Tag archive for ‘Barney Frank’
Politicians and Sit-coms
This is a posting about the hypocrisy of our national leaders and how their logic is similar to an argument once delivered on a sit-com. Unfortunately, the spineless ones in Congress aren’t funny.
There was an episode of Barney Miller on Election Day. The detective were called to a house where a woman was locked in [...]
Scotus Ruling: Why You Need My Book
The US Supreme Court has overturned the core of McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform laws. That means corporations and unions will be unfettered in their attempts to persuade, distort, and lie to people during campaigns.
The worst part: it will begin a new surge of fundraising by special interest groups that will cause even more economic chaos [...]
Pick One Already!
This is a posting about the non-sense from the media and both political parties about the economy and jobs. It’s best seen through a funny beer commercial.
LAS VEGAS, NV (December 3, 2009) – You’ve seen the Miller Lite commercial where the couple is at a restaurant and she asks, something to this effect, “If your [...]
Town Hall Truth: Death Panels Make Sense
This is a posting about the fear of death panels. The fear is both far-fetched and legitimate.
LAS VEGAS, NV (August 19, 2009) – Don’t dismiss the right-wing extremists views on death panels right away. They’re not entirely out of touch with American fears.
Granted, it’s difficult to take some of the right-wing extremists seriously. Most of [...]
Ending Congressional Corruption with NASCAR
There’s a good op-ed in the Washington Times about ending the corruption and money-grubbing tendencies of our elected officials. It involves NASCAR. And although it’s a little far-fetched, let’s look at anything.
LAS VEGAS, NV (April 23, 2009) – In previous posts, I have railed against the money corruption practiced by our elected officials. Taking money [...]
Economic Timing Of Politicians Way Off
Paul Solman, the economics reporter for PBS’ The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, had a great story tonight on The Paradox of Thrift. It’s worth watching. The gist of the story: the more we save, the worse the economy gets. What we need, it seems today, is George Bush’s advice after 9/11: Go out and shop. Ironically, the [...]
I Rest My Case On Why We’re In This Fix. Help!!!!!!!
This is a posting about a recent study on the effect of lobbying on our laws. It proves what I’ve been saying for years: many parts of our government resemble a banana republic and our lawmakers are money grubbers who spend more time looking for personal profits rather than making this a better country. I [...]
How To Assess New President – Our Narcissist in Chief?
This is a posting about assessing our new president. It seems the majority of Americans have the right thinking. Still, there are others, thanks to the whacky extremists in the blogosphere, who will write anything and pretend it is solid information.
LAS VEGAS, NV (April 12, 2009) – There’s an old joke about actors. How many [...]
Thomas Paine Video Revolt. Not As Revolting
This is a posting about a video sent to me by a good friend. It’s a 6-minute diatribe by an actor playing Thomas Paine calling for a tea bag revolt. Although I’m not going to waste money sending a tea bag in the mail to my elected leaders, I think this video is worth watching. [...]
Preparing For Economic Earthquake
This is a posting about the epic shift in our lives – economically, politically, and socially. Here I use my ROIL system to give you a broad picture of what I see that will affect how you work and live. I’m not clairvoyant, so I need your input too.
LAS VEGAS, NV (March 22, 2009) – [...]
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