Kerry Lutz's--Financial Survival Network

Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute writes about Zombie spending in Washington. Old programs and taxes never die, they Zombify. A tax on long distance which was passed to fund the Spanish American War was finally repealed in 2006. The Rural Electrification Act which was passed during the heights of the Great Depression is still going strong as the Rural Utilities Service. The list goes on and on, but there doesn't seem to be much outrage. Perhaps the Zombies have taken over the Congress too.

Kyle Olson of EAGNews.org was on discussing those pesky new school nutrition standards that are driving Johnny not to eat, in school at least. It seems that Johnny wants potato chips not quinoa or jicama. But that doesn't matter any more. Since the First Lady stuck her nose into matter by helping to get the new Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed in 2010, school lunches will never be the same, and neither will bake sales or any other type of food obtained on school grounds. The result has been completely predictable. The kids hate the healthy food and are doing everything they can to avoid it, from brown-bagging it, to going off campus to their favorite fast food outlet. No matter how you figure it, where there's a will, there's an unhealthy food choice to be had.

Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox has written a book about Thomas Jefferson's life from when he was a youth up to age 30. Evidently, in spite of the large number of books written about him, no one ever thought to cover his youner years. While his outstanding achievements didn't happen until later, clearly this was his formative time where his philosophy of invidual rights and freedoms evolved. In addition, he was an accomplished surveyor, doing much work towards helping develop the New World. Ms. D'Alessandro-Cox spent many hours in obscure Virginia libraries, researching her book out, finding details that we all but forgotten over time.

Bruce Anderson is a computer security consultant and works with clients to keep their data and assets safe from hackers. He believes that corporations around the world don't take computer security seriously enough until it's too late. Target and Home Depot are just the latest examples. Many breaches never hit the headlines. Billions of dollars are being lost every year, often needlessly. Corporations need to get serious now or face the consequences.