…than the alternative, Mr. Vice President.
And they called Dan Quayle stupid.
Category Archives: Economics
Condolences
…to the friends and family of Senator Byrd.
My only immediate thoughts are that while they may miss him, the nation should not. For all of his posturing about his love of the Constitution, he was one of the prime architects of the fiscal ruin that lays ahead, and he served far too long.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related thoughts from Nick Gillespie:
“As the encomia mount like rotting, fly-buzzed piles of the pork-barrel spending he so systematically shoveled back to his West Virginia home, let’s not forget the late Sen. Robert Byrd’s most undeniable legacy: Undermining belief in politicians as little more than self-serving glad-handers on the hunt for more and more taxpayer money for their constituents.”
Perhaps if he’s really done that, he’s done the country a service. We’ll find out this fall.
[Update a while later]
Speaking of this fall, if his seat is declared vacant this week, there will be an election for it, with whoever the (Democrat) governor appoints as his replacement as the incumbent. But if there is (for some mysterious reason) a delay in such a declaration until next week, then the replacement will have the seat until 2012.
Did I mention that West Virginia’s governor is a Democrat?
“Capricious And Arbitrary”
I think that pretty much sums up this administration’s approach to governance. Fortunately, there’s a federal judge who is willing to call it like it is, and defend the constitution.
More Projection From The Left
Cavuto: “Where did you get your degree? At a baking school?”
Blackwell: “You’re an a**hole.”
Just A Coincidence, I’m Sure
Since the beginning of the recession (roughly January 2008), some 7.9 million jobs were lost in the private sector while 590,000 jobs were gained in the public one. And since the passage of the stimulus bill (February 2009), over 2.6 million private jobs were lost, but the government workforce grew by 400,000.
I think it’s exactly what they wanted to happen. Have to keep those public union people employed so they can keep providing the campaign cash. Especially when they can pass laws to shut down the opposition.
The Gulf Economy Is Saved
At least temporarily. A federal judge has struck down the idiotic and mendacious drilling moratorium.
My prediction: the lamestream media and the administration will attempt to make hay out of the fact that Judge Feldman is a Reagan appointee. I expect them to appeal, unfortunately. But at least the ban is lifted for now, or will be in thirty days.
[Update a few minutes later]
They’ve already said they’re going to appeal. But I don’t think they can get it reinstated until they win the appeal, if they do (and I suspect they won’t). I wonder if they’ll try to get the appellate court to take it as an emergency case? No, I don’t really. You know they will.
Too Big To Fail?
Will there be a federal bailout of California? As a Californian, I’m firmly on record as opposing it, so don’t get mad at me when they pick your pocket to prop up our public-employee unions. If I were Whitman, I’d be running on a platform of abolishing them.
Apollo Is Over
…and the day of public/private partnerships in space has arrived. See also Sam Dinkin’s article on individuals and individualists picking up the slack. Like some of the Japanese soldiers holed up on remote Pacific islands after the war, though, Apollo Cargo Cultists will continue to fight a rear-guard action.
The Failure Of The Stimulus
Medvedev For President
Russia is getting rid of the capital gains tax. But President Obama doesn’t think that’s fair.