What's driving down stock prices? The Hedge Fund Contagion. They are puking everything to cover redemptions - and to shut down. High gain - high risk. That's the game.
Economist: Obama's socialism will wreck the economy. But that's the whole idea, isn't it? To bring down free markets and put politicians in control?
Greenspan's testimony yesterday.
With luck, the abominable Murtha may go down this year.
NYT debt drops to junk. They blame the economy.
Do you feel an attack of "non-filer syndrome" coming on? As I recall, NYC Mayor David Dinkins had a bad case of that affliction.
William Ayers: A media effort to hide the truth fails, thanks to blogger Patterico. But don't expect to read about it in the LAT. Related: Ayers was back at his bomb throwing as recently as 2006. Can anybody name one decent friend of Obama?
The quaint Dutch Death Boat. Holland: famous for tulips and death for young and old.
McCain outlines his presidential goals. It's about time.
The myth that laissez-faire is responsible for our problems: Reisman. It's a good essay, but provides no populist boob bait.
More on Dems wanting to eliminate 401-Ks. Would they dare?
What's up with this Obama fundraising? I see that both John Galt and Adolph Hitler have given money. When I gave money to McCain, I had to fill out a form. Much more from Ace. I feel like the whole country is in the middle of a giant con game.
The always-grandiose Obama claims a "righteous wind." Good grief. I cannot believe how self-referential this guy is. I guess he refers to God's banking and credit crisis that, thus far, pulled him up out of a hole.
More on intelligence and pattern-detection. AVI
Academic termites set the stage for Obama. Memo to self: never take political opinions from people who have never worked in the real world.
Speaking of the naive and innocent, why young folks should shun Obama, from Viking:
In a letter to young voters, Robert Samuelson writes that everybody's taxes will be heading skyward soon enough: "You'll pay Social Security and Medicare for aging baby boomers. The needed federal tax increase might total 50 percent over the next 25 years. Pension and health costs for state and local workers have doubtlessly been underestimated. There's the expense of decaying infrastructure -- roads, bridges, water pipes. All this will squeeze other crucial government services: education, defense, police." But those taxes will only be paid by the rich...until they won't.
Re Palin, via Surber:
It’s Lord of the Flies time for the media. She made the mistake of being different. I have not seen such a mass blind rage by the media since Clarence Thomas was “electronically lynched” by the press. Liberal racism was apparent then. Now it is liberal chauvinism. All women must be dowdy, angry libs who are fierce defenders of abortion rites — or else they aren’t real women.
"Rites"? That's clever. I prefer ladies who like to look good. I try to look good, too, on the off-chance that some gal will like me.
