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Archive for November, 2004
Nov24th2004
Nov24th2004
Won’t work you say? Will cause severe harm to patients without government regulations, you say?
Wrong! Free market health care is the only area of the health care market where prices have actually gone down, while customer satisfaction has gone up. Economist Alex Tabarrok writes,
Laser eye surgery has the highest patient satisfaction ratings of any […]
Nov24th2004
Another Reason To Be Proud To Be Republican
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism and General. 3 CommentsCivil Rights Platform Comparision
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Democrats — “The Democratic Party…will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts…settle by the Congress of 1850: “the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor”…[We support] non-interference by Congress with slavery in state and territory, or in the District of Columbia [i.e., we oppose all congressional […]
Nov24th2004
Walter Williams, Economics Professor at George Mason University, writes about the latest trend amongst liberals to demean Condoleezza Rice’s credentials.
Readers of this blog are very familiar with how liberals treat conservative minorities of power.
Nov24th2004
“[P]eople worth $1m-10m supported Mr Bush by a 63-37% margin, whereas those worth more than $10m favoured Mr Kerry 59-41%”- The Economist
Nov23rd2004
With a majority of Ohio counties reporting their final numbers (including provisionals), President Bush has picked up a net of about 5,000 votes from his total on election night.
It would appear that Sen. Kerry would need to pull around 180 percent of the remaining provisional ballots to overcome President Bush’s current margin of roughly 140,000 […]
Nov23rd2004
Buy one Che shirt and get a Lenin shirt for free.
Update: A Cuban chimes in.
Update2: The shirt has been canceled.
Update3: Even watches are for sell now.
Update4: Chrenkoff weighs in.
Update5: Tom G. Palmer contributes.
Update6: Catallarchy has more.
Nov23rd2004
Democrats Should Value Choice
Published by in Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 1 CommentOn education that is…
Ryan Sager, writes in Tech Central Station,
There’s an issue out there that could help [Democrats] them turn things around. It’s deeply important to cultural conservatives and church goers in both parties. It also appeals tremendously to black and Hispanic voters and fits in seamlessly with the Democratic Party’s core value: social justice.
The […]
Nov23rd2004
Sounds counter intuitive doesn’t it? Only the idea of some crazy nut, right?
I’ve blogged on this before, and some of my liberal friends seem to have a problem with it.
But economists are taking this more and more seriously. And quite honestly, the more I read about it, the more convinced I become that it’s a […]
Nov23rd2004
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d be guest blogging on a liberal friend’s blog, explaining and defending the conservative point of view of various topics to his viewers (mostly liberals).
Well, the first topic has (finally) come to an end. I’m very happy with the outcome since it seems both sides were fairly […]
Nov23rd2004
“Exceeding everyone’s expectations, Latino support for the president expanded in states in the West, South and Southwest that are essential to Republicans maintaining their current advantage.
Thus the result in the president’s home state of Texas, the second-most populous after California. Nearly one of every four voters in Texas is Hispanic, and Mr. Bush upped his […]
Nov22nd2004
Liberal Vs Conservative: Approach To Minority Problems
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Poverty. 7 CommentsFriday’s example of the ugly side of liberalism reminded me of why I am a conservative and not a liberal.
There are two necessary parts to succeed in anything. There is the internal element and the external element. The internal element involves the personality traits necessary to succeed. The personality traits that help you stay […]
Nov19th2004
With the recent nomination of two minorities to high profile positions, Alberto Gonzales and Condoleezza Rice, liberals have been unable to hold their contempt. They have come out of their holes with racist cartoons and implications that the only true minority is a democrat one. It reminds me of what they did to Miguel Estrada.
Given […]
Nov19th2004
“Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who carried out attacks on Israel… The former Iraqi president tapped secret bank accounts in Jordan — where he collected bribes from foreign companies and individuals doing illicit business under the humanitarian program — to […]
Nov18th2004
The Impact Of Regulations On The Pharmaceutical Industry
Published by in Economics, General and HealthCare. 6 CommentsDavid Masten, at Catallarchy, explains it this way,
If computers were regulated like drugs:
Unfortunately, the Electronics and Computers Administration would have just approved the Intel i486 for prescription use, and just approved the Apple ][ for over the counter sale.
Any reasonable computer would require a recommendation from a properly licensed computer professional who has […]
Nov18th2004
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has a a good article detailing the amazing progress school choice has had in India, especially compared to their public schools.
