27 May Some Random Musings from DLB
I am sitting in my hotel room late the night before two scheduled talks at the Acts 29 Network in Denver, CO. I usually blog with a specific topic in mind but a few random musings are in order this evening ...
20 May Wall Street Seized by those that brought us this Housing Success
Your Senate passed a bill today that is surpassed only by the Health Care takeover bill in its audacity and absurdity. I refer to the Financial "Reform" bill in which the entity that single-handedly built the housing bubble, single-handedly caused the credit crisis, single-handedly...
09 May Three Words that Ought to Really Frighten You
In David Wessel's delightful 2009 book, In Fed We Trust (reviewed here), he tells a story about Federal Reserve chairman having an epiphany one night with his chief staffers, grinning ear-to-ear as he revealed to them the clever title he had come up with for...
27 Apr Who Are You Calling unAmerican, Comrade?
One of my favorite Proverbs is Proverbs 20:14 which says, "It's no good, it's no good, says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase." The fact that buyers and sellers participate in gamesmanship is as old as King Solomon. ...
25 Apr Lies, Damn Lies, and General Motors
The new commercial General Motors is inundating the airwaves with is a piece of work, primarily because I only found out it was not a Saturday Night Live skit today. How many "takes" did it take for GM Chairman, Ed Whitacre, to say with...
15 Apr What Would You Pay for a Klondike Bar?
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) just appeared on my office TV screen courtesy of CNBC and said he wants to ban airlines from charging a fee for carry-on baggage. I am relieved to see that one man in upstate New York is able to look...
09 Apr Fannie Mae Should Hire Bernie Madoff
Just so we're all clear, I am not condoning questionable accounting in corporate America. In fact, I am super opposed to it. Okay? But I do want to make something very clear - Enron, Worldcom, Lehman Brothers, and Bernie Madoff combined have...
06 Apr We Will Never Forget this Health Care Atrocity, Will We???
“We will never forget”. The words can still be seen in select parts of Lower Manhattan where they have the most intense of reasons to never forget. The entire country essentially promised after 9/11 that they would never forget, and I think...
01 Apr David Bahnsen Announces Candidacy for President – Promises $1 Billion to Each Inhabitant
It is with great excitement and pride as a citizen of planet earth that I announce my intention to serve as President of the United States. Candidates come and go and campaign promises come and go, but few candidates have ever been so bold,...
23 Mar Top 10 Takeaways on Our New Health Care System
One of the most eggregious acts of political bullying in American history was successfully completed Sunday night. "Bullying" is an inadequate word, because most bullies use a sort of intimidating force to get what they want, and leave lying and bribery (overt bribery) for...
