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Today Jill Miller Zimon ranted about “throwing around” the terms “Socialist!” and “Communist!”. Her reasoning seemed to be that Bush also advances socialist policies, therefore it’s “stupid” to call a spade a spade.
Since Jill included a definition of “stupid”, I was hoping she’d include a definition for socialism too so [...]
Dennis Spisak and Progress Ohio want you to think that a clear majority of Americans want a “Climate Action Mandate”. People actually said they want a mandate?!? Well, not really.
According to a poll sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund (sponsor of the DDT genocide), Americans believe that we should address climate change now in a way [...]
The Houston Chronicle today has the headline U.S. gives $40 billion to save AIG, gets ownership stake – shouldn’t that read “U.S. takes $40 billion to save AIG, gets ownership stake”?
After all, the US can only “give” what it steals first.
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Last night’s NBC Nightly News featured some odd unsubstantiated claims regarding the likely effects on the economy if a government bailout failed to prop up automakers. Specifically I’m addressing comments made by CNBC’s Trish Reagan and Phil LeBeau, another CNBC reporter in this piece:
Here’s Trish’s quote:
"If one of them fails, the entire industry would be [...]
To give you an idea how much the Federal Reserve and Congress have inflated our currency through poor financial policy, let’s take a look at the latest sweeps hype parroting the AP:
a contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in bathroom walls
SOURCE: Money Found House’s Walls No Treasure
Sounds like a lot of money [...]
Here’s a rundown of some commentary on the issue. I got a kick out of this article about Krugman’s commentary on energy markets back in 2001. Here his understanding of the effects on Zoning on housing bubbles is applauded.
Reason has a short piece on the story along with links to some of their favorite articles [...]
A friend of mine pointed out a post on a political forum, and I thought I’d take the opportunity to clarify a few points that the original author seemed to overlook:
However, the core problem with libertarianism is that the philosophy refuses to acknowledge that our rights come God (like the Declaration of Independence states).
The [...]
Everybody hold your breath. Warmists conclude that a radical approach is the only way to force nature to our whims.
This sort of thing is the pinnacle of arrogance. First, it assumes that Earths climate at the moment is perfect. Second, it assumes that humans (who never make mistakes) should devote endless resources to the task [...]
From an article circulated amongst my family members:
Oberstar said the discovery of the Ohio bridge problem and its similarity to what happened in Minneapolis should renew concerns about the nation’s bridges. He said it underscores the need for a bill he’s sponsored that would increase the number of bridge inspectors around the country, as well [...]
Last week in it’s ruling on LEEGIN CREATIVE LEATHER PRODUCTS, INC. v. PSKS, INC., the US Supreme Court took the position that anti-trust laws are not designed to protect the consumer, but instead, manufacturers. Here’s an excerpt:
A single manufacturer?s use of vertical price restraints tends to eliminate intrabrand price competition; this in turn encourages retailers to invest [...]