Drex Davis Recent Posts- Why I supported Proposition 102 in Arizona (and Prop. 8 in CA)
- Today I voted Libertarian, and it felt great
- oh, this is rich; the “maestro” suprised, and Waxman hits all the wrong notes
- My ongoing battle with NJ
- Thugz at the DailyKos targeting Mormons
- Painkillers vs. Cocaine
- Is Obama inevitable?
- The Super Easy Guide To Understanding the Financial Crisis
- Responding to an Altgate blog - We the people are not We the investors
- 72 cents for your soul, young one
When guppies eat their young . . .
The day Dana Milbank turns on a liberal presidential nominee is probably the day that liberal presidential nominee has crossed the rubicon and can kiss his hopes goodbye.
I’m not kidding. Today may mark the day. You have the read the article.
Dana Milbank of all people!
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Love and Demands
This story is a good reminder that those who truly love us demand the most from us so that we can fulfill our potential . . .
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What is government doing to your money?
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Robotics - playing fetch has never been weirder
here’s to robot dogs/mules.
amazing.
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Scathing, Lucid, Brilliant Dismemberment of the Obamessiah by “the Hammer”
Charler Krauthammer, that is.
Some people say, “The emperor has not clothes” and they’re right, but not poetic.
Others, like Krauthammer, say it with such bite, such wit, and such conviction, that you can only say, “Wow, that’s going to leave a mark.” And then cringe on behalf of the target.
Read his most recent op-ed, here. He is spot on about Obama and his audacity and emptiness.
The truth, many are realizing, is that the “would be” emperor has no clothes.
Krauthammer just says it best.
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Chuck Schumer fails IndyMac Bank
This is some choice info from the IndyMac story . . .
IndyMac, which once employed 10,000, fell prey to a classic run on the
bank, and regulators singled out Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) for
helping fuel massive withdrawals. On June 26, the Schumer said in
letters to the FDIC, the OTS and two other federal agencies that
IndyMac may have “serious problems” with its loan holdings.
Nice job there …
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IndyMac Bank fails
It won’t be the last. Sadly.
I’m having visions of the bank run in “It’s a Wonderful Life” only there’s no George Bailey at the helm.
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Offense Taking is an Artform
And this woman is a master-class artist!
But maybe I’m just the pot calling the kettle black . . .
First step to being a master-class offense taker? Fail to understand language. Check.
Second step to being a master-class offense taker? See all communication through the prism of race (or gender, or political affiliation, etc.). Check.
Here’s a preview into the article:
In my talk, I included the time-honored saying, “the pot calls the kettle black.” Afterward, the African American woman who was the leader of the training program (a good friend of mine, incidentally), came to me in something of a dither. “Do you realize what you said?” she asked. “That is very offensive to black people.”
I said, “Look, Linda, the saying refers to a pot and a kettle hanging on hooks over a fire. That’s the way they cooked in medieval times. It means that both pot and kettle become blackened by the fire. The analogy is that when you criticize someone else while ignoring your own faults, this is like the “pot calling the kettle black.” Both pot and kettle are black. Of course, she simply responded that it doesn’t matter what the real meaning of the saying is . . .
(HT: The Corner)
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The misleading, but effective, meme you’ll be hearing for the next 5 months
In visual form (see the graphic below).
Politics is interesting, if for nothing else than the sinister way politicians imply that (1) some politicians are responsible for all bad in the world and (2) some politicians are responsible for all good in the world and (3) all politicians believe they’re in the second category while their political adversaries are in the first.
Most politicians are incompetent. They’re experts in (a) making outrageous promises that are incompatible with economic law and human nature in exchange for votes, (b) ingratiating themselves with special interests and (c) pressing the flesh at cocktail parties in order to carry out (a) and (b).
Oh yeah, and they’re good at voting themselves pay increases.
The skills you need to get elected are primarily a combination of charisma and the ability to look someone in the eye and tell them a falsehood. The skills to you need to run an organization are integrity and the ability to look someone in the eye and tell them the truth.
As to the graph below, long-tern inflation is a monetary phenomenon. Short-term inflation is a fixed-supply/rising-demand phenomenon that is usually short lived and usually remedies itself.
I have a belief that we’re in a commodity bubble (in the short term, but a rising trend in the long term). The price of crude oil will likely plummet at some point in the next 8 months. By more than half.
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The way to be free from worry is to panic
I had to laugh out loud when I read this quote from Cullen Hightower today.
We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
Anyone who knows me is aware that this pretty sums my personality.
I’ve pretty much never met a worry I didn’t like, and if a worry is really lucky, it gets to be one of my panics.
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