Damn interesting?

[charles royer]

The Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1637
The later part of the 20th century saw its share of odd financial bubbles. There was the real-estate bubble, the stock market bubbles, and the dot com bubble, just to name a few. In each instance of price inflation people paid exorbitant amounts for things that shouldn’t have been worth anything like the going price. And each time people stood around afterwards and said “What were we thinking?”

One has to believe that the same thought occurred to the Dutch in the 17th century when they settled down after their bout with tulipomania, wherein the humble tulip bulb began to sell for prices to make New York Realtors blanch.

As much as the tulip is associated with Holland, it is not native there. Rather it was introduced in 1593 by a botanist named Carolus Clusius, who brought it from Constantinople. He planted a small garden, intending to research the plant for medicinal purposes. Had Clusius’s neighbors been morally upright, the tulip might still be a rare exotic in the gardening world. Instead they broke into his garden and stole some of his bulbs in order to make some quick money, and in the process started the Dutch bulb trade
http://www.damninteresting.com/the-dutch-tulip-bubble-of-1637/
Just sayin!

[jack ludwig]

this issue is not what Trump said....no one cares...the issue is how trump thinks....which is inaccurate...he doesn't think...and that is what makes him so dangerous as the president. He cannot be given this power and risk the entire world safety with someone with such a low level of judgement. 

[M]

Sorry Jack,

I can't actually believe that. Consider last nights debate, Hillary came off a weak third in a two party debate. Hillary's scandals came in second. Too much wrong with her to trust her based on the known issues from her past. The Rapist that she got off by pulling a fast one with the evidence. i.e. The first DNA test of the panties showed the girls blood and the Rapists semen. Hillary took it 1500 miles overland to another dna test but the section that had the blood and semen was not there and had mysteriously disappeared from the evidence with the only thing showing was the hole the missing section was cut out from. Then there's the unreasonable pass she got from Cormey who by the way was on the board of the Foundation. She don't play fair and by my lights has no Moral compass,integrity,compassion, or any other human characteristic except Greed and self aggrandizement. Don't forget the Uranium deal she brokered, and the e-mail about the $1 million donated to charity and that charity being the Foundation so in effect she donated it to herself. Or how about the Haiti issue. Just too much against her to trust with the nuclear trigger especially with her snap judgment anger issues and even the flip flops that are shown in her own words on videos where she says totally contradictory statements depending on which way the political winds are blowing. If you think Trump has said bad things how about all the Racist and demeaning comments that she has uttered see; http://hillaryclintonquotes.tumblr.com/  , http://ijr.com/wildfire/2016/10/710446-11-extremely-vulgar-comments...  , http://www.davidstuff.com/political/hillary-quotes.htm . Those are all verified as true and actually said by Hillary.

No Jack, 

It's Hillary that we can't trust because of what she does and continues to do. Even last night when she tried to dismiss the accusations trump spoke of she did not come off as truthful between the body language and the awkward statements that proved to be lies through fact checking.

[charles royer]

October 11, 2016
Why Are Americans Seemingly Indifferent to the Nation's Transformation
By Stephen Bennett

Just before he was elected president in 2008, Barack Obama promised to “fundamentally transform” America. Sad to say, after eight years as Chief Executive, he has largely succeeded.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/10/why_are_americans_seemi...
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[The Bull]

The Democrat Sexual Misconduct List (Alphabetical Order by Last Name) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

  Gerald Ackerman      - Democrat MI May - In May 2000, convicted on 10 felony counts of criminal sexual conduct; sentenced to 18 to 38 years’ imprisonment, also 1 year for indecent exposure to a minor.

 

  Brock Adams          - Democrat WA Sen - Arrested for drugging, assault, and rape of a woman. (While married)

 

  Sam Adams            - Democrat OR May - Lied, but proven guilty to an affair with an 18-year old male intern.

 

  Jim Bates            - Democrat CA Rep - Forced by ethics committee to make a formal apology to the married female staffers he had made repeated sexual advancements towards.

 

  Gary Becker          - Democrat WI May - Arrested for soliciting sex of a minor (14 years old).

 

  Rod Blagojevich      - Democrat IL Gov - Among other things, also proven to have had an affair. (while married)

 

  Bill Clinton         - Democrat Prsdnt - Cheated on wife with an intern

 

  Gary Condit          - Democrat CA Rep - Extramarital affair with Chandra Levy. (Woman was murdered, but not by him)

 

  Marc Dann            - Democrat OK Agn - In 2008, confessed to an affair with a state staff member. (while married)

 

  Roosevelt Dobbins    - Democrat AK Rep - Convicted of fondling a 16-year old while in office.

 

  John Edwards         - Democrat NC Sen - Extramarital affair with staff member, while wife was critically ill with breast cancer.

 

  Steven Effman        - Democrat FL Rep - Admitted in 2003 to inappropriate relationships with three divorce clients; (While married)

 

  Silvio Failla        - Democrat NJ Asm - Was shot and killed when a prostitute he solicited tried to rob him with the help of her pimp.

 

  Barney Frank         - Democrat MA Rep - Hired a male prostitute, ran a prostitution ring from his own home.

 

  Kerry Gauthier       - Democrat MN Rep - In August of 2012, he had sex with a 17-year-old boy in a public bathroom. Admitted it and agreed to not run for re-election.

 

  David Giles          - Democrat WA Rep - Convicted in June 2000 of child rape. (While Married)

 

  Neil Goldschmidt     - Democrat OR May - In 2004, confessed to an affair with a 14-year-old girl. (while married)

 

  Gary Hart            - Democrat CO Sen - Had an affair in 1988 with then model Donna Rice. (while married)

 

  Wayne Hays           - Democrat OH Rep - Sexual Acts with secretary. (While married)

 

  Gordon Hintz         - Democrat WI Rep - Arrested Feb. 10, 2011 for violating a City of Appleton ordinance of touching or offering to touch sexual parts.

 

  Allan Howe           - Democrat UT Rep - 2 counts of solicitation of a prostitute. (While married)

 

  Daniel Inouye        - Democrat HI Rep - Charged with sexual harassment against numerous women on his staff. (While married)

 

  John F. Kennedy      - Democrat President- Had an affair with 19-year-old intern Mimi Alford in the White House and affair Marlon Monroe among others. (While married)

 

  Ted Kennedy          - Democrat MA Sen - Admitted to womanizing while married from 1967-1981. Confirmed relations with Mary Jo Kapechne.

 

  Kwame Kilpatrick     - Democrat MI May - Solicitation of multiple prostitutes, obstruction of justice, 2 felonies, held multiple sex parties at tx payer expense.

 

  Vito J. Lopez        - Democrat NJ Asm - Stripped of his committee chairmanship and censured after he sexually harassed two women who worked in his district office.

 

  Robert L. Leggit     - Democrat CA Rep - Fathered two illegitimate children by a Congressional secretary, then had an affair with another woman who was an aide to Speaker Carl Albert.

 

  Tim Mahoney          - Democrat IL Rep - Cheated on wife with a staff member, and then paid her $121,000 to keep quiet.

 

  Eric Massa           - Democrat NY Rep - Resigned from the house over allegations from the Ethics panel. Admitted to sexual language / misconduct to a staffer. 

 

  Jim McGreevey        - Democrat NJ Gov - Extramarital homosexual affair with his homeland security advisor.

 

  Wilbur Mills         - Democrat AK Rep - Solicitation and sexual misconduct with a prostitute. (While married)

 

  Paul Morrison        - Democrat AK Agn - Attorney General, confessed to an affair with administrative staffer. (while married)

 

  Gavin Newsom         - Democrat CA May - San Fran Mayor, in 2007, confessed to an affair with his secretary, Ruby Rippey. (while married)

 

  David Patterson      - Democrat NY Gov - Numerous extramarital affairs, confessed after getting elected and sworn in.

 

  Paul Patton          - Democrat KY Gov - Confessed to an affair in 2002. (while married)

 

  Mel Reynolds         - Democrat IL Rep - 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old.

 

  Fred Richmond        - Democrat NY Rep - Arrested in 78 for soliciting sex with a 16-year-old (also tax evasion)

 

  Charles Robb         - Democrat VA Rep - Cheated on wife (Lyndon Johnson's daughter) with Tai Collins (Miss Virginia).

 

  Gus Savage           - Democrat IL Rep - Fondled an underage peace corp volunteer while on a business trip.

 

  Harold Scott         - Democrat MI Rep - Convicted on rape charges and sentenced to prison in 1988 (While married)

 

  Derrick Sheperd      - Democrat LA Sen - Arrested for solicitation of a stripper w/ tax payer money.

 

  Eliot Spitzer        - Democrat NY Gov - Solicitation and sexual misconduct with a prostitute. (While married)

 

  Gerald Springer      - Democrat OH May - Admitted to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor. (While Married)

 

  Gerry Studds         - Democrat MA Rep - Censured for sexual relations with an underage male page.

 

  Antonio Villaraigosa - Democrat CA May - LA Mayor, confessed to an affair in 2007 with a news reporter. (while married)

 

  Sol Wachtler         - Democrat NY Jud - In 1993, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for extortion in connection with his harassment of an ex-lover. 

 

  Anthony Weiner       - Democrat NY Rep - In 2011, he confessed to tweeting / e-mailing inappropriate photos to a college girl. (while married)

 

  Bob Wise             - Democrat WV Gov - In 2003, had an affair with a state government staffer.

 

  David Wu             - Democrat Or Rep - In 2011, had an affair with a minor, and friend of a campaign contributor (while married). He resigned from Congress.

 

  John Young           - Democrat TX Rep - Increased salaried staffer after sexual affair. (While married)

 

 

 

[The Bull]

What did Presidents Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common?

This is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around. I didn't know of this until it was pointed out to me.

Back during the great depression, Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.

...

Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after WWII to create jobs for Returning veterans.

In 1954 Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexicans. The program was called Operation Wetback. It was done so WWII and Korean War veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took two years, but they deported them!

Now, if they could deport the illegal aliens back then, they could surely do it today. If you have doubts about the veracity of this information, enter Operation Wetback into your favorite search engine and confirm it for yourself.

Why, you might ask, can't they do this today? Actually the answer is quite simple. Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower were men of honor, not untrustworthy politicians looking for votes!

Reminder: Don't forget to pay your taxes - 12 to 20 million illegal aliens – are depending on it.

[Virginia Foulk]

You are so correct - and Wetback was a success.

[The Bull]

What is wrong with our Government?

Most of us believe that Congress makes laws, the President executes laws, and courts adjudicate disputes, but this is not the way our government actually works. Today, bureaucrats make law, execute law, and adjudicate. Although the laws made by agencies are called rules or regulations, they carry the force of law. The administrative state is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution. Article I, section 1 of the Constitution states that all legislative powers shall be vested in Congress, yet Congress has transferred its powers to these agencies why because the federal government has grown so large that it cannot govern itself. Most of what these agencies do should be and traditionally was function of the States. The Constitution clearly requires the separation of powers, yet powers are combined in administrative agencies. Finally, many agency personnel are unelected and unaccountable, despite the republican principles on which the Constitution is based. The revolt of the people against this policy is demonstrated by the huge support for Mr. Trump, it is not that Trump is the perfect candidate, but he is the first candidate to support the peoples revolt against the establishment. Their wish is to return the function of governing the people to the States, where the people have greater control over the function and growth of government.

[jack ludwig]

congress approves the formation of each federal agency....sending the federal regulation back to the states would be a nightmare of a job for the congress to regulate all 50 states. A very inefficient way to govern. 

[M]

Jack,

You seem to forget the Founding Fathers wanted the Federal Government to be inefficient as the States and the people were invested with the major share of the power until the three words in the 14th amendment "NO STATE SHALL" flipped the control to the Feds and away from the people and the States.

[jack ludwig]

what the founders knew back then cannot be considered in today's times. If the government operated that way it would be mass chaos and each state would be spending money and achieving nothing. The word federal regulation would not exist and regulation in its basic form would not exist. Imagine a corporation with 50 businesses in 50 different locations operating independent of the Corporate direction.

[Virginia Foulk]

There are way too many agencies working against WE THE PEOPLE. Why are the IRS, BLM, EPA, and so many other agencies being armed.  Also, why do we need the FBI, the CIA, Homeland Security (and I blame Bush for that one), FEMA and several other security agencies also armed.  And why are they all working on the same issues. Waste of Taxpayer money, Illegal search and seizure, and even murder - in my opinion.  That is why we need to take back the controls of our country. Is Trump the answer, not really, but he is the start. And Hillary would continue what Bill Clinton, and Obama have made worse for our people.

[M]

Virginia,

Can you say Ready Reserve, or much more accurately Geheime Staatspolizei ? I fear that's why every agency has been armed, That and to dry up the ammo from the citizenry so they can keep their guns but not be able to use them. Except of coiurse Organized Crime, Gangs, Islamic Fundamentalists.etc., You know, the run of the mill groups Obama approves of.