The Good: Mike Swift has written an excellent, balanced article, “In taxing times, target the rich?” Paul McCauley and Brad Rooker are attempting to qualify an initiative that will levy a one-time 55 percent “wealth” tax on property worth $20 million (individual) or $40 million (joint) as well as a permanent 35 percent increase [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 31, 2008
Enjoy Biofuel!
Science at QJ.net has an interesting tidbit “Another victim: tequila threatened by demand for biofuel.” Some farmers in Mexico are abandoning traditional agave farming in favor of more lucrative crops that can be processed into biofuels.
Time for me to stretch out on the sofa and sip my Patron biofuel.
August 30, 2008
Nice Big Cake
From HotAir, MSNBC and Michael Moore begin celebrating potential destruction from Hurricane Gustav. Both are pleased that Gustav is about to rain on the parade of the 2008 Republican Convention. Predictable behavior for both, smirking on their air-conditioned sets in the Northeast and eating their BIG CAKE of sarcasm. They are gleeful at [...]
August 30, 2008
Hope Renewed: Inaugural Post
John McCain had not been my first choice as a Presidential candidate, but I knew that I would vote for him long before the conservative radio and television pundits had reconciled themselves to the hand they’d been dealt. McCain’s responses at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Forum reassured me somewhat. He didn’t hesitate to choose [...]
