She is the gift that keeps on giving. Bachmann was on Sean Hannity’s radio show recently. Choice cuts: Economics works equally in any country. Where freedom is tried, the people rejoice. But where tyranny is enforced upon the people, as Barack Obama is doing, the people suffer and mourn. And there was this exchange: Bachmann: Right [...]
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Michele Bachmann brings the stupid like few others in the history of mankind. You can see the confusion on Geithner and Bernanke’s faces give way to astonishment, recognition, and finally, disgust.
Today I got rejected from the job I figured I’d probably land. After a fourty minute interview the guy decided I probably wasn’t a good fit, which is fine – I probably wasn’t. This was a job as a tech writer, which I’ve never had before, and which I had reservations about, but my reservations [...]
In my last days at BAE the venerable Fox and Friends would invariably include a daily segment where somebody or other took Obama to task for being “negative.” This attitude, which is ludicrous on its face, becomes less confusing once you remember that a significant portion of the United States doesn’t live in a reality-based [...]
Sunday, February 15, 2009
You know I’m a sucker for the end of civilization stuff. This article, which compares the presently-collapsing United States with the collapsed USSR was a thoughtful read, and probably a good antidote to the polyannas popping up and saying that, no, really, everything is actually fine and will be fine forever, who are themselves a [...]
Saturday, January 31, 2009
You’ll forgive me for not recapping the usual disclaimer about how I don’t really know wtf I’m talking about, since clearly it hasn’t stopped me and won’t stop me. So, that said, this article by Megan McArdle is the best thing I’ve read on how to think about the stimulus package. This is a nice [...]
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Courtesy of LSH’s resident econ expert, Nagasaki. The rest can be found here. He says its the best explanation he’s seen yet for what happened with the mortgage crisis. Also, I’ve been reading a lot of people lately who wish to spread and water down the blame for our current economic predicament. Yes, the american consumer [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Here we go again: If Reuther’s advice had been followed, and healthcare and company pensions had, for example, been effectively nationalized, fluctuations in the fortunes of any single company would not affect a worker’s access to benefits. Even better, companies would be better able to compete in a global marketplace. So, how do we ensure [...]
Monday, November 24, 2008
Curse those unions for bringing down Citigroup!