Category Archives: Economy

We’re Wide Awake! Now What?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Chip Murray

I was much happier when I was asleep! We’ve all had the experience of waking up and not being able to get back to sleep. I personally subscribe to the early to bed, early to rise formula. At 4am, it … Continue reading →

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Ten Years After…The Good, The Bad & The Ugly!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Chip Murray

                                                                     The Good Ten years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, I listened to interviews with Sheri Burlingame and David Beamer. Sheri is the wife of Charles Burlingame, the hijacked pilot whose plane hit the Pentagon. And David … Continue reading →

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Freedom & Fresh Air!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Chip Murray

I remember breathing air so fresh and pure as a kid…I can still smell it when I think about it. It’s different now…slowly over time, day by day, it’s just different now. And the funny thing is that nobody younger … Continue reading →

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Its Time To Move On!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Chip Murray

God help us…we’ve all become slaves to flat screens, monitors and…Tweets! Where’s the birth certificate? Here’s the birth certificate! Where’s Bin Laden? Here’s Bin Laden… “tapped” twice…left side! OOPS, Terrorist overboard! How many *^*)&%^&$#@ conversations can my brain have with … Continue reading →

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Principled Leadership, or Pay to Play?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Chip Murray

There’s a commonly understood axiom in the economic development community of New York known as pay to play. Many successful businessmen and entrepreneurs, who also happen to be fine upstanding citizens, simply consider it the cost of doing business. A … Continue reading →

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The End of America & The New Definition of Insanity!

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Chip Murray

As the dollar goes…?  http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/IMF-end-America-china/2011/04/26/id/394059 I’m watching the self-proclaimed Socialist/Journalist (They DO grow on trees!), MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell rip into Trump last night…and I’m thinkin’ “Man, we are in sad, sad shape!” It was one of the most pathetic and twisted…I … Continue reading →

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The Resurrection!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Chip Murray

“The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.” – Ayn Rand, writer Who stood more alone against the men of his time than did Christ himself? Rand, as an atheist, would … Continue reading →

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The Paradigm Has Shifted…Is Your Government Listening?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Chip Murray

The answer would be “YES” if you live in Wisconsin! The answer would be mostly “NO” if you live in NY! The taxpayers of Wisconsin not only survived an all out assault by their own Ruling Class and its Big Labor … Continue reading →

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Yesterday “Atlas Shrugged”. Today, He is on Life Support!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Chip Murray

“The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.” — Ayn Rand, writer I think of my childhood and the childhoods of the many friends I grew up with in the ultra … Continue reading →

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I’m in an Israel State of Mind, the Lion & the Jackal!

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Chip Murray

I have never in my life witnessed so many people willing to ignore fact to follow narrative. The masters of narrative have made her somewhat irresistible…I will give them that. But when you know your audience as well as they … Continue reading →

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