Just Amazin'

 You know, I am amazed at the folks who can't stand someone who has a different opinion than your own.

You know, I've been doing a blog for well, hell, 12 years now. And from time to time you get " hate mail " from folks who just can't " handle it." An opinion outside of their own " Echo Chamber." 

The same thing on the radio show. 

People think it's all "peaches-n-cream" in their world.....and it ain't.

And the thing is, we are getting worse. 

You know, I keep thinking I will finally get bored doing this blog, whatever other media I might be involved with at the time, but to be honest, I sort of now enjoy taking people outside of their " Comfort Zone."

I figure if it ain't me, who the hell else will locally " Piss People Off." 

Hell, I did it to other faculty when I was teaching, especially my last years in the classroom. 

Hell, it's not like I am going to sit around and drink whiskey with these folks. 

There'll be a time I'll stop doing the blog, whatever, and I've slowed down considerably. 

For now I'm going to keep " Calling Them as I Them" and if it pisses you off, well, don't read the blog.

Sucks......Sucks Bad....

 I don't know what is going to become of us. I really don't. 

Americans have lost confidence in this country. We are down to 38% of us actually have confidence in America.....Trouble is, most of the rest of the world feels about the same about their nation.

Too much social media, TV news, just negativity in general. 

This comes in the light that most young people don't know we we declared our independence from. Hell, 1 in 3 Gen Z think our independence is from the American Indian. 

Hell, most people don't know how many stars are on the U.S. flag......Or how many stripes. 

What the cornbread fuck are they teaching in school now? 

I was reading the latest Gallup Poll and EVERYTHING concerning confidence in American institutions is at a new all time low. 

Hell, less than a third of Americans have confidence in the church and organized religion. ( I could have told you that. My time in seminary was an 'eye opening' event.....I really have not been back to church since.)

Police, schools, all at an all time low. 

All this said, at the present time, American currency is the strongest in the world. As I told you for years in economics's class, " Don't leave home without it."( I say this as in the background I am streaming Sky News out of Britain, the Tory Government is on the verge of collapse. Again, no better there.)

I don't know.

The fucking economy is going to get so bad in the future I have a funny feeling our biggest worry might be food and other basics we are used to getting without any concern. 

Texas Secession?

 

So, the idea of the State of Texas leaving the union has reared its head once again.

They've discussed it well, since I have been an adult. I remember in the 1970s Texas leaving the union being discussed in my undergraduate government classes.( Yes, it was call government back then, not the " Political Science" departments everyone now has...Except Harvard and UT-Austin) 

Supreme Court member Joseph Story wrote in 1830 in Commentaries on the Constitution that the document foreclosed the right of secession.

Texas v. White, holds that the states cannot secede from the union by an act of the state.

In 2006, Supreme Court Justice Scalia stated, "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."

So, Texas goes ahead and decides to leave illegally......

What you going to do for money?

Use the U.S. Dollar? Invent the Texan Currency? ( I've said this for years, carry the American Dollar, and it was no truer than when we were in Israel and Palestinian Authorities.....U.S. Dollar happily accepted at a better exchange rate than the current FX markets.)

The world's FX markets may make Texas money worthless.....Or hell 80% of the worth of the U.S. Dollar? 

Will you have a central bank controlling the currency? Or like place like Andorra or Panama with no central bank? They use the euro and American Dollar respectively. I can just about imagine banks trying to print their own currency. Good money vs. bad money....

What are you going to do about Medicare and Medicaid? 

What are you going to do about the State of Texas' portion of the $30.5 trillion of debt? Default? Yeah, that'll make our new currency really worthless. 

What you going to do about taxes? The state has voted no income tax, will that carry over a nation of Texas?

What you going to do when you need a passport to travel to Louisiana? What if they decide not to let you in?

What are you going to do about military bases? The ones here now, Ft. Hood, Ft. Bliss, Lackland AFB etc.  belong to the U.S. And have guys there from places like New Jersey and Oregon. What happens if they just " leave" with all the " stuff?"

How you going to control the border? 

What happens when the soon to be majority of Latinos living in Texas decide, we want to be " Just like Mexico?"

Just SOME questions....

No, let's stay in America....

Texas Succession?

So, the idea of the State of Texas leaving the union has reared its head once again.

They've discussed it well, since I have been an adult. I remember in the 1970s Texas leaving the union being discussed in my undergraduate government classes.( Yes, it was call government back then, not the " Political Science" departments everyone now has...Except Harvard and UT-Austin) 

Supreme Court member Joseph Story wrote in 1830 in Commentaries on the Constitution that the document foreclosed the right of secession.

Texas v. White, holds that the states cannot secede from the union by an act of the state.

In 2006, Supreme Court Justice Scalia stated, "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."

So, Texas goes ahead and decides to leave illegally......

What you going to do for money?

Use the U.S. Dollar? Invent the Texan Currency? ( I've said this for years, carry the American Dollar, and it was no truer than when we were in Israel and Palestinian Authorities.....U.S. Dollar happily accepted at a better exchange rate than the current FX markets.)

The world's FX markets may make Texas money worthless.....Or hell 80% of the worth of the U.S. Dollar? 

Will you have a central bank controlling the currency? Or like place like Andorra or Panama with no central bank? They use the euro and American Dollar respectively. I can just about imagine banks trying to print their own currency. Good money vs. bad money....

What are you going to do about Medicare and Medicaid? 

What are you going to do about the State of Texas' portion of the $30.5 trillion of debt? Default? Yeah, that'll make our new currency really worthless. 

What you going to do about taxes? The state has voted no income tax, will that carry over a nation of Texas?

What you going to do when you need a passport to travel to Louisiana? What if they decide not to let you in?

What are you going to do about military bases? The ones here now, Ft. Hood, Ft. Bliss, Lackland AFB etc.  belong to the U.S. And have guys there from places like New Jersey and Oregon. What happens if they just " leave" with all the " stuff?"

How you going to control the border? 

What happens when the soon to be majority of Latinos living in Texas decide, we want to be " Just like Mexico?"

Just SOME questions....

No, let's stay in America....

 

What's Your Answer?????

 So, I don't know anymore. 

I really don't. 

So, the Attorney General of the State of Texas is wanting to bring back the old sodomy laws in the state. 

That of course would outlaw homosexuality. 

Hell, the way the law reads if your wife/girlfriend let's you " butt fuck" her and turns you in, you can be jailed. 

Hell, the way the law reads, oral sex is illegal. 

The whole idea of me having sex with another guy, well, it sort of makes me sick......That said....

If you are gay, as I have always said, well, you've got no choice in the matter. It's like having brown eyes or being left handed. You are born that way. 

I'm not going to judge you for who you love.

Why should straight people be allowed to have sex and gays not? 

Why should straight people be allowed to " shack-up" and gays not? Perhaps that's the next law to fall?

Maybe I thought I was a Christian, but I am not. Perhaps the Calvinists are correct? I was not intended to be among the elect?  ( I have Calvinistic tendency. So, maybe I am missing something, maybe I am going to Hell? It's got to be better than the one I am living in today.)

Maybe they are going to outlaw " No Fault Divorce?" 

Maybe they'll make " shacking up" illegal? 

Maybe all those years in church were wasted?  Maybe I am foreordained for Hell, and ain't nothing I can do about it?

I don't know. I've been a registered Republican since 1976. Maybe I need to switch and go full Libertarian Party?

If You're Thinking About Buying Stock Now......

 After prayers this morning, I did some more research in the market, crunched some numbers as they say, and where it might be going. 

Yes, the "Bear" market seems to be over, but historically, every bear market has a time of "Bullish" behaviour before the market starts to dip once again. 

Part of it is the reaction of the world's central banks, including our Federal Reserve( The Fed) and the Bank of England ( BOE). 

To control the inflation cycle, the central banks are going to have to up interest rates. 

Traditionally, higher interest rates puts brakes on people buying. It always had. And if people stop buying, the profits of corporations go down. Thus they are worth less, and it nearly always shows in the price of that business's stock. 

This is going to be a long grinding period of time. It's going to be hard to find stuff to invest in, especially the stock market. 

Don't be shocked if there is not an even stronger bear market and the stocks go even farther down. 

Right now the job market is strong and I wonder how long that will last? 

Hang in there, keep cash on hand. Look at interest bearing bonds. Good old fashion fixed income... Be conservative with your money right now folks. 

I am not a financial advisor, nor do I play one on TV/Radio. This is just an opinion.

If You Use Birth Control/ Are Gay....This One's for You

 Someone wrote yesterday wanting me to write on Roe decision on the Supreme Court....Why? We knew the outcome 2-3 months ago......Hell, the rich folk's daughter will still get their abortion.....

What you look at now might be the court cases.....

Griswold

Eisenstadt

Lawrence 

The first( Griswold) made birth control legal.  Don't think there are not people who think birth control is a sin. I know Baptists who believe this.....

Eisenstadt, Lawrence both made being no longer a sin......the other gay marriage legal.....

Yesterday Asso. Justice Thomas wrote that all three cases need to be re-visited?

So, they are states looking at making birth control not legal......And making it in certain states illegal to be a gay in certain areas, along with taking away their right to marry.

You can see Texas getting involved in 2, if not all 3 being Griswold....." I can see the Texas Legislature saying " We need more white babies, the damn Mexicans are out breeding us."  

You gay friends, I don't know what to tell you.

 Trust me folks. You don't want a 1950s-1960s world. I was there....It sucked....Sucked bad.