What’s the political equivalent of a quack? At any rate, the political quacks in D.C. are at it again pretending that they are going to do something responsible about spending the taxpayers’ money. On one hand, you have the Republiquacks saying that they can find $700 billion in spending to cut–yes, these are the same [...]

So, the EU agreed to loan it’s bankrupt members almost $1 trillion and the Dow shot up 400 points. Did anyone on Wall Street or at any of the investment banks catch the part that the countries receiving the loans are bankrupt? Exactly how is Greece or Portugal or Spain going to pay back $1 trillion when [...]

I watched the election in Britain yesterday with some interest and have a prediction as a result: no one will be able to form a stable government and whoever the sitting prime minister is will be forced to call new elections before the year is out. In the mean time, the economic storm clouds that [...]

The Dow is down hard for the third consecutive day, dropping 980 points at one point on investor worries over the growing crisis in Greece and predictions that Spain and Britain may not be that far behind. So, what’s your plan? Seriously, the history of the world is the history of upswings and downswings that [...]

Where would you go to get something if it was not available from the local big box store? What would you do if the things you rely on mega-retailers to provide for you were not available or were too expensive to ship from thousands of miles away. How will you feed and clothe yourself if [...]