People do not make wars; governments do.
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President Obama decided early on he couldn’t be the eyes and ears of the entire planet. So, he took on peeps to do it for him and gave them the lofty title of “czar”. Now, just for an aside, the term “czar”: an emperor or king. the former emperor of Russia. an autocratic ruler or [...]
Morgan Quitno Press released this list of the “smartest states” list. Without further ado, here it is, color coded to make it more fun to play with: Looks kinda grim for all those people who mocked the “Al Gore voters are smarter than Bush voters” thingy from the past. However, Morgan Quitno has kept [...]
We’ve done a few articles on Hubbert’s Peak and the political risk associated with taking action to avoid/delay the peak. CNN took a poll that effectively addresses that issue: Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Looks like the risk is still pretty low at $2.00 [...]
Most people around here would agree with me that Democracy in the USA is in trouble. I say that largely based on the 31 recs my “democracy is dead” post ( The Motley Fool ) received a couple of weeks ago: That post was based on an idea I’ve been kicking around for a long [...]
1. When in one, STOP digging 2. GET OUT of it, before you try to replace the dirt 3. When replacing the dirt, get a BIGGER shovel 4. Don’t try to get out of one by digging another
Some useful links that are commonly referred to here: The popularly followed unemployment rate was 5.5% in July 2004, seasonally adjusted. That is known as U-3, one of six unemployment rates published by the BLS. The broadest U-6 measure was 9.5%, including discouraged and marginally attached workers. From the research piece. Sept 3rd BLS Survey [...]
