The idea of  the "African Queen" being a white gal strikes me as unfair or even racist.   Knowing she is not black certainly gives me pause.  Perhaps that could be the artists intent.?  Now I am asking myself, "Who am I to judge the artist, anyway?"

It is often difficult to predict any market's direction, however, the question WHEN is generally a 100 times more complex, therefore, anyone who attempts such a feat is highly unlikely to be proven correct.  I have pondered the prospect of inflation for quite some time and it does seem inevitable.  "When" is the unansw...more

Time to go GLD?  I have reservations.  I'm looking toward that one essential stock genre.  The ones that we simply will not do without their products, that we will spend our last dollar to maintain.  What is it that a modern society will not sacrifice?      Autos can be repaired & made to last indefinitely, diapers c...more

walker,  I am reading about this mans' "rambling tirade".  Doesn't sound too strange to me.  It sounds like he desperately wants people to understand he is a reasonable person.  One who has been "persecuted" by unfair accusation, etc.  Accurate or not, this appears to be his perception of events leading to his "ruined ...more

Why not.  As long as Mr. Sheen is willing to stick his neck out.  Bully for him.  I only hope he understands that this fellow sees himself a man with nothing to loose but his honor.  I feel equally certain this man wants to live & likely understands that now, and, knows full well he cannot turn himself in to LAPD.    ...more

Where are the lies women tell men?  Oh, I forgot.  Sugar and spice and . . . .

I believe we have more to fear from banks than from a standing army.  That's never been more true than now. Don't blame the Fed. for everything.  The fiscal policy side is totally corrupted.  Even if the Fed were absolutely perfect it couldn't fix the corruption(corporate welfare for campaign help) that is so deeply i...more

Delmar, you right.  Having agreed with you, I might add that the even greater injustices are the super heavy tax breaks the rich have enjoyed for decades, the trillion dollar gift to the richest banks, as well as the billions given to those foolish enough to bury themselves in mortgae debt and the trillions spent on ne...more

Here's an idea:  No one leaves Washington or gets paid until the annual budget is balanced.  It would be balanced before the weekend don't you think?  Infantile Presidential Goof-offs and Congressmen and women give me a pain.  Any accountant worth his salt could balance this budget in a week, but, these premadonnas wan...more