Category Archives: free market economy

WHY ROMNEY?


I was recently asked the following question: Why do you like Romney so much? And my answer, finally, after almost a month of cogitating, is as follows: This is a complicated question, but definitely one worth answering. Let me start … Continue reading

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A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY’S HERITAGE


Crimes against humanity.  That is a phrase much overused these days, usually to the detriment of the victims of genuine such crimes, whose tragedies are trivialized by being lumped together with lesser ones and/or mere stupid things. But let me … Continue reading

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YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED (RERUN)


I thought I’d rerun this rant from November 2011. I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction.  (I say “temporary” because … Continue reading

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OKAY, GURU OBAMA, NOW I HAVE TRUE UNDERSTANDING!


In the summer of 1965, my parents made the potentially life-stopping decision to escape from what was then the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR), to give themselves and their progeny (including moi), a chance for a life in freedom and dignity.  … Continue reading

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FAILED STATES


Foreign Policy has released its annual review of failed states.  (h/t Via Meadia)  Interesting things to be noted here: 1.  there is a very high positive correlation between state centralization (communism, socialism, fascism, corporatism, Islamism) and higher state failure rating, … Continue reading

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COMRADE ROMNEY BREAKS COVER


Finally! The Hill reports that Mitt Romney has jigged, jagged, did the Vienna waltz, zigged, zagged and sashayed, spent 15 minutes doing a square search and finally did the spinning dervish, and came out believing that the individual mandate is … Continue reading

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THOSE ZANY FRENCH SOCIALISTS!


They shoot horses, don’t they? It’s like this. The French (socialized) medical system, often touted as the best in the world, has spawned a dearth of general practitioners in the countryside. (h/t Ricochet) But Francoise Tenenbaum, the Socialist vice-president of … Continue reading

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YOUR RETIREMENT MONEY REDISTRIBUTED


I have been thinking about a couple of progressive concepts that the Obama regime is likely to employ as a temporary way to feed its spending addiction.  (I say “temporary” because the Obama regime, like other “progressive” regimes, has no … Continue reading

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DARKNESS IN AMERICA


During the Korean War, UN forces suffered near-catastrophic defeats at the hands of the Chinese because the supremely narcissistic and self-deified Generalissimo, Douglas MacArthur, refused to learn anything useful about his enemy.  He made it known that he already knew … Continue reading

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FEARING 9-11


The Obama regime rightly fears September 11 (h/t Gateway Pundit).  On that day in 2001, professional Islamic “world community organizers” attacked the United States on its own soil, creating a huge scar in the national psyche and, incidentally, a tremendous … Continue reading

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