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Bailouts and Earmarks
As we all know by now, Congress failed to pass the Bailout Bill on Monday for $700 billion (a number, apparently, the US Treasury just made up). If they pass it, they saddle taxpayers with the debt and socialize the banking system. If they don’t pass it, they tell us civilization will end as we [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )US Government Restricts Free Speech and Expression of Religion
The “separation of church and state,” such as it is, should keep the government from imposing a religion upon the people of this country. But regulations that squelch the speech of pastors? Can the US Government tell pastors what they can and cannot talk about? There is no law that I’m aware of that restricts [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Mortgage Meltdown
Image via Wikipedia I had been thinking this, but hadn’t seen anybody writing about it. Sub-prime mortgages have led to a financial crisis. The blame for sub-prime mortgages generally get laid on the greed of the mortgage bankers, but is that all there is to it? Twenty years ago I remember the push to get [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )FAA Strands Thousands of Passengers
You’ve probably read that American Airlines cancelled thousands of flights. I blame the government for a combination of ineptitude and heavyhandedness. From what I can tell, inspections of Southwest Airlines and others like American Airlines were light. Things were allowed to be “good enough.” The some FAA official was criticized. Southwest Airlines had to cancel [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Whatever They Believe is Fine with Me
I read an article on USAToday this week, Am I Raising Atheist Children? The gist of the story is that parents that are atheist and teach their children no religion are not teaching them to be atheist, but merely allowing them to choose for themselves. I never describe our family as “an atheist family” (I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )What to Do if Starbucks Closes?
If Starbucks was closed, I certainly wouldn’t stand outside the locked doors and complain about it. Luong is a regular at the Starbucks at Westheimer and Post Oak Boulevard, and employees had warned him about the closure. But 45 minutes after they locked the doors, he still was shivering outside, hanging out with a dozen [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Binge Drinking Elephants
Just for the record, Paris Hilton has not admitted to helping binge drinking elephants in India. CORRECTIVE: Paris Hilton Story Nov 13 07:44 PM US/Eastern GAUHATI, India (AP) – In a Nov. 13 story, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Praying for Rain
I first saw the news yesterday that governor of Georgia was going to lead a prayer for rain. I only briefly glanced over it; if I thought of it at all, it was to remark to myself that it’s probably only a photo op to appease his votors, or if he’s sincere, a passing wonder [...]
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