Mark Knows It All

I like watching television. I can remember when back in the day (for me…that would be late 1960’s and early 1070’s), we would determine our week’s schedule by what show was on when. Carol Burnett and All in the Family, to name a few, led the pack. Don’t get in my way on Saturday nights. Popcorn and television was as good a Saturday night as could be had. But as of late, with advent of a gizzilion cable stations, TV programming sunk to nothing more than a bunch of raunchy reality shows with about as much T & A as the censors would allow. The Bachelor? Big Brother? Yuk. And nothing was ever on the same night even if you found something you liked. Even the broadcast season was skewed. No new fall lineup. Any shows that were interesting started in January, and lately they actually started in late spring for a test summer run. But then I noticed a change. All of a sudden, the cable channels offered a bunch of original programming that has consistently been getting better. Even the broad...

As an attorney, and one who deals to large degree in estate planning and probate, I am often asked the best thing a person can do to plan for the financial well being of his/her family after death. The answer is simple. Die before December 31, 2010. Because after that, you’re screwed! People think that the estate tax is something only the rich have to worry about. That depends on your definition of “rich”. Ten years ago, the estate tax was 55% of everything over $1million. That’s right. 55%. Now a million dollars sounds like a lot of money, and it is. But get out of the Youngstown area, where even in down real estate markets the average price of home is in excess of $250,000.00, it really isn’t. For family farms it is even worse. And it is downright terminal for small businessmen who employ several people. In the old days, the farm and business had to be sold in order to pay the taxes. Imagine. 55% of every already taxed dollar you saved or invested taken by the government. So the Repu...

Here is the news not reported on NBC, CBS, and ABC this past week. If you can figure out why, let me know. This is the guy Attorney General Holder and the Department of Justice is refusing to prosecute for voter intimidation in Philadelphia in the 2008 Presidential election.The DOJ has been instructed not to prosecute black racial discrmination and intimidation against whites. _________________________________________________ This is the guy who is now the head of NASA. We have no space program for the forseeable future, and have to hook a ride with the Russians if we need to to the international space station. Is this the NASA that put a man on the moon? NO! This is Obama's NASA> ________________________________________________ This is the guy who is now going to head Medicare. Obama appointed him after Congress recessed to avoid confirmation hearings. Listen to this, and you will see why. If you had any doubt as to Obama's socialist tendencies, watch this...and good luck g...