It looks like VP choices will be announced today or Monday. Cell phones will be abuzzing with text messages, I’m guessing, today. Since it’s almost certain that I’ll be royally disappointed, I thought I’d chime in once again on what I’d like to see.
Barack Obama should choose Chuck Hagel.
John McCain should choose Joe Lieberman.
Why? Because […]

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On Kedrosky’s blog todayhe posts that we’re screwed either way oil prices go.
1) oil goes up and our economy is in trouble (eats up all consumers’ disposable income, inflation, etc)
2) oil goes down and alternative energy funded bets don’t make sense.
I think this is crap. Paul’s right from a historical perspective: after the oil embargo […]

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dear children,
I think we’re sorry for what we’ve done to you. I say “think” because I don’t believe that most Americans have any idea what’s going on right now.
We’re sorry that we’re sandbagging you with massive amounts of debt that will potentially reduce your standard of living. Someone called it “indentured slavery”. And I don’t […]

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dear reader,
I’ve spent much of the past year reading about current events, economics, and policy. In the past few months my head has felt like it’s going to explode from all the news. I feel that now. It doesn’t matter what I was just reading that caused my latest attack, suffice to say that today’s […]

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