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- December 2nd, 2009
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The Heat Is On!
Phil Jones, one of the scientists behind ClimateGate, temporarily steps down from his post. The ball is rolling, folks.
- December 1st, 2009
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Politicians have incentives too
Do you really believe that politicians are being altruistic when legislating for global warming legislation?
- November 29th, 2009
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More Climategate!
Hmmm. It seems that this whole Climategate has indeed gone global:An agency of the New Zealand government has been cooking the books to create a warming trend where none exists, according to a joint r…
- November 28th, 2009
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Climategate!
The mainstream media is working hard to downplay the Climategate scandal. I have noticed that one of my large local newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle, has ramped up Global Warming articles too.P…
- November 25th, 2009
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Obama loves land mines, too!
Bush was excoriated for not signing an international ban on land mines by the Left; But Obama has decided to sign a ban on them too. It seems that reality is truly difficult to rid once your fellow is…
- November 23rd, 2009
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Jobs "saved or created" map
The Washington Examiner has an updated bogus jobs "created or saved" map. Let's face it, folks. The stimulus has been a big fat failure.
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The Global Warming Mafia Strong-arms Against Dissent
What many who are skeptical of Al Gore's "Global Warming" hysteria have been complaining about turns out to have some teeth: The scientific consensus that climate change advocates tout has been achiev…
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How Expensive Will It Be?
The creation of a new entitlement program will create another powerful interest group that will aggressively oppose deficit-reduction measures. Expect our federal deficit to remain high for decades to…
- November 22nd, 2009
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An Interview with Jerry Taylor
Igor Sadovyi of Stockyard has an excellent interview with one of my favorite Cato scholar's--Jerry Taylor. Taylor is as informative and knowledgeable as ever.
- November 18th, 2009
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Is the economy heading for another dip?
After reading depressing articles this morning like the following, I fear that it may be possible: Housing and manufacturing slow down.
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German Health Care Costs Rise
The Bismarckian model revered by Democrats and liberals alike is facing stiff deficit issues.
- November 17th, 2009
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I hope this does not come to pass
Twelve depressing reasons the unemployment rate will rise to at least 12% according to economist David Rosenberg.
- November 16th, 2009
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Chrysler Nixes Electric Car Program
Sooo, after Chrysler lured taxpayer funds from the hands of our elected representatives, they have since decided to axe the "Green" cars that they marketed as payment for government aid. Of course, B…
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The Tax Credit Pay Back
According to the L.A. Times:For more than 15.4 million people, the Making Work Pay tax credit enacted as part of the $787-billion economic stimulus package could turn out to be a Making You Pay Back t…
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NPR vs. Cash for Clunkers
I've been listening to NPR's Planet Money podcasts lately in an attempt to seek out different points of view on economics and the economy . While I find that this podcast tends to deliver the usual le…
- November 9th, 2009
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Blue Staters running to Red States...and fast!
From Forbes:For the past decade a large coterie of pundits, prognosticators and their media camp followers have insisted that growth in America would be concentrated in places hip and cool, largely th…
- November 6th, 2009
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The Pain Goes On
The national unemployment rate is now at 10.2%--highest since 1983. If the Obama regime believes that it is going to reflate the economy out of this recession without any consequences, they are going…
- November 3rd, 2009
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You can kiss $2.3 Billion bye-bye!
I’m surprised that this didn't get more coverage. Tax dollars just wasted away. Sigh.
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Ron Paul on Larry King
I'm back! And my first post is about Ron Paul. I saw him on Larry King commenting on health care, corporatism, and capitalism. He was as sharp as always. Before Dr. Paul came on, King had liberal econ…
- October 19th, 2009
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On Vacation till November 2nd.
I will be on vacation for 2 weeks. So, no posting for me till November 2nd. I will continue to post from time to time on some of my favorite blogs (you know who you are!) until I get back home. Cheers…
- October 15th, 2009
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Obama wants to cut a $250 check to seniors
Since the Social Security Administration won't be adjusting it's payout upwards due to negative inflation, President Obama proposes a one-time payment of $250 to senior citizens. First thought, does h…
- October 14th, 2009
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Oh, they must be kidding!!
The Saudi's say that they may want to be compensated for any drop in their oil revenues due to the U.S. adopting any alternative energy uses to combat "Global Warming." While I think that the whole Ca…
- October 13th, 2009
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One Tax Hike Everted...For Now
Major American businesses were able to fight back a tax hike that was proposed by Barack Obama. The big question is for how long can they keep the potential job killer at bay. From the article, I get…
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Pelosi is open to a Value Added Tax
Don’t you worry dear citizen, there are more taxes on the way! Hang tight because the next 12-14 months are going to be a real rocking good time.
- October 9th, 2009
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Obama wins Nobel Prize for Peace!!
I thought that this was a joke when I saw it this morning. Strangely, it's not. When the Nobel committee gave the award to Al Gore, I commented that the Nobel Prize for Peace had at last become politi…
- October 8th, 2009
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A 70-80 Percent Tax Increase!!!
Economist Greg Mankiw of Harvard University took a long hard look at Max Baucus' healthcare bill and has concluded that it is a massive tax increase (close to 80%!!) for a very large portion of the Am…
- October 7th, 2009
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Lost jobs may be gone forever
This is quite depressing as our national unemployment rate continues to rise.(Graph is from the Wall Street Journal.)
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Downsizing The Government
The Cato Institute has a new blog dedicated to cutting down the size of government. Lot's of great information, graphs, and data.
- October 6th, 2009
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- October 4th, 2009
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- October 2nd, 2009
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New car sales crash after "clunkers" program
Wow. What a surprise. And to think that cheerleaders for this massive government transfer were just weeks ago patting themselves on the back. How long before Congress starts making noise to have anoth…
- September 30th, 2009
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The Power of the Poor
From the Freedom To Choose Network we see that a legal system and entrepreneurship emerges from humble origins even when government bureaucracy stifles opportunity and access to rights. Human beings d…
- September 29th, 2009
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- September 27th, 2009
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VulcanHammer has updated his friends list.
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Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for Finnish Cars!!
Thank you, Al Gore:WASHINGTON -- A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will s…
- September 26th, 2009
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Good Little Citizens
Great post from Hornberger's Blog:What the Left and the Right fail to recognize, however, is that the fundamental problem of public (i.e., government) schooling is not so much the indoctrination that…
- September 25th, 2009
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- September 24th, 2009
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Penn Jillette - Taxes
The madness of the progressive tax code is explored--only a bureaucrat out of a Kafka novel would love it. (Warning: Strong language.)HT: Liberty Pen
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- September 23rd, 2009
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If you're poor and get sick...
Where would it be best to get sick if you are poor? Canada? France? Britain? And considering life expectancy, is it really much better in Canada, France, and Britain? Some new research on the subject.
- September 22nd, 2009
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Pithy quote of the day
Thomas Sowell on underdogs:One of the problems with trying to help underdogs, especially with government programs, is that they and everyone else start to think of them as underdogs, focusing on their…
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More Bailouts?!
I couldn't believe this when I read it: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill. I have a headache.
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- September 21st, 2009
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ACORN=Waste
Thought of the day: One of the hidden costs of subsidies is monitoring the process. Of course, politicians never bring this dirty little fact to light when they are pushing a program that will "benefi…
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Size Does Matter
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation's new video presents real-world data and research showing that the burden of government spending is far too high – not only in the United States (whe…
- September 16th, 2009
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