One over the world strategy: Separate peaceful Muslims from radical Islamofascist terrorists. Annihilate the later.

Mission: Reduce the risk of terrorism by eliminating as many terrorists/terrorist supporters/terrorist sympathizers/terrorist cells as possible in order to reduce the terrorist threat to a manageable level of risk, and to prevent any further “catastrophic” terrorist attacks on US soil or US interests abroad.

Phase 1 – Leave the Middle East immediately – Bring home Personnel, sensitive items, and equipment; leave everything else – literally.  

Rationale for Decision:

1. Loss of personal lives, war casualties, we are “breaking” the US military, and we are not properly taking care of returning War Vets.

2. Economic. The costs do not justify the benefits. Therefore, this is not a just War, but an unnecessary ineffective War. We must find a better solution to defeating radical Islamofascist terrorists. 

3. The current counterinsurgency military strategy is the wrong military strategy to fight the War on Terrorism. Furthermore, we went after the wrong “enemy” invading and occupying Iraq v. going after the real terrorists (predominantly Al Qaeda and the Taliban). Lastly, we are fueling the Jihad. Proof of the later lies in the hidden truth that Al Qaeda has spread like the plaque throughout the entire Middle East – Yemen being the most recent hot spot identifier of the spread of radical Islamofascist terrorism. The combination of the above missteps – wrong enemy, wrong military strategy, and wrong diplomatic strategy has turned against us the very people (non-combatants) we are trying to help. Invading and occupying sovereign Muslim nations killing innocent civilians is not the way to win the War on Terrorism. Proof – We have been there for 8+ years with absolutely no end in sight, no results, and no exit strategy; this with an astronomical price tag and a colossal loss of life. The unintended consequences of this unjust War far out way the risks of leaving and having another terrorist attack on US soil. We assume this risk regardless of our presence in the Middle East. Proof – The Ft. Hood terrorist massacre. Furthermore, as US forces leave the pre-determined hot spot of the month, squelch the resistance there, suicide bombers/terrorists of mostly smaller factions/and militant tribal clans smartly move to another area creating another hot spot of the month. We cannot continually be putting out these hot spots chasing all of these terrorists all over Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Pakistan. The US was initially in Afghanistan. Then we went to Baghdad, then several other areas all over Iraq. Now we are back in Afghanistan. As soon as all of these terrorists see US forces leaving Iraq for Afghanistan they will go back into Baghdad. Proof – As the US is drawing down forces in Iraq and expanding the War in Afghanistan one of the deadliest suicide bombs yet struck Baghdad on December 8, 2009 killing 127 (perpetrated and executed by the Iraqi Security Force alongside Al Qaeda). This is truly unbelievable and enormously disappointing. It is also very telling. These insiders and terrorists will continue to run and kill wherever the US is not, not where the US is. This will never end. Nothing permanent can come of it. And, there is no way out. Surges are temporary, and with the renewed and increasingly deadly attacks of late in Baghdad proof positive that surges do not and will not provide long-term sustainable peace in the Middle East.

4. US diplomacy and foreign policy in the Middle East has failed. Muslim nation governments are too corrupt and religiously motivated for outside non-Muslim nations to fix via a military counterinsurgency. The proof of corruption is endless. The intimate details of the battle at Tora Bora in December, 2001 would disgust most Americans. More importantly, the aforementioned event proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Muslim brothers will protect their own over American interests no matter what. It is failed logic to partner with the corrupt Karzai Afghan government as a means to defeating the Taliban. Proof lies in the 8 murdered CIA operatives on December 30, 2009 by an Afghani insider being trained by the CIA. This same mistake was made in Iraq when the US incorrectly conjoined with the Ba’ath Party loyalists sympathetic to Saddam Hussein (whom the current Iraqi government just named along with the Iraqi Security Forces and Al Qaeda in the mass suicide bombings in Baghdad on Dec 8, 2009). Leaving is not only the best worst option it will increasingly be the only option as time goes by. These corrupt and incompetent governments do not want our help, nor do they deserve our help. The United States of America has spilled enough American blood and treasure for the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. We owe them nothing – not one more American life, not one more American dollar.

Phase 2 – Develop another way of winning the War on Terrorism. There is a more effective (results) and efficient (cost) way of fighting this War.

1. Use Special Operations Forces. Only at night, no occupation, no boots on the ground, total destruction in and out in less than 12 hours.

2. Bomb identified known terrorist cells and hot spots using drones. Use the USAF and Israeli Air Force (both the best in the world) to bomb specific targets regardless of permission, status or origin (Pakistan for example).

3. Non – military education of civilians and governments in the Middle East primarily the youth and educated elite. We are leaving, and we promise not to first strike nuclear against any Muslim nation. We need your help to weed out these radical Islamofascist terrorists. With or without your help, consent, or support the US will seek out and destroy terrorists wherever they are. Any terrorist attack on US soil or a US Embassy will be answered with total destruction of the terrorist cell regardless of the origin or status of this terrorist cell.  

4. Put The US on lock down. Total lock down to prevent another 911 from occurring immediately following withdrawal. Give our Troops a welcome home victory party for dismantling Al Qaeda and the Taliban enough so that our special operations forces can “finish the job”. No time table. Strategy and Mission in short: Conduct continuous ongoing military and educational operations until the radical Islamofascist terrorist threat is reduced so that Americans and the World can live in peace. The risk of terrorism is not going to go away entirely. Our goal should not be to completely eliminate terrorism, but to reduce terrorism to a level of manageable risk. Over time this could change, but it is naïve and overconfident to think we will wipe out all the Worlds terrorists in 18 months in Afghanistan (as Obama stated in his speech at West Point) or Iraq (as Bush originally believed). Furthermore, setting a “date” just tells the terrorists to hole up and stop fighting for 18 months creating the illusion to US politicians and the American public that we are “winning”. The terrorists then have the ability to re-engage the US military on their own terms after they have rebuilt, rearmed, reestablished positions, ammo, and personnel. This happened in Vietnam (yes, another parallel that Obama is overlooking). North Vietnam initially signed a peace armistice in Paris in 1972. The US pulled out all of our troops. The Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army rebuilt and rearmed toppling Saigon in 1975; breaking the peace treaty they originally agreed to in 1972. The World then declared the US lost the War. The difference of “pulling out” of the Middle East v. Vietnam lies in the execution of Phase 2 – Special Operation Forces, Bombing Campaigns, non-military initiatives (educating and informing the youth and educated elite all over the Middle East – including Iran), and US lock down.

The last word – Terrorism is not going away unless we confront these cowardly men head on with overwhelming annihilating force.

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Jason R. Clark, Founder & President, Clark Brothers Investments

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~peace~

2. Slash spending. Pass Constitutional Amendment so this cannot happen again.

3. Lower taxes. Corporate and Individual income tax 25%. Long term capital gains, short term capital gains = 10%. All dividends = 0%.

4. Control monetary policy. Stop printing dollars.

5. Fiscal responsibility. We must start to pay down our debt now.

6. No more regulations. Enforce the regulations we have.

7. Scrap the tax code and start over. One page or less.

8. Outlaw earmarks. They are a total waste of taxpayer dollars.

9. Immigration reform, compromise, and solution. The overall premise for my solution: America wants the best and the brightest from all over the World to be on team USA. Compromise: henceforth, enforce the US Constitution and immigration laws, close off our borders, no hiring of illegal immigrants by any US businesses with zero tolerance policy, and create a pathway to legal US citizenship =

Pay $1,000 fine per individual.

AND

1. Get a College education; or
2. Start a business; or
3. Be an upstanding individual who contributes to America; or
4. Serve 2 years civil duty or 1 year in the Armed Forces.

10. Healthcare. Enforce immigration laws, cap tort and malpractice payments, sell insurance across state lines. Let each state take it from there. For instance, Colorado’s healthcare system is not broke it just requires a few minor adjustments and improvements.

11. Energy. Develop oil reserves, natural gas, and clean coal anywhere and everywhere it exists. Develop renewable energy resources: wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric. Start building as many nuclear power plants as safe and feasible. 

12. Medicare, Medicaid, SSN insolvency. Establish an Age test for those willing to opt out of the system based on their own opportunity cost analysis as well as helping America avert a national crisis.

13. Act immediately and fervently to oppose the unconstitutional grossly negligent anti-American decision by President Barack Hussein Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to allow a radical Islamofascist terrorist like KSM to be tried on US soil in a US court. This is wrong, and we cannot allow it. We don’t want or need an explanation; we demand the decision be reversed. Period!

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Jason R. Clark, Founder & President, Clark Brothers Investments

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~peace~

Recap: Please note, I have been a registered Independent (unaffiliated voter) since 2004. I am equally disenchanted with both Republicans and Democrats. This newsletter is not meant to focus on “politics”; however, with the current state of the Union, and the state of the US economy, separating the two is virtually impossible. The Democrats happen to have a “pure democratic” hold on our government, and with that comes the responsibility for their actions. Therefore, the Democrats must be held accountable for the egregious bonuses received by Wall Street during their tenure as our so called leaders.

Review: Disenfranchised Republicans there has not been a true fiscal conservative since Ronald Reagan. Everybody who is a real fiscal conservative knows this. Do not reward another self-proclaimed fiscal conservative Republican unless they have proven they are a true fiscal conservative.

Disenfranchised Democrats you should feel totally betrayed. Your party leadership has failed you every step of the way not accomplishing anything they promised you during the last Presidential campaign.

What to do: Whilst the Democrats were in charge, President Barack Obama (D) and both chambers of Congress (D), the chickens sure have come home to roost. The recent excessive, opulent, and disrespectful Wall Street bonuses are a disgrace to the very industry that I love. This is proof beyond every reasonable doubt that government does not belong in business. Period! We should have let these irresponsible bankers go bankrupt instead of transferring the risk they took onto the US taxpayer, and then blasphemously turning their backs on us taking all the profits with them. The Democrats, specifically, Chris Dodd (D) Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and Barney Frank (D) Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, were solely and completely responsible along with all other members of Congress who blindly signed off on these contracts that blatantly allowed these bonuses to be included. This occurred with AIG, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, and on and on and on. Here is the problem with the logic that these bonuses are well deserved, based on performance, and this whole mess isn’t about compensation. What these Wall Street firms should have been doing all these years is reinvesting profits back into their respective businesses v. overpaying employees with excessive salaries, bonuses, and perks. Then, when an economic downturn inevitably occurs (Business 101) they would have the capital to survive. But these firms did not do this. What did they do? They overpaid themselves for years and years and then when the economy turned they had no capital to survive. Not to mention the fact that they also gambled their own capital away speculating on high risk but potentially very profitable derivative transactions. This is where we should have let them fail teaching them that you can’t expense (pay employees too much) more than you make (loose huge amounts of money on bad investments) or you will go bankrupt. Again, this is Business 101. Instead we bailed them out. So, they never “learned their lesson”, and are now back to their old ways of paying employees too much and gambling on derivatives. This is why government does not belong in business, and why we should have let these greedy Wall Street bankers go bankrupt. Furthermore, these banks (the top 38) took our money at 5% interest, undoubtedly made huge investment returns on the money we lent them, and then turned around and gave themselves a stunning 18% raise on $145 billion in bonuses!! – all this while we have 10%+ unemployment! Just like Clark Bros. web site says:

IF Wall Street can’t manage their own money what makes you think they can manage your money?

Quote of the Week: “One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.” – Thomas B. Reed (1886)

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Jobs are coming back? One positive jobs report does not a trend make.

Though I have to admit, it looks like only 3 days after Barack Obama’s now infamous declaration that painting buildings white and installing energy efficient windows will indeed create millions and millions of jobs may actually be working. If the sarcasm isn’t gushing out of your keyboard simply hit B.O. delete over and over again. On this topic I would probably recommend listening to the unanimous call by virtually every one of America’s top business leaders that the best way to create jobs is by lowering corporate taxes. Oh right, they are only saying that because they are self serving greedy gluttonous pigs. So, in response to this the President counters by saying to all out of work Americans, “Grab your paint brushes and follow me!”

The most fascinating aspect of investing has always been the human side of it. Not the characters involved, but the emotions involved. Anybody, and I use that term somewhat loosely, can break down a balance sheet or run the numbers on revenue or earnings. It is just math. Much more difficult to get right are the emotions, the behavioral side of investing – the art of investing. I could literally talk for hours and hours on behavioral investing. Seeing as how this is an investment newsletter I thought that I would discuss behavioral investing as it relates to investor psychology and con artists. Specifically, in the cases of Bernie Madoff ($65B fraud), Allen Sanford ($8B fraud), and Tom Petters ($3.5B fraud). A brief overview of these cases is in order. Each of these individuals is a con artist, bilked investors out of billions of dollars, and up until the very end denied guilt or any wrongdoing whatsoever. It is the similarities in personality characteristics and investment models that will lead the unwary investor away from these villains instead of luring them on to the rocks of regret and remorse. I have found these attributes of con artists in virtually all cases of investment and business fraud. Each of these attributes are not mutually exclusive, i.e. just because someone meets criteria #1 doesn’t make them a crook. However, if someone meets each and every one of the criteria below, I would run the other way if I were you. Briefly, here they are:

1. Extravagant, opulent, over the top “life styles”. I am not talking about nice houses, a few nice cars, a rare painting or two, or memberships at elite golf clubs. I am talking about several private jets, multiple sports cars, bragging about jet setting all over the world, numerous multi-million dollar paintings, jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars, homes all over the world, lavish birthday bashes, holiday parties and gifts. When you are investing other people’s money and charging for this service you are using their money to support your outlandish lifestyle. This is simply not appropriate or professional.

2. An arrogant, pretentious, talking down to others persona. Pretty self explanatory.

3. A “I am smarter than everyone else” tone when discussing topics such as investing, business, or politics – yes, this applies to elected officials whom can not and should not be trusted with tax payer dollars. Boy, tempting to list names here, but don’t want to politicize my argument.

4. Business or investment models that can’t be easily understood by “the average person”. All of the financial crisis’s of our time have been caused by investment products or services that are not easily understood; and thus, very risky. In today’s environment this includes the housing bubble caused by derivatives created by the “smart” guys on Wall Street,  the debt crisis caused by the self proclaimed “smart” politicians (both Republicans and Democrats – don’t even go there both of you!), and yes, all the aforementioned “panzi” schemes.

“I am different from George Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t.” Mark Twain

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Recap: Stock market moves like we have seen are perfectly normal after a deep recession.

Review: So, here we go folks. At this point we expect a flat, up then down, then down then up, wild and crazy, volatile market over the next several years.

What to do: The reasons for this are numerous, but in summary, here are the two most salient. One, fiscal and monetary policy of the US government. You have read all about it, but the cause and effect has yet to occur. This includes among other things; inflation, a devalued US dollar, inevitably higher and higher interest rates, and massive amounts of debt that has done nothing to stimulate the economy or job growth – yet, the US taxpayer still has to pay it back with interest. All of this is mostly bad for the stock market. Ok, it is all really bad for the stock market. What then to do? Sell everything and wait till things look better? Cash out of the stock market and buy real estate? What if we are dead wrong and the market goes straight up even more? What you do is simply look at what asset classes, sectors, and stocks will do the best in the environment we are currently in. For instance, certain individual stocks will greatly outperform the S&P 500 regardless of the above claims. In other words, the old adage – it is a stock pickers market – will hold true over the next 1-4 years. Two, over regulation and government involvement in business will stall growth, entrepreneurship, and profits. Government does not belong in business, healthcare, or anything other than “governing”; hence, the word government. Again, bad for companies who have Uncle “I have no idea what I am talking about” Sam looking over their shoulder telling them what they can and can’t do and/or can or can’t pay. But, extraordinarily good for companies that don’t have these government imposed constraints. Mrs. Smart College Grad do you want to go work for a government owned, pay restricted, poor morale, terrible product producing company imbedded in fraud, corruption, and stupidity or do you want to go work for a company that is a market leader, highest paying, best products in the world, everyone at the company loves it because their stock options have quadrupled in 4 years, and the prospects for future growth for you within this company is limitless! Gee, I don’t know, that is a really hard decision – ok, I will take the overcooked day old burger, with soggy fries, and flat diet coke, please.

All of this might sound disparaging, negative, or hopeless. Not at all, it just requires you to think more! Don’t give up just because things haven’t gone your way, or your investments aren’t performing like you “hoped”. Get intellectually competitive. Stay on track. Keep doing the things that have been proven to create wealth over a “lifetime” and you will be just fine..

Quote of the Week: “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
–Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House.

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1. Henceforth, enforce our Constitution, federal, and state laws on immigration. The laws are clear, and the burdens on tax paying legal US citizens too much. This will immediately cut the uninsured population from $30M to $15M saving hundreds of millions of dollars, and removing a massive burden to tax payers, those with insurance, and US citizens who can’t get healthcare because illegal immigrants are ahead of them in the line. For Mexican immigrant “families” (some of which are legal and illegal) we must strike a compromise, or we will be arguing about this topic for another 50+ years. Deporting in the past has not worked – referencing Operation Wetback (1954) under the Eisenhower administration. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback). Here is a possible solution: create a legitimate, viable, and enforceable pathway to citizenship for those “families” who remain in the US after closing off our borders, enforcing our Constitution, and businesses not hiring any illegal immigrants. Assimilate these immigrants (like all other immigrants to the US) into our American culture. For citizenship you must first pay a “fine” for breaking our laws on immigration. Two, learn the English language. Three, study and pass the immigration tests just like everyone else. Four, complete one of the following: be an integral part of a business, start a viable profitable business, obtain a college degree, serve 2 years civil service, or 1 year in the US military. Problem solved. 

2. Get rid of opaque and unknown medical costs. Publish a national and by state grid for all medical related services. For example, an MRI of your shoulder should cost X. If you live in Colorado it should cost Y.

3. Allow insurance to be bought and sold across state lines.

4. Allow Hospitals, Insurers, Doctors, and Providers to compete in the free market on price, service, and quality. No predetermined contracts between Insurers-Hospitals-Doctors. Customers should be able to pick and choose best available within their HMO, PPO, or other Service Provider based on what is best for them (best price; best service; best quality).

5. Cap medical malpractice. Similar to #2 malpractice payouts for fault, cause, and responsibility are X, Y, and Z. For example, your 83 year old father dies in the hospital because doctor didn’t wash hands and he got an infection = $X. Your infant daughter has complications from a surgery and dies = $Y. Predetermined based on what is fair and reasonable, common sense, and what is best for the victim, the doctor, the healthcare system, and America.

6. Healthy Americans should pay less than unhealthy Americans. Get in shape and you pay less. Don’t and you pay more. National physical based off of the Army Physical Fitness Test, and graded A, B, C, D, and F. Allow a tax deduction for A grades.

7. Work towards a direct to consumer model and get rid of the 3^rd party payer system. This will make consumers responsible for their bills, check their bills, eliminate over payments, tort, and abuse of Medicare and Medicaid. It will also make Doctors, Hospitals, and health Providers accountable for costs, procedures, and services directly to and for the consumer. The bill is presented to the patient by the Doctor and/or the Hospital or Provider that actually provides the service. This will also enlighten doctors, hospitals, and providers as to what it actually costs for what they do.

8. Begin a national discussion and moratorium on end of life practices (80+% of all medical costs). No the government should not determine if Grandma lives. You should, but you should also pay for that right – I should not if I choose or disagree with unnecessarily keeping Grandma alive for another 2 months at a cost of $10M.

9. As long as we are going to keep our incredibly complex tax code (which I don’t recommend) than allow tax deductions for people who achieve an A on national physical fitness test. Also, as an enforcement mechanism, tort reform mechanism, and reward for checking your medical bill allow a dollar for dollar tax deduction for people who uncover unnecessary or overcharged medical procedures v. the national/state grid (see #2).

10. Loser pays legal system to get rid of ridiculous, frivolous, and plain stupid lawsuits. You sue; you lose; you pay.

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President Obama says everyone else is lieing ? Yet, he has told numerous lies. To date I can not find one Republican or Independent who has lied like he has. Death Panels you say, that is not a lie, an exaggeration, politicking, media attention grabber - yes, but it is not a lie. Obamas lies are numerous, so let me just focus on the top two. 1) Spending $900B to cover 30M uninsured (number still isnt correct, but better than the grossly inaccurate lie of 50M), and not increasing the deficit ? Huh ? I dont even know how to argue with that. Perhaps, the 5th graders he spoke to last week could set him up with a desk and some 5th grade math lessons. 2) Rationing of care. How are you going to cover an additional 30M immediately without more doctors, nurses, hospitals, etc. to provide this care. You will overload the system, and hence have to ration care – or in other words make choices on who gets care and who does not get care. You think the rich are going to wait in line ! No, the poor and those without “the best” insurance will. Disaster. Why model our system off Canada when that system doesn’t work better than what we have now. Doesn’t make any sense to me. ~peace~

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Dear Small Investor,

Never before has Political Risk been so important for investors. Better take note, because this is the primary risk for all investors over the next 4 years. There is too much uncertainty in this environment to ignore – the socialization of American businesses, healthcare, cap and trade, the list goes on. All, in my personal and professional opinion, are disastrous for this country, and for the small investor.

Always looking out for the small fry,

Jason R. Clark, President & Founder, Clark Brothers Investments

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