By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Dec. 3, Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a.k.a., “Debt Commission”) voted on the plan they had developed to save our country from utter fiscal ruin. The vote fell three short of the fourteen votes required by rule to send the plan to Congress for [...]
Saving America, Sharing the Pain
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments
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Expected Fed Action Described As ‘Big Gamble’ (Update)
November 3rd, 2010 · 8 Comments
The news is everywhere about the actions the Federal Reserve is expected to announce today: Buying $500 billion to $1 trillion in government debt and driving down already-low long-term interest rates. In one article, it’s described as a “big gamble” and “a desperate act.” Another article cites market participants who describe the anticipated move as [...]
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Poll: Vast Majority See No Improvement in Economy
March 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama and his band of hopey-changers are not going to appreciate the findings of a recent nationwide poll of nearly 800 main household grocery shoppers which reveals, by a very sizeable margin, that American consumers appear to be at odds with recent reports that the economy has improved. Eight out of ten supermarket [...]
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Free Root Beer Floats Wednesday Night at SONIC®
May 29th, 2009 · No Comments
As a native Oklahoman now living in Missouri, I like to promote activities in the Sooner State whenever possible. One of those is Free Float Night at SONIC Drive-In®. With swimming pools open, kids wrapping up the school year and temperatures heating up. SONIC will thank its customers Wednesday with Free Float Night, giving away [...]
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Congress Drafting New ‘SCHIMP’ Legislation
February 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Barely two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program into law, Congress is said to be drafting new legislation aimed at preventing tragedies like the one that occurred Monday when a 175-pound chimpanzee severely wounded a woman in North Stamford, Conn. Introduced concurrently in the Senate by Sen. Christopher Dodd [...]
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Credit Counselors Offer Second-Job Ideas
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
I came across a news release this morning from a consumer credit counseling organization sharing their clients’ second-job ideas to help consumers deal with ever-increasing food, fuel and living expenses. Those ideas appear below: Use your talents — Take in sewing projects, tutor local students in math or other subjects, or use your love of [...]
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Call Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Now!
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a show out of calling upon Americans to call President George W. Bush and demand he fix the problems causing the price of fuel to skyrocket. In reality, the slightly-out-of-date chart above shows who is largely responsible for skyrocketing gas prices today. If you’re fed up with [...]
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