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Month: July 2011

  • Summit Sillies

    George Rebane Things have been getting a little too serious around here – and may again.    “No you didn’t Nick, I beat you fair and square!  Next time we do it for real; pack your stuff.”

  • Trickle Down – the definitive view

    George Rebane Nevada County’s cartoonist RL ‘Bob’ Crabb published another one of his blockbuster social commentaries in the 19jul11 Union.  It graphically illustrates what a good portion of the country has been taught about our nation’s economic ladder and their place on it.  And there’s more to say about that.  

  • County Dodges AtPac Bullet, but … (updated 20jul2011)

    George Rebane After many months of legal wrangling, internal investigations, external investigation, lawsuit, and God knows what else went on behind closed doors, it appears the AtPac lawsuit (background here) has been settled in favor of AtPac.  This was reported to the Board of Supervisors by County CEO Rick Haffey (here). The bottom line of the…

  • The ‘Foxification of News’

    George Rebane Well, it appears that they have all been doing it, and now are beginning to admit it.  “Foxification” is the term the 9-15jul11 Economist used in its extended report on the future of news to describe news that is delivered with a known slant, commentary, or viewpoint.  (more here) This is nothing new,…

  • ‘A Teachable Moment’

    "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" — Winston Churchill George Rebane Having already posted an update to 'Unlimited Debt Musical Chairs', I woke up this morning to a WSJ editorial that succinctly summarizes the big progressive lie…

  • Comparing and Contrasting Katrina

    George Rebane In the last week I received from four correspondents the following as a forwarded email.  So I suppose it is making the rounds in at least the conservative circles.  The important points it raises are the sum and stuff of what is discussed on RR.  No matter how you look at them, the…

  • Unlimited Debt Musical Chairs (updated 15jul2011)

    George Rebane Our friends on the left are overjoyed with President Obama’s latest gambit to keep the country going toward bankruptcy.  He has floated a hazy vision of $4T spending cuts that comes with at least $1T of tax increases that add on to the $1T tax increases required by Obamacare – our new nationalized…

  • The Measure of Victory (updated 16jul2011)

    George Rebane New SecDef Leon Panetta claims that we are close to “strategically defeating” Al Qaeda, and thereby close to winning the war on terror.  This gives the appropriate backing to the administration’s just launched policy of bringing home the troops from the Mideast, else no one would give a big yawn about whether or…

  • Large Scale Emergencies to Prepare for

    George Rebane [This is the submitted form of my July column in the 9jul11 Union.  Its online version is available here.] Have you thought about what you and your family will do in the face of a large scale emergency that directly impacts Nevada County?  Most people hereabouts think of the Forty-Niner Fire of 1988…

  • Votes Bought and Paid For

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular bi-weekly commentary that aired 8 July 2011 on KVMR-FM.] What kind of First Amendment rights should institutions have; institutions comprised of people getting together for a purpose?  The question is again coming to public attention as the 2012 election season is now officially off and running. …

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