Aside from Obama trying to show the world he is “tough” on foreign policy, what other reason could there be for us sending even more troops there?
Whenever you are ready President Obama: You have my support in a speedy exit out of Afghanistan.
Archive for August, 2009
Aug31st2009
Question: Why Are We Still In Afghanistan?
Published by in Foreign Policy and ModernPolitics. 4 CommentsAug24th2009
“Today, generally, Adam Smith is claimed by the Right, Darwin by the Left. In the American South and Midwest, where Smith’s individualist, libertarian, small-government philosophy is all the rage, Darwin is reviled for his contradiction of creation. Yet if the market needs no central planner, why should life need an intelligent designer? Conversely, in the […]
Aug21st2009
Its definitely not Republicans and if you had to pigeon hole them into a party, it would be Democrats.
Jason Richwine of AEI explains:
Sensible and principled supporters of the free market do not want to be linked to “wingnuts” and paranoid far-right types who always see totalitarianism around the corner. But the major purveyor of the […]
Aug20th2009
The first national LATISM Heritage Tour will kick off in Houston, Texas on September 24, 2009. The tour, which coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month, will bring together the greatest minds in social media today with stops in New York, Houston and Orlando.
In recognition of the growing buying power and increased market […]
Aug20th2009
Teleprompter Obama seems to understand economics well, impromptu Obama not so much.
Caroline Baum, writing in Bloomberg explains:
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — “UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.” — Barack Obama, Aug. 11, 2009
No institution has been the butt of more government- inefficiency […]
Aug19th2009
For repudiating stupid people like this:
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People like this make me sick.
Aug19th2009
Many people on the left seem to assume that the public option is a win-win situation: those who don’t need it can keep their healthcare whereas those who do need it get healthcare. Everybody’s happy. What could be wrong with that?
Here are the arguments I find most persuasive against the public option.
First, is the argument […]
Aug17th2009
The Censorship Of The Left On Healthcare
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, HealthCare and ModernPolitics. 8 CommentsRadley Balko explains:
Let me see if I have the logic correct here: Whole Foods is consistently ranked among the most employee-friendly places to work in the service industry. In fact, Whole Foods treats employees a hell of a lot better than most liberal activist groups do. The company has strict environmental and humane animal treatment […]
Aug12th2009
The Democrats Secret Plan To Get To Single Payer
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Exposed.
Aug11th2009
“And yet, most of us realize that there are huge differences between price rationing and government rationing, and that the latter is usually much worse for everyone….The rationing is, first of all, simply worse on a practical level: goods rationed by fiat rather than price have a tendency to disappear, decline in quality, etc. Government […]
Aug10th2009
ABC 20/20 Takes On Healthcare Reform
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Aug6th2009
The late Milton Friedman made the argument 8 years ago:
A more radical reform would, first, end both Medicare and Medicaid, at least for new entrants, and replace them by providing every family in the United States with catastrophic insurance (i.e., a major medical policy with a high deductible). Second, it would end tax exemption of […]
Aug4th2009
“IRS data shows that in 2007—the most recent data available—the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 40.4 percent of the total income taxes collected by the federal government. This is the highest percentage in modern history. By contrast, the top 1 percent paid 24.8 percent of the income tax burden in 1987, the year following […]
Aug3rd2009
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 0 Comments“Nearly 75 percent of Washington, D.C. residents supported school vouchers in a new poll; 68 percent of residents oppose Congress’ effort to end the federally funded program. Under the Opportunity Scholarship Program, low-income children who win a lottery have been eligible for scholarships up to $7,500, which can be used at private schools of their […]
