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Thursday, October 30, 2008
MoJuSh First Post
I haven't read them all yet since i am a new invitee. But I will read them and give you all a good lecture. Remember I'm watching you.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
O.K. Since ToJoSh has twice added Democratic politics to our Blog, I, as one who will support the Republican ticket, might as well respond. I love all y'all up there in blue (or is it purple) land, but here goes.
#1 I can't think of anything worse for this country right now than a Democratic monopoly in Washington D.C.. Since the Democrats have Capital Hill, we need to balance the leftist ideology by denying them full power in the Executive and Legislative branches of government. This can only happen by electing a Republican. Additionally...
#2 The next President will undoubtedly name one if not two Supreme Court Justices, thus affecting the make-up of the Judicial branch. Barack Obama not only supports abortion, but partial-birth abortion, a heinous practice that rivals the pagan cultures of the Mayans and Aztecs. With the appointments by a pro-life President (insert McCain), building upon the appointments of Alito and Roberts, we may have our only chance to reverse a judicial travesty. This is not a minor subject. This is huge. However...
#3 Yes, we all know that the economy is in shambles. But, it becomes increasingly more evident that noone really knows how to fix it. All the experts say that the recent bailout is a gamble, but we had no other alternative. Does McCain know how to fix the economy? No. Obama? No. Paulsen? I don't think so. The most recent Nobel winner? Hard to say. I Know I don't. But I do know that Obama's socialist leanings (and yes, they are) are untested at best. We can no longer suggest that the economic systems of Western Europe (insert socialism) are superior or even desirable. Their economies are as broken as our own. I know, I know, it's all about Globalism. Indeed, as experts are throwing around terms such as "A new financial world order," it seems apparent that this current economic crisis will usher in more globalism than most Baptists ever thought they'd see. And since we are entering a new global order, it's worth remembering that...
#4 No President can control the "Twelver" intentions deep in the heart of Ahmadinejad. No President can remove Kim Jong Il's heart-felt desires to destroy the South (in today's news.) No President can dismantle Putin's heart-felt greed for power. No President can quench Libya's heart-felt desire for Russian weaponry. No President can defeat the hatred within Hamas, the El-Aqsa Brigade or Al-Qaida. Then there's Chavez and the Saudi family, the nuclear disaster that is Pakistan, China, Ach! There will be much more bloodshed in the 21st century; of that I am certain. No matter who is President, it is possible that my sons will face war. The world is so holistically screwed up, it can only be the result of the master deceiver. God's plan, biblical prophecy is unfolding right before our eyes. I would prefer to have at least one unabashed Christian, and not one respresented by Rev. Wright and his ilk, in the White House. One who will seek His face as decisions are made. I have no doubt that the next four years will be huge. Believe me, I worry about this, and I believe that is a sin. And because of that...
#5 We must all remember that God empowers those whom he chooses. As clearly stated in Samuel, nobody but those whom God has ordained will become leaders. Did Bush help propel prophetic events? Without doubt. Of course. So will McCain or Obama. I think we are living in the last days. I totally do. That doesn't mean we should just give up. But it does mean that we should be even more fervent in our walk with Christ, more devoted to our fellow immortal, and devoted to laying up our treasures in heaven.
#6 As you all have been desiring for several lines now, Resush is shushing.
#1 I can't think of anything worse for this country right now than a Democratic monopoly in Washington D.C.. Since the Democrats have Capital Hill, we need to balance the leftist ideology by denying them full power in the Executive and Legislative branches of government. This can only happen by electing a Republican. Additionally...
#2 The next President will undoubtedly name one if not two Supreme Court Justices, thus affecting the make-up of the Judicial branch. Barack Obama not only supports abortion, but partial-birth abortion, a heinous practice that rivals the pagan cultures of the Mayans and Aztecs. With the appointments by a pro-life President (insert McCain), building upon the appointments of Alito and Roberts, we may have our only chance to reverse a judicial travesty. This is not a minor subject. This is huge. However...
#3 Yes, we all know that the economy is in shambles. But, it becomes increasingly more evident that noone really knows how to fix it. All the experts say that the recent bailout is a gamble, but we had no other alternative. Does McCain know how to fix the economy? No. Obama? No. Paulsen? I don't think so. The most recent Nobel winner? Hard to say. I Know I don't. But I do know that Obama's socialist leanings (and yes, they are) are untested at best. We can no longer suggest that the economic systems of Western Europe (insert socialism) are superior or even desirable. Their economies are as broken as our own. I know, I know, it's all about Globalism. Indeed, as experts are throwing around terms such as "A new financial world order," it seems apparent that this current economic crisis will usher in more globalism than most Baptists ever thought they'd see. And since we are entering a new global order, it's worth remembering that...
#4 No President can control the "Twelver" intentions deep in the heart of Ahmadinejad. No President can remove Kim Jong Il's heart-felt desires to destroy the South (in today's news.) No President can dismantle Putin's heart-felt greed for power. No President can quench Libya's heart-felt desire for Russian weaponry. No President can defeat the hatred within Hamas, the El-Aqsa Brigade or Al-Qaida. Then there's Chavez and the Saudi family, the nuclear disaster that is Pakistan, China, Ach! There will be much more bloodshed in the 21st century; of that I am certain. No matter who is President, it is possible that my sons will face war. The world is so holistically screwed up, it can only be the result of the master deceiver. God's plan, biblical prophecy is unfolding right before our eyes. I would prefer to have at least one unabashed Christian, and not one respresented by Rev. Wright and his ilk, in the White House. One who will seek His face as decisions are made. I have no doubt that the next four years will be huge. Believe me, I worry about this, and I believe that is a sin. And because of that...
#5 We must all remember that God empowers those whom he chooses. As clearly stated in Samuel, nobody but those whom God has ordained will become leaders. Did Bush help propel prophetic events? Without doubt. Of course. So will McCain or Obama. I think we are living in the last days. I totally do. That doesn't mean we should just give up. But it does mean that we should be even more fervent in our walk with Christ, more devoted to our fellow immortal, and devoted to laying up our treasures in heaven.
#6 As you all have been desiring for several lines now, Resush is shushing.
Sorry to be political - A great article by Paul Krugman
Krugman just won the Nobel prize for economics. Here is what he said recently.
Let’s Get Fiscal
·
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: October 16, 2008
The Dow is surging! No, it’s plunging! No, it’s surging! No, it’s ... Never mind. While the manic-depressive stock market is dominating the headlines, the more important story is the grim news coming in about the real economy. It’s now clear that rescuing the banks is just the beginning: the nonfinancial economy is also in desperate need of help.
And to provide that help, we’re going to have to put some prejudices aside. It’s politically fashionable to rant against government spending and demand fiscal responsibility. But right now, increased government spending is just what the doctor ordered, and concerns about the budget deficit should be put on hold.
Before I get there, let’s talk about the economic situation.
Just this week, we learned that retail sales have fallen off a cliff, and so has industrial production. Unemployment claims are at steep-recession levels, and the Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing index is falling at the fastest pace in almost 20 years. All signs point to an economic slump that will be nasty, brutish — and long.
How nasty? The unemployment rate is already above 6 percent (and broader measures of underemployment are in double digits). It’s now virtually certain that the unemployment rate will go above 7 percent, and quite possibly above 8 percent, making this the worst recession in a quarter-century.
And how long? It could be very long indeed.
Think about what happened in the last recession, which followed the bursting of the late-1990s technology bubble. On the surface, the policy response to that recession looks like a success story. Although there were widespread fears that the United States would experience a Japanese-style “lost decade,” that didn’t happen: the Federal Reserve was able to engineer a recovery from that recession by cutting interest rates.
But the truth is that we were looking Japanese for quite a while: the Fed had a hard time getting traction. Despite repeated interest rate cuts, which eventually brought the federal funds rate down to just 1 percent, the unemployment rate just kept on rising; it was more than two years before the job picture started to improve. And when a convincing recovery finally did come, it was only because Alan Greenspan had managed to replace the technology bubble with a housing bubble.
Now the housing bubble has burst in turn, leaving the financial landscape strewn with wreckage. Even if the ongoing efforts to rescue the banking system and unfreeze the credit markets work — and while it’s early days yet, the initial results have been disappointing — it’s hard to see housing making a comeback any time soon. And if there’s another bubble waiting to happen, it’s not obvious. So the Fed will find it even harder to get traction this time.
In other words, there’s not much Ben Bernanke can do for the economy. He can and should cut interest rates even more — but nobody expects this to do more than provide a slight economic boost.
On the other hand, there’s a lot the federal government can do for the economy. It can provide extended benefits to the unemployed, which will both help distressed families cope and put money in the hands of people likely to spend it. It can provide emergency aid to state and local governments, so that they aren’t forced into steep spending cuts that both degrade public services and destroy jobs. It can buy up mortgages (but not at face value, as John McCain has proposed) and restructure the terms to help families stay in their homes.
And this is also a good time to engage in some serious infrastructure spending, which the country badly needs in any case. The usual argument against public works as economic stimulus is that they take too long: by the time you get around to repairing that bridge and upgrading that rail line, the slump is over and the stimulus isn’t needed. Well, that argument has no force now, since the chances that this slump will be over anytime soon are virtually nil. So let’s get those projects rolling.
Will the next administration do what’s needed to deal with the economic slump? Not if Mr. McCain pulls off an upset. What we need right now is more government spending — but when Mr. McCain was asked in one of the debates how he would deal with the economic crisis, he answered: “Well, the first thing we have to do is get spending under control.”
If Barack Obama becomes president, he won’t have the same knee-jerk opposition to spending. But he will face a chorus of inside-the-Beltway types telling him that he has to be responsible, that the big deficits the government will run next year if it does the right thing are unacceptable.
He should ignore that chorus. The responsible thing, right now, is to give the economy the help it needs. Now is not the time to worry about the deficit.
More Articles in Opinion » A version of this article appeared in print on October 17, 2008, on page A33 of the New York edition.
Let’s Get Fiscal
·
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: October 16, 2008
The Dow is surging! No, it’s plunging! No, it’s surging! No, it’s ... Never mind. While the manic-depressive stock market is dominating the headlines, the more important story is the grim news coming in about the real economy. It’s now clear that rescuing the banks is just the beginning: the nonfinancial economy is also in desperate need of help.
And to provide that help, we’re going to have to put some prejudices aside. It’s politically fashionable to rant against government spending and demand fiscal responsibility. But right now, increased government spending is just what the doctor ordered, and concerns about the budget deficit should be put on hold.
Before I get there, let’s talk about the economic situation.
Just this week, we learned that retail sales have fallen off a cliff, and so has industrial production. Unemployment claims are at steep-recession levels, and the Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing index is falling at the fastest pace in almost 20 years. All signs point to an economic slump that will be nasty, brutish — and long.
How nasty? The unemployment rate is already above 6 percent (and broader measures of underemployment are in double digits). It’s now virtually certain that the unemployment rate will go above 7 percent, and quite possibly above 8 percent, making this the worst recession in a quarter-century.
And how long? It could be very long indeed.
Think about what happened in the last recession, which followed the bursting of the late-1990s technology bubble. On the surface, the policy response to that recession looks like a success story. Although there were widespread fears that the United States would experience a Japanese-style “lost decade,” that didn’t happen: the Federal Reserve was able to engineer a recovery from that recession by cutting interest rates.
But the truth is that we were looking Japanese for quite a while: the Fed had a hard time getting traction. Despite repeated interest rate cuts, which eventually brought the federal funds rate down to just 1 percent, the unemployment rate just kept on rising; it was more than two years before the job picture started to improve. And when a convincing recovery finally did come, it was only because Alan Greenspan had managed to replace the technology bubble with a housing bubble.
Now the housing bubble has burst in turn, leaving the financial landscape strewn with wreckage. Even if the ongoing efforts to rescue the banking system and unfreeze the credit markets work — and while it’s early days yet, the initial results have been disappointing — it’s hard to see housing making a comeback any time soon. And if there’s another bubble waiting to happen, it’s not obvious. So the Fed will find it even harder to get traction this time.
In other words, there’s not much Ben Bernanke can do for the economy. He can and should cut interest rates even more — but nobody expects this to do more than provide a slight economic boost.
On the other hand, there’s a lot the federal government can do for the economy. It can provide extended benefits to the unemployed, which will both help distressed families cope and put money in the hands of people likely to spend it. It can provide emergency aid to state and local governments, so that they aren’t forced into steep spending cuts that both degrade public services and destroy jobs. It can buy up mortgages (but not at face value, as John McCain has proposed) and restructure the terms to help families stay in their homes.
And this is also a good time to engage in some serious infrastructure spending, which the country badly needs in any case. The usual argument against public works as economic stimulus is that they take too long: by the time you get around to repairing that bridge and upgrading that rail line, the slump is over and the stimulus isn’t needed. Well, that argument has no force now, since the chances that this slump will be over anytime soon are virtually nil. So let’s get those projects rolling.
Will the next administration do what’s needed to deal with the economic slump? Not if Mr. McCain pulls off an upset. What we need right now is more government spending — but when Mr. McCain was asked in one of the debates how he would deal with the economic crisis, he answered: “Well, the first thing we have to do is get spending under control.”
If Barack Obama becomes president, he won’t have the same knee-jerk opposition to spending. But he will face a chorus of inside-the-Beltway types telling him that he has to be responsible, that the big deficits the government will run next year if it does the right thing are unacceptable.
He should ignore that chorus. The responsible thing, right now, is to give the economy the help it needs. Now is not the time to worry about the deficit.
More Articles in Opinion » A version of this article appeared in print on October 17, 2008, on page A33 of the New York edition.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Hi again everyone - Here is some news - In order for you to freely post to this blog two things need to happen. 1. You set up an ID - that will include your e-mail address. 2. Tell me the e-mail address you used to set up your ID.
Then I will add that to the permissions for the blog and you will have the same access as I do. So, please set up your ID and then send me a note to etshultz4@sbcglobal.net indicating which e-mail address you used.
As I get the notes i will add the e-mail addresses to the blog and you will be able to post family stuff and family photos etc. Let's all make this blog a really cool site!
Then I will add that to the permissions for the blog and you will have the same access as I do. So, please set up your ID and then send me a note to etshultz4@sbcglobal.net indicating which e-mail address you used.
As I get the notes i will add the e-mail addresses to the blog and you will be able to post family stuff and family photos etc. Let's all make this blog a really cool site!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Squirrels organizing in Northeast Ohio
Riley had his first squirrel kill while hunting on Sunday afternoon (Eek! - hunting on the Sabbath!) Anyway, the squirrels have sworn vengeance. Heck, they may go so far as to support Obamma!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Rofosh and beyond
This is the first posting for the Rofosh Blog. This blog is dedicated to all things Rofosh . . . . and beyond! I am Tojosh. Principle audience would be TiPaSh and beyond, ElRuSh and beyond, ReSuSh, and beyond and MaAnSh and beyond. And who could forget moogfosh. Blog on brothers and sisters!
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