Monthly Archives: March 2010

People Say I'm Crazy

Posted on March 11, 2010 | 2 comments

Look, for a long time I was pretty much politically agnostic.  I thought I knew where I stood on some issues; abortion, capital punishment guns.  You know, the biggies.  I really didn’t care about taxation, Liberty and economic freedom.  And then it all changed.

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Over Selling Their Complaints

Posted on March 10, 2010 | Leave a comment

There is quite a fight here in Raleigh over our schools.  Because of the way we build school districts here in Carolina, our district is the 18th largest in the nation.  And because we are so large, we have quite the diversity; and with it–debate.

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Selling Insurance Not Medical Care

Posted on March 10, 2010 | Leave a comment

Barack Obama is a one man traveling fun show these days.  He’s out everyday holding his famous town halls and campaigning like he’s running for President.  Why?

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I HATE Airline Delays

Posted on March 9, 2010 | Leave a comment

Serious.  I absolutely hate it when we board the plans, taxi some and then have to wait on the tarmac.  I hate it for three reasons:

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Where Brad and Britt Are Wrong: Version I

Posted on March 6, 2010 | Leave a comment

Some time ago I was listening to Brad and Britt.  They were debating the health care bill [i think?] and one of the points a caller made was that government is unable to do anything well.  Personally I subscribe to this theory and I think it is an excellent point in trying to defeat the current form of health care legislation.  That being said, Britt tried to defend the government by claiming that the government is able to run parks well; State and National.

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We'll Never Run Out of Oil

Posted on March 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

Wanna really quick proof?

We still haven’t run out of trees or whales.

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Republicans Can Only Blame Themselves

Posted on March 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

There is a decent chance, better than 50-50 right now, that Obama will pass his health care turkey.  If he does, Republicans are partly to blame.

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A Real Medical Care Solution

Posted on March 3, 2010 | 2 comments

Remember the bad old days?  Back before AT&T was split up?  See, prior to 1984, the government required certain services from AT&T.  In exchange for providing these services, the government allowed AT&T to operate in a near monopoly.  [notice that without the government enacting certain regulations, AT&T would not have been able to construct such a monopoly on it’s own.]  After that divestiture, AT&T was forced to compete and guess what happened?

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Keith Olbermann is a Big Fat Liar

Posted on March 2, 2010 | 5 comments

I held off on this for a while.  Olbermann is talking about some very personal and painful experiences and I wasn’t sure it was appropriate to politicize this.  Then I realized that he already had.

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When the Government Rations

Posted on March 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Do you wanna know what happens when the government, through fiat, controls a market?  It rations the service or product.  And what the government sees as a cost, the private sector sees as an investment.  And what do you get?

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