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Tuesday, December 29. 2009

Tuesday morning links

Sign via Theo


How Manhattan is out to lunch. Olasky


Expel Students Who Might Kill Themselves? Minding the Campus


Last exit to utopia. City Journal


Iran: The stolen election. Am Scholar


Contemporary Art and Reviving Civilisation. New English Review


Bomb suspects were released from Gitmo


The Dem war against the not-so-rich and the aspiring


Via Riehl re the O and Duncan:



Continuing to follow up on what can be learned of Barack Obama's tenure as the Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), evaluations of the program during his tenure available on line demonstrate that in his only real executive test, Barack Obama was a dismal failure squandering millions of dollars on education programs which had basically no real effect.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:04 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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The Townhall article starts out a bit oddly. I have no problem with the UHO collectors keeping some money, nor do I have a problem with the UHO management clearing $100k per year in Manhattan. Why? Because, and I can attest to this, $100k in Manhattan (or in the surrounding suburbs) is middle class.

I make only slightly more than this, and with a family of 4 (2 kids), living in this area is VERY TIGHT. I can barely afford my mortgage, and my entire savings for the future is a 401(k) which I cannot fund fully.

I'm sorry that people in the rest of the country think $100k in New York is "rich" - I remember Hillary Clinton once sayint this. But it is not. It is not even remotely rich here.

On the other hand, if these head honchos are single and have rent-controlled apartments, then they are doing pretty well. I still wouldn't call them rich by any stretch, but they live a pretty good life.

That said, the gist of the article remains accurate - I'm just tired of the misunderstandings of income that this nation is beset with. If I had my income in Charleston, SC or South Bend, Indiana - yes, I'd be wealthy. If I lived 3 hours west of NYC and didn't have to commute - yes, I'd be wealthy.

But here, commuting 1 1/2 hours a day for the "PLEASURE" of working in Manhattan - I am decidedly middle class, thank you.
#1 Rick on 2009-12-29 10:31 (Reply)
True of most of southern New England too. Thus so many - too many- two income households.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2009-12-29 10:40 (Reply)
The bomb suspect story gives Barry an opportunity to blame Bush for how well “the system worked”. The bad guys were released to art therapy under the previous administration. “Another nice mess you’ve gotten me into, George!”
#2 foxmarks (Link) on 2009-12-29 10:51 (Reply)
"...Obama was a dismal failure squandering millions of dollars on education programs which had basically no real effect."

And he's moving that record of success forward in his tenure as president.
#3 ahem on 2009-12-29 13:09 (Reply)
A very important speech here: http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis.asp
#4 The Distributist on 2009-12-30 00:16 (Reply)
Hillsdale has long been a favorite venue for conservative thinkers to unveil a new speech to announce a new initiative or policy. Ronald Reagan most famously, but many others too. Here's a quickie Bing search that points to some Reagan speeches --the texts as well as the performances on You Tube.

Dunno whether to watch 'em or not --will they lift up, as usual? Or will they cast down, rubbing it in that where we are and what we have today could hardly have fallen farther from the Ronald Reagan ideal, and still remain here on planet Earth.
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2009-12-30 07:10 (Reply)
http://www.bing.com/search?om=0&sig=06F657239B384408BB02EDFCF9BF114E&q=speeches+at+Hillsdale+College&FORM=Z9FD4
#4.1.1 buddy larsen on 2009-12-30 07:14 (Reply)
Pay no attention to the sign. there's not enough park rangers to enforce it --just get off the beaten path a ways and you can eat all the coon dung you want. Possum too! (``burp``)
#5 buddy larsen on 2009-12-30 05:59 (Reply)
Boo, me be missing all the coons around Racoon Acres that I had leave to come to the queeerest State in the Union.

But me must confess i never desired nor acquired a taste for the droppings of me friends.

One of me wives liked to play with her poop but I lost track of her where abouts so i cain't I'd give ya her addey.
#5.1 Leag on 2010-01-04 18:46 (Reply)

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