State of the Union and Earmark Threats

The state of the Union.  Ahhhh. One of the last bastians of pure talking point rhetoric.  The State of the Union is written by the President’s speech writers…..or outlined….then each cabinet gets it…..then the writers get at the speech again…..then the cabinet gets it again……then the speech writers.  It is a maze of redtape that [...]

The Great Race…urrr No. The Same Race

In today’s modern media blitz it is easy to get wrapped up in the 24 hour news coverage.  Therefore here are two rules to keep in mind when watching, reading, or listening to the news.
Rule 1: News channels are not trying to educate or inform you, they are merely attempting to entertain you, so that [...]

Subprime Crazy Talk

Articles about the subprime market drive me crazy.
They had small means and big hopes of owning a house. But African-Americans snared in the US mortgage crisis have seen the American dream turn into a nightmare many call “financial apartheid.”
The fact is that the availability of subprime loans allowed more families with lower incomes to [...]