Former protege of Ayn Rand, Mr. Greenspan Speaks about The Fed
by Jude Cowell
Here’s a 48-second snippet from 2007 of Jim Lehrer interviewing Alan Greenspan who headed America’s Federal Reserve System for several years:
Text of the full interview may be read here. A link to Mr. Greenspan’s book is included if you’re so inclined. As you know, reporter Andrea Mitchell has been married to Mr
A Saturnian YOD, a Selfish Republican Ploy, and a Merry Christmas! to Us
by Jude Cowell
After hours of watching political pundits and reporters talking on TV about how Speaker John Boehner will put up his ‘Plan B’ for a House vote today, I’ve been waiting to hear them answer their own queries: Why is Mr. Boehner wasting time (and our money) proposing Plan B when it won’t pass the Democratic
Jupiter Still Rx, Fiscal Responsibility Stalls, & Republicans Con
by Jude Cowell
Here’s a handy timeline of debt celings and other fiscalities including 2011’s Stalemate Theater on Capitol Hill.
Unfortunately for the American people and the US economy, tickets for matinee performances remain available and may be valid into 2013.
Now as you know, moneybags Jupiter, a planet that at times in
Political Corruption and the Bartender Blues
by Jude Cowell
A Judy’s World article Why Boehner Needs to Go details some things said by Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe Wednesday (12/5) about the Speaker’s reputation for drunkeness around town, remarks which I heard with my own ears.
Even from this distance in Georgia (and not being a resident of D.C. for many moons now), I’ve heard of Speaker
November 2012: a Month of Two Eclipses and a Returning Congress
by Jude Cowell
In modern Astrology, eclipses are not often considered ‘bad omens’ as in olden days and yet the 112th Congress returns for its two-week lame duck session on November 13, 2012. Lawmakers’ priorities include taxes, FY13 appropriations bills, the federal debt, and the dreaded sequestration (drastic automatic cuts
You betcha! And House Speaker John Boehner has already used graphic Mars/Uranus-style gun rhetoric concerning labor unions. One assumes it’s okay with Mr. Boehner if the powers that be are holding the "machine gun" of Mars/Uranus to our heads but unacceptable when we-the-people stand together to protect ourselves from political and social abuse.Yet rhetoric isn’t all that sizzles with a Mars/
For nine minutes progressive broadcaster Thom Hartmann sums up the dynamics of the recent tragedy in Tucson and gives an historic overview of the conservative ‘Party of No’ beginning with President Obama’s uplifting message about our nation and that of Sarah Palin and her ilk.The Party of No has quite a laundry list of obstructionism to its credit (debit) and I shudder to think what this nation
Though we’re in the Winter Solstice 2010 season now with its rare Lunar Eclipse (both at crisis or critical degrees which presaged Saturday’s Horror in Tucson), recent events in the political realm such as the time and money wasting 112th Congress opening on January 5, 2011, the mystery of thousands of dead birds and other animals, Phosgene and the possibly related murder of bio-weapons expert
Whether you expect major improvements under the House leadership of John Boehner or not, you don’t want to miss Matt Taibbi’s current piece in Rolling Stone, The Crying Shame of John Boehner!At least someone in America still engages in what was once called ‘journalism’.And Mr. Boehner’s oft-remarked-upon tendency to well up with tears? Sentimental, self-pitying perhaps, with a possible Moon/
NPR BREAKING NEWS: As Expected, Boehner Becomes House Speaker Ohio Republican John Boehner is speaker, but Nancy Pelosi saw 19 Democrats vote for people other than her. More at NPR.~:~Scroll down this blog’s sidebar a bit for a few brief astro-peeks at natal charts including John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi. Mr. Boehner is famous for passing out tobacco industry checks to members on the House floor.