Con men often scam their victims using a method that has come to be known as a Ponzi scheme, which works like this:
Initial victims are promised future rewards, usually a high interest rate, for money invested now.
The con man keeps that money.
The con man finds another victim, pays some of that new-found money to the […]
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I have suggested our country needs a special energy initiative, much like the space program, to focus on a national effort to become both more energy efficient and energy independent. An intensive research and development program is exactly the type of thing our government should be doing to help protect our long-term interests… especially given […]
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Regularly, we hear some leader of a foreign country or organization declaring the U.S. government to be a failure because it allows some of its citizens to “go hungry” while “the rich live extravagantly”. Just as often, we hear the same thing from our own citizens: candidates during elections blaming the opposition for […]
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The level of freedom we enjoy in the U.S.A. was embedded in our collective attitude from our country’s beginning. So long as they didn’t break the law or infringe on the rights of others, individuals were free to do most anything they wanted. Maverick behavior — what some today call “thinking outside the […]
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Current high gas prices reminds me of the mid-70’s and how we shot ourselves in the foot to make a bad situation even worse. It was a bad economic time compounded by foolish government reaction. Hopefully, we learn from our own history.
You would think that bad experience might have resulted in some strategic […]
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It’s talked about from time to time… here’s another example:
“The sputtering economy has caused an increase in prices of many staples including gasoline, rice, ice cream, even beer. Now some lawmakers in New Jersey are considering taking food taxes a step further and install a proverbial “sin” tax on fast food.”
Source: WCBSTV.com
George Orwell […]
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I know this will come as a shock to some people, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but…
… this is not a perfect world. So, get over it and make some rational decisions.
I hear people complain about the high cost of gasoline or our dependence on foreign oil (or involvement […]
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… do you blindly keep doing it or do you try something else?
You’ve heard this before… and it has truth in it:
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results.”
One of the inherent weaknesses of our government and political system is the momentum gained when a “program” […]
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In the youth culture, you hear a lot about “respect”. As always, though, it is wiser to judge not words… but actions. So, what is the actual status of RESPECT in the younger generation?
Look at an obvious area: music. While there are many talented young artists who give us some beautiful […]
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I am astonished that anyone, much less an elected official, can argue FOR illegal immigration. Given that terrorism is a worldwide reality and the U.S.A. is one of the prime targets, along with the fact that a primary duty of a national government is to protect its borders, we should be very concerned about […]
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The challenge in this great republic is to ensure that our representatives (and those in the government bureaucracy who report to them) respect the majority... and for the majority to respect the minority... and for all to respect the law.
