Archive for September, 2008

Non-Voter, the new Smoker »

I remember the early 90s when various organizations were running their televised anti-smoking ads. Where smoking was once the sort of thing idolized cool kids did behind the playground, it had suddenly become gross and wasteful.
With what little connection I still have to the youth culture these days, I see a similar transformation (finally) occurring […]

New $700 billion Wall Street bailout will likely destroy the dollar »

With a grim read of the GOP’s proposed $700 billion bailout of failing Wall Street institutions, Ron Paul laid out some of the major concerns.
Perhaps most striking is the language included in part of the bailout preventing “any court of law or any administrative agency” from interfering. This is it America. After that money goes […]

Ron Paul Predicted Economic Collapse »

U.S. Sen. Ron Paul, R-Texas, likely feels like he’s talking to a wall. A serious plunge in the stock market this week occurred after the fire sale of Merril Lynch to Bank of America and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holding. With the falling value of the dollar and a tremendous national debt, the Bush […]

Republican Ron Paul Holding His Own Convention »

More than 10,000 supporters paid $17.75 to attend Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic convention today, even as the Republican National Convention is being suspended due to an anticipated lack of ratings generated by the Hurricane Gustav press coverage. Paul, R-Texas, has generated a lot of buzz on the internet and. While his support […]