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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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Earthquake

Posted on February 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

We all know that Haiti experienced a total and complete disaster last month.  People are seriously struggling to find even drinkable water.  In fact, the goal of charities is to distribute 1 million tarps to the folks there on the island.

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Do You Ever Wonder?

Posted on February 28, 2010 | 4 comments

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal,  claiming to represent the common man, derides Sarah Palin for being common?

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal, claiming to represent the poorest of us, guarantees that those very people can find no work by raising the minimum wage above what that person can produce?

Do you ever wonder why the Liberal, claiming to want to extend coverage to more Americans, wants to make that coverage more expensive?

If you have, then this video is for you:

Hat tip:  American Elephants

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I am Going Shopping

Posted on February 25, 2010 | Leave a comment

When I was young, my dad told me that I needed health insurance.  I kinda laughed it off.  However, through my 20’s, I went through periods where I did and then did not have coverage.  Looking back, I should have maintained coverage for the duration; I never should have taken insurance “holidays”.  But where I was right when I did have coverage was the type of policy I bought.

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The Virtue of "No"

Posted on February 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

All too often folks on the Hill who don’t agree with the Liberal agenda are cast as the “Party of No”.  As if all they wanna do is stall legislation and attack for pure political points.  Then we’re told that Washington is broken.

“Washington right now is broken,” Vice President Joe Biden told “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith. “I don’t ever recall a time in my career where, to get anything done, you needed a supermajority – 60 out of 100 senators.”

“I’ve never seen it this dysfunctional,” added Biden.

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An Amazing Article

Posted on February 17, 2010 | 2 comments

You know that feeling?  The one where you are getting your head slammed into a wall and then it suddenly stops?  Oh how it feels so good.  Which, if you are like me and believe that all people are good and will eventually see the light, only makes the shattering of hope all the more painful when the beating continues.

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How to Sell More Beer

Posted on February 16, 2010 | 3 comments

Many of my friends work in the service industry.  Some either currently own or have owned their own joint.  Many have managed one.  When discussing politics or economics with the more liberal of them, I often get push back on my thoughts and ideas.  The concept that a free’er market would help everyone is foreign to them.  The idea that reducing or eliminating the minimum wage is a horror story; they run away screaming.

But I just go back to the bar room.  And I ask 1 simple question:

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Feature Not Bug

Posted on February 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

A long time ago [longer than I like] I turned 10.  My folks performed the usual; presents, cake and a party.  My friends came over, maybe spent the night, fun was had and Normal America ruled the day.  But there was something else that occurred on that birthday.  See, when I turned 10 that year, I was given something that I am still enjoying today; a job!

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