D avid Leonhardt, in a piece written at the N. Y. Times, cites the work of economists Robert Shiller and John Campbell which shows there is a strong correlation between 10-year PEs and future returns. Right now the ratio is showing stocks to be expensive as the 10-year PE is above 20 (note: it was around 12 at the bottom in March; considered on the cheap side). Leonhardt provide several links which...
At the end of September, 2008, George Bush, a very lame duck president, demanded-- and then pleaded-- with his party to go along with Secretary of the Treasury Paulsen's bankster bailout bill (the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008). Bush and Paulsen failed and the bill was defeated in the House, 205-228 , even though 65 Republicans, most of them heavily indebted to banking interests for...
We featured the above photograph on our Durness People album a long while back. The caption reads: " This is my Great Uncle Hugh Mckay Campbell born 1859, Durness died 1934 Sangomore, Durness…Married Johan MacKay on the 2nd Dec 1898 in Tain. Pictured with adopted son Colin Campbell". Donated by Isabel Griggs, Australia. Now I have received a lovely note from a gentleman, Colin John...
You may or may not know why this blog is titled the Greeneyeshade Blog. I am a CPA by training, a self-professed bean-counter. I also sit on 3 of Committees available to Members of the House that hold jurisdiction...
"It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in a way that could actually lead to a...
The X-Men used a dominating 38-16 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to break open a tight game and, in an incredible third quarter shooting display, 5'10" Christian T-Bear Upshaw scored the first 19 points of the quarter for the X-Men including six consecutive threes to lift X to an asertive win over #4 Dalhousie Tigers in Halifax. Upshaw finished with 30 points (including 8-12 from 3...
So much to say so little time to say it! It's late and I know it's been ages since my last update - so here goes! Hope my memory serves me well. There have been three big things and tons of regular stuff. My work in the schools has been so rich these past weeks - I have been amazed at the responses to the assembly talks. It is obvious that God is blessing many through the ministry of opportunity in...
There are some extra congressional districts in California receiving stimulus dollars.the trouble is, they don't exist. Recovery.gov, the web portal designed by the administration to provide transparency and...
Best of luck to Andrew Sullivan as he is strongly considered for a Rhodes scholarship given his extensive volunteering work, strong academic results and his ability to knock down 3's in the clutch. Great job !!! Under the African sun Possible Rhodes Scholar learned lots while building orphanage in Uganda Andrew Sullivan, a fifth-year engineering student, is Dalhousie University’s nominee for...
The OCRegister published Congressman John Campbell’s OP-ED full of lies about the House Health Care Reform bill today. I wonder if they will print a fact check? Odds are, they won’t bother. To start Campbell claims: This bill is 2,032 pages of a pure and unadulterated government takeover of health care. The total package would cost $1.3 [...]
Two weeks ago, the Department of Labor released their latest unemployment numbers which put the current unemployment level at 10.2%. You may remember, in a recent blog, I mentioned that there was more behind the 10.2%...
The Fighting Sullivans: he Fighting Sullivans , originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr. and J ules Scherme r. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. The story follows the lives of the five Irish- American Sullivan brothers , who grew up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression...
Today, the D.C. based political newspaper, Politico, featured a story outlining reports of a shift in spending strategy by the Obama Administration, who, according to the story will shift focus exclusively on cutting...
OFA is keeping the pressure on 32 House Republicans who have failed to support health insurance reform even though their districts voted for President Obama and his agenda for change in 2008. Over the next several days, citizens will be visiting their representatives' district offices to demonstrate their support for reform in person. The effort is gaining wide notice. A few more stories from around...