Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Bruce Bartlett is so full of it: "More than 90 percent put themselves squarely in the middle"

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No they don't. Bruce Bartlett has no scruples left ( link ): Social class also involves self-identification. According to the General So...

The Increase in the Wealth Gap is Due to the Housing Collapse

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The latest figures from the Federal Reserve ( link : compare lines 4 and 42) show that enormous wealth destruction in housing is the overwhe...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Net Worth of Poorest Republican Candidate for President is 10 X More Than 75 Percent of America

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Here's the minimum net worth of the Republican candidates for president: Sen. Rick Santorum: $880,000 Gov. Rick Perry: $1.1 million Rep....
Monday, December 12, 2011

Brookings Institution Must Be Nuts: Says Congressional Wealth Reflects Middle Class

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Brookings Corporate Sponsors I refer to this in USA Today ( link ) back in November: Lawmakers disclose their assets and liabilities only in...

Brutus in 1787 Predicted Our Rich, Out of Touch, Taxing, Corrupt and Servile Congress

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Because it is just too small to be otherwise: [I]n reality there will be no part of the people represented, but the rich, even in that branc...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

ND Sheriff Calls in US Border Control Predator B Drone to Execute Search for $6K in Rustled Beef

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Reminds me of Lincoln starting a civil war over a dead horse at Ft. Sumter. Note the prominent emphasis on "law enforcement" at th...

Some Gave All, Some Gave Nothing

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How Do You Say "I Have a Pair" in Anglo Saxon?

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This is how.

Toad Suck, Arkansas

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Who would believe it?! ( link )

Academic inflation makes medical inflation look modest by comparison

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The greedy Marxists who outnumber conservatives on college faculties by three to one figured out long ago how to avoid the draft, subvert th...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

The IRS: Another Reason Not To Use A Credit Card

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They're snooping on your transactions. From an article in Barron's in September ( link ): In a new program launched this year, the I...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Good for David Cameron

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"What was on offer is not in Britain's interest so I didn't agree to it." "We're not in the euro and I'm glad...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Congressional Approval Remains in the Tank!

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Gallup  has congressional job approval stuck at 13 and under 20 since May. Representation without representation.

How About 10,000 US Representatives Instead of 435?

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Many people, rightly in my opinion, point to the decline of religious faith, traditional morality and constitutional respect for both as a l...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Market is Not a Leading Indicator

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It is a market that has followed . . . the ratings agencies, the Congress, the Fed, the EU appendage du jour. Anyone with any sense knows th...

Irrational Exuberance in Stocks and in Home Ownership Coincided Beginning After 1994

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Home Prices Are Still At The Top Of Their Historical Range Before The Bubble

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Note the inflation-adjusted similarity of the current index value to the late 1980s and the late 1970s.  This means prices could continue to...

The Day The Jobs Stood Still: Obaamu Baracka Nikto

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About 2 million fewer total non-farm workers are employed today than in January 2009 , despite growth in the population.

Homeownership Under Obama Hits a New All-Time Low of 59.2 Percent

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Even a broken clock is right twice a day: "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class and all those who are fighting to get in...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Lawyer for Joshua Clough of the Hutaree Militia Turned His Client for The State

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If you were 29 and your lawyer offered you 5 instead of life after 20 months in the slammer, what the hell do you think you would do? On Mon...