Lighter than Air, The Great Helium Debate

Congress finds it hard to let Federal Helium Program run out of gas
http://youtu.be/GRkrYzG4YNE
If you think this is an easy decision, read the article and the first “reader comment” (by Ferguson Foont). at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-helium-program-how-temporary-becomes-forever/2013/04/26/80ef1148-adb8-11e2-98ef-d1072ed3cc27_story_1.htm 
Imagine a world without balloons (VIDEO) Georgia Congressional Representative, Hank Johnson, on the helium debate. (Copied from C-SPAN.)
If you are interested in other subjects that Congressional Representative Hank Johnson has spoken about, watch  ‘Hank Johnson Guam Capsizing’

and, Congressman Hank Johnson on 'midgets'.


It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature . . . or, Free Markets.

As interest rates sink, insurers feel pressure By Ben Berkowitz Reuters | NEW YORK | Wed Jun 6, 2012 12:16 pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-insurance-rates-idUSBRE8550XD20120606

MetLife CEO Says Bernanke’s Easy Money a Tax on Savers  By Zachary Tracer & Jeff Kearns - Mar 22, 2013 9:28 AM PT

Allstate Said to Seek Buyers for Lincoln Benefit Business By Matthew Monks & Noah Buhayar - Apr 19, 2013 9:00 PM PT

Lower Rates Push Yield Seekers to Higher Risk By A. Gary Shilling – Bloomberg News - Jan 29, 2013, at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/lower-rates-push-yield-seekers-to-higher-risk.html