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Will Bulldozing Homes Follow Cash for Clunkers?

August 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The National Inflation Association today released the following statement to its members:

“The United States government’s “cash for clunkers” program, which was just expanded by $2 billion on Thursday, exemplifies the stupidity of politicians in Washington today. It’s insane to think that destroying perfectly good and valuable assets, cars that people can drive, will help save [...]

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Civilian Workers Strike Continues at Vance AFB (Updated)

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Rick Boardman can say all he wants to a reporter for the Enid (Okla.) News & Eagle — as he does in the video above — in an attempt to justify the decision to strike that garnered support of 94 percent of the union members for whom he serves as president.  What he needs to [...]

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Nuggets of News Cause Blogger to Pause

June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Surfing through the morning news headlines, I found some nuggets of news that caused me to pause for a moment and thought they might have a similar effect on you:

NO CHRYSLER DEALERS LEFT IN DETROIT:  Last week, Lochmoor Chrysler Jeep on Detroit’s East Side stopped selling Chrysler products, one of the 789 franchises Chrysler Group [...]

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‘Great Depression Cooking’ Tops Google Trends

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama speaks.  The stock market slides.  Jobs are lost.  It shouldn’t surprise anyone to find the video series, Great Depression Cooking with Clara: Episode 1, at the top of the Google Trends 100 most-popular search trends.
You know things are getting bad when people are interested in videos that star a 91-year-old woman named [...]

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Is Inflation About to Slap the Economy?

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m not an economist, but I do share an interest in the health of this nation’s economy.  When I saw the chart above, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, I couldn’t help but notice the blue line near the right margin of the chart.  Going straight up, the line signals a sizable [...]

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