Linda Brady Traynham
Fish Don’t Live In The Sea
Friday, October 1st, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham There is much truth in the old saw concerning setting a thief to catch a thief. A reasonable extrapolation is that to create jobs and lead to a recovering economy we should seek advice from those who have actually started up businesses that became successful and created long-term good jobs, or [...]
What Is Technical Analysis?
Sunday, September 26th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham One of life’s more difficult tasks is attempting to explain a complex subject to someone who knows almost nothing about it…in this much room. I’m counting on you readers (NOTE: meaning when this goes over in some form to the Mesh Report) to pitch in with comments from your experiences, please! [...]
Obamanation – Michell Managing Restaurants
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham Hillary Clinton proposed the odd notion that “it takes a village to raise (sic) a child.” This is, patently, nonsense, since what it takes to “raise” a child is two parents, preferably one of whom is employed while they other stays home and rears the children, and America contains very few [...]
Ze Great Ennui
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham A family joke involved situations where one of us was fed up with an ongoing crisis or frustration. Daddy would droop his eyelids, assume a world-weary look, affect a heavy French accent, and drawl, “Ah, but you ‘ave ze great ennui!” (I would like to tell you that my mother pretended [...]
Does The Mob Print Bonds?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham It seems to me that we’re watching a pompous shell game. Put very, very simply, Timmy prints money, or creates it digitally, right? He then auctions it off to foreigners (sometimes) and big banks that don’t have any choice about buying the leftovers. The banks, in turn, lend it back to [...]
Prepare for Hyperinflation
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham The trouble with fiat currency is that it starts out “worth” what the government that prints it sets as face value, and ends up with the value everyday citizens and the market place put on it. Over time all fiat currencies come to an end, and the average life span of [...]
Who Is Watching Your Inbox?
Friday, July 30th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham I have a superb SPAM filter built into the e-mail provider I use customarily and ferocious protective software on my share of our…seven, is it, now?… computers, so I do not ever get advertisements for Viagra or cures for prostate cancer, neither of which would be of any use to me. [...]
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit Of Happiness
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham The idea behind the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights was to secure to citizens the blessings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by way of the sanctity of private property and the least possible foreign government. The same is true of the Constitutions of [...]
Nothing In Particular
Monday, July 5th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham Question: “What does Independence Day mean in 2010?” Answer: “Nothing in particular.” Oh, still barbecues, incredibly expensive fireworks, lots of politicians ducking their constituents, probably a few more deaths along the drug cartel corridor…but…nothing of any significance. My most “patriotic” thought was that in a country where Thomas Jefferson and his [...]
Who Should Replace McChrystal?
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham After due consideration, about two seconds’ worth, I have concluded that I am the best candidate to replace General McChrystal, and before you start patting my hand, making soothing noises, and wondering what the treatment for senile dementia is, consider my qualifications via the following imaginary interview. “Mrs. Traynham, do you [...]