I posted earlier about my attendance at the Houston Tea Party, and here are some of the pictures I took from the event (except for the first that was taken by someone else). An aerial view from an adjacent building in downtown Houston. I think that is definitely higher than the 2,000 the NY Times [...]

The wife and kids are out of town visiting family this week, so I decided it was time to let loose and get a little crazy. Yes, I and thousands of other rightwing extremists attended the Houston Tea Party protest yesterday! Unless you are watching Fox News or reading some blogs, you may not have [...]

I don’t consider myself to be a particularly lucky person, at least when it comes to contests and drawings. Until yesterday, my biggest win ever had been a baseball cap that said “The Advocate’s Fantasy Football” in a random drawing when I was 14 (note: I am referring to the Baton Rouge daily newspaper, not the [...]

With all of the runaway government spending and borrowing and the Fed wrecklessly pumping money into the financial system, many seem to think that we may soon find our currency devalued or we default on our debt, or both. But what would that mean to the average citizen? History is often the best guide, and [...]

For all you fine folks out there who play by the rules and are waiting for your bailout, here it is. The U.S. Mint has been trying for years to promote the usage of dollar coins, and you can profit from their latest program to get more of these coins into circulation. Here is the write-up from [...]