Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Friday, March 1, 2013,
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The always brilliant Congresswoman Maxine Waters is at it again, declaring sequestration will cost the U.S. 170 million jobs!
That seems just a little high given there are only 157 million jobs in the U.S. (Civilian Labor Force + about 2 million military jobs):
Even more amazing than Mrs. Waters advanced knowledge of mathematics and economics, is that she consistently receives more than 70% of the vote in California's 35th district. Truly astonishing.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Wednesday, December 12, 2012,
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It's a dark day for the rule of law, the principles this country was founded on and anyone who believed President Obama's bullshit "Change we can believe in" line. ---------------------------- Why Didn't Anyone Get Pinched at HSBC? by Jonathan Weil
Another big financial institution. Another fine. And nobody gets pinched.
It’s more of the same at the Justice Department today. HSBC Holdings, the big British bank, admitted to committing crimes, agreed to pay $1.9 billion, and will avoid prosecuti...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Saturday, June 23, 2012,
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From the Can't Make This Up department, the 96-year old former governor of Arizona, Raul Castro, was made to sit in the sweltering Arizona heat for 30 minutes, because of a medical procedure he had the previous day. Mr. Castro's heart procedure caused the border agent's radiation detector to go off. Apparently thinking the U.S. might be under attack by the frail former governor, Mr. Castro was then detained for 30 minutes. Even worse, they refused to let him sit in the air-conditioned car.... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Friday, May 18, 2012,
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Regardless of what the propaganda says, this is not how a free society treats people by Simon Black
I've been in the US for a little more than 24-hours. And having flipped through the TV channels trying to figure out what useless drivel big media is passing off as 'news', I realized that I'm going to vomit if I hear the word "fair" one more time.
This concept of 'fair' seems to be dominating discussion of the US government's dismal fiscal condition. The talking heads say that it's 'fair' for wea... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, April 5, 2012,
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As you may have heard, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that anyone who is arrested can be strip searched at the whim of the police. Doesn't matter if it was a non-violent crime, if you are later proven innocent, if you were profiled or if you lack a history of arrests. In the case Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington, the Court made it clear no matter how flimsy the charges or non-violent the crime they're leaving the decision of strip searches up to the police. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, February 23, 2012,
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In the never-ending Greece debt crisis, the media tends to portray the Greeks as lazy and the Germans as tireless workers. Well, believe it or not, that couldn't be more wrong. According to OECD data from 2010, the Greeks rank second in Average Annual Hours Worked per Worker, behind only South Korea. The average Greek works 2,109 hours per year. Germans, on the other hand, rank 28th out of 30, working just 1,419 hours per year. In other words, Greeks work almost 50% harder than Germans. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Sunday, February 19, 2012,
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1913 was a dreadful year for the United States. Not only did the treacherous Federal Reserve begin operations, but also Congress and President Wilson established federal income taxes. As you'll see below, 100 years ago the initial tax rates were rational, low and uncomplicated. Unfortunately, like everything else government touches, today's tax system has become corrupt, complex and costly.
1913Nominal Dollar Tax Rates Marginal Income Level Tax Rate Over U... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, February 14, 2012,
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There are two voices in the mainstream media that speak the truth: Jon Stewart and Judge Napolitano. Make that one voice. The Judge was fired by Fox yesterday. Frankly, I'm surprised Fox let the Judge speak so freely and with such ebullience and alacrity regarding freedom, liberty and the pathetic state of both political parties and the people that lead them.
In this video, his last speech of his last show, he once again speaks the truth, which Fox, MSNBC and the rest of them so desperate... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, February 9, 2012,
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The big news out of Europe today, is the European Central Bank has agreed to take a haircut on the value of their Greek debt, which will hopefully lead the way to a resolution of the Greek debt crisis. The ECB will take a major write down (and loan Greece billions of more Euros) if the Greek government agrees to a 20% minimum wage cut, reduced pension payments and radically lower spending levels.
Tomorrow, the Greek leadership decides on whether to sign. If they do and this thing is resolved... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Saturday, January 21, 2012,
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In this compelling article, Laurence Vance defines what an Isolationist is and isn't. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is Ron Paul an Isolationist? The Future of Freedom Foundation
Speaking in South Carolina just before Christmas, Newt Gingrich “sharply criticized Mr. Paul for what he said were his isolationist views on foreign policy.”
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, January 10, 2012,
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Big surprise, all the Washington war mongers are full of sh*t...at least this time we have proof before they start another senseless war with Iran.
Panetta admits Iran not developing nukes The Raw Story
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta let slip on Sunday the big open secret that Washington war hawks don’t want widely known: Iran is not developing nuclear weapons.
Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Panetta admitted that despite all the rhetoric, Iran is not pursuing the abil...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, December 20, 2011,
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Ron Paul and the Republican Future by Andrew Sullivan
“I would be a different kind of president. I wouldn’t be looking for
more power. Everybody wants to be a powerful executive and run things.
I, as a president, wouldn’t want to run the world,” - Ron Paul, December
15.
It's so heartening to see a candidate who's been ignored,
condescended to and caricatured by both the liberal media and the Fox
Propaganda machine emerge as a viable candidate to win the Iowa
caucuses. He did it ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, December 5, 2011,
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Color me stunned. Gallup's latest poll asked Tea Party supporters which presidential nominees were acceptable. Inexplicably, Ron Paul got the second lowest score - just 27%, while the hypocritical, lobbying nitwit Newt Gingrich got an 82% approval. Silly me thought that Ron Paul was sort of the Godfather of the Tea Party but I guess all those "radical" ideas like smaller government, liberty, following the constitution, reduced regulation and an end to the meddling in foreign countries are ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Friday, November 25, 2011,
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Or do you want real change in this country? If it's the latter, Ron Paul is your only choice. You may not agree with Congressman Paul on a few issues but that shouldn't be a reason for you to dismiss the man. You know why? Because unless you're running for President, there's no candidate who you agree with 100% of the time. And even if you do, all these clowns running for office are just saying what you want to hear to get your vote and will conveniently change many of their policies once... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
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Maybe it's just my vivid imagination, but it appears Bob Schieffer conducted a very hostile interview with Ron Paul. Unfortunately for Schieffer, Congressman Paul wasn't going to be pushed around. And "nice" leading question about what happens to the parks when the Dept. of Interior is closed, as if he'd just let them go to waste.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
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Legal Stealing by Dave in Denver
One of my themes is that the business and political elite are stealing money from the middle class and nothing is being done about it by the people voted in office who are in charge of enforcing Rule of Law. Obama was elected overwhelmingly on his promise to clean up DC and restore some semblance of Constitutional-based justice in this country. He has failed miserably. In fact, I see no evidence that he's even made any attempt to honor his campaign promises.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, October 10, 2011,
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This is easily the only most intelligent and articulate explanation for what the Occupy Wall Street protests are all about...and I agree with every word.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, October 10, 2011,
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How to Explain Greece to a Complete Idiot/Politician by Simon Black
Let's pretend for a moment that Greece is a human being. I'll call him George.
George is a hairdresser and makes $40,000 per year. George has limited assets. He has zero savings, no precious metals, and is way underwater on his mortgage. His credit card debt is over $100,000, and his bare minimum living expenses are $45,000 annually, over 10% more than he makes. George's credit is pitiful, and he cannot obtain any more new loan... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Wednesday, September 7, 2011,
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Boots on the ground in Egypt - trading one dictator for another by Simon Black
Revolution.
It's a funny word when you think about it. In political terms,
'revolution' conjures images of heroes battling tyrants, of all-out
forcible insurrection in the name of freedom and change.
From
a celestial perspective, however, 'revolution' denotes one complete
orbit of a planetary body around its center, as in the earth's
revolution around the sun. In other words, after a revolution, you end
up righ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, August 16, 2011,
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What a disgusting display of dismissiveness by the political media. I've said it over and over, if you want real change in this country, Ron Paul is your only choice.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, July 14, 2011,
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In case anyone has been fooled into thinking the Republican's tough-talk on the deficit is anything more than political posturing to help secure votes in the next election, MSNBC reports House Boosts Military Budget in Time of Austerity:
On a 336-87 vote Friday, the Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly
backed a $649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Defense
Department budget by $17 billion. The strong bipartisan embrace of the
measure came as White House and congressional... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, June 20, 2011,
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Congratulations to Ron Paul on his straw-poll win at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. Unlike four years ago, he's starting to get interviewed on mainstream news program...here's an interview from this morning on NBC's Today Show:
If you truly want to change the direction of this country, Ron Paul is your only choice.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Saturday, June 11, 2011,
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In an interview with Capital Exploits, the intrepid Carlos Andres discusses the crazy political history of Peru. This reads like a novel... ---------------------------------------------------------
Carlos Andres: Going back in time to 1990 you had the rise to power of the
right-wing candidate Alberto Fujimori. Yes, a Japanese man raised as a
roman catholic, became the president of a Latin country with indigenous
Incan roots. You can’t make this stuff up.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, June 9, 2011,
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Our country was founded on the principle of not getting involved in foreign wars. It wasn't a policy of isolation as so many republican friends argue. Rather, it was a desire to trade and be friends with all foreign lands but not choose sides and get caught up in the peculiarities and complexities of local politics.
That wonderful gift from our founding fathers has officially been crushed like dropping a limestone boulder inside a Jaw Crusher. The NY Times reports our illegal secret war ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Friday, June 3, 2011,
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If you're a terrorist with a sweet-tooth, it's your lucky day... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MI6 Attacks Al-Qaeda in Operation Cupcake by Duncan Gardham
The cyber-warfare operation was launched by MI6 and GCHQ in an attempt to
disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit “lone-wolf”
terrorists with a new English-language magazine, the Daily Telegraph
understands.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, May 24, 2011,
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David Stockman explains how neither party is serious about debt reduction and both are leading us off a cliff:
“The real problem is the de facto policy of both parties is default.
When the Republicans say no tax increases, they’re saying we want the
U.S. government to default. Because there isn’t enough political will in
this country to solve the problem even halfway on spending cuts. When
the Democrats say you can’t touch Social Security, when you have Obama
sponsoring a war budg... Continue reading ...
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday that Sen.
John McCain, who spent 5 1/2 years enduring brutal treatment at the
hands of his North Vietnamese captors, doesn’t know how effective
waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be. The
Republican presidential contender insisted... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
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Matt Taibbi knocks it out of the park again, with his expose' of fraudulent emergency Fed loans to housewives of Wall Street bankers. I've been calling for a shutdown of the Fed for five years, because they're flat-out killing the middle-class in this country. However, I truly never thought their corrupt activities would become this brazen. Before pointing fingers at someone like Qaddafi for stealing all his country's wealth, we need to look in the mirror.
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, April 4, 2011,
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Popping the Qaddafi Zit by Andrew Sullivan
If Qaddafi survives and even regains control of much of the country,
the temptation will be to ratchet up military pressure. Reflexive war
mongers like McCain and Lieberman will always fight for another war in
the name of good versus evil. And have no doubt that a man like Romney
will cite Qaddafi's survival as part of a critique of Obama's
"weakness". That political dynamic can often lead to the temptation of a
covert war, surreptitiously arming... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Saturday, March 19, 2011,
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October will mark the 10th year of the Afghanistan invasion. After a decade of fighting, nothing much seems to have changed. Lives continue to be lost and treasure continues to be wasted. Every spring a fresh wave of Taliban fighters comes down from the mountains to attack the troops and terrorize towns and villages. The minority of locals that support the U.S. military's actions are terrified of showing support for fear of Taliban retaliation. What has really changed in 10 years?
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Wednesday, February 23, 2011,
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Martha, Clarence, the Big Misunderstanding and Me
By Doug Hornig, Casey Research
In this season of political madness, where taxpayers are being asked
to bail out gigantic financial institutions that made bad bets to the
tune of billions upon billions of dollars, a falsified financial
disclosure statement may seem like small potatoes indeed. But it isn’t
when the perp sits on the highest court in the land.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas filed a false financial statement. Not o...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Monday, February 21, 2011,
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Politics
From the You Can't Make This Stuff Up Department:
The younger Mr. Qaddafi blamed Islamic radicals and Libyans in exile for
the uprising. He offered a vague package of reforms in his televised
speech, potentially including a new flag, national anthem and
confederate structure.
Since all the upholsterers are busy protesting, I suppose Qaddafi will have to channel his inner Betsy Ross and start sewing a new flag himself. Here's the current Libyan flag, the only flag in the world with just one ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, February 17, 2011,
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"I'm just trying to balance my budget,” Walker told the New York Times.
“To those who say why didn't I negotiate on this? I don't have anything
to negotiate with. We don't have anything to give. Like practically
every other state in the country, we're broke. And it's time to pay up.” - Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor
Like most states around the country, Wisconsin has a massive budget deficit. To plug the hole, newly elected Governor Scott Walker has proposed taking away the public u... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Friday, February 4, 2011,
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If you think the only way to make the big bucks is to become a Wall Street titan, CEO, athlete, or actor, think again. Apparently, it pays really well to be an oppressive dictator who terrorizes his country with U.S. backing.
Experts say the wealth of the Mubarak family was built largely from
military contracts during his days as an air force officer. He
eventually diversified his investments through his family when he became
president in 1981. The family's net worth ranges from $40 bill... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, February 3, 2011,
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In case anyone actually thinks the republican party is a bastion of conservative ideals, have a read of this speech made by republican Senator Chuck Grassley in 2007:
Mr. GRASSLEY: Mr. President, the current law is that we
have a statutory limit on the amount of money the Federal Government can
borrow, and that has to be reconsidered from time to time. The legal
limit applies to the money borrowed from individuals, private
investors–such as banks and pension funds–as well as money borr...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Thursday, January 27, 2011,
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Politics
In the best piece of legislation to come out of the Senate in generations, Rand Paul's proposal would cut $500 billion in annual federal spending. This is a good start and, unfortunately, it has exactly no chance of passing. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In his first major legislative proposal, U.S. Sen.
Rand Paul has proposed cutting government spending by $500 billion in a
year, including eliminating the Departments of Energy and Housing and
Urban Development and most of the Department of Educatio... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Tuesday, January 25, 2011,
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Politics
Simon Black has a great piece out today on how governments use tragedies to expand their power and reduce individual liberties:
US General George S. Patton is often
credited with saying "No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his
country." Perhaps Patton was correct. But a lot of poor bastards had a
significant impact on security policies by blowing themselves up for
their cause.
Yesterday's
suicide attack at Domodedovo airport in Moscow was another stark
reminder that there are peo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Randall A Reinwasser on Wednesday, December 15, 2010,
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Politics
While I was certainly no supporter of candidate Obama in 2008, his election did give me hope that some common-sense changes would be made that would move the country forward. In no particular order, these included:
Ending the senseless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Restructuring the banking system
Improving the efficiency of the government bureaucracy (i.e. Hurricane Katrina response)
