Todd’s Life

Hi all! So our first mortgage is a 20 year fixed mortgage at 4.35%. Can you believe that? And you thought that the US rates were cheap. We should be moving in next weekend. Not much else is new. Work is work. It is busy. I’ve got 4 projects going right now. It is finally warming up. To be honest though, Santiago winters are not too bad. It sure isn’t Hawaii, but the winters aren’t bad. The past 2 days have been about 80 degrees during the day. I can survive winters here. The only thing that I do not like is poor air quality at times.

Oh and if you want to read a great article about the economy, here it is from Bill Bonner. http://dailyreckoning.com/read-between-the-decimals/

Hi all!  We got our first mortgage are about ready to buy the new apartment.  It will be different to own something, at least part of it.  I guess we won’t technically own it for another 20 years.  It is nice too to live in place that is affordable and you can buy something for so little.  We’ll be doing all the buying of appliances and things like that over the first few weeks.  And finally, I found 4 excellent articles on the health care debate.  I would encourage you all to read them and pass them on.  Finally one question that we all need to answer.  Who is better at managing your money?  Yourself or a politician, most of whom are dishonest, thieving bastards.  Ha.Ha. 

• http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/08/18/whose_medical_decisions
• http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/08/19/whose_medical_decisions_part_ii
• http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/08/20/whose_medical_decisions_part_iii
• http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/08/21/whose_medical_decisions_part_iv
• http://www2.wholefoodsmarket.com/blogs/jmackey/2009/08/14/health-care-reform-full-article/

Hi all!  It is finally kind of warming up in Chile.  After 3 weeks of sun and fun in the U.S. it sure is getting old waking up and being cold.  We can’t wait until we move into our new place because it has central heating.  Hopefully that will happen in the next few weeks.  We are waiting for an exact date from the people building the place and for all the mortgage stuff to go through just fine.  It will soon be warm for quite some time. 

And now a great video that I found by Milton Friedman… He sure knew a lot and understood how to deconstruct the silly arguments of socialists and their many lies they use to take away freedoms for their power consumption.  What arrogant folks socialist leaders are.  Enjoy the video here.  (Milton Friedman)