War is hell. It took two sides to fight it.   This is true but what is, and has been, carefully avoided, the fact that we were going to the aid of France ( a supposed ally) who was at war there trying to regain her colony of French Indo China and the Cong were beating their butts off. Remember Den bien Phu .  As soon...more

Yep! Texas has got 2 chances.  Little and none.  Gotta give the guy credit for nerve though because as I understand it Calderon is best buddies with Obama and Obama will up Mexico's aid package to pay it off.  Hey, Hey, your tax dollars at work!

Now just why would Ms Heaton come out of the woodwork with her derogatory remarks directed at this girl except for the knowledge that it was guaranteed to give her publicity?  Some folks would do well to remain in the shadows rather than be publicity hounds at someone else's expense.

Seemingly all of these "fluff" stories are aimed at folks who are still working. Since the banks are charging over 5% to borrow money, which I do not plan to do, and their universal payout is .05%, and the CDs under 1.0% what do people such as I, at 86, do who are only trying to survive as we did during the Great Depre...more

What this tells you young folks out there is don't get old!  We are in our mid 80s and being products of the Depression have worked and saved all of our lives in anticipation of our Golden Years!  When it was discovered that we, the seniors, controlled trillions of dollars, outside the financial mainstream, they (the f...more

This will not affect the COLA for Senior Citizens at all because the Feds will keep on cooking the books to be sure that we see no benefits from inflation.  By taking fuel and food and medicines out of the equation they can control the interpretation of inflation, at their will.  My food, fuel, and meds are still going...more

Hey Mr. Government, If I overpaid you, on my taxes, by check be assured that I want my refund in check form not some financial scam worked out with your local friendly bank!

While I am far from the brightest bulb in the lamp, at first blush it would seem that all of the goodies are being given to the most affluent amongst us.  Who ultimately will pay the bills?  We, who always do; the senior citizens and the rapidly disappearing Middle Class!  While I have seen no COLA in my Social Secur...more

As a direct product of the Great Depression, and still maintaining that mentality of frugality, I have saved all of my working life and following a strict regimen of conservative savings, all of my savings are now in CDs.  When the financials realized just how much money is in the senior citizen's control they went on ...more