Yearly Archives: 2008

Archive of posts published in the specified Year

The Moving Center

Nov. 20, 2008

The Libertarian Party had its roots in the Nixon Administration, in what many considered Nixon’s betrayal of the Goldwater Conservative values. His effort to combat the effects of inflation with wage and price controls indicated that he had limited faith

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Sunnis and Shias in Iran

Nov. 19, 2008

Sunnis believe that we know the succession of Mohammed therefore religious leaders should function in government. Shiites believe that the rightful successor to Mohamemd is yet to come and therefore no religious leader should sit in a positon of government

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Republican Salvation

Nov. 18, 2008

There are many conservative thinkers who do not call themselves Republicans because of the over weighted influence of the religious right in the party. If the Republicans are ever going to regain a position of power they must neutralize that

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Bourne is the New Bond

Nov. 16, 2008

The new James Bond movie is a real dud. During the opening theme song I turned to my wife and noted “This song really sucks”. Nothing memorable like ‘Goldfinger’ by Shirly Bassy, ‘You Only Live Twice’ by Nancy Sinatra, ‘Live

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The Capital Gains Dilemma

Nov. 16, 2008

There is a fairness issue to many in the capital gains tax. Earned income may be subject to a total of over 50% in tax when you include federal and state, Medicare and social security (both portions). Yet a wealthy

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Dictatorship of the Retarded

Nov. 15, 2008

From Peggy Noonan’s “Patriotic Grace” I spoke about two years ago with a network producer, an old warhorse who was trying to explain his frustration at the current ratings race. He wrestled around the subject, and I leaned in with

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Universal Competence

Nov. 14, 2008

“[A]ccording to The Huffington Post, Obama’s lack of experience is immune from criticism because he attended Ivy League schools, was a serious and successful student, is a well-traveled, published author, and has a diverse background. Heck, he’s me! Yet, in

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Scrap as a Forecaster

Nov. 13, 2008

We have two companies. One Macon Iron primarily process scrap metal and the other General Steel, sells and fabricates metal products. Scrap prices metal prices have risen dramatically for the last few years and especially the last 12 months. During

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Making the Recession Longer

Nov. 12, 2008

I have to confess that the never ending line of bailouts is truly concerning me. I can not imaging where the money is going to come from to finance this. Business is down, profits and tax revenues are down, entitlements

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The Limits of Intelligence

Nov. 12, 2008

We will be years dissecting the financial meltdown, but the cause was certainly not the lack of the intellects that developed this disaster. We applied the minds of brilliant scientists to create financial models that ignored the human side of

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The Sacred Lottery

Nov. 11, 2008

The Georgia State Lottery is a very sacred cow and any political campaign that wants to reduce or alter the lottery stands to be surely defeated. Yet the Lottery is one of the most regressive taxes ever launched. Yes –

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Three Ways to Spend

Nov. 10, 2008

from P.J. O’Rourke in the Weekly Standard through American Thinker Conservatives should never say to voters, “We can lower your taxes.” Conservatives should say to voters, “You can raise spending. You, the electorate, can, if you choose, have an infinite

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Sharing the Same Information

Nov. 10, 2008

From Peggy Noonan’s “Patriotic Grace” We’re not sharing the same information anymore. We used to share the same information- and argue about it. But now more and more we don’t even get the same essential facts, or headlines. And I

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The Conscience of a Conservative

Nov. 09, 2008

From Barry Goldwater’s “The Conscience of a Conservative”- published first in 1960 The root difference between the Conservatives and the Liberals of today is that Conservatives take account of the whole man, while the Liberals tend to look only at

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We Have Overcome

Nov. 08, 2008

SILVER LININGS, EVEN ON THE RIGHTBy Jeff JacobyThe Boston Globe Wednesday, November 5, 2008 excerpts Government financing of political campaigns, always a dreadful idea, is dead. Yes, Obama egregiously broke his solemn promise to accept public financing and its attendant

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Turning Citizens into Subjects

Nov. 07, 2008

from Taxes: A Fair Share for AllAmerica already redistributes its wealth. A lot of it.By Jonah Goldberg from National Review Online Experts on economic development have long noted what they sometimes call the “oil curse.” Countries with huge oil reserves

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The Signs of a Sound Economy

Nov. 06, 2008

by Henry Oliner About a week after John McCain announced the the fundamentals of our economy to be strong, the Dow dropped like a rock and we encountered the worst credit and financial crisis in half a century. Obama used

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President Obama

Nov. 05, 2008

His opponents may cite the huge fundraising advantage, the compliant media, and the possible campaign fraud- but in the end the voters trusted Obama and the Democrats more than McCain and the Republicans. Historically, past a certain point the additional

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Henry’s Tax Plan

Nov. 05, 2008

Everyone pays a flat 30% income tax with no deductions for anything, except retirement plans. Individuals are exempt from their first $10,000 of income, married couples are exempt from the first $20,000 plus $5,000 for every kid under 18. (Singles

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Sirius Zeppelin

Nov. 04, 2008

On Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 12 is all Led Zeppelin – 24/7. A baby boomer rocker’s dream! Raw Dog Comedy has provided a great relief from 24/7 election coverage.

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