Author Archives: ChrisA

Social Security

Yikes, I was hoping to leave the social security solvency problem to my kids. Now that it’s predicted to arrive six years early it appears I might live long enough to experience the problem. Interestingly enough now that Obama is … Continue reading

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It takes an expert

When it comes to global warming, well especially global warming, the opinion of the Daily Camera editorial staff and more than a few commenters is if you’re not an expert you’re in no position to criticize and can’t possibly have … Continue reading

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FDA incompetence

As I mentioned previously, Daily Camera editorial page editor Erika Stutzman has taken the FDA to task about the United States food supply, most recently Pistachio nuts with salmonella poisening. What she doesn’t do is offer any remedies, simply notes … Continue reading

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401K: Stable value fund

Stable Value? Chrysler Fund Shows Woes Still Lurking It boggles my mind that there are companies that do not offer money market funds but do offer stable value funds as a “cash” investment option. In my previous engineering job (before … Continue reading

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Warning: Don’t run the table

When we get together with the in-laws all six of us play liverpool rummy. I ran the table this evening and didn’t get a single point. My name is now “mud”, and will be broadcast to the rest of the … Continue reading

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Jay Cutler, a take from a SW Florida columnist

David Moulton: Bucs make mistake by not getting Cutler The QB’s that have won the last six Super Bowls? The last six Super Bowls have been won by Tom Brady, the Manning brothers and Roethlisberger. Not a lot of “projects” … Continue reading

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Ya think?

One thing’s for sure — this would have been a bigger story if it had been Bush.

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Say it ain’t so Joe

Biden credits stimulus for fire station funded under Bush

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Global warming guilt

Small islands urge deep CO2 cuts, fear rising seas. No mention in this article of any measurable rise in sea level to date.

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Phages and the FDA

I read this Popular Science article on Phages during the airplane ride to Florida. Is the FDA helping or hurting? Instapundit chimes in as well.

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Who doesn’t want safe food?

Erika takes on the FDA once again regarding safety in our food supply. This time it’s regarding the pistachio salmonella poisening outbreak. Which leads me to ask why the FDA is trying to expand their jurisdiction to regulating the tobacco … Continue reading

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Caution

From the March 31st Naples Daily News letters to the editor section (scroll down to “The message?”). Editor, Daily News: Look at the picture on the front page of Thursday’s Local & State section, headlined “Jane of the jungle.” Looks … Continue reading

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Lauren Siegel meet Poul Nyrum Rasmussen

Lauren, I suspect you and your many like minded friends would enjoy a nice glass of wine with Poul Nyrum Rasmussen. To bring yourself up to speed, read Poul’s editorial, “The Socialist Solution to the Crisis”, in todays Wall Street … Continue reading

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Cigarette/tobacco tax

The Daily Camera has a short write-up on the recently implemented tobacco tax. My comments are… I sure hope the recipients of all these tax dollars don’t count their chickens before they hatch. And for the rest of us, as … Continue reading

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Another typical global warming diatribe

Lauren Siegel of Boulder brings us another typical “global warming, the world is coming to an end” diatribe mixed in with support Obama. Her first claim… America is facing bigger challenges than we’ve seen in generations — a collapsing global … Continue reading

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Cavuto admits past mistakes

April fools.

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Unbelievable

at least to me. The Naples Daily news comments on Obama’s entourage to the G-20 summit. Liberals, I’m interested in your justifications. Here’s the editorial in it’s entirety. Editorial: President Obama … too much of an entrance? The heads of … Continue reading

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From Zero to 20% windpower generation

Warren Buffett’s utility company, Mid-America energy, has dramatically increased its energy production from wind. The story, from Buffett’s 2009 letter to investors reads as follows… MidAmerican has maintained this extraordinary price stability while making Iowa number one among all states … Continue reading

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Is it against the law?

That’s a vital question and Glenn Beck takes on Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal regarding exactly that when it comes to his bullying of AIG executives/employees receiving bonuses.

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ACORN, Obama and The New York Times

Gotta love this. The Power Troika consisting of ACORN, the Obama campaign and the “All the news that’s fit to print” newspaper, the New York Times and the “spiking” of a campaign corruption news story. I was going through the … Continue reading

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