Virginia Right!

This column in CNN by Maria Cardona made by blood boil.  This writer eloquently describes the 87 members of Congress in the Tea Party Caucus as the “Tyranny 0f 87″ and in these terms: The tyranny is coming from the 87 members of Congress from the tea party caucus, whose selfish and irresponsible demands during [...]

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I not sure what this means but here I am again disagreeing with Paul Krugman.  Prof. Krugman argues in the New York Times that we must act to stop the People’s Republic of China from undervaluing its currency: For the truth is that U.S. policy makers have been incredibly, infuriatingly passive in the face of [...]

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This was just too delicious to resist: The Telegraph (a UK newspaper) had this article calling for the end of the Federal Reserve.  Yes, Andrew Jackson hasn’t had this much fun since the Second Bank of the United States was abolished on his watch in 1836!  Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has this to say about the professional economists: However, Dr [...]

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How do you define a failed presidency? Until now, the gold standard of presidential failure was Jimmy Carter. His main failing attribute was his ineptitude. The man was simply in over his head at every level. The United States has suffered many presidents rich in mediocrity, but none so clueless as Carter. Until now. Barack [...]

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