Hugo Chavez has hoodwinked Venezuela for good. Following suit with Putin and getting his wildest dreams, Hugo has achieved god status. He has successfully, and legally removed term limits to being president of Venezuela. Good ol' Hugo can run for president for as many times as he wants, and so can any public official.I don't think I have to talk long for anyone to get why this is significant. Hugo is the bane to the US oil addiction. The drug dealer if you will, for a good portion.The... Read Full Story

As all of you know by now, the Senate finally passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 yesterday (10 Feb 09), 61 to 37 . They needed 50% of the Senate to pass. Are you glad or mad? Find out who voted for it here.I think it is necessary at this point. I would be worried about the dollar tumbling in value, but every other major economy is or has allocated more money themselves. For that reason I think everyones value will continue to drop, but at nearly equal levels or worse co... Read Full Story

This weeks video is a hopeful president that is banking on the Senate passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 this weekend. Hopeful because the weekly address is released in the early AM of Saturday and the Senate wasn't to meet until 12PM the same day. The Senate did meet yesterday at noon and didn't leave until after 10PM and yet, they still couldn't pass this bill. In fact, they didn't even vote. What is this? Week 3 of watching the bill while American jo... Read Full Story

Russian Military Spending HikeIn continuing my popular Series Friday blog, Russian Aggression I am to draw a larger picture of how the ex-communist state, over the last few years, has been coming out of their post Cold War shell and has stepped into the world power waters again. In the first blog in this series I simply drew a timeline of events over the last, almost, two decades that point out interesting aggressive moves Russia has made to isolate itself. This isolation and passive aggressi... Read Full Story

Russian Military Spending HikeIn continuing my popular Series Friday blog, Russian Aggression I am to draw a larger picture of how the ex-communist state, over the last few years, has been coming out of their post Cold War shell and has stepped into the world power waters again. In the first blog in this series I simply drew a timeline of events over the last, almost, two decades that point out interesting aggressive moves Russia has made to isolate itself. This isolation and passive aggressi... Read Full Story

Russian Military Spending HikeIn continuing my popular Series Friday blog, Russian Aggression I am to draw a larger picture of how the ex-communist state, over the last few years, has been coming out of their post Cold War shell and has stepped into the world power waters again. In the first blog in this series I simply drew a timeline of events over the last, almost, two decades that point out interesting aggressive moves Russia has made to isolate itself. This isolation and passive aggressi... Read Full Story

The good news or the bad news, first? Well, any time I see someone being asked, the answer seems to be the bad news first. That way, the good news ices over the bad and just maybe we forget or can't see the bad.The bad news is that initial unemployment claims have shot up during January 09, with a total of 626k initial claims. Initial unemployment claims is one measurement of the health of the job market because it is the 'initial' claim: the first time a person requests unemploym... Read Full Story

First thing I thought when I read this....mwahahahahahaha. Sorry, but it's true. President Obama is suggesting that an executive pay cap be inserted into the bailout legislation to be voted on by the senate soon. Get this:$500,000 Executive Salary CapAw. Can you live with that? A mere 500k a year. I think it is a great idea, and what is sad, is that this is only in response to Obama finding out about the executives that still made off with millions in 2008 bonuses, even after the governme... Read Full Story

Today was the first time it snowed where I live in England since I moved here seven months ago :)World economic turmoil has caused tens of thousands, and now a few million to be without jobs in Europe and the US. If the west has less money to spend and is trying to make every dollar stretch, then are we putting people who get paid dirt to make our happy meal toys out of jobs? The answer is yes. Let's think about this. Where is everything made? McDonald's happy meal toys? Cars and car ... Read Full Story

I don't think I need to explain what happened here. I am just tickled that no one noted for him. I also love how he vowed to fight back, and that he knew that they would do this. And that is my favorite video for the week!If you have time: here is a video from the history of the US NAVY! When the USS Forrestal had a fire on deck. The fire lasted for days, and Sen McCain was on the ship when this happened. This video and scenario was one of our training evolutions in boot camp. It's w... Read Full Story