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Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

“After carefully considering the whole situation, I stand with my back to the wall. And walking is better, than running away…and crawling ain’t no good at all” Willie Nelson—Lyrics to “Walking” (1974) While not known for his astute political analysis,...
Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

Why I am Caucusing for Ron Paul

“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom…..And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’...

Connecting the Dots

Yesterday the Labor Department released the employment statistics for October.  I prefer to refer to is as “employment” rather than “unemployment”.  While it may seem to be nothing more than semantics, it is more positive. The good news is that...
Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

Student Loans, Debt Crisis and Bondage

In the medieval era there was a rather odd ceremony; when a member of the lower social castes found themselves in dire straights, they turned to the landowning nobility. In exchange for land to work, the noble demanded a portion of the produce, availability for...
Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

The Stupidity of Banking Fees

About ten years ago, my savings account basically stopped paying interest. The rate of about two percent fell to something like one-tenth of one percent in 2002. Over the last ten years, people just seemed to forget the way things used to work – banks are...
Willie Nelson and Walking Toward Gingrich

America is Bankrupt and Being Repossessed

So far in this presidential election cycle I have seen both Gary Johnson and Ron Paul bluntly declare that the most serious problem we faced as a nation was that we are bankrupt. After hearing this comments I started reflecting on the nature and effects of bankruptcy,...
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