Politics and Puppies

When the puppies were delivered, nobody was more excited
than 5-year old Susan. She became the "tour guide",
showing everyone the "Democrat" puppies.
Several weeks later, she was calling them "Republican"
puppies. Asked why, she explained, "Because their eyes
are open now"!

Very intelligent young girl!

The small Depression of 1920-21

___You will not hear much about the depression of 1920-21
because it was so short-lived. Government policy to
moderate the depression and speed the recovery was
minimal. The Federal Reserve authorities were largely
passive.

___Production fell 21% over 12 months, and
conditions were worse than 1930.
The rally was based on a drastic cleanup of credit
weakness, a drastic reduction in the costs of
production, and the free play of private enterprise.
Hoover and FDR did the opposite in 1929-41 as did Bush
and Obama in 2008-2009.
FDR's Treasury Secretary stated "after 8 years of this
Administration we have just as much unemployment as when
we started ... and an enormous debt to boot!"
Source: Meltdown, pp 94-95, 149
If we ignore the mistakes of history, then we will be
condemned to repeat them.

Taxpayers are Marxists, Murders and Racists

Quinnipiac, polling just after the Senate voted cloture,
found Americans opposed [to the Senate Bill] by a 53 percent
to 36 percent margin.
[The Senate Bill's] language channeling federal and
consumer dollars to abortion coverage is opposed, according
to Quinnipiac, by a 72 percent to 23 percent margin. Its
provision establishing an Independent Medicare Advisory Board
and stating that it cannot be abolished except by a two-thirds
vote of the Senate is of dubious constitutionality, and even
if upheld in a court of law may not pass muster in the court
of public opinion.
All taxpayers who approve the Senate Bill are Marxists,
murderers and racists or at least their accomplices.

Shameless, Self-serving Capitalism

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Scientists Burning Data

The planet has been cooling since 1998. NewsBusters reports
that some scientists are so cold, that they have begun
burning data - with the coldest temperatures first!

Thinking is Permitted at All Times - Without Permission

Bob Grete, RBCS Director, would remind the students that
"Thinking is permitted at all times - without permission"!
In 2010 thinking will be even more important. The agenda
of the elites transfers more and more power - and money -
to the Federal government to be used by their superior
thinking and management skills.
Someone has said that "if we neglect the mistakes of the
past, then we will be condemned to repeat them".
I am reading a biography of Ayn Rand, 1905-1982. Alissa
Rosenbaum was born to Jewish parents in St. Petersburg,
Russia. She was 12 in 1917 when the Czar and his family
were murdered. She experienced every part of the revolution
escaping to the United States in 1925. Her first novel
We The Living describes her life in Russia during the time.
I have not read the book, but it is on my list.
Ayn became the champion of laissez-faire capitalism and
individual achievement and responsibility in the last century.
A study of her journey to that philosophy is important. She
described the The Fountainhead as the story of how a
moral man can live in a corrupt society. Although Ayn is
seldom accused of being moral, her thinking is important to
us today.

Where is Rep. Joe Wilson When We Need Him?

Obama is blaming the "fat-cat bankers" for the recent recession.
You lie! Congress and the Clinton, Bush and Obama
Administrations are to blame. Bankers are trying to make money
in whatever economy they face. The Fed lowered interest rates
to 1%. This is a banker's dream. They can loan the money at
5% or more, make a tidy profit, give themselves a bonus and
redo their office.
When Congress passes Bills that favor one group over another,
they are racists and sexists. When the POTUS has his people
threaten discrimination suits against banks unless bad loans
are given to minority groups then bankers make forced decisions.
It is understandable that bankers would package the loans and
fence these hot instruments as quickly as possible!
The 1977 Community Reinvestment Act is a racist Bill - as was
the Civil Rights Act of 1965! Affirmative Action is a racist or
sexist - or both - policy. At Eglin AFB in the 1980s, the judge
ruled that if a minimally qualified minority (or woman) was on
a hiring - or promotion - roster then they would be selected.
The Federal Government is mediocre because it has not hired on
merit for decades. The same thing happened after the War for
Southern Independence in the late 1860s.