The Certified Skeptic

written Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Election Day.
Here’s an opinion piece by Bob Herbert of the New York Times that struck a chord with me. On this election day, it points out some very troublesome issues with our Nation, our Leadership, and ourselves.
Link To Bob Herbert Article in the NYT
Thom

Here’s an interesting piece on John McCain from someone who knew him well, spent time in the POW camp with him, and has some insight on his character.
Link to article in Military.com
T

Here’s a pertinent article I found while surfing around looking for more information on the credit and economic crisis.
For what it’s worth…
How to Ruin the U.S. Economy
by Ben Stein
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:00AM
1) Have a fiscal policy that creates immense deficits in good times and bad, burdening America’s posterity with staggering burdens of […]

I found this while mining the internet for information on the current credit crisis:
Analogies are never perfect, but here’s one using horse racing. Don’t expect a perfect correspondence to the banking situation, but I think it is close enough for government work.
Joe goes to the track and bets $2 on a horse.
Two guys standing nearby […]

In an attempt to save the apparently fragile financial systems of the world, an agreement has been reached among the administration and congressional democrats, and republicans on the basic points of a deal designed to have the U.S. — specifically you, me, our children, grand-children, and many more future generations — buy distressed and worthless […]

I found the following website while searching the web for information about the current credit crisis and our economic system in general. It takes about three hours to listen/watch all 20 chapters, but was well worth the time in my humble opinion.
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
I’d really like to hear from anyone with comments and criticism of the ideas […]

Friday, May 16, 2008
NYT Headline Today: Bush Rebuffed on Oil Plea in Saudi Arabia
I find it sad and embarrassing to have our president pleading with the Saudi’s to produce more oil because the price is too high here in America. Saudi Arabia is the country that produced 15 of the 16 hijackers that perpetrated the […]

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Lately I’ve been feeling like Phil Conners. Who’s Phil Conners you ask? He’s the character played by Bill Murray in the 1993 movie “Groundhogs Day”.
If you’ll recall, Phil is caught in some kind of time warp. Every morning the clock radio goes off at 6:00am with Sonny and Cher singing “I’ve got […]

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 — Vancouver, WA
According to my bank, my piece of the Economic Stimulus Program — a stupid program from an incompetent federal government that you and I are responsible for by continuing to vote for the bastards — arrived today via electronic banking, zip zip zip, right from “their” account directly into […]

Thursday, April 24, 2008 — Vancouver, WA
I can’t get my arms around the concept of some very large numbers. I’m not sure anyone can. When reading about the cost of our military activity in the Middle East, I start seeing the word “trillion” mentioned, and that the total cost of all this could be two […]