Our Dear Leader is going to fix the economy by rolling out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways Is it just me, or didn’t we already try the ” 1) Let’s spend some money we don’t have, 2) pretend it will create jobs because we [...]
Also tagged Economics, euphemisms, lie to me, Obama, pointless gestures, whiningFrom tjic: Doing away with a politician’s ability to borrow would be like cutting off one of his arms – it takes two hands to really get a good choke grip on a citizen when you’re anally penetrating him, and thus losing the ability to borrow, like losing an arm, takes away much of the [...]
Also tagged congress, Economics, quotesIf you pay any attention to the debate over whether or not “stimulus” spending is a good idea, you may have heard a non-Keynesian mention the “broken window fallacy.” The Gormogons have posted a simple explanation of this idea in a nice, neat 3 minute and 32 second nutshell.
Also tagged Economics, taxesAs opposed to our Dear Leader who hasn’t bothered to talk to the folks at BP and has not yet learned that talking tough when you have never demonstrated any history of, nor capacity to, nor stomach for following through just makes you look like an impotent, weaselly wuss, consider for a moment this statement [...]
Also tagged Obama, oil, Palin, Science/TechnologyThere’s a piece (which I became aware of via Cold Fury) at the Washington Post in which Richard Cohen asks the question “Did Liberals get it wrong on crime?” His lead paragraph: This is a good news, bad news column. The good news is that crime is again down across the nation — in big [...]
Also tagged CorrectionsI’ve been on vacation this past week, although at times it’s been hard to tell. Mostly it’s been some running around punctuated by periods of near vegetative stupor. That, and we’ve watched a whole lot of NCIS re-runs. Sunday, the Head Rat and I joined my folks at the Neal Reunion and then visited cemeteries [...]
Also tagged congress, Economics, foreign policy, humor, Nanny State, numbers, Obama, wordsmithingFrom Frank J. at IMAO: To those thinking Obama is doing a poor job handling the BP spill, in fairness to him, he hasn’t actually done anything.
Also tagged ObamaA few links of potential interest: Animated currency route of travel tracking map. Feel like bailing out mismanaged union pension funds? No, me neither, but apparently Congress does. Don’t feel up to going to (or can’t get to) the doctor’s office for that sinus infection you’ve been putting up with for days? How about an [...]
Also tagged bailouts, congress, Economics, food, health care, MusicSometimes I’m just too tired to write. It seems like I’ve been at that point for weeks. So, you get 3 unrelated bits tonight. WordPress does a pretty good job of intercepting the comment spam that people try to dump on websites. But, I still have to get in and delete it en masse. For [...]
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