The Fed is tasked with keeping America fully employed as well as keeping inflation low. When employment is sagging, the Fed lowers interest rates. When inflation roars, the Fed raises interest rates. The problem is that the two tasks oppose one another. This is a broken system. For evidence, look at my chart. As oil […]
Archives for September 2009
Crisis is Brewing
September 25, 2009 My inference reading brings to surface the prospect of a war breaking out over water! Sure, the earth has a lot of water, but most of it is oceanic salt water. Perhaps as little as 1% of the earth’s water is suitable for human consumption, and the more I read, the more […]
Two for the Price of One Czar
Ron Bloom is a product of Habonim Dror, “a progressive Labor Zionist youth movement that emphasizes cultural Judaism, socialism and social justice,” and he advises your president.
The Greatest Old-time Rock and Roll Guitar Player
No single person invented Rock-and-Roll, although Little Richard Penniman and Bill Haley, early on, had the right idea of how to combine the chord pattern of Rhythm & Blues (that used the chords of the earlier Blues) with the melody notes that came more from Country or Swing than from Blues, along with a rhythm […]
The Disaster of Industrial Corn
September 18, 2009 Back in the days when the buffalo roamed over vast grasslands, corn was wind-pollinated and self-fertilized. In order to maintain today’s corn- and antibiotic-stuffed feedlot cattle, farmers must buy new corn seeds every year. Today’s corn farmers are part of the industrial food chain. As Michael Pollan writes in his book The […]
The Often Wrong but Never in Doubt Czar
“It has been concluded that compulsory population control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing constitution…” – John Holdren
Obama Adviser Wants to Ban Hunting
Over the weekend, Anthony “Van” Jones stepped down from his position as Special Advisor (a.k.a. czar) for green jobs. But on Thursday, the Senate voted to confirm the appointment of someone equally radical, Harvard Law professor Cass Sunstein. Mr. Sunstein is an opponent of one of America’s finest traditions, hunting. In his essay “The Rights […]
A Healthy Heart
September 11, 2009 Your key to a healthy heart is consuming a proper daily balance of the two families of essential fatty acids-omega-6s and omega-3s. Consuming regular servings of fatty fish, such as tuna, wild king salmon, and anchovy, is a start. I take two daily capsules of Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega, which contains fish […]
What Truly Frightens Glenn Beck
When I finished my research on it last week, I wrote to a friend: for the first time, I am truly frightened…
Vaya Con Dios
Shame on you, Mr. Crist, as governor of Florida, for selecting Mr. LeMieux, your former campaign manager, to fill Mr. Martinez’s inexplicable abandoning of his senate seat. What are you thinking? In these times when Republicans need leadership and integrity and, more importantly, every vote to stop the Obama administration’s radical expansion of our government, […]