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Rants

My Suspicions about Chuck E. Cheese Prove True

March 7, 2010

Having two young daughters, I have made my fair share of trips to the parenting Hades, also known as Chuck E. Cheese. I have personally witnessed, not experienced, some arguments between parents dealing with the games and table selection. When you are in an environment of hundreds of screaming kids, noisy electronic games, and cheap [...]

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Demonizing People in Debt

February 22, 2010

Here is a brief clip from Elizabeth Warren, who has been tasked to overlook the TARP bailout by the government, is talking about how those individuals who file bankruptcy are just like us. They work hard and spend rationally. It is just the debt piles up too fast.
Certainly, there are folks who end up in [...]

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Foreclosure for Plaxico

February 22, 2010

When I first read this story, I thought I could put together the typical article about how professional athletes must manage their money assuming their career is doomed to be short lived. This way they won’t face bankruptcy and foreclosure like so many before them. The professional athlete faces so many financial headwinds such as [...]

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Real Reason We Should Hate the Bank Bonuses

January 17, 2010

Unless you live in a cave, you have probably heard about the massive bonuses being received by the big banks this year. To date, the estimate for the top 38 firms is $145 Billion.
This comes at the heels of the biggest handout in history. The U.S. government provided $700 billion to the banks in the [...]

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Open Letter to My Conservative Hero

December 17, 2009

I am an avid reader of George Will. He is one of the few journalists that seems to advocate free market ideals and limited government. However, he penned an article recently that really upset me. He actually defends the Fed and argues they should not be audited. Below is an email I sent to papa [...]

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Jackie Chan Been Kicked In the Head Too Often

April 18, 2009

This isn’t a political blog, but I saw this article and couldn’t believe it. No one would ever accuse Jackie Chan of being a genius, but I think he is showing that he may be an idiot.
Talking to some business group in Taiwan, he said that the “Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not [...]

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