I have resisted writing this post for several days. The last time I broached this subject in February, my readers were less than happy about what I wrote. In that article, Obama Exercises His Right of Nullification, I celebrated the fact that Obama had used his right of nullification by deciding not to enforce an unconstitutional law.… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
The world’s central bankers do believe they can fool all the people all of the time. For the last century, they have done a very good job of it. They have counted on the masses being totally ignorant of economics and so far the masses have not let them down. In general, people understand that… [Read more…]
March 29, 2011
It’s a strange and wonderful world we live in today. It seems that “true” socialists have finally realized that union leaders are not interested in protecting the rights of workers; but only in their own personal gain. A big Hat Tip to Blue’s Blog for the link to a marvellous story at World Socialist Web Site. You… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
A very important question, wouldn’t you agree? It’s a question that in one form or another has been the focus of many posts on the blogosphere for a long time. Recently, one of my regulars on Guest Saturday have taken-on this question; Brian at Frankenstein Government in his post “Critical Mass…When Exactly Did We Lose Control of… [Read more…]
March 27, 2011
Shout Bits, a blogger you will find on my blogroll, thinks the movie could have a tremendous impact on the political scene. Maybe a world changing impact. Theo Willem writing for American Thinker wonders “Will Conservatives Defend Atlas Shrugged This Time Around. It’s hard for me to believe that any conservative has not read Ayn Rand’s… [Read more…]
March 26, 2011
This article was originally published by Pat Slattery at The Free Market Project on March 23, 2011. Cronyism and Central Planning John Stossel writes a great article at Human Events: Corporate Welfare. He makes a distinction we should all make: “Unfortunately, too many people think ‘free market’ means pro-business. It doesn’t. Free market means… [Read more…]
March 26, 2011
This article was originally published by John Slattery at The Free Market Project on March 25, 2011. Gaming a System Designed to be Gamed Ed Morrissey at Hot Air writes: Obama’s favorite CEO gets GE out from paying any US taxes. It turns out that GE has lobbied it’s way into a position where, while… [Read more…]
March 25, 2011
I know that you folks would never intentionally put me at risk; but according to the results of a recent study on mapping human vulnerability to climate change, your life styles are putting me at risk. Let me explain. Here are som excerpts from this study as reported by GSI and Science: First global map… [Read more…]
March 24, 2011
Not an easy question to answer, is it? Professional pollsters do their best to help answer the question. Their techniques have improved substantially over the years. I suppose that the real trick is wording the questions in a way that they do not lead the responder one way or the other. In other words, there… [Read more…]
March 23, 2011
More central planning will surely save us. It worked so well in the Soviet Union, Cuba, and now in Venezuela. Why wouldn’t it work for America? The U. S. Department of Agriculture thinks tha centralized government planning can help “ …to guide farmers and foresters through problems stemming from said climate change.” Yup. You read that correctly.… [Read more…]
March 31, 2011
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