Mike Folkerth - King of Simple

Western Colorado’s own Humorist / Economist

Archive for October, 2007

Everything’s Coming Up Roses:

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U.S. NEWS: “Bronco Ben Bernanke” is expected to saddle up today and corral the pesky downturn in the economy by further slashing interest rates [...]

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Reading Between The Lines:

As I read the financial news this morning (the paid for news) I couldn’t help but be entertained by the financial columnist, Ben Stein’s piece. Ben says, “No worries mate. There is no recession in sight.” Taking a few liberties with Ben’s reporting, I assume he meant “No recession in sight at night when I [...]

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Housing, Lying, and Politicians:

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U.S. NEWS: From our home base here in beautiful Western Colorado, King of Simple News reporters have recently acquired a good dog [...]

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Iraq, Senators, and Smoke:

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WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department is ordering 200 to 300 diplomats to serve in Iraq due to a puzzling lack of volunteers. [...]

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Death Spirals and Politicians:

WORLD NEWS: Everyone in the Middle East appears to be mad at the rest of the world, including their neighboring countries, which seems pretty much to have been the case for the last 4,000 years.
The U.S. in direct contrast, lives in complete harmony amid our neighbors with the possible exception of the gang war, [...]

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Oil and Stress:

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OIL AND STRESS are in the news today, as both rise out of control. Oil, Texas “T”, black gold, and dang expensive. Reports that [...]

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Oil Goes Down, California Goes Up:

 
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U.S. NEWS: It seems as if just a few months ago headlines appeared similar to the following: “Oil poised to hit $50 [...]

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Oil Shortages and Bear Surpluses:

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WORLD NEWS: Oil prices remain high around the world due to supplies running short and greed running long. Famed Texas oil man, T. [...]

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BANKS, ETHANOL and A-ROD:

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WASHINGTON D.C. ─ As housing continues to melt down, and the economy continues it’s southerly lean, high level officials are asking the question [...]

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BROKEN NEWS

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WALL STREET has attempted to steal the thunder from the “Atlantic City Diving Horse” by performing a spectacular dive into reality of 367 [...]

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