Thursday, April 24, 2008

For The Nerd Who Has Everything

Not for the faint of constitution.

Really.

Click on Read More if you want to.

Heh.

I Had A Good Laugh Today

As always, brought to you by Jackie and Dunlop from RedStateUpdate, via HotAir:

Click here for the video (warning, redneck language).

I say we keep the slogan!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

[crickets chirping]

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Precisely

I am going to order my McCain poster, but I am looking for the one with Uncle Sam saying, "Shut up and vote McCain." Does anyone know where I can get that yard sign? Anyway, Sowell hits the nail on the head:

Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.

Monday, April 07, 2008

Well Said

The persistent weakness of American liberalism is its fixation with rights and procedures at any cost to efficiency and common sense.

You should read Jonathan Chait's entire piece here, but I thought that line summed up things rather well.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Seeing As How A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words…

Friday, April 04, 2008

I am back as a new HOMEOWNER!

I got the house and have been moving for the last week! I love it!

Welfare…It’ ain’t just for poor folks anymore!

(I received the following email yesterday from a good friend, and the title of this post is pasted from his email subject line.)

Check it out! They now have federal welfare programs to assist poor investment banks so that they don't have to be accountable for their overly speculative and ill-advised financial moves. It sure is easier making money in the "free market" knowing that if you make bad decisions, the government will be there to bail you out. I highly doubt relief for individual homeowners will be as forthcoming or bountiful as this (not that it should be...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_bi_ge/congress_bear_stearns

MY FAVORITE PARTS

"After an uproar over the terms of the sale, the share price was boosted to around $10 and JP Morgan agreed to assume the risks for the first $1 billion in losses that might occur, lowering the Fed's potential risk to $29 billion.
Comment: "Oh, just 29 billion...much better!....And thankfully its the "fed" taking the potential risk and not the taxpayers...Oh wait...same thing!"

In his testimony Wednesday, Bernanke said he did not believe the central bank would lose money on the deal and said it could make money. He said he did not consider the transaction a bailout because of the losses sustained by Bear Stearns shareholders."

-- Uh, he did not consider the transaction a bailout because of the losses sustained by Bear Stearns shareholders...."...That's like me saying "I don't consider my station wagon a station wagon my wife's car is a two door sedan"....And in regards to the Bernanke's comment that "the central bank could make money"....Yes...they could...they also could not...In other words, they took over the RISK of Bear Sterns poor decision making.