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I don't know. I think most of us cried about the "No Bank Left Behind Act". I know I called 64 Senators personally. 64. Did me no good, but atleast when my grandkids say "what did you do about this debt I've been given ..." I could look them in the eye and say I did all I could do without...

Amen. Well said.

You make a good point, let me clarify my "left vs. right" argument. In my mind, there isn't a dime's bit of difference between "normal" R's & D's, until we start talking about Maxine Waters, Schumer, Boxer, Pelosi, Frank .... et al. Maybe I should say "all the government socialists want." As...

We can have a civil disagreement on the viability of tax cuts, but let's see if we can agree on the truly scary part: In this scenario, our political views don't matter. We can not tax our way out of paying for this un-serviceable debt we are taking on. Because the economy is a living...

I rest my case. Thank you.

I had a good friend who was a Navy SEAL. He used to say "never believe in conspiracies when stupidity will suffice for an answer." :D

Tax cuts certainly were, and at the end rebates were, too. The problem with rebates are that they are being presented to the public as a "we better do something" trick, rather than just letting us keep our money to begin with. This creates a form of panic. Maybe not like we're seeing now, but...

$6 billion SURPLUS. I don't need to say anything else to defend that. It speaks for itself. Government's broke. Most States are broke. American people are on their way to being broke. But here in TX, the malls are full - and I mean full, it looks like Christmas. It's the rest of the...

I can't argue with you over the quality (or lack thereof) of Chinese goods, but the "buy American" provision was a colossal mistake by whomever sold it to Obama (Unions), and BO quickly saw the light and back tracked on it. It may have been the hundreds of American business leaders that signed...

Ahhhh, so you're the ONE who watches Olberman. I wondered who it was. :lol:

For what it's worth ... we have a client that is a mid-big shot with JC Penny. She just got back from a trip to China. She told us yesterday that she thought the financial crisis was being severely understated by the media, especially with the problems in China. She said China is admitting to...

That's true. At the height of TGD 60% of people still had jobs, so if we all could learn to "make do" with about 30% less no one would starve to death. That's one meal a day. Lord knows I could make do with two meals a day and give one to someone else. :D Banks are already starting to rent...

I hear you and agree with you to a point also. I struggle with "hyping" our problems. If we dwell on them incessantly, do we turn them into a self-fulfilling prophecy? OTH, to ignore the potential of this crisis would not be prudent. I was looking at the total cost to the gov't for the S & L...

Sounds like a great place to live, good for you! I also like the fact that you're a fair piece away from Phoenix. I want to get farther away from major metro areas.

It was unbelievable. When I grew up in CA I had many friends whose parents or grandparents came from OK, so I had heard stories about it, but I guess it didn't resonate like the pictures did in this show. It was shocking. Like a Biblical plague, seriously. Unimaginable. Their resiliency is...

I saw that special! That was the most frightening thing I've ever seen. How those people lived through that is beyond me. No wonder so many just gave up, left their homes/land behind and moved to CA.

ASSOCIATIONS Our church doesn't have traditional Sunday morning Bible study's, we have "life teams." We meet on Sunday evenings in a home. As economic conditions have spiraled down, it has occurred to me that God has given us a very useful group: we have a butcher who owns a meat market, a...

Wow, what a great report, thank you! Now if you could tell me what the annual property taxes are ... just kidding, you did enough. Sounds like a great place. I like the availability of solar and wind. But I am struggling with what will be more important in the future: needing wood and water...

It's nice to have found a place where people share similar views. I've been extremely frustrated lately, even with my closest friends - most of whom are devout Christians. Despite the flashing red lights surrounding them, the job losses, foreclosures, deflation, the "stimulus" package, the No...

SKR8PN makes a good point. "The Forgotten Man" is a fascinating book. I thought I had a pretty good idea what happened during The Great Depression. I had no idea. Bartering became the only way to live in many areas around the country (almost all of Utah, for example). Many areas and...