Monthly Archives: June 2008

NYT says you probably could… well, if you had air and water and the appropriate air pressure, perhaps.

…of course, when you read the article, it talks about the possibility of there maybe being no ice at the North Pole this summer: Seasoned polar scientists believe the chances of a totally ice-free North Pole this summer are greater … Continue reading →

.!. “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.” “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations … Continue reading →

$300 billion in taxpayer funded relief for homeowners the banking and lending industry has made it through the House of Representatives.

Patti Solis Doyle has been brought on to Obama’s staff. So much for the Obama/Clinton ticket.

Nice: INSPIRED BY the vanishing subgenre of agricultural memo books, ornate pocket ledgers and the simple, unassuming beauty of a well-crafted grocery list, the Draplin Design Company, Portland, Oregon in conjunction with Coudal Partners of Chicago, Illinois bring you “FIELD … Continue reading →

Dovetailing into yesterday’s missive is this excellent piece from the Wall Street Journal going after the favorite dead horse of the American left; anti-American sentiment overseas: The deference of American liberal opinion to the coffeehouses of Istanbul and Amman and … Continue reading →

Not undaunted by its recent fisticuffs with the bloggers of the world, the Associated Press now chooses to manufacture alarm by claiming the American can-do attitude is “under assault.” Of course, the article goes on to say this is cyclical, … Continue reading →

I’ve been beating this drum for about three months now (though I am not the first to recommend this excellent idea), and it seems that others are picking up the battle standard. Why Eric Cantor? Forget for a moment that … Continue reading →

It’s a comic, but I do have to admit that the artist makes a fairly compelling argument.