Let's Tax the Rich!

OK, Congress has done its share now let's tax the rich.  This video explains how it works.  For all you socialist out there you might want to get some popcorn it's 6 minutes and 25 seconds of some 'splaining.

Moonshiners and Liberty

I grew up in a little town in the South during the 50’s and 60’s.  This is a period when America went through much change economically, socially and in general.  The civil rights movement was in full swing as was the Vietnam War.  Through all this as well as the previous 200 years or so, one thing from the past remained pretty much intact as this change took place; Making whiskey. 

I’m not advocating making or drinking moonshine whiskey although I admit to taking a taste on occasion. However, I understand the origins, reasons for it and a little of its history here in America.  This is but my personal view on it based on the information I have. 

People here have always made their own whiskey and other than the obvious reason of “feel good” there really was a practical purpose in making good corn whiskey.  Prior to the great depression, we as a nation were about 70% an agrarian society.  That is, 70% of us farmed.   A good percentage of all the farming was corn.   Corn was used for everything from making meal for breads to feed for animals.  Corn was a big part of life as it was all over America.  Sometimes, growing years were plentiful and other years not so great.  As farmers depended on corn for so much, storing it was prudent.  As with anything, you can only store perishable items for so long.  Some farmers figured out how to store AND increase the value of their corn by adding some water and yeast to it producing the whiskey.  It takes about 6 bushels of corn to make one gallon of whiskey so this not only extended the storage life of their corn but also relieved them of the cost of maintaining huge silos. Furthermore, should one be located in an out of the way place such as in the hills and mountains of Virginia transporting a gallon of whiskey across the hills was much easier than toting 6 bushels of corn through the same terrain.   

The Doorbell is Ringing

Never and I mean NEVER give a monkey a gun

Understand the Delphi Technique

Beware the Delphi Technique

Political Correctness is Cultural Marxism (Part III) : speech by William Lind « The New Anti-Jacobin

Certainly something to think about!  Most of the current wave of socialism has at it's roots the Frankfurt School and lessons the Marxist learned during WW1.

Political Correctness is Cultural Marxism (Part III) : speech by William Lind « The New Anti-Jacobin

Ron Paul Interview

I've been pretty inactive lately with the blog thing mainly because not that much has really peaked my interest as congress grinds out the same old crap on the Debt problems.


As far as the market goes it's just up and then up some more as they try to suck more people into the pen for the slaughter eventually but that's another story.


Somehow I got this link to a Ron Paul video which I think is enlightening and informative so I will urge you all to watch it.  It's in three segments about 12 minutes each so it does take some time but with elections beginning to get closer I would put a plug in for Dr. Paul.  He brings to the table something I cannot say with any confidence the other candidates bring and that is honesty and morality coupled with common sense and an in depth understanding of how an economy works.


Granted if all his policies were to be put in place it would cause some hardship BUT, if we continue down the road we are on, the hardship is coming any way, and kicking the can down the road as has been the case for well over 40 years the hardship will be far greater than we can imagine. There has come a time for us to stop voting for the political "rock stars" and put a patriot at the helm, who believes in the Constitution and means it, rather that the polished professional bureaucratic America seems to fall in love with every election cycle.


In this video he talks a lot about the currency and debt. I know that can be a boring subject but pay special attention about 10 minutes into video one where he talks about simply not paying the debt the US government has to the Federal Reserve. That would free up 1.6 trillion $$ instantly.


The US government has defaulted on it debt at least 5 times in our past so from a historic point of view, all this drama being used by the politicians ensconced in positions of power, is little more that noise from the idiots in Washington. News flash: They don't intend to pay the debt and never have, so let's just clear the air over that issue and put the nation back on the road to viability for the people of this nation and not simply to serve the politico's and their corporate "handlers.


For a little further explanation on what stiffing the FED would mean I include a link (here) to a very good article By Robert Murphy at the Mises Institute.

Happy 4th of July

Holidays are always fun and enjoyable.  Sometimes, we get so involved in the celebration that we forget about the actual reason for celebration.  Today I include a copy of the Declaration that set the country in motion and urge everyone to read the entire document.  It won't take but a few minutes so go ahead and look it over and reflect what the words say and mean.  It is after all the basis of our freedom and independence.

Now more that ever, it is imperative every American have some understanding of the actual role of government.  As you read this you can see it was never intended for government to "take care of you" but rather act by consent of the people to protect our basic right as citizens so that we might as individuals act in our own best interest in order to prosper individually thereby thereby creating a good for the whole.  The power the government has comes from the consent of the governed.  Remember that the next time you vote.