I have talked about the shaky statistics that make up the income gap and median income.   I just ran across an interview with Thomas Sowell regarding his new book; Intellectuals and Society; that ads even more clarity to the point (in part 2).
Part 1 | Part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 [...]

I was listening to Atlas Shrugged (audio book) yesterday when I had an unexpected and profound response.  Maybe is was the timing, after a long commute, a long work day and the night of the State of the Union.  But an element of the first conversation between Dagney Taggart and the newsstand owner caused me to physically tighten my [...]

Like many I am impressed at the delivery of the speech, the words and inflection delivered with precision.  Also like most, I am waiting for action.  Actions speech louder then words.  Oddly, within the speech were a few actions that broke through the rhetoric and will likely live on beyond the speech.
Legislative inaction
The first was when the President scolded congress.  “Yesterday, [...]

I did not expect to get too much out of Glenn Beck’s documentary.   A rehash of Hitler’s rise to power and communist murders.   I know they are bad and progressives are leaving those details out of history.  I appreciate his attempts to right history and fight back.  That alone warranted viewing.
But there was an AH [...]

This is an email from last year that was held privately for a while.  I have received enough follow-up that I believed it needed to be posted.
As you know [or maybe not] I have just come back from England and the Labor Government is just as shameful as our Democratic one.   The MP’s are currently [...]

An odd combination but they have something remarkable in common… The American People.
Both have served to show, that when it comes down to it;  Democrats, Republicans and Independents, there is a lot we share as Americans.   The media, in pursuit of the every important rating point (dollars but the Liberals don’t like to admit it), [...]

In President Obama’s push for a “fee” on banks to recoup losses from the TRAP plan.  He and his administration continue to confuse economics and with wealth redistribution and to play pretty loose with the facts.  Let’s look at this speech in a little more detail.
Losses in TARP plan.
These losses are not caused by the [...]

Radigan postulated in relation to Bank bonuses on the Today show that, no one is special!! It is just about access to your money by those who run banks.

Does he really believe this???  [Insert robotic monotone here.]   WE ARE ALL EQUAL.  WE ARE ALL THE SAME.   NOONE IS SPECIAL.   VICTIMS OF LIFE’S LOTTERY [End [...]