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AMERICA'S FINANCIAL SITUATION


George Bush says eBay is a good example of what can be done with the American Economy
perhaps, he would like to sell his family's Kennebunkport, ME compound on eBay
hey there's still Crawford, as long as there aren't Brodericks ;)

I really hope I'm wrong, but I suspect that like Stephen Stills says, we're just "Buyin' Time"
Oh well, Ronnie Milsap says people should keep the "Homefires Burning"

Hey, let's take a vacation and go down to Joe Vitale's "Plantation Harbor"
(with a little help from Mr. Joe Walsh on guitar and producer for The Eagles Bill Szymczyk)


"Imagine a man who takes money out of a child's piggy bank
and puts in I.O.U.'s"

Bush Smile
~ from the W.C. Fields movie "The Bank Dick"  President Bush and the National Debt Clock
On January 20th, 2001 our National Debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64
(that's 5.7 Trillion) 
W.C. Fields had no concept...   

I suppose once Shrub has left office there will be a litany of complaints about what he and his friends did to this country economically.  Perhaps an old Steve Miller song sums it up best:
Go on, "Take The Money" Enron - to pull off such a scam takes quite a bit of Skilling ;)

Cartoon - The Bush Monument

It's OK, we've still got our Great-Wal-Of-Credit Card!
ohhhh-k....  How about a little music from Hank Williams, Jr. called "The American Dream"

Current U.S. National Debt Clock (9 Trillion and counting, folks)

Ross Perot - remember him from the 90's elections when he went on TV holding charts showing just how bad the economy really was?  Well, he's done it again with a really good Flash presentation describing just how deep we've sunk into the outhouse.  It's at Perot Charts.  Kudos, Mr. Perot :)

Bush: "Wall Street Got Drunk" [VIDEO]

What To Do in the Depression [AUDIO]


Economic Theory

Maltheusian Economics - there's not enough to go around, so we have to keep big secrets and keep the world at war
Austrian Economics - the adopted economic theories of the Libertarians
FDR - screw Communism, we'll feed the People of the USA and keep Capitalism as our creed
Communism - No one owns land, everybody owns the resources.  The 3rd Directorate of the Soviet will let you know what you can have and how to live.  "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."  Nice 'dacha' ;)


Fuel Guage
Articles on the Economy


Meet the Economist Who Thinks We're Doomed - Dr. Nouriel Roubini believes we face a housing bust, a huge credit crisis, an oil shock and a deep recession. Just for starts.
Can You Trust the FDIC? - Gary North on Ben Bernanke's hush money
Credit Card Debt: This Popping Bubble Is Really Going to Hurt - While everyone's watching the housing meltdown, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards


Educational Videos on the Monetary Systems

The Money Masters - How International Bankers Gained Control of America

Money As Debt

Fiat Empire - Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution

Creature From Jekyll Island - A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve

Conquering the Spirit of Debt

Introduction to Austrian Economic Analysis


Cartoons

Red Ink Boarding
We're Not In A Recession
John McCain's "Straight Talk (American) Express"
Our New Small House
The Credit Crunch
The Petroleum Fairy
More Credit
Where Money Comes From
Naughty, naughty CEOs
Farewell, my lovely economy
Foreclosed
Dining with Freddie & Fannie
CEO's Answer to Slumping Sales
Psychological Recession

Bookkeepers Wanted
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Pentagon investigators discovered in August that a small South Carolina company fraudulently collected $20.5 million in shipping costs, including one invoice of $999,798 for sending two washers (cost: 19 cents each) to a base in Texas. According to Bloomberg News, the Defense Department was said to have a policy of automatically and unquestioningly paying shipping bills labeled "priority." [Bloomberg News, 8-16-07]


IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL
What is the truest definition of Globalization? Princess Diana's death, and here’s
why: An English princess, with an Egyptian boyfriend, crashes in a French tunnel in a
German car with a Dutch engine driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whisky,
followed closely by Italian Paparazzi on Japanese motorcycles. She was treated by an
American doctor using Brazilian medicines.
This was sent to me by an American using Bill Gate’s technology. You're probably
reading it on your computer with Taiwanese chips and a Korean monitor assembled by
Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant and transported by Indian lorry-drivers,
hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen and trucked to you by
Mexican illegals!
That, my friends, is Globalization…

When I was a kid, my local library had a book called "If The South Had Won The Civil War"
you mean, slavery is OK as long as it's 'giving people jobs' in foreign countries where you don't have to look at them?
Gosh, guess that was the great mistake of the Confederacy - you could go to the next State and see slaves ;)


Things You Can Do

The Greater Depression and What You Should Do About It - by Doug Casey

Reverend Billy and The Church Of Stop Shopping - an anti-consumerism site

For those of us over 50, the AARP offers some serious deals on Health, Auto and other insurance
    Thinking about retirement planning?  This article entitled "Retirement Planner: Money for Life" isn't a bad start


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