Change? Yes, we meant it.

The corrupting influences invested in the status quo have paralyzed Congress. Lawmakers keep trying to stuff the same bland meals — all filled with pork — down the American throat. Maybe they don’t get it. We’re not buying this meal anymore. [...]

Recession Blues? Five steps to feel like a million when you haven’t got a dime

Often it’s a near Herculean effort at times to cobble together some self-esteem when you’re broke. But the good news is you can wrestle back control of the microphone in your head and start broadcasting correct information. Follow these five steps to start disconnecting your self esteem from your ego, and tune into your real inner [...]

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: Bill Moyers Interviews William K. Black

In this interview, Bill Moyers talks with William K. Black, author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One,” and has him explain how the fraud began in the board rooms and CEO offices of the most elite institutions in the US and how our government is complicit in covering it up. A must watch, in my [...]

Economic Crisis in Video: Aspects of the Current Moment

These videos capture particular pulses of this economic crisis, from one real face of homelessness, to a Great Depression cooking class, to a hilarious bit from Jon Stewart on the Daily Show about why we should think twice, or a billion times, before listening to CNBC’s financial [...]

Zombie Banks, Economic Tsunamis and the Gold at the Bottom of the Ocean

Many are losing their homes and livelihoods now due to an economic tsunami. While this disaster is man-made, its magnitude is sweeping a good many honorable people away in the surging undertow. The broader truth here is certainly the same as in a natural disaster: there is far greater value in the lives being lived than in the possessions [...]

new site … stay tuned

I’m getting this website up and running step by step. Feel free to stop by often. If you’ve made your way here from my Heal the Money blog on WordPress.com, welcome! This will soon be my primary site.

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Defeating Saber-Toothed Financial Tigers part 2: Three Steps to Calm Confidence

We are in the middle of a time of great change, no one seems to have the answers, and the future is shaping up to be a lot different than we expected. There’s a lot on our plates. How do we respond to these collapses and revelations?

Below, I touch on three critical steps you can take personally to release some of the fear that can eat away at your energy and throw you into panic [...]

Defeating Saber-Toothed Financial Tigers part 1: Ready for Integrity

What we’re starting to see is the rot at the foundation of our system. We’ll be seeing a lot more rot this year. It’s going to be very disturbing — kind of like seeing a wreck on the highway. Do we stop and try to help? Do we just keep going? Do we get mad at the disruption to our plans? Do we get pissed off at the idiots driving 90 miles an hour while texting who caused the pile [...]

Fed Refuses to Disclose Identity of Recipients of $2 Trillion in Loans

via Bloomberg.com:
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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. [snip]

Bloomberg News has requested details of the Fed lending under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and filed a federal [...]

Congress threatened with Martial Law if they voted NO on bailout

Fear-mongering doesn’t get any more obvious than this. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA, Sherman Oaks, Northridge) despite intense pressure, stood up in the House and told the world that members of Congress had been threatened by the White House with Martial Law if they voted NO on the bailout bill. Martial Law. It seems my reference to [...]