Archive for December, 2008

A horrible no good very bad idea

Monday, December 29th, 2008

This article by Thomas Friedman was brought to my attention today.  In it, Friedman calls for a gas tax or a carbon emissions tax to force Americans to convert to more energy efficient ways.  This line of thinking is wrongheaded on several fronts. First, increasing the gas tax (by several dollars, no less) hurts those [...]

Merry Christmas

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Remember what’s important… and that is that we are celebrating God coming to save us all. Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased. Luke 2:1-20 NASB Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the [...]

The Economy is Toast

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

When the Fed is giving money away like they are now with interest rates being effectively zero, you know the economy is toast. Let it be known that the only thing that is going to save us is limited responsible government.  Well, we definitely won’t be getting that under an Obama-Pelosi-Reid regime. Bend over, grab [...]

Somebody buy the AP an atlas…

Monday, December 1st, 2008

updated 12:34 p.m. ET, Mon., Dec. 1, 2008 CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama announced former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for secretary of state Monday and also said he would keep Robert Gates as defense minister as the incoming administration seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. The United States does [...]