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Tag Archives: Domestic Politics
Hoist by His Own Petard
John McCain was one politician I admired greatly. While I still believe that the man is a true hero, and while I still do applaud some of what he does, the veil has been lifted from my eyes for one … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, Libertarianism, Media
Tagged campaign finance, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, John McCain
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Stop the Madness
Sooner rather than later. And this: Perhaps turning food into transportation fuel would make sense if massive amounts of grain spoiled every year from a lack of demand, but that certainly isn’t the case. Farmers love the higher prices that … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, energy, Environment, Peg's Page, science
Tagged biofuel, Domestic Politics, energy, ethanol
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Teach Your Children Well
From a Wall Street Journal reader: “The courageous thing for Congress to do would be to get rid of student-loan subsidies entirely. Then watch tuitions tumble towards ‘the affordable’ as academe realizes nobody’s throwing money at it any more.” – … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Education
Tagged Domestic Politics, Education, student loans
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A Cubic Mile of Oil
Over at Green Tech we get some figures that should be rather sobering for those who wish for alternative energy to be a significant source of energy in the near future: Put another way, we’d need to equip 250,000 roofs … Continue reading
Bill Clinton’s Laws of Politics
Video flashback from 2004. Bill Clinton:”If one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes…” You know where that’s going. Ahem. Clearly these were not carved in stone. (HT: BigDog)
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 2004, Bill Clinton, Domestic Politics, election, fear, Hillary, hope, laws, video, youtube
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The Nationalization of the Housing Market
Regular readers know that I have been harping on the likely collapse in housing since this blog began. At this point I am hardly an outlier in being concerned, which means now the politicians and experts are ready to ride … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Investing, Lance's Page, regulation
Tagged Domestic Politics, housing, mortgage crisis, subprime, the economy
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Political Progress in Iraq
Say it aint so!!! Da New Yawk Times Says So!!! I wonder where they are on those benchmarks our Congress settled on? I also wonder how this places them in effectiveness vs our Democratically controlled Congress. Using old-fashioned politicking behind … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged Domestic Politics, Iraq, Parliament, progress
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Perhaps we’re turning into Victorians
Or: What I Learned About the World from Reading Historical Romances. I learned that sometimes people get *more* uptight over time rather than less. Victorians, according to custom and any number of novels, were concerned with propriety above all. Certain … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Society, Synova's Page
Tagged Culture, Domestic Politics, Historical romance, History
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Does it matter who said this?
Karl Rove and George Bush and Dick Cheney will have many disastrous legacies, but one of the most despicable and enduring will be how they used fear to deeply and deliberately divide our country I don’t think that it really … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2000, Bush, Cheney, children's games, division, Domestic Politics, Gore, Rove
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Heh
McQ: The one and only reason to be for John McCain: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the possibility of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) becoming president “sends a cold chill down my spine.” I’d love to see Harry chattering … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Harry Reid, John McCain
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Once Again – Blame Bush
(Cross Posted at Whatif?) This time, however, blame GWB for something few of us consider. Rarely in recent American history had a political leader received such a visible testing ground for the character of his leadership. Giuliani projected … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, George Bush, John McCain, New York, president, Rudy Giuliani, September 11th
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Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian
Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Interviews, Lee's Page
Tagged Africa, Alberta, Angola, Arctic, Beijing, Bonga, business, Cabinda, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chevron, cocoa, Cold War, Congo, Domestic Politics, Dutch disease, economy, energy, Environment, ethnic nationalism, Financial Times, FPSO, Gabon, Geneva, geostrategy, ghana, guerrilla warfare, Gulf of Guinea, Houston, IMF, interview, John Ghazvinian, Joseph Kia Mboungou, kidnapping, left, memo, mercantile, Middle East, neoconservative, Niger Delta, Nigeria, offshore, oil, oil sands, oilfield trash, peak oil, petroleum engineers, post-nationalism, prostitution, reinvestment, rentier, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, shale, Shell, subculture, Suez Canal, Transportation, Uganda, UK, United Nations, Washington, workers, World Bank, Zimbabwe
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Better off Dead
Kim at Wizbang links to this story about eugenic thinking in Brittan. The comments came as the Lords debated an amendment, [...] that would have protected unborn disabled children from abortion after the 24 week gestational time limit. The amendment … Continue reading
Posted in Eugenics, Health Care, Law, Synova's Page
Tagged abortion, disabilities, Domestic Politics, Eugenics, reproduction
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His Own Petard?
(Cross Posted at Whatif?) When John McCain and George W. Bush were vying for their party’s nomination, I was a McCain fan. How could a person not be impressed by the man who refused to leave Vietnam’s prison camp to … Continue reading
Sartorial Conservatism
Jim Hollrah makes the interesting argument that the repeal of coat-n-tie dress codes at American colleges was the beginning of the New Left’s ruination of the academy, and the prerequisite for the revolutionary student politics of the 1960s.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 1960s, academy, coat, colleges, Conservatism, Domestic Politics, dress codes, Jim Hollrah, new left, school, student, tie
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3rd Party Startup
Bill Quick has an interesting discussion over at the American Conservative Party, on what such a party might look like. Says Bill: My gut feeling is that the traditionally American conservative viewpoint has been constitutional in nature, has tended toward … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Society
Tagged 3rd party, dailypundit, Domestic Politics
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Retreat to the Fringe
Social conservatives and particularly crypto-socialist social conservatives (or “populists” if you prefer), are inevitably going to be a minority faction within the GOP. But to their great credit they themselves recognize this. The implications of that self-awareness are dire for … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged 1988, Abadgaran, agenda, Coup d'État, democratic, Domestic Politics, Edward Luttwak, extremist, GOP, insurgent, Iowa, John McCain, majority, Mick Stockinger, Mike Huckabee, money, New Hampshire, Pat Robertson, populism, religion, Republicans, social conservatives, socialism, South Carolina, speed
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Attempting prescience, 2008
Can Mitt win against Obama? The thing is… just about any of them could maybe win against Hillary. Or lose against Hillary. But winning against Obama is more problematic. People *like* Obama. And is Mitt really that much better than … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Mitt Romney, Obama, presidential candidates
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The Lonely Candidate
Byron York has a fairly instructive anecdote from South Carolina on Fred Thompson: Last night I talked with Cyndi Mosteller, a strong social conservative who headed the Charleston County Republican Party from 2003 to 2007 and who supports McCain. When … Continue reading
A political education
“Your sister thinks Huckabee is great.” “Mom,” I told the phone, exasperated, “He’s not even Republican!” My first participation in politics was a proudly worn “I (heart) DRNBGR” button that some son-of-a-Democrat defaced at a high school speech competition. (What … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Election 2008, Uncategorized
Tagged Domestic Politics, Education, third parties, youth vote
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Give Reagan a Rest
Fausta is fed up with the pundit’s question “who will be the next Reagan?” She mocks the impulse by asking “who will be the next Abraham Lincoln?” The genuine “next Reagan” of course wouldn’t be looking to the past at … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Domestic Politics, elections, Fausta, future, presidency, pundits, Ronald Reagan
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Unity08 2.0
Remember Unity08? It was “open source politics,” the internet-based third party with tech buzzwords in place of rhetoric. They captured press attention for awhile by talking a lot about “revolutionizing” the election with a web-based nominating convention and other silly … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Domestic Politics, draft, Draft Michael Bloomberg, elections, Media, Michael Bloomberg, open source, public relations, Unity08
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Jindal sworn in as Louisiana’s governor
(cross posted at Risk and Return) The most prominent Indian American politician in American history has now been sworn in as governor: Bobby Jindal took the oath of office as Louisiana’s 55th governor at noon today, becoming the state’s first … Continue reading
Posted in Baton Rouge, Domestic Politics, Louisiana Politics, Media, Race
Tagged Baton Rouge, Bobby Jindal, Domestic Politics, Governor, inauguration, Lousiana, reconstruction, Republican
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Liberation Theology Takes a Hit
Here’s some splendid news for those of us not delighted by the prospect of a liberation theologist takeover of the Republican Party. Rasmussen is reporting their new South Carolina numbers and Mike Huckabee has lost five points and Fred Thompson … Continue reading
Gloves Off on Huckabee?
Mike Huckabee outlined his vision for a social conservative / “populist” takeover of the GOP to an Evangelical audience in Michigan. Mark Levin calls it deplorable, DiscerningTexan calls it destructive, and Riehl calls it theocratic. Well, well. It’s beginning to … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Domestic Politics, elections, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, social conservatives, statism
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Censors in the Subcontinent
GamePolitics has an interesting story about a plan in the Indian parliament to ban violent video games. A pity, as I was just reading in Businessweek about the fantastic growth of the Indian gaming market. But that’s a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged censorship, Domestic Politics, gaming, India, video games
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The Constant Viewer has resurfaced
One of my favorite bloggers has resurfaced, and I am hurt, hurt, hurt that D. A. Ridgely didn’t let his fans (okay, me) know to where he had disappeared. He is now blogging at Positive Liberty, and the blogosphere has … Continue reading