Entries from May 2008 ↓

In an unprecedented display of solidarity with the families of the soldiers being killed in Iraq, George W. Bush has stayed off the golf course. Never before in American history has a president denied himself the pleasure of a day on the links, and George W. Bush should be commended. Or maybe I’m just over his bullshit and I’m being sarcastic. Check out the video:

With the madness going on in the 2008 Presidential race already, there really isn’t any way not to have a favorite candidate. If you haven’t picked yours, it’s high time to make some decisions. The future of our country is literally in our hands.

Obviously the biggest rivalry at this point is Obama vs. Hillary. It looks like it’s going to be a tough fight yet, so pick your candidate and show your support with some presidential election merchandise.

That’s not to say it’s too early to show your support for Johnny McSame. Whoops, I mean McCain. If he’s your guy, feel free to buy a shirt. But don’t say I didn’t warn you. ;^)

But seriously, you don’t have to get out on the streets and yell into a bullhorn to support your candidate. You can show your support more passively by visiting 2008RaceGear.com and purchasing the election merchandise of your choice.

This is well worth a minute and a half of your time. Apparently Bill O’Reilly has been a tool for a loooong time.

In an amazingly clear-minded article in The American Conservative entitled “Whose War?”, Pat Buchanan comes through with a disturbingly accurate representation of the Neoconservative movement.

In the article, Buchanan (“mah main man Bookanan” as Borat affectionately refers to him) attacks the Neoconservative warmongers, and calls them on their unethical use of 9/11 as an excuse to invade and occupy Iraq. He even calls them on their use of antisemitism as an argument against their enemies.

I’m truly disturbed that Pat Buchanan makes sense to a person like myself. Normally the only thing I have in common with the man is the Irish heritage, but this time he really has hit the nail on the head.

If you’re a savvy investor, right now is a great time to buy real estate. Of course, the mainstream media would have you believe that real estate is a terrible market for everyone right now, but the fact is that there are some great opportunities out there for the right investor.

One great chance for smaller investors to own shares in a big institutional piece of property is known as “Tenant In Common” or TIC. According to Cardéa Real Estate and Asset Advisors, “In a TIC investment, each investor owns a ‘fractional, undivided interest’ (a portion) of a real estate asset.” This means that smaller investors can team up with other smaller investors in order to own a small piece of a much bigger pie.

With tic property, there are some different rules than with regular real estate, but they also offer some of the same advantages. One advantage is that you can do a 1031 exchange into a TIC property. This is a great way to shelter your real estate profits from taxes while rolling them over into a viable new investment.

TIC investments typically provide a positive cash flow, and when TICs gain value, you profit. Of course, there are no guarantees that you will profit, but history dictates that there’s a pretty good chance of it.

TICs are sold by registered securities dealers to accredited investors, so bear in mind that you need to meet certain criteria to invest in them.

Do you ever wonder exactly what the Federal Reserve is, and why it exists? We are led to believe that it exists to keep our dollar strong, and blah blah blah, but that it not it at all. The Fed exists to benefit bankers and other elites who have access to it.

The following film is based upon the book The Creature From Jekyll Island by author and Freedom Force International founder, G. Edward Griffin. If you really want to understand the state of our economy, check out this film.

There’s no way that you haven’t heard about what a problem identity theft has become if you pay attention to anything you hear in the news. Granted, most of the news is a lie, or at least a partial lie, but identity theft really is a growing problem. In fact, according to ConsumerAffairs.com:

For the seventh year in a row, identity theft tops the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint list, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006.

That statistic certainly scares me. In fact, I have been the victim of attempted bank fraud, so it really can happen to anyone. If you want to be protected from identity theft, you need to take matters into your own hands, rather than relying on your financial institutions to do it for you. I have been lucky, and the two times that someone tried to steal my financial info were quickly thwarted by my financial institutions, but who know if they’ll be so quick next time.

You have most likely also heard of LifeLock. I’m sure you have heard those commercials on the radio with Todd Davis, the CEO of lifelock, sharing his Social Security Number with the world. If he’s that confident in his product, I feel pretty safe saying that I am too.

The alleged suicide of Deborah Jean Palfrey, the “DC Madam,” has been brought into question by many people on the Internet, and even in the mainstream media. It’s definitely a weird situation at best, and there are a lot of high-level “Johns” that stood to lose a lot should she be allowed to talk.

Check out the two videos below, do some research, and decide for yourself. But my mind is made up.

So, here we are in this nonrecession, many of us stuck with a dead-end salary, if we even have a job at all. The state of California is damn near broke, along with other state and local governments. But do you ever wonder where all the money from a few years back went? Isn’t that the idea, that money circulates? Well if it circulates, where in the hell is it?

I have your solution, sadly. It’s in the pockets of war profiteers and corporations. Sure, they say they don’t have any money so they don’t have to pay any taxes, or move it to a foreign country, but it’s there. The money still exists, just not where it should be.

This, my friends, is known as pure despicable greed. If you want to let our presidential candidates know how you feel about this financial scam, check out the video below, then visit WarOnGreed.com and sign their petition.

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