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They WIll Say ANYTHING! Politics & Economics Unwound

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I worked 25 years directly across the street from the U.S. Capitol at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. As a Congressional staffer, I owned a tool box full of political nuts and bolts. How could this not result in a very healthy love/hate relationship with Congress, politics, and economics? After all these years we're still together, and have a sense of humor about each other, but we each know the other one needs to make some changes . . .

• Added on: Nov 7th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Mike
• Listed in: Liberalism US Economics
• Tags: politics humor Government satire history economics

Recent Posts

• A Union of States

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 14:50

  My postings will be somewhat less regular for a few months, as I am temporarily pursuing other opportunities, but I will keep up as best I can. This summer calls for slowing down and simplifying, concentrating passion towards its best use. I have bee...

• ". . . borne back ceaselessly into the past."

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 10:44 in Economy, the great gatsby, greider-william, music video-great gatsby-george hermann-ain't we got fun, posner-richard, fitzgerald-f. scott

  "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."It's time again to read The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's astoundingly affecting novella immortalizing the craven gilding of the simpler and better angels of the ...

• On the Road in the Old Confederacy. Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 07:53 in thomas jefferson, presidents, my pictures, monticello-virginia, flicker slideshow of my pictures

  My wife Sue and I are on the road this week. Off to the some of the northern portions of the old Confederacy, and the semi-confederacy, like Kentucky and Missouri. We began by driving from our home in Silver Spring, Maryland to Charlottesville, Vir...

• Just Say "ROH!" - Canines Need More Anti-Pot Education

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 12:51 in Marijuana, pot, goofy, substance abuse, drug use, scooby doo, one eyed jack, canine pot usage

  Ruh Roh! As I've not written here many times before, we need to take seriously the growing incidence of canine drug use. The video below is graphic - it's my duty under FCC rules to let you know that, otherwise I would not. (I apologize that the vide...

• Monetize Me! A Modest Proposal for a New World Reserve Currency.

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 12:38 in humor, money, Currency, Economy, monetary policy, bancor, economic humor, recession humor, keynes-john maynard

  Brother, can you lend me a Bancor? As the U.S. government continues to sell large amounts of Treasury securities talk has turned - as it often does - to concerns over the long term viability of the dollar as the world's reserve currency. “The larg...

• South Carolina Gov Mark Sanford Gets Stimulated

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 17:13 in South Carolina, governor mark sanford (sc), fiscal stimulus for states, state court decisions-sc

  Last Thursday the South Carolina Supreme Court took GOP Governor Mark Sanford to the woodshed, ruling in no uncertain terms that he does not possess the power under state law to refuse certain federal fiscal stimulus funds (ARRA). For reasons I surm...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

domino

Really a useful blog, really a job well done. I read it often to find out about American policy.
See you soon!

Posted: February 19th, 2009 | More Reviews From liberespressioni | Report This Comment

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