My "No BS Stock Assesments"

I was once told by a good friend after giving him my take on a couple of stocks that he was looking into that he'd always been a fan of my "No BS Stock Assesments."

I've decided that I enjoy doing these assesments. I invite you to send me a ticker symol and I will post one for you. You just have to remember a few rules:

1. I'm not giving advice. I'm only ranting about the stocks you are asking about.
2. I won't tell you to buy or sell.
3. My assesments are based upon my own criteria that I've developed over the years and leave any actual investing decisions up to you....after all it is your money.
4. Tell your freinds to all come play our game.

George Bush's failed fiscal policy

I've recently had the displeasure of reading comments made by certain elected officials. Individuals whose entire livelihood has been roles in government. That have been perpetrating a terrible farce in regards to the state of this country and the causes of all of our financial and energy woes. These individuals have been adamantly stating we are only in the position we are in because of George Bush's "failed fiscal and energy policies." The biggest problem with this statement that I have has less to do with what I think about the policies of G.W. Bush than with the fact I've attended third grade Social Studies class. During this class I learned the role of each section of our government. In order to illustrate this point I went to Wikipedia and found definitions of each branch of our government. The two that I will include here are the Legislative (congress) and the Executive (the President).
In presidential systems of government, the legislature is considered a power branch which is equal to, and independent of, the executive. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise taxes and adopt the budget and other money bills.
While the legislature is responsible for approving the laws of a state, it does not usually, on its own, have the capacity to enforce them, notably in terms of employees and other infrastructure. The necessity to enforce a law if it is to be effective imposes a degree of cooperation between the legislature and the executive: the legislature may vote "free beer for all", but the executive would be in its role to ask "who pays the brewer?" In many countries the executive has the power to veto some or all types of legislation, or at least to delay their approval by insisting on a longer debate of the consequences.
With these roles in mind can someone tell me how the Democratic Congress is free from the blame for our financial worries? It is Congress that passes the laws, they are essentially the group that forms fiscal and energy policy. If there is failed policies that are causing our problems these policies would be those of the Congress and not those of the President. I come to this conclusion entirely based upon the sheer definition of their respective roles within government.
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barak Obama would like everyone to believe this terrible lie because if they do they will further expand their power and have the ability to flex this power however they see fit come January 2009. This is a scary thought to me because of their policies, but it should be a scary thought to everyone despite them. If people formulate a lie as large as what each section of our government does in order to keep and further expand their power it's pretty safe to assume the things they will do with that power cannot be good for those over whom the power is (think Adolf Hitler.)
We need to send these people a very clear message in November wit our votes. This is America and we are a country too sophisticated and intelligent to allow them to make whatever claim they please and we will just believe them because of their position. I can tell you that if Obama wins in November we should all be able to ear a collective sigh of relief from the left..."Whew, pulled one over on them again. They'll believe anything we tell them." America...use your votes in November to send a clear message. "This is our country not your personal playground to impose rules how you see fit and if it upsets us blame someone that cannot be responsible ad we will believe you."

Good for the country

Just this past Friday, I read about something that should tell this country who is really using the power that the american people has granted them to further their own agenda and who is actually listening to the people that granted them that power and attempting to do the right thing for this great country of ours.
After doing very little work but before attempting to address the most important issue facing this country currently (the cost of energy), the U.S. House of Representitives voted to go on vacation. A few brave members of the Republican Party decided there should not go on vacation when there is still such a pressing issue facing the american people.
Not only is the price of gas causing very real hardship on the american people. Due to their political aspirations, Nancy Pelosi and her lackies have blocked very real efforts to combat this problem. These Brave Republicans essentially took over the floor of the house and continued to discuss this issue. This was the equivilant to the boston Tea Party. These elected officials were actually staning up for the rights of the american people.
I implore anyone reading this blog to contact the representitive in your district and demand that they actually listen to the american people and open up the supplies of oil that we have!! If your representitive was one of those brave individuals I ask that you contact them and give them all the encouragment you can. If there were more representitives like these this country would not be going through such a dire situation right now. Fllow the lead of these men and make your voices heard. Make them heard loud enough that there can be no mistake. If our elected officials do not do what we out them there to do we will remove them! We as americans must work together to this end. In times of crisis the american people have always had the ability to make our voices heard and goals accomplished. That is one of the many things that make America great. Stand up for your country now it eeds you!