Five weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the Deseret News
(published 13 Oct 2011) in which I said "Sometime
within the next 5 weeks,the federal government's
debt load will advance to the 15 trillion dollar
level.
And  wouldn't you know it I hit the nail on the head
right to the day (November 16, the last day of the
full 5 weeks.
Wow, how did I do that. By putting massive numbers
together with a small dose of quantitative easing?
Reading tea leaves? Crunching a fortune cookie?
Brilliant sluething? A highly educated guess?

Who knows? Who Cares? The really important facts
to consider are these: We have passed 15 trillion,
and it ain't (pardon my French) coming back. Next
up, 16 trillion. We can't stop this freight train
from barrelling forward. One of these days, it will
slip off the rails and make the evening news.

        The words contradictory and ironic come to mind as I write this article
Because I wanted to write a glowing article about my favorite writer,
Peggy Noonan,  long time journalist for the Wall Street Journal.                                       
However, you just might find an O.Hernry twist at the end.
I like Peggy's writing. Very easy to read. No ten dollar words.
Just simple one-dollar ones that I can understand. (I like George
Will. too, but every time I read him, I have to use a dictionary.)                                                       

       An excellent example of Ms. Noonan's writing was her editorial
"The Divider and the Thinker," (Wall Street Journal, October 28,2011,
in which she contrasts the thinking ability of President Obama and
Representative Paul Ryan---except for her last sentence in which
she veers off into the realm of the inaccurately inplied that Mr.                    
Obama's popularity numbers had been going up.          
     Unfortunately, on the same day Peggy wrote this line, Obama’s
popularity had fallen to 42% and his handling of the economy had
landed at 35% as reported by Fox news.

     (However, two days after I wrote this, Mr. Obama's numbers
dramatically, thanks to the Herman Cain mess. So, she wasn't far
off the mark.)

                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

                                 

                                  

 



 

Deseret News, Dec 29, 2010
Republicans have reclaimed the House
and gained seats in the Senate, but
the triumvirate of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi
are solidly entrenched in Washington.

The just finished congressional lame duck session
proved the Democrats are firmly in control and can
pass any legislation they desire. Republicans still
remain the same old go along party as usual.

The Democrats' agenda has remained the same
for the past 80 years: take money from the rich,
give it to the unions, always expand the federal
government, spend more, tax more, regulate more.

This has always been their simple plan.
 It will be in force over the next two years.










 

 In Henry VI, part 3, Shakespeare has Lord Clifford,
     the Earl of Oxford, or anonymous speak the following lines:
    
     To whom do lions cast their gentle looks
     Not to the beast that would usurp their den
     The smallest worm will turn being trodden on,
     And the doves will peck in safegaurd of their brood

     Whether the Republicans like it or not, the nation's
economy, that gigantically, hugh worm in America's
woodshed may be turning. And it just may be turning
for the better,which every politician knows is the number
one key to being re-elected. The turn around in the economy
worked well for Clinton and Reagan. It could do the same
for Obama.
     Private industry profits just may save the worm from
being squashed.