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Ponder This? Six-Pack #24
2008-04-02 18:42:00 1. The United States Federal Government “War on Drugs” which has militarized our domestic law enforcement agencies, imprisoned millions of individuals for the faux “crime” of simply hurting themselves, created terror-filled inner city war zones, enriched thugs and brutes both at home and domestically, and helped fund numerous organizations with purely evil intent, is an ... More About: Politics , Economics , Pack
Would Bush and Cheney Really Have the Audacity to Attack Iran?
2008-04-01 20:17:00 I sure hope not, but heavily decorated American thinker Paul Craig Roberts is speculating tightly to that effect. Folks, if you are not enraged by our government’s continued bald aggression and the damage it is doing to our country, there is something wrong with your head. Please speak out. More About: Politics , Bush , Iran , Cheney , Audacity
Ponder This? Six-Pack #23
2008-04-01 01:49:00 On March 31, 2008, the biggest question facing America is not who will be president, or will Congress actually wake up from its lobbyist-induced slumber, or even who will win the 2008 World Series. Nope, the biggest question is, will the built up imbalances in the macro-economy, structured by years and years of below-market ... More About: Politics , Economics , Pack
Expand Federal Reserve Oversight and Control?
2008-03-31 18:15:00 Hank Paulson’s wildly moronic plan to deal with the current financial crisis via massively expanded Federal Reserve System (privately owned) oversight of the total financial sphere of the economy smacks 100% of “not-goodness”. There is something inherently wrong with the following chain of activity: 1. Federal Reserve System helps foment seriously unstable financial circumstances (credit bubble) 2. Federal ... More About: Politics , Economics , Control
Mortgage Mess: Congress Should Do Nothing
2008-03-31 05:41:00 After reading tons and tons of rhetoric and election year ideas about how to “fix” the mortgage and housing markets with a variety of government sponsored schemes, I have come to the strong conclusion that the federal government should in fact do absolutely nothing. While a number of folks are undoubtedly in a tough spot due ... More About: Politics , Congress , Economics , Mortgage , Mess
Interview on RPR Radio
2008-03-27 08:15:00 I am scheduled to be interviewed today (March 27, 2008) on Ron Paul Revolution Radio (rprradio.com) at 3 PM Pacific Time. The scheduled topics include Federal Reserve Activity, long term moral hazard, and the potential serious issues relating to our currency, credit and banking situation. This article represents the essential topic of what I hope to discuss. If you have the desire to learn some high-quality knowledge about credit, money, leverage, banking and the like, the linked article is an excellent place to start. Study up, tune in, and enjoy! More About: Interview
Ponder This? Six-Pack #22
2008-03-25 22:55:00 1. Eminent economist Paul Kasriel explains how trends in consumer borrowing, spending, saving, and net investment point to a future with a likelihood of declining growth in spurious consumer expenditures. Needless to say, the extreme lack of consumer savings, spurred on and encouraged by horribly ill-conceived Federal Reserve and other Federal Government policy, has ... More About: Politics , Economics , Pack
Acting with Wisdom Amid the Growing Financial Storm
2008-03-21 17:14:00 For a number of years the writers and editorial board here at Ponder This… have advocated personal due diligence in relation to investment decisions. We have explained that our economic system had been turned on its head due to extreme bubbles being fomented in the equity markets, the housing market, and the financial and credit markets. ... More About: Politics , Economics , Financial , Storm , Acting
War is a Racket
2008-03-19 19:30:00 War is a great tool for unscrupulous people in positions of power to use for personal or associate gain. When war is paid for by taxpayers it provides a huge incentive for connected groups to continue war in order to fleece the taxpayers (and therefore all American people, because without the fleecing, the money would be ... More About: Politics , Economics
Ponder This? Six-Pack #21
2008-03-19 15:04:00 1. The big news of the past 24 hours relates to Barack Obama, the potentially racist preachings of his long-time pastor, Obama’s personal relationship with the man, and the issue of race in general. Yesterday Mr. Obama gave a speech on the issue and distanced himself from some of his pastor’s wayward views while ... More About: Politics , Economics , Pack
Memo to Fed: Stop Cutting Rates
2008-03-17 22:21:00 With the U.S. Dollar (Federal Reserve Note) on the ropes, the Fed continues to cut rates in hopes of bailing out the over-leveraged U.S. financial economy. If the Fed acts too drastically in its bail out efforts it can kill its own foundation - the Dollar standard. With many on Wall St. panicking and going ... More About: Politics , Economics , Stop , Memo , Rates
Bear Stearns Bought for $2 per share by JP Morgan Chase
2008-03-17 07:37:00 In an amazing turn of events, Bear Stearns was sold for an amazing fire sale price of $2 per share to fellow Wall St. bank JP Morgan Chase . This represents an unprecedented collapse in equity value in a major Wall St. firm. Be cautious as the waves in the financial markets are getting ... More About: Economics , Share
Ponder This? Six-Pack #20
2008-03-14 21:42:00 Wow. George W. Bush and Ben Bernanke’s leviathan is killing America. Lots going on these days. The Federal Reserve is working to bail out idiot Wall Street bankers left and right, George W. Bush is calling fighting on the front lines “romantic”, the economy and markets continue to get swift kicked, the dollar is ... More About: Politics , Economics , Entertainment , Pack
Fed Actions are Creating Federal Default Risk
2008-03-12 06:24:00 Today the Federal Reserve announced it would lend as much as $200 billion of Treasury notes in exchange for debt including private mortgage-backed bonds (which have been crashing in value as of late) to try to avert a flight from the securities that were expanded to an unprecedented degree during the recent housing bubble. The Fed is providing this unique shot of liquidity in hopes of stemming the relative carnage recently being observed in the housing and mortgage markets. Upon announcement of the strong shot of liquidity to banks’ balance sheets, the American stock markets surged. Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by over 400 points. Along with previous announcements of another $200 billion in various forms of Federal Reserve stimulus to the credit markets and banking system, this new form of stimulus is creating a form of stealth nationalization of credit market risk. Previously, the Fed only accepted treasury securities in exchange for cash on a short term ba... More About: Creating , Risk
Signs of the Times
2008-03-11 07:15:00 The following three charts speak a thousand words: (Click on the chart to expand. Chart courtesy of the New York Times .) Also, visit Ty Andros’ article on the subject. More About: Economics , Elliott wave , Signs , The Times
?Off the Record? and the Lousiness of the American Press
2008-03-10 05:35:00 Glenn Greenwald writes a telling piece on the subservience of American “journalists” (mouthpieces?) to the ruling classes of our country. It is really amazing how much leeway our society currently gives to people in positions of power. I guess my questions are, is it blind faith? Is it out of fear? ... More About: Politics , Press , Record , The Record
Downsize DC
2008-03-10 00:01:00 Plain and simple, our federal government has become too large and too corrupt. Unfortunately for the people, this creates a massive burden that is helping to batter the economy, is creating more danger for Americans, and is threatening our way of life and the freedom of all people. Fortunately, there are high quality organizations being ... More About: Politics , Downsize
Peter Schiff, Doug Nolan and Mike Shedlock: On the Ball
2008-03-08 08:58:00 Throughout the past three years, numerous analysts have written about the pros and cons of the economic situation our country is in. Here at Ponder This… we have espoused the line of reasoning that false credit encouraged and fostered by artificially engineered below-market interest rates (thank the Federal Reserve) has led to an unsustainable ... More About: Economics , Entertainment , Mike , Peter , Ball
Ponder This? Six-Pack #19
2008-03-06 21:55:00 There is definitely a lot going on right now for the insightful observer. I am often left wishing there were six additional hours in the day to get everything I’m doing done, research the world of information effectively, blog something entertaining, interesting, and possibly enlightening every so often, and get enough rest to be ... More About: Economics , Pack
Real Estate/Credit Deflation 14: Anatomy of a Murder - By Steve Moyer
2008-03-06 06:55:00 ?And there should be no doubt about who is really responsible for the subprime woes. The investment banks employ some of the country’s ?best and brightest? ? sharp guys who have studied at some of our finest colleges and universities. Does anyone really believe that a Harvard MBA ? who understands all the fine-points of ... More About: Murder , Economics , Estate , Credit , Steve
Karen Kwiatkowski: War is Good, Isn?t It?
2008-03-02 04:15:00 Check out this high quality, very intelligent, as well as entertaining synopsis of where we stand in terms of presidential politics and actual policy. Great insight. By the way, George W. Bush really did make a comment that “war is good for the economy”. It is really amazing that this sentiment still exists in ... More About: Politics , Economics , Entertainment , Karen , Good
California Home Price Chart
2008-03-01 07:33:00 This price chart of the median sale price of California homes really speaks for itself as to the bubble/bust property market of the past decade or so. Thanks Prudent Bear More About: Economics , Home , Price , Chart
Very Respectable Interview of Ron Paul on Fox Business
2008-02-29 07:05:00 I am really not a fan of Fox News, but this interview here makes me think that there is somehow a different paradigm at Fox Business . Perhaps Rupert Murdoch is totally driven by ratings and he is realizing that backing only Neo-Conservative news mouth pieces is simply bad business over the long haul. I do ... More About: Politics , Economics , Entertainment , Ron Paul
Ponder This? Six-Pack #18
2008-02-29 01:00:00 1. A ridiculously great lampoon of the interaction of AT&T with the Feds in relation to them filtering through every piece of data coming through their system. 2. William F. Buckley Jr., one of the grandfathers of the Neo-Conservative (read: big government Republican) movement, passed away yesterday. He is remembered for being a prolific obituary ... More About: Politics , Economics , Entertainment , Pack
Warmongering Crazies for McCain
2008-02-28 20:38:00 These people openly state they cannot wait for “Armageddon” and openly want to bomb middle eastern people. They also drive the rhetoric coming from most of the Neo-Con establishment leadership and much of the press. We are in big trouble with these folks holding so much de facto power. We need to ... More About: Politics , Entertainment
Ponder This? Six-Pack #17
2008-02-26 02:36:00 1. Loose credit causing the unnatural housing boom has reversed. This reversal has left some American areas looking like ghost towns. It is unfortunate that we have been subjugated to nearly 100 years of the ridiculous Federal Reserve System and all the nonsensical rationalizations that have been forced into the American consciousness to ... More About: Politics , Economics , Sports , Entertainment , Pack
Ponder This? Six-Pack #16
2008-02-23 04:22:00 1. Social Security, though intended with heartfelt, however misguided, intent, is a ponzi-scheme. If we must have such a system, at least shouldn’t it be structured in an economically viable manner? Anyone who advocates the current format is willfully ignorant of sound economics and is therefore hurting the future. 2. Another major confidence game, ... More About: Politics , Economics , Sports , Entertainment , Pack
Don?t Be a Self-Limiter
2008-02-20 01:52:00 Philosophy (n): any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation. Limit (n): as far as something can go; (v): restrict or confine. These days it seems that philosophy is an underserved aspect of individuals’ lives. People seem to spend their hours just ?being? ? working, hanging out with friends, watching ... More About: Entertainment , Limiter
The Sibel Edmonds Story
2008-02-18 04:58:00 This is a story of potential high-level government shenanigans (to a possibly ultra-disturbing degree) that every responsible citizen should take the time to look at. Read the Dallas Morning News article here. More About: Politics , Story , Edmonds , Sibel Edmonds
Keith Olbermann: ?We Will Not Fear?
More articles from this author:2008-02-18 00:19:00 The George W. Bush presidency has deliberately used American fear to push an anti-liberty agenda, seriously hurting American citizens while concurrently kowtowing to American corporations. He has also spread misinformation to push America into an aggressive war. If these are not impeachable offenses, in all honesty, WHAT EXACTLY ARE? Keith Olbermann gives ... More About: Politics , Entertainment , Fear 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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