cartoon by Nick Anderson
There is a certain trust required for any investment to be made. You have to trust that the party on the other end of the investment is solid, believable and honest.
If you place your savings in a bank at 2%, you expect to get your principle back plus the 2%. [...]
1. Hillary Is A Liar In Campaign, But A Heroine As Secretary Of State
The Democratic primary was brutal, and the attacks on Hillary were relentless. If half of what was said in the attacks were true, and Hillary was so unfit, why is she such a great choice for Secretary of State? We think she is an exemplary selection and the attacks on her were some of the biggest lies and distortions of the campaign.
As you probably know, if exposed to any news at all in the past two months, the Federal Government is bailing out the financial industry to the tune of $700 billion (or more…much more). With respect to the banks, their plan is to buy up bad debt with the hope of resolving the financial crisis and perhaps some day recovering that money.
In discussing the election with people we know lately, including liberals, the discussion has occasionally turned ugly.
So, 60 minutes started off a new season with an interview of the Presidential candidates. Our first reaction was “FANTASTIC!!”. Our second was, “Will CBS be fair?”. The media has gone out of its way to demonstrate its liberal bias this year, and we were hoping CBS would make this a non-biased [...]