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The county fair……$480.00 lighter…..Priceless
Oh, how could I forget – corn dogs, funnel cakes, cotton candy and, yes, a few rides. What could be more American than taking your family to the county fair? I remember growing up in Ohio that every August in Sandusky County my home town of Fremont was the host city. The fair was usually the last big event before the start of the new school year. It also meant the end of summer vacation. … Read entire article »
Filed under: East Bay California, National Blog
The future is much closer than you think
As I un-zipped my tent a cold blast of air hit my face. The sun was shinning, the air was crisp, and smelled of morning dew. I looked over at 10 other tents; no one else was up yet. I was so sore; it is just hard sleeping on an air mattress compared to my old nice comfy bed. I walked over to our “communication hub”. It consisted of a short wave radio, transmitter, four … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
Only in America do you need to PAY for a 1 month T-bill and Money Market Accounts!!!
Update 6/29/11–A few days ago I posted a chart of the NEGATIVE return of investment from one month t-bills. Guess what is following right behind; MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS!!! Look at this chart!!!!! To every person out there that has money left to invest this is BAD NEWS. For those that have parked their emergency funds into a money market mutual fund, this is BAD NEWS. That emergency fund very soon may see a pull off of that NAV of … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
What is a Patriot?
I have been in quiet reflection this week as a question has sat in the back of mind: What is a Patriot? It is sitting there due to some converstaions I have had with team members. It is there because I am reading a book with a title reflecting that question, and I watched a movie with Mel Gibson, who played the role of one. However in the book, movie, and conversation the vision in … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
Federal Reserve…Your move…
Update June 22nd 2011: As many of you know Bill Gross from Pimco investments is recognized as a world leader in the bond market with billions of dollars under his management. It would be very prudent for him to analyze and try to forecast what the federal reserve is going to do just as I have done in this article… Here is a tweet from him today: Just out from Bill Gross: What is going to happen to … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
The Economic Collapse Continues……
Faith & Survival’s Definition of an Economic Collapse A complete breakdown of the United States of America’s economic system, in which trust in the dollar and the political structure being able to fix the breakdown no longer exists. Measurements to indicate the collapse exists will not be government based because the bureaucracy will do everything in it’s power to deceive the people into believing that the economy is fine, to keep their own jobs and power. … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
Just blow it away……
Today as I drove down the road I watched a familiar scene. Someone had a blower mounted on their back, and was blowing the papers, leaves, trash and cut grass. I watched as he performed his job, blowing everything that he thought needed to be blown off of one property and depositing it onto someone else’s property. I have watched that happen for years, never thinking about this simple point. “Why do we allow people to blow their … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
Self Reliance comes in many forms….
Growing your own food. Seems as though this would be something that all of us would do. Every time you eat food that you grow in your own garden equals less money you spend on groceries. Your own tomatoes have not been radiated, genetically modified, or fertilized by who knows what. When you eat chips and salsa it tastes ten times better when all the ingredients to make that salsa came from your own labor. However, it seems … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, National Blog
HAARP, The Facts, The Evil…
Update June 10th 2011..The plot continues to thicken. Very credible resources are starting to come forward publicly that HAARP may have been responsible for the Japan Earthquake, which then caused the Tsunami, and then the Nuclear nightmare at the Fukushima Plant. Below is excerpt of a story from Natural News… (NaturalNews) Recent data released by Dimitar Ouzounov and colleagues from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland highlights some strange atmospheric anomalies over Japan just … Read entire article »
Filed under: East Bay California, National Blog
Fukushima Today, Meltdowns, and a Ring of Death
90 days ago a 9.0 earthquake rocked Japan. Thousands of people lost their lives from this natural disaster. However the man-made disaster called the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown will end up being far more costly in terms of lost life and human suffering, for weeks, months, years, and decades to come. Lets start with the obvious a news cover up. Nuclear meltdowns began in THREE nuclear reactors within 4 hours of the earthquake. 88 days later this … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, National Blog
Let the truth be heard..but where are you?
June 7th 2011 brought another Pleasanton City Council Meeting. I was able to speak at two moments. The link below is the video of the meeting. I spoke at minute 24, and at the 1 hour 14 minute mark. http://pleasantonca.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=321 I was happy with my presentation, and then my follow up conversation on the economy as it related to the city doing a budget workshop. But this posting is not meant to toot my horn. It is … Read entire article »
Filed under: East Bay California, National Blog
We all have our own mountain to climb
Sometimes I like to be inspirational. Attempt to approach our difficult lives and look for a way to put a small glimmer of hope into the moment. Today I hiked up Mission Peak in Fremont California. It is one of the largest mountains in the Bay Area. It soars to a height of 2400 feet, and can be seen from miles around. It is one of those landmarks that is used to help guide people…start heading over … Read entire article »
Filed under: East Bay California, National Blog, Training
It was so unexpected…..
Over the last two weeks I have listened to news reports on the economy that all have a common theme. Unemployment unexpectedly rises to 9.1% Inflation rises unexpectedly to 2.8% GDP for the first quarter is revised down to 2.5% and second quarter forecast is revised downward to 2.0% The foreclosure market has hit alarming high levels of 38% of overall home sales in the month of April Auto sales in the month of April down an unexpected 8.1% due … Read entire article »
Filed under: National Blog
God’s Plan…a couple days, 6000 foot elevation, a pen, and paper
Every time I come back from time in the wilderness I ask myself the same question. We advanced into the modern age because? If I ask that question of others I often get the responses of, ‘technological advances have made our lives easier and with greater meaning’. ‘Wealth has allowed us to purchase homes, cars, clothing that otherwise we would not have’. I say to all those answers…hogwash! Over the past few days I drove away … Read entire article »
Filed under: East Bay California, National Blog
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