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Stumbling Down the Yellow Brick Road – Part Deux

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

 by Robert A. Simpkins

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Can you believe how fast The Clock has moved? Our newest President, The Tall Stranger, has been in office now for half a year.  The 3 Women with him seem to have settled nicely into the Enchanted Cottage; a new school, a new vegetable garden and a […]

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Stumbling Down the Yellow Brick Road

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

By Robert A. Simpkins      

Does anyone out there feel like we’re traveling through a series of classic Hollywood movies?  I certainly do!  As I watch the unfolding escapades in Washington, D. C., real world behaviors and movie title fantasies become more and more entwined.  Let me demonstrate.
 
It seems that our new President lived A Wonder […]

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Secretary Paulson, Please Speak English!

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

By Robert A. Simpkins The other day, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson defended his decision to change how the $700 billion financial bailout fund is being used, stating that the spreading credit crisis forced the government to focus on injecting capital directly into banks instead of buying up toxic (?) mortgage assets. He said that he would […]

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