http://forgotston.com It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. -Voltaire Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:55:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, the politicians and bureaucrats in D.C. told us if we didn't understand the need for a $700 Billion bailout of nation's financial markets, we were dumb. Last Monday, when a majority of the House of Representatives listened to us dumb mullets they voted down the bailout. The ... http://forgotston.com/2008/10/06/economics-for-dummies/ Below is a copy of a column that appeared in Tuesday's Shreveport newspaper. One may argue with some of the conclusions and one may argue with the suggested solutions, but the numbers are easily checked and we definitely have a problem. New ethics laws, more government, more studies, ... http://forgotston.com/2008/10/01/the-elephant-in-the-room/ Yesterday, we were told by the politicians who created the country's current financial mess if they weren't given $700 BILLION to fix their mess there would be financial Armageddon in American and around the world. The media breathlessly reported that the Dow Jones average plummeted by 777 ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/30/what-and-who-should-we-believe/ Today, I've been listening to attempts by members of Congress to explain the need for the $700 Billion financial bailout. The universal response to the question posed to the politicians of why a majority (57%) of us mullet/voters are opposed to the massive bailout is because we are too dumb to ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/29/congress-the-voters-are-dumb/ "Significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein Unfortunately, at this very moment, Einstein's admonition is not being heeded in the U.S. Capitol. Since the financial crisis being debated in Washington, D.C. began, I ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/27/im-a-sucker/ We, in Louisiana, supposedly live in the "greatest nation on Earth." Therefore, it difficult and very sad to watch the long lines of citizens in Louisiana standing in the heat to get emergency Food Stamps. It's not so much sad because of the heat and other inconveniences they are suffering as it ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/12/a-sad-sight/ I've never heard so much complaining in all my life about the lack electrical power all over LA. Some have only been without power for 10 days so far. Providing it doesn't rain or storm again, everyone in LA will have power by Thanksgiving. (That's something to really be thankful ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/11/no-power-quit-your-bellyaching/ The announcement below makes one wonder about the so-called gambling regulators at the LA State Police. It seems to me that the casinos and video poker parlors are quite capable of issuing their own press releases or purchasing advertising to announce their business hours.    It is very questionable ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/09/la-state-police-promote-gambling/ It's been almost two weeks since Mayor Ray Nagin was given an "Award of Distinction for Recovery, Courage and Leadership." There was a big gala ceremony at the Ritz Carlton staged by the mayor's personal photographer (You mean you don't have one?) Bernardo (goes by only one name) ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/05/give-that-man-an-award/ After gathering information from around our state, as best as I could, I've come to a few conclusions. The politicians appear to be more than up to the task of congratulating themselves and each other for simply doing their jobs. Applause The people who deserve a huge round of ... http://forgotston.com/2008/09/04/applause-for-the-citizens/