Truth And Common Sense

http://sweetness-light.com/archive/foreclosures-mean-luxury-section-8-houses
This is from Suek.  It talks about how the section 8 housing has crept into the upper end properties across America as property owners desperately attempt to find funding for their houses.
HENDERSON, Nev.-When Shawnetta Newburn left her drug-infested St. Louis neighborhood in search of a better life for her family in Las Vegas, [...]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html
Here is part of his opening statement, note he jumps over the history explanation of why the depression lasted so long.
Neither the Long Depression of the 19th century nor the Great Depression of the 20th was an era of nonstop decline - on the contrary, both included periods when the [...]

He reminds me of the old joke that goes “What is the brown stuff between the toes of elephants?  Slow pygmies.”
Obama has suddenly realized that small business was suffering under his leadership.   Now, he’s not saying it was anything he did mind you.  It was just a terrible occurrence he had nothing to do with, [...]

From Gatewaypundit-
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/disgusting-liar-pelosi-tries-to-pin-obamas-deficit-on-gop/
Of course she’s lying.  What other option does she have?  Telling the truth?  Admitting the minute the democrats took over things began to unwind?  The problem with liberals is they cannot or will not see the connection between their bad acts and the resulting chaos that ensues.  For example, their bull-headed demands to stop [...]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Scientists+pull+about+face+global+warming/2010571/story.html
Of course they were wrong.  That is what happens when men think they are smarter than nature.  It also happens when men think they are smarter than markets, human nature and their fellow citizens.  Of course, Al Gore and many others have made millions off the hoax, but why quibble.  The fact that entire markets [...]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552021,00.html
I was following this a little hoping that someone in Congress would get their collective heads out of their asses and do something about the overreaching law.  But no, they are content “for the good of the children” to punish an entire market and group of citizens.  Not everybody buys their toys at Macy’s. To [...]

Trying to understand what went wrong with the economy is over my head.  However, I do have a very bright friend who tried to explain tome in layman’s terms.  So I thought I would try to pass it along to anyone who is as thick headed as I.
William is right about the recession, in a [...]