Did Obama’s Arrogance Trump His Intelligence?

It was a masterful campaign right through to Texas. Just before Texas Obama admitted they had let up for a few days and could have perhaps won or closed the gap with a stronger finish. This was to my recollection the first time Obama admitted his campaign had made a mistake. Up to that point it was by most accounts a masterful campaign; in fact, an almost perfect campaign. But as we know now, that was the calm before the storm. First came the Michelle Obama comments that she had never... Read more »

The Uses of Reverse Cell Phone Number Lookup

Many are not yet aware that there is such a thing as a reverse cell phone number lookup. Yes, this time around you can’t only trace home phone numbers but very elusive cell phone numbers as well. The information you can get with reverse cell phone number directories can include any details of the number such as the name of the user, address, and the carrier. There are many information you can get from reverse cell phone number lookup services, such as the name of the owner, the cell phone... Read more »

Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos: The Ninja Option?

By now you have to have been pulling a Castaway number to have not heard of Operation Chaos. For those aspiring Robinson Crusoe’s among you, Op. Chaos is a brilliant creation of Rush Limbaugh. What he has done is to give all those Conservatives who have missed out on voting against John McCain a new voting life by way of switching parties and becoming “Shadow Democrats” for the remaining DNC primaries. Oddly enough, Rush is pushing all of these newly switched Shadow-Dems to vote... Read more »

How Internal Corruption Prevents the Economic Development of Indigenous Peoples

Visualize being in the indigenous Third World. Imagine an indigenous populist political candidate from a populist political party running for mayor. This candidate campaigns throughout the countryside blaming the current local political administration of being corrupt, leaving the municipality in debt and not doing anything for “the people”. As a reformer this populist candidate goes to rural areas and promises new roads, community centers, jobs, schools, assistance for farmers... Read more »

Nine Proactives to End the War in Iraq and Affect Other Good Changes

Proactives are actions anyone can do to affect anything, including ending the war in Iraq. Electing Democrats did not end the war. Protesting, whining, complaining has not done it in five years and will not in another five years. Each individual citizen must proactively take action, or engage in non-actions, not doing things. Become a proactive part of a non-violent revolution to make things right in this country again. Here are nine things anyone can do to stop the war in Iraq and improve America... Read more »

Treasury Reorganization: Recession Response or Red Herring?

On March 31st, the Treasury Department announced a new plan to help the troubled financial sector weather the sub-prime mortgage storm. This new system replaces some agencies while redrawing the jurisdictions of existing authorities like the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve. In particular, the Fed’s role in averting future crises is greatly expanded, a decision that is in keeping with the recent sea change in America’s monetary policy. But can the Fed keep up... Read more »

New York Times Fooled by Mexican Populist Demagogue

In 2006 Mexico averted what would have been a disaster for Mexico, the United States and Latin America. Felipe Calderon of the PAN party narrowly defeated Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador or AMLO of the PRD party in one of the closest and most amazing national elections ever held in the Western Hemisphere. In January 2006 AMLO was ahead in the polls outdistancing his nearest rivals by two to one; an insurmountable lead in a three party race. Through a series of incredible political blunders and... Read more »

Investment Politics: Jobs, The Economy, and Social Security

Who wants to be a president; the President of the United States? Social Security reform is the winning ticket. Research supports the thesis that Social Security reform would provide all the lubrication necessary to get our economic ball bearings rolling in the right direction. Economies do not grow, or increase employment, when job providers are taxed and regulated unmercifully, throttling their energy, creativity, and profitability. Consumer spending pushes the economy; we need to do more than hand... Read more »

Diamond Minds, Blue Skies - On the Train from New York to London, Don’t Look Down

It will take some brilliant thinking, a collection of diamond minds, to ever hope to bring us back to blue skies, nothing but blue skies, all day long. We enjoyed that in our happy days youth, before all the modern progress. Then, it seems, we matured away from the massive amounts of humanity that traveled by train up into the 1950 era. Never since has America or the world had more people on the move, on the train, on their way from coast to coast with no refrain. We see movies of that era, which... Read more »

How Hillary Stole New Hampshire

As Election Day approaches, one of the most publicized presidential races of the past several decades has captivated the minds of people around the world and set records for participation in the US democratic primary system. As the first woman to run as a mainstream candidate for president, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has quite a race in front of her by anyone’s standards. Even though equal rights for women have existed in the United States for almost a century, it has been a long time... Read more »