The Raven

Town blog, origin concept - I like it.  I hope I'm not being out of line here - its not even October yet and I'm feeling completely in the season and wanted to share it.  Summer is officially over and Halloween is only four weeks away.  Halloween is far and away my favorite holiday.  In the summer you do stuf all day then meetup and talk about it.  The winter is different.  In the winter time you really need a reason to go out of the house because it's cold outside.  Al your stories in the Halloween party are hobbies of the indoor verity.  Everyone in town is burning incense, meditating, and reading the Karma Sutra.  So in the name of Halloween and long hours spent indoors here's my offering to the town blogclick here to read more of this....

Liquidity Trap Result Of Cash Only Society

I'm no economist, but I figured this ordeal in planning isn't helicopter money like the 150 billion stimulus package. Its a takeover trap. Another thing is I've never had a mortgage, or even a car payment. I did have some student loans that I defaulted on and eventually paid off. Back in those days you took loans directly from the govenrnment and you couldn't declare bankruptcy or get out of them. I also guess I made a mistake on my taxes once while wating tables. I wasn't much of a bookkeeper, but I know that for a 900 dollar debt to the government, they confiscated my tax refund, put a lien on my car, and threatened wage garnishment. The credit companies just phoned and talked about lawsuits. I can't imagine owing 250k to the government and being homeless on top o...click here to read more of this....