Nov 26, 2008 | 2:03 PM
Category:
Political
Let's say Obama manages to increase the average middle income by 10% wow that would be great right?
Now let also consider that Obama future plans for bail out and printing money will drastically drop the value of the American dollar. let's say that comes to 25%
didn't we just loss 15% of our income.
Nov 22, 2008 | 8:02 PM
Category:
Faith
As jobs are lost and money gets tight, there can be a bright light. Families in America are more independent then anywhere else.This has been ever expanding since the 60's
The economic turn down has reassured the value of family, and there by also regenerating family values.
The economic turn down may just help families become closer, Return of movie night at home and dinner at the table. Your Pastor and church choir, put on at least 2 shows a week and admission is free. Maybe i there are blessing in all times of trial.
Nov 22, 2008 | 6:45 PM
Category:
Political
Who is getting the raw end of the Bail - out ? People who owns homes. Who pays the bulk of local services the Home Owner.
All these Bail outs not directed at the problems, is greatly costing the Home Owner. As a home Owner the bulk of you net worth is frozen in you home. At least the Middle Class.
Now democrats say they are for the middle class, but for the last two years they been feeding on our sweat. It is the Republicans that wanted to buy the mortgages and stop the spiral of housing value. That what was sold on the floor by the Democrat majority leader Pelosi.
Since then 350 billion later not one dime has reached the housing market.
But the Government has bought it's way to being a player in private business.
step one to socialism.
Meanwhile, the value of savings in the Market and the value of homes dwindle.
Soon the Democrat controlled Government will be printing trillions of dollars, to pay for these bail outs and these new programs. This will devalue the dollar making it worth less then before, since most middle class home owners have everything vested in their homes this will directly reduce a home owners wealth.
The only sensible bail out, is to directly bail out the home owners for the losses they have took.
The Reinvestment act, with help from Democrat controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with help from our favorite left group ACORN, Democrat controlled Senate finance committee blocking of pleas from Republican to regulate, lead to great losses for liget Home Owners.
want to Bail - Out America? Bail - out the home owner. 20,000 per home in America. If you Own a House or Condo. If you still owe use it to pay down the mortgage, if your mortgage is in trouble it goes towards the payment with regulation that the bank has to rework the new balance.If your paid off, you get it to make up for some of what bad government took from you. These are the people who will turn the economy around. The Homeowners who paid down a healthy mortgage will have more monthly cash flow, those who already paid off will use the money for remodling, add-ons, furniture, new car or truck, or maybe even a vacation. The ones that were over extended will now be able to make their payment more manageable or tied them over until they can get out from under it.
this plan get money back in the banks, gets bad mortgages off the balance sheets, Get houses out of forclosure, reduces housing on the market, sparks spending, curbs unemployment, and reignites construction.
Nov 12, 2008 | 5:50 PM
Category:
Political
I would like to announce the grand opening of the First Bank Of Rasguy24.
Unfortunately several bad loans to myself has cause the need for a government to give me a Bail -out
25 Billion should be plenty to get First Bank Of Rasguy24 back to lending to the American people.
Nov 12, 2008 | 2:15 PM
Category:
Political
The Auto makers need another bail-out, Republicans don't want to throw more money into the void.They want the Auto makers to claim bankrupcy and restructure and then if they need help fine.
The Democrats are dead set against it. Why cause it would end Union contracts, they're the reason auto makers can't be competitive in the first place.
The unions own the democrats, The dems are planning on taking away private voting on unions to let unions know who they need to muscle. It's no secret how these unions work, legal organized crime if you ask me. To a point unions were good, but then the enormous benifits to auto makers employees has ran the auto makers into the ground.
The bailouts has accomplished nothing and now they don't even want to buy up the bad mortgages, that was the bail out whole purpose.
The government instead used the money to take steps towards socializing the Country.
How long will we wait and see before it's too late?
Nov 11, 2008 | 2:57 AM
Category:
News
The following letter contains a fine description of the end of the war and written by Harold Larson, My Great grandfather. He went through the fighting without a scratch.
as a direct aire to Harold I have the right to his words.
Nov. 24, 1918
Dear Father:
I will write a little letter to you today as it is Father's Day today and all the boys are writing to Dear Old Dad.
To start with we landed in Brest stayed four days, then went on to the English Sector around Ameins, Albert, Villeras, Bretnay and Hamel, was up in the front line with the Australians. Some of the boys went over the top on the Fourth of July with great success. I saw several German prisoners comeback from the lines. We stayed at this sector until Audust 25th. We then boarded a train at Ameins for the American Sector down near Verdun to the town of Velianes. Here we stayed and drilled for ten days. On September 6th, we got on motor trucks and went for a fourty-two mile ride, which took us to a French camp near Hill 304. You remember this place in 1916. On September 8th, we went into the front lines at Hill 304. This was a quite place when we went in, but it didn't last long after Thirty-third dropped in.
On the 26th of september, everything was set for a big drive and it sure was a great sight to see when all the artillery opened up fire at 5:30. All we could see was flashes and streaks of fire all around us. A few hours after the barrage had started, the infantry went over the top, and here is where our real fighting started. Well it kept us going to keep up with the Fritzes, but a lot of them were trapped in the barrage and had to stay too as it was so hot with all kinds of cannon balls; they couldn't get back so they were prisoners of war, and we sure got a lot of them, both young and old.
Our next battle was at Hill 208. Here we had a hot place to go through. Fitz was throwing all kinds of stuff at us but we went right on, took more prisoners and Frizes on the run again.
Next, we were in the big drive on Mouse River. If you can find Consenvoye on your map, that is where we had another hard fight. Fritz tried to get the best of us with all different kinds of gas and hot steel, but there was no stop, some more prisoners and Fritzes on the run again. We then made a move, walking thirty-eight miles in two nights (some hike) to a place called Reupt. Here we had a few days in the support trenches until the last day of the war.
On the evening of the 10th, we went up to Fresnes, ready to hop the bags in the morning. Morning came; we were supposed to have a barrage to go ahead of us. We waited but it didn't come so over the top we went and it sure was a hot one, but it didn't last long because eleven o'clock came and everything was quiet and we were mighty glad. The men on both sides stood up and faced each other. Th fritz came over and shook hands with us, tickled to death to think the war was over. It was a great day and always will be. The eleventh month, eleventh day and the eleventh hour will never be forgotten. We had a good stretch of it from September 8th to November 11th, and all this time we slept out in the rain, mud and water, in German dugouts some of the time. Oh, it's a great life if you don't weaken. We are now in dugouts in a big wood near Moulins taking life easy. I am well and feeling fine and I hope you are all the same.
This will give you a little idea of what I have been doing since I came here. I have a lot more to tell you when I get home. I do not know when it will be, but some time this winter.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and love to you and mother.
from Harold.