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Monthly Archives: March 2009

“Smart-ass MBAs…”

But the list of causes of the collapse of the financial system [as cited by Obama] does not include the absence of universal health care, let alone of computerized medical records. Nor the absence of an industry-killing cap-and-trade carbon levy. Nor the lack of college graduates. Indeed, one could perversely make the case that, if [...]

Wiretapping Hypocrisy.

Here’s the Wall Street Journal: In a federal lawsuit, the Obama legal team is arguing that judges lack the authority to enforce their own rulings in classified matters of national security. The standoff concerns the Oregon chapter of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, a Saudi Arabian charity that was shut down in 2004 on evidence that [...]

Rushbo fires back.

It’s being hailed as the anti-Godfather offer: Rush Limbaugh makes President Obama an offer he can’t accept. [Limbaugh] My point here is that these are really odious, empty, nasty people who are feasting on their own arrogance.  They are power hungry.  But, you know what?  They’ve never had a serious debate over ideas. Their goal [...]

How much is enough?

E.J. Dionne is reinforcing the old political adage that conservatives believe in equal opportunity while liberals believe in equal outcomes. Dionne defends income redistribution in a ridiculous column titled, “Why Obama Is Right About Inequality.” Dionne says that politicians should be “pushed relentlessly to address” the question: “Do they believe that a fairer distribution of [...]

U.N. Lesson for Obama.

It took longer than it should have, but the State Department finally decided late last week to drop out of the horror show that is the United Nations conference on racism. The conference scheduled for April in Geneva is the follow-up to the U.N. confab in Durban, South Africa, in 2001 that proved too much [...]

Kudlow agrees.

A few days ago I titled a post Obama’s War on Small Business. It just is what it is, bad economics. Here’s input from CNBC’s Larry Kudlow: He [President Obama] is declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds. That is the meaning of his anti-growth tax-hike proposals, which [...]