Mr. Obama’s Letters
The following story isnt true. It is more of a “political joke” of sorts. When Nikita Khrushchev was forced out of power in the Soviet Union he left his successor (Leonid Brezhnev) with two letters....
View ArticleYou Can’t Ignore Numbers
A year ago, America was completely different than it is now. In the last year, the government has nationalized the banking industry, taken over the worlds largest insurer (wasting well over $100...
View ArticlePresident Obama Wants To Cut The Deficit (But Not Really)
This past weekend, President Obama announced that he wanted to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term in 2013. You would think that this would make a deficit hawk like me happy. It...
View ArticleProtest
Hundreds of people came out to protest the bailouts on Friday in front of the Georgia State Capitol despite the torrential rainfall. It was a beautiful sight to see the steps of the capitol completely...
View ArticleBorrowing
A few weeks back, several of my friends and I exchanged arguments over email. I wanted to pull a quote from a response of one of my friends and use it to talk about interest rates. “. . . TBILLS at...
View ArticleThe Scariest Thing You Will Read Today
Please take a look at the following article and then read on: http://seekingalpha.com/article/134820-the-worst-case-scenario-someone-has-to-say-it?ref=patrick.net This article comes from what I believe...
View ArticleGM (Government Motors)
General Motors declared bankruptcy yesterday morning. This move had been much anticipated and probably didnt surprise anyone. Presidents Bush and Obama gave General Motors billions of dollars to help...
View ArticleOverblown: The Non Existent Crisis Of The Uninsured
In debates on health care, one number seems to pop up repeatedly: the claim that 45 million Americans are uninsured. Proponents of government controlled health care argue that it is immoral to allow...
View ArticleDemocrats Plan Fines Americans Who Refuse To Buy Health Coverage
The new nationalized health care bill from Senators Kennedy and Dodd just keeps getting worse. According to the AP: “Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of...
View ArticleSanctions Kill
Some people are calling for the US and EU to place sanctions on Russia for its deplorable actions in Ukraine. This is probably the worst thing that the US and EU can do about this situation without...
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