Divided Nation or Divide the Nation?

During my lifetime there have been repeated comments on occasion about how the US was divided into two groupings based on political outlook.  It always was about more than just Democrat or Republican.  It broke along conservative versus liberal perspectives in the most general way.  This talk was first more rampant during the ’60’s as [...]

Budget Alternatives That Follow the Constitution

Ther are vocal defenders of the proposed budget of the new administration and a fair number of critics.  The defenders constantly harp that those opposed to the budget are simply saying no and not offering alternative solutions to fiscal and budgetary demands.  Well, I am happy to offer some thoughts on how to change the [...]

Ability Will Always Prevail

So many people now are concerned with the unequal outcome of results in the lives of Americans that they are actively calling for more government intervention in every aspect of our lives to shoe -horn results into a pre -packaged outcome.   This includes the recent calls for redistribution of the wealth.  How many times do [...]

Tea and Sympathy

Surely you recall the old movie of that name.  It was a bit bloated and overwrought but a real tear jerker for the ladies.  We had some tea served yesterday around the nation and the attendance revealed the sympathy the attendees have for responsible and limited government.  I have never been to any type of [...]

Liberal Changes To Chagrin of Conservatives

Looking at a long historical perspective it occurs to me that there is a consistent pattern in a liberal view of the political and social world.  You can start pretty much any where you like with the analysis on a timeline.  Whether it is 1850, 1900, 1940 or 2000 there is a pattern to the [...]

Power Defeated by Greed and Pride

The history of the world is filled with good examples of behavoir to avoid but we mostly ignore them and mankind continues to suffer the consequences of failing to heed those lessons.  The Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. is a prime exhibit of what to avoid.   The Bible is full of stories about pride [...]

Equal Protection Abuse of Mortgage Bailout

We have more details now about the mortgage bailout proposals and how it will supposedly work.  I say supposedly because there will be many unintended consequences and more outrage as neighbor sees neighbor getting or being denied the Federal help.  Today we will not focus on the equity of the program.  That has been argued [...]

Stocks Slump, Washington Shrugs

Since the election last fall the market has plunged farther and faster than many  would have anticipated.  About half the country liked the new guy and you would have thought that they at least would have been optimistic enough to put their money where their mouth and votes were and invest in the new administration’s economic [...]

Funding the Deficit

The proposed budget of the new crowd in Washington calls for deficit spending in huge amounts for years to come.  The lowest level of those deficits is over 400 billion and shows increases in the out years, climbing all the way to over 700 billion in ten years.  A deficit of over 400 billion would [...]

Is the Stock Market a Washington Concern?

The bailouts, stimulus bills, bloated budgets and exponential expansion of Government that we see evolving everyday recently raises questions about the viability of Wall Street and the stock market.  The market continues its plunge with no let up in sight.  It has sunk below its recent lows and may be headed toward 5000 on the [...]