There are a
number of “Tax Day” rallies going on around the fruited plain in the next few
days, and I am honored to be speaking at the Perrysburg Patriots’ rally in
Perrysburg, Ohio (Hood Park, 105 Front St. 12:00noon-2:00pm) today (Saturday).
If you have one nearby, please try to go. Some pundits are gleefully predicting
the demise of the Tea Party movement, and the time has come to change their
perceptions.
Every day
next week I’ll be subbing for Brian Wilson from 3:00-6:00pm on The Talk of
Toledo, 1370 WSPD. ( www.wspd.com ) I’m
honored to fill his seat and his shoes on the number 1 talk station in the
greater Toledo market. We plan to have a number of interesting guests, a daily
chance to win a prize and perhaps some of my sermonizing about liberty. On
Thursday after the show, I’ll travel to Findlay to speak to the Findlay/Hancock
County 9.12 Project. Sharon Butler graciously invited me, and I look forward to
returning to my old haunts in the Flag City. The program begins at 6:30pm in
the 3rd floor meeting room of the Findlay Municipal Hall.
The economic
situation in Europe has shifted but not substantially changed. Spain is facing
a similar situation to that of Greece. Italy and Portugal are hot on the heels
of Spain and Germany’s debt to GDP ratio is now around 80%. Germany….the
economic pillar of Europe is in danger of facing fiscal peril because it has
been financing EU profligacy.
Meanwhile the
hyper-growing Chinese economy is showing some signs of slowing because the
government wants to quell inflationary pressure and also because the European
and U.S. markets aren’t purchasing as many Chinese products as before. The
entire global economy reminds me of the circus act where the guy balances
multiple spinning plates on sticks and attempts to keep them all spinning and
balancing at once. If things don’t work out just right, there could be lots of
shattered pottery all over the planet.
Politically…it
looks like Romney’s election to lose, and he may. Be prepared for massive voter
fraud across the nation and a Department of Justice that looks the other way.
Romney will have to bring his “A” game (if he has one) otherwise there may be
significant leakage to the Libertarians or many GOP voters may stay at home on
Election Day. You may have read or heard that the national vote tally for
President will be tabulated by a Spanish company. This is the first time ever
that one company has combined all the states and territories for tabulating. … an
offshore one at that. Why aren’t the labor unions complaining about Obama
shipping jobs to a foreign country?
This past
week I read a column about the performance of the freshman House members who
were elected as “Tea Party Republicans.” Already nearly 75% of them have
migrated to the big-spending, big-government dark side. There appears to be a
solid core of about 20-22 House members who seem to get it. That’s not nearly
enough. They need help or they will burn out by giving in….or choosing not to
run again. An “R” behind one’s name is no guarantee of fiscal sanity. Tea Party
groups should recruit, educate and groom
political “virgins.” Selecting candidates from a pool of officeholders leads to
promoting career politicians….with emphasis on the career. We end up with more
of the same.
Thanks to Ed
Shick for sharing this link about vote fraud.
Ponder this
for a second or two: This year the 16th Amendment is 99 years old.
That’s enough. We should move to eliminate it and send the 17th
Amendment with it to the ash heap of history. I believe that 1913 was the most
destructive year in our nation’s history. Those two noxious amendments plus the
creation of the Federal Reserve were just three of the products of that fateful
year.
On one of my
recent radio shows I spoke about an article wherein the author did an analysis
of our national debt using the accrual method rather than the cash basis that
is usually given. The difference, for example, is that on the cash accounting
system the $1000 per month for a Social security recipient is factored into the
debt for this year only whereas under the accrual method, we would factor the
$1000 per month for the expected lifetime of the recipient. Please note….people
who have not yet begun to receive benefits are NOT included….only current
recipients are. Those who haven’t started receiving benefits are factored in
the unfunded obligations of “out years.” Bottom line is that for those ALREADY
RECEIVING benefits, the accrued debt exceeds $50 Trillion….yes, that’s right….50
Trillion dollars. Sorry ‘bout that. Now have a nice weekend.
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