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I'm a retired educator, businessman and amateur philosopher who has spent much of his spare time trying to figure out what is so wrong with our world. Why the dramatic separation between the rich and poor, haves and have-nots? Why the repeated wars? Why the poverty, hunger and starvation in so many places? Why are we alive now, in this time and place?
Being a prolific reader of non-fiction, I think I have found some answers, and hope to share some of the insights my life's journey has provided.
One maxim has proved most useful: Qui Bono? (Who benefits?) Put another way, much that is difficult to understand about our world is clarified by "following the money" and observing the channels in which it flows. Most especially useful is to perceive its source and understand what it really is, and isn't.
Your comments and feedback, positive or negative are appreciated.
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Friday, September 10, 2010 at 6:27:51 PM
Article : "Why Rahm Was 100% Wrong"
Spot on!
Friday, September 10, 2010 at 6:22:08 PM
Article : "OpenMike -- My New Blog -- Blasts Off on MichaelMoore.com"
About sums it up for me ...
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 9:28:46 PM
Article : "CHARLIE RANGEL MUST DIE (Politically, That is)"
Poor taste for a headline...
Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 7:35:08 PM
Article : "CHARLIE RANGEL MUST DIE (Politically, That is)"
Poor taste for a headline...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 7:00:24 PM
Article : "When Will We Take Responsibility for the Obama Presidency's"
The point was that:
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 2:29:01 PM
Article : "When Will We Take Responsibility for the Obama Presidency's "
Good questions! Some possible answers...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 8:54:21 PM
Article : "AFTER FINANCIAL "REFORM," WHAT HAVE WE WON?"
One of the few bright lights ...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 3:39:18 PM
Article : "Where have all the peaceniks gone"
The answer is never found looking in the wrong places.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 3:23:36 PM
Article : "Where have all the peaceniks gone"
Can he?
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 5:42:58 PM
Article : "A Plague Upon The World: The USA is a Failed State"
Thanks for providing the facts, Mr Tubbs
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 4:37:19 PM
Article : "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND"
Before we can receive help....
Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 3:05:53 PM
Article : "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND"
It's really easy to understand...
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10:02:22 PM
Article : "After Healthcare, The Next Big Fight is Financial Reform"
Agreed.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:47:27 PM
Quicklink : "Kucinich: What President Obama Didn't Say"
Kucinich speaks for me too.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:31:37 PM
Article : "Have Conditions in the Laboring Class improved from Henry Ge"
Synopsis of Progress and Poverty
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:15:38 PM
Article : "Good-bye. Truth Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It"
"Go to the roots ..."
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 9:36:12 PM
Article : "Good-bye. Truth Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It"
All true, but you might want to consider ...
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 9:10:45 PM
Article : "We CAN Have it all, Part II"
What an extraordinary article!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 8:40:55 PM
Article : "Growing Number of Candidates Campaigning for State-owned Ban"
Public Banking is a BIG step
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:39:07 PM
Article : "BATTLE OF THE TITANS: JPMORGAN VS. GOLDMAN SACHS -- or Why t"
Another astute analysis from Ellen H Brown!
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 9:42:46 PM
Article : "Lessons from the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and"
I agree, but would go further...
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 9:28:44 PM
Article : "Lessons from the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and "
Another Brilliant Article from Ellen H Brown
Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 11:11:11 AM
Quicklink : "Insanity!! Manhattan Subway Deal Goes to China State Firm: G"
Monopoly Power
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 12:42:44 AM
Article : "LANDMARK DECISION PROMISES MASSIVE RELIEF FOR HOMEOWNERS AND"
Yep, but what else is new?
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 4:23:41 PM
Article : "Are financial parasites killing the American economy?"
They already killed it!
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 1:41:58 PM
Article : "Stick A Fork In It: It's Done The Fascists Won"
OK, the reply to function isn't working.
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 1:41:17 PM
Article : "Stick A Fork In It: It's Done The Fascists Won"
OK, the reply to function isn't working.
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 1:37:03 PM
Article : "Stick A Fork In It: It's Done The Fascists Won"
Someone actually "gets it"!
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 1:15:22 PM
Article : "Who Really Crashed the Economy?"
But it's already happening, David
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 11:25:57 AM
Article : "Stick A Fork In It: It's Done The Fascists Won"
My sentiments exactly!
Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 4:56:04 PM
Article : "The CIA's Role in the Origin and Maintenance of America's Ov"
A truly amazing article!
Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 4:17:00 PM
Article : "Failure to prosecute: why Obama is having trouble passing he"
Too few people realize who really runs the nation!
Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 11:35:41 AM
Article : "Failure to prosecute: why Obama is having trouble passing he"
Too few people realize who really runs the nation!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 10:27:12 PM
Article : "Toward a Solution to the Debt Crisis in California: The Stat"
Can "The Terminator" live up to his name?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 3:03:29 PM
Article : "BIG BROTHER IN BASEL: BIS FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD UNDERMIN"
Too late for what?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 2:40:02 PM
Article : "BIG BROTHER IN BASEL: BIS FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD UNDERMIN"
Essential Survival Info!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 11:18:22 PM
Article : "Cheney Accidentally Admits to Lying About Connection Between"
Sorry Richard, but you are wrong
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 4:48:25 PM
Article : "#4 Idea on President's Policy Site: Take Back the Power to C"
Bart, with all due respect
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 11:49:58 AM
Article : "#4 Idea on President's Policy Site: Take Back the Power to C"
Here's the link again
Monday, June 1, 2009 at 10:23:56 PM
Article : "AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED"
I'm disappointed, Old Indian
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 6:59:48 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Patrick, I read through your website...
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 5:59:34 PM
Article : "TEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION"
Oh, and why stop at just 9 years?
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 5:46:08 PM
Article : "TEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION"
And to REALLY start from scratch...
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 5:11:35 PM
Article : "TEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION"
Interesting ideas, or ideals
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 4:58:31 PM
Article : "TEN-POINT PROGRAM FOR SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION"
Trailing...
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 4:42:32 PM
Article : "Demand that Obama Actually Fix the Economy By Taking the Pow"
A little knowledge can be dangerous
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 3:44:20 PM
Article : "AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED"
Shadow Dancer
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 3:01:47 PM
Article : "AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED"
Yes, Nancy, but there are SOLUTIONS
Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 11:38:03 PM
Article : "The Way Out"
Best money reforms proposals?
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 10:49:03 PM
Article : "Ending Today's Economic Crisis Simply and Easily, in America"
Sorry about the broken link above
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 12:19:12 AM
Article : "Ending Today's Economic Crisis Simply and Easily, in America"
another excellent solution
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 12:16:37 AM
Article : "Ending Today's Economic Crisis Simply and Easily, in America"
A competent economist's take?
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:57:24 PM
Article : "The Way Out"
Or even unlikely to be read..
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:36:30 PM
Article : "The Way Out"
A subject of utmost importance
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 12:16:11 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
You started well, Pat...
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 11:27:20 AM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Better, Pat, but still off on a few important things...
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:27:20 AM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
When I said "case closed" ...
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 9:27:47 AM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Nice additions, but there are hundreds more...
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 10:20:54 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
OK, The money and banking system, run by the ...
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 6:54:05 PM
Article : "Two Sides of the Same Coin: Heads-Heads"
Thank you Jennifer,
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2:25:51 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
You still don't "get it" William
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 2:07:58 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
I dispute your dispute
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 1:43:13 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Good start William...
Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:08:10 AM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Perry, Neo-con has a meaning...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 11:13:23 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
We agree on most things William...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 10:33:13 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Strange that....
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 10:05:42 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
William, the key phrase is ....
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:47:43 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Take it off... take it off.. take it ALL off
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:39:53 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Yikes!
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:36:37 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Bingo
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:34:09 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
And I wrote back in 1999 and 2000 that if...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:16:26 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
PS... a bit more of my "blather"...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 8:56:29 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
We agree on two more points, Pat
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:20:57 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Trailing Bologna...
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 7:17:12 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Lafferty's Laughter!
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:51:19 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
Jersey Girl: Here's the deal....
Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 6:39:27 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
You left off "Tough, Cinderella Fella
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 11:48:22 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
Hmmm, Bill Samuel apparently can't read.
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 6:06:10 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
All good info, as far as it goes...
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 4:31:11 PM
Article : ""Over the Rainbow""
We certainly agree on this one, Wm
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 7:19:56 AM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
I gave you a thumbs up because...
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:57:29 PM
Article : "The Weimar Hyperinflation: Time to get out the wheelbarrows?"
Nancy: Web of Debt is without peer
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:46:35 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
So where do our differences arise Jere?
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:45:52 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
"All government is hierarchical anarchy." ??? Really???
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:09:53 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
So, Jack, what is a "true believer"?
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 5:45:22 PM
Article : "Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney"
How Sad to see you all swallow the lies...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:36:24 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
That's really funny, JG...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 8:39:15 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
It's a matter of record, JG. Pelosi wanted an investigation
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:57:13 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
Naive? That's really funny!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:58:37 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
I repeat...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:30:08 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
Are you for real?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:25:16 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
Of course he was lied to...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 10:12:18 PM
Article : "Note to Nancy Pelosi: Colin Powell Got Snookered at CIA, too"
The CIA is run by the Central Bankers
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 4:17:54 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
Jersey Girl
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:56:53 PM
Article : "Restoring National Sovereignty with A Truly National Banking"
Conclusion - ...banking practices are corrupted, destructive
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:17:52 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
PS. Here is a gold mine of information.
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:09:21 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
Jersey Girl... Look behind the curtain...
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 6:15:43 PM
Article : "Why Is 'Far Right' Newsmax Advertising On 'Far Left' MSNBC?"
Far-Left MSNBC? You're kidding, right?
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 6:13:21 PM
Article : "Why Is 'Far Right' Newsmax Advertising On 'Far Left' MSNBC?"
Far-Left MSNBC? You're kidding, right?
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 5:13:43 PM
Article : "Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA"
Obama is not the problem
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