I was just reading this column “Obama clashes with Gay Rights Hecklers in L.A.” at yahoo.com
This kind of story seems rather Clintonian in nature. Maybe that’s because we are already at the point where we expect every word from and about this guy to be a lie.
I have to wonder if Obama is putting on this tough act in order to quell talk over the Larry Sinclair claims of having homosexual relationships with him in the back of Larry's limo when Obama wasa State Senator in Illinois.
You can see the video of Sinclair telling the story at YouTube. Just type in "Larry Sinclair" and a bunch of videos will come up. I don't know if the story is true but the guy is making some pretty serious accusations. I wouldn't be surprised if The False Prophet himself had them stage this so-called "heckling" to make it look like he isn't bi-sexual. Psychological tactics?
When that AmericanThinker.com story broke about the Obama disappearance last week, the lost hour or so at the "soccer game" that never happened, I couldn’t help but envisioning Obama sneaking out for a “discreet” meeting. He does fit the statistical profile based upon the most prominent studies.
This is a concise and eye opening study conducted at The University of Maryland having to do with the higher probability of AIDS, gender identity and "health risk behavior" among low-income African American men (who for the most part grow up without the influence of a father (like Obama).
http://www.jstor.org/pss/649531
Could this be a case of "methinks the gay protester doth protest too much?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Another Muslim Missions trip hits Moscow
According to the Wall Street Journal, "two blasts blamed on female suicide bombers ripped through packed Moscow trains during the morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 38 people… the preliminary investigation indicated the attacks were carried out by rebels from the North Caucasus region, where Islamic militancy has spread in recent years from a separatist movement in Chechnya into neighboring republics."
Here we go again. It is telling how you really don’t have to ask yourself whether the perpetrators are Muslims when you read the words “female suicide bombers”. People who commit suicide as a means of getting revenge are rare – but women and children who do this type of thing are -extremely- rare, except in one demographic. People do a lot of stupid things when they are angry but it takes more than anger to carry out an act this egregious.
Nobody wants to face it, especially the media and elected scoundrels but I believe what we have here is another Muslim missions trip and because the goal of Islam as elucidated by its founder is to conquer the world - so there may soon be a Muslim missions trip coming to your town.
As written in a March 17, 2010 column titled Rupert Murdoch’s unfaithfulness to America at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com just a couple weeks ago (by MrArbitrage)
"Islam is only "peace" for Muslims who know very little about their religion and do not follow it with fervor (just as there are many who call themselves Christians by birth or tradition but have no idea what makes one a Christian). That may be the majority of Muslims (if we are fortunate) but true Islam can be nothing less than savagery and if there should be a “great awakening” among those who claim the title of Muslim, all hell will be unleashed all over western civilization.
Many Christians do not regularly participate in "mission’s trips" like those taking place in Haiti and throughout the world every day; but “fundamentalist Christians” have been faithfully orchestrating them for over 2,000 years. What about Muslims? Where’s the fruit of their religion? If you think you haven't seen a Muslim missionary, you haven't looked closely enough. The Muslim missionary can be seen in Sudan, Indonesia, Nigeria and other parts of the world, following the example of its founder Muhammad, murdering, plundering and trading slaves. The most well know Muslim mission’s trip in the US took place on September 11th, 2001. That was -NOT- as the cretins of the west claim is "radical Islam". That was simply OBEDIENT and authentic Islam. Those who deny this fact taught and ordered by Islam and its “holy” books are in apostasy. Sure there are many who have resisted and are resisting as we are seeing in Iran. And those people are being murdered by their Islamic government for being “secular”. The people in Iran who want their freedom are heretics in the mind of the sick, twisted Islamic government. That is what they want to bring here to America and that is what they will succeed in exporting to America if we do not rid ourselves of the traitorous appeasers and profiteers who are selling out our country to this evil religion.
Those who take offense to these assertions are simply deluded by the propaganda of people like Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, George Soros, Rupert Murdoch and many others. They dismiss the truth with erroneous remarks like “there are extremists in every religion; you have whack job Christians that go out and kill people (like abortion Doctors)…” and the ever popular question “what about the crusades?” Those are comparisons often made by intelligent people who have some knowledge of history but are exceedingly ignorant of both Christianity and Islam. They are making a statement based upon what they –want- to be the case because it is simplistic.
The reality is that throughout history there have been rulers in high places and Popes who –claimed- to be Christians - who were not. Anyone with knowledge of the Protestant Reformation knows that these corrupt leaders wouldn’t allow the Bible to be translated into the language that the people could read or understand –BECAUSE- what they were doing in the name of Christ was absolute corruption and in total contradiction to the teaching and works of Jesus Christ. These imposters were not at all Christians and they brutally murdered many reformers who dared to translate the words of Jesus Christ into the language of the people because they knew that once the people could learn the true word of God – their racket was over - and the truth would set the people free.
This simple reality has been deliberately convoluted. Some are deceiving for financial gain and some are the same faction that gets aroused by sucking up to those who are determined to destroy America. It is really quite simple to summarize. Simply look at the life and teachings of Jesus compared to the life and teachings of Muhammad. Those who believe in Jesus and follow his commands will love their neighbor as themselves and do unto others as they would have others do unto them. The commission that Jesus gave his disciples (and us) is to “go into all the world and make disciples of all men.” That is the catalyst which prompts real Christians to traverse the world feeding the poor, healing the sick, building hospitals, orphanages, drilling wells, etc. Jesus said whatever you do unto the LEAST of THESE, you have done unto ME. That-is the example that Christ set and what he instructed his followers-Christians- to do. Again, this is much different than Jihad, which is the work of the Muslim “missionary”. Scour the Earth for a demonstration of their good deeds and all you will find is what we have seen in New York City, Yemen, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya and countless ongoing atrocities to boot.
Here is a photo of a boy who lived on a beautiful family farm as a child in southern Sudan until he was visited by some Muslim missionaries. Here is an excerpt but go ahead and read his short story. "Men with guns were entering the town. Men on horses, shooting with their rifles, slashing people with their swords, chopping off heads with a single swipe. Someone grabbed me from behind - a murahaliin, yelling and waving his gun. He pushed me back together with other boys and girls. Everyone was crying and screaming for their parents. There were no Dinka men standing, everywhere I turn, I saw blood running from them like water in rivers..."
(Due to accompanying video and pictures, you have to read the rest of this column at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com - Scoll down to the MARCH 17th, 2010 column )
Here we go again. It is telling how you really don’t have to ask yourself whether the perpetrators are Muslims when you read the words “female suicide bombers”. People who commit suicide as a means of getting revenge are rare – but women and children who do this type of thing are -extremely- rare, except in one demographic. People do a lot of stupid things when they are angry but it takes more than anger to carry out an act this egregious.
Nobody wants to face it, especially the media and elected scoundrels but I believe what we have here is another Muslim missions trip and because the goal of Islam as elucidated by its founder is to conquer the world - so there may soon be a Muslim missions trip coming to your town.
As written in a March 17, 2010 column titled Rupert Murdoch’s unfaithfulness to America at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com just a couple weeks ago (by MrArbitrage)
"Islam is only "peace" for Muslims who know very little about their religion and do not follow it with fervor (just as there are many who call themselves Christians by birth or tradition but have no idea what makes one a Christian). That may be the majority of Muslims (if we are fortunate) but true Islam can be nothing less than savagery and if there should be a “great awakening” among those who claim the title of Muslim, all hell will be unleashed all over western civilization.
Many Christians do not regularly participate in "mission’s trips" like those taking place in Haiti and throughout the world every day; but “fundamentalist Christians” have been faithfully orchestrating them for over 2,000 years. What about Muslims? Where’s the fruit of their religion? If you think you haven't seen a Muslim missionary, you haven't looked closely enough. The Muslim missionary can be seen in Sudan, Indonesia, Nigeria and other parts of the world, following the example of its founder Muhammad, murdering, plundering and trading slaves. The most well know Muslim mission’s trip in the US took place on September 11th, 2001. That was -NOT- as the cretins of the west claim is "radical Islam". That was simply OBEDIENT and authentic Islam. Those who deny this fact taught and ordered by Islam and its “holy” books are in apostasy. Sure there are many who have resisted and are resisting as we are seeing in Iran. And those people are being murdered by their Islamic government for being “secular”. The people in Iran who want their freedom are heretics in the mind of the sick, twisted Islamic government. That is what they want to bring here to America and that is what they will succeed in exporting to America if we do not rid ourselves of the traitorous appeasers and profiteers who are selling out our country to this evil religion.
Those who take offense to these assertions are simply deluded by the propaganda of people like Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, George Soros, Rupert Murdoch and many others. They dismiss the truth with erroneous remarks like “there are extremists in every religion; you have whack job Christians that go out and kill people (like abortion Doctors)…” and the ever popular question “what about the crusades?” Those are comparisons often made by intelligent people who have some knowledge of history but are exceedingly ignorant of both Christianity and Islam. They are making a statement based upon what they –want- to be the case because it is simplistic.
The reality is that throughout history there have been rulers in high places and Popes who –claimed- to be Christians - who were not. Anyone with knowledge of the Protestant Reformation knows that these corrupt leaders wouldn’t allow the Bible to be translated into the language that the people could read or understand –BECAUSE- what they were doing in the name of Christ was absolute corruption and in total contradiction to the teaching and works of Jesus Christ. These imposters were not at all Christians and they brutally murdered many reformers who dared to translate the words of Jesus Christ into the language of the people because they knew that once the people could learn the true word of God – their racket was over - and the truth would set the people free.
This simple reality has been deliberately convoluted. Some are deceiving for financial gain and some are the same faction that gets aroused by sucking up to those who are determined to destroy America. It is really quite simple to summarize. Simply look at the life and teachings of Jesus compared to the life and teachings of Muhammad. Those who believe in Jesus and follow his commands will love their neighbor as themselves and do unto others as they would have others do unto them. The commission that Jesus gave his disciples (and us) is to “go into all the world and make disciples of all men.” That is the catalyst which prompts real Christians to traverse the world feeding the poor, healing the sick, building hospitals, orphanages, drilling wells, etc. Jesus said whatever you do unto the LEAST of THESE, you have done unto ME. That-is the example that Christ set and what he instructed his followers-Christians- to do. Again, this is much different than Jihad, which is the work of the Muslim “missionary”. Scour the Earth for a demonstration of their good deeds and all you will find is what we have seen in New York City, Yemen, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya and countless ongoing atrocities to boot.
Here is a photo of a boy who lived on a beautiful family farm as a child in southern Sudan until he was visited by some Muslim missionaries. Here is an excerpt but go ahead and read his short story. "Men with guns were entering the town. Men on horses, shooting with their rifles, slashing people with their swords, chopping off heads with a single swipe. Someone grabbed me from behind - a murahaliin, yelling and waving his gun. He pushed me back together with other boys and girls. Everyone was crying and screaming for their parents. There were no Dinka men standing, everywhere I turn, I saw blood running from them like water in rivers..."
(Due to accompanying video and pictures, you have to read the rest of this column at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com - Scoll down to the MARCH 17th, 2010 column )
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Arizonans should stop deluding themselves; it's embarrassing
A fellow conservative and friend, I.M. Kane, wrote at The Millstone Diaries (linked below) that Arizona’s Tea Party leaders seem to have “Wussed Out”
As Mr. Kane wrote, “The Arizona primary was tailor-made for conservatives to grab the reins of leadership from the limousine leftists and right the party’s course once again. Arizona’s primary afforded tea partiers a new opportunity to shock the nation with yet another Massachusetts-style miracle, only this time around it would be an incumbent RINO taking the fall.
It appears now the miracles have ended and reality has set in. The tea party “patriots” just served notice that they will be sitting this one out, taking a powder, grabbing their ball and getting in their clown-car and driving off without endorsing the conservative J.D. Hayworth in the upcoming primary.
All the protests and rallies, all the rhetoric about making a real difference, holding politicians accountable, and standing against the socialist tide amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans, 15-minutes of fame on radio and TV, and a lot of empty talk. Thanks Bozos for leaving the door open. McCain’s a shoe-in now. “Toot, toot, beep! Chugga, chugga!”
I am distraught … I am disheartened …"
I.M. Kane Source: http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/arizonas-tea-party-leaders-wuss-out/
I, Thurston Howell, know that J.D. Hayworth isn’t perfect but anyone who compares his history with the record of John McCain and cannot see that Hayworth is far more conservative – cannot be looking any further back than 1 year of McCain’s Senate career. Just look at what his wife and daughter have been doing lately to promote gay "marriage". I'm not talking "tolerating; I'm talking PROMOTING by participating in commercials in order to advance the gay agenda. (See Cindy McCain's pro-gay marriage ad below)
This whole family has consistently been impetuous throughout their history and the actions of his wife and daughter match perfectly with the inconsistent and sometimes bizarre actions of the Senator himself. Arizonans should stop deluding themselves; it's embarrassing
I am with Mr. Kane. We need to get this message viral. Perhaps authentic conservatives around the country can pick up the slack where those posers dropped the ball. We really need to do what Jim DeMint has been doing and “money bomb” Hayworth.
This situation with the AZ 'Tea Party"is about cowardice. Certain people feel they owe McCain for some misguided reason. McCain has been acting a bit more conservative as he sees what is happening nationwide but that doesn’t change the fact that most of his senatorial career has been marked by egregious compromise and self serving stunts to earn the plaudits of the media.
John McCain, the so-called maverick and Gang of Fourteen member is the defining example of what led to the implosion of the GOP.
There are enough conservatives in this country who understand the importance of removing key RINOs in order to truly purge this party. John McCain is toward the top of the list of senators who have undermined this party -repeatedly- in order to feed his ego and earn praise from the pseudo-intelligentsia.
Let’s not dupe ourselves into believing that he has ever been an advocate of conservative principles. We have for almost a year indulged in this charade because liberals were able to hijack the nomination in 2008 due to a schism among conservatives. This schism caused the conservative vote to be diluted among too many different candidates. McCain was more of a consequence than a nominee. In my opinion, the top Senatorial RINOs that need to be extricated (now that Specter’s gone) are Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John McCain, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham. (I’m sure there are others who should be on that list.)
It is well past time for this group to go and there is no reason why conservatives nationwide should not donate to primary candidates opposing these offenders (when they have primary challengers as McCain does). Yes, Senators are supposed to be the business of each state but unfortunately, as we have seen from the east and west coastal states, we all have an interest in some these elections because some of these states are poisoning the Federalist well for all of us.
It would be a terrible injustice to let this opportunity pass by. We need to circulate this link to Hayworth’s website. If everyone throughout the nation who -can- donate to JD’s campaign will do so – we can do the job that some impostors who are calling themselves “tea partiers” refuse to do.
https://www.jdforsenate.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2
Best regards.
Thurston Howel
Check out today's column "IF Mitt Romney Wins the GOP Nomination" by MrArbitrage at http://tableofwisdom.com/Daily__Quick_Thoughts.html
As Mr. Kane wrote, “The Arizona primary was tailor-made for conservatives to grab the reins of leadership from the limousine leftists and right the party’s course once again. Arizona’s primary afforded tea partiers a new opportunity to shock the nation with yet another Massachusetts-style miracle, only this time around it would be an incumbent RINO taking the fall.
It appears now the miracles have ended and reality has set in. The tea party “patriots” just served notice that they will be sitting this one out, taking a powder, grabbing their ball and getting in their clown-car and driving off without endorsing the conservative J.D. Hayworth in the upcoming primary.
All the protests and rallies, all the rhetoric about making a real difference, holding politicians accountable, and standing against the socialist tide amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans, 15-minutes of fame on radio and TV, and a lot of empty talk. Thanks Bozos for leaving the door open. McCain’s a shoe-in now. “Toot, toot, beep! Chugga, chugga!”
I am distraught … I am disheartened …"
I.M. Kane Source: http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/arizonas-tea-party-leaders-wuss-out/
I, Thurston Howell, know that J.D. Hayworth isn’t perfect but anyone who compares his history with the record of John McCain and cannot see that Hayworth is far more conservative – cannot be looking any further back than 1 year of McCain’s Senate career. Just look at what his wife and daughter have been doing lately to promote gay "marriage". I'm not talking "tolerating; I'm talking PROMOTING by participating in commercials in order to advance the gay agenda. (See Cindy McCain's pro-gay marriage ad below)
This whole family has consistently been impetuous throughout their history and the actions of his wife and daughter match perfectly with the inconsistent and sometimes bizarre actions of the Senator himself. Arizonans should stop deluding themselves; it's embarrassing
I am with Mr. Kane. We need to get this message viral. Perhaps authentic conservatives around the country can pick up the slack where those posers dropped the ball. We really need to do what Jim DeMint has been doing and “money bomb” Hayworth.
This situation with the AZ 'Tea Party"is about cowardice. Certain people feel they owe McCain for some misguided reason. McCain has been acting a bit more conservative as he sees what is happening nationwide but that doesn’t change the fact that most of his senatorial career has been marked by egregious compromise and self serving stunts to earn the plaudits of the media.
John McCain, the so-called maverick and Gang of Fourteen member is the defining example of what led to the implosion of the GOP.
There are enough conservatives in this country who understand the importance of removing key RINOs in order to truly purge this party. John McCain is toward the top of the list of senators who have undermined this party -repeatedly- in order to feed his ego and earn praise from the pseudo-intelligentsia.
Let’s not dupe ourselves into believing that he has ever been an advocate of conservative principles. We have for almost a year indulged in this charade because liberals were able to hijack the nomination in 2008 due to a schism among conservatives. This schism caused the conservative vote to be diluted among too many different candidates. McCain was more of a consequence than a nominee. In my opinion, the top Senatorial RINOs that need to be extricated (now that Specter’s gone) are Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John McCain, Orrin Hatch and Lindsey Graham. (I’m sure there are others who should be on that list.)
It is well past time for this group to go and there is no reason why conservatives nationwide should not donate to primary candidates opposing these offenders (when they have primary challengers as McCain does). Yes, Senators are supposed to be the business of each state but unfortunately, as we have seen from the east and west coastal states, we all have an interest in some these elections because some of these states are poisoning the Federalist well for all of us.
It would be a terrible injustice to let this opportunity pass by. We need to circulate this link to Hayworth’s website. If everyone throughout the nation who -can- donate to JD’s campaign will do so – we can do the job that some impostors who are calling themselves “tea partiers” refuse to do.
https://www.jdforsenate.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2
Best regards.
Thurston Howel
Check out today's column "IF Mitt Romney Wins the GOP Nomination" by MrArbitrage at http://tableofwisdom.com/Daily__Quick_Thoughts.html
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Introducing a BETTER US Currency
By MrArbitrage
Best viewed at http://www.tableofwisdom.com/
The media and analysts are mystified as to why gold is suddenly going up in tandem with the US Dollar because they traditionally have an inverse relationship. This buttresses what I have been contending here for years. Whether the dollar is up or down versus other world currencies is about as relevant as a step ladder on the Titanic. Better yet, remember (in the movie) all of those people who rushed to one end in the ship so when the opposite side sank first, they were momentarily lifted high in the sky as though they were at the top of a sinking sky-scraper? Well, that’s the global currency situation and it’s still too soon to say which nation will have the luxury of drowning on the “upward” end. If you haven’t guessed yet, gold and other precious metals are the proverbial lifeboat and as with the Titanic, few people had a lifeboat in the end because of negligence in preparing.
It always amuses me how "economists" view situations and often come to erroneous conclusions. Some fallacies like the Sun and planets revolving around the Earth have a deceptive allure to them because of appearances. Other fallacies, like the notion that “gold is being quite the rebel lately” as one headline at Marketwatch.com reads today, have additional help from those who have a vested interest in the notion.
It’s mainly the persistent prodigality and plunder of our elected scoundrels that is driving up the price of gold. It’s not just gold; you see oil here at $80 per barrel in a horrendous economy because of the counterfeiting of our elected scoundrels. It is all related. These criminals have for the past year been trying to further con us by outwardly scoffing at the notion of “inflation” and are “warning” us about what they absurdly predict will be “deflation”.
Swindlers like Charlie Rangel, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd have to lie to you in order to prop up their scam. You want me to believe in DEFLATION? Ok, I will say here and now that we have RAMPANT deflation – in our currency- but CERTAINLY not in food, energy, and products that are essential to human sustenance. Sure you can get a great price on a 60 inch plasma TV – because most people cannot afford the plasma right now, nor do they NEED it.
I honestly don’t understand how people actually fall for this nonsense. I live in the real world. I buy my gasoline and see what is happening at the pumps. I buy my groceries and it is nothing short of stunning what their counterfeiting has done at the stores. I was at Sam’s Club yesterday and an average size container of blueberries was $8.00 and an average container of strawberries was $6.00! My generic, store brand gallon of “purified” water is up 30% in a two month period. What items haven’t –technically-gone up in price (like ice cream and soda) have shrunken in quantity by 30%.
So I was waiting in line at the grocery store yesterday. Rather than read more about the sordid Tiger Woods exploits, I took a look at the candy isles that surrounded me and remembered that not so long ago I could buy 2-3 candy items for a buck. Sensing an inflation tirade coming on, I took out my Blackberry camera and took some pictures. I was amazed at how little that dollar can now procure in the way of sweets. The photo below pictures the reality of where we are. The Hershey bar, the M&M’s, KitKat, Twix... are all $1.05 with Florida tax.
(Photo at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com )
See all the gum: My US Dollar cannot even buy me the cheap, second tier singled pack-of "Freedent" gum! Deflation??? Where are the pitch forks?
( Photo at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com )
Ladies and gentlemen, this is serious. These illustrations may seem trifling to some but these are the foreshocks of hyper-inflation to come. As you can see, serious damage has already been done. But it isn’t over. As we witnessed on February 25, 2010 – the elected scoundrels met to devise a way to further plunge our nation into the abyss. What they are trying to promulgate with their government healthcare scheme is unmitigated economic jihad on the US dollar and will absolutely require trillions in additional counterfeit dollars. If you –own- debt (bonds) and cash/equivalents – you are unprotected.
Let’s suppose you already own gold and/or silver but you want to add something to your hedging program that can easily be traded as –currency- in smaller denominations.
I have an idea for you. To set the table for this one, I think we agree it is an axiom that our dollar is secured by little more than the empty rhetoric of elected swindlers. Due to their profusion, the dollar has lost over 90% of its value over the past century and they are on their way to 100%. Because they took us off of the gold standard, there is no measurable valuation for our currency and the same goes for our Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds.
By thinking a little outside the box, the realization came to me that the US Government currently issues an overlooked vehicle that COULD easily function as a cash-like currency –and- an investment. Unlike the Federal Reserve Notes we use, this vehicle is backed by something with measurable, intrinsic value. The best part is that it could also go far higher in value than the broad inflation rate.
Without further ado, the idea I bring you is none other than the US Postal Service’s recently introduced “Forever Stamp” (Pictured at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com ).
The US Postal Service is not going away regardless of their balance sheet. They should make major adjustments but regardless, mail will continue to be delivered and this stamp is a GUARANTEE by the US government. It is not an empty guarantee giving you a claim to mere thin air. As it is written on their website (linked below) –
“The Forever stamp will always be valid as First–Class postage on standard envelopes weighing one ounce or less, regardless of any subsequent increases in the First–Class rate.”
Source: https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10001&productId=10001880&parent_category_rn=&orderItemId=210773147&rn=OrderItemDisplay
THINK about that. That little stamp currently GUARANTEES you that you can transport a standard envelope weighing 1 oz or less – all the way across the continental United States. That takes gasoline friends. Not only does it give you claim on energy, it also gives you a piece of “manpower” regardless of wage inflation. If the dollar continues to plummet, causing gasoline to go to $500 per barrel and minimum wage to $50.00 per hour, you still have the right to transport that envelope from Key West to Seattle if you want. Now that’s a “helluv-allot” more than what Little Timmy Bonaparte at Treasury is guaranteeing! Going forward in a hyper-inflationary environment, the USPS will have to raise prices on postage dramatically, creating a secondary market for “Forever Stamps”. Any difference in the spread between new stamps and the old Forever Stamps would be what I dub henceforth as “stamp arbitrage”. Efficient markets wouldn’t allow for that spread remaining wide for long.
Yes this idea is bordering on the tongue-in-cheek side but you never know. It could sweep the nation if enough people and business owners gradually participated. If it hit the proverbial fan, this would be easier than bartering with the gold dust you might have to grind up from your bullion (for smaller purchases). Item prices could be quoted in terms of the quantity of stamps for smaller items and in “books” (currently $8.80 for a book of twenty) for larger items.
I don’t expect Wal-Mart and McDonalds to accept stamps as currency anytime soon but if you are a business owner who doesn’t mind holding some stamps and you are fed up with the financial jihad being waged against you by your elected swindlers - put a little sign in your window that says “We accept Forever Stamps” or “Forever Stamps are same as Cash”. You may even offer a little discount initially to get attention. If enough businesses and consumers started participating, it could take off. If we forced the government to eliminate the Forever Stamps due to the coming losses – at least we would have done something.
Just please don’t share this with China or they may bid up the stamp market while dumping their Treasuries. Wink.
Footnotes: Now before you start tell me how ineptly run the US Postal Service is – let me just say – I AGREE! But so is the US government overall and if I had to decide whether I wanted the folks at the USPS managing my healthcare or the Congress, Senate and President, I would opt for the USPS. They actually were the ONLY branch of the federal government to turn a profit until email came along. Back in the 90’s they were turning profits of over $500 million a year.
I do not sell gold and this is not a commercial. My goal is to bring value in the quality of my columns because writing is one of my singular greatest felicities and my goal is to eventually leave the business of investment banking and do this full-time. If you would like to use material from the columns, feel free, just please use proper attribution.
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The media and analysts are mystified as to why gold is suddenly going up in tandem with the US Dollar because they traditionally have an inverse relationship. This buttresses what I have been contending here for years. Whether the dollar is up or down versus other world currencies is about as relevant as a step ladder on the Titanic. Better yet, remember (in the movie) all of those people who rushed to one end in the ship so when the opposite side sank first, they were momentarily lifted high in the sky as though they were at the top of a sinking sky-scraper? Well, that’s the global currency situation and it’s still too soon to say which nation will have the luxury of drowning on the “upward” end. If you haven’t guessed yet, gold and other precious metals are the proverbial lifeboat and as with the Titanic, few people had a lifeboat in the end because of negligence in preparing.
It always amuses me how "economists" view situations and often come to erroneous conclusions. Some fallacies like the Sun and planets revolving around the Earth have a deceptive allure to them because of appearances. Other fallacies, like the notion that “gold is being quite the rebel lately” as one headline at Marketwatch.com reads today, have additional help from those who have a vested interest in the notion.
It’s mainly the persistent prodigality and plunder of our elected scoundrels that is driving up the price of gold. It’s not just gold; you see oil here at $80 per barrel in a horrendous economy because of the counterfeiting of our elected scoundrels. It is all related. These criminals have for the past year been trying to further con us by outwardly scoffing at the notion of “inflation” and are “warning” us about what they absurdly predict will be “deflation”.
Swindlers like Charlie Rangel, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd have to lie to you in order to prop up their scam. You want me to believe in DEFLATION? Ok, I will say here and now that we have RAMPANT deflation – in our currency- but CERTAINLY not in food, energy, and products that are essential to human sustenance. Sure you can get a great price on a 60 inch plasma TV – because most people cannot afford the plasma right now, nor do they NEED it.
I honestly don’t understand how people actually fall for this nonsense. I live in the real world. I buy my gasoline and see what is happening at the pumps. I buy my groceries and it is nothing short of stunning what their counterfeiting has done at the stores. I was at Sam’s Club yesterday and an average size container of blueberries was $8.00 and an average container of strawberries was $6.00! My generic, store brand gallon of “purified” water is up 30% in a two month period. What items haven’t –technically-gone up in price (like ice cream and soda) have shrunken in quantity by 30%.
So I was waiting in line at the grocery store yesterday. Rather than read more about the sordid Tiger Woods exploits, I took a look at the candy isles that surrounded me and remembered that not so long ago I could buy 2-3 candy items for a buck. Sensing an inflation tirade coming on, I took out my Blackberry camera and took some pictures. I was amazed at how little that dollar can now procure in the way of sweets. The photo below pictures the reality of where we are. The Hershey bar, the M&M’s, KitKat, Twix... are all $1.05 with Florida tax.
(Photo at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com )
See all the gum: My US Dollar cannot even buy me the cheap, second tier singled pack-of "Freedent" gum! Deflation??? Where are the pitch forks?
( Photo at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com )
Ladies and gentlemen, this is serious. These illustrations may seem trifling to some but these are the foreshocks of hyper-inflation to come. As you can see, serious damage has already been done. But it isn’t over. As we witnessed on February 25, 2010 – the elected scoundrels met to devise a way to further plunge our nation into the abyss. What they are trying to promulgate with their government healthcare scheme is unmitigated economic jihad on the US dollar and will absolutely require trillions in additional counterfeit dollars. If you –own- debt (bonds) and cash/equivalents – you are unprotected.
Let’s suppose you already own gold and/or silver but you want to add something to your hedging program that can easily be traded as –currency- in smaller denominations.
I have an idea for you. To set the table for this one, I think we agree it is an axiom that our dollar is secured by little more than the empty rhetoric of elected swindlers. Due to their profusion, the dollar has lost over 90% of its value over the past century and they are on their way to 100%. Because they took us off of the gold standard, there is no measurable valuation for our currency and the same goes for our Treasury Bills, Notes and Bonds.
By thinking a little outside the box, the realization came to me that the US Government currently issues an overlooked vehicle that COULD easily function as a cash-like currency –and- an investment. Unlike the Federal Reserve Notes we use, this vehicle is backed by something with measurable, intrinsic value. The best part is that it could also go far higher in value than the broad inflation rate.
Without further ado, the idea I bring you is none other than the US Postal Service’s recently introduced “Forever Stamp” (Pictured at http://www.TableOfWisdom.com ).
The US Postal Service is not going away regardless of their balance sheet. They should make major adjustments but regardless, mail will continue to be delivered and this stamp is a GUARANTEE by the US government. It is not an empty guarantee giving you a claim to mere thin air. As it is written on their website (linked below) –
“The Forever stamp will always be valid as First–Class postage on standard envelopes weighing one ounce or less, regardless of any subsequent increases in the First–Class rate.”
Source: https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10001&productId=10001880&parent_category_rn=&orderItemId=210773147&rn=OrderItemDisplay
THINK about that. That little stamp currently GUARANTEES you that you can transport a standard envelope weighing 1 oz or less – all the way across the continental United States. That takes gasoline friends. Not only does it give you claim on energy, it also gives you a piece of “manpower” regardless of wage inflation. If the dollar continues to plummet, causing gasoline to go to $500 per barrel and minimum wage to $50.00 per hour, you still have the right to transport that envelope from Key West to Seattle if you want. Now that’s a “helluv-allot” more than what Little Timmy Bonaparte at Treasury is guaranteeing! Going forward in a hyper-inflationary environment, the USPS will have to raise prices on postage dramatically, creating a secondary market for “Forever Stamps”. Any difference in the spread between new stamps and the old Forever Stamps would be what I dub henceforth as “stamp arbitrage”. Efficient markets wouldn’t allow for that spread remaining wide for long.
Yes this idea is bordering on the tongue-in-cheek side but you never know. It could sweep the nation if enough people and business owners gradually participated. If it hit the proverbial fan, this would be easier than bartering with the gold dust you might have to grind up from your bullion (for smaller purchases). Item prices could be quoted in terms of the quantity of stamps for smaller items and in “books” (currently $8.80 for a book of twenty) for larger items.
I don’t expect Wal-Mart and McDonalds to accept stamps as currency anytime soon but if you are a business owner who doesn’t mind holding some stamps and you are fed up with the financial jihad being waged against you by your elected swindlers - put a little sign in your window that says “We accept Forever Stamps” or “Forever Stamps are same as Cash”. You may even offer a little discount initially to get attention. If enough businesses and consumers started participating, it could take off. If we forced the government to eliminate the Forever Stamps due to the coming losses – at least we would have done something.
Just please don’t share this with China or they may bid up the stamp market while dumping their Treasuries. Wink.
Footnotes: Now before you start tell me how ineptly run the US Postal Service is – let me just say – I AGREE! But so is the US government overall and if I had to decide whether I wanted the folks at the USPS managing my healthcare or the Congress, Senate and President, I would opt for the USPS. They actually were the ONLY branch of the federal government to turn a profit until email came along. Back in the 90’s they were turning profits of over $500 million a year.
I do not sell gold and this is not a commercial. My goal is to bring value in the quality of my columns because writing is one of my singular greatest felicities and my goal is to eventually leave the business of investment banking and do this full-time. If you would like to use material from the columns, feel free, just please use proper attribution.
Contact: MrArbitrage@TableOfWisdom.com
Monday, February 22, 2010
Has CPAC Gone Gay?
When I attended many conservative functions in my early 20's, I found that I was usually the young "whipper snapper" in the room. Now that I am 39 years of age, one troubling thing that I have noticed is that I am -STILL- the young whipper Snapper in the room.
Morality is dying off with the “greatest generation”. As I looked into this CPAC audience I noticed something a little different than the conservative functions to which I am accustomed. I see allot of young people cheering the cause of homosexuality and shouting their invective at the man standing for God’s laws.
To the Baby-Boom and my generation ("X"), I say take a good look at your failure. For in your quest to “find yourselves” through many marriages and material things, someone was raising your children and to all our consternation it wasn't you. This is the face of the lost youth, the youth whose morality was inculcated by the public indoctrination system from Kindergarten through College. This country is in it knee deep if that is the new “conservative”. Watching this gave me a sick feeling, the kind that perhaps Moses had when he came down from Mt. Sinai to find the children of Israel whom God had just delivered – engaging in unabated debauchery and worshipping a golden calf they made for themselves.
To CPAC – shame on you. I learned something new this weekend. I learned that CPAC is not a conservative group. It has clearly been neutered and should be abandoned entirely by anyone who is a friend to the laws of God, the inspiration behind our constitution.
Conservatism is not about accommodation and appeasement. If people who engage in deviant behavior want to support conservative organizations, they should be given -asylum. However, to have deviant sexual behavior become a sponsor of a group pretending to be an organization representing conservative values is an absolute disgrace.
I think Mr. Sorba could have delivered the message in a more affable manner but the point remains. Watch the video below.
Morality is dying off with the “greatest generation”. As I looked into this CPAC audience I noticed something a little different than the conservative functions to which I am accustomed. I see allot of young people cheering the cause of homosexuality and shouting their invective at the man standing for God’s laws.
To the Baby-Boom and my generation ("X"), I say take a good look at your failure. For in your quest to “find yourselves” through many marriages and material things, someone was raising your children and to all our consternation it wasn't you. This is the face of the lost youth, the youth whose morality was inculcated by the public indoctrination system from Kindergarten through College. This country is in it knee deep if that is the new “conservative”. Watching this gave me a sick feeling, the kind that perhaps Moses had when he came down from Mt. Sinai to find the children of Israel whom God had just delivered – engaging in unabated debauchery and worshipping a golden calf they made for themselves.
To CPAC – shame on you. I learned something new this weekend. I learned that CPAC is not a conservative group. It has clearly been neutered and should be abandoned entirely by anyone who is a friend to the laws of God, the inspiration behind our constitution.
Conservatism is not about accommodation and appeasement. If people who engage in deviant behavior want to support conservative organizations, they should be given -asylum. However, to have deviant sexual behavior become a sponsor of a group pretending to be an organization representing conservative values is an absolute disgrace.
I think Mr. Sorba could have delivered the message in a more affable manner but the point remains. Watch the video below.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Tiger Woods Doesn't Owe you an Apology
The Tiger Woods story is back in high gear and the media love it. I’ve heard several people compare his plight to that of Bill Clinton and other disgraced politicians. In my mind the only people to whom Tiger Woods owes an apology are his wife, children and his sponsors. Tiger Woods doesn’t foist his morals or lack thereof on the public by signing or vetoing legislation. Tiger Woods doesn’t nominate Supreme Court Justices and Tiger Woods is not the Commander of the most powerful military on Earth.
Tiger Woods plays a game. If anyone, the people who owe us an apology are the media for bombarding us with the sordid details of his flings. We all know that many children were fans of Tiger Woods and now millions of children have no doubt been talking about his scandal on the school playground, which is very unfortunate. If on the night Tiger wrecked his SUV, the media had not probed so relentlessly - and none of us knew these affairs ever happened- how would your life be different? If you and/or your children to this day believed that Tiger was the hero he was thought to be by many, would you be worse off? The question is WHY do people feel they have a RIGHT to know the details?
It amazes me how skewed the values of the media are when it comes to their assessment of which public figures should be held accountable for bad behavior. We now find ourselves with a “mystery President” whom years ago, in order to diffuse a scandal, wrote a book in which he admitted to cocaine use. When someone about whom we know very little, also has the least amount of experience of any Presidential candidate in history - throws out a comment in regard to “experimenting with cocaine” - isn’t it worthy of a little media follow up? Where in the h e double L were these assiduous reporters then???? When someone is contending for the Presidency of the United States of America, doesn’t such a statement beg the question of WHAT constitutes “experimenting” with cocaine Mr. Obama? What type of cocaine was it Mr. Obama, crack rock or the snorting kind? How about "WHEN was your LAST experiment?" Is cocaine the reason why a young man like you can’t string together a cogent statement without reading it off of a teleprompter?
Then there’s a gay man out there by the name of Larry Sinclair who has been ignored by our state run media but was appearing in foreign media declaring that he and Obama had an affair and a cocaine party in Sinclair’s Limo while Obama was an unknown state legislator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceFVpJ-Gyc . I’m not saying I believe the man but I certainly wouldn’t be –surprised- if he were telling the truth. Considering the ineptitude of people who fancy themselves “journalists”, it is not at all unthinkable that someone like Sinclair could fall between the cracks (no pun intended) . No one knows anything about Obama's past. He's gone by several different names throughout his life, his family says they saw him born in Kenya, no one's seen his official birth certificate, his college transcripts are sealed, so what do we know about him? Shouldn’t someone in this aggressive media have investigated him to the same degree as they did Tiger Woods before becoming his campaign shills? Don't they owe it to the public as an integral part of a democracy? Of course not; it’s not as though he is a PGA golfer or some other occupation in which moral character has any relevance.
For those who feel that Tiger owes you an apology - why? Did he come to you and boast about what a pillar of rectitude he was in order to induce you to sign a contract? NO. Had you known about his transgressions, would you not have bought that Nike cap or used Accenture for your company? This guy was one of the more reticent athletes I have ever seen. It’s not like he was out promoting a particular set of values. He seemed to want to avoid getting involved with politics. I’m not a golf fan and I find what he did offensive but what is perhaps more offensive to me is that I –know- about it. The insipid assertion that “if you don’t like it, you can change the channel” doesn’t apply here. This story is inescapable. It has been everywhere from the checkout line of virtually every store, radio, television, newspaper, Internet headlines and being talked about throughout workplaces and schools around the country.
I don’t expect an apology from Tiger Woods. I want an apology from the voyeuristic media for their ineptitude, double-standards and disrespect.
Tiger Woods plays a game. If anyone, the people who owe us an apology are the media for bombarding us with the sordid details of his flings. We all know that many children were fans of Tiger Woods and now millions of children have no doubt been talking about his scandal on the school playground, which is very unfortunate. If on the night Tiger wrecked his SUV, the media had not probed so relentlessly - and none of us knew these affairs ever happened- how would your life be different? If you and/or your children to this day believed that Tiger was the hero he was thought to be by many, would you be worse off? The question is WHY do people feel they have a RIGHT to know the details?
It amazes me how skewed the values of the media are when it comes to their assessment of which public figures should be held accountable for bad behavior. We now find ourselves with a “mystery President” whom years ago, in order to diffuse a scandal, wrote a book in which he admitted to cocaine use. When someone about whom we know very little, also has the least amount of experience of any Presidential candidate in history - throws out a comment in regard to “experimenting with cocaine” - isn’t it worthy of a little media follow up? Where in the h e double L were these assiduous reporters then???? When someone is contending for the Presidency of the United States of America, doesn’t such a statement beg the question of WHAT constitutes “experimenting” with cocaine Mr. Obama? What type of cocaine was it Mr. Obama, crack rock or the snorting kind? How about "WHEN was your LAST experiment?" Is cocaine the reason why a young man like you can’t string together a cogent statement without reading it off of a teleprompter?
Then there’s a gay man out there by the name of Larry Sinclair who has been ignored by our state run media but was appearing in foreign media declaring that he and Obama had an affair and a cocaine party in Sinclair’s Limo while Obama was an unknown state legislator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceFVpJ-Gyc . I’m not saying I believe the man but I certainly wouldn’t be –surprised- if he were telling the truth. Considering the ineptitude of people who fancy themselves “journalists”, it is not at all unthinkable that someone like Sinclair could fall between the cracks (no pun intended) . No one knows anything about Obama's past. He's gone by several different names throughout his life, his family says they saw him born in Kenya, no one's seen his official birth certificate, his college transcripts are sealed, so what do we know about him? Shouldn’t someone in this aggressive media have investigated him to the same degree as they did Tiger Woods before becoming his campaign shills? Don't they owe it to the public as an integral part of a democracy? Of course not; it’s not as though he is a PGA golfer or some other occupation in which moral character has any relevance.
For those who feel that Tiger owes you an apology - why? Did he come to you and boast about what a pillar of rectitude he was in order to induce you to sign a contract? NO. Had you known about his transgressions, would you not have bought that Nike cap or used Accenture for your company? This guy was one of the more reticent athletes I have ever seen. It’s not like he was out promoting a particular set of values. He seemed to want to avoid getting involved with politics. I’m not a golf fan and I find what he did offensive but what is perhaps more offensive to me is that I –know- about it. The insipid assertion that “if you don’t like it, you can change the channel” doesn’t apply here. This story is inescapable. It has been everywhere from the checkout line of virtually every store, radio, television, newspaper, Internet headlines and being talked about throughout workplaces and schools around the country.
I don’t expect an apology from Tiger Woods. I want an apology from the voyeuristic media for their ineptitude, double-standards and disrespect.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
1 Year Anniversary of the Stimlus Bill
Lovely! It’s the 1 year anniversary of our stimulus bill. Having a year to look back and evaluate, I have come to the conclusion that the results would have been far more effectual if our elected swindlers decided to print $10 trillion dollars in $100 denominations, strapped it all to the space shuttle and released it about 45 seconds before hitting our atmosphere (give or take a few seconds). I’m no engineer and I don’t know how much that would weigh so perhaps $1,000 dollar Federal Reserve notes would be in order.
Of course I am being deliberately absurd, but I truly believe that the economy would be better off had we done that (while allowing the banks, auto and AIG to fail), then we are now. I also am not deluded enough to believe that these financial terrorists, the Chief of whom is Hussein, I am not deluded enough to think they have any other intent then to bring this country to it’s knees in order to promulgate their Marxist schemes.
Of course I am being deliberately absurd, but I truly believe that the economy would be better off had we done that (while allowing the banks, auto and AIG to fail), then we are now. I also am not deluded enough to believe that these financial terrorists, the Chief of whom is Hussein, I am not deluded enough to think they have any other intent then to bring this country to it’s knees in order to promulgate their Marxist schemes.
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