Category Archives: Poli-Philos

Union Logic Challenged

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Curtis Greco

NYT Columnist, Nick Kristof, last week penned an Op-Ed piece “The Cost of Decline in Unions” and he makes many of the same pro-union claims attributing various benefits. The 40 hour work week, productivity improvements and the causal force behind the both,  the creating and maintaining of the middle-class or, conversely, the loss of the middle-class (increase in the wealth-gap) due to losses in union rolls.

I find these arguments quite weak in the presence of facts as none of these either occurred because of Unions or due to their diminishing influence. Much of this argument, as with many others which feign the need for more government intervention are weak on substance or simply a lure in search of greater political influence.  Read more...

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Measles – Politicizing the Irrational!

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Curtis Greco

Presidential Election Season (2016) is here and the media bashing aimed at shaping the public’s favor for any one candidate is in full swing; my advice is to ignore them.

Here’s the basics: Measles is a highly contagious virus; its migration is largely airborne in nature however an individual coming in direct contact with the saliva of an infected individual is equally susceptible. Nine out of ten, with no immunization, will become infected.  Read more...

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Jordan – Motivating Fear

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Curtis Greco

For the elite to be able to maintain the global economic conquest of resources the western financial system must not be challenged or allowed to fail. It is a given that gold, being far too valuable as a fractional commodity and though easily manipulated it has always been cumbersome as a form of currency (for various reasons). Oil, on the other hand, is ideal particularly if you control both its source and its market matrix (market, unit conversion and supply/demand).  Read more...

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Senate Arm Services Committee: White House “Policy of Disengagement” Exposed

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Curtis Greco

This past Tuesday, three retired Generals, Marine General Jim Mattis, Navy Admiral William Fallon and a former CentCom Chief and former Army Vice Chief of Staff General John Keane, expressed the expanding security risk as a consequence of the Administration’s “strategy-free” stance.

General Keane’s statements left little doubt that were it not for Mr. Obama pulling troops out of Iraq the war against the insurgents was in hand. The Administrations idiotic notion of the “Arab Spring”, paired with the abandonment of Libya’s pro-western regime, ISIS would never have evolved into the threat it has become.  Read more...

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Keystone Shelved?

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Curtis Greco
McConnell’s attempt at pulling the Keystone Bill out of debate died a quiet death with a 53-39 loss. Key to the failure was that key Senators went AWOL (Reid, Kirk, McCain, McCaskill, Mikulski, Moran, Rubio & Warner). Still it seems an explanation for WHY the Bill is being blocked and VETO-threats issued remains elusive.
The greatest threat to U.S. influence in the Middle-East is an over-abundant supply of domestic energy and so one need only look at Saudi Arabia’s influence as key weapon in the economic-oil war. Saudi Arabia will happily carry the load but only if the U.S. Taxpayer supports the scheme.
After all, as Americans are finally coming to understand, there was never ever an oil-energy shortage; there was and remains, simply put, an abundance of political-economic advantage and this is what dictates/controls Crude Markets.
Remember; all that controls is not always in need of a gun!
Curtis C. Greco, Founder
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