Captain Capitalism

I think the US will becoming more progressively red/orange as time goes on. Note, Chile (ahem) the most capitalist nation in all of South Am...

Who knew?!

A friend forwarded me this chart showing the percent chance of recession from day to day for the past four years or so. It's from the we...

YIKES! "Great Society" my left foot!

Despite the star power and all the hype, I predicted that Lions for Lambs would fail. And the reasons are many, but primarily two; 1. It...

As some of you know my buddy Pete Swanson was sent to Iraq, but what I didn't know was that in Iraq blogger is blocked. Thus I got an e...

I like the word comeuppance. It's fun to spell. Sorry I haven't posted more regularly, been busy with the contributing to GDP thin...

Doesn't matter if she's short or tall. Old or young. Blond or brunette. Can somebody out there please tell me why it takes women lon...

So I saw American Gangster last night and it hands down is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. However, American Gangster i...

This I found interesting because it shows you just how much monetary policy has changed since we switch to a fiat money system. I curious i...

You may not think it's a big election, but just a friendly reminder this is where the school districts pose levies to raise more money f...

If you ever were foolish enough to think that the "big wigs" over on Wall Street were any more intelligent or brighter than you ar...

I usually end my day late at night at the bar and because my schedule is somewhat hectic, I don't get around to reading The Economist mu...

There's a concept, paying presidents and prime ministers based on the performance of various economic metrics. Of course Ireland's ...

How many 529 plans could be afforded with this?

I had a theory that for lack of a better term I called "Mold Theory" where money is akin to bread. And if you have a social ailme...

One of my favorite movies is "The Last Boy Scout." Damon Wayans is getting grilled by the cops about the location of Bruce Willis...

I figured an interesting chart would be the number of houses per person in the US to get a gauge as to how much inventory would have to be s...

Unfortunately, he will not run. (This post made just to depress Mahan and others about what could have been possible had the nation just stu...

Trillions and trillions of dollars! Again, because of the sheer size of this stupidity I will find it hard to believe the economy doesn'...