In These Times

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• • 02 Jul 09
  • 7:05 am

  Blackhorse, To answer a few of your questions: - I do have a family. I have an 8 year old girl and a 5 year old boy. I am home every night and do most of my side work after they are in bed. When you ask whether my wife works or not, I would say she does. In fact, she has a job harder than mine by being an awesome mom for our kids. - I have already read Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States". I found some parts interesting, but mainly found him as an annoying …

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• • 17 Apr 09
  • 6:08 am

  Are you serious? Let me see if I understand you correctly. In your Green Keynesian scenario: - The governments of the world will put aside their own national interests and unite (we see how well that works on a daily basis at the UN) in a common economic purpose. - These governments will pump tens of trillians of dollars into green energy projects. - Because of this noble experiment, the economy will rebound magically as Al Gore channels the spirit of Keynes, capitalism will be overturned, and we will all sing around a campfire. Here is what will happen if we …

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• • 17 Apr 09
  • 10:55 am

  Scorp, I agree with your comments. The reason I didn't go back any further is that I wanted to be "balanced" and not seen as a right-wing kook. In reality, both parties have been making this mess for a long, long, long time. A pox on both their houses. The real cure to this is to shrink the size of the government. A smaller government gives us more liberty and is less prone to corruption (there is less to corrupt). I've seen this mess coming for a few years now and doubled-down on my mortgage payments. Last December (after working between …

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• • 20 Apr 09
  • 10:14 am

  I guess nobody is going to defend this fruitcake...I guess there is some hope in that.

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• • 08 May 09
  • 2:45 pm

  Dr Cornelius, Whether it is a Somali pirate or a corrupt state, both point a large gun at you and relieve you of your liberty. I will willingly accept your jab if you can point to an economic system that has elevated more people out of poverty than capitalism. Otherwise, please consider your jab parried. Paul

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