Monthly Archives: November 2011

“This is stupidity writ large.”

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“Whose side are you on? And whose side do you think the Massachusetts legal system is on?”

McKay knows. Here’s a guy who, everyone agrees, was in his own home with his family when a neighborhood druggie tried to break into his truck and steal his tools. These are the tools McKay uses to put food on … Continue reading

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“The problem of escalating costs comes in large part from consumers being shielded from price signals.”

From Jonathan Gruber who advised both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama on health care reform. I say YOU BETCHA. Here’s the complete paragraph. Gruber also tells Capital NY that ObamaCare represents the last, best hope for a free-market solution to … Continue reading

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Nations reach a point of no return when the number of people mooching off government exceeds the number of people producing.

Yet Boulderites cling to the belief that Government is the solution. Read on. Are we there yet?

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VP’s closed-door transparency chat

Surprised? If so, you haven’t been paying attention.

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“There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner,” says hedge fund legend Mark Mobius, “because we haven’t solved any of the things that caused the previous crisis.”

Not a pretty picture.

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The stunning silence from the White House on GSE bonuses

Ed Morrisey at Hot Air highlights the Fannie and Freddie bonus situation. This video highlights Obama’s hypocrisy. Since the Enterprises have become government-funded entities, lavish payment packages have been doled out to their senior executives, and taxpayers have been footing … Continue reading

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Chinese and US political systems

From Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong recent lecture… Something in common: He said that the regime doesn’t listen to experts, and that Party officials are insufferably arrogant. “If you don’t agree with … Continue reading

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“It would only be a sign he was dumb if he were Republican.”

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New Boulder Mayor: Matt Applebaum

Apparently it was contentious, something to do with ballot issues 2B and 2C. Imagine that. Still, in my opinion, Matt is the perfect Mayor for Boulder. This quote from Shikka Dalmia’s article ‘Why Smart Presidents do Stupid Things’… So why … Continue reading

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How STOOPID does Steven Chu this we are?

Obama’s energy secretary: Politics had nothing to do with the Solyndra loan Guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow, but I’d say “PRETTY DAMN STOOPID”. Boulderites, feel free to disagree.

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DEBT CLOCK: Only $66 billion away from $15 trillion!

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“A right wing smear”

LOL. That’s Nancy Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill talking about 60 minutes. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s office accused the news program “60 Minutes” of omitting key information from its report Sunday on how members of Congress use privileged information to … Continue reading

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Hope and Change

Hope and Change 1 Hope and Change 2

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Justin Timberlake: Marine Corps Ball “changed my life”

My first thought is that the article was a joke. Not so. The GQ favorite has always been a vocal supporter of the armed forces — but his glimpse into the camaraderie and closeness of the Marine Corps taught him … Continue reading

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Boomers: The Big Picture not a pretty One.

Walter Russell Mead: Listen Up, Boomers: The Backlash Has Begun All of this was done by a generation that never lost its confidence that it was smarter, better educated and more idealistic than its Depression-surviving, World War-winning, segregation-ending, prosperity-building parents. … Continue reading

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Individual Mandate: Obama was against it before he supported it

That was the 2008 Obama. Who knew?

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Glenn Reynolds: But Solyndra isn’t just a case of bad judgment. But it’s green energy so almost any amount of poor judgment and cronyism is “OK”.

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Get ‘um while they last

Stockpile those 100W incandescent lightbulbs. Which leads us back to Home Depot. After checking prices on Amazon.com, eBay and a wide variety of online lighting specialty firms, the lowest prices I found were at Home Depot. They charge $3.97 for … Continue reading

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A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search

Sweet. Out tax dollars at work subsidizing clean energy. No objections from Boulderites I suspect. What I’d like to know is at what level, if any, would Boulderites object to government subsidies for “clean” energy? The project is also a … Continue reading

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