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Occupy Wall Street is Just What Obama Needs
Several weeks ago I thought Occupy Wall Street was just a spontaneous gathering of spoiled college graduates who can’t find work now that they’ve completed their Greek Literature degrees. A quick reading through the forum section on their website would … Continue reading
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Math is Hard for the Easily Fooled
If you are a member of a Union then you can consider yourself someone that is easily fooled. You bought the story that joining a Union would provide for a better life for you and your family and provide long … Continue reading
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All Aboard The Cain Train
With Palin, Ryan, Rubio and Christie all declining to throw their hats into the Republican Presidential ring, Herman Cain appears to be the big winner. Currently, the top three candidates are Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Herman Cain and while … Continue reading
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Regulations Are Literally Killing Us
It is my contention that the Economy of the US will not recover until our expectations improve. Consumer spending is low and companies or individuals with money have no incentive right now to take a risk with so much uncertainty … Continue reading
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Amateur Astronomy: A Worthwhile Hobby
For most of my life I have been fascinated by the stars and in 1980 (early Middle School for me) I was moved by the PBS special by Carl Sagan called Cosmos. In the 13 part series I had my … Continue reading
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A View Into Liberal Group Think
A recent article from The Economist was written to refute claims made in a Vox article related to the best course of action for Greece. I think the Vox article is right and I won’t get into those details in this post but I think … Continue reading
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This Is How Science Works
A recent discovery by a group of astrophysicist in Denmark confirmed Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. This theory, which was presented by Einstein in 1916, basically states that Matter, Time and Space are independent but they also affect each other. … Continue reading
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We Need to Look At The Third Toolbox
Traditional thinking says the US government has two tool boxes that can be used to prevent or lessen recessions and inflation. The Legislative Branch tool box is labeled “Fiscal Policy” and it contains two drawers and the Federal Reserve (Fed) tool … Continue reading
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The Benefits of Capitalism
It started with a simple question. How much money would you take to give up the internet for life? Wow, think about it. Most of our lives revolves around the internet – we pay our bills, manage our finances, tweet, … Continue reading
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What Did the Latest Impasse Teach Us?
Remember last week that there was another impasse on a continuing resolution to keep the government open. The whole disagreement hinged on $3.65 billion spending increases for FEMA (disaster relief) and the Republicans in the House offset a portion of … Continue reading
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Liberal Policies And What Will Happen When They Are Reversed
The goal of Liberal policies has never been about helping the poor but instead about getting American citizens hooked on the free government handouts and then using that group to keep the Liberals in power so more freebies can be … Continue reading
Our Problem
The House and Senate are again involved in a budget impasse on the latest stop gap measure and this time the crux of the differences is a sad commentary that reveals what is truly wrong with Washington. The current bill … Continue reading
A Tax Increase Plan That Conservatives Can Embrace
I am a big fan of the Economist and even though they are Left leaning for sure, I enjoy reading their insights and learn something almost daily from them. But even I was surprised when I read the following post … Continue reading
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These Children Need to Learn a Lesson
Today my 7 year old son learned that you can’t continue to tempt fate and win every time. Sometimes you lose, like today when he fell out of a tree and broke his wrist. My son is like most 7 … Continue reading
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Obama Needs a Math Lesson
Obama stated today that “This isn’t class warfare, it’s math” so let’s check the President’s math. Obama’s plan is to raise taxes on the super rich in hopes of bridging the budget deficit because he thinks they need to pay … Continue reading
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Temperature and CO2 Update
I wrote an article for the American Thinker a couple years ago explaining the Greenhouse Effect and the role CO2 plays in it. An excerpt from that article is pasted below as background to this post. The Greenhouse Effect is … Continue reading
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What We Can Learn From Kepler
My favorite scientist has always been Johannes Kepler. Kepler lived during the late 16th and early 17th centuries and was considered the father of Astronomy. When he was alive, Astrology was the accepted ‘science’ and the views of Copernicus, in … Continue reading
Here’s What is Wrong with the AJA and Why Republicans Should Vote For It
On Monday the President revealed his job plan (called the American Jobs Act) and as was expected, this is really just a toned down version of the Stimulus passed early in 2009. Remember the Obama administration told us that stimulus was … Continue reading
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Solyndragate Rolls On
The Solyndra story just isn’t going away and might well be Barack Obama’s Watergate but we’ll have to wait and see what comes to light as people dig deeper. I really get upset when I think about our government wasting $535 million … Continue reading
Conservatives Should Remain Focused
As Conservatives across the nation are now entering the vetting process to determine our candidate for President in 2012 we must remain focused on the objectives. The 2012 elections are crucial for our country and this may be the last … Continue reading
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