Why Wall Street Matters

Briefly, Wall Street is the only place to store your money. Savings accounts pay less than even the official inflation rate. The official rate is calculated on a few commodities - most of which are subsidized by the government to make it look like inflation is low. Note that a car I could buy brand new in 1977 for $2900 now goes for 20K. That is not 2% a year, no matter what my government tells me. Ditto houses. Ditto most everything you can name.

So you can't put the money in savings. Where then? The stock market via 401 K's and the like. And if the stock market implodes? Where will all that retirement money go? There isn't anyplace safe other than maybe land. But with the fall in the housing market, it will fall also, but you will still have the land.

Our monetary policy has positioned us for hyper-inflation, just like Germany between wars. Our money is not backed by anything thanks to FDR and Nixon. We don't really even have a national bank, the Federal Reserve (often called the Fed) is a private bank that simply steals public money for its "services". Out trade policy has allowed China, our avowed enemy, to control our economy because if we try to limit them, they will sell off our dollars. Plus our multi-nationals have so much equity in China that the threat of taking it will crash all of our big companies. We have no industry left to fall back on.

In the end, Wall Street is the only place you could even hope to have a chance of keeping the purchase value of your money. And if it goes, so will we. Foreign stocks?

Obnoxious Criminal Aliens

I lived for several years in a foreign country (Brazil). My English name (Baxter) was very difficult for the Brazilians to pronounce. I was a guest in their country and never, ever corrected anyone's pronunciation of my name - which was pronounced bokystare. Smith was pronounced eszmeech. And so forth. I even pronounced my own name in the Brazilian manner. It wasn't a big deal.

Almost daily, I encounter criminal aliens from Central and South America. Almost all of them are offended if I pronounce their names wrong. These people are such obnoxious "guests" that they don't even try to get along or respect our native culture. If someone came to your house, and treated you poorly you would throw them out for being rude. We should do the same with the criminal aliens. Vincet Veritas, MEB

Suppose

Just suppose for a minute that there really is a God and that homosexual behavior really is wrong. Just as the Scriptures and the Christian churches teach. If this is the case, then how would you treat someone who sins in this manner? Just like other sinners from adulterers to thieves - you try your best to teach them to forsake their sinful ways. If the sinner is a family member or a stranger, they need to understand what they are doing is wrong so they can repent and live joyfully. Not telling them that their behavior is wrong would be the most harmful thing possible.

And yet, we allow the pervert lobby to control the culture and our response. We don't speak out over fear of offending or fear of retaliation - a very real fear with the homosexual lobby that monitors the media and attacks anyone who says homosexual behavior is wrong either personally or by lodging complaints with an employer or government agency. (All of which have personally happened to me.) I would much rather offend these evildoers than offend God. I also am concerned for their spiritual and physical health. So I do my best to let them know their behavior is wrong and damages them in many ways. And this is the kindest and best thing I can do.

Vincet Veritas, MEB