Rubio: Spending Deal Full of ‘Typical D.C. Gimmicks’

Boehner, Obama and Reid cut a deal…will cut $78.5 billion from Obama’s original fiscal 2011 budget, resulting in spending of $3.755 trillion. Senator Rubio voted NO! At last a Senator of REASON! [...]

BBC: US budget: Talks go on as government shutdown looms

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13015909

BBC North America editor Mark Mardell notes that while President Obama has made it clear a shutdown would damage the fragile US economic recovery, it would also do huge damage to the already battered image of Washington politicians.

Obama said in a statement that the US government could not continue to operate on a [...]

Video: An Obama Shutdown: How Could We Tell?

YouTube Video from the Heritage Foundation

FED FOCUS-Rise in US Treasury yields may trigger more Fed buying

Forbes.com — By Alister Bull

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – Rising U.S. government bond yields could force the Federal Reserve to expand a massive program to buy Treasury and mortgage-related debt, and if it does, it may need to be much more aggressive to be effective.

The Fed’s second-in-command Donald Kohn gave a clear signal [...]

Capitalism — What’s Obvious and Not So Obvious

In the wake of the current political and economic crisis, there are several questions that I have asked that I would assume are also being asked by those who value freedom and individual rights. The questions take the following related forms: Isn’t it obvious to people that what Obama is doing is not going to [...]

How to Abolish the Federal Reserve

This clip is taken from the awesome video called The Money Masters. Please view the entire video on google to understand what is going on monetarily. You can also purchase the DVD from http://www.themoneymasters.com which I wholeheartedly recommend.

Abolishing the Fed with a plan to avoid chaos — this is making much sense! There may [...]

Ron Paul, America’s last hope, abandoned us today!

I believe this to be the most important blurb I’ve ever written.  I have submitted this to Digg, so help us all, both at Digg It!, and have the courage to comment here at Morality101.

I am very disappointed that Ron Paul abandoned us today, telling us to ‘vote no’ by voting for any [...]

Crime and Punishment

Yes indeed, this is getting a bit off my beaten path, but is surely related in a different way.  This issue has churned around in the back of my little head for some years now, and now I guess it’s time.

The trigger was reading that the USA has 5% of it’s population in prison, [...]

Iraq – the real cost

Over half-trillion dollars has been spent on the war in Iraq.  When the true applicable costs are tallied, It’s probably much more.  It has not been paid for, being all piled atop of our insurmountable national debt.

The war was started by the first and only Hitler-President America has ever elected, his veep has multiplied [...]