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Archive for November, 2005
Nov18th2005
Nov18th2005
A Powerful Method To Reduce Student Loan Debt Is Being Blocked
Published by in Education and General. 10 Comments…and this time, by my very own party.
Shame on these Republicans, this is certainly not the conservative thing to do:
While homeowners can refinance their mortgages as often as they want and relieve themselves of high-interest debt when rates cycle downward, student and former-student debtors are only permitted to refinance once for the lifetime of […]
Nov18th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 2 Comments“The fact is, U.S.-Latin American relations are at one of their lowest historical points. The majority of Latin intellectuals traditionally have felt a deep and secret inferiority complex toward the U.S., blaming it for everything bad that takes place in the hemisphere. They have taught in both public and private schools and universities for three […]
Nov17th2005
This is the roll call showing how serious members of the House are about fiscal restraint.
The roll call was as follows:
209 = Republicans in favor of less spending (90%).
Zero = Democrats in favor of less spending (0%).
201 = Democrats opposed to less spending (99%).
22 = Republicans opposed to less spending (9%).
CNN has more.
HatTip: PoliPundit
Nov17th2005
More On The French Economy
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments An article regarding the France riots in this months issue of the European economist writes:
…This rapid domino effect reflects two broader failings and two policy problems. First, the mass unemployment that persists in a welfare system supposedly glued together by “social solidarity”. Second, the ethnic ghettos that have formed in a country that prides […]
Nov17th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 2 Comments“What I have observed in the last few years, especially since the Iraq war began, is a strong revival of an older liberal vision, which saw Europe as being a model for a more socialistic society, which the USA should supposedly emulate. (Remember Mike Dukakis went on vacation with a book on Swedish land-use regulation […]
Nov16th2005
Ruben Navarrette On The Thernstroms
Published by in Books, Education, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 CommentsFrequent readers of my blog know that I am a big fan of the book, No Excuses : Closing the Racial Gap in Learning , by Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom. I have recommended it several times and continue to highly recommend it.
Well than, you can imagine my surprise, and delight!!!, to see Ruben Navarrette discuss […]
Nov16th2005
Cash Strapped Universities Are Not As Strapped As You May Think
Published by in Economics, Education, General and University. 1 CommentThe San Diego Union Tribune writes:
SAN FRANCISCO – Despite complaints from University of California officials that the system has suffered severe cuts in state funding, prompting tuition and fee increases, many faculty members and administrators get paid thousands more than is publicly reported.
In addition to salaries and overtime, university employees received a total of $871 […]
Nov16th2005
…so goes the liberal slogan, but apparently, liberals have a short memory.
Check out the latest GOP video showing you what liberals don’t want you to remember….
The Wall Street Journal has more.
Nov16th2005
“”Allocation and Dictatorship: Research in Stalin’s Archives” by Paul Gregory and Mark Harrison (in the Sep, 2005 Journal of Economic Literature) is fascinating. Many conjectures put forth over the years by Mises, Hayek, Schelling, and many others, are corroborated.
Yes, planned economies perform so badly that tyranny and terror are required. Yes, tyrants are not only […]
Nov15th2005
How Bad Is The French Economy?
Published by in Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Minimum Wage and Myths. 9 CommentsWhile liberals keep trying to get us closer to the French economic model, it is important for us, especially us minorities as the riots have clearly demonstrated, to keep in mind what the French economy looks like. Elisabeth Eaves, writing in Slate Magazine, writes:
Among the young, immigrant men who live in satellite slums, unemployment reaches […]
Nov15th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 0 Comments“The new wave of populists is led by Chavez, who’s been using the recent windfall in oil revenues to expand government and solidify his hold on power. But even while $100 million in oil money pours into Venezuela every day ($60 million of that from those terrible gringos north of the Rio Grande), the poverty […]
Nov14th2005
Karl Rove’s Speech At The Federalist Society
Published by in General and Judicial Nominees. 0 CommentsIf you want to know what motivates conservatives when it comes to judges, pay close attention to Rove’s well said speech below, I paste it in full.
Nov14th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 3 Comments“Liberals want none of that. They’re all for people making history – as long those people are on their side of the aisle. They’re all for minorities succeeding – as long as they can claim credit for the success. And they’re all for minorities becoming involved politically and voting – as long as they continue […]
Nov12th2005
“[In] a democracy, it is not the function of law to establish any more social policy than what is fairly expressed by legislation, enacted through prescribed democratic procedures. It troubles Smith, but does not at all trouble me — in fact, it pleases me — that giving the words of the Constitution their normal meaning […]
Nov11th2005
Oh those politicians, it seems that our ever so (un)wise politicians had to have a senate hearing to discuss, get this, why are oil execs so greedy. The question I wish was asked is, if the high gas prices makes execs greedy now, does that mean that the low gas prices of the past show […]
