So – do you have 1 hour to spare?

If you do, and want to get your arms around what really caused the mess we’re in, go watch this lecture.

The speaker is John Allison, until recently the CEO of BB&T, a bank that has weathered this storm far better than most (not that they haven’t been impacted – they’ve had their share of difficulties too).

He is also a forceful advocate for Capitalism. As he points out, it’s simply irrational to call our current banking crisis a “crisis of capitalism” when the crisis is occurring in the sector of our economy that is the most heavily regulated and controlled. His is a much needed voice to counter the attacks on free markets that have been so much in vogue lately.

If you have the time, go watch the video – I promise you’ll be better informed as a result.

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Now that each posts lists its author, the astute reader will soon discover that this blog has started out being much more “Ansley” than “John and Ansley”! I’m working to change that…

I’ll probably do more of the “issues” blogging on current events. I’ll let you see the world from my perspective (that should be read as “the correct perspective”). And when we disagree, I’m sure Ansley will chime in as well!

So – what about me?

I’m a father to a wonderful 18 month old son.

I’m a husband to an amazing wife

I’m an Objectivist

I’m a SQL Data Warehouse Developer

I’m a graduate of Georgia Tech (who went to school to be a Computer Science major, got fed up with CS and switched to Finance, graduated,  went to work and discovered that CS was what I should have been doing this whole time!)

I’m a HUGE sports fan

Specifically, of the Alabama Crimson Tide

I’m an avid reader

I’ve run two blogs in the past – neither of which made it past 3 months or so. 3rd time’s a charm!

And

I, also, grew up in LaGrange and married my high school sweetheart on July 26th, 2003 – What a coincidence!

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