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My Occupation

The word “occupation” has another meaning. For those of us who have one, it refers to what we do to make a living. I am a businessman; that is my occupation.



Businessman was not always my occupation. My undergraduate majors were art and psychology, although I did not quite exactly graduate; it was more of a mutual agreement with the college administration that instead of coming back for my final year, I would benefit from matriculating at any other institution anywhere else on the… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 30, 2011 at 2:39pm — 19 Comments

Thank You, One Percenters

I wonder how many of those we-are-the-99% OWS protestors know what household income it takes to join the evil 1% they seek to destroy: the answer is $384,000.



Not exactly the millions and billions President Obama keeps talking about, but why let numbers get in the way of a good demonizing? Did you ever think about who makes that kind of money? Well, doctors and lawyers for sure, dentists, optometrists, small business owners, architects, builders, lobbyists, chiropractors,… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 30, 2011 at 2:30pm — 25 Comments

Banksters

It is easy to hate the banks; bankers and tax collectors have been our favorite targets since the beginning of time. Jesus threw the money-changers out of the temple, and forgave a tax collector just to show us He really did mean everybody when we were instructed to love our neighbors as ourselves.



The term “banksters” accurately describes the cabal of big New York banks who use the Federal Reserve to print their money, the… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 30, 2011 at 2:30pm — 15 Comments

Separation Anxiety

While expressing his solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement this week, President Obama said something very weird - that OWS and Tea Party protestors share the frustration of feeling separated from our government.



No we don’t. I desperately want to be separated from my government again; separation from government is the whole purpose of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It draws the lines between us and our government; it is our national restraining order against a… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 23, 2011 at 3:02pm — 29 Comments

3-3-3

It didn’t take long for the establishment GOP to figure out how to dump on Herman Cain – if you can’t attack the man, attack the plan.



For the record, I don’t like Mr. Cain’s 9-9-9 either; I would much prefer 3-3-3. Because the problem is not just how we tax; as Milton Friedman said, the real rate of taxation is the rate of spending, and we spend about 12-12-12. We can thank both of the establishment parties for that.



And spending is what candidates should be focused on;… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 23, 2011 at 2:59pm — 46 Comments

American Idol

Seeing the GOP presidential debates in person is whole lot different from watching them on TV.



Thanks to our friend Herman Cain, we were seated right up front at the CNN debates last night in Las Vegas. Our section mates included gaming moguls Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, the Romney family, Wayne Newton, and too many other notables to list. This was not just the 1% crowd, these were decimal pointers.



If you are reading this, you undoubtedly saw the debate yourself - and… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 23, 2011 at 2:57pm — 23 Comments

We're Number Ten!

Each year, Forbes magazine publishes a ranking of the best countries in which to do business. The United States has fallen to tenth place.



Canada, our good neighbor to the North (and the home of Athabasca University, my grad school alma mater I may add) has moved up from number four to number one. Sandwiched in between are Hong Kong and Singapore, some of the smaller European countries, and New Zealand. Not a sweatshop nation in the bunch – toldya.



This is not your… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 16, 2011 at 5:47pm — 22 Comments

Own That

[Author's Note: upon publishing this column, several readers contacted me to inform that the photo referenced was taken at an earlier anti-capitalist protest in Portland, not at the OWS rally in New York, as was cited in a number of blogsites that inspired my piece. Apparently, the OWS defecation was directed at a police vehicle, not the burning flag. I do not "pull" my mistakes, just acknowledge and correct them. The point of the piece is still relevant if police cars are defaced, but I… Continue

Added by Tim Nerenz on October 16, 2011 at 5:44pm — No Comments

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