A FACEBOOK SOCIETY

Did you get your FaceBook pre-IPO stock yet? No? Well of course if you’re not worth $1 million or made $200k ($300k joint) over the past few years they wouldn’t be able to sell it to you anyway, because under Rule 501 Schedule D of the SEC you have to be an ‘Accredited Investor’ because otherwise you’re stupid or too poor to take the risk – government knows best... [Read more]

SEC Opens JP Morgan Investigation – More Regulation to Follow?

Quickly after JP Morgan’s CEO, Jaime Dimon’s confession of a $2 billion dollar ‘bet’ gone bad the SEC has announced a new investigation into the matter. Wall Street Journal reports, “The review is at an early stage and hasn’t progressed to the status of a formal investigation, this person said. Such reviews are routine after public companies report unexpected losses... [Read more]

Is 2012 The Year of The ‘Moderate’ Come Back?

In Reason Magazine’s article ‘Moderates Only Look Dead‘ Steve Chapman goes on to suggest that while it has been hard on incumbents since 2010′s ‘revolution’ and the political climate seems to be polarized with support on the far left and right, don’t rule out the centrists and the Moderate wing of both parties so fast. “The tea party, by contrast, is... [Read more]

Mitt Romney Wrong on Spending Cuts, Historical Perspective and The ‘American Spirit’

Mitt, can you trust free markets and the Individual? The Washington Times on Monday May 7th in its article `Romney rejects Ron Paul-style Austerity‘ reported, “Speaking Monday at a town hall style-meeting event in Cleveland, presumptive GOP presidential Mitt Romney plunged a fork into the idea that he could come around to embracing (Congressman Ron) Paul’s call for deep cuts in federal... [Read more]

Two Philosophies And Governments Of Man: A Mixture of Good and Evil vs Good and Bad

In David Brooks’ NYTimes column this morning, When The Good Do Bad, he presents in his view of modern day philosophy-religion that man is born good but some are born evil, “According to this view, most people are naturally good, because nature is good. The monstrosities of the world are caused by the few people (like Hitler or Idi Amin) who are fundamentally warped and evil.” Brooks... [Read more]

Executive Order — National Defense Resources Preparedness

While the country prepared for St. Patrick Day celebrations on March 16, 2012 Friday night, the White House Press Office discreetly released Executive Order, `National Defense Resources Preparedness‘ which in a time of `national crisis’ arbitrarily determined by the Federal Government, shifts control of private business, industry, travel and even the labor of professionals and specialists... [Read more]

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? RON PAUL, DELEGATES AND A BROKERED CONVENTION

In a March 9th article in Reason Magazine, `Ron Paul Revolution: What Now? Brian Doherty sums up the frustration of Ron Paul supporters as their candidate hasn’t won a single primary or caucus state, and media channels like Politico have written him off. The math of Super Tuesday last week also shows that Congressman Paul has no chance of winning the nomination. So what is left of his candidacy?... [Read more]

ARE NEO-CONSERVATIVES HOLDING POSITIONS ON MILITARY INTERVENTION MORE DANGEROUS THAN RON PAUL?

The Iowa Caucus is less than a week away and political rhetoric by all candidates is at a high level, a good part of that is directed at Ron Paul who currently is the leader as indicated from most polls. He not only pulls from Independent and Libertarian voters but also Conservatives who have become disenfranchised with almost 10 years of military conflict at the expense of a balanced budget and debt.... [Read more]

2011 WORD OF THE YEAR: UNINTENDED

“The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.” Richard Schickel 2011 saw a word or phrase that leaped into the media’s lexicon in coverage of politics and economics as governments, institutions and financial systems that have worked for the most part over the past several decades, now appear to be crumbling or at... [Read more]

IS SKEPTICISM REGARDING US MILITARY POLICY AND INTERVENTIONISM HEALTHY?

  CONSIDERING RON PAUL AND THE RISKS-REWARDS OF US MILITARY INTERVENTION “The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one more such victory would utterly undo him. For he had lost a great part of the forces he brought with him, and almost all his particular friends and principal commanders; there were no others there to make recruits, and... [Read more]