Broadsided 2003

Written by a former counsel for the pathetic Tower commission, an article entitled “Wall Street’s Gullible Occupiers” appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. Apparently, Peter J. Wallison has written many such articles putting the blame for the financial crisis of 2008 on the government. Makes me roll my eyes. He’s right, but then who is [...]

When you’ve come to that point when all your working hours are spent financing what you owe on your mortgage and credit cards, then you are officially a debt slave.  You’re also a partner with those to whom you owe money, something few people can fathom.  Just look at the debacle that led to our [...]

I wonder how it feels in Great Britain watching the Murdoch hearings where a guy with an Aussie accent and a guy with an American accent try to weasel their way out of the fact that they’ve been running sort of a mini MI 5? Does it seem like the country has been invaded by [...]

I came across this video while researching ETF’s. For some reason, it spooked me. I wasn’t about to invest in Gold or Silver ETF’s, so what spooked me wasn’t the admonition to stick to physical metals. I’m not sure what it was. Maybe the tone of the guy. Maybe the fact that the big investment [...]

The Eerie Television Show He may not be a banker like Nicolas Biddle, but John Boehner is threatening the country with financial collapse in the very same manner as Biddle did back when Andrew Jackson vetoed the renewal of the Second Bank’s Charter. It was no idle threat, as Jackson’s last years as president saw [...]