Archive for July, 2009
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Cohabitation & Competition – Government & Private Sector and Health Care
I’ve been reading intriguing discussions about health care vs. government care and one of the discussions turned to the area of where government and private sector cohabitate or compete on some scale. Going down the list take a look and think about whether government and private sectors compete on any given day. Cohabitation and Competition [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in The Fed by RichSlick
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
The Bureaucracy of a Fund Raiser
If you ever want to understand how government bureaucracy impacts even the smallest of communities and the smallest acts of kindness I submit the following personal story. I have an uncle that wanted to do a small fund raiser to help a local community organization. He had a few volunteers and the plan was simple: [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Observations by RichSlick
Friday, July 17th, 2009
The 10 Instances When You’ll Spend More Than You Earn
If you read PFblogs you’ve probably read it over and over again at least a hundred or a thousand times: “Spend Less Than You Earn.” From the very beginning I was never comfortable with that phrase because I found it all too obvious where there are many instances where you will spend more than you [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Philosophy by RichSlick
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Federal Bank Holiday 9/9/2009? Conspiracy Theory On The Internet!
Well the rumor mill is on full throttle on the internet as I keep getting links and messages about some big bank holiday (bank closure) coming on September 9, 2009. It would seem to make more sense to have the bank holiday on 9/11/9 to commemorate 9/11 but that’s just me. There are all sorts [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in The Fed by RichSlick
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
How To Beat The Credit Card Company Every Time
I’ve been reading the fascinating tale of “James” over at Red Tape Chronicles and I have the simple and ultimate solution to his woes: Cash Reserves. Do people simply not understand that credit cards are essentially a loan and not “free” money? I have a fairly simple rule I follow: If I don’t have the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Credit Cards by RichSlick
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Discovery Channel = Destruction Channel
I spend a great deal of time watching Discovery Channel because I love learning and I couldn’t figure out why I was addicted to this channel until a slow realization dawned on me….most of the shows on Discovery are about destruction of the planet earth for profit. Let’s take a look at some of the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by RichSlick
Monday, July 13th, 2009
More Stray Animals At My Door Step
I came home this weekend to find a small bowl of water at my front door. It was an old plastic tub with water in it and I didn’t think much of it. I thought perhaps it was trash that happened to have filled with rain water until I went inside for a few hours [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Rants by RichSlick
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Residential Real Estate Bottom Nearly Here!
I was watching TV and came across a TV commercial for “home staging careers” from Haverhill. The free market has a tendency of signaling the top and bottom in subtle ways if you’re paying attention and nothing says “bottom” than advertising a career as home staging to sell homes. During the real estate boom, TV [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Observations by RichSlick
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
California IOU’s And Federal Reserve Notes Are The Same Thing!
For those of you that have been following the fiscal meltdown in California you may be aware of the big bruhaha over California issuing “IOU’s” or Registered Warrants to the people California is indebted to and many banks have stated they will no longer accept IOU’s beyond July 10 (tomorrow) but what seems to be [...]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
DeMint Amendment To Audit The Federal Reserve, Please Support
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