Another interesting point brought up by the No Agenda guys recently–pertaining to the most recent Pentagon shooter. The mention of the 1991 death of Marine Colonel James Sabow, brought up some old news…and an enduring controversy. I really don’t have too much to add to this, but feel some of the coverage of this should [...]
Posts Tagged ‘america’
El Toro – 1991
March 22, 2010Heaven help those who are not ‘persons’
January 11, 2010I was catching up on listening to some No Agenda podcasts while I was walking the dog, and heard some interesting revelations during the December 24th episode (#159). It turns out that the Obama administration has kept going with some reprehensible legislation started by the Bush administration. I’ll summarize (correct me if I’m wrong) but [...]
Dow Jones prediction for the sake of doing a prediction.
February 17, 2009With the Dow Jones quickly falling, I must look at the graphs that I put up a little while ago in this post. I know this is a completely wild guess but my guess is the bottom (for the next decade) will be around 5500. This is the number I predict as I still have [...]
Tariffs versus “Buy American”
February 5, 2009Obviously I need to learn more about economics. With all the talk about America starting trade wars with their buy American proposals, I get slightly confused. If the government (not a private corporation) wants to put rules in place so that their money is spent on American items, doesn’t that seem just? American taxpayer money [...]
Trade Wars and the Recession
February 4, 2009Wow–an excellent essay from Henry C. K. Liu predicting some of the troubles that the world, and especially the US, is facing right now. I tried to follow all the talk about dollar hegemoney and hopefully learned something from it. All in all, an interesting look at the future, from June 2005.
Downfall of the American Empire?
January 28, 2009I remember reading this interview a little while ago. Emmanual Todd predicted a fall for America back in 2003, near the start of the Iraq War. It looks like he might be prescient again. His comparisons of present America the consumer to 16th century Spain the consumer are particularly relevant now. I like when at [...]
What is the value of “hope”?
January 20, 2009As Barack Obama is inaugurated today, America celebrates. America is brimming with hope and anticipation, with Obama as the hero of the nation. The weight of the financial burden is currently on Obama and the American people and an inauguration is not going to take all that weight away. As someone said an Obama Inauguration [...]
The American Consumer–who knew that they were that important?
November 22, 2008As the world’s economy spirals down the bath drain, it is amazing to think that in these days of the global economy, how much the world relied on the American consumer. With that market failing, we are seeing a domino effect around the world. Where will it end–who knows. One thing that this whole issue [...]
Looking good for Obama
July 24, 2008Here’s an article that makes some interesting historical comparisons on www.centerforpolitics.com . http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/article.php?id=AIA2008072401
