Archive for February, 2010

Author Tony Demaio For many years, I had no idea what “liberal” or “conservative” meant. I had even less of a clue as to the meaning of “left wing” or “right wing”. I DID know my beliefs, though. I believed one should keep their word (contract), let others have their say (free speech), and tell [...]

Author Essie Fedhacher Before zealously discarding material goods, it is important to preface such heavy-lifting activities, by working to “clear the junk from our own minds” the better to apply sound judgments, rather than emotionally and mentally “doing the same thing and expecting change” – which in 12 Step parlance is the essence of “insanity”. [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham I never heard of Joseph A. Stack until yesterday, despite the fact that he lived about a hundred miles South and West of me. I would have preferred never to hear of Joseph A. Stack. Asia–our segundo, not the continent–came in to say he had heard of the crash on the [...]

Author Tex Norton Wow! Did you notice? The IMF didn’t get any bids for its latest offer to auction 191.3 tonnes of the remaining gold that it wants to sell. Apparently the Central Banks of the world have shown a distinct lack of interest in the proposed bullion sale. Gold game-over, correct? Not exactly. Recall [...]

Author Linda Brady Traynham Those of you who keep up with my ramblings over on Whiskey and Gunpowder know that I’ve been reviewing writings on TEOT-WAWKI, and so far I have covered two by James Howard Kunstler, two by James Wesley comma Rawes, and a horrifying one by Forstchen entitled One Second After. A fiendish [...]

Author Essie Feldhacher Recently a friend expressed how in society ‘hoarding’ has become a dirty word, one destined, it seemed, to take on a new and negative meaning in what most would have to admit has become a throw-away society caused by an over-abundance and easy replacement of material things. “In my opinion,” my friend [...]

Author Tex Norton Res ipsa loquitur (The Facts Speak for Themselves). In a recent article, the author asked if we needed a New Deal. He pointed out that the original New Deal has probably been the greatest political force in America during the last 100 years. The New Deal was created by the Franklin D. [...]

Author Tony DeMaio I hear this refrain often. It is often accompanied by associated phrases like “There is too much money in politics.” “We need campaign finance reform.” “Big money talks—the little guy doesn’t stand a chance.” “Political campaigns should be funded by the government”. Similar phrases are bandied about and abound. Little thought is [...]