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Barbara must be doing a victory lap right now…

Posted: March 1, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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as she is a BIG supporter of J. D. Hayworth. (Who I managed to miss at CPAC).

Morning Joe is just destroying John McCain over the “I was duped” stuff. I remember the presidential campaign, at the time this came up he was ahead. Rush and many other conservatives insisted that if he just came out against this it would be the clincher as the American people didn’t didn’t trust it. He insisted he knew better (after all he was a long time senator) and Gov Palin, as a vice presidential candidate does, backed and defended the top of the ticket. This destroyed him.

I will always have a soft spot for John McCain, he stood alone for the surge when many republicans wanted him and it to go away. If there is a person other than President Bush that we can point to as responsible for the Victory in Iraq it is him. For that reason he is owed a debt that can never be repaid. (Not just in terms of Americans, but Iraqi’s who are still alive because of him).

But just as I wouldn’t consider Nomar the shortstop solution for the RedSox in 2010 as his time has passed I think that Barbara is right. John McCain’s time has passed.

It would appear that Mr. Hayworth shares Sen McCain’s correct positions on the war and on Reconciliation while being better on solid conservative issues.

One prediction: If he loses the primary be aware that he will become THE goto republican as far as the MSM goes for as long as he wants to be.

Update: Boy does Michelle elaborate.

Joe Scarborough describes the white house plans as Keynesians gone wild…

Posted: February 25, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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The big question this morning seems to be about TARP and regulations of the banks.

As you might remember I was not in favor of the bailouts in the first place. The Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren on is making the case that the banks are #1 making too much profits and #2 only have the strength because of government guarantees.

Is it just me or would banks be closer to their actual value if we allowed nature to take its course and then let the actual market establish values based on, oh I don’t know some strange arbitrary figure like what they are actually worth?

As for profits, maybe I’m missing something but wasn’t the goal of bailing out the banks to keep them solvent? If that is the case isn’t it necessary and desirable for them to make profits? Do we not want people employed? Do we not want depositors to earn dividends and for 401k plans that have money invested in the bank’s stock to go up?

Even funnier is her statement about the new credit card regulation. She argues that we shouldn’t bother to read the new regulations since the companies have already found ways around them, so her solution is …New Regulations!

Presumably these new regulations will be magic so that the credit card companies will not be able to find a way around them.

I think the better suggestion would be to have a simple set of either “credit card holders bill of rights”. Instead of regulations that provide make-work for lawyers make a simple list of rights for card holders and enforce them rigorously.

But hey that’s just me.

Morning Joe talks to Ron Paul

Posted: February 23, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Lets see what everyone has to say.

Joe asks him about the young people who supported him.

“When I go to the campus’ I’m encouraged, but when I go to the hill…”

Joe: “Does the Republican party get it yet?…”

Ron Paul: “I don’t think so.” He goes on about not cutting the foreign aid or the “empire” He hits the federal reserve.

Capeheart: How do you translate that energy to the actual polls?

Paul: In a few years they will be in the job market and will care. I’m more interested in changing philosophy than policy

Sorkin: Are we ever going to get financial reform?

Paul: “Lets hope not because they would make things a lot worse…Pretending regulations would make things better is incorrect…let the market regulate it.”

Melissa: This seems like a stunning overstatement about young people. Is this really about their perspective or are you just a “character”.

Paul: Revolutions don’t come without the support of the young. Any time I see a young person I give them a copy of the constitution.

Joe quotes his book quoting Paul: “Ironically by transferring risk the government risks a crash” quote is from 2003

Paul: I’m competing with Keynes economic system every day with the idea of the free market.

Joe: Would Romney make a difference?

Paul: At the moment no, but if the movement grows then the pressure will grow. He is certainly right about Romney, he will go were the people take him.

One of the big advantages that Paul has in a setting like this is that he comes across very reasonably. He actually has a great potential to take “liberal” votes due to his isolationism in terms of the anti-war absolutists. I do think that MSNBC likes to promote him because it gives Republicans fits.

Morning joe is interviewing Kari Marton right now

Posted: February 22, 2010 by datechguy in amazon reviews, internet/free speech, war
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I reviewed her book a bit ago, you can buy it at Amazon.com here.

The terror argument she is given has some credibility due to the experience of her parents but it is still a question of defining what “torture” actually is. Before you go on about crossing the line it might be a good idea to know where the line actually is.

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