by Gary Ivey | Sep 13, 2011 | Current Posts
So everyone is apoplectic about Governor and presidential wannabe Rick Perry saying that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme”. Some will take the transparently hypocritical route of saying Perry wants to starve old people. On the other end will be those...
by Gary Ivey | Sep 6, 2011 | Current Posts
After a deranged atheist attempted to assassinate Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the press blamed the Tea Party and President Obama solemnly told us we needed to be more “civil”. But Obama’s cheerleaders apparently thought he meant civil...
by Gary Ivey | Sep 1, 2011 | Current Posts
Talk about bad timing! This week President Obama returned from vacation tanned and rested and ready to fulfill his pre-trip promise to reveal his “jobs plan”. His first misstep was to plan a speech to both houses of Congress on the very day and time of a...
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),...