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Sunday Sept 19, 2010 Western Artist G. Harvey, chosen to depict Lyndon Johnson’s boyhood home, Is having an exhibition in Fredricksburg, TX. But here is what caught my eye. – The month’s exhibition and sale of new Harvey works-which has the reverberating force of a cattle stampede in the exclusive Western art world- is…
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Thursday Sept 6 2010 Here is a list of industries that are not likely to recover from this recession. Why realtors still get 6%, in an age where I can trade stocks for $1.50 is beyond me. One can add video rental stores to the list. And I expect some casual dining restaurants and the…
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Tuesday Sept 14 2010 THe Governor of PA has promised to ail out its capital city, Harrisburg. Please read this article as we are studying bonds in Intermediate II and the state of the economy in Adv Cost. This reflects the mentality of local governments. Consider this quote "I see this as Wall Street versus…
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Monday Sept 13, 2010 An article in The Atlantic details how san Antonio has weathered the recession better than most other cities. The combo of Military, trade with Mexico, medical, universities, and location has treated SA well.
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Sunday Sept 12, 2010 The down turn in the economy has immigrants slowing their entry into the US> I saw something on Drudge the other day that I think gives this yet another dimension. After 200+ years of being the destination country of choice, even Americans are renouncing America. Bear markets are all about exclusion.…
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Sunday Sept 12, 2010 The size of the newspaper does not change a great deal over time but the content does. Let's take a look at the coverage and see what it tells us bout social mood. Thee observations are from the Sunday San Antonio Express News. The thing that struck me about all the…
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Sat Sept 11, 2010 The supply of hotel rooms in downtown San Antonio has grown 30% the last few yers, with more on the way. This picture will be repeated again and again over and over for the next nine years until this 18 year period of stagnation ends. So how does this affect a…
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Thursday Sept 9, 2010 The Administration has rejected the idea of extending the Bush tax cuts. The result is that tax rates will go up, considerably in January. And so the government will get more money and the private sector will have less money. As business owners are pointing out on cable tv and radio,…
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Wed Aug 4, 2010 Gov Arnold is re instating furloughs, the Comptroller is pondering IOUs by Sept or October, the Tipping Point draws ever closer.
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