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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Democratic Incertitude
by Mike “The public option is dead, the public option is not dead, the public option is dead, again, maybe.” This will be the epitaph of the Health Care Reform debate if it dies in Congress. The latest Democrat to … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics
Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Public Option, Steny Hoyer
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Unmanned Drones: The Air Force’s Expanding Need for Drone Pilots
by Mike Interesting problem the Air Force is developing. In the not so old days, the difficulty was training enough competent pilots to fly the myriad of fighters and bombers in the United States arsenal. Not anymore. Now it’s finding … Continue reading
The Left’s Political Cannibalization
by Mike As I noted a few days back their might be a political price to pay if the Democrats, who are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, don’t pass “something” on health care. An Obama adherent … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics
Tagged Congress, Democrats, Health Care Reform, President Obama
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Americans deciding against the war in Afghanistan or does it depend on who you ask?
by Jason Right on the heels of the Afghanistan elections a new poll from the Washington Post was released showing that America has lost a lot of its stomach for operations in Afghanistan. Asked if the war has been worth … Continue reading
Dr. Doom Speaketh: Nouriel Roubini and “Double Dip Recession”
by Mike About a month ago we ran a post titled the Economic Realities on the “Recovery.” The concentration was on W-Shaped recovery, that evidence is suggesting we are heading for, and the historical significance of the 1937-38 recession. What … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged "W" shaped recovery, double dip recession, Economic Downturn, Nouriel Roubini
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Democrats to “Go-It-Alone” on Health Care Reform.
by Mike One of today’s more provocative and attention drawing pieces was the NY Times article in which the Democrats said they would “go-it-alone” on the health care reform bill. Meaning there would be no concessions with or considerations of … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Current Events
Tagged Democrats, GOP, Health Care Reform, House of Representatives, Republicans, Senate
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Violence in Baghdad: Blast kills a hundred, shakes government
by Jason Life seemed bearable if not turning to normal in Baghdad. Commerce is gaining, more and more markets and businesses are opening and people are bustling about in their day to day affairs. Unfortunately, a car-bomb changed that sense of gaining … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Terrorism
Tagged Al Qaeda, Baghdad, Baghdad car bomb, Iraq, Iraq insurgents, Iraqi government, Nouri al-Maliki, Shia, Sunni
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The Mathematics of Zombies
by Mike Finally someone in Canada has done some mathematical modeling on something that is a real danger to humanity, ZOMBIES! Researcher and mathematician Professor Robert Smith? and his group of colleagues studied the effects of a zombie outbreak and … Continue reading
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50 States
by Jason This wouldn’t have anything to do with Democrats and their Leftist operatives attacking, criminalizing, insulting and criticizing those who happen to have serious disagreements on policy now would it? You can almost hear about a quarter of these … Continue reading
Posted in American Society
Tagged activism, conservatism, conservatives, Leftist, liberals, political debate, Political Thought
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Politicians don’t ‘grow’ economies.
by Jason This little essay (linked below) from the Wall Street Journal is a bullet. Both revealing and confounding to our own economy and current economic policies. It highlights rare honesty and humility from a politicians perspective. In this case, … Continue reading
Insurance Co-Op Plan and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
by Mike Since the Obama administration’s claim that the “public insurance option” was never anything more than a political bargaining chip attention is now shifting to Senator Kent Conrad of North Dakota’s Consumer-Owned and -Oriented Plan. Senator Harry Reid of … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Current Events
Tagged Co-op Plan, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Obama, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Kent Conrad
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Public Option Dead On the Vine?
by Mike According to Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, “The fact of the matter is there are not the votes in the United States Senate for a public option. There never have been,” Conrad said on “FOX News … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics
Tagged Democrats, President Obama, Public Option, Republicans
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Our intentions in the Muslim world are good
by Jason But, sometimes I wonder why we bother: Row over Afghan wife-starving law An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law. … Continue reading
