Id suggest that we call the decade past the Big Zero. It was a decade in which nothing good happened, and none of the optimistic things we were supposed to believe turned out to be true. From Op-Ed Columnist – The Big Zero – NYTimes.com
Tag: Pundit
Tie CO2 Tax to Temperature
John Tierney relays today what seems like a very sensible idea from economist Ross McKitrick, tie a carbon tax to the temperature. If the temperature rises the tax goes up, if the temperature does not rise (as McKitrick, a climate change skeptic thinks) the tax will stay at a low level. Temperature of the troposphere… Continue reading Tie CO2 Tax to Temperature
What Have They Wrought?
A new Rasmussen poll suggests that the Tea Party movement – funded and embraced by the Republican Party – is now more popular than the GOP itself. Tea Party movement is the new GOP? Are they now the party of Beck and Palin?
The Nation of Futurity
The Chinese now have lavish faith in their scientific and technological potential. Newsweek and Intel just reported the results of their Global Innovation Survey. Only 22 percent of the Chinese believe their country is an innovation leader now, but 63 percent are confident that their country will be the global technology leader within 30 years.… Continue reading The Nation of Futurity
Will You Go To Jail If You Don’t Buy Health Insurance?
Will You Go To Jail If You Don’t Buy Health Insurance? No. Section 501 of the House bill imposes a tax of 2.5 percent of adjusted gross income. You are exempted from the tax if you already have qualifying health insurance from your employer, if you receive benefits from Medicare or Medicaid, if you are… Continue reading Will You Go To Jail If You Don’t Buy Health Insurance?
favorability-unfavorability red-state-blue-state
Obama’s favorability-unfavorability rating in the South is 28-67, while it is 68-23 in the rest of the country. By way of The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Krugman: Nobody could have predicted
First, those who don’t want to nominate Hillary Clinton because they don’t want to return to the nastiness of the 1990s a sizable group, at least in the punditocracy are deluding themselves. Any Democrat who makes it to the White House can expect the same treatment: an unending procession of wild charges and fake scandals,… Continue reading Krugman: Nobody could have predicted
The Town Hall Mob
There was a telling incident at a town hall held by Representative Gene Green, D-Tex. An activist turned to his fellow attendees and asked if they “oppose any form of socialized or government-run health care.” Nearly all did. Then Representative Green asked how many of those present were on Medicare. Almost half raised their hands.… Continue reading The Town Hall Mob
Arthur Laffer is against government take over of Medicare
If you like the Post Office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they’re run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government. URL: http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/08/04/qotd/index.html I am so glad there are brave people out there like Arthur Laffer; of Laffer Curve fame; protesting Obama’s plan to… Continue reading Arthur Laffer is against government take over of Medicare
The Newsman Of The Millennials
by Chris Bodenner (Hat tip: GOOD) From: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-newsman-of-the-millennials.html