Archive for July, 2008

the naked short selling ban

Posted by Moonage on 28 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Ethics, Fed Policy

Here’s the story:
A week after the SEC enacted a temporary ban on naked short selling, Commissioner Paul Atkins joined FOX Business to talk about its effectiveness.
“I think the jury is still out,” Atkins said of the ban that expires tomorrow. He also said the SEC would report its findings on the ban later today.
It has been [...]

$128 billion surplus morphed to giant deficit

Posted by Moonage on 28 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

That’s the teaser on CNN.  Here’s some of the meat:
A Democratic point man on the budget, Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, blasted the administration for its “reckless fiscal policies,” blaming the president’s tax cuts for driving the government into deficit and saying Bush “will be remembered as the most fiscally irresponsible president in our [...]

Scott Ott and the Obama Doctrine

Posted by Moonage on 28 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Congressional Races, terrorism

Scott Ott has been one of my favorite authors for quite some time.  Here is yet another reason why:
…..Sen. Obama, a man who aspires to be our commander in chief, tells us that a nation called Afghanistan is where this threat dwells. Yet, he says, it does not dwell in Iraq. He tells us we [...]

Is stripping a form of art?

Posted by Moonage on 28 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: The Legal Process

An interesting case is developing in Iowa. Seems the local sheriff’s niece decided to get naked at an art facility. Problem is she was 17 at the time. So, the director got into a lot of trouble. His defense is that dancing naked in Iowa is not legal. Nevertheless a minor doing it. So, they [...]

Someone needs to stop me now!

Posted by Moonage on 27 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Humor

Apparently the 20% or so that haven’t decided on either McCain or Obama are getting desperate.  A friend just filled me in on a big secret:

Ya know, I might just ride along for this one and see what happens!

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HOW Democrat obstructionism affects you directly

Posted by Moonage on 25 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Congressional Races, 2008 Presidential Race, Energy Policy

It’s one thing to go around shouting about how Nancy and Harry and the Democrat leadership are failing this country in a time of economic crisis.  Now, I’ll show you exactly how it works:
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey abruptly shut down his committee indefinitely rather than allow Republicans to offer an amendment to open [...]

The bizarre Obama media love-affair

Posted by Moonage on 24 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race

MSNBC did a fluff piece on a missing Obama “thesis” from 1984.  Although Jim Popkin does a decent job presenting several sides to the “controversy”, he does the unthinkable and lets an Obama critic get the last word in.
Now, up until the last word, this story, as with a lot of Obama stories, gets muddled [...]

Minimum Wage goes up 70 cents today

Posted by Moonage on 24 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Fed Policy, Idiot of the day, National Politics

That’s the headline on CNN.  The headline NOT on CNN is:
Unable to pay bills, London, Ky. YMCA closes
And, the reason they decided to give up?
Director Don Burgin said the London-Laurel County “Y” struggled with $6,000 monthly utility bills and its budget was further stretched by an increase in the minimum wage.
And of course, who do [...]

Jihad trains in New York City

Posted by Moonage on 23 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Shock and Awe, terrorism

Congressman Peter King is kinda upset.
A month-long advertising campaign, to be run in New York on the subway cars, aimed at promoting Islam has generated controversy with an angry lawmaker sending a letter to the authorities asking them to stop the drive….
“I have no problem with the ad itself, but I have a very, very [...]

Harry Reid is clueless

Posted by Moonage on 22 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Oil Policy

Apparently smarting from polls that put his Senate leadership in the single digits, Harry Reid decided to fight back starting with this letter to The Hill Blog:
When our country is in crisis, Congress must be ready to take immediate action. Democrats in Congress have tried to take action again and again. We have proposed both [...]

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