Category Archive for 'Politics'

When your campaign needs a plumber

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

They’ve got to be pretty desperate to put these people out there.
Joe Wurzelbacher twice agreed with a questioner who said that “a vote for Obama is a vote for the death to Israel.” Afterwards McCain’s campaign backed him up: “Joe has offered some penetrating and clear analysis that cuts to the core of many of [...]

Learning from the Free Market

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

When government regulation is completely removed from the picture, business thrives, and one industry has a particularly impressive success story. Its products are produced where costs are low and sold elsewhere with monumental margins. In fact these extraordinary profits help this industry overcome enormous hurdles of distribution; not even incredibly powerful organizations with endless supplies [...]

A faulty argument for policing morality

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Recently the Gainesville PD conducted a prostitution sting that busted a particularly vile couple who solicited sex in front of the woman’s six year old son. In addition to the prostitution charge, the woman was rightfully charged with child abuse. I heard about this on the radio, and the report included a quote, I’m guessing [...]

Right thinking on Healthcare

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I see this as the bravest statement made in the 2nd Obama-McCain debate:
I think [healthcare] should be a right for every American. In a country as wealthy as ours, for us to have people who are going bankrupt because they can’t pay their medical bills—for my mother to die of cancer at the age of [...]

Joining in on the commentary

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

I think we’re very lucky that both presidential candidates have the potential to bring more intelligence to the position, and that the excitement seems to be getting more of us paying attention to what our elected officials are doing for (and against) us. I’ve certainly never been more interested in a presidential race, and access [...]