I see liberal commentators like Cenk Uygur applauding the reduction of 280B from the proposed budget, as an end to corporate crony capitalism. As if that’s not going to have an effect on the price of food, which is a disproportionally higher percentage of the budgets for the poor than the rich. Cut 280B from […]
Category: politics
Surprise: hipsters fail to motivate themselves into action
it would’ve been a sad day for the Republic if Stephen Colbert’s latest idiotic attempt at cynical satire had further disrupted national politics in South Carolina. it is reassuring that so few people actually took him up on his promise of adding even more chaos to the Republican primary process. Colbert is becoming just a […]
Santorum is Romney’s last, best friend
Since Romney seems unable to tell the simple truth about Gingrish’s unfitness for executive leadership, it’s up to Santorum , who is unelectable, to do the dirty work. There is a cabinet position for santorum in the Romney administration, hey, maybe even the VP position, if he carries the water for Mr Bland Related articles […]
Huntsman is the democratic fantasy opponent for Obama
Anyone that likes Huntsman, obviously would love Obama, and feel no compunction about voting fr 4 more years. The presidential debates would be mutual lovefests, with knowing glances shared between 2 members of the hip crowd. They would chuckle of their differences and agree to sip wine together after hours, in much the same way […]
Karl Rove selected as Democratic debate questioner
I don’t think this is a problem because Karl Rove has been selceted as the questioner for a series of Democratic candidate debates. Stephanopoulos, in fact, will get on the bandwagon and insist that this happens in order to eliminate the republican talking point
The source of moral authority?
It’s horrible when your “spiritual advisor” is more concerned about preventing scandal than doing the right thing Insert commentary on “Hate the sin, not the sinner” here, and how that doesnt invalidate “the message”
Channelling TR? Should have gone for Andrew Jackson
I wish the President would go back a little further and channel Old Rough and Ready, and then get rid of the Fed. It’s hard to fault him though, as he is grasping at straws. The sad thing is, grasping at straws and just flicking that jab out keeps the Republicans at bay while they […]
A cunning plan on immigration reform
destroy the economy and make the nation a less popular destination http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/arrests-of-illegal-migrants-on-us-mexico-border-plummet/2011/12/02/gIQA6Op8PO_story.html A plan that clever calls for a 17 day vacation. the good news is that he wont get involved in any legislation. The downside would be if he takes that opportunity to invent new policies as successful as his first 3 years. i […]
Forced cuts and Congressional politics
Given the political climate in DC and the cynical, self-serving behavior of both parties which is the predictable downside of an entrenched 2 party system, the following scenario really concerns me: I dont think the Republicans in Congress want to win the Presidential election in 2012, since they know the economy isnt going to heal […]
Robert Higgs on the connection between the private economy and property rights
Jim Rogers echoes these sentiments when he describes his preference for investing in regions with more political stability Here is Higgs on regime uncertainty As I understand regime uncertainty, it has to do with widespread inability to form confident expectations about future private property rights in all of their dimensions. Private property rights specify the property owner’s […]