Posted in Politics on Aug 5th, 2010
Although I respect Bill Gates and Warren Buffett’s past accomplishments, this attempt by them to get billionaires to pledge $125 billion to charity is not the best use of our billionaires talents. Although there are many worthwhile charities, the greater good for this country would be served by creating sustainable, long-term jobs. It is these [...]
Posted in Politics on Aug 3rd, 2010
If we can avoid the broad brush caricature of the Tea Party that the Tea Party wants a smaller government regardless of the consequences and the Progressives have never seen a large Federal or state spending program that they did not like, I can see some common ground between the two groups. Yesterday I got [...]
Posted in Ohio Farmer, Politics on Jul 25th, 2010
This is the second installment of the Ohio Famer series. The form and voice of this post is to pay homage to a group of citizens who early in our country’s life engaged in passionate yet civil debates about the best form of government for our new country. They argued their case for the best [...]
Posted in Ohio Farmer, Politics on Jul 18th, 2010
The form and voice of this post is to pay homage to a group of citizens who early in our country’s life engaged in passionate yet civil debates about the best form of government for our new country. They argued their case for the best form of government via letters to the local newspapers. These [...]
Posted in Politics on Jul 11th, 2010
A comment I made on the post, Pity the Poor Keynesians. I work for a small business and our number one issue is that our sales are down from last year. The one strategy that has worked for us has been to reduce costs and become more efficient. This strategy appears to be a very [...]
Posted in Politics on Jun 30th, 2010
From the New York Times we have this article that A.I.G. waived its right to sue the banks whose sh***y mortgages A.I.G was insuring as part of the bailout. Hey, why isn’t Senator Levin complaining about this deal? Unknown outside of a few Wall Street legal departments, the A.I.G. waiver was released last month by [...]
Posted in Politics on Jun 27th, 2010
Here is a nice article from The Economist on the General McChrystal kerfuffle. THE national security adviser of the world’s greatest superpower is a “clown”, its vice-president a nobody and its president “uncomfortable and intimidated”. With those words the officers around General Stanley McChrystal, the American commander in Afghanistan, engulfed America in a storm as [...]
I find the Goldman Sachs/SEC affair to be an intriguing affair. In a very public display the SEC alleges Goldman Sachs of fraud. Here are some of the more interesting facts I have collected so far: Although the information released by the SEC is impressive the SEC opts for a civil fraud case. Despite lots [...]
Posted in Politics on Apr 10th, 2010
For the last two weeks I have been listening to the Anti-Federalist Papers from www.audioowl.com on the way home from work and during my walks. I had been curious about the constitutionality questions raised by the Health Care Reform bill. My gut was telling me that the constitutional implications from the insurance mandate would have [...]
This week I found interesting relationships between seemingly unrelated events. As Senator Bunning tried to make his case that now is the time to start cleaning up the debt crisis, he was pilloried by Republicans, Democrats, and the press for being heartless to the unemployed. It was during these discussions I came to the conclusion [...]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.