Political Atheist

  We have talked about this before, why is it that when someone dies all of a sudden they are a saint? Henry Kissinger is the perfect example. He was a warmongering lunatic. He was responsible for destroying Vietnam by bombing it back to the Stone Age after we couldn’t defeat them. Henry Kissinger is known for seeing the common man as just big dumb animals especially those like my late father who signed up to serve this country. Nice guy! I am sure he’ll have a lot to teach Satan. Seriously! Kissinger was worse than Satan himself. I am pretty sure they will have some interesting conversations. He never met a war he didn’t like or a population he couldn’t find new ways to exploit.  With all that said, I come back to the question of why we sanctify people who were complete psychopaths in life once they die. I honestly don’t get it. When Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II each died it happened here in America. Not in England so much. They were brutal… But right. Why are we told...

  This is the first story and I feel like it's an important story. It features a gentleman with integrity who was president of a local bank in Wauwatosa Wisconsin during the Great Depression. How did he do this? How did Mr. Olson's father manage to keep his local bank going with only a pre-approved RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation), but never had to actually take funds?  He was very careful about issuing loans. He wasn't an economic hitman in modern terms. Mr. Olson guided clients toward a loan rather than issuing it. Consequences be damned. After FDR closed all banks for three days, Mr. Olson didn't take money out of his own account. I know, crazy right? Anyway, depositors weren't allowed to get their money out so why should a bank president be any different? They shouldn't. Today, however, that would be unheard of. Think about the bank in Silicon Valley which closed a week after all the executives got a bonus. Yeah! Mr. Olson wouldn't have allowed t...