Category Archives: Government

California IOU’s are Dumb and Dumber

California’s state government is the poster child for how NOT to run a state. They’re printing up their own currency nowadays in the form of IOU’s. The smart banks are refusing to accept them.

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Don’t Blame Me I Voted for Ron Paul

HAPPY TAX DAY!!!
RATM

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How the Economy Went So Bad So Fast

i really appreciate the Frontline investigative programs and tonight they’ll be airing ‘Inside The Meltdown’. from what i understand it should give some insights to the people (Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner) who pull the strings and some of the very very serious decisions that were made recently regarding the health of our American economy, in particular [...]

Trillion, it’s the new Billion

have you noticed that the word “trillion” is well on it’s way to being the most used word in 2009? trillion, trillion, trillion. the word “billion” is getting tossed around a lot too lately, but poor measly “million” is slipping into the small time. i thought i was poor when a million bucks seemed like [...]

How to Profit & Prosper During a Recession or Depression

if you think the US economy is on the road to recovery anytime soon then this post isn’t for you.
for the rest of us, i want to recommend a couple of really good books. Peter Schiff, who was Ron Paul’s economic advisor during his Presidential campaign, was right about the credit, mortgage, currency crisis that [...]

Yes You Can, Watch the Obama Inauguration on an iPhone or Hulu

if you don’t have access to a tv, but you can get online (strange to think such a thing possible) you can watch Obama’s Inauguration at Hulu or here on my blog. you can watch the Obama inauguration on an iPhone (using a wifi connection) with the free iPhone app uStream from uStream.tv
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Don’t Vote

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The Subprime Primer

From a friend of a friend who’s in the mortgage industry, is a slideshow that shows how much of the economy mess we’re in came about. The end really cracks me up, but then when you replace the stick figures with actual people it’s so sad.
http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1
Way to go Congress… nice regulating! Thanks a lot big [...]