Hello everyone. I hope you have had a good holiday season, and that you aren’t too bitter about the stock market going down on Black Friday since Dubia renounced it’s debt obligations.  Haha.
I’ve been curious for quite some time now about how cost estimates are made in our Government.  They come out with these “$60 [...]

That title is funny to me because Matt Costa wrote a song called “Sunshine“.  The reason that I think it’s funny is because Senate bill 604 is referred to as the Sunshine Act (or the Transparency Act in the House of Reps – 1207).
If you’re not familiar with Ron Paul, you may not be aware [...]

I thought it would be timely to post a blog entry I wrote on October 8th (2009) in light of the last article I wrote asking how the markets are “recovering” with rising unemployment and record setting mortgage deliquiencies.

Peter Schiff continues to put to words what I cannot.
“For those market boosters who are prattling on [...]

One thing I believe people should do on a regular basis is to question their environment.  The environment I would like to focus on right now is the stock market.  A great way to ask good questions is by gathering facts about the environment from its different sections, and compare them by questioning them.
Let’s begin [...]

In case you were not aware, (and I found out 2 days ago) Neil Barofsky is the Special Inspector General for the TARP program.  His report, summarized on Oct. 5th 2009, stated the following:
“Statements that are less than careful or forthright – like those made in this case – may ultimately undermine the public’s understanding [...]