In the interest of openness and transparency, inquiring minds wonder why bloggers have to share non essential details with the TSA, while the TSA and other Federal agencies are required to share nothing with the American public.

In the spirit of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and intoxication, Senator Max Baucus, of Montana, had a few too many before debating the all important issue of health care on the Senate floor.

The same “progressive” policies that have destroyed Detroit are going to destroy the rest of America.

Yes, it is true that given the poll results over the last six years, corporate leaders are more optimistic about the economy than they were six years ago. However, that number is only 36% of all corporate leaders surveyed.

Don’t get us wrong. Here at SHTF Plan we strongly support emergency and disaster preparation, as well as TEOTWAWKI scenario planning, but 200 million rounds of pistol ammo?

It’s ideas like this that will help the brightest and most innovative entrepreneurs survive the downturn.

Most companies and individuals have a limited supply of funds, usually based on the decisions they make to generate income and obtain those funds, as well as decisions made on how that income is then spent on labor, manufacturing, marketing and research. Most of us do not have an unlimited ATM that we can draw on when we make stupid decisions.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was hospitalized late last week and treated for facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung, a Raleigh, North Carolina television station reported on its Web site on Thursday.

A Christmas greeting from SHTF Plan contributor Rick Blaine.

While Americans celebrated Christmas, the Senate was hard at work voting on the health care bill.

It looks like ObamaCare will be passed very soon. We’ll see how it all plays out, but I think the socialists of America will be getting a nice little Christmas present this year.