Obamanation

I've been an American my whole life. There have been six US Presidents in my lifetime. I just want to know why this is the first time in my life that every time the President speaks, every channel shuts down all regular programming to broadcast his oh-so-important, professionally drafted, reading via a teleprompter of someone elses words?

Just wondering what makes this President any different than the other five?

$9,700,000,000,000

With the passing of the latest "Stimulus" package it is estimated the total money invested by the Federal Govt to stimulate our economy at $9.7 Trillion dollars. I thought it be fitting if we look at what that means. Look at that number again. Can you even fathom that much money? Based on that number it is estimated that the share of every citizen in America is $33,000. That is more than many American's make in a year. It's certainly a significant chunk of my income.

What are we "stimulating"?

Can someone explain to a simpleton like me how $9.7 Trillion Dollars of more debt is going to help me, my children and my grandchildren? Can someone explain how loading this incredible burden on the taxpayer is going to stop a recession / depression?

"Dear Citizens of America. We your leaders know you can't pay your bills and have no jobs, so we thought we'd take $33,000 from each of you to bail out bad investors, pad the pockets of our special interest and promote our socialist societal programs, further invading your lives until we can regulate and control everything. We are doing this in your best interest. Would we lie to you?"

So take a good long look at that number. Pay attention over the next few years as our economy continues to crumble. Pay attention when your Congressmen and President ask for the next "Stimulus" bill.

Ask yourself, are these the people I want running my country? Can I trust these people with my future? Can I trust them with my Children's future? My Grandchildren's?

I for one have run out of trust for our Govt. And as our economy crumbles around me I wonder what the future holds for me and my family? I wonder how I will survive? I wonder what I will have to give to my kids, my grandkids? When the boat is sinking and you look out 360 degrees and see only the horizon, what do you do?

Gary North on the American Gold Standard

Mr North is a sound voice of economic reason in our economically battered society.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north687.html

Abolish The Federal Reserve

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul504.html

My favorite congressman strikes again. House Resolution 833 will certainly be ignored by everyone in congress save for it's sole sponsor. But what could be better for America than to do away with the agency responsible for the decimation of America's financial world.

Give Congress back the sole authority to regulate American currency. What a crazy notion right?

What is the definition of insanity? "Repeating the same behaviour over and over and over again expecting different results" Is that not what we do when we sit here expecting the Fed to fix our financial crisis by continuing to play God with inflation and our money.

This may be the only sane solution to our financial crisis to come out of Congress.

Here is to the only sane man in Congress.