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My Fair President!

“Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.”                                   -Samuel Johnson If you can visualize the scene in My Fair Lady when Eliza realizes her part in the bet, and the magical musical enchantment crashes into the reality of … Continue reading

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“The Root of All Evil”, a Murder Mystery!

Do you remember the movie D.O.A from 1988 starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan? It was a pretty good who-done-it where the murder victim is actually Dennis Quaid’s character who spends the entire movie searching for the killer who slipped him … Continue reading

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The Road to Hell is Paved with Compromise!

Every where we look today, from the 15 + Trillion Dollar mountain of debt to the halls of a totally dysfunctional public education system to the headquarters of World Wide Corruption at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and a congressional sewer system … Continue reading

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The Devil’s Bargain!

Well it’s about 11am Eastern Titanic Time here on the aft deck…Markets up over 400 points after the Bernanke wink! What a lovely day…not a cloud on the horizon. A far lovelier day for the elite crew inside the wheelhouse … Continue reading

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Operation…Twist?

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. – Sir Walter Scott QE1, QE2…and now ladies & gentlemen, they bring us Operation Twist! We couldn’t be further from the moorings of morality and integrity if … Continue reading

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Super Sunday, The Amazing “Mess” & Happy Birthday “Dutch”!

So I woke up this morning with three numbers in my head…26, 300 & 100;  The average salary for a lineman in 1967 (year of the 1st Super Bowl) was $26,000. Today’s lineman essentially puts on the same uniform, takes … Continue reading

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The Winds of Change & The Gathering Storm…Once Again!

Winston Churchill saw the gathering storm clouds long before the rest of England, Europe and the Free World bothered to look up from their routine worries. For those of you yet convinced that history does indeed repeat itself… “Our difficulties … Continue reading

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