Archive for January, 2008

“Stock Market Tanks, Interest Rates Fall, Investors Still ‘Locked Out’ of Traditional Money…”

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

On Tuesday the US stock market suffered its biggest one day decline since following the events of September 11th. Overseas markets had already “TANKED” on Monday, but US Markets were CLOSED in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.
While most Federal workers had the day off, Senior Members of the Bush Administration and [...]

“Memo to Congress: We Oppose HR 3609 – CUT IT OUT!”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just when you thought the housing market couldn’t get any worse, think again. All home buyers will be required to put more money down, pay higher closing costs, and worse – have to add on an additional 2% to their loan rates.
These new requirements will happen overnight if a new bankruptcy bill [...]

“We Shall Overcome, Someday…”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

I am never quite sure what the “salutation” should be when discussing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (MLK Day).
“Happy Martin Luther King Day”, just does not seem appropriate, or respectful to a man who in fact gave his life for a cause bigger than any one person.
While it is true that during the Civil Rights [...]

“Equal, or Equitable…?”

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Last week my wife and I had one of our annual “scuffles”. We don’t “fight” as I am told many married couples do – its weird, but its who we are…
…and while we don’t fight, every once in a while, like about 2-3 times a year she and I completely disagree about something, and just [...]