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Hate your job? Watch the dumpster divers...

Tony Walther wrote 4 months ago: Hate your job? Don’t like the working conditions and think you are not paid enough? Watch what I wat … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Economics, Employment, Iraq War, Labor, New Great Depression, Unemployment, Working

We tortured but few seem to really care...1 comment

Tony Walther wrote 7 months ago: So it’s official. We already knew our government was involved in torture. Some folks, perhaps the ma … more →

Tags: Foreign Policy, War, Morality, U.S. Torture

In reference to war: we need to see the truth and we need to feel the pain...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: The news today that the news media will now be able to show images (photos and videos) of flagged-dr … more →

Tags: Politics, Journalism, First Amendment, War Policy, Foreign Policy, War, Newspapers, paying up-front for war, war tax

Bankers can't have contracts broken, unions can...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: Question for all of you Wall Street apolologists and the Obama administration, who just can’t … more →

Tags: Employment, Labor, Banking, breaking union contracts, Breaking contracts with unions, Wall Street vs workers, New York Times threatens Globe unions

Easy to jump to conclusions in Binghamton-like incidents; I still cling to gun ownership rights, though...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: It’s so easy to jump to conclusions in these mass killings as the one today in upstate New Yor … more →

Tags: Culture, law enforcement, Urban Violence, gun vioence, Second Amendment, gun violence, right to b ear arms, Right to Bear Arms, Binghampton incident

Over supply, under demand for cars; let businesses and banks go bankrupt...1 comment

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: As I take my daily walk down the street I often see cars and trucks with for sale signs on them park … more →

Tags: Finance, Economics, Personal Finance, car buying, Banking, bailouts, Auto Industry, car sales, auto businesses

Everyone's debt is cancelled; we all start anew...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: Everyone’s debt has been cancelled. From the top investment banker to the the lowest person on … more →

Tags: The Economy, Finance, Economics, April Fools, debts cancelled

There seems to be little honor in corporate America

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: The federal government should not be bailing out domestic auto companies. It should not try to run t … more →

Tags: Culture, Labor, The Bailouts, bailouts, Auto Industry, Golden parachute, GM CEO forced out, lack of honor in corporate America

I agree and disagree with McCain (and Obama) on Afghanistan war policy...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: Just watched Sen. John McCain on Meet the Press and had thoughts that maybe he should have been elec … more →

Tags: Nixon, Unemployment, reindustrialization, War Policy, Foreign Policy, War, Anti-War, McCain on afghanistan, Obama war policy

Fight to win or get out and cut our losses...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: I think we make war too complicated and in so doing we lose. Yes, the tactics of war have changed th … more →

Tags: Politics, War Policy, Foreign Policy, War, Middle East War, Afghanistan and Iraq

Make your bonus, just don't use my money...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago:  Does anyone agree with me on this point? I don’t care how much in bonus money anyone makes. It is n … more →

Tags: Politics, Finance, Economics, Banking, bailouts, don't use my tax money, iinvestment bankers

USA's main security threat may be Mexico and there are valid reasons to keep their trucks out...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: While we are still fighting wars in the Middle East for somewhat nebulous reasons and no clear idea … more →

Tags: Politics, trucking, Immigration, law enforcement, long haul truck driving, War Policy, Foreign Policy, War, Labor

When Obama is presidential, he's at his best...1 comment

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: Just watched President Barack Obama’s news conference and left the TV so I would not hear the pundit … more →

Tags: Politics, The Economy, Economics, The Bailouts, Banking, obama news conference, presidential news conference reaction, reaction to Obama news conference

Income, not loans, is what the nation needs

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: I’ve had two cups of coffee this morning so I am wired and have to blog. A financial analyst, … more →

Tags: Finance, Economics, reindustrialization, Employment, income needed, reindustrialization of America

Oakland, other urban areas need martial law...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago:  AN UPDATE TO MY ORIGINAL POST: NOW ON SUNDAY THE DEATH TOLL FROM SATURDAY’S INCIDENTS IN OAKL … more →

Tags: Race Relations, law enforcement, Urban Violence, three police killed, Police Deaths, lawlessness in Oakland, Martial Law, martial law for urban areas

ABC's Gibson condescending; President undignified...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: The condescension by anchor Charlie Gibson and the ABC evening news broadcast was palpable. Gibson w … more →

Tags: Economics, Finance, The Bailouts, The Economy, bailouts wrong, bonuses wrong, president undignified

The dumbing down of U.S. education...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: If you are wondering what is the matter with U.S. public education please read George Will’s latest … more →

Tags: Education, Public Education, public education failure

Doddering Dodd does AIG bidding...

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: I just read the story on CNN online and if I got it correctly Sen. Chris Dodd, doddering old fool th … more →

Tags: Politics, The Economy, Finance, Economics, The Bailouts, aig bonuses, AIG Scandal, Sen. Doddering Dodd, Sen. Dodd

I must make a million or the world stops!!!

Tony Walther wrote 8 months ago: So average blog reader out there, what do you make for a living? If you’re like a lot of average wor … more →

Tags: Politics, Finance, Economics, The Bailouts, aig bonuses


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