Glenn Beck slideshow charts the rise in US Government Debt and printing of money

This Fox News slideshow charts the horrific rise in US government debt from 1929-2009. It is a shocker. The once mighty dollar has become a devalued currency as the Fed prints more and more money to feed a voracious government machine. It is time for massive government expenditure cuts not increased expenditure. The US government-like some European governments- is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy. A stimulus package may provide some temporary respite but will eventually run out of steam if the fundamentals are not sound.

The Developed World should count its blessings this Christmas:

The following comes from the editorial comment in the Sunday Tribune:

One Christmas message received by the Sunday Tribune last week offers a timely reminder that we have many blessings to count and much to be thankful for.
If you have food in the fridge, clothes on your back and a place to sleep tonight, you are actually richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank and in your wallet and spare change in a dish somewhere, you are among the top eight per cent of the world's wealthy.
If you have more health than illness, you are more blessed than one million people who won't survive this week. And if you can hold your head up, smile and be thankful, you are blessed because many can but most do not...

This comment is apposite at a time of great suffering in Third World countries such as Haiti, Zimbabwe and Somalia amongst others. God has showered us with many blessings.