Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
It’s End-the-Fed day today. I thought I’d commemorate it by posting a video featuring Peter Schiff (Ron Paul’s campaign finance advisor), who accurately predicted the sub-prime meltdown and the ensuing recession.
Some great quotes (emphasis added):
Our markets are going lower. This is not just a financial crisis; this is an economic collapse. Our entire phony economy [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
I missed another Liberty Book Club meeting this week, but I have been reading the books. This month’s book was Murray Rothbard’s The Case Against the Fed, which you can buy from Amazon, The Ludwig von Mises Institute, or download for free (MP3s).
Anyone who wants to really understand the underlying causes of our dangerous boom [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
From yesterday’s excellent Campaign for Liberty mailer:
After the Paulson $700 billion bailout package passed in early October, we knew it was only a matter of time before Congress moved to use your money yet again to bail out a struggling industry.
Now, a vote to give funds to the “Big 3″ auto manufactures, GM, Ford, and [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
I was listening to the Nightside Project on KSL when one of the radio hosts (I don’t know his name) said he hates it when he sees people wearing the “I voted” stickers. He listed a number of reasons, but the one I got a kick out of was basically that the people who don’t [...]
Posted in Nerdiness, Politics | 18 Comments »
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
UVU is showing an important (although significantly flawed) documentary tonight. “I.O.U.S.A.” is important because it highlights just how bankrupt we are as a country. It describes how our current debt and obligations (unless significantly curtailed) will enslave future generations for years to come, essentially charging the cost of our glut to our children’s and grandchildren’s [...]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
I dislike both major-party presidential candidates so profoundly that I would feel extremely uncomfortable giving my vote to either of them. Sure, I like Obama even less than McCain, but luckily I live in a “landslide” state where I don’t have to make the difficult decision of whether I’ll vote for the proverbial “lessor of [...]
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
This is who I’m being for Halloween. :)
Ron Paul was dead right about the economy. If you haven’t watched his videos on YouTube, you should. He was calling the bursting of the housing bubble well before it happened. And the credit crunch? Yep, he’s warned of that too.
Ron Paul would have smoked Obama in the [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
On the bailouts, I just came up with this one liner (in the tradition of Yakov Smirnoff):
“In Soviet America, bank robs you.”
It would be more funny if it weren’t so true –or if it were said by a Ukrainian.
Posted in Economics, Politics | 2 Comments »
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
I thought it interesting that the Google 2001 index had only 671 search results for “Barack Obama“.
“Sarah Palin” had 0 results.
These old indexes are interesting, especially if you’re searching for old data. I hope we see more of them.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Well, the $700 billion (pre-pork) bailout bill passed 263 to 171, and our “conservative” president GWB has already signed it into law. Here’s the House vote and the Senate vote so you know who to hate.
Here in Utah, Senators Bennett and Hatch broke their oaths to defend the constitution, with Bennett being one of the [...]
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