If it’s broke, don’t fix it.

Steve Kelley.

Do not pass Go

Lisa Benson.

Republican anger at ‘financial socialism’

Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate banking committee, warned “we could very well spend $700bn and not resolve the crisis”. He called on the US to exhaust “all reasonable alternatives” before committing itself to the plan.
Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina said: “I am very sceptical of this proposal and am extremely frustrated that [...]

Is America becoming socialist?

Two of the nationalised corporations, Fannie May and Freddie Mac, are by far the biggest mortgage lenders in the world, with $5 trillion of mortgages and loans on their books. That’s five times India’s GDP, to put their size in perspective. The third corporation, AIG, is the biggest insurance company in the world. No nationalisation [...]

Hot Air Balloon Ride

A hot air balloon ride was on Barb’s bucket list, so for her 50th birthday present, Sarah, Lisa, and I bought her a ride. We took off at sunrise from Waterloo, NE and followed the Elkhorn River valley until we touched down just north of Elk City (north of Elkhorn). Wildlife was plentiful. We saw [...]

Canadian columnist vs. Sarah Palin

It’s possible that Republican men, sexual inadequates that they are, really believe that women will vote for a woman just because she’s a woman.
Consider the joy that would reign if someone wrote that “Democrats, racial guilt-mongers that they are, really believe that African-Americans will vote for an African-American just because he’s an African-American.”
LILEKS James [...]

Protecting marriage to protect children

Marriage is society’s most pro-child institution. In 2002 — just moments before it became highly unfashionable to say so — a team of researchers from Child Trends, a nonpartisan research center, reported that “family structure clearly matters for children, and the family structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological [...]

Biden calls paying higher taxes a patriotic act

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people,” Biden said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get [...]

Why we should reject socialism

At the same time there is a threat posed to human freedom by the enormous power of the modern state. History teaches the dangers of government that over-reaches, political control taking precedence over free economic growth, secret police, mindless bureaucracy all combining to stifle individual excellence and personal freedom. And one of the simple but [...]

Hackers block Qaeda’s 9/11 terror on tape

Sources close to US intelligence said, “Hackers knocked out Al Qaeda’s online means of communication, thus preventing them from posting anything to commemorate the anniversary.”
Hackers block Qaeda’s 9/11 terror on tape- Hindustan Times.
Bravo!