Forget Bailout - Here is My Plan

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Anyone facing foreclosure knows that in most cases that they have been snookered. Funny how mortgage contracts will adjust for increasing payments, but none adjust down if the economy goes bad. Now the government is going to give Wall Street a 700 Billion dollar bailout plan. Now this plan is suppose ...

Oil, Energy, and Congress

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Now that Congress has recessed for the end of the summer, what are we to make of the energy situation? At this point, I'm getting tired of hearing that $4.00 gasoline is good for me. How can it be good when Americans are spending less of their money on other ...

Close the Schools - Save the Children

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

I've been reading about the high cost of diesel fuel for school buses and I've got a rather radical plan about education. I have a plan to save millions--no BILLIONS in property taxes every year. Why can't kids telecommute to class? Colleges give degrees online, why can't schools do the ...

Unemployment and Housing Data Point to Bleak

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Existing home sales fell to 4.86 million units, about 2.6% below consensus estimates of 4.94 million units. The report also cited a huge deterioration in median home prices, down to $215,000 or down over 6% from last year. This highlights the bleak outlook for the housing market, as the housing ...

The War on Drugs

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The "War on Drugs" is a term that having worked as a Texas peace officer but also being much more liberal and open-minded than most officers has really troubled me. And, after seeing the astounding report that almost 1% of the entire United States population is currently in jail or ...

We Need a Miracle

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Food costs will keep increasing and the hungry will have to peddle to the farmlands to find affordable food. There the farmers will let them gather unsold crops for a few bucks. Those without bikes will have to beg in the streets for food, but there will not be enough ...

Electricity Failures in the First World

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It happens and more often than I would have expected. That something as basic as electricity becomes unavailable is sometimes hard to imagine. There are many reasons. Sometimes it's due to maintenance work on the central in the neighborhood. Some other times it is due to extreme warmth where the ...

The Health Care Crisis

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Everywhere we turn today we are bombarded with news about the current health care crisis in the United States. We are inundated with the negative aspects of our medical system on TV, the radio and newspapers. In Michael Moore's docudrama "Sicko" our health care system is portrayed as a beast ...

National Waiter and Waitress Day

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Are they kidding? This is a great country for so many more reasons than I could ever name, especially here. We celebrate political, religious, cultural and sexual diversity in every form. We even go so far as to name a "special day" after various types of people to remember and commemorate ...

Are Women To Rule The Human Race By Controlling Sex And Money?

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Women are appointed to be the temptress of the human race. Women hold the key to most crimes in the world. Are women to blame? Or are men just weaklings? Women hold the purse strings and control your sex life. You say not? What do you think might happen if men ...