Lance on Jan 04 2008 | Filed under: Lance's Page
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Lance on Jan 03 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Blog friend Joe Tobacco endorses Hillary for President. Probably my pick from the Democrats as well, though I am still looking.
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Lance on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
Speaking of Thompson, his sense of humor (which seemed absent after wonderfully wicked pre-campaign bits such as this) is really starting to come out. I love his response to the AP’s question about the candidates favorite President from the other party. Predictably the Democrat’s all chose Teddy Roosevelt, the Republicans leaned toward Truman. Fred steps […]
Lance on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
According to Matt Lewis:
Anyone watching Iowa had better not write Fred Thompson off just yet …
Why?
Matt points me to this column:
But after a sluggish start, Thompson has sensed an opening in Iowa, and he’s moving decisively to exploit it. The opening arises from a combination of Romney’s changes of position on social issues and Huckabee’s […]
Lance on Dec 17 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page
I was sent this via my brother from my uncle Pat, a Green Beret (COL Rtd., Army S.F.) It is from the Superintendent of West Point, sent to all cadets following the Army Navy game this year:
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a […]
Lance on Dec 16 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Technology
This seems to have really improved the speed at which I browse:
Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection, you can speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page instead of one at a time. By default, it’s optimized for dialup connections (why??). Here is what […]
Lance on Dec 16 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
To hear many a commenter talk or write one would believe that over the last thirty years, and especially the last seven, the tax burden has become increasingly tilted in favor of the wealthy. Greg Mankiw begs to differ, and here is the data:
The first number below is for 2005, the most recent year available. […]
Lance on Dec 14 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Louisiana Politics
As a few of you may be aware, we fans of the LSU Tigers have been blessed with our second chance this decade to watch our beloved football team compete for the BCS Championship. This has led to an enormous demand for the few precious seats available. One small reason so few seats are available […]
Lance on Dec 14 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
Thank’s Billy!
Technorati Tags: politics, election 2008, presidential election, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, political ads
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Lance on Dec 14 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
McQ discusses Krauthammer’s disgust over the Republican Party and its candidates stooping before those demanding a declaration of religious faith to become President. From Krauthammer:
I’d thought that the limits of professed public piety had already been achieved during the Republican CNN/YouTube debate when some squirrelly looking guy held up a Bible and asked, “Do you […]
Lance on Dec 13 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page
I have pulled myself out of my work and other issues and feel I need to post something. So I found this fun. Only tried it once so far, but let me know how you do.
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Lance on Dec 07 2007 | Filed under: Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Humor, Lance's Page
To Glenn Greenwald’s Carnival of Fisking. Courtesy of Dan Collins you can amuse yourself here.
Hat tip: Frequent commenter, ChrisB.
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Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Culture, History, Lance's Page, Law, Libertarianism, Society
For information on Repeal Day you can visit www.repealday.org:
The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills. Mistruths like this were spread. Lines were drawn. Bars […]
Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, Humor, Lance's Page
From E. Frank Stephenson:
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez thinks it’s curtains for America as a world power. “By the crash of the dollar,” he says, “America’s empire will crash.”Tyler Cowen’s suggestion that currencies are not markers of economic success notwithstanding, I hope Chavez’s theory that declining currencies signal the end of regimes […]
Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Environment, Lance's Page
Why? Because it is good for the environment:
Divorce can be bad for the environment. In countries around the world divorce rates have been rising, and each time a family dissolves the result is two new households.
“A married household actually uses resources more efficiently than a divorced household,” said Jianguo Liu, an ecologist at Michigan State […]
Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Economics, Education, Lance's Page
Hat tip: Greg Mankiw
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Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Humor, Investing, Lance's Page
I think this explains it better than I have, at least it is more entertaining:
Technorati Tags: housing, investing, economics, hedge funds, mortgage debt, crisis, humor
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Lance on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Health Care, Lance's Page
Personally I find this observation from a paper by Mark Ramseyer unsurprising to say the least:
The Japanese national health insurance provides universal coverage. Necessarily, this entails a subsidy that dramatically raises the demand for medical services. In the face of the increased demand, the government suppresses costs by suppressing prices. By combining extensive biographical (including […]
Lance on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Media, Notes on the war
I was going to post some the last few days, but then I saw this:
Happy Thanksgiving
Now get of off the computer and spend some time with your family, will you?
I always follow Bob Owens instructions.
Of course he is rather disgusted with The New Republic, which continues to dither, as well as the Washington Post, which […]
Lance on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, History, Lance's Page, Race
I don’t think Ron Paul is a racist, or rather I don’t claim to have any evidence he is, and that is enough to hold from suggesting he is. However, his view of racism and its history is rather bizarre and, dare I say it, wholly focused on “right wing” critiques of racial thinking in […]
Lance on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Does this ad work? I guess so, it is being picked up by us.
Technorati Tags: Mike Huckabee, Chuck Norris, Election 2008, politics
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Lance on Nov 20 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters
Fox News has a report on Ameriya and Abu Abed, that shows a somewhat different view than the Guardian once again. One suspicious aspect of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad’s Nov. 10, Gaurdian piece “Meet Abu Abed: the US’s new ally against al-Qaida“is the description of Abu Abed in it:
The great iron gate opened and Hajji Abu Abed […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Notes on the war
In the first Pajamas Media War on Terror Conversation, Presidential candidate Fred Thompson discusses the current situations in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The senator/actor also explains why he thinks the recent Hollywood anti-war films are box office failures. Joining Thompson are PJM CEO Roger L. Simon and Bob Owens of Confederate Yankee. (Produced by […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Lance's Page, Uncategorized
Your Inner European is Irish!
Sprited and boisterous!
You drink everyone under the table.
Who’s Your Inner European?
I saw this over at McQ’s. Frankly this surprised me. While, I think it fits, the questions led me to answers I figured would send me somewhere else. Of course I used to be Irish on my mothers side, until I […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Libertarianism
Doug Mataconis notes this little bit from President Bush’s recent speech to the Federalist Society:
When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they had a clear understanding of tyranny. They also had a clear idea about how to prevent it from ever taking root in America. Their solution was to separate the government’s powers into three co-equal […]
Lance on Nov 19 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
More and more coverage in Iraq is beginning to reflect the positive changes that have occurred over the last few months.
The New York Times and The Washington Post report sharp declines in attacks today (though the Post relegated it to page A14 ), the Los Angeles Times looks at signs of local reconciliation “war-weary Sunnis […]
Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Economics, Lance's Page, Law
Foreclosure rates could drop!!!
That is bad news?
It is if it is because courts are throwing out cases because mortgage companies holding securitized mortgages don’t have the actual note. I’ll let Luke explain:
The problem has arisen because most of these sorts of trust do not actually possess the physical mortgage note itself. Instead they have a […]
Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Lance's Page, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Joshua recently linked to this story. Via Confederate Yankee we get another persons view of the situation in Ameriyah:
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Lance on Nov 16 2007 | Filed under: Humor, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
Update: Michael has been talking some smack. He has laid down a challenge. He calls it tits versus snits. His coverage of Reid’s machinations on the war, versus my attention to Salma’s breasts. Which is unfair, he has an Instapundit link. So I am asking Glenn Reynolds to rectify this so we can find out, […]
Lance on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: Developmental economics, Domestic Politics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Lance's Page
In a little-noticed mid-summer announcement, the Asian Development Bank presented official survey results indicating China’s economy is smaller and poorer than established estimates say. The announcement cited the first authoritative measure of China’s size using purchasing power parity methods. The results tell us that when the World Bank announces its expected PPP data revisions later […]
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