War Stuff:

• Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
• Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran? - This provoked a thought for me.  If our government thinks that war will get us out of the recession (actually depression) like we are all taught that WWII got us out of the Great Depression.  Then it seems more likely the government might start a war in Iran with this logic no matter how flawed I might think it is.  A country that hasn’t attacked anyone in centuries, who are following all the international laws (that I can tell), and spends around $6 billion on their military every year.  It is of my opinion we should be talking to them and not threating them.  I would encourage you to Google Robert Higgs for great papers about the Great Depression.

Dollar Stuff:

• The Demise of the Dollar – Glenn Beck
• Gerald Celente: The Death of the Dollar

• Picture from Titan’s moon – I remember when this was released and saw it again today and made me forget about things for a bit.