Monthly Archives: September 2014

Russia Vs. NATO | One Choice Remains

For open conflict to be avoided Russia (Putin) will have to back-down form its plans to return Ukraine, specifically Eastern Ukraine, to the control of Mother Russia; given Russia’s vested interests I see no chance of this happening.

The West has only one choice; stage a delay tactic until such time as Assad/Syria can be dealt with (so that the pipeline connection, now sitting idle in the vicinity of Turkey can be made with ease) which will allow for the Russian-supplied Energy to Western Europe to be replaced; there is no “or” in their action-plans.

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Lost Value & the Economics of Entitlement

Is there value in Demand created by a market? Is the U.S. (the American People) a market? If the answer to these questions (both) is “yes” then you’ve begun to understand the great economic battle the American public is losing and which centers on a concept which I refer to as the Value-of-Demand Principle (VDP).

Few economists understand the concept and even fewer politicians grasp its significance. The entire notion of economy centers on a fundamental attribute that we think of as demand. Without demand there is no command for supply and without your own economy (some “thing” you have or produce which you can offer to exchange) then supply becomes supremely meaningless.

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Obama Stumping Minimum Wage Bump

I’m holding out for a time when a politician is publically shamed on-air for being a fraud. Picture this: The President is feeding the line that your worth more pay, that the minimum wage should be raised or that a living-wage should be a national standard and then someone in the audience opines; “if you really believe what you say then shouldn’t you take a pay cut!”

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ON AIR with Host Mike Miller of WIMA 1150

The Foundations Weekly OnPoint Series continues with Host Mike Miller of 1150 WIMA in Lima, Ohio and Policy Analyst, Curtis Greco. This week features “The Dynamics & Dangers of the U.S. ISIS Strategy.” This vignette appears throughout the week during Michael’s 6-9 a.m. (ET) Show. Ohio’s In-Tune & In-Touch Host, catch him Live in-market or online at www.1150wima.com.

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Russia; where did Putin Go Wrong?

A great euphoria followed the demise of the Soviet-Bear; Democracy & Capitalism worked and Russia would be its next great success story, or so it was hoped.

Western interests (piranha) flooded Russia and began to apportion and reposition its resources at will. Putin, an A-plus student of the West, with an intractable sense of national-reverence willing to repudiate at all costs the raping and pillaging of his Russia.  The Russian recovery, from nearly 4 generations of Stalin’s brand of Marxism, is quite a remarkable statement of resolve. With its star pupil employing many of the tools once considered inseparable components of the American Ideal and he’s accomplished this without leveraging his Nations resources to western-plague.

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