Tag Archive 'socialism'

Biden, Obama, and Marx?

Posted by Moonage on 27 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race

It’s really sad how bad people’s interpretation of history becomes over a short period of time.  Namely, this dialogue bugs me:
In response to Obama wanting to spread the wealth, which is very well documented, Joe Biden had this to say:
“I was on a television station the other day doing a satellite feed to a major [...]

That pesky fundamentals issue

Posted by Moonage on 19 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race

When the stock market tanked on news of AIG being bailed out by the government, and Lehman joining the ranks of failing spec banks, John McCain did the unthinkable, call it maverick if you will, and told the US the economy was fundamentally OK.  Barack Obama immediately seized that comment and hammered away at McCain. [...]

Keith Ellison’s Utopia

Posted by Moonage on 17 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Fun with Numbers, Idiot of the day

Representative Keith Ellison submitted this letter to The Hill blogs:
We have to consider the 30 years of stagnant wages that your average Americans have had to face. That fact is that the reason we have people refinancing their homes, getting home equity loans, getting high rate interest credit cards and petty loans is because wages [...]

WTO wants to legalize gambling where gambling is illegal

Posted by Moonage on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: International Issues

In a ruling that could open the United States to offshore Internet gambling, a World Trade Organization panel Wednesday said Washington should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos.
In its final 287-page report, the WTO panel confirmed the preliminary ruling it issued in March in a dispute pitting the United States against the [...]

Do we “need” neoconservatism?

Posted by Moonage on 18 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Opinions

Powerline points to a book by Douglas Murray called:

Now, the premise here is that the country NEEDS Neoconservatism.  I don’t particularly think that’s true.  That’s about like saying the country NEEDS to grow older.  Sounds kinda harsh I know, but this is why I think this is true.  It’s pretty simple really:  In 1990, [...]

Medicare for All

Posted by Moonage on 10 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Health Care Debate, Polls

Democrats chided Bush the first few years he was in office as a reckless spender.  Then the economy took off and they sorta dropped it in favor of "taxing the poor and giving big tax breaks to the rich".  The never really got much traction either.  So, Ted Kennedy is pulling out the mother of [...]