Category Archives: Economy

The Top 10 Most Wanted!

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Chip Murray

We’re all familiar with the term Enemy of the State…it’s almost a cliché. In fact, they made a movie by the same name with Will Smith and Gene Hackman. A headline up on Drudge this morning inspired a new term … Continue reading →

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The Fool on the Hill

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Chip Murray

“Day after day, Alone on a hill, The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still But nobody wants to know him, They can see that he’s just a fool, And he never gives an answer, But the fool … Continue reading →

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Scary Words & The Widget Makers!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Chip Murray

“The liberals have way more money, more passion and more volunteers.” I read these words the other day in an update piece on Wisconsin and the Unions. They terrified me to be brutally honest with you! The reason is quite … Continue reading →

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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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