tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91520546536801899792012-02-16T03:08:23.135-08:00Political PrinceTCnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-40349214856824893242008-04-14T18:28:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:00:52.687-08:00

How could a widely read journalist like Floyd Norris from the NY Times get away with saying, "It's a Crisis, and Ideas are Scarce?" Indeed, given the extraordinary nature of the moment in which we are living, what does one make of a so-called "journalist" who "did not anticipate the severity of the credit collapse?"Who does Mr. Norris think he is kidding? Anyone who over the past twenty years

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-91567574614070797722008-03-02T09:33:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:00:53.035-08:00

"In his masterful Timaeus, Plato recounts the gist of an historic visit to the leading body of Egypt's intelligentsia. Those Egyptians praised the Greeks of Solon's stripe as good people, but with a certain, crucial strategic flaw: "You have no old men among you." Most among those of us of contemporary, globally extended European civilization today, including most of the political leaderships of

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-27086740817446948222008-02-24T10:07:00.000-08:002008-04-15T13:41:32.875-07:00

Pressure builds over CDS settlements (Robert Cookson and Gillian Tett) February 21 – Financial Times: “International regulators are stepping up pressure on the financial industry to introduce a clearer system for settling contracts after a corporate default in the $45,000bn credit derivatives market. In particular the New York Federal Reserve and UK’s Financial Services Authority are urging

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-79407095501703705862008-02-08T00:11:00.000-08:002008-04-16T11:23:38.762-07:00

It really is a bit disheartening to see how people can, out of one side of their mouth, bemoan the political process surrounding the debate over the economic stimulus package, and then out of the other side, actually believe the U.S. Congress is exercising sound judgment on behalf of the nation.No one asks the question, "What good is a stimulus package coming from politicians (on both sides of

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-89682919604125131702008-02-04T07:58:00.000-08:002008-02-08T00:35:09.652-08:00

It's possible the war in Iraq will end soon, and for financial reasons most of you do not understand.No, we are not broke. Technically insolvent? Yes. Bankrupt? No.Yet, even our nation's financial insolvency is not the reason why we might soon end our occupation of Iraq.Truth is the credit creating machine called Structured Finance is significantly frozen, so the profit to be made financing the

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-18876497811311306722008-01-30T14:15:00.000-08:002008-03-02T11:52:07.778-08:00

Two can play the game of making arguments based on technical matters underlying precedent. So, let's see how the Nevada Supreme Court's decision in the January 15, 2008 case brought by NBC against [former presidential candidate] Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) upholds the spirit of Fascism.First, from the Merriam-Webster dictionary...fascism: 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement,

TCnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-63036159695566196082007-10-24T13:36:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:00:53.354-08:00

Many Americans believe the war on terror in Iraq is really about the U.S. grabbing Middle East oil. This is not true ... at least not yet.Instead, it is about creating instability in that oil-rich part of the globe for the sake of pushing up world oil prices. Sanctions against Iran only further this desired effect. The reaction in world oil markets prove this case because it is otherwise a well

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-65103059667596327202007-06-13T05:42:00.000-07:002007-06-13T09:24:12.876-07:00

The lead editorial in the June 11, 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal more or less confirms the little ditty of common sense I wrote a while back... If You're a Whore, Then You NEED War.The Journal — well beyond fashionably late — voiced a growing fear that the Bush White House is coming unglued. Citing the recent decision to replace both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Joint

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-50115834645378257452007-06-04T09:57:00.000-07:002007-06-04T10:23:37.778-07:00

Over this past weekend I listened to Congressman Edward Markey's (D-MA) response to President Bush's weekly radio address. Mr. Markey's subject was global warming.If I told you Congressman Markey goose-stepped in line with the mainstream, would you get some sense of my opinion on this issue? Let me share with you, then, a letter I wrote him...Congressman:Have you seen the documentary "The Great

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-1842965923366846432007-04-06T20:19:00.000-07:002007-06-06T20:34:31.248-07:00

Before I share a letter I wrote today to U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), ranking minority member on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, I have a story...For whatever reason, I dreamed up this fine alias for Al Gore ("Al Goebbels") after seeing his performance before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on March 21, 2007.Not being intimately familiar with the spelling of

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-19528433982788149732007-04-06T20:10:00.000-07:002007-06-06T20:46:51.754-07:00

Here's a letter I sent via e-mail to U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) responding to comments he made during Climate Change Hearings on March 21, 2007 before the U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee. Senator Craig's remarks were directed toward the reincarnation of Roman Emperor Caligula, Al Gore, following his testimony revealing (to those with eyes that see) how a certain powerful

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-24421115120872113372007-03-04T23:00:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:00:53.575-08:00

Mother Lyndon... oh my, you've set your Chinese pantry all ablaze!Now, might a third of our stock soon evaporate?What will your servants consolidate among the crumbs you'll leave behind?Where next on your bosom's wild, whipsaw ride? (Yee Haw!)So many questions...Only the good American imagines answers scarcely dreamed. These alone see blood's writing on your kitchen wall.Still, Nature's Law

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-78363552079401259932007-01-29T10:28:00.000-08:002007-01-29T11:57:20.506-08:00

You would think U.S. politicians would know better than preach the gospel of sacrifice to those whose votes they seek.Case in point: Hillary Clinton speaking about Energy Policy during a campaign appearance in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, January 27, 2007.Of course, the further development of politically correct "alternative" energy sources was a stated priority. You know, the kind requiring

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-60561372322004262802007-01-28T09:22:00.000-08:002007-01-29T12:23:36.992-08:00

I love the smell of financial rot in the morning. Because it reminds me of WHY we must wage war.Please, I beg you, tell me.What must the nation borrowing nearly $1 trillion per year from the world at large do to ensure the continued flow of finance into the game called "A Sound, Vibrant, Healthy Economy?"It must flex its muscle and demonstrate its intention that the game continue without

TCnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152054653680189979.post-56917832456853678172007-01-26T18:55:00.000-08:002007-01-27T10:11:42.836-08:00

Fortunately, intelligent speech is no more prerequisite for becoming a political commentator than it is for becoming President of the United States. So, U.S. Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and I are equals, here in the land of the free to be "nasty" to whatever tyranny freaks us out.Here, then, is how you might believe she really is qualified to be our next President...Consider but her

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