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AMC. American Motors Corporation. Does anybody remember that one? They actually made some pretty cool cars. The Javelin and AMX come to mind. Forward thinking for the time, the AMX was a two-seat sports car with a 401 C.I.D. engine. Fast, good-handling. It actually competed well with GTOs, Camaros, Mustangs...
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The debate continues, among the economically illiterate lawmakers in Washington, D.C. About whether or not the Federal government should make some $25 billion available to the Detroit automakers to, supposedly, enable them to remain in business. As part of the theater surrounding this debate the Senate...
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The latest word from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is that he believes “we have stabilized the major financial firms” and that he does not anticipate any more failures of large companies. He has effectively declared victory in the so-called economic crisis that this nation is facing, a...
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The Federal government is about to stage yet another “bail-out” of a business which is “too important to fail.” This time the target will be Detroit's Big Three automakers, beginning with General Motors. We are hearing the now familiar drumbeat of predictions of horrible economic...
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 There are two ways in which to better your lot in life. One is to build yourself up. The other is to bring others down. We have all experienced people that have chosen one approach or the other. We all know someone who is always blaming someone else...
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One thing that is often misinterpreted is that certain institutions get their prestige because of what they produce. Although this has at times in the past been true, it is not to be automatically assumed at this point in American history. Many of the United States best known universities are not prestigious...
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I am now an official graduate of Iowa State University. Yes, a government public university. I feel accomplished, rightfully so, for graduating with a degree from an institution of "higher learning." My mother is proud of me. Am I proud? Yes/no. I'm proud of my hard work and intellectual...
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[I ran this originally as a "page" rather than as a "post", when I had simply put up Zappa`s lyrics. Since "posts" might be more visible to visitors I`ve decided to post this as well.] I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting...
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I ran across some interesting and topical Frank Zappa lyrics the other day, so I`m putting them up here. Does these resonate with anyone else? I have noted a few thoughts further below. I'm The Slime I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n...
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Thu, Apr 17 2008
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I had my trusty Nikon camera ready this morning after I made my latest donation to the Ron Paul campaign . I love that feature. Anyway, it is just sort of surreal for me to have an Austrian economist running a competitive campaign for President. I remember half a decade ago making Ron Paul for President...
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To make it perfectly clear: abstaining from voting is not a vote to abolish government. And if you wanted to pencil that in, you would still have to cast a ballot! To anarchists that refuse to use the political system as a tool to oppose the State, I poses this: If everyone person in America(besides...
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Strike-The-Root blogger Robert Kaercher charged Ron Paul with "converting people to statism" in response to him attracting people to political activision for the first time. His assertation lies on a several assumptions that I don't believe are valid. That people who ignore the political...