Stock Market is Manipulated - And so are Commodities

We have massive unemployment in the USA, and yet stocks are up. The earnings that are reported are coming from dumping employees. Consumer demand may be the same, but consumer buying power, and confidence are at an all time low. Real unemployment ranges from 20% to 30% depending on where you are.

Here in Florida we see 20% to 25% unemployment. I don't see how any company can be booming with these numbers. This is really evident as Goodwill becomes the new Wal-Mart.




I buy silver and gold at Honest Gold Guy of Sarasota. I see people selling gold and silver for extra cash. This lack of jobs has people liquidating many of their possessions to meet daily expenses.

Desperate Youth Join Military For Jobs - Bad Choice

This government, like the one it preceded, is hell bent on continual war.

With the current depression youth graduating high school see themselves with 3 choices. 1. Struggle to find a job. Unlikely. 2. Go to college. This puts off a job for at least 4 yers, but lands one in deep debt that cannot be shed. And still there may not be a job. 3. Join the military. Hope to be lucky and survive, uninjured to go to school on the government dollar. If that happens you will be older, wiser, more cynical, and may have lost parts of your soul for the actions you've been ordered to take in the name of Freedom.

I'm sorry, a government taking unconstitutional actions is not acting for anyone's freedoms. They are simply acting in the interests of their moneyed backers.

"Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." -Henry Kissinger

I grew up in the Vietnam era. At the time we did have a draft.I had a low draft number, and knew I would be drafted on my birthday. I saw Vietnam as an illegal war. There was no meaning for us to be there killing, and having our young men killed. I joined the National Guard as soon as possible.

It was a decision that, even today 40+ years later, I know was the right one for me.

It is a decision that would not work for today's young people. The Guard and Reserves are looked upon as part of the active military. More cannon fodder.

I have no male children, only grandchildren. What would I say if they wanted to join the military today? Just NO.

High Speed Rail Boondogle

There has been much debate about high speed rail here in Florida. Our govenor told the Feds to keep their money. High speed rail is a loser.

The problems are: The cost to run it falls on the states. The area is serves is too short. The ridership predictions are way too rosy. The state's taxpayers will be stuck with the shortfalls.

Oh sure it would put some more folks to work in cushy government jobs earning retirement benefits we all wish we could get, but it's time the public in each state told the federales no!