Archive for November 1st, 2010

By Burt Prelutsky PatriotPost.us Ever since the campaigns began earlier this year, Democrats, desperate to save their political hides, have been dragging up silly stuff that their opponents allegedly did during their college and even their high school days. Frankly, I’m surprised that conservative candidates haven’t been accused of causing mischief in their nursery... »

by CalculatedRisk Sunday, October 31, 2010 The following articles illustrate two extremes we’ve discussed before. The first is about borrowers with significant negative equity who are still paying their mortgage. They can’t refinance. They can’t sell. And it is difficult to move for new employment. This is probably a drag on economic growth. And... »

by Thomas D. Segel CHCH News Oct 31, 2010 There is a darkly humorous one-liner going around that says it all…”Taxpayers should vote Democratic, just like chickens should vote for Colonel Sanders (KFC) “. In either case the voter is sealing his or her own fate. Only days remain for you and I to... »

By John Butler TheDailyReckoning.com 10/31/10 London, England – The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that consumer price inflation (CPI) declined in September to a 59-year low of just 1.1% y/y. Excluding more volatile food and energy prices, the so-called core CPI rose only 0.8% y/y. This is not good news for... »

by Gerald Celente LewRockwell.com According to Democrats, a substantial Republican/Tea Party victory in the midterm elections will result in brutal spending cuts and the slashing of entitlement programs. They foresee a nation that has been gradually moving toward recovery grinding to a grid-locked halt. Only with the Democrats retaining power, they say, will there... »

Can Liberty Be Advanced Through Violence? by Butler Shaffer LewRockwell.com We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~ Albert Einstein A Republican candidate running for Congress in Texas has set many minds and mouths atwitter with his suggestion that, should state tyranny ever become a problem... »

by Paul Gottfried AmConMag.com Having looked at the swelling of the Tea Party, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not a uniform movement. There are at least three different movements trying to give the impression of being one. The most influential of these movements is the one that fits most easily into the... »

By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. November 1, 2010 NewsWithViews.com [Note: Only a few weeks into the school year, values instruction is occurring in nearly every school in the nation. If you ask the schools’ leadership what values they are teaching, the response will be “only the values such as honesty upon which we all... »

By Attorney Jonathan Emord November 1, 2010 NewsWithViews.com In proof of the continuing power of democracy, tomorrow, November 2, the nation will express its disdain for the big government policies of President Barack Obama. The House of Representatives will change hands, becoming a Republican center of opposition to the President, and the Senate will... »