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Some time in the middle of last year my interest in politics and government checked out.  I think I just got annoyed to the point where I just raised my white flag and gave up.  I just couldn’t take any more of the impressive combination of hollow blathering, hypocritical yapping, and fear-mongering that has become the staple [...]

There are some really crappy people in this world.  I truly hope that karma kicks them in the ass.
Tenant pays rent, landlord doesn’t pay mortgage, bank forecloses and tenant gets evicted.  What happens to the landlord?  Not a damn thing.  What should happen to the landlord?  I think they should be forced to house the [...]

I’m sitting in the airport waiting to fly back to DC watching Dick Cheney being interviewed about Obama’s policies on CNN and I’m wondering why. Its not like what he is going to say is going to be a shock to anyone. You can sum up what he’ll say as simply as “Whatever that [...]

And this is why our economy is colossally screwed right now.  The FDIC didn’t collect any premiums from banks from 1996-2006 and not they want permission borrow $500 million to fulfill its purpose. The reason they didn’t collect premiums?  Congress wouldn’t give them the authority to b/c…
Congress believed that the fund was so well-capitalized – [...]

I don’t get the people in Congress and the rest of the country, for that matter, that think its a good idea to continue our current isolationist policies towards Cuba. It actually reminds me of that Far Side cartoon where the kid is trying to get into the school for the gifted by pulling [...]

After reading this article I felt compelled to share my thoughts.  Some of what they complain about I agree with.  Some of what they complain about makes me think they’re playing rubbish political games.  One basic issue I have is if the spending is only going towards propping up current operations, I don’t think its [...]

Say whatever you want about the opinions expressed in the rest of this Bloomberg article, some of the figures about the spending of our government and our current budget shortfalls knocked the wind out of me.  Here are the highlights:
Or try this. The whole world’s military spending in 2006 totaled a little less than $1.2 [...]