By Deborah Durkee on
11/29/2008 4:28 PM
Rich Lowry on the terror attacks in India.
Lowry is the editor of National Review, and he says the war on terror is “fundamentally a global counterinsurgency:”
India has long been a terrorist target. Only Iraq has lost more people in attacks during the past four years. But the days-long assault on the financial capital of Mumbai was an escalation, as well-trained “fidayeen” shock troops methodically murdered their way through the city’s symbols of wealth and openness to the world.
Mumbai had been bit in 1993, in car bombs placed at public landmarks (the toll: 257 dead), and in 2006, in bombs targeting the city’s commuter trains (183 dead). In the main, these acts of terror victimized ordinary Indians. Using armed attackers in a tactic associated with Pakistani militants in the disputed territory of Kashmir, the latest assault more...
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By huffer_g on
11/29/2008 1:27 PM
Tradition of the American culture is under attack. It has been noticed as the “War on Christmas” and Bill O’Reilly is calling it a “Culture War” but it is more than either of these. Culture War makes it sound like there are two parties slugging it out. This culture war is much more like the “War on Terror” in that, though it may have been declared by one side, it was either not taken seriously or not noticed at all. The attacks are small and stealthy, seemingly isolated and innocuous.
However, those attacking are attacking the traditions and customs of the common American culture.
Tradition is defined by Webster as:
1. a: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom)
b: a belief or story or a body of beliefs or stories relating to the past that are commonly accepted as historical...
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By Deborah Durkee on
11/28/2008 9:16 AM
Conservatives must co-opt liberals’ Internet advantage with information, not opinion.
Patrick Ruffini is a Republican strategist and founder of www.TheNextRight.com . He thinks the Left’s online movement is a force to be reckoned with sooner rather than later or the Right could find itself in the woods for a long time:
The four-year ascent of Barack Obama from state senator to president marks not just the triumph of a man, but the coming of age of a movement.
That movement belongs to liberal (or “progressive”) Democrats, who in less than a decade have remade themselves. Once respected only in academia and the news media, they have become a fighting force. They systemically digitized the means of political organization and strategy, with the ultimate goal of dominating the political system — “Crush...
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By Ted on
11/27/2008 7:36 AM
What we need to do this Thanksgiving is be thankful for all we have and not sit around with our head in our hands and cry about what could be or could have been. We are the luckiest people God has ever place on the face of this earth and we need to act like it. The glass is over half full and we act like it is empty. Sure we have problems and sure we might have lost money in the market or even lost our jobs but we still live in the best place in the world. If you want to do something about your situation that is one thing, if you want somebody else to do something about your situation you need a swift kick in the ass to dislodge your head. This is the time when real men and women act responsible not cry on their pillows and hope they win the lottery. Look at what you have, think about what you want and work on a plan to make that happen. More importantly...
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By Deborah Durkee on
11/27/2008 6:50 AM
The real story of Thanksgiving.
Here’s a portion of Rush Limbaugh’s story as he read it yesterday on his program. It has become a tradition for Rush to read this story the day before Thanksgiving. The story comes from his second book, “See, I told you so,” and recounts William Bradford’s own story of the lessons learned by the Pilgrims. Please, do yourself a favor, in the spirit of the holiday, and read the whole thing from Rush’s website.
"On August 1, 1620, the Mayflower set sail. It carried a total of 102 passengers, including forty Pilgrims led by William Bradford. On the journey, Bradford set up an agreement, a contract, that established just and equal laws for all members of the new community, irrespective of their religious beliefs. Where did the revolutionary ideas expressed in the Mayflower Compact come from? From the Bible. " Snip –
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By Ted on
11/26/2008 9:49 AM
What we are seeing to day is a bunch of political hacks trying to swim against the current of market place realities. Anybody who has been in a basic level economics class knows that equilibrium is when something is offered at a price people are willing to pay. You also learn that when you corrupt the marketplace with artificial components like forced compliance with regulations that distort equilibrium or a stimulus that is not sustainable; it just gums up marketplace machinery. It’s like placing a tourniquet on a wound, it may stop the bleeding but you won’t live long if the body doesn’t heal itself. All we are doing today is prolonging the inevitable. We should be letting the market run its course within the rules of the market place. Rules establish courses of action that sometimes are painful but...
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By Deborah Durkee on
11/26/2008 7:52 AM
Where does this bailout rate with other expensive outlays by the government?
This puts it all in perspective. The numbers in the bailouts are extremely difficult to wrap one’s mind around, luckily the web serves up folks we wouldn’t have access to in the past. This is from financial blogger Barry Ritzholtz, who crunches the frighteningly large numbers with history in mind:
Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis...
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By Deborah Durkee on
11/25/2008 8:15 AM
Which states are most economically free?
South Dakota is the most free and New York is the most economically oppressed says this report of the Pacific Research Institute. South Dakota has ”no corporate income tax, no personal income tax, no personal property tax, no business inventory tax, and no inheritance tax.” So, if you can stand the cold, it’s a good place to set up shop. Read on:
South Dakota, which ranked 15 in 2004 (the last time the Index was published), has assumed the notable spot as the nation’s most economically free state, while New York consistently remains the most economically oppressed state, ranking 50 in all three editions of the Index.
The net migration rate for the 20 freest states was 27.36 people per 1,000, while it was a low 1.17 people per 1,000 for the 20 most economically oppressed states. “People are moving to...
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By Ted on
11/24/2008 10:12 AM
Letter to your legislator, send it today and let them know you are watching!
This spending on failed businesses must stop! We have bankruptcy laws to handle these failed companies and throwing more money at the situation is not the answer. Government spending will not solve the current financial situation and will likely create the next crisis, an inflationary spiral, that will impact citizens more than a failed company meeting its deserved fate. The inflation and resulting price increases for goods that will occur with the amount of money being pumped into the economy will be the hidden tax that we all will be required to pay. As my representative I realize the decisions you must make are not easy but this is why you were elected, not to just follow the crowd and lead us over a cliff. If you have a solution that will work, go for it, but if you do nothing to eliminate the potential inflation that I suspect will occur, you become part of the problem. It is one thing to do something in difficult times to deal with a situation but if it leads to a known negative outcome and you do nothing to stop it you are responsible....
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By Deborah Durkee on
11/24/2008 8:47 AM
U.S. needs missile defense against an EMP attack.
Brian T. Kennedy is president of the Claremont Institute and a member of the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense. Here are snippets of his sobering Wall Street Journal report.
First, as the defender of the Free World, the U.S. will be the target of destruction or, more likely, strategic marginalization by Russia, China and the radical Islamic world.
Second, this marginalization and threat of destruction is possible because the U.S. is not so powerful that it can dictate military and political affairs to the world whenever it wants. The U.S. has the nuclear capability to vanquish any foe, but is not likely to use it except as a last resort.
Third, America will remain in a condition of strategic vulnerability as long as it fails to build defenses against the...
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