Monthly Archives: October 2008

No choice at all

October 9, 2008 – 12:29 pm

Interesting article from Scott Ritter on the choice of candidates for November. the sad reality is one of two deeply flawed men, the byproduct of a deeply flawed political system, will serve as president for the next four or eight years

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Six of one

October 7, 2008 – 6:23 pm

Many on the right will point out examples of hateful behaviour on the left. This isn’t hard to do; there are a great many moronic, disgraceful people on the left who I happily (or unhappily, depending how you look at it) reject. What doesn’t receive so much attention is that the same sort of people [...]

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New levels of McCain contradictions

October 4, 2008 – 9:35 am

McCain’s pretty good at contradicting himself, but now he’s reached new heights with the following: We can go backwards with job-killing tax hikes, the same old broken partisanship, and out of control spending as Senator Obama would have us do or we can bring real reform to Washington. Yes, he tells you that partisanship is [...]

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The Lake Wobegon Distribution

October 2, 2008 – 12:11 pm

When being below average is a sign of exceptional talent. Well worth a read, no baseball knowledge required. HT: DF

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TheHill.com – Soros floats alternative bailout plan with Dems

October 2, 2008 – 11:34 am

Here’s an interesting idea from George Soros. Instead of the current bailout plan, he suggests getting troubled banks to issue enough extra stock to recapitalize them, with the stock being bought by the government. This would restore balance to their accounts (with extra cash on hand they wouldn’t be so extended, and their balance sheets [...]

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