Monthly Archives: February 2009

Manufacturing Suffers

Some more grim news… Via the Economist: $0.00, not counting fuel and handling: that is the cheapest quote right now if you want to ship a container from southern China to Europe. Back in the summer of 2007 the shipper … Continue reading

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Rat in the mouse house?

Well, something like that: You’ve heard a lot about the astonishing spending in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, signed into law this week by President Barack Obama. But you probably haven’t heard about a provision in the bill that … Continue reading

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uh-oh – Nearly One-Forth of the House got donations from corrupt firm connected to Murtha

I suspect there will be some sort of fallout from this here: More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close … Continue reading

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RedState Update on the Killer Chimpanzee

Jackie and Dunlap on the recent chimp attack in Connecticut. RedState Update HQ

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Racism, Race Baiting and the Stoking of Racial Resentment

Here my latest entry, to my column called Slightly Right: I am writing this because it needs to be written, especially from someone of my political leanings.  Today was quite the interesting day when it comes to race relations.  Earlier … Continue reading

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New AG Eric Holder is nothing more than a race baiting shill for the left

Maybe it is just me. But am I the only person that see’s a alarming similarity between this video here: ….and this video here: (Content Warning) Just sayin’ Others: Weekly Standard, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Riehl World View, The Campaign … Continue reading

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So much for Hope and Change

So much for that idea! In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor’s system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policy making bodies and extended economic sanctions against parties to the … Continue reading

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Greenspan says “nationalize now”

Now this is something: The US government may have to nationalize some banks on a temporary basis to fix the financial system and restore the flow of credit, Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, has told the Financial Times. … Continue reading

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From the “WTF?!?!?” Stack

Going through my e-mails this morning, I cam across a rather oddball thing. I’m getting ads in either Japanese or Chinese. I don’t know which. Check it out: Click to make the Photo bigger…. The problem is, I have zero … Continue reading

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Islamic subversion is real and it is on the move

This stuff really bothers me: A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are working to incrementally implement Islamic law in the United States. During a presentation at the Bedford … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

Since America is edging ever-closer to the point where, in the name of public health and national security, the state must make for the individual the most detailed of personal decisions, why not kill two birds with one stone? One … Continue reading

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Grim Local News – GM, Chrysler seek more money and will cut more jobs…

Kind of a depressing local story for me: Video: The Story: Billions of dollars in government loans to prop up General Motors and Chrysler won’t be enough. The companies, which have received $17.4 billion so far, filed plans with the … Continue reading

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The Southern Avenger on “Screwing the Country”

See that there is quite the Meme happening right now about the Anti-Stimulus demonstrations going around. I thought I would offer this video to the short memory Neo-Conservatives, like Michelle Malkin, who are bitching about this Stimulus. This video asks … Continue reading

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Chuck Baldwin on Abraham Lincoln

In order to “preserve the Union,” Lincoln destroyed the very principles upon which the Union was created. His audacity is without equal. For example, to prevent a possible vote of secession by the Maryland legislature, Lincoln ordered federal troops to … Continue reading

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An update from Rebuild The Party

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Burris in the hot seat

This is just too rich: U.S. Sen. Roland Burris said today he is open to a Senate ethics investigation into how he got the Senate seat from ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and that he has reached out to a Sangamon County … Continue reading

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Republicans now supporting nationalization of banks

It looks like the party of Freedom is selling the American people up the river: Nationalization, long regarded in Washington as a folly of Europeans, is gaining rapid ground among US opinion-formers. Stranger still, many of those talking about federal … Continue reading

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Obama signs the Generational Theft Act and Promises Another, Markets Tank…

I figured this was coming: The Story: President Obama has not ruled out a second stimulus package, his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, said on Tuesday, just before Mr. Obama signed his $787 billion recovery package into law with a statement … Continue reading

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Uh-Oh – Senior US soldiers investigated over missing Iraq reconstruction billions

This cannot be good: In what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125bn (£88bn) in a US -directed … Continue reading

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Some Funnies…

Stock Advice From Patriot Post: Many people are looking for financial advice during these hard economic times. Normally, however, we avoid offering advice regarding buying or selling stocks. But as President Obama prepares to sign the stimulus bill today, the … Continue reading

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Stupid: H-S Precision hires former FBI sniper who shot and killed Randy Weaver’s Wife and Son in Standoff

This is absolutely sick and disgusting…. An American gun manufacturer has hired a professional killer to tout the merits of its weapons. What better spokesman could a company have than one who has shot and killed a young mother with … Continue reading

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Stanford Financial Group busted in fraud charges

Well, this is quite interesting: Stopping what it called a “massive ongoing fraud,” the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday accused Robert Allen Stanford, the chief of the Stanford Financial Group, of fraud in the sale of about $8 billion … Continue reading

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Allan Keyes still whoring for attention

Allan Keyes still does not get it, after all these years. After he was basically chased out of the Republican Party because of his outlandish behavior, he is still trying to garner some sort of spotlight. Alan Keyes, a 2008 … Continue reading

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Trump Folds

Here’s more fallout from the economy bubble…: He is known as a successful entrepreneur to the millions who watch him on the US version of The Apprentice but Donald Trump on Tuesday suffered the indignity of watching a company that … Continue reading

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Quote of the Day

Since 1982, the United States has run $5.7 trillion in trade deficits in manufactured goods, and $2.1 trillion in trade deficits in auto parts, trucks and automobiles. In the Bush years alone, the United States ran more than $1 trillion … Continue reading

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