It’s always easy to be against something bad – and it’s hard to argue that a $700 Billion check to compensate for greed, corruption, and a failed Republican (and New Democrat) philosophy is anything other than really bad. There isn’t another way to look at it, and in fairness, nobody has really tried. [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Grown-ups and Mavericks
Posted in Libertarianism, Politics, Populism, tagged bail-out, Blue Dog Democrat, Carol Shea Porter, Club for Growth, Dennis Kucinich, House Republicans, Jim Marshall, libertarianism, New Deal, New Democrat, populism, Ron Paul, Wall Street on September 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Joseph Map
Posted in Culture/Trends, Names, Top, tagged baby names, Blue States, demographics, Ethan, Joseph, Logan, Red States, Wiliam on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this week, I read this post about the red state and blue state division on baby names, and decided to do a little research project of my own. The overall concept – that red staters prefer unusual or invented names and blue staters are more likely to choose a classic or Biblical name [...]
Least surprising quiz result ever
Posted in Libertarianism, Politics, Populism, tagged liberal, libertarian, political ideology, Populist on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just took the political philosophy quiz at www.Issues2000.org, and I’m apparently considered a “liberal populist” – who’d a thunk it? Guess it beats when the Libbie quiz called me a statist/totalitarian.
Oh, apparently an economic score below 40% means “you believe that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth.” My economic [...]
“McCain Aware of Pregnancy ‘Last Week’”
Posted in Politics, tagged John McCain, John McCain is apparently pregnant, MSNBC, Sarah Palin on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That is the actual headline from First Read on MSNBC.com.
Now, I get that this refers to Sarah Palin’s 17-year old daughter, but if that hadn’t been the case, wow – what a story they would’ve had!
