It’s hard to buy votes with a maxed out credit card.

Posted on September 17, 2009 - Filed Under Congress, Economics | 1 Comment

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, September 18, 2009. The late U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen was of an era of quotable politicians. It was Dirksen who famously said, “A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” He [...]

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Democrats to Jacko: “Thanks for covering for us.”

Posted on July 10, 2009 - Filed Under Congress, Energy | 3 Comments

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, July 10, 2009. With respect to the Michael Jackson story, the Drudge Report the other day had the best headline. It read, “Michael Jackson: Never Can Say Goodbye.” I really feel like our celebrity-obsession crossed some line in [...]

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Spending a trillion dollars used to take time.

Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Congress, Economics, The "Stimulus" | 2 Comments

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on Newstalk 600 KTBB, Friday Feb. 27, 2009. I hate talking numbers. If you’re not careful, talking numbers in a forum such as this can become a crashing bore. But the times dictate a conversation on numbers and I’m going to do my best [...]

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Call them back and make them do their jobs.

Posted on August 7, 2008 - Filed Under Congress, Energy | 2 Comments

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on Newstalk 600 KTBB, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Did you call the president like I told you? I know some of you did because you called the station and asked again for the number. Get a pen and paper because I’m going to give [...]

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