{"id":58847,"date":"2015-10-28T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=58847"},"modified":"2015-10-28T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:21:10","slug":"political-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/political-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Rant\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I read a lot<\/a> of financial stuff, all the free things I can get\u2026 I do pay for a few things but mostly, I can get all the crapola I want with the free stuff\u2026 the over abundance of \u201cwe know the end is coming and here is how you profit\u201d reports are a burden to the mailbox but over the years I learn how to spot most of it and trash<\/a> it quickly enough\u2026 I do try to read opposing views, not just mine but those I read\u2026 I am not sure it helps of hinders but some of them give me an Aha! moment and some give me a headache\u2026 <\/p>\n

Todays Bill Bonner\u2019s Diary<\/a> had a paragraph that sums up a lot<\/a> of our current problems<\/a> and I am not sure there is any way to fix it\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitics is telling other people what to do. It is one part self-deception, one part fraud, and one part brute force. If you don\u2019t go along with the self-deception or submit to the fraud, the government will use brute force against you. Ultimately, you must do what the politicians and their lackeys in government tell you\u2026 or they will soon have their boot on your neck.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

OK, enough of that rant, back to life as we know it\u2026 focus on more enjoyable things\u2026. <\/p>\n

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WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I read a lot of financial stuff, all the free things I can get\u2026 I do pay for a few things but mostly, I can get all the crapola I want with the free stuff\u2026 the over abundance of \u201cwe know the end is coming and here is how you profit\u201d reports are a burden to the mailbox but over the years I learn how to spot most of it and trash it quickly enough\u2026 I do try to read opposing views, not just mine but those I read\u2026 I am not sure it helps of hinders but some of them give me an Aha! moment and some give me a headache\u2026 <\/p>\n

Todays Bill Bonner\u2019s Diary had a paragraph that sums up a <\/p>\n

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