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Republican Debate Analysis 9-22-2011

Grandpa Oddball — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:00:40 +0000

The other night I bit the bullet and listened to my first presidential primary debate for the upcoming election. I was not impressed not just with the debate but also with the ubiquitous spin and pundit analysis filling the airways and the internet afterward. I watched the debate and don't need someone else telling me what to think. I'll make up my own mind, thank you.
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Chaos Economics

Grandpa Oddball — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:17:10 +0000

Worried about the national debt? You should be but that isn't the fundamental problem. The debt is only a symptom of a much larger problem. I touched on the fundamental problems in earlier posts
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Egyptian Chaos – A Harbinger?

Grandpa Oddball — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:39:28 +0000

Egypt, a cradle of civilization with a rich and storied intellectual and cultural heritage, is in convulsion. A civilization once so successful and powerful that it has endured through eons has been reduced by, well we'll explore how later, has been reduced to a poverty stricken subsistence filled with turmoil, intrigue, intolerance, and envy but while predicting the immediate outcome of the current maelstrom is dicey at best the ultimate result is obvious.
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BOOK REVIEW: THE ROAD TO SERFDOM

Grandpa Oddball — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:57:53 +0000

BOOK REVIEW: The Road to Serfdom

I have heard about this book for a long time and was more than curious about it. Surrounded by controversy it was difficult to separate fact from fiction by reading reviews of the book. In fact in the reviews I read about this book two things became immediately apparent ... see post

Of course I then had to read the book and form my own opinion !!
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rage raGE UNCONTROLLABLE RAGE

Grandpa Oddball — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:48:40 +0000

Blind irrational overwhelming unreasoning rage striking without warning. Sometimes amusing in a perverse sort of way but often causing not just havoc but, on occasion, death. Unfortunately plagues of anger and violence continue spreading unchecked across the globe creating an epidemic of unprecedented proportions.

I'm not talking about outrage or legitimate anger. I'm talking about some serious contagions gradually infecting all the world's various cultures be they religious, political, economic or even philosophical in nature. The fundamental question is; What is the cause and how do we combat or cope with this pestilence?
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