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Month: October 2009

  • Of Soda Pop and Bullets

    George Rebane Congress is now debating the next level of big brother laws in legislation designed to tax away our taste for soda pop and other drinks laced with sugar.  As a wordsmith, I dislike ‘nanny state’ to describe such encroachment of liberties, because nanny connotes someone who cares for you and has your best interests…

  • Contemptible Constituents?

    George Rebane ObamaCare’s progress through Congress illustrates the utter contempt Democrats have for the intelligence of the folks who voted them into office.  Their straight-faced ‘explanations’ of how health (or any other kind of) insurance works strains the credulity of anyone with more than two brain cells to bang together. As I listened yet again…

  • Sustainable Resilience

    George Rebane Resiliency has joined sustainability as desirable attributes that are getting a lot of attention these days.  It’s always been hard to pin people down on what sustainability means when we talk about conservation and communities, and I don’t think the job will be easier with resiliency joining the jargon jar. Why is a…

  • A Glenn Beck Conundrum

    George Rebane Let me fess up right from the start, so you know from where I come.  We are fans of Glenn Beck on Fox News, and enjoy his hyperventilated tirades and graphically illustrated exposés of the considerable hanky-panky in Washington that passes for government.  But you probably knew that. Glenn’s obviously conservative and libertarian…

  • Obama’s Nobel (updated 10oct2009)

    George Rebane A “surprised and deeply humbled” President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.  In his response he stated that he does not "view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments," going on to say, "I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many transformative…

  • Ruminations – 8oct2009

    George Rebane - ObamaCare’s deficits go “conceptual”- Pelosi shows how VAT is not a tax on consumers- Locals still confused about unfunded pension liabilities The Washington Lies Factory is working overtime in the attempt to deliver something passable that can be labeled ObamaCare.  The Dems, led by Finance Committee Chairman Senator Baucus, have been pressuring the Congressional Budget…

  • Public Tit on Short Leash

    George Rebane As longtime supporters of the Salvation Army, Jo Ann and I got an invitation this morning to set up a meeting with Captains Don and Martha Sheppard who are the new heads of our local Nevada County unit.  The Union ran an article yesterday on the progress of a $1.6M government grant that…

  • Obama, Iran, and Game Theory

    George Rebane Our President’s series of foreign policy embarrassments have now come to a critical stand-off with Iran.  How Obama responds to Iran’s next betrayal of trust will determine to a great extent the future of the Middle East and the Levant (Near East).  Pajamas TV has a very interesting, accessible, and short presentation (here)…

  • Dollar Destruction Derby

    George Rebane Obama can’t be blamed for starting the destruction of the dollar, but he will get a lot of credit for hastening its downfall.  Major world powers have recently begun secret meetings to move oil (and other energy commodities) off the dollar bandwagon.  Why?  Because, as RR readers have been aware for some time,…

  • Ruminations – 5oct2009

    George Rebane - EPA’s new approach to regulating the economy- ‘Network Neutrality’ will not be wallet-neutral- Waiting jobs, unqualified workforce – [update] Nevada County is stimulated! (see here) In the While We Slept Department – Last Wednesday the EPA invoked “endangerment finding” rules on CO2, confirming that it is a “dangerous pollutant”.  This gas, that we and all…

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