Archive for March, 2010
The President says he’ll drill, baby, drill. Dave Roberts tweets: Under Dems, we’ve established that off[s]hore drilling is OK. Nuke subsidies are OK. Coal subsidies are OK. As yet, gotten NOTHING in exchange. I suppose after the health care victory we have to give Obama the benefit of the doubt that he can still get [...]
Second Amendment advocates are planning a March on Washington on the 15th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing and the anniversary of the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas. They say that the reason they picked April 19th had nothing to do with Oklahoma City, but rather the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. [...]
The Biden trip to Israel we mentioned on this week’s podcast wasn’t the only interesting Israel-related news this week. Gen. David Petraeus made a splash with the military brass and the White House by telling them that the Palestinian conflict was undermining the American mission in the Middle East.
Podcast listeners know we’ve been harping on inflation lately, arguing that given America’s current budget deficit and liquidity trap, significant inflation is the most inevitable path out of this recession. Paul Krugman, in a column on China’s currency manipulation, agrees: It’s true that if China dumped its U.S. assets the value of the dollar would [...]
Links Mentioned: Unions and weatherization programs Public-sector unionization rates Iraqi elections
A 50-year-old woman in Seattle will likely get life in prison for her third robbery, under the so-called “three strikes” law. The commenters on the P-I article are ecstatic (“She’s obviously a scumbag. Lock her up.”). Me? Not so much. “Three strikes” laws are turning our prison system into an overpriced geriatric ward. Taxpayers will [...]
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