The Mortgage Crisis – a simple solution

This posting has been updated: Please read Mortgage Crisis Solution!
Two candidates for President are falling over themselves with solutions for the current mortgage, lending crisis. Their plans call for everything from delaying rate increases to throwing money at the debtors. This problem is really about supply and demand. Let’s look at these plans in a [...]

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The Real Barack Obama

A few months ago a slim, tall, pleasant looking, highly educated black man strode to the forefront of this nation’s Presidential election cycle. For a time there it certainly looked as if this nation was not only ready, but also willing to elect a man of color to the Presidency of the United States. When [...]

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The Big What If!

What if Hillary Clinton, feeling that the Democratic Party has been taken over by the far left, decides to form a new political party in her run for President? I took a look at that scenario and was surprised to see my findings. The approach used to come up with the findings is [...]

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The Most Important Election of Our Time!

This country is electing a new chief executive, but the most important election of this nation will be the election of 468 members of Congress. While the President is the leader of this nation, his or her powers are limited. A review of the job posting for President of the United States reveals [...]

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Is a Major Third Party Around the Corner?

With a continuing shift of the Democratic party to the far left and the growing conservative wing of the Republican Party having a controlling impact in that party, is a third party developing right before us? This election the Republican Party only has a chance because it is nominating a candidate who is conservative on [...]

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Obama Makes His Position Known

Today, Senator Obama spoke on the Reverend Wright controversy and made clear what he believes. Three points came out of his speech and I am sure he only intended one point. The biggest issue resolved was that he explained why he continued to befriend Reverend Wright and why he continued to be a part of [...]

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Change Congress for Real Change

Encore piece – with some modification.
In the 1992 Bill Clinton has a slogun – “It’s the Economy Stupid!” It was a reminder that President George H. Bush had forgotten the economy. While the Democrats will have you believe that the economy is the big issue today and the Republicans want you to [...]

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Obama Hysteria

Who is Senator Barack Obama and how does he think? These are the two most important questions that must be answered before he should be allowed to be a tenant in the White House. Getting past the spin is a must. If you support Senator Obama you at least should have a [...]

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How devoid are we of direction – earmarks, choices, delegates?

Earmarks
The Senate just doesn’t get it. Friday, March 14th, the Senate had an opportunity to end earmarks, at least on their side of the Capitol, but chose not to do so. We have to ask why? Earmarks are essentially spending without representation. These appropriations are not voted per se, they often [...]

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The Judgment of Senator Obama!

Senator Obama says it is all about judgment and not about experience. He minimizes experience as a requirement to be President and points to his judgment demonstrated by his voiced opposition to the war in Iraq. He offers that judgment is preferable over experience. Let us assume that he is right [...]

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Our tax system is inhibiting the growth of good jobs!

America needs to regain the fundamentals of a strong economy for a number of important reasons. National socio-economic health, political and diplomatic influence in the world for trade, defense, and standard of living all depend on a fundamentally strong economy. The fundamentals of a strong economy, from a non-economist’s view – mine, start with comparative [...]

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CHANGE – REAL CHANGE!

For those of you who have not given this thought, I ask “what is change?”  Is change the same thing to you as to the person standing next to you?  Are you sure that the change you are seeking is the change that is being offered from the candidates?  Change can mean many things.  According [...]

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Message to Senator McCain

Senator McCain, you must find a way to remain in the forefront of the public consciousness, while Senators Obama and Clinton are busy trying to earn their party’s nomination and the press is fawning all over the Democratic Party race.
Why not hold a series of public, invitation only, forums on a number of the issues [...]

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Oil! Will it destroy us?

If you are wondering why Iran has become so independent and belligerent of late, and if you are not wondering why, perhaps you should be. Have you looked at our own hemisphere lately? Take a good look at Venezuela and how Chavez is as bold as can be in creating an anti-U.S. socialist state more powerful than Cuba ever was. Every time someone in this country starts up their big standard internal combustion or oil based diesel SUV or big pickup truck, they are sending money to these countries and making them richer and more powerful. Well! It is all about oil!

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What does Senator Obama stand for in matters of defense?

Why does Senator Obama want to drastically cut military spending and limit our ability to defend ourselves?

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