Monthly Archives: September 2008

Sing for change roundup

Instapundit has a roundup of comments regarding the Sing for Change performance. Young Pioneer Camps? The Obama campaign is apparently quite pleased. Well, they had a posting on the community page of their web site but it has been taken … Continue reading

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Chris Mathews – arrogant

Chris Mathews of MSNBC interviews his daughter and doesn’t feel the need to identify her. If you step back and think about it, isn’t it inconceivable that someone who works in the MSM would do such a thing? Somewhere I … Continue reading

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Another math teacher “sees the light”

Another (small) blow against constructivist math. Concurrently, I’ve been reading more about the current state of the American educational system. A common theme seems to be how the progressive-constructivist philosophy has by and large supplanted the traditional, instructivist methods in … Continue reading

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Snow on Mars

So says NASA. Way cool.

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Media in the tank for Obama

Enlightening, although not surprising. Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single … Continue reading

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CBC admits error in judgement

The Canadian Broadcasting Network admitted an error in judgement regarding a recent attack article on Sarah Palin by Heather Mallick. Vince Carlin, the CBC ombudsman, has now issued his assessment of the Mallick column. He doesn’t fault her for riling … Continue reading

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Trickle down brainwashing

Update to 5:02pm. (9/30/08) From the Sing for Change website… As Sunday approached, a neighbor volunteered a home. Production wizards got wind of the project and offered their help in recordingit. The likes of Jeff Zucker, Holly Schiffer, Peter Rosenfeld, … Continue reading

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Nancy Pelosli, the anti-gravitas Speaker of the House

Katie Allison Ganju of Knoxnews blogs on why Nancy Pelosi must go… However, the speech was incredibly inappropriate. At a moment when the Speaker should have been rallying the entire membership of the House to pull together as Americans and … Continue reading

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T+1 on Boulder County $35,000 ballot reprint

Made the Longmont Times Call yesterday, so far nothing in the Boulder Daily Camera.

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Look in the mirror….

Now that the bubble has burst and the “systemic risk” is apparent to all, Frank blithely declares: “The private sector got us into this mess.” Well, give the congressman points for gall. Wall Street and private lenders have plenty to … Continue reading

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Pelosi: Do your job

I’m sure Nancy Pelosi dislikes George Bush much more than Clay Evans does. That leaves very little doubt that screwing the Republicans and George Bush is much more important to here than passing the bailout plan. Powerline has some interesting … Continue reading

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Boulder County ballot printing error

This ballot printing error costs Boulder County $35 thousand in an uncontested election. I hope they take the $35k out of the county prairie dog fund! The Longmont Times Call has once again scooped the Boulder Daily Camera. DC, the … Continue reading

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Fannie and Freddie the root of the problem

An IBD editorial written by Fred L. Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute addresses how Fannie and Freddie are at the heart of the financial crisis. Going back in time… But eight years ago, when I testified before Congress that … Continue reading

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Republican Study Committee has a plan…

Read about it over at OpenMarket.org. Here’s the meat and potato’s and some comments on mark-to-market… The RSC plan is chock-full of measures to remove barriers to economic growth and market-distorting subsidies. It would suspend capital gains taxes to put … Continue reading

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Modify “mark to market” and short sale rules

This accounting rule is forcing financial institutions to write down their debt securities to ridiculously low values which only causes the problems to “trickle down”. I’m not necessarily advocating getting rid of it. Apparently mark to market rules came after … Continue reading

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Asian stock markets open lower

(click to enlarge) Get your asian stock market quotes here. Most major asian stock markets have opened down between 4 – 5%.

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Oil plunged today

Get your oil price charts live charts. The above is a 1 hour chart. All the “dead space” is due to the weekend. Think this has OPEC concerned? Short term, “yes” and long term “no”.

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Gold is jittery

Get your gold price update at kitco.com.

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Are their lips moving?

LOL.

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Typical Daily Camera Hatchet job

Clay Evans picks up the “It’s all Bush’s fault” baton in this Daily Camera editorial. Clay concludes… But at the political level, I wonder: Would we still be arguing, or would he look at the relative prosperity of the Clinton … Continue reading

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