Life's Been Good To Me So Far — Thoughts about keeping life in perspective

Is the housing market ready to recover?

The housing market has been though a lot the last couple of years and most of it has been negative. There is constant news about new foreclosures and 98% of those who know what a short sale is had no idea 3 years ago. Personally I’ve watched the value of my house drop about 25%. [...]

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Children: Equipping them for success

How do you equip a child for success in today’s world? Being a good student and working are no longer enough. For decades our schools have taught children to be compliant. Use a #2 pencil. Score well on tests. March single file. Yet the unemployment rate for college graduates hasn’t been this high since 1970. [...]

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Review: Keurig Elite Coffee Brewer

Keurig Elite coffee machines are gaining in popularity. Cheryl and I recently bought one. When I was growing up it was a routine to sit down to a family dinner every night. After the meal was finished it was time to sit and visit around the table with a fresh cup of coffee. In those [...]

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Would you finance my hamburger please?

When I was a kid Popeye the Sailor was a popular Saturday morning cartoon. Wimpy was your slothful dead beat who had an insatiable appetite for hamburgers but no way to finance them. Since he could never pay for them so he was constantly promising to pay after the fact. America has a debt problem. [...]

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Government default? – What’s really going on

There has been a lot of talk about August 2nd. This is the supposed date that the federal governments ability to borrow money runs out. Washington makes it either too complicated or too simplistic such as when President Obama said he can’t guarantee Social Security checks would be mailed on the August 3rd. It really [...]

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Give me another credit card please

Michael Ramirez almost always hits it on the head. The government borrows 40 cents of ever dollar it spends yet acts like this is normal behavior. Would you like to have new posts delivered to your email? Click here! Thanks for reading! Feel Free to share this by clicking the bar below. I’d like to [...]

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Leading versus whining

The following exchange took place today at a meeting with the President and Republican and Democrat leaders from the House and Senate. But to put it in context, here is a little background. The Government is spending more than it takes in to the tune of $150 billion a month The law that limits the [...]

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If you own a mac you have two days left to take advantage of this great deal.

I’m like everyone else. I love a deal. Right now there is a good one going on but you only have a couple of days to take advantage. Productive Macs has a special bundle of eight programs/apps for $29.99. There is something here for almost any apple mac user. Regular price for all these would [...]

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What gives in Wisconsin?

By Ted Werth Crowds of over 70,000 have surrounded the Wisconsin capital and all 14 Democrat state senators have fled the state for Illinois. Why? If you listen to TV or read a typical newspaper story you would leave with the impression that it is because a new Republican governor is acting like a dictator [...]

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Psalm 8 – What is man that thou are mindful of him?

“O Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. When I consider thy heavens the work of the your fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast created. What is man that thou are mindful of him? and the son of man, [...]

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