Tony Lepage

Honestly, this floored me! A great news show this morning!!!!!

Topics include ending the federal reserve, why is Geitner making policy, problems with easy credit, Austrian Economics, Keynesian Economics, problems of centrally planned interest rates, and on, and on!

The best part is how true they are to getting the message across. Finally, the main stream media is taking Ron Paul seriously. At the very end of the clip, at 9:44, the following is said while talking OVER the speaker.

A Man from offscreen: He was right before.
The Co-Host: He was right before. pause. Dead on.



Ron Paul has a new book. A book I have purchased and will read by tomorrow

Bernanke's term expires in January 2010 and hopefully he is gone for good. Of course, a change in Central Bank leadership sometimes heralds new policies (Read: Jacked up interest rates), but that's a topic for another day.

For now, here is a new YouTube video that, appropriately titled, asks the question:
"Why are we still listening to this guy?"

An excellent little article to motivate against the false claims of how free markets are to blame.

Those who profess the virtues of capitalism when it is politically expedient, only to abandon such principles in practice, must be held accountable. Anyone who understands capitalist theory has an obligation to refute the claims made by those who falsely profess free-market principles.

Enjoy it here.

Ron Paul is starting to get a lot of respect in the House. It is good to hear Dr. Paul talking about nationalisation and the $8 trillion in bailouts. He makes the point that we need to understand the true cost of a $15 billion bailout. If you provide $15 billion to a failing business, who are you preventing from having that $15 billion?

I say let the big three fail. There are many intelligent people who saw this coming and have invested for it. Those car factories will not remain empty and idle for long. Those car factories just won't be run by GM anymore. Sure, the transition will hurt but the other option is more painful. As Ron Paul points out, attention needs to be paid to the collapse of the US dollar.

I am certain we will soon see a drop in the value of the US Dollar that is so swift and fast, everyone will understand that it's because of the bailouts and government spending.

Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke duke out on November 11th about plans for a new reserve currency. The only logical and proven alternative to this broken system is a gold backed currency. And so, Bernanke tries his best to attack gold with one sentence.

With all this market *noise* you'll be glad to know my story hasn't changed.

Here is a great show from Bloomberg that features Peter Schiff. Check it out if you're interested in an economic outlook. It also contains heavy criticism of current Washington policies.

It's refreshing to see economists taking action against the Harper rhetoric machine:

Open Letter from Canadian Economists on the Current Economic Crisis and the Appropriate Government Response

Even more reading can be found below. I need to state, for the record, that I could never support Stephen Harper because of his right-wing fundamentalism. No matter how attractive his economic platform could have been--it proves to be nothing to be proud of--he, nor any of his supporters, will ever get my support.

The Harper Record

Thanks to my friend Peter for sharing with me these articles.

"My own belief is that if we were going to have some type of big crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now."
                                                                --the ever insightful Stephen Harper

Harper hopes he’ll be able to pass of small, vague bills, through parliament and we won’t notice their similarity with bills passed south of the border. This article announces some of the first steps Canada will take toward becoming part of the “North American Union.” In early November, George W. Bush introduced a proposal for legislation that’ll force recalls of products deemed unsafe by the FDA.

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Ron Paul has truly started something big. No matter the outcome of this upcoming election, Ron Paul has let loose a beast. A beast of discontent. An intelligent beast. Once liberty takes root, it grows quickly.

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The North American Summit is taking place in Quebec this week. George, Felipe and Stevie—also known as the three amigos, will be discussing matters of security, prosperity and partnership. It sounds pretty innocent; probably issues limited to national sovereignty. And since there won’t be anything that’s important enough to concern the rest of the country, why not invite some top business leaders who probably have nothing better to do than to discuss SPP.

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I’m just livin’ out the American dream
And I just realized that nothin’ is what it seems

Shelved 2 months after Iraq was invaded, I managed to find this gem on youtube.

Madonna says this album is her favorite. It sold the most copies in countries opposed to the war (ie, France). If you give the album a spin you’ll find are some great lyrics, with real messages. And, not surprisingly, this album is her worst selling.

Is it any wonder why all the mainstream stuff is fluff? We wouldn’t have it any other way.

Keith Olbermann hits a home run again. I can’t get enough of this guy. I love how his commentaries build up, and up, and teach a little history too. Then he throws in a nice shot or two, and leaves the viewer quite pleased. Well, anyone that isn’t red

I am happy he is on tv… go msnbc!

“Every man and woman in the street knew something nasty was up ahead. But the politicians just had their Munichs. Peace in our time. Many of us were skeptical, we thought something pretty awful was going to happen, but when it did happen, everybody suddenly grew happier, they found that instead of life being somewhat aimless, as it is now, they all had positive things to do. If you were young it didn’t seem all that bad. ”

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“A government more dangerous to our liberty, than is the enemy it claims to protect us from.” - Keith Olbermann

And how did things get like this? One word: Complacency.

If you think you can’t make a difference, you deserve nothing different.

Is anyone else afraid to travel to the USA?