By John Galt November 28, 2007 The final vote was Yeas 398, Nays 21 and with that announcement on the floor of the House of Representatives, the motion was forwarded to the U.S. Senate in a rapid manner. The date was November 3, 2011 and the legislation was on the fast track to pass both houses and to be signed by Madame President the moment it hit her desk. The business community lobbied hard but considering the economic conditions drastic action was necessary. The newspapers…
By John Galt November 25, 2007 So “decreasers” isn’t a word, so what? I took the liberty of using what I have elected to call the “Quayle Rule” in honor of my friend Steve Quayle who has a talented knack for creating just the right word for just the right occasion. And this occasion is what you might be asking yourself? If you’ve been paying attention to your wallet, your life and your job the last year or so, you’ll realize that there are aspects…
by John Galt November 23, 2007 Mayor Donaldson was sitting at his desk sorting through the new stack of memos and advisories from FEMA and HSA when Mary his secretary opened the door with a somewhat distraught look on her face. “Mary, are you okay?” he asked as she sputtered there’s a Lieutenant Colonel Marc Philips here to see you.” The Mayor cleaned the pile up on his desk and placed the FEMA memos on top of a neat pile in his inbox and uttered…
By John Galt November 20, 2007 As Karen looked at her husband Mike in utter panic, the realization that the Medical Services Administration was not going to help their child had sunk in. Their son was in his third day of running a fever and still having a problem retaining liquids. After the nightmare trip to the emergency room after he cut his foot open outside, they were hitting the wall and so frustrated as well as worried. The intern who treated their son basically…
By John Galt November 14, 2007 The temperature had to just be miserable today for May 14, 2011, as here I was at a WalMart supercenter queued up in a long line with every other hungry soul in the county it seemed. The radio was blaring the news and some music from the Voice of America, now broadcast on the A.M. radio around the clock as the war in Pakistan and Iran had everyone’s full attention. The announcer came on at 11 a.m. sharp…
By John Galt November 12, 2007 It was a typically boring Saturday afternoon in suburbia. It did not seem like just one year ago, the grocery stores and malls had been bombed across America by the Arabs, but “whatever” I thought as I settled down to another fine afternoon of college football. The usual highway checkpoint warnings were scrolling across the bottom of the screen but I did not care as I was in the safety of Mackinaw, IL, where our sheriff would have no…
By John Galt November 8, 2007 Back in the 1990’s the digital camera became an affordable and more practical device with the introduction of higher quality printers, more powerful personal computers and users eager to get the latest technology without the inconveniences associated with film cameras. One company which dismissed the digital camera in it’s planning and marketing as a “fad” was Polaroid, formerly a leader in developing new camera technology. This dismissal was a fatal mistake that the company never recovered from and in…
By John Galt November 8, 2007 Back in the 1990’s the digital camera became an affordable and more practical device with the introduction of higher quality printers, more powerful personal computers and users eager to get the latest technology without the inconveniences associated with film cameras. One company which dismissed the digital camera in it’s planning and marketing as a “fad” was Polaroid, formerly a leader in developing new camera technology. This dismissal was a fatal mistake that the company never recovered from and in…
By John Galt November 7, 2007 AS the digital counter displayed ‘4.50’ in the Gallons portion of the pump’s display, the shocking portion was the price which displayed $39.92 which shocked me every week. Despite the level of price controls imposed by the President’s Bureau of Economic Stabilization, it was still hard for me to grasp these prices. Since 4.5 gallons is all I was allocated each week, I removed the ECARD in frustration from the activation slot added to all gas pumps several months…
By John Galt November 3, 2007 As my wife and I entered the flea market, we understood the risks we took that day. Shopping for goods outside of the “registered” stores had become a Class 1 Misdemeanor for a first offense and the worst part was that you would be forced to take chip implantation if convicted as part of your sentence. This tracking chip served as your rationing card, probation officer, and national identification all rolled into one. The conversion to the new currency…
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