Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

It Seems Common Sense Has Died. Why?

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Not too long ago people living in the United States had common sense. Today common sense is rare. If someone is endowed with common sense they are hated by those that lack common sense. Those that lack the common sense gene find careers in media and politics that lean toward ...

Job killers - Obama and Congress

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

I must be living in an alternate universe, where the crazies have taken over the asylum. Obama and Congress seem hellbent on driving every business out of the USA. This country is going to turn into one BIG California - a state where common sense has long ago departed. So, ...

Why the Stimulus (and Bailouts) Won’t Work

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

This is why a "stimulus" doesn't work and has never historically worked: The government doesn't make and sell "widgets". The government doesn't offer a product of value that people buy. Occasionally the government can sell off government owned properties and that is the exception to the rule, but this is rare. ...

Human Nature and Health Care Plans

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Found on breitbart.com: HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched. Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were ...

What Lesson is to be Learned From The Bailout?

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

What is the major lesson to be learned from the bailout? What message does this send to our children? Here is the lesson the 700 billion dollar bailout reveals to the world: You don't need to take personal responsibility for your actions. Yes, this is the grand moral lesson of the bailout. ...

The Bailout is Beyond Wrong

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives says: "Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year mess." The bailout plan is "just wrong," and that "it's likely to fail, and it's likely to ...

My Political Passion is Gone

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I used to be filled with political passion. I believed in the libertarian philosophy, even though I soon discovered that there are various shades and degrees of libertarian philosophy. Over the years I evolved into what I call a pragmatic libertarian, even though no such animal should exist. Libertarians pride ...

What stripe are you?

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Misc???? I'm a pragmatic libertarian.