First Blog

A message to all contenders… The Biggest Club • You belong to the club, and worked hard to achieve prominence among all. • You believe you should be club president.  • An outsider joins, and by fluke wins the leadership. • What do you do? Accept? Or Reject? • Republicans face this now. It could happen to the Democrats.  • We could soon live within the SSA – Socialist States of America. • Even now the “U” for “United” is fading.

Setting sail. On the great galley of life, most of the young graduates end up rowing for scraps, all the while hearing the joy and pageantry drifting down from the top deck. ------------ Dear Mr. Mayor, If your policies are stupid, If your bigotry is stupid, If your decrees are stupid, If your ideas on education are stupid, Then you just might be s**d. The good news is you rank in about the middle of hopefuls for the next Presidential election.   ------------ Socialism? Conservativism? Each system has good points and bad.   However, both systems have their greatest troubles with human greed, for money and/or power. The Noisy Classes . Socialists like Bernie Sanders don’t care about any factors aside from the more stuff paradigm. Not really practical, they have no plans beyond the great give.  Abject conservatives place all responsibility on individuals, come hell or high water. Business is supreme. ------------ Free. Will Americans ever learn that f

The extensible spring.  Think of the shock absorber on your car.  You hit a bump, the spring is compressed and then releases its energy slowly to cushion the bump.  Now think of capital markets in the same way.  This time the bump is a constant barrage of regulations.  They kept coming during the Obama administration.  For good or bad, the spring kept compressing.  Under Trump, the regulations have been relaxed, and the spring with all its stored up energy seems to be releasing its energy in an explosion of expansion.  This leads us to believe the markets have expanded (30 new DOW records this year), not back to their reasonable expression, but far beyond.  It leads one to think a rebound is possible, as it returns to where it should be.  And “should be,” on the basis of growth and market, are the key words.  We are led to believe the markets will settle back to reasonable positions, and this may imply a correction is coming.  A bumpy ride may be afoot.  Analogy is a wonde

Homework 101  - Run for president of the USA Really?  Of course not.  But everyone should write their speech of what they have to offer, of what they stand for, and of why others should cast their vote in your favor. You can mention your family values, religious values, philosophical ideas, what the public means in your life, and all the rest.  You can invoke your party, your beliefs, your convictions, and your humor.  You should state what you have done, how you have led, and how you wish to lead your country and the world. You should express your big ideas, bold ideas, new ideas, the wrong ideas, and all ideas which comprise your vision. With your speech you have created your vision for America.  With your speech you can compare your vision as compared with what is offered by opponents. Only when you impress your ideas on paper can you know in your heart what you wish for, hope for, and what you demand for your country. This is your homework assignment.