Nothing like real life learning. Hope someone learns… ——– The Occupy Wall Street protests have drawn huge numbers of confused and directionless young people, but maybe that’s not all bad. Some of them at least seem to be getting a remedial course in economics. Nan Terrie learned an expensive lesson last week about the importance of property rights. “Stealing is our biggest problem... Read more
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Wow! Media Gets Honest?
October 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Liberal Press, The LeftI have to hand it to Jon. Are “conservatives” equally honest? ========= By Jon Friedman,MarketWatch | MarketWatch – Oct 19, 2011 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Someday, cultural historians will look back on the early 21st century and speculate about what killed the credibility of America’s so-called liberal-media elite. They will ask, Were the wounds self-inflicted or the product of a methodical plot? Make no mistake... Read more
SThe President of Contempt
October 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftNixon was tricky. Ford was clumsy. Carter was dour. Reagan was sunny. Bush 41 was prudent. Clinton felt your pain. Bush 43 was stubborn. And Barack Obama is . . . Early in America’s acquaintance with the man who would become the 44th president, the word that typically sprang from media lips to describe him was “cool.” Cool as a matter of... Read more
Presidential Interpretation
October 7 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, The LeftSay what??? Exactly! =========== Sometimes when a President adopts his own view of reality, especially this one, it’s hard to budge him off of it. We editorialized here yesterday that Bank of America’s planned $5 monthly fee on debit cards—in response to Dodd-Frank’s revenue-reducing rules—is “perhaps the most transparent pricing change in the history of American finance.” No matter. By our count, Mr. Obama... Read more
What Solyndra Fiasco?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftDid all these folks fail their Jr. High math class? ========== If you thought the $535 million Solyndra scandal had chastened the fearless venture capitalists of the Obama Administration, think again. The Department of Energy shovelled out $1.1 billion in new loan guarantees to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona Wednesday, and more deals are pending before the $18 billion program funded... Read more
A Bird-Brained Prosecution
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftAnd you think there aren’t any Federal agencies needn’t be “cut back”? ========= The Obama Administration’s hostility to oil and gas exploration is well known, but last week it took an especially fowl turn. The U.S. Attorney for North Dakota hauled seven oil and natural gas companies into federal court for killing 28 migratory birds that were found dead near oil waste... Read more
