Covered Bridge Festival
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Just a reminder for festival going types that the Parke County covered bridge festival starts this Friday and local weather this weekend looks prime for such activities.
Archive for October, 2008
Abstinence: Don’t look now
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Don’t look now but it abstinence-Based Approach is bringing down the HIV rates in Kashmir. And here I thought abstinence didn’t work? More accurately, it doesn’t work when “taught” by those who are winking at their audience during the lesson….
Cornerstones of Liberty: Knowledge and Virtue:
Friday, October 3rd, 2008“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.”
– Samuel Adams in a letter to James Warren, […]
Congress to People: Tuff, we like the porky bailout
Friday, October 3rd, 2008So the House passed the “bailout” and if its so great why is the market tanking after the news?
I pointed out that the market recovered AFTER the initial bill failed on Monday and was told by those holding themselves smarter than me that it was because Wall Street knew Washington would “do something” and […]
Deal? No Deal!
Friday, October 3rd, 2008In an interesting turn of events Wachovia appears to be throwing over the government backed Citi take over in favor of Wells Fargo’s offer. Not only is it a better deal for Wachovia’s stock holders but doesn’t need the FDIC to back up the deal. It will be interesting to watch Citi’s antics trying […]
Economic Bailout & Buck Passing
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Three nice videos to entertain my audience of like quantity…
Hearings to reform Freddie & Fannie in 2004 - so much for the Republican “enablers”…
2004 - Dems Refuse to Reform Freddie & Fannieby Ibn-Khaldun
Hear about the protests on Wall Street against the bailout? Does that better explain why it was shot down so […]
