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Further to my prior post on the early arrival of Fitzmas for Illinois governor Ron Blagojevich , Frank Rich writes that Blagojevich is small fish to the culture of corruption that Pres. Bush has led . I agree that they are of like kind, but entirely different scale, sophistication, cynicism and hubris...
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Alex Tabarrok thought they should about a week ago because the costs of warfare in terms of economics and liberty are both so great and often under-estimated. This is an argument I find convincing, but now I'm not so sure. In recent comments about...
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More by Glenn Greenwald . Obama shows his true colors regarding his supposed desire for change, transparency and rule of law. As likely future Spy-in-Chief, why would he be interested in anything that might limit his own power? In the 70s, Nixon was impeached and forced to resign because of illegal domestic...
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Climate change, largely due to human activities, is currently underway, with more very serious - and largely unstoppable changes - expected in the next 25 years, and landowners, communities, farmers, businesses, communities and state and local government should pay attention, anticipate and start adapting...
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A rather extraordinary series of public communications directed from the White House towards NBC News by Ed Gillespie - long-time lobbyist, "communications" specialist and former director of the Republican National Committee and now chief replacement of spin-meister Karl Rove as wholly partisan...
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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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As I noted in my April 15 post, http://mises.org/Community/blogs/tokyotom/archive/2008/04/15/bush-hoist-by-own-petard-prepares-global-warming-initiative.aspx , President Bush has indeed just made a specific policy statement on climate change . There is much in it to discuss - and disagree with - in what...
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More at the Washington Times: http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080414/NATION/676175489/1001 And at the Wall Street Journal's enviro blog: http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/04/14/green-bush-white-house-to-push-climate-package/?mod=WSJBlog And, finally, at a press briefing at the White...
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This is one that is near and dear to my cigar-loving heart. Bush had vetoed this bill twice before that would have expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to include more children. It would have been funded by more tobacco taxes. Specifically, it would have increased the federal...
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Ron Bailey of Reason , reporting from Bali, has an interesting post up summarizing the discussion by James Connaughton, director of President Bush's Council on Environmental Quality, on one small aspect of the climate conundrum, namely, what would be actually involved in meeting the energy shortfall...
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and is now fervently praying that the Lilliputians tie down Gulliver, NOW. His latest post concludes: "America’s founding fathers were motivated by a similar belief that unchecked power, even when democratically legitimated, could be dangerous, which is why they created a constitutional system of...