I swear, I could almost teach an econ course after the last two weeks. I will be so glad when politics goes back to less complicated issues, like lipstick and guns. One of the issues I worry about with the Paulson Plan is the actual execution of the plan. Are we really going to let [...]
Copy and Pasted from an essential website: factcheck.org. Summary McCain and Obama contradicted each other repeatedly during their first debate, and each volunteered some factual misstatements as well. Here’s how we sort them out: Obama said McCain adviser Henry Kissinger backs talks with Iran “without preconditions,” but McCain disputed that. In fact, Kissinger did recently [...]
Check out the new pictures, including those from Cocktails and Conversation.
I am a big Glenn Beck fan. He details some of the things that the government has done under the guise of “WE’VE GOT TO DO IT NOW!” I think that nothing has explained the way I feel better than this audio clip (found at the bottom of the post.) This isn’t a George Bush [...]
I’ve posted a new album of photos. Click on the Late 08 Album, and enjoy. I will post more in the next few days.
It is incorrect that Libertrians always “take away” Republican votes. Take a look at this poll from the 2006 Congressional race between Hill/Sodrel/Schansberg: “Libertarian Eric Schansberg gets 5% in today’s poll, which, in a contest this close, will make a difference. Because Schansberg’s support is disproportionately Liberal, he appears to take more votes from the [...]
The best-named blog, Conservatibbs, touts a common theme when Republicans discuss Libertarians: “Schansberg’s run for Congress as a Libertarian is actually an impediment to implementing a libertarian legislative agenda. The votes that Schansberg drains from Sodrel will help Baron Hill in his efforts to return to Congress. That would be destructive to efforts to limit [...]
