Render Unto Caesar....?

I thought this article was interesting coming from LRC. In it the author attempts to deal with the “Render unto Caesar” quote that so many Christians use to legitimatize their undying support of the Leviathan state.

Being unaware of some of the historical aspects, I must say that it seems that he has dealt with it well, particularly by asking, “What is Caesar’s?” Kudos to Paul McDade for putting this into context for me some time ago by stating unequivocally . . . “God says what is Caesar’s, not Caesar.”

Peter the Prognosticator

My good friend and old hunting partner Greg Linville sent me this interesting article on Peter Schiff from Fortune 500.

While he does get some kudos, there is a subtle anipathy toward bears. . . I think.

Take a gander.

Who Knew?

Who knew that the federal government made $20 billion off of the mandated switch from analog to digital?

I did not until tonight when Heard it on News Hour with Jim Lehrer. As of now, I have no link to support this, but as the report indicated, the government auctioned off the digital "signals" and "earned" around $20 billion.

I have been wondering the whole time why this was a federal government issue, now I know. . . REVENUE.

More Power To The Fed?

The headlines read,

"Fed may win sweeping financial oversight
Some worry plan would give central
bank too much power."

Can the central bank really have too much power (satire)?

Look on the bright side maybe this will hasten the empire's demise.

Just Another Day For Politicians...

Dr. Nathan Hoeldtke's thoughts for the day:


"John Edwards ran for president while his wife was terminally ill and he was fathering a child with another woman. Governor Blagojevich openly invited bribes for Obama's Illinois senate seat, even though he knew he was under criminal investigation. Eliot Spitzer enjoyed numerous encounters with prostitutes after spending years criminally prosecuting others for the same activity. And Charles Rangel, the man who serves as chairman of the committee that writes the tax code, "forgot" to pay taxes on his Dominican Republic property for 20 years!


And people are always talking about Christians being hypocrites! The arrogance exhibited in the above panel is breath-taking to say the least. . . (and they are all Democrats--but maybe that's just a coincidence)."

As always, thanks Nate.

Right Again

A while back Peter Schiff was blasted by another economist and a Cavuto show fill in host (who could generally be classified as an ass for the way he spoke to Mr. Schiff) for suggesting that the inflation numbers were false.



As we have seen before, though, Schiff is right once again. Here Jim Jubak reports the "breaking news" that Schiff suggested a few months ago by saying

The official inflation number is so misleading that it played a huge role in creating the tech stock bubble that broke in March 2000 and in the leverage bubble that broke in 2007.

Still, though, Peter gets no love.

Wow, Fred!

A good friend sent this video to me this past weekend and I was astounded at Fred Thompson on the bailout. I will say, however, that it seems the blame is being laid on the liberal politicians as opposed to the so-called conservatives. Still it is extremely entertaining.



Thanks Nate.