Well, this has been an interesting week. I have been closely watching the news for weeks and have seen a huge trend towards mainstream media carrying stories which would have been downplayed (censored?) a short while earlier. Of course I haven’t yet seen a major American news source giving much attention to PIMCO’s bond guru Bill Gross [...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
A Confidence Game
Posted in finance, politics, tagged bond market, deficit, economy, politics, propaganda on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Electoral College Explained
Posted in politics, tagged electoral college, politics on October 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As I print out materials from C-Span’s educational site, I followed their link to this pretty good article which explains the Electoral College system in such a way that makes sense to me. I thought I would share it. Personally, I feel we should keep the Electoral College system. We just need to do a [...]
Bail-out goes to the House tomorrow for a vote
Posted in finance, politics, tagged Bail-out, Buffett, economy, finance, House of Representatives, mortgage bailout, politics, TARP on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I read that the House of Representatives websites and email servers are getting overwhelmed by the emails from people opposing the Bail-out (or T.A.R.P. as it is properly called — meaning Troubled Asset Relief Program). Then I read articles by Dr. Doom himself, Professor Nouriel Roubini, an economist who predicted this economic fiasco with uncanny [...]
Let Risk-Taking Institutions Fail
Posted in finance, politics, tagged Bailout, financial, financial sector, mortgage bailout, National Debt, politics, Wall Street on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is an excerpt from a Time Magazine article which makes the case AGAINST the huge bailout being pushed down our throats. Here is an excerpt: Let Risk-Taking Institutions Fail By Ari J. Officer and Lawrence H. Officer Monday, Sep. 29, 2008 “Follow the money. Average Joes and Janes are not the holders of the [...]
Sarah Palin – What Magazines and Newspapers Do You Read?
Posted in politics, tagged Palin ignorant, Palin newspapers, politics, Sarah Palin on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anything and everything? I just finished watching more footage of Sarah Palin being interviewed by Katie Couric. Wow….. every time I watch V.P. candidate Palin I am nauseated. She is making such a fool of herself. Why could she not have simply named a few media sources? Poor Sarah, we are all picking on her [...]
