Mike Folkerth - King of Simple

Western Colorado’s own Humorist / Economist

Archive for April, 2008

Freedom; Maybe Not:

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Delta Country Colorado: In my home county here in Western Colorado, neighbors of a ranch near the small town of Crawford became suspicious when the owners built a tall privacy fence; certainly a crime worth pursuing.
The neighbors described the fence as blocking the [...]

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Ron Paul; Now More Than Ever:

I have supported Dr. Ron Paul for president for many reasons. The first and foremost is that I promised myself that should any person ever run for president who understood economics 101, they would have my vote. Mr. Paul is indeed a fine economist, but far more than that, he is good human being and [...]

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Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Not Politicians:

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World News: As the U.S. burns our food supply by producing government subsidized corn ethanol, riots over food shortages and skyrocketing prices are taking place around the globe, some resulting in deaths.

Yet the president has mandated the burning of our food [...]

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It’s Later Than You Think

Good Afternoon Middle America, your King of Simple News is having technical difficulties.

Computers are wonderful things; when they work. I loaded a new virus and firewall protection program that crashed the whole shebang and took over my computer like something out of a horror flick. I couldn’t shut it off, it refused to be [...]

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Healthcare; America’s Second Greatest Problem:

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U.S. NEWS: Healthcare remains the second greatest problem in America, just behind “growth is the answer.” As those of you who have read my book know, healthcare has been a thorn in my side for many years and at the current rates, I [...]

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3rd World Status: A Pink Slip Away:

Good Morning Middle America, welcome to your King of Simple News Network, where the news that concerns Middle America is reported daily while we still have a Middle America to report to.
Today’s article is a revised re-run, I think that you will agree it’s worth a re-read.
This is one of those mornings that I wish [...]

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Culinary Accounting; Or Cookin’ the Books:

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U.S. NEWS: Unemployment continues to haunt the U.S. landscape with few areas unaffected. But then, that should have been visible two years ago to a blind man on a fast horse.

Lost jobs in construction and manufacturing seem to be leading the [...]

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What Ever You Do; Don’t Do the Math:

I wish for one day that I could write nothing but good news in this space. But if I did, that would be a day that I couldn’t ask you to prepare for your future and every day counts.

As I watch all of my past predictions continue to unfold, I have to consider future [...]

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The Hill and Bill Show; $109 Million Performance:

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U.S. NEWS: Bill and Hillary Clinton under public pressure revealed that they had made $109 million since the year 2000. The kindly, we detest the rich, Clinton’s hit the mother lode.

Bill it seems, since his romp in the office with [...]

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Middle America; Down and Nearly Out:

Good Morning Middle America, it’s time for your King of Simple dose of reality. Swallow it now and it’s the worst thing you’ll have to face all day.

When NAFTA was first introduced, I was writing a weekly column and offered to eat a 10 pound crow on the court house steps if Middle [...]

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