No pictures, you’re welcome

So last night was a beautiful night. The humidity has finally broken and we were able to open the windows for the first time since May. So we did. And we had a fantastic 99% fat free dinner, I made a lovely marinade for the chicken, and divine cucumber, tomato and feta (1%) salad. (No [...]

Bonuses, Schmonuses

The bonuses paid out by AIG are a horrendous misuse of taxpayer dollars, let’s establish that, however there are some caveats:
1. AIG was contractually bound to pay them out.
2. The US gov’t knew about them for some time, not just the last few weeks.
3. If the US gov’t and TARP architects weren’t aware that those [...]

Death and Taxes

The first is inevitable, the second wasn’t always so onerous. Here’s a history of taxation in the United States. It’s long but incredibly interesting.
Bearing in mind that the power to tax is the power to destroy, which system would you prefer to live in? One that is straight forward and takes only what’s necessary or [...]

SUV’s for me . . . but not for thee.

Our government seeks to change our behavior constantly. Rather than protecting our liberties they instead choose laws and rewards that mold our choices to their preferred world view. Inevitably the results can be contradictory.
The President and Congressional Democrats have decided that the auto industry isn’t failing because of burdensome labor contracts, immense legacy costs, and [...]

Obama: I was for deregulation before I was against it.

Last April, then candidate Obama gave an interview to Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday, that at the time had me guffawing, and now I simply shudder at the craven lack of principles guiding the candidate who became president.
Observe the following exchange:
WALLACE: Over the years, John McCain has broken with his party and risked his [...]