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  • 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)…

  • 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…

  • Junior Birdman at the Helm

    George Rebane This supposed fresh start in Geneva only gives them new legitimacy, and new hope that they can have their bomb and enhanced global standing too.  (‘Springtime for Mullahs’ 2oct09 WSJ) Hot off the press – subsequent to President Obama’s flight to Copenhagen and personal appeal to the IOC on behalf of Chicago, that…

  • Maybe if we apply for more … (updated 5oct09)

    George Rebane … they’ll know we’re still here.   [5oct09 update] Sumbich, it worked!  We are on our way to some serious stimulation (Martha, take the children out of the room.).  All it took was a bit more wiggling.  Them bureycrats in Washington don’t take no note of sums such as impress us hill folks.  We needed to…

  • The Language of ObamaCare

    George Rebane ‘Underneath every stack of government regulations lies a policeman’s gun.’  Anonymous Here’s a short puzzle – What will be specified in the IRS tax code, cost your family between $750 and $3,800 annually, is paid to the IRS, and for failure to pay will draw punishments of fines and jail time from a…

  • HR 2454 and Your House

    George Rebane I keep thinking that it can’t get worse.  Today I got an email from a reader that detailed just a small part of the horrors of this bill – the part describing how the feds are going to get into our pants on how we must live in and dispose of our private…

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