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More Mencken and Obama

Recently I posted on how H. L. Mencken would have viewed our Obama problem. He would not have blamed Obama so much as the fools (voters) who put him in office. Mencken would have viewed Obama as a manifestation of Walt Kelly’s Pogo quote: “We have met the enemy and he is us!” Obama is nothing [...]

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Euro To Die This Year?

Phoenix Capital Research predicts the Euro won’t survive 2012. So does James Quinn in his annual forecast among many others. Most prognosticators deliberately provide a fuzzy time frame with their forecasts. It is prudent to do so. The prediction is likely true, although whether it will occur in 2012 or not is debatable. There is great [...]

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James Quinn on 2011

James Quinn reviews in detail his 2011 forecast in preparation for the publication of his 2012 forecast. His review of 2011 is a good summary of what actually occurred during the year and provides a preface for the new year. Regarding 2011, he states: Overall, my assessment of what would happen in 2011 wasn’t too [...]

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Penn State as a Microcosm of Society

James Quinn on our social, political and ethical state: We seem to have entered a death spiral with little likelihood of pulling out. Our society has become so degraded and our populace so apathetic and willfully ignorant, that I think we are too far gone to recover. Honesty, truth and compassion have been soundly defeated by [...]

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Impending Doom According to Quinn

James Quinn always produces a compelling read. His latest represents a compendium of problems unlikely to be overcome. It is a thorough and depressing read of the fix this country is in. The problems are unsolvable. As stated by Mr. Quinn: When I started to detail the issues facing our country today, I expected to [...]

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Ben Bernanke Is A Bull And His World Is A China Shop

Hapless Ben Bernanke, in an effort to save the unsaveable, continues to pour liquidity into the system. Liquidity is the only thing that keeps the economy and the government from imploding.  It accomplishes nothing other than to “pretend and extend.” The economic debacle ahead cannot be avoided, only deferred. It provides those willing to understand [...]

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