Archive for the ‘Politics’ category

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Friends 4 Life – Animal Shelter

December 18, 2011

Go check out Friends 4 Life. They are working hard to save animals that would otherwise be euthanized. They operate a no-kill animal shelter. They have lots of dogs and cats for adoption, so contact them if you are looking for a new friend for life! Here’s how you can find them: No Kill Animal [...]

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The Payroll Tax Needs a Vacation

June 26, 2011

This guy is right on the money. Everyone forgets that after an 8 year economic growth cycle, our deficits turned to surpluses because tax revenues went up so much. Greenspan was on Capitol Hill screaming that we should have paid down the National Debt. It will happen again… IF we get employment up. Cutting payroll [...]

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Quantitative Easing Explained with Humor

November 17, 2010
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Chinese takeover commercial

November 11, 2010

Shocking commercial, but very true if we continue on the path we are on now.

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God Bless the Soldiers

August 25, 2010

Just watched the movie “We Were Soldiers” again. Check out this post: http://www.galago.net/blog/travel/god-bless-ed-freeman Panel 3, East, at the Vietnam War Memorial has the names of the soldiers that died at LZ XRay in Ia Drang Valley.

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Steve Wynn on Washington

August 6, 2010

Here’s an interview with Steve Wynn from May of 2010. He talks about how badly Washington is damaging the economy by overspending and by making bad decisions that create uncertainty. Most of what he says is very accurate, and his comments about moving his company’s headquarter to Asia because “that’s where the opportunity is” strikes [...]

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Dependence on Foreign Oil

June 16, 2010

“Oooh! That will help me pull the boat I don’t have up the mountain I don’t live near.” Quote from John Stewart on the Daily Show. He was showing pictures of SUVs, including the Hummer. He pointed out that the last EIGHT presidents have all said they will make it a priority to end dependence [...]

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Taxing Health Care Benefits

June 1, 2010

Emails are circulating about fears related to new taxes on health benefits. Here are some facts that should allay at least some of your concerns: There will be no tax on health benefits until 2018 (and we think it will be repealed before then). Starting next year, your employer will have to include the value [...]

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Pictures of the Gulf Oil Spill

April 30, 2010

Here’s a picture showing the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana: NASA released these satellite photos for everyone to see it from space. Pretty scary. The world needs to figure out new technology to clean these things up faster, so they don’t reach land. Here’s a close up: By the way, thanks to Pete [...]