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Why Koch Industries Is Speaking Out

March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Socialism, US Debt

Charles G. Koch: Why Koch Industries Is Speaking Out – WSJ.com. “Must reading” if you want one great synopsis of what is wrong with America today.    Thank you! Mr Kock! = By CHARLES G. KOCH Years of tremendous overspending by federal, state and local governments have brought us face-to-face with an economic crisis. Federal spending will total at least $3.8 trillion this... Read more

Is There an Arab George Washington?

March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, The Left

Bret Stephens: Is There an Arab George Washington? – WSJ.com. If “History” wasn’t your thing… It’s not too late! === On learning that George Washington intended to follow up his victory at Yorktown by retiring to his farm at Mount Vernon, George III told the painter Benjamin West: “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the... Read more

What’s with the White, modest income, Voters?

March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Socialism

Notable & Quotable – WSJ.com. Michael Barone writing Feb. 26 in the Washington Examiner: It’s a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some conservatives. Why are so many modest-income white voters rejecting the Obama Democrats’ policies of economic redistribution and embracing the small-government policies of the Tea Party movement? It’s not supposed to work out that way, say the... Read more

What could possibly go wrong?

March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Socialism

I am not sure the exact source… but he(?) quotes Dennis Gartman, who I think is often right on the money… ===== February 28, 2011 — In prison on death row, they often refer to condemned men as “dead men walking.” We are now living through a period in history when the US and its economy are “dead nation walking.” Why do... Read more

Unions vs. the Right to Work

February 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, Socialism

Robert Barro: Unions vs. the Right to Work – WSJ.com. “… From the standpoint of civil liberties, the individual right to work—without being forced to join a union or pay dues—has a much better claim than collective bargaining. (Not to mention that “right to work” has a much more pleasant, liberal sound than “collective bargaining.”) The push for right-to-work laws, which... Read more

‘The King’s Speech’ Is Oscar’s Big Winner

February 28 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought

‘The King’s Speech’ Is Oscar’s Big Winner. What’s the Message? – Speakeasy – WSJ. Nicely done.

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