That's what happens when you warble about "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"

Mead of the Bears

Firing Brokers and Pansy Europeans

"Americans seem to accept a level of insecurity in their lives that Europeans wouldn’t tolerate. Paralysis is one response to this level of insecurity.”

One recommendation of the story is to invest in tangible items. I'm heading to Gun City tomorrow: rarely, if ever, do fine firearms depreciate.

Also, when is FCP going to upgrade to HDTV?

Mexico or France vs. Wall Street

Contextualized against a backdrop of Wall Street Money Mongers, recently-arrived Mexicans seem to be some of the hardest workers in New York City. That French chef could even teach Madoff a thing or two about the meaning of Hard Work.

Only $50 Billion?

Usually these MBAs and Money Mongers get away with quite a bit more. They care nothing about forging and holding onto friendships. The only concern is the financial bottom line. This is what they teach in undergraduate and graduate business schools, and they somehow legitimize it through whatever is the conventional religious norm. Kind of neat how that works, isn't it.

Spengler Says" A bit of Gloom, No Doom, but Where Are the Children of Men?"

He takes a surprising turn on this Lehman Kaboom. Relates it to Steyn's thesis on the demographic weirdness of our times... Interesting. Whaddya think, FCP?

Towards A Flat Tax...

On Tax Cuts

The guy who wrote this article and I were graduate students and shared an office not too long ago. I haven't heard from him in a while, and just got this forward from a friend and editor of his. Check out his views on tax cuts. Enjoy.

~mft

Capitalism checks Itself, once again...

Not that it was deliberate, but every now and again I'll catch this Jim Cramer nut-job on CNBC, his shirt-sleeves rolled up, screaming and yelling at us in our living rooms to "BUY!" or "SELL!" or "HOLD!!!"

About three or four months ago, I remember telling my father, "You know, this guy's insanity hype is not what I think of when deciding how to invest in the market..."