“If you think the problems we create are bad, wait until you see our solutions.”

I recently read an opinion article from the Wall Street Journal written by Stuart Varny, who is apparently a host on the Fox Business Channel. The article was linked off of Drudge Report, which seems to have a fairly unbiased selection of news. Now I’m not usually one to take anything, without a grain of salt, that comes from the Fox “News” network, but this opinion does hit rather close to home. Unfortunately, it solely targets the “Left.” That is insufficient. The “Right” was doing the exact same thing only months ago. Fox news wasn’t complaining about it then, or perhaps they didn’t want to complain, since it was “thier” side that was doing it.

Regardless of Fox’s reasoning, truth is still true. The government likely does want to maintain control over these banks. It will make it easier for them to enact whatever plan they want.

I can’t remember the movie from which this quote is from:

“You remember the golden rule; He who controls the gold, makes the rules.”

(I think it was some disney movie, because I remember a creepy looking cartoon guy with a nasty grin…)

“In inflation-adjusted terms, oil is just short of its historic peak, reached in 1980. That price, $39.50 a barrel, translates to $103.76 in today’s money.”

Wow, in 30ish years, our dollar is worth almost 1/4 of what it used to be worth. This is ridiculous.

I’d have never thought that people that don’t have money couldn’t afford to buy things. I mean come on! An item should be available to all if it’s available to those that can pay for it. Seriously!

 No, not seriously. Welcome to Economics 101. Supply and demand. Income and expense. If you make enough money, you can buy things. If you don’t make enough money, you can’t buy things. If you want to buy things, you work harder, spend less, or barter. It’s simple. You don’t ask for handouts. Handouts aren’t good. Especially government handouts. With government handouts, you’re forcing the people to give handouts, potentially against their beleifs. Taxes are only for funding the things the government needs to do. Not charity.

Good job California for having the most people with broadband internet connections. But apparently it’s bad that your poor people don’t have broadband :(.

Worst. Report. Ever.

I’d say it’s going well. The article discusses things like how various candidates get a head of steam in one or two of the primaries, but tend to peter out in other states. Ron paul “lingers like a cold.” I suppose consistency is better than surges of greatness.

I’ve personally never followed politics, so I don’t know how things will go. I don’t know what effect getting a constant 6-10% of the votes will mean. I hope that it means that Ron Paul will win the presidency. I hope it means that he’ll be able to take this country in a different direction than we’ve been going. I hope it means that we’ll have greater personal freedoms. I hope it means that the Federal Government will be smaller and have less of a grip on my personal life.

 I hope all those things happen. I have no way of predicting if they will. I can only do things to try to help make sure it happens. There are things you can do too. If you’re in favor of a smaller government, if you don’t think that the government owns your money, if you favor a government that follows the laws it sets….

Support the Ron Paul Campaign.

While donating is good, it’s not the only thing necessary. Lots of people see Ron Paul as a nutjob. The sound-bites of things he says are often put in a negative spin by the media to promote the candidate of their choice. (I don’t think one of them has chosen to support Ron Paul. Probably due to the fact that he wants to remove the government’s ability to influence the markets. Big corporations can buy off senators and congressman to help influence the market in their directon. Removing that ability weakens the corporation. Let’s face it, the “unbiased” “fair” media are corporations. They’re in it to make money. So if they report favorably on someone that isn’t going to help them make money…. I’m sure you’ve figured it out by now. Now what was I originally ranting about?) It takes a bit of thought to understand what Dr. Paul is trying to say; not a great deal, not a Ph. D. Just a bit more than an 30 second sound-bite, smashed in between a political pundit offering up loaded questions. Take some time and read the issues he’s presented. Watch the videos on YouTube. It might just open your eyes a bit.

But also, get up and do something. Even if it’s a small thing as putting a sign in your yard, a bumpersticker on your car, or a sign in your window. Let the common people know that you believe in Ron Paul and the message of small government.