http://briannorton.blogivists.com Just another Blogivists weblog Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:49:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/12/23/plan-b-investing-us-style/ 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 ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/12/19/defense-of-conservatism-a-duty/ 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 ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/12/12/obamas-deams/ 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 ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/12/12/obama-and-chicago/ 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, ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/12/11/post-election-and-back-to-policies-my-comment-to-george-will-column-on-12-11-08/ I too thought it very interesting that the Democratic voters would split so much on a foundational issue for the Dems, ie. gay marriage, and give  Obama the states of California and Florida but uphold traditional marriage. My family and I have been having some good conversations about whether there ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/11/07/gay-marriage-votes-socialism-and-the-rise-of-hitler/ I have to admit that I never was very excited about my choice of McCain, because I felt my choice of more conservative, electable men had been eliminated during the primaries by the liberal media. McCain is a great patriot, I just could never wrap my mind around him being ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/11/06/pragmatism-in-an-obama-administration/ Thank you for an excellent column, Laura, and for addressing what is most on my mind this election cycle, the "what then" question. I have been working with my brother to turn his business around because he made some choices that had the potential to cost him a lot of ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/10/04/remarks-on-laura-hollis-column-10-4-08/ Northern Ireland's first lady is being investigated by police following allegations she committed a hate crime by launching a withering attack on homosexuality.  A homosexual activist has brought charges against her under "hate crimes" laws and police are investigating her. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23491888-details/Northern%20Ireland's%20'first%20lady'%20probed%20by%20police%20over%20gay%20hate%20rant%20on%20BBC%20radio%20show/article.do?expand=true#StartComments In a diverse community that holds free speech in high esteem, ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/06/09/northern-irelands-first-lady-gay-hate-speech-or-freedom-of-speech/ A friend of mine sent me the usual big men in a back room monopoly theory of high oil prices, this time tied to Iraq since 1922, so instead of ignoring it, I thought I would give a shot at rebutting it. Hi and thank you for emailing me. What you ... http://briannorton.blogivists.com/2008/06/08/iraqi-conspiracy-theories-and-oil-economics/