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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
U.S. NEWS: Food and fuel are the darlings of the main stream news these days, about two years after The King of Simple warned my own Federal Senator, Ken Salazar, that the production of ethanol from food stock was a real bad [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, The King of Simple is a little wordy today, but please read through this article; it’s important to all of us.
As I have watched this whole hideous nightmare of a presidential campaign unfold, I realize how hopeless it is to expect meaningful change from our current system of government. And [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Monday, April 28th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is tracking down the truth.
WASHINGTON - President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy. Slumping in this instance, should be taken [...]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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Imagine that you have been going on hiking trips with a group for years and have two leaders. The leaders take turns leading on a regular basis.
Now imagine that both of these leaders have one standout quality in common; neither has the faintest idea of where they are going. Every trip you take results [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Friday, April 25th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress, but then I repeat myself.” ─ Mark Twain.
We have a fuel crisis in America and our President, one George “Badlands” Bush, along with our illustrious Congress believe the [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is up and at ‘em.
I wrote an article yesterday that talked about Americans being so overregulated that we spend much of our time mired in red tape rather than living the good life. We have in a sense created our own demise by sending 535 [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
After I wrote the piece yesterday regarding 5,369,000 people becoming job seekers at the end of May, I picked up the newspaper and there was an article about young people finding jobs very elusive this year.
There are more factors than the [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Monday, April 21st, 2008
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It remains a mystery to me that our government can point out the excess profits that they believe the oil companies are making and yet produce an annual budget request of $3.1 Trillion for 2008.
Americans are totally incensed by the oil company’s profits, yet seem oblivious to government spending. Why is that? Apparently only [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, it’s spring time in the Rockies.
Our mountain stream in the back yard is now a river as the ample snow pack is giving way to warmer weather. We’re told that sandbags may be in order by mid May. I swear if it’s not one thing it’s another.
The stock markets [...]
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Posted by Mike Folkerth on
Friday, April 18th, 2008
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
U.S. NEWS: It seems that law school enrollments have surged this week, as 10,000 lawyers have suddenly found the money to pay for their children’s education in what appears to be permanent work in the FLDS case in San Angelo [...]
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