Recent Posts Of Interest:
- CR: Fallout Prevails In Bethlehem
- CR: Transfer Station Plan Upsetting
- NCES v. DES
- Open Thread for Solutions to the Landfill, Transfer Station and General Waste Disposal
- Five Potential Bone Marrow Donors Found
On NH Politics:
- NH Gov. Says He'll Sign Gay Marriage Bill -- But Not This One
- Lynch wants a bill with amended language
- Gov 'Flinch' Lets Down New Hampshire
- Has Lynch decided that politics wins over principle?
- Manchester Mayor to Run For Shea Porters Seat
- Our take: Is it better to have reps that cave to the impulse to vindictively tax politically-vulnerable citizens so we all feel better about ourselves or a rep who cares about inconvenient concepts in the Constitution, such as the Bill of Attainder?
- Bow Voters Kill "Pay As You Throw"
- Marijuana Debate Sharpens
- St. Michael Parish abandons Fort Rock Farm Site
- St. Michael Parish has spent the last three years and $1.9 million of parishioner-generated contributions attempting to obtain the local approvals necessary to build a new church on land in Exeter and fight court appeals.
- Coos Wind Power Plant Passes A Key Test
In the "Favorites" Column:
- Ominous Parallels: Is Obama the Next Bush?
- Instead of bouncing back and forth between the lesser of two evils, suppose we all picked up and read a copy of the Constitution?
- The Declaration of Interdependence
- "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -- Thomas Jefferson
- 'Thought Crimes' Bill Advances
- James Madison: "We have in this country extinguished forever ... making laws for the human mind." Obviously, James Madison hadn't figured on Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
Chicago Politics in D.C.:
- Vanity Fair: The Czar's Rules Apply at Chrysler
- If VF recognizes that "the latest casualty of the economic crisis is the rule of law", then it should become obvious to everyone. Say goodbye to secured lending, capitalism as we know it, and any hope of a quick recovery. The author concludes, "the consequences of upending the rule of law, even if it was done with the best of intentions, may prove far more serious than whatever befalls Chrysler in the Rustbelt." Amen.
- Actions, and intentions, have consequences.
- Obama, Chrysler and the Contracts Clause of the US Constitution
- "The rule of law, not of men -- an ideal tracing back to the ancient Greeks and well-known to our Founding Fathers -- is the animating principle of the American experiment. While the rest of the world in 1787 was governed by the whims of kings and dukes, the U.S. Constitution was established to circumscribe arbitrary government power. It would do so by establishing clear rules, equally applied to the powerful and the weak."
- Change has come to D.C., indeed!
- Obama, Chrysler and the Contracts Clause of the US Constitution
- Quick Fix Today, Crisis Tomorrow in Obama's White House
- Sunbeams From Cucumbers
- How is Obama's industrial adventurism any different than Bush's foreign adventurism?
- War on Investors: The Chrysler Arm Twist
- What We Have Is Capitalism In Crisis
- Property Rights Trumped by UAW in First Episode of Gangster Gov't
About the Chrysler Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy Could Last Two Years, Secured Lenders Could Get Zip
- Any wonder GM's stock is dropping like a stone and insiders are selling? What will new bond sales be priced at? 100%?
Tough Times Ahead For The Business Community
- Intel Fined $1.45B by EU in Antitrust Dispute
- Justice Department To More Aggressive on Anti-Trust Matters
- Chavez Seizes Oil Service Firms
- Obama Halves Chrysler's Planned Marketing Budget
- Russia's Pravda: American capitalism gone with a whimper
- Now Obama Wants to Cap Pay At ALL Banks and Wall Street
- That didn't take long.
- Obama Targets Financiers to Close 'Loopholes' in US Tax Code
- Business World: The New Tudors
Latest on the Federal Government "Blue State/Union" Bailout:
On the Banking Oligarchy:
On ObamaCare:
- WSJ: How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor
- Upfront Costs Complicate Obama's Health Care Bill
- Senate Eyes Tax Changes
- A Doctor's Perspective: The Problem With Single-Payer Healthcare
- Obama: "The Country Is Geared Up"
- Report: Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds To Run Out Sooner
- The Risk of Debt
- The President's Silly Health Care Announcement
On Politicians Championing Obsolete Paradigms
On Gay Marriage
- Conservative Leader Disarms Foes
- Social Conservative Leaders Feel Scapegoated
- Maine Ballot to Test Gay Marriage Legislation
- Gay Marriage Stalls in Heavily Catholic R.I.
On Gay Marriage and Miss California
- Miss California is the Left’s New Sarah Palin
- Donald Trump Scolds The Press
- Liberal Taliban Issues Fatwa Against Miss California
On Gays and Obama:
On the White House and Decisions:
On Global Warming:
On CO2 "Cap & Trade" Taxes:
- Is Cap & Trade Dead Already?
- Charlie Munger, CEO of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, called the [cap-and-trade energy pricing system proposed by President Obama] "monstrously stupid." In an interview with CNBC, Mr. Munger said: "It would be a huge shock to the economy and it wouldn't accomplish very much given the fact that the vast majority of the pollution, or rather the CO2, is coming from a place like China. And so I think it would be almost demented if we would rush into cap-and-trade right now in the middle of this economic crisis."
- Our take: We can't help but wonder if Mr. Munger's opposition would make him a "racist" in the eyes of Janeane Garofalo?
Other Articles on Taxes:
- Tax Coalition Pushes For New Cap Law
- Andrew Lloyd Webber on British Taxes
- Brewing Battle over Business Taxes
- Income-tax Receipts Down Nearly 31% For The Fiscal Year
- Tax Increases Could Kill the Recovery
- Treasury revenue increases: Between Barack and a Hard Place?
Thomas Sowell on Supreme Court Nominees:
- 'Empathy' verses Law
- 'Empathy' verses Law, Part II
- 'Empathy' verses Law, Part III
- 'Empathy' verses Law, Part IV
Ann Woolner on Supreme Court Nominees:
Legislation We're Watching (and Support Of):
- U.S. Congress - H.R. 1207 - Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009
- 147 Co-Sponsors; Stuck in House Finance Services Committee
- U.S. Congress - H.R. 1146 - Get the United States out of the United Nations
- It's a long-shot, but what the heck.
Legislation We're Watching (and Loathsome Toward):
- Federal Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
- Passed the House, headed for the Senate. Get ready to be hauled in before Judge Garofalo.
- How long should we expect "religious exceptions to gay marriage" to remain in place?
- Treaty: UN Law of the Sea (LOST)
- What could be better than to hand jurisdiction of everything above, below and on the oceans to the United Nations?
- U.S. Congress - H.R. 2159 - Denying of Firearms and Explosives
- Where's the due process?
On Stock Advice:
- Obama Beats Buffett With Stock Market Advice
- You tell us: Buy, sell or hold?
- Sucker's Rally?
- Dow/Gold Ratio
- Could the ratio retrace to the 1980 low?
- Saturday Night Live on the Treasury's Bank Stress Tests
- If SNL gets it, then who does Geinther think he's fooling?
On Sports:
On the Military:
More Articles:
- Question Authority (Unless I Say Not To)
- Five reasons 'neuroeconomics' is a big, fat hoax
- Beware of Obamanomics (pdf)
- Obama's Dangerous Budget Leaves GOP At a Loss For Words
- Beware of Obamanomics (pdf)
- Banker Envy, Hostage-taking Bedevil Regulators
- W.R. Grace Found Not Guilty in Montana Asbestos Trial
- How the Recession May Change NYC, For Better or Worse
- Australia May Face Debt Crisis From Grants To Young Home Buyers
- Amish Struggle To Avoid Gov't Unemployment Checks
- NY Fed chair quits over Goldman role
- Pope Urges Religious Reconciliation
- Sallie Mae Plans Life Without Loans Obama Wants Gone
- Is America About To Go Broke?
- Our Take: Yes.
- This Is Not Another Great Depression
- When Is A Bailout Not A Bailout?
- The Myth's of Capitalism's History
- Flawed Logic
- Hate Crime Legislation - Back Door to Censorship
- Frankfurt School: Conspiracy to Corrupt
- Options for Fannie, Freddie May Include 'Wind-Down'.
- How much more money are we going to flush down these rat holes? The U.S. Taxpayer has already flushed $170 Billion down. When will the politicians say enough is enough?
- Obama, Congress Go AWOL on Fiscal Responsibility
- Even USAToday recognizes the absurdity of 35% of the Federal Budget being financed by debt! It's good to see they're not buying the line: "Don't worry, the President has suggested $17 billion in cuts." Ah yes, an era of new responsibility, indeed.
In the "Give Us A Break" Column:
- How Social Security Can Save Us All
- The author concludes by assuring us that "And, lest anyone forget, in more than two centuries of continuous operations, and despite crises far worse than this one, the government has never gone bankrupt." Excuse me? What do you call FDR's confiscating all the gold in the country? The only reason the Federal Government has not gone bankrupt is because the Federal Reserve debases the dollar (aka inflation) on its behalf. Yes, it's true they still "pay", but it is only done via a "pretend payment" of money worth less than the money the debt was issued in. So, run that by us again, what were you saying about the government having never gone bankrupt and how social security can save us all?
- Please Wash Hands Before Criticizing Obama
- Could this author be a little more flagrant about his disdain for American's who don't salute his view of the world. His message is loud and clear. Submit to your governmental master. Submit you ignoramus ... Give us a break!
Quote of Note:
"The President is trying to abrogate contractual rights; if he will attack that contractual right, what right will he not attack?" -- Tom Lauria while being interviewed by WJR's Frank Beckmann
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