Archive for January, 2008

Love and Infinity

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

In junior high school I was introduced to "infinity" in my mathematics class. That was a great place to begin my understanding. It was easy to see that there were an infinite supply of numbers. We concocted formulas using googol (1 with 100 zeros behind it) and ...

Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Fraud, Part II)

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

The television show mentioned above takes place in New York City.  NYC is a vibrant, never sleeping city known as the financial center of the universe.  The waters around the city are shark-infested.  No, not those from the Animal Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species, Animalia Chordata Chondrichthyes, this ...

The Accelerator Factor

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

When I was a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) our growth was dictated by a formula known as the "sustainable growth rate" formula.  Basically our growth was restricted by the amount of profit that was added to the retained earnings at the end of the year.  Retained earnings is a category ...

Brace yourself…

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The underlying economic issues I've been writing about are gaining publicity.  The following article from The Economist explains the latest problems: All fall down? Jan 18th 2008 | NEW YORK From Economist.com Huge new problems in the capital markets? Shutterstock AMERICA’S big bond ...

No Greater Love

Monday, January 21st, 2008

In John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends", we are given a perspective of the magnitude of love.  One of the primary qualities of love is the preference of others' best interest over your own self interests.  The ...

The Depression Clouds are gathering

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

  I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale. -- Thomas Jefferson This is a lengthy and somewhat technical ...

Love your enemies

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

  The Sermon on the Mount was taught to the disciples, not to the multitudes.  Jesus shared much revelation concerning the Kingdom of God in this sermon.  This sermon revealed a revelation of The Law that had previously been hidden.  The Jews had identified 613 commandments and statutes to ...