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Monthly Archives: July 2008
The Dawn of Food Zoning
The Los Angeles City Council has banned the construction of fast food restaurants in low income areas. Perhaps I’ve lost the ability to be shocked by the abuses of paternalistic government, because my immediate reaction was “figures.”
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged fast food, food zoning, government, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, paternalism, Puritain, zoning
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The Origin of Messages
(photo: photosan0) Yesterday I suggested that it was unwise for Obama to have titled and predicated a video on a line from a rather slanted New York Times editorial, given the growing public perception of media bias in his favor. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged arena, bias, lovers, Low-Road Express, McCain, Media, Mick Stockinger, microsite, New York Times, Obama, urban
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Peter Pan America
Growing up means accepting responsibility for your actions and attempting to make wise decisions as much as possible. Peter Pan rejected this; he didn’t want to grow up and lose the carefree, irresponsible days of youth. Too often, it appears … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Peg's Page
Tagged Democrats, economy, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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US Intelligence: ISI Helped Plan Attack
From the NYT: American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials. The conclusion was based on intercepted … Continue reading
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sleeping dogs or flying cockatiels? Matters not. Each of us has our particular pets that we adore. My best friend from first grade, Roxane Gilbert, shares a similar political viewpoint to my own. Yet, we recognize that we can all … Continue reading
Campaign Racism
ABC’s Jake Tapper thinks it’s primarily being leveled by Democrats. There’s a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he’s condemned it. What I have not seen is it come … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, McCain, Obama, Race, racism
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The Art of Trying too Hard
(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain’s “Celeb” ad on the grounds that “anyone knows” Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren’t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged America, Blake Hounshell, Britney Spears, campaign, celeb, celebrity, Forbes, foreign policy, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender, John McCain, John Riley, Newsday, Nietzsche, Paris Hilton, racial, sexual
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Alternative Revenge
Nancy Pelosi might have finally found a fig leaf for the Left — dying as it is for some form of tangible revenge against the Bush administration for allegedly ruining their lives. Unwilling (and frankly unable) to impeach Bush and … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Bush, Cheney, citation, contempt, Karl Rove, Nancy Pelosi, ThinkProgress
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Viral Wal-Mart
Anti-Wal-Mart hysteria seems to have curiously abated somewhat since the corporation started giving more generously to the Democratic Party. Not an uncharacteristic phenomenon for the centralized extortion tactics –er, “grassroots activism” of such campaigns. But there are still some people … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged 1962, activism, Africa, AIDS, animation, Democratic Party, extortion, grassroots, inection, rural, video, viral, visualization, Wal-Mart
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Obama Derangement Syndrome
Remember when people on the right used to complain about stuff like this? They had a point. However, it seems that when the shoe is on the other foot many can’t seem to see the contradiction involved in churning out … Continue reading
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Tagged antichrist, Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, ODS, president, right, t-shirts
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Dude, I have found your recession-Updated
I understand that many find the media’s treatment of the economy under Bush biased. I agree with that. No argument from me. So I understand where Instapundit and others, including many denizens of this site, are coming from. That being … Continue reading
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Shorter Deployment Duration Announced
Among other great news from Iraq. Victory is a good exit strategy.
More Experience Than a Fifth Grader. Vote Obama.
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Touring the Low Road
The Obama campaign has a new video response to McCain. It’s an interesting approach. The heart of the ad is the beginning, in which quotes from major pro-Obama media editorials are superimposed over McCain, calling his (unspecified) criticism “baseless,” “baloney,” … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged McCain, New York Times, Obama, polls, response, video
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McCain Turnouts
Is it just me or are the crowds for these McCain town hall things getting larger? See Reno, Nevada Town Hall (7/29/08). I must say I’ve always hated the town hall format. Perhaps it’s innate elitism, but it seems to … Continue reading
The Muffin Mogul
The power of capitalism in a lovely little ad by Nexus Productions for the Royal Bank of Canada: Quicktime Video via Motionographer. ||
Posted in Economics, Lee's Page
Tagged capitalism, muffin, Nexus Productions, quicktime, Royal Bank of Canada, video
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Investing at Home in Africa
(photo: William Bedzrah) One of the traditional problems of economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is that internal African investment dollars tend to be spent outside the continent. Thus it’s interesting to see Nigerian investment in Ghana has now reached $580 … Continue reading
Posted in Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Chile, commerce, George Kumi, ghana, inflation, investment, monetary policy, Nigeria, profits, Russia, Switzerland, trade
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Landham Returns
Taking fecklessness to new levels of embarrassment, the Libertarian Party of Kentucky is now considering rescinding its unanimous de-endorsement of genocidal fantasist Sonny Landham, and formally renominating him as its candidate for US Senate. “We’re really stuck,” said Libertarian Party … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Lee's Page, Libertarianism, Uncategorized
Tagged Ken Moellman, kentucky, Libertarian Party, libertarians
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We’re livin’ in the FUture
A humorous look at the Sci-Fi Rejection letter that time forgot for the story “In the Year 2008″
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Russia Speaks to the American Electorate
Sober, secular and educated new residents to New Mexico can often be found painting the frames of their doors and windows a vivid bright blue. Having seen the habit practiced on the homes of locals, the newcomers invariably assume it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged authoritarianism, Black Sabbath, Catholic, Cold War, desert, Dmitry Medvedev, election, foreign policy, Ivan Krastev, McCain, New Mexico, Obama, Perestroika, Robert Amsterdam, Russia, secular, Soviet, United States, USSR, virgin, witchcraft
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What Jack Kemp is About
Jack Kemp calls himself “a progressive conservative, Democratic Republican” these days apparently. Who knows what the hell that means.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged conservative, Democrat, Jack Kemp, progressive, Republican, youtube
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London Nights
Knowing Soho well, this is probably a good indicator that the opposite is true.
The Tidal Empires of War
(photo: Charles Roffey – Charles & Fred) Someone once said that in Damascus you truly can get a little bit pregnant. It’s a good aphorism, because if you asked the foreign minister of almost any state in the Middle East … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 1990s, army, Bashar al-Assad, Beirut, capitalism, Cedar Revolution, Charles Roffey, communism, Damascus, Eisenhower, Eisenhower Doctrine, Fenwick, Frederic Bastiat, free trade, globalization, imperialism, investment, Israel, Jihad Yazigi, Lebanon, Lenin, Leonard Wibberley, London, markets, Mediterranean, Michael Shermer, Middle East, military, nationalism, occupation, pacifism, Pat Buchanan, pregnant, secular, Shukri al-Kuwatli, Syria, Syrian, Tzipi Livni, United States, war, World War II
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Fountain of Youth
Want to stay youthful? No magic potion, pill nor surgery will deliver it to you. But, you can follow this prescription to ward off Father Time: keep active and working! Thanks to my friend and very smart guy Mitch Perlstein … Continue reading
Posted in Peg's Page, Uncategorized
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My Summer Vacation
It was a busy weekend here at the homestead. Although it wasn’t actually at the homestead, we traveled to beautiful Mansfield OH, to take in the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days event. Other than being hot, and humid, we had a … Continue reading
Posted in Keith's Page, Technology, Travel
Tagged AMA, bonneville, craig vetter, motorcycles, scrambler, triumph, vintage days
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Select Rants
For those of you who love New York Times bashing, I am in rant mode at Risk and Return. What a bunch of balderdash. Also, if you want a good idea of where housing prices may go, I also have … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page, Media
Tagged Domestic Politics, Economics, housing, Media, New York Times
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Mookie ascendant
Meanwhile, in Iraq, we have succeeded in handing power to Muqtada and the extremist militias…maybe not so much.
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In Defense of Usury
Well if we cannot rid ourselves of speculators, how about making compound interest a sin again? Or not.
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An Inconvenient Truth for Al Gore and Friends
I know that many of you think that global warming, at least anthropogenic global warming, is a fraud. I am not so sure. Either way though, I think Peter Huber has the broad contours of any attempt to address it … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, energy, Environment, Lance's Page
Tagged energy, Environment, global warming
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Back to the Vikings
What do you know, Global Warming and an economic renaissance in Greenland. I like Glenn Reynolds observation though: Divine Providence is unveiling these resources just as we need them the most! Though if you’re really looking for miracles, the Greenlanders’ … Continue reading
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The Third Way
Over at Byron 1776 viable third party approach is proposed for we hold our nose and vote types..
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Oil Speculation
Jeffrey Carter says we need more speculators, not less if we want oil markets to function.
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Is it over and what does that mean?
Josh used to ask me what success in Iraq means. Michael Totten seeks to define the term “over” in the context of Iraq. He claims that there were three wars in Iraq, and two are over, the last almost. That … Continue reading
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Damn
For the last six months or so, one of the first things I did upon coming into work on Sunday mornings was to check Randy Pausch’s update page. Randy Pausch, if you will remember, achieved worldwide notoriety last fall when … Continue reading
Olympic Gold at the Trough
Abu Muqawama says the IOC are swine. Hard to argue.
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A British Labour Implosion
Having checked out of politics until the last few days, I certainly haven’t been keeping up with what is going on across the pond (outside of following how bad the economic slowdown may be.) Reading Guy Hebert things seem to … Continue reading
Deep into our Minds
Do you ever use mindmaps for planning? This ones better.
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Bin Ladenism in the Balkans
The irreplaceable Michael Totten is now in the Balkans tracking down the influence of al Qaeda and the mujahideen. They seem to be having trouble inculcating their values. Exhibit 1: “Most people know nothing about your country,” I said to … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Notes on the war
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The Most Ethical Congress in History
New boss, same as the old boss.
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Housekeeping
First, I want to apologize for the server problems the last week. They have been fixed, though we lost a few days worth of posts. The bright side? A brand new server, which should mean better, faster, performance. In other … Continue reading
Finally! Car Blogging!
I am co-bloggers Keith and Josh will be thrilled to know that Vanity Fair now has a gay car blog.
BDS in the Halls of Congress
You may not realize this, but the House Judiciary Committee has been holding hearings (of a sort) in an attempt to impeach President Bush. Guys, he is gone in six months. I love this line: “I am really astonished at … Continue reading