Archive for January, 2009
« Previous EntriesNet-Zero Gasoline Tax
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In my Post, Impose a Modest Gasoline Tax Now (12/30/08), I advocate implementing a gas tax now that oil prices are so low. The eloquent conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer also recently wrote in The Weekly Standard advocating a gas tax. See The Case for a Net-Zero Gas Tax. He proposes making it “net-zero,” where we [...]
Stimulus Sloppiness, A Graphic Introduction
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Technorati Tags: allie, asay, bailout, obama, stimulus, trever
Will Obama’s Stimulus Help in Time? The CBO Does Not Think So
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Creating further problems for Obama’s stimulus proposal, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded that 1/4, or $355 billion of Obama’s proposed $825 billion discretionary stimulus plan, will not touch the economy before 2011 (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aJAoR5GECKWo&refer=home). I cannot comment on whether this report is true, but it exposes one of the problems of relying on government [...]
Why I am Against Obama-mania
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Obama-mania is still in full swing. Everybody loves Obama, and his followers think that he is the best thing to happen since time immemorial. Every word he says inspires millions.
This is wrong. Obama is a politician. Yes, he may represent and lot of nice things to a lot of people, and his speeches may [...]
Response to Conservative Criticism of the Bush Legacy
Today, I came across an editorial in The Weekly Standard by Matthew Continetti that effectively refutes the conservative notion that the Bush legacy was damaged by Bush expanding government in cahoots with the Democrats (see Misreading History(1/26/09)). I strongly recommend reading this short article. Briefly, Continetti first summarizes the conservative criticism of the Bush legacy:
Somehow Republicans and [...]
President Barack H. Obama
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It goes without saying that congratulations are due to President Obama, and the movement he has ignited. Millions are inspired, and are hopeful that he can tackle the many challenges and problems facing the U.S. and the world. And as we all know, his election as President is a victory for American society. Though I [...]
Hamas Survival Belt
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This summarizes it all (see also my Posts Hamas Traps and Tricks (1/11/09) and U.N Aids and Abets Palestinian and Hezbollah Terrorists (1/7/09)):
Technorati Tags: Bagley, bombing, Civilians, gaza, hamas, israel, suicide, survival belt, terrorism
A Trillion Dollar Disaster
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Word has just come out that Zimbabwe has issued a 10 trillion dollar note, and will soon issue a 100 trillion dollar note. I can go on and on about the disaster going on in Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe dictatorship, inflation, health care disaster, poverty, wrecked economy, hopelessness, starvation, and so on. One can easily [...]
Crossing Israel’s Breaking Point Yields Unity and Success
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Enduring Hamas missiles aimed at its civilians for over eight years, Israel has had enough. In other words, Hamas hit Israel’s breaking point, and now should be quite sorry it did. This war has unified Israel’s mainstream political spectrum in dealing with Gaza and Hamas. And when Israel has consensus in a matter, it acts [...]
Hamas Traps and Tricks
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Today, Steven Erlanger in the New York Times reported about traps and tricks used by Israel and Hamas in the current war over Gaza. See Gaza War is Full of Traps and Trickery By Both Hamas and Israel (1/11/09). What is remarkable are the “traps and tricks” employed by Hamas:
“[W]ith training from Iran and Hezbollah . . . [...]
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