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Archives for January 2008
The Free Market at Work
I guess it is the taxpayers who are going to be taking it in the ass again with another big bailout: Stocks snapped a five-day losing streak on Wednesday, with the Dow surging nearly 300 points on optimism that a government plan to rescue ailing bond insurers is taking shape and could prevent billions more …
The De-De-Ba’athification
Remember the new law passed by the Iraqi Parliament that dimwitted people like me were linking, hoping it meant that the necessary political reconciliation was starting to take place (and thus the surge was not a total waste of time)? Guess what. It was bullshit: “This new law is very confusing,” Awadi said. “I don’t …
The Economic Stimulus
I am cranky today, so brace yourselves. I am officially sick and tired of hearing about economic stimulus plans, as it is my firm belief there simply is nothing the government can do at this point to stop what we have coming down the road. A 150 billion dollar stimulus is not going to do …
Wingnuts Unhinged
The California Yankee is a touch upset: Lies, Misrepresentations and More Left-Wing Extremist Propaganda By California Yankee To paraphrase President Reagan, there they go again. Associated Press writer, Douglas Daniel has written an article promoting more lies, misrepresentations, and left-wing extremist propaganda trying to revive the loony left’s thoroughly debunked fiction that we were “misled” …
Clinton and Wal-Mart
Barack Obama: “While I was working on those streets, watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart,” A cheap shot if you ask me. Of course, Wal-Mart is always a good target, and when a candidate has ties to the giant, it plays well …
ING Georgia Half Marathon
I decided to challenge myself today and sign up for the ING Georgia Half Marathon, which runs simultaneously with the full marathon. The farthest I’ve ever ran non-stop is 7 miles. About 3 years ago, I started having issues with my sciatic nerve, so I had to stop doing so much exercise. Turns out that …