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From the Ragin’ Cajun’s CNN piece today, offering advice to President Obama: 1. Fire somebody. No — fire a lot of people. This may be news to you but this is not going well. For precedent, see Russian Army 64th division at Stalingrad. There were enough deaths at Stalingrad to make the entire tea party collectively orgasm. [emphasis added] Excuse me… what? I’m not sure what the hell Carville has been smoking down in Louisiana lately, but this might be one of the most... Read More→

It’s an age-old question that is often not given a complete answer.  But with the introduction of Obama’s new “American Jobs Act” (which at the time of this entry is not yet written) last week, the question deserves another take.  While the news media and pundits cite specific example on why or how it may or may not work, the more fundamental response is critical to properly framing the debate. In what way can spending be said to “boost GDP?”  What does it mean... Read More→

Bob Turner (R) looks ready to assume Anthony Weiner’s former seat in NY’s 9th District.  From Politico: Republicans are poised for a dramatic upset in next week’s special election for a New York City congressional seat, according to a new poll out Friday. The survey, conducted by the Siena Research Institute, found Republican Bob Turner holding a 50 percent to 44 percent lead over Democrat David Weprin. Me: If Republicans take this seat, and it appears likely that they will, it... Read More→

“As long as I’m in the White House, I’m going to stand up for collective bargaining.” – President Barack Obama September 5, 2011 For all you unemployed out there, that’s “Happy Labor Day” from your president.  Collective bargaining promises will do nothing to improve labor markets.  Are you still wondering why things haven’t improved? Smarmier Democrats are wont to repeat the refrain that Obama will be elected because the Republicans have no one to... Read More→

Bob Tuner was recently endorsed by the New York Daily News, which wrote: With no name recognition and little money, he scored an astounding 40% of the vote against the well-known Weiner last year. And the polls now put Turner within easy striking distance of Democratic rival David Weprin. Turner has the right central priority: tackling the federal deficit and creating a climate for job growth. Recent polling has Turner tied with Weprin to replace disgraced Democrat, Congressman Anthony Weiner. To... Read More→

Looking down today at the ravaged society that post-Constitutionalism has created, the observer is struck by a multitude of standout examples that illustrate the current-state of the decay. In his denouncement of Andre Carson’s recent remark that “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me … hanging on a tree”, Republican and Tea Party leader Allen West threatened to leave the Congressional Black Campus, to which Carson belongs; Exxon... Read More→

One of the irritating consequences of actually studying history and economics is that the feigned thoughtfulness of familiar talking heads become all but unbearable.  Enter one Fareed Zakaria. Mr. Zakaria, author of The Post-American World, a book “not … about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else” and host of CNN’s GPS (that’s “Global Public Square”), studied at Yale and Harvard, notably under the famed historian Samuel P. Huntington.... Read More→

More New Yorkers Disapprove than Approve of Obama by Chris Edwards The first New York poll released after the conclusion of debt ceiling negotiations shows a striking slump in support for Barack Obama in New York.  A Quinnipiac University poll released on August 12 shows that 49% of New Yorkers disapprove of his performance, while only 45% approve, reflecting a sharp drop in his approval rating, by 8 points, from the previous Quinnipiac poll released on June 29. Particularly noteworthy are Obama’s... Read More→

Here are some thoughts, mostly conservative, of no particular relation. 1. Manhattan Mini Storage has arguably the most vile ads of any company that advertises on the subway.  I’d rather learn where one can get clear skin, where to sign up for a study on heroine abuse, or how to manage impotence than be surrounded by MMS’s anti-Republican/conservative propaganda.  Apparently the city is so dependently liberal that instead of hiring a marketing department to generate sales, they merely... Read More→

Years of denying the laws of economics their final reckoning, while refusing to cut spending and tighten our belts, have brought us (and Europe) to the edge of another economic cliff.  Futures markets are pointing downwards after the S&P downgraded America’s debt, and European leader spent the weekend trying to prevent Italy from defaulting. From MarketWatch: U.S. stock futures were trading sharply lower in Asian trading hours on Monday after rating agency Standard & Poor’s lowered... Read More→