Sean Hannity wanted to make sure that all of the
“well qualified candidates” were properly vetted and he’ll be doing a lot of
the questioning himself at “C-Pac”. If
it isn’t one group, it’s another. I’d
want to know first their position on Wall Street and the Federal Reserve. Then I’d like to know their position on the
Bush – Chaney war crimes. Then I’d like
to know if they are capable of “thinking out of the box” and coming up with a
new solution to deal with ISIS nobody else has thought of, but will likely
work. Are they in favor of cutting off
all aid to Saudi Arabia. They are a a
rich country and I see no reason on God’s green earth why we should have to
give them anything. They are the source
of all this religious extremism we see in the Mideast today anyhow. What is the candidate’s position on the
Ukraine war. What do they plan to do
with Putin’s nuclear weapon usage threat?
Now we hear that the Mossad came out and admitted that Iran is not a
nuclear threat. Iran has signed the
nuclear non polifferation treaty and has regularly allowed international
inspectors in. Israel has not signed
this treaty and will not allow outside inspectors in to examine their
facilities. Do they believe in “class
warfare” and do they allege that Obama is the “source of it”. Or like me, so they see the term of “class
warfare” as just dog whistle speech for “Let’s screw the poor even more and
give the big rich corporation even more power, that is denied the popular
electorate”? Will they institute tax
policies that encourage corporations to relocate back to America and to STOP
relocating outside the country? Are they
for or against the Trans-Canada oil pipeline?
I heard that President Obama vetoed the pipeline today and if that’s
true, than I admire him for doing the right thing for once. Will this presidential candidate encourage
alternative energy sources? What is
this candidate’s position on such Supreme Court issues as gay marriage, and
voting rights, and Citizen’s United?
Has this candidate ever favored national constitutional amendments
banning all abortions or banning gay marriages nationwide? What is this candidates position on how the
FDA is run, or rather mismanaged? Do
individual states have the right to establish their own environmental laws or
laws regarding marijuana, or gay marriage?
What does this candidate think of the “fundamentally transforming of the
several states” with laws bashing labor unions, slashing education, and raiding
pension funds? Does this law believe in
a consistent and fair application of punishments when it comes to criminal
violations- - regardless of the race of the party?
I would "vet" someone professing to be a Christian - - likewise by having him reveal his true positions on things. Does he, for example, believe in living up to a contract, such as a union contract or a government pension contract? What is the state of this person's own marital status. Divorces are fine in some circumstances and at times necessary to recognize that a marriage is officially dead. But for example do you believe you should divorce because a religious Cult TELLS you you must divorce because your wife or husband is a "spiritual impediment". How do other women in your past regard you as a person. Did you part on amenable terms, or are you one of those guys that "Your girl's mother warned her about?" Do you believe in paying your debts and keeping your promises. Do you have ulterior motives in the business or personal dealings you conduct. Are you known as some kind of world class liar by your peers - - or do your peers regard you as a straightforward, upstanding kind of guy. What do your ex students think and feel about you two years after they were under your tutelage? Do people have to "unlearn" all of the bullshit that spewed out of your mouth? How do you feel about wealth and "giving back to society" and generosity to the poor? What is your position on the wider issues of war and peace? Are you known as a compassionate, caring person? Do you defend the down and out? How do you feel about ecology and saving Planet Earth for the next generation. Does the idea of greed bother you? Are you a morally and philosophically consistent person? Do you pose "intellectually respectable" propositions? Are you known as an objective person? Do you have biases you won't admit even to yourself? This is just a few of the questions I would use to "vet" members of my Church, assuming I had a church to "vet" members into.
I gave my official "sell all stocks" signal the evening after January 14th of this year. Since then the markets have continued to rise slightly. If you own oil stocks you should feel secure because oil prices have started upward again. However best indicators are that oil prices will NOT continue upward to their former lofty prices. Also there continues to be signs that the demand that fuels any health economy just isn't there, as the statistics below reveal. So even though you've made money in the past several weeks the best choice STILL is to sell all stocks while you still have the profits on paper. A paper loss can turn into a real loss if your furniture or house is being reposessed. At that point you have run out of time. My advice is to lock in those "paper profits" now as Real, Tangible profits you can hold in your hand.
When the coming economic crisis strikes, more than half the country is going to be financially wiped out within weeks. At this point, more than 60 percent of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and a whopping 24 percent of the country has more credit card debt than emergency savings. One of the primary principles that any of these “financial experts” that you see on television will teach you is to have a cushion to fall back on. At the very least, you never know when unexpected expenses like major car repairs or medical bills will come along. And in the event of a major economic collapse, if you do not have any financial cushion at all you will be a sitting duck. Yes, I know that there are millions upon millions of families out there that are just trying to scrape by from month to month at this point. I hear from people that are deeply struggling in this economy all the time. So I don’t blame them for not being able to save lots of money. But if you are in a position to build up an emergency fund, you need to do so. We have been experiencing an extended period of relative economic stability, but it will not last. In fact, the time for getting prepared for the next great economic downturn is rapidly running out, and most Americans are not ready for it at all. The following are 14 signs that most Americans are flat broke and totally unprepared for the coming economic crisis…
#1 According to a survey that was just released, 24 percent of all Americans have more credit card debt than emergency savings.
#2 That same survey discovered that an additional 13 percent of all Americans do not have any credit card debt, but they do not have a single penny of emergency savings either.
#3 At this point, approximately 62 percent of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
#4 Adults under the age of 35 in the United States currently have a savings rate of negative 2 percent.
#5 More than half of all students in U.S. public schools come from families that are poor enough to qualify for school lunch subsidies.
#6 A study that was conducted last year found that more than one out of every three adults in the United States has an unpaid debt that is “in collections“.
#7 One survey discovered that 52 percent of all Americans really cannot even financially afford the homes that they are living in right now.
#8 According to research conducted by Atif Mian of Princeton University and Amir Sufi of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 40 percent of Americans could not come up with $2000 right now without borrowing it.
#9 That same study found that 60 percent of Americans could not say yes to the following question…
“Do you have 3 months emergency funds to cover expenses in case of sickness, job loss, economic downturn?”
#10 A different study discovered that less than one out of every four Americans has enough money stored away to cover six months of expenses.
#11 Today, the average American household is carrying a grand total of 203,163 dollars of debt.
#12 It is estimated that less than 10 percent of the entire U.S. population owns any gold or silver for investment purposes.
#13 48 percent of all Americans do not have any emergency supplies in their homes whatsoever.
#14 53 percent of all Americans do not even have a minimum three day supply of nonperishable food and water in their homes.
Perhaps none of this concerns you.
Perhaps you think that this bubble economy can persist indefinitely.
Maybe if you can make yourself not think about it at all, the whole thing will go away.
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