http://www.ponderthis.net Long Term Strategic Vision - Economics, Politics, Markets - Safe Wealth - Liberty and Independence Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:57:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/24/what-to-do-in-the-depression/ - The just-released smash box office hit, The Dark Night, illustrates a showdown between essential good and evil. Batman, a representative of the "Will to Excellence" fights tooth and nail with the coolly insane and generally power hungry Joker, representing the Nietzschean concept of the "Will to Power". ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/23/the-libertarian-dark-night-plus-other-goodies/ Oh man, the economic situation is rapidly rushing towards some of the troubles we have been calling for in published writings for a number of years. The threat of further economic dislocation is very high at this time. On to the economic six-pack: 1. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the international business ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/21/ponder-this-six-pack-40/ Sometimes I wonder how we got to where we are in terms of insane federal legislation. This video is a good reminder. With the party conventions coming up, here's a nice reminder of what the focus was in 2004: http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/18/catapulting-the-propoganda/ I would just like to point Ponder This... readers back to my August 2005 analysis of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A full three years before their virtual implosions, I was railing on the situation and providing a warning. Please check out page nine of the PDF newsletter ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/17/fannie-and-freddie-a-look-back/ Bernanke admits that inflation is a tax! Also, be sure to digg this story. Click here. http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/16/ron-paul-versus-ben-bernanke/ 1. Well, last week we posted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were crashing. Over the weekend, (VERY wayward) portions of the U.S. government decided that they were going to work to bail out these massive failing institutions. Jim Rogers, a very famous global investor, is calling the ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/14/ponder-this-six-pack-39/ We have written about the market danger posed by government sponsored, yet privately-owned, mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) numerous times in the history of this blog. Here are examples from November 2007, July 2007, and April 2007. Well, it looks like our continuous calls for a ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/10/government-sponsored-entities-crashing/ Ron Paul explains some of the foolishness coming out of Congress in relation to Iran: And, in a related bit of news, financial guru Jim Rogers is saying the US Dollar is dead. With a trillion dollar military empire and endless war and occupation draining our coffers, it is likely ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/10/two-videos-ron-paul-and-jim-rogers/ With this FISA BS that passed today that is tremendously unpopular, with Congress thinking about legislating a new act of aggressive war against a third foreign nation (with potential nasty consequences), with the U.S. remaining an occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan against the wishes of the vast majority, with ... http://www.ponderthis.net/2008/07/10/the-us-government-is-not-representing-the-people/