Month: July 2010

RISK OF A FISCAL CRISIS - CBO THE GROWING RED INK

Uh Oh! The Monster’s Back!

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   The Congressional Budget Office is an independent non-partisan agency enacted by congress to help estimate the effect of laws on national revenue, review the budget process, and help make projections on the national debt.  Earlier this week the CBO released their economic and budget issue brief,  Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis […]... Read More
THE DR. MANN CLIMATIC "HOCKEY STICK" OF GLOBAL WARMING PROJECTIONS

Climate Change – Making Nature a Political Weapon

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      The world’s climate has been in flux since the creation of climate with the stabilization of atmosphere and emergence of oceans and continents over a billion years ago.   Man devined the ability to exist in various climate eras, and with the retraction of the glaciers of the last ice age harnessed the power of climate […]... Read More

Glenn Gould – What Genius Sounds Like

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     A casual fan of classical music often has a typical collection of greatest hits that they delve into when they are in the mood for a little introspective listening.  The performances are often attached to movies, such as the musical interlude Hannibal Lector listens to for solace in jail in “Silence of the Lambs“, the Goldberg  Variations – Aria, […]... Read More
NORTH KOREA AT NIGHT

The Dangerous Season

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     For the United States, a nation battered and tired by a decade of conflict and two intractable wars, a period of retrenchment from world affairs has been pledged by the current administration. Unfortunately the world, as usual, is in no mood to cooperate. We have been entering for some time a dangerous season of […]... Read More
PILFERING THE FUNDS

A Thief in the Night

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    One of the most disheartening aspects of current governments is their propensity to steal.   The overwhelming urge to pilfer is born from another addiction, the insatiable appetite for growth.   The classic resource for governmental action, the tax. has , secondary to this gluttonous appetite,  required supplementation by the fee, the assessment, the service charge, the toll, […]... Read More
THE TETON RANGE GRAND TETON AND MT. MORAN WHITE WATER KAYAKING SNAKE RVER SNAKE RIVER BASIN, NATIONAL ELK REFUGE BISON IN THE NATIONAL ELK REFUGE SURFING THE SNAKE

The West is Jackson

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      A very special place on earth is Jackson, Wyoming. A little town of 8600 inhabitants sits in one of the most beautiful venues on earth and is definitely worth a trip to see and experience. The town is the gateway to some of the more spectacular natural formations on the American continent. Rising over […]... Read More