http://sibenikgroup.com Considered Rants and Rational Raves Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:34:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome To get started, create a new entry by clicking on “New Entry” in the toolbar or choosing “New Entry” from the File menu. You can also drag files from the Finder in to the Sidebar or the Entries list to import them as an entry. Show the Inspector from the ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=64 It has been nearly a year since Barrack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. This is pretty much the last bit of respect I'll ever give him, so tune out if you want. I couldn't stand McCain. I saw him as an opportunist with no firm ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=63 I know I am totally ignorant of the details of high finance and economy. I realized that I have some simple economic rules to live by and only spend what you have is the principle law I live by. I think most of you live the same way. Yes you ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=58 We argue about Governor Palins' ability to step in for Senator McCain in case he dies in office. There is nothing like having a wake before the person dies. She is not running for President. Senator Obama is running for President with his lack of experience. So how do you argue for his inexperience ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=49 Economists like to classify the population of the United States from a range of poor to rich with a lot of middle class niches between them. We happily go along with these ratings because we like to feel superior. I believe the real truth is not based on currency and property but power and ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=47 This has been a difficult post to start, but because it is so difficult I needed to put it out there and see what happens. The difficulty is asking questions without being insulting or being perceived as a bigot. These are questions based only on my own life experience and ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=44 I live in New Jersey. That about says it all and explains some of my bitterness. The other cause of my bitterness is the sometimes irrational belief that right makes might. Some of the top politicians have been indicted, convicted and imprisoned since the Federal Prosecutor began investigating what should ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=43 An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last - Winston Churchill Does anyone ever read or study history? Neville Chamberlain had success of the Irish Treaty of 1921 to guide him with his policy of appeasement with Nazi Germany.  Mr. Chamberlin thought he was dealing with like ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=41 "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. " Franklin Delano Roosevelt First Inaugral Address. Over the weekend I read on Twitter that we ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=40 The carpenter grabbed his hammer and with each strike missed or bent the nail he was trying to pound into the roof. Shouting damn stupid hammer he continued in his fuitless task. Pretty stupid isn't it? What's the difference between our presidential candidates and the carpenter? Nothing. The military didn't ... http://sibenikgroup.com/?p=39