Hi sunshine!

I'm not a mom, but I'm looking for a hiking partner too. If you want to get together sometime in the spring, let me know! :) ~megan

haha nice

Cool Vid Jeremy -  Franti is awesome!

On December 7, 2009 the LPNY State Committee passed a resolution supporting a lawsuit seeking to end corporate welfare via the New York State Constitution. "The LPNY endorses the Stop The Pork Lawsuit filed by Jim Ostrowski to enforce the prohibition in the State Constitution against grants or loans of state money to corporations." This lawsuit was presented by attorney James Ostrowski from Buffalo NY on behalf of a group of concerned individuals on December 3, 2008 in Albany NY. Statewide and local media covered the story that seeks to stop political pork to corporations like IBM and AMD. Capital Outsider covered the case in the court room itself. That segment can be viewed at; http://capitaloutsider.org/2008/12/special-segment-jim-ostrowski.html. The publication and website Serf City also covered the suit. Watch for results of the case in the first part of 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb5IoXbIrUU

I just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that things have been really hectic around my way and I hope things slow down soon so I can come visit here more often. The kids, the holidays, I just hope the Grey hair stays away. 

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all!

~Gina~

Go see Holden at Midas across the street from Applebees and/or Lowes.  I have always been treated more than fairly there.  G&G on the corner of Bridge and Peru is also a good place for the more time consuming complicated automotive repairs.  Welcome to the area!  Lots of fun outdoor winter activities.  The events calander right here on Plattsburgh pipeline can be a huge help on whats popular and where to meet people. 

I am new to the area and need a new catalytic converter put onto my 2003 VW Jetta.  It is no longer under warranty so I do not want to bring it to the dealer.  Can anyone recommend a reliable, honest mechanic?  When I search online all I get are the cookie cutter stores like Monroe Muffler, or places in Vermont.

Thank you!

The Coming U.S. Break-Up?

Dr. Paul's statement from November 20, 2008:

Madame Speaker, many Americans are hoping the new administration will solve the economic problems we face.  That’s not likely to happen, because the economic advisors to the new President have no more understanding of how to get us out of this mess than previous administrations and Congresses understood how the crisis was brought about in the first place.

Except for a rare few, Members of Congress are unaware of Austrian Free Market economics.  For the last 80 years, the legislative, judiciary and executive branches of our government have been totally influenced by Keynesian economics.  If they had had any understanding of the Austrian economic explanation of the business cycle, they would have never permitted the dangerous bubbles that always lead to painful corrections.

Today, a major economic crisis is unfolding.  New government programs are started daily, and future plans are being made for even more.  All are based on the belief that we’re in this mess because free-market capitalism and sound money failed.  The obsession is with more spending, bailouts of bad investments, more debt, and further dollar debasement.  Many are saying we need an international answer to our problems with the establishment of a world central bank and a single fiat reserve currency.  These suggestions are merely more of the same policies that created our mess and are doomed to fail.

At least 90% of the cause for the financial crisis can be laid at the doorstep of the Federal Reserve.  It is the manipulation of credit, the money supply, and interest rates that caused the various bubbles to form.  Congress added fuel to the fire by various programs and institutions like the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FDIC, and HUD mandates, which were all backed up by aggressive court rulings.

The Fed has now doled out close to $2 trillion in subsidized loans to troubled banks and other financial institutions.  The Federal Reserve and Treasury constantly brag about the need for “transparency” and “oversight,” but it’s all just talk — they want none of it.  They want secrecy while the privileged are rescued at the expense of the middle class.

It is unimaginable that Congress could be so derelict in its duty.  It does nothing but condone the arrogance of the Fed in its refusal to tell us where the $2 trillion has gone.  All Members of Congress and all Americans should be outraged that conditions could deteriorate to this degree.  It’s no wonder that a large and growing number of Americans are now demanding an end to the Fed.

The Federal Reserve created our problem, yet it manages to gain even more power in the socialization of the entire financial system.  The whole bailout process this past year was characterized by no oversight, no limits, no concerns, no understanding, and no common sense.

Similar mistakes were made in the 1930s and ushered in the age of the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the Great Society and the supply-siders who convinced conservatives that deficits didn’t really matter after all, since they were anxious to finance a very expensive deficit-financed American empire.

All the programs since the Depression were meant to prevent recessions and depressions.  Yet all that was done was to plant the seeds of the greatest financial bubble in all history.  Because of this lack of understanding, the stage is now set for massive nationalization of the financial system and quite likely the means of production.