Dec
23
Plan B investing, US style
December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Daily Reckoning Australia newsletter of today is kind of short but what really got my attention was short term treasury bonds trading at a negative yield. In other words, they cost more to buy than they are worth when redeemed at full maturity, which is completely unprecedented. Apparently, traders think that US bonds are [...]
Dec
19
Defense of conservatism a duty
December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hi Eric been reading your blog on liberal blogs and violence, either you are a more patient man than me or have a lot thicker skin, as I have never tried to reason with those of rabid tongue and mind in their own pits. About your assertion that we will not, as conservatives, retaliate as [...]
Dec
12
Obama’s Dreams
December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment
I have read quite a bit on both sides of the argument about how Obama is going to govern, and I am not totally convinced even he knows. From the time he sprang onto the national stage two years ago, he has been the epitome of pragmatism. Nothing has been too large, or sacred, to [...]
Dec
12
Obama and Chicago
December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ahhhh. Chicago! Gangsters, druggies, rappers, 8-mile road, convicted felons, politicians (but I repeat myself), and the ONE, even Obama or as Jonah put it, “hero-saint light-worker Jedi Knight Messiah that he is…, who can pick up manure from the clean end”. How he can be elected in Daley’s wonderland and remain clean is like expecting [...]
Dec
11
Post election and back to policies:-) my comment to George Will column on 12-11-08
December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Subject: Post election and back to policies:-) my comment to George Will column on 12-11-08
Nice to see the minds functioning again instead of flamethrowers (not that it wasn’t fun to be ascerbic about liberals sometimes…) I agree that Pakistan and Afganistan are unwinnable by outside forces (without, as earlier noted, a Genghis mentality), and interior [...]