked, all I could think was “what goes around comes around.” […]

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad from Paris Hilton, Adam “Ghost Panther” McKay, and Chris Henchy Well, he asked for it. See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

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