The “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations have endured a couple of months of hardship, and now the ire of communities that are tired of the campsites. What do they ‘really’ want? We hear a lot of gibberish, calls for anarchy and the drum beats of revolution, but what do they really expect?
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I predicted oil prices would increase for the summer last January. Well, it’s going higher than even I expected back then. Why? Even with a recession and high unemployment, the demand for gas to keep our cars and trucks running is still high.
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The government numbers for new unemployed each month has stuck around 650,000 over the past few months. Experts say we need 100,000 new jobs per month to just take care of new people coming into the work market; primarily students. What does this mean?
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Do you remember the stories of the witch hunts in New England back in the 17th century? Well some things never change, especially when anger is misplaced and instigates “mob rule”.
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It is being called a “populist outrage”. How could AIG give out $165 million in bonuses, the tax payers money. But I am astonished how stupid the members of Congress are on the subject. Where do these people come from?
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President Obama is scheduled to sign the stimulus package later today in Colorado. I don’t know why he has to travel there for the signing, but you can be sure it’s more for theatrics than for function.
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