Today’s Wall Street Journal has a must read Op Ed column by Michael Levine. Levine examines the problems faced by GM and explains why seeking chapter 11 bankruptcy protection may GM’s best chance for survival. Why Bankruptcy Is the Best Option for GM Chapter 11 would better preserve the valuable parts of the company than […]
Archives for November 2008
5 Myths About the 2008 Elections
Washington Post writer Chris Cillizza examines and attempts to debunk 5 myths about the 2008 elections… The entire article is worth reading but the two points that stand out in my opinion are these: 4. A Republican candidate could have won the presidency this year. I doubt it. In the hastily penned postmortems of campaign […]
Change?
An interesting bit of political trivia from Newsmax.com: Of the 47 appointees named so far to transition or staff posts, 31 have ties to the Clinton administration, including all but one member of the 12-person Transition Advisory Board. Transition chief John Podesta served as Clinton’s chief of staff from 1998 to 2001. Other Clinton-era appointees […]
Wall Street Journal: Just Say No to Detroit
There’s an interesting essay by New York University finance professor David Yermack in today’s Wall Street Journal. Just Say No to Detroit Given the abysmal performance by Detroit’s Big Three, it would be better to send each employee a check than to waste it on a bailout, says David Yermack. Before Michael Moore became famous […]
Poll Question: Who Do You Want As RNC Chair?
[poll id=”11″] My initial gut reaction is Newt Gingrich, though, the more I think about it the more I’m leaning towards Michael Steele or Fred Thompson. As much as I like Newt he may be to polarizing for the job. The choice between Steele and Thompson is tough one, I don’t think we could go […]
The Perils of Talking
Ralph Peters has an interesting column on Afghanistan in today’s New York Post. Peters directly addresses the difficulties of negotiating with the Taliban. THE TALKING TRAP: AFGHAN FOLLIES By Ralph Peters, New York Post, November 13, 2008 NEGOTIATIONS are the heroin of the chattering classes, blinding them to every reality except the next fix they […]
RNC to File Suit to Undo McCain-Feingold Limits
The Washington Times is reporting that the Republican Nation Committee plans to file two lawsuits seeking to overturn elements of the McCain-Feingold act – formally known as the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. The first suite due to be filed in filed in the District of Columbia seeks to strike down the soft-money ban […]
Two Quick and Dirty Book Reviews
I finished First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader a couple of weeks ago… The plot revolves around the kidnapping of the President Elects daughter and the investigation to find her before the inauguration. The basic story had a lot of potential but was ultimately ruined by a what I thought was a heavy undercurrent of […]
Oh Happy Day
A few weeks ago I published a short post on the demise of Atrivo (aka Intercage). Today Washington Post technology columnist Brian Krebs brings word that McColo Corp., a Northern California hosting firm that had been identified by the computer security community as home base for machines responsible for coordinating the sending of roughly 75 percent […]
Site Updates
Just a quick FYI, I updated the blog template this afternoon… The new template adds Gravatar support and is more “future friendly” than the old one. I still have a little minor tweaking to do so if you notice any glitches let me know. TIA
Lest We Forget: Happy Veterans Day
Yesterday we celebrated the 233rd Birthday of the Marine Corps, today we pause to remember all those who have served this nation in peace and war. Thank You and God Bless You.
Video: Congressman Jim Moran Talks About Redistributionism
This should scare the hell out of anyone who works for a living: We have been guided by a Republican administration who believes in the simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it and they have an antipathy towards redistributing wealth and they may be able to sustain it for a […]
Happy Birthday Marines!
233 Years Old Today. Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference to the world…The Marines don’t have that problem. President Ronald Reagan – 1985 Semper Fi!
The Blame Game
Over the last couple of days a lot has been said and written about why Republicans lost… Conservatives want to blame John McCain. Moderates and some McCain staffers are trying to pin the blame on Sarah Palin. Enough! All this finger pointing ignores one simple truth: Republicans had ZERO chance of winning this election. They […]
Election Postmortem
Let the finger pointing begin… Beltway Republicans will undoubtedly blame John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate as the reason for his loss. Palin may not have been the most qualified candidate available and her disastrous interview with Katie Couric certainly didn’t help her or John McCain. It’s easy to lay the […]