The Wayne Focus

               What is wrong with the runaway economy in China?                One aspect of it is something called ‘ramping’.                Prior to 2006 a man by the name of Wang Jianzhong had become known as China's "god of stocks" for his amazing ability to pick stocks that were about to rise.                At the peak of the trading frenzy in China, which is still continuing right now, his influence was so great that reports by his company, Beijing Shoufang Investment Consulting, republished in dozens of influential newspapers and websites, were, it is said, many times considered the main reason for a particular share price rising.            ...

               The Department of Justice regulates guns and drugs.                The Department of Defense attacks other nations without warning.                The Department of the Treasury borrows money.                The Department of Environmental Protection sells licenses to pollute.                The Department of Agriculture pays farmers not to plant crops.                The Department of Education censors schoolbooks.                The Department of Labor pays people not to work.

Kansas City, Mo., Superintendent John Covington is on his way to Michigan.                He has been lured away from his job attending to the education of children in Kansas City to a job here in Michigan under Governor Rick ’Made In Taiwan’ Snyder.                Is he coming because the children here in Michigan are more discouraged, more tossed around by politicians or because of MORE MONEY?                It seems that Mr. Covington may have been enticed to come here by Snyder’s offer of MORE MONEY.                You can expect Covington to bring the same wild eyed attitude he showed in Kansas City, Missouri.   He rolled into the troubled Kansas City Missouri School District in 2009 under the bann...

               Pete Hoekstra wants to be a United States Senator from Michigan.                What has he done?                Has he started a school and provided good education to children?                Clark Durant has done that.   I don’t think Hoekstra has.                Has he addressed the problem of failing schools and provided a solution that can be repeated throughout Michigan and across the nation?                Clark Durant has done that.   I don’t think Hoekstra would understand the first thing about what happened.     ...

               Peter Hoekstra (his nickname is Pete – isn’t that imaginative?) – is running for United States Senate.                He likes to say he is running against Senator Debbie (Carl Levin’s Siamese Twin) Stabenow but the real contest is with Republican candidate Clark Durant.                Governor ‘Made In Taiwan’ Snyder ‘endorsed’ Hoekstra.   Yes, Governor of Michigan is interfering in Federal politics.   The mess doesn’t stop.   Peety Hoekstra doesn’t have a chance against Stabenow.   His decision to run for this office is apparently because it’s the only way he can get his shoe back in the door.                See – Peety Hoekstra is what is known as a Career Politician. ...

               The United States has no shortage of great women.                           One was Dorothea Dix.   In the 1840’s it became apparent to America mental health reformer Dorothea Dix that mentally ill people in Massachusetts, both men and women and all ages, were incarcerated with criminals and left unclothed and in darkness and without heat or bathrooms.   Many were chained and beaten. Over the next 40 years, Dix worked to establish 32 state hospitals for the mentally ill. On a tour of Europe in 1854-56, she convinced Pope Pius IX to examine how cruelly the mentally ill are treated. She helped establish Saint Elizabeth’s in Washington, DC. The hospital was established to provide care and "enlightened" curative treatment of the insane of the Army, Navy, and District of Columb...

               The rich and powerful of Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder.                Some Michigan citizens know his remarkable career achievements.                He worked at Coopers and Lybrand – in the tax department.   Coopers and Lybrand is now part of PwC – a foreign corporation in England.                Snyder was CEO of an American manufacturer called ‘Gateway’.   Gateway was sold to a Chinese company in Taiwan.                Snyder seems to be taking advantage of his political office to do things that people, who were brought up to do the right thing, would never do.         ...

Clark Durant for Senate - Michigan

The ‘halls of power’ in Washington, DC have, in my opinion, been taken over by unruly and unprincipled people.   Men and women, like Debbie Stabenow, seem to have made a career from pretending rather than representing.   Working towards retirement, for themselves, while leaving us abandoned. They are so addicted to the work they can’t stay away and crave more and more and more.   Look at Ex-Representative Hoekstra.   He is, in my opinion, a failure.   Voted out of office he was put aside by the people of the Second Congressional District of Michigan but the political machine remade him – as if stuffing a rotten sausage in a new skin makes it safe to eat.   How’s that? Hoekstra is lurching along beside Debbie Stabenow for Senate.   Governor Snyder likes him - that should make anyone concerned about Hoekstra.   Right? Clark Durant is a principled, strong leader with real world administrative and business experience. Unlike Hoekstra – honorary me...

The ‘Buffett Rule’ has made headlines.   It is amazing to me that one man, who is a stranger to most of the 400 million Americans in this nation, could make a few remarks and get the President to act. Mr. Buffett seems a nice fellow who does not want his actions to be regarded for the facts but as a gentle fantasy that seems to have settled in on him – placed there by admirers who refer to him as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’. It is a uniquely American situation where one individual in his Pop-Culture disguise can have such a powerful effect on the nation’s society. His remarks on taxation and the rich seem to reflect middle class values but the fact remains he is not middle class.   The statements more rightly indicate deflecting attention away from the things that he seems to hold most dear.   Corporations.   A web of which he ‘controls’ for his own personal interests and I expect, his own personal pleasure. These problem children in our economy - corpora...

       The more I hear about the Solyndra solar mess with the energy department, the less I am concerned with it and the more worried I become about the personal agendas of the people shouting about it – like Representative Issa of California and Representative Stearns of Florida – both sunny states dependent heavily upon oil and energy companies.       I don't think the government should be investigating but I think it should create more of these companies right now.       Issa and Stearns appear to be trying to drive solar power out of favor.       I think crooks should go to jail and solar panels need to go to market. There is too much at stake to stop developing solar.       In any case - not all the businesses started during the Great Depression were successful. It's not like every project of the Tennessee Valley Authority was successful from...

      It was a time when the leaders were the strongest yet not necessarily the wisest. It was a time when the women were afraid even of their own men. A messenger came. A Peace Maker. A Messenger.        He brought the message of the Great Law and the Great Peace. A respect for Life. Thanksgiving for Life.       The ones who had been killing and drenched in blood would not listen to this message of Peace and Good Will because it was from chaos and warfare that they extracted their rights to power and control.       The Peace Maker continued and through word, thought and action showed the people that peace was preferable to war.       He showed there is a preferable alternative to kill one the other in a war of attrition whose beginning cannot be found nor has any meaning and whose ending would remove the cruel ones from power.   ...

Of the 100 largest economic units in the world 49 are countries and 51 are corporations. Corporations are the driving force of decision making in the world today. Corporations are not concerned with human rights, human life nor providing a proper wage for people laboring for them. What kind of decisions do they make? A corporation has the same rights as an individual and is considered by the courts to be a ‘citizen’ like you and I. A corporation can buy and sell another corporation. If you buy or sell another individual that is illegal because that is slavery. A corporation can take a part of itself and create a new corporation. If you could do that it would be cloning. A corporation can kill or destroy property but it is never sent to jail. BP has destroyed our ability to extract food from the Gulf of Mexico for decades but still they sell gasoline in cities across our nation. If you did something like that you would either go to jail for life or be executed. Grace k...

"We need to teach our daughters to distinguish between a man who flatters her - and a man who compliments her. A man who spends money on her - and a man who invests in her. A man who views her as property - and a man who views her properly. A man who lusts after her - and a man who loves her. A man who believes he is God's gift to women - and a man who remembers a woman was God's gift to man...And then teach our boys to be that kind of a man."

A Movie About National Finances

               When I heard about your initiative to force restaurants to stop feeding French Fries to American children I was shocked.   After having seen the result of your decree at one of the Darden Company’s restaurants – which include Olive Garden and the Longhorn Steakhouse – I thought I would write you a note.                Initially – I was not going to any Darden Company restaurant again because I don’t want the government or anyone married to anyone in the government, to dictate what is on my restaurant menu and most especially what I give to my child.                I really have a liking for seafood however, so, off we went to Red Lobster.   You will be glad to know that they immediately bent to your will.   My son was offered orange slices as a side...

               The unemployment rate in Michigan surged from 10.9 percent in July to 11.3 percent in September.                Governor Snyder is fighting for smoke-free beaches and to establish a statewide database, like the Sex Offender list, that doctors will need to enter the weight of children into each time they visit a doctor.                That is, of course, if the child’s parents can afford to take them to a doctor for checkups.                In my opinion Snyder was supposed to be a placeholder but his actions appear to be that of a petty tyrant.                His friends in the State House and Senate still don’t have to subm...

              There are ‘new’ types of nuclear reactors being built.                These ‘new’ ones are modifications of the ‘old’ ones.   Nuclear reactors have only been operating since the early 1940’s.   Essentially – they are all new.                There are new regulations for the new reactors.   It became apparent that the entire design and structure of a nuclear reactor is inherently unsafe.   From a power generating standpoint burning radioactive rocks to create steam to make electricity is a great idea – from an engineering and safety standpoint, however, there is no reasonable way to carry out the process.                The Nuclear Regulatory Commission then decided to “…move away ...

             What is the Republican Party doing with Governor Rick Perry?                Two weeks ago, with fires raging out of control, houses burning, Texans dying, he packs his bags and goes to South Carolina, where, I have heard it said, he met with Governor ‘Nikki’ Haley.   Her full name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley.   She changed her name and her religion – like Governor Perry changed his party.                He was supposed to stay in South Carolina for a debate but cancelled claiming he had to return to Texas (because of the fires).   He went back and the next day was in California for another debate even as the Texas Forest Service was desperately seeking needed help.                He earn...

              The Michigan unemployment rate as posted by the United States Department of Labor is about 10.9 percent as of July, 2011.   It is one of the highest in the nation.                  Also as of the same date the poverty level in Michigan has swollen to 15.5 percent.               Not all of the unemployed are in poverty and not all in poverty are unemployed so the numbers are even larger than they seem.                Governor Snyder has done virtually nothing to help the state with these problems.   He has, by popular demand of the snooty, high living and notorious House and Senate of Michigan passed a law limiting welfare payments to four years – but as for lowering taxes – not a peep. ...

               On September 11, 2011 I was driving home from Walmart in Canton around 9PM.               On Van Born Road I noticed flashing yellow lights.                I drove down to them and instead of an emergency vehicle I saw a light colored SUV.                There were vehicles driving past.   There was no one behind me so I slowed to look.   The windows were dark and I could not see inside.   I considered investigating but that section of road is remote.                  I noted that there was no one walking either away from or towards the car.   I decided to call the police to let them know about the car in...

Governor Rick 'Hot Foot' Perry can't stay in one place. He hot footed from Texas (while wild fires burned) to South Carolina to bow to Governor Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley. He then announced he would not attend the debate in South Carolina and would return to Texas to fight the fires - he went to Texas, changed his clothes and the next day flew out to California for a debate at the Reagan Library. He then triumphantly returned to Texas, which, luckily for him, was still on fire. Meanwhile the Texas Forest Agency begged other states for help while Perry prepared for his next hop on his Hot Foot to the beautiful State of Florida. His record in Texas includes mandating that 12 year old girls get injected with 'pieces' of Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent - (the 'sex' vaccine). It is reported that the vaccine can cause muscle weakening and blood clots in the heart, lungs and legs. Governor Perry also had fat cells from his body mutated into stem cells an...

Recently an article in the Los Angeles Times asked if President Obama were 'channeling' President Roosevelt in his recent jobs speech. I cannot agree that President Obama's speech resembled the oratory of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. President Obama's speech sounded like the haranguing style of a tenured professor faced with a class full of students who were failing his class because it was composed of confused and conflicting messages and so threatened his ability to keep his job. He sounded scared and angry. On the other hand the oratory of President Franklin Roosevelt was clearly directed at solving problems with haste. While Obama has initiated a program to 'solve' the mortgage problem which involved extending mortgages for ten years (which does not help the millions who are really affected) Roosevelt stated in his inaugural address "It can be helped by preventing realistically the tragedy of the growing loss through foreclosure o...

The White House would have known about 'Fast and Furious' even if only being aware of the method of operation because the 'Fast and Furious' case is not an isolated incident. It is indicative of a secretive technique that the Department of Justice uses. They will sell or buy guns or drugs and transport them or allow them to be transported inside a state, between states or even across the border (as in this case). This technique has grown out of control and is used to advantage by Federal District Attorneys to do what they call 'building a case'. It may take months or years to 'build' a case. What happens during that time is that protection can be given to individuals or groups who normally would be arrested. At times it seems that the FBI and ATF will actually warn off local and state law enforcement from enforcing the law and arresting individuals because they are being used in 'developing a case'. The harm that the Depart...

Texas burns For all to see While Perry yearns For the Presidency

As Americans lose their homes and jobs how about a little information about how John Maynard Keynes married into the Darwin family and was an ardent fan of evolution? His theories and actions were based on that. Also - don't you think it odd that economists who believe in the survival of the fittest can also claim that some corporations are too big to fail? It's like saying the brontosaurus was too big to fail - so, uh, loan the brontosaurus all the leaves it says it needs. That didn't work. Speaking of survival of the fittest - were you aware that in the very near past that there were stock exchanges in nearly every city in the United States? They provided local financing and investment opportunities for local businesses as well as providing a support for larger companies coming into or passing through a local community. One might say in that case - smaller is bigger.

Governor Perry is back inTexas.  At least I think he is.            He has been inCalifornia for ‘debate’ at the Ronald Reagan library.             Perry supported Al Gore in the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries and chaired the Gore campaign inTexas.  In 1989, Perry announced that he was switching parties, becoming a Republican.             Now he wants to switch offices and leave the governorship ofTexas and breeze into the White House.             However,Texas is on fire.             He left the state at the very time that the state has been suffering a heavy set of wildfires and firestorms.  They are blazing across the state while he is blazing across the sky going from interview to inter...

Specific : specified, precise, or particular Credible : worthy of belief or confidence Unsubstantiated : unproved or unverified                What we heard of tonight, directly following President Obama’s failed speech on jobs was a threat to our peace of mind and to our settled society.                The Federal Government, State Governments and local governments issued a warning about a precise and particular action that should be believed in with confidence which is also unverified and unproved.                9/11 was not a party.                It was an Act of War.                One of the perpetrators of that heinous act is de...

               Directly following Obama’s Job Speech Flop on September 8 which featured him talking about talking about jobs a new Obama Drama has bubbled to the surface.                Thought Osama Bin Laden was dead?   Though 9/11 was over?   Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water here comes Jaws 11.                We are now being ‘entertained’ by a ‘specific, credible but unsubstantiated’ threat made by unknown persons against an unknown target to commemorate 9/11/2001 ten years later on 9/11/2011.                U.S. “officials” spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity.                To Bloomberg News ...