I’m disappointed, be sure. Thank God for the WSJ’s optimism. (last paragraph). ========== President Obama won one of the narrower re-elections in modern times Tuesday, eking out a second term with a fraction of his 7.3% margin of 2008, in a polarized country with the opposition GOP retaining and still dominating the House. Given that second Presidential terms are rarely better than... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
SI Didn’t Leave the Democrats. They Left Me
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsWhy can’t Republicans simply say: “Look at Detroit. They have elected only Democrats for the past 65 years; you mean to tell me that there is no correlation between where Detroit finds itself and the politics of its elected officials?????? =========== By SHELDON G. ADELSON When members of the Democratic Party booed the inclusion of God and Jerusalem in their party platform... Read more
Debasing the Currency – and more…
October 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, SocialismThis is a must read. We are repeating history… to our detriment. ========= Popular Delusions Memo to Central Banks: You’re debasing more than our currency By Dylan Grice, Societe Generale At its most fundamental level, economic activity is no more than an exchange between strangers. It depends, therefore, on a degree of trust between strangers. Since money is the agent of exchange, it is the... Read more
The Great Persuasion | Masters of the Universe
October 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, EconomicsBook Review… ============== By KENNETH MINOGUE Everyone agrees we are going through a crisis—but a crisis of what? The members of the Occupy Wall Street movement think it is a crisis of capitalism. Others think the crisis is moral: Our propensity to consume without thought for the planet, the poor or even the person next door is a sign that greed and fear... Read more
Obamanation?
October 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama“Better in his picture…” vs “Better in their words…” Make sure at the end of the video you click the blue box to see the second video. ======== The Sliver Bear Cafe
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