Our Dangerous Dependence on Foreign Chocolate

By: Ernest Istook (Diary)  |  April 4th at 03:45 PM  | 

From the diaries. America is addicted to chocolate.  Foreign chocolate. A majority of us consume chocolate each day.  Although the U.S. produces only 6% of the world’s cocoa, we consume more than 20%. The threat is obvious.  It’s time for government to step in and promote alternatives. Any day, President Obama will be barnstorming the country to tell us, “If we really want chocolate security | Read More »

#OccupyKStreet: It’s Where The 1% Really Are

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  October 20th at 10:20 AM  | 

“Wall Street has moved to K Street,” said Barbara Lang, president and chief executive officer of the DC Chamber of Commerce, referring to the Washington street that’s home to prominent lobbying firms. “Those two industries clearly have grown in our city.” (HT:Bloomberg.com) The misery index sums the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. It is probably economically and mathematically meaningless. However, it carries significant political | Read More »

It’s Oligarchical Collectivism or Shutdown

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  April 5th at 12:39 PM  | 

DISCLOSURE: Repair_Man_Jack is a psuedonym for a person who works as a Civil Servant for the United States Federal Government. “A lot of people with budgetary responsibility are planning for a shutdown instead of for next year’s budget,” said Diane Breckenridge, who works in the office of the secretary of Health and Human Services. “It doesn’t add to the productivity of the government.” (HT: Washington | Read More »