Surrounded By Reality

Madison, WI has been described as "43 square miles of land surrounded by reality". Actually, I think it's 77...... Being a Madison native I liked this title. Agree or disagree, the important thing is to get involved and learn what's going on and how it affects you..

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Sequoia Voting Machine Problems

Google Smartmatic & Sequoia-an electronic voting machine manufacturer. The link to their website is below:

SMARTMATIC AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM

Look at the background of the company and problems users are having. This could be pretty darn scary come November 4th.....

Sequoia Voting Systems- Wikipedia

The Front Fell Off

Enough about politics.....

Shout Out

As this blog is still very new- Here's a big shout out to my first two regular readers- CW & PB- you know who you are-Thanks!

HONESTY FROM OUR GOVERNMENT

OK-CAN OUR GOVERNMENT FINALLY BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ADMIT WE ARE IN A RECESSION? THAT MIGHT HELP RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKETS. FIVE SIMPLE WORDS.....

WE ARE IN A RECESSION

It's A Great Time To Invest!

Look at the market today-it sure is! *

GREAT TIME TO INVEST

*Long way to go still- maybe 7,000-7,500?

How The Markets Really Work

How did these comedians see it coming
when financial reporters did not?





I received this video from a friend. Below are the comments that we included with the video from the original poster....

Yes, it really is this bad

Another example of humor that is deadly accurate.

I worked on Wall Street for a few years, elbow to elbow with "top" investment bankers.

It was one big casino with the saps in pensions funds and savings and loans (and us) being used to finance the game and cover the losses.

Amazingly, this was recorded in 2007.

NYC National Debt Clock-Not Enough Digits!

Read The Story-

NYC National Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits

As it says, they will add 2 more digits-so it's ready for a QUADRILLION DOLLAR NATIONAL DEBT.
The problem isn't too few digits-it's too much debt. "Adding" is how the Federal Government fixes things (witness our financial crisis) when it should be "Subtracting" (debt)....