According to WikiPedia, the Nixon Shock was a series of economic measures taken by President Nixon back in the 1970s. Follow the link and read the WikiPedia article. It isn’t hard to see that today’s financial troubles began decades ago…
Category: Timely Topics
How the Financial Markets Really Work
This comedy skit was broadcast on The South Bank Show on October 14, 2007. It is uncanny how brilliantly and accurately it predicted the subprime financial meltdown, right down to the details of using the threat of devalued pension funds…
Could Obama Use the Military Against US Citizens in the 2010 Elections?
There have been a spate of reports recently of various units of one type or another of the US military being prepared for potential use against US citizens should civil unrest arise for any reason… especially in the wake of…
Collateral Murder – Reality Check
The following video has been the rage the last few days: The US Military is being thoroughly demonized for the death of two reporters, and the injuring of two children…But how about a little reality check here? If there is…
Even Without ObamaCare, Uninsured People Were Treated at Hospitals
A lot of people fell for the lie that without ObamaCare, a person without insurance would be turned away from treatment at hospitals, especially if they required specialized service, such as dialysis. Read THIS AJC article about dialysis care that…
Kimberley Strassel’s Wall Street Journal Article on How ObamaCare Was Passed
“Never before has the average American been treated to such a live-action view of the sordid politics necessary to push a deeply flawed bill to completion. It was dirty deals, open threats, broken promises and disregard for democracy that pulled…
Ever Think About How Hollywood Chooses Who to Lionize in the Movies?
It’s pretty simple actually; Hollywood producers choose which movies to make, and choose which individuals to lionize, based on their world view. And given the current prevailing ideology in Hollywood, it is interesting to think about which movies are made,…
Notice how “Global Warming” has changed to “Climate Change”?
I noticed a while back how “Global Warming” had quietly morphed into “Climate Change”. With ten plus years of no significant warming, it was getting increasingly harder to maintain the charade of continual warming. So how does the Global Warming…
Reconciliation: Political Newspeak for “Ignoring the Electorate”
The above picture came from HERE, http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=4947″ Check the site out. It has some pretty good stuff. Newt Gingrich wrote a very good article published in Human Events describing the budget reconciliation process, how it originated, what it’s purpose is,…