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Primary Issues
Hanging out with a new friend, we were talking and he said something along the lines of "hands down, anything the government can do, corporations can do more efficiently," which of course is the code phrase that translates to "I am a Libertarian." He preferred to identify himself as an anarcho-capitalist. So, more than a few drinks in, we got into ( Read more... ) -
GOP can't win but Dems can lose
The much remarked upon 10,000 dollar bet that Romney offered to Perry is being talked about as yet another example of Romney not being able to avoid appearing out of touch with blue-collar, red-state, anti-elitist Americans.
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2012 challenges
I've been anxiously awaiting for the 2012 election for four years. I suppose a lot of people can say the same thing for slightly different reasons, but we're all very excited about the election. Not because it means anything really - it is simply a billion dollar spectacle that will bequeath onto the American electorate a much nicer sounding ( Read more... ) -
Conversations @OccupyPortland
I didn't want to go at first, but a friend was going, so my wife wanted to go, and I figured I should support the thing I've defended from people who only knew that they were being inconvenienced ( Read more... ) -
Back to the Future: Increasing Presence in the Persian Gulf
The fact that we are drawing down our presence in Iraq is hardly cause for celebration. The withdrawal, planned by then President Bush in cooperation with the wishes of the elected Iraqi government, is something Obama fought bitterly to postpone, and is hardly an end to the occupation considering the huge embassy we're leaving behind as a home base ( Read more... ) -
Most fun primary ever
Cain is not a real presidential candidate. He does not have a real campaign and has not shown a serious interest in running one. Read it while it's free on the NYT page; the article, As Cain Promotes His Management Skills, Ex-Aides Tell of Campaign in Chaos is full of gems, painting a portrait of a candidate that will be painful for conservatives ( Read more... ) -
Share of income by top 1% increased from 8% to 17% since the 1970's
Share of income by top 1% increased from 8% to 17% since the 1970's. That's from the CBO, which also shows that people making average incomes only barely benefited. "This isn't because the top 1% have started working harder, this is because they have been able to change the rules and cut taxes on things like dividends and capital gains." (Cenk from ( Read more... ) -
Class War: Goldman Sachs Buys a Police Force, and Money as Free Speech for Some
Rick Perry isn't doing so great lately, being replaced by H. Cain as the darling "not Romney" candidate, so he's fighting back with his own flat-tax program. If it seems a little more thought out and a little less like a made-up-on the spot ad campaign, it's because it's essentially Steve Forbes' plan from when he ran his vanity campaign for ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
The problem with so many of these debates is that no one is in charge - lets see if NBC-Man will be able to herd these cats. First question to Perry, who says he has the model for job creation that he'd like to bring to the US. One million jobs in Texas, but haha, williams does mention that the jobs in Texas were extremely low pay, and that ( Read more... )
