Common sense on our national debt, deficit, and spending addictions

Dr. Miron puts the lie to the notion that all economics academics are clueless on our nation's problems This of course is in sharp contrast to the continued cluelessness shown on local blogs by certain local economics academics.

In the interest in protecting the guilty, no certain locals' names will be named.

Regarding Ed Cone's favorite Republican presidential candidate

Rep. Paul Ryan has the entire GOP — who’s Gingrich got? - Right Turn - The Washington Post

Noteworthy:

"The irony is great here. The current House leadership, built on a not-Gingrich philosophy (e.g. focused, self-effacing), is telling the former speaker to put a cork in it. Gingrich is approaching the status of former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the Republican appointee whose only rooting section was on the left. Gingrich likes to posit himself as an anti-establishment figure, but where is the grass-roots support for his attack on the House Medicare reform? There is none."

Poor, pitful John Edwards

John Edwards rages « Don Surber

"Let’s face it, John Edwards is not too bright.

He had a mistress among his campaign staff while running for president on a platform that included this loving husband who was caring for his cancer-stricken bride.

Then he made a sex tape."

Bottom Line? This won't stop the hysterical anti-frackster nonsense

They'll figure out some other angle to work, or they'll play a "scientific consensus on global warming" type argument.

Reason:

"The evidence suggests that the worst fears about contamination of water supplies appear to be considerably exaggerated by opponents of natural gas drilling. Ronald Bailey argues that a new shale fracking technique that avoids the use of water should put even those exaggerated fears to rest."

A Better Way to Frack? - Reason Magazine

We knew this was coming, didn't we?

Obama seeks to parlay bin Laden's demise into expanded defense cuts | Brian Hughes | Politics | Washington Examiner

Animal cruelty

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog @ AMERICAN DIGEST

But we already knew this, didn't we?

Like Long Medical Wait Times, Crowded Emergency Rooms? You’ll Love ObamaCare. - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Excerpt:

"ObamaCare's backers are right that, as passed, the law will result in significantly greater health insurance coverage across the country. But all that coverage will come with a hefty price tag attached: about a trillion dollars over the next decade, and more like $1.8 trillion in the first full decade of operation. In return we’ll get longer wait times at the doctor, and even more crowded emergency rooms—but nothing like a guarantee of actual access to care."

The continuing revisions of the Osama Kill story

The Fog of Fog - Michelle Malkin - National Review Online

Excerpt:

"And they wonder why Americans of all political stripes think they’re blowing smoke."

Obama's Empty Transparency Rhetoric - WSJ.com

Obama's Empty Transparency Rhetoric - WSJ.com

Excerpt:

"Equally damning criticism came from some of the outside groups called to testify. Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton, a frequent critic of Bush administration policies (it pushed for Bush visitor logs related to convicted felon Jack Abramoff), said the Obama administration had been even worse.

'To be clear, the Obama administration is less transparent than the Bush administration,' he said, noting that his group had filed more than 325 Freedom of Information Act requests, and some 45 FOIA lawsuits in federal court. Even Anne Weismann of the Center for Responsibility for Ethics in Washington—a left-leaning group that tends to assault Republicans while ignoring ethics-tarred Democrats—was forced to acknowledge that the White House hasn't kept its word. 'The policies for disclosure are in place, but the applications of the policies do not exist,' she said."

Why the Left Needs Racism--II - WSJ.com

Why the Left Needs Racism--II - WSJ.com

Excerpt:

"Baselessly accusing their political foes of racism is a way in which today's liberals attempt to incite fear and loathing of 'the other.' As we argued last year, this serves a political purpose in that it helps persuade blacks not to consider voting Republican. But it serves a psychological purpose as well. It reinforces white liberals' sense of their own superiority."

Hmmm.....which groups local to Greensboro use the same tactic?