Tag Archives: united states
a foretaste of things to come
I’m sorry. That was redundant. Great Britain, a nation way less broke than us (they owe 18 months of their tax receipts to our 76 months of ours), is doing the things that must be done to balance things. Related Posts:Uncle Sam doesn’t need more soldiers.A Practical Program of Disenfranchisement: A 10-Step Plan to Save [...]
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pashtunwali appears again
Understanding Pashtunwali is key to understanding the AfPak War. (Click here for the Wikipedia article on Pashtunwali, and here for the Special Report by Major John Cathel.) The reason I bring this up again is that Pashtunwali has been found in the news again. In a recent op-ed by Glenn Greenwald entitled They hate us [...]
Posted in warfare Also tagged abu ghraib, afpak war, faisal shahzad, first gulf war, foreign policy, glenn greenwald, illegal bombings, iraq war, jihad, john cathel, occupation, pakistan, pashtunwali, saudi arabia, suicide bombings, the qur'an, war in afghanistan Leave a comment
love it or leave it
Let’s do a thought experiment. Let’s imagine an isolated and tiny village with a strictly patriarchal system, where every woman is required to live with a land-owning man. Related Posts:A World of ElitesUncle Sam doesn’t need more soldiers.American historical documents (for future reference)now watch the five-year treasurygold at 1740
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I’m not the only one . . .
Yesterday I wrote a post entitled, “Does This Make Me Alarmist?,” in which I outlined, based on real data, an ugly possible scenario for a U.S. debt crisis emerging in possibly as little as three years. And today the Mises Blog has chimed in. Their conclusion is essentially the same as mine: Related Posts:now watch [...]
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Does this make me alarmist? Maybe . . .
The nation of Greece is currently at the center of a debt meltdown due to its ridiculously high spending habits in the past. Thanks to out-of-control spending, the Greek national debt has climbed to about 113% of GDP. A result of that is that investors consider Greek debt more risky, and are only willing to [...]
Posted in bloated government, speculation Also tagged european union, gdp, greece, gross domestic product, interest rates, national debt, ronald reagan, warren buffet 1 Comment
Misconceptions of the day: our 55 trillion national debt is pretty much held by China
Our national debt is a subject of great controversy and fuzzy facts on all sides. I’d like to address two claims: that the national debt is equal to $55 trillion dollars, and our national debt consists of loans from the Chinese who covertly own our economy. Related Posts:now watch the five-year treasurygold at 1740our downhill [...]
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come on, geithner!
From this story. April 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner delayed a scheduled April 15 report to Congress on exchange-rate policies, sidestepping a decision on whether to accuse China of manipulating the value of the yuan. And so we continue our ridiculous charade of blaming China Related Posts:Republican debate notes, pt. 1: [...]
Posted in economics Also tagged asset bubble, china, currency manipulation, exchange rates, federal reserve, fraud, hypocrisy, inflation, timothy geithner, treasury secretary, xenophobia, yuan Leave a comment
On the recent house bill, socialism, etc.
As most likely all of you know, there was a very significant healthcare bill passed yesterday. A friend of mine went so far as to say (via facebook), Hurray, the United States government just declared the Church is officially off the hook in regards to the care of the sick and infirm. Now all we [...]
Posted in bloated government, economics Also tagged abortion, executive order, gdp, government spending, gross domestic product, healthcare, kim jung il, medicine, national debt, obama, obamacare, overregulation, poverty, socialism, warren buffet, welfare state 1 Comment
demographics, oil prices, and why the saudis are our buddies