by Gary Ivey | Aug 19, 2011 | Current Posts
In spite of appeals for civility from President Obama, acrimony continues in Washington, with prominent administration and Congressional personalities calling Republicans “terrorists” for refusing to roll over on budgets, the debt ceiling, etc. The heart...
by Gary Ivey | Aug 4, 2011 | Current Posts
Today the Dow Jones Average dropped 500 points after dropping 800 over the past 10 days. How is that possible? I thought Congress and the president had saved us by raising the debt ceiling. I thought Wall Street liked certainty and Tuesday’s deal for raising...
by Gary Ivey | Aug 3, 2011 | Current Posts
Well, the Debt Ceiling debate has ended. The deadline was August 2 and that’s when the politicians finally got around to doing something. The “whimper-instead-of-bang” conclusion to the debate had few surprises: the debt ceiling was raised (yawn),...
by Gary Ivey | Jul 25, 2011 | Current Posts
Part of my family lore is that, through my paternal grandmother, I’m descended from Davy Crockett. Maybe I am and maybe I’m not. Someday I’ll join Ancestry.Com and find out. There’s a Davy Crockett story from his time in Congress that bears...
by Gary Ivey | Jul 25, 2011 | Current Posts
I’m tired of the Debt Ceiling debate, mainly because I don’t think anything meaningful will come out of it. A recent poll showed that 69% of Americans don’t want the Debt Ceiling raised, but prefer that the Feds learn to live within their means. ...
