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What’s the best case scenario for the November elections?  I mean, really?  Well, the way I see it, we’ll have one of two outcomes: either a democrat controlled congress with a socialist president, or a democrat controlled congress with a liberal presdent.  The real problem, other than the obvious, is that with version II (dem [...]

Barbershop Wisdom

The bi-weekly ritual of making sure nobody mistakes me for a damn hippie took place today.  Most times, Tin the barber just makes small talk about the weather, and usually asks me how my boy is doing, since we both have young sons.  Today was more philosophical than usual.
The first bit of wisdom Tin put [...]

The Sacrificial States

Energy policy is front of mind for many Americans.  The problem that we face is that the government is preventing us from getting cheap gas.  Here are a couple things everyone should know:
1) The market sets the price for oil.  No one person does.
2) The market price is set by supply and demand.
3) The US [...]

New, or at least a good scrubbing…

In today’s WSJ Peggy Noonan says what I’ve been thinking.  In her sharp witted and insightful way, she lays out the current problem the Republican party faces.  She summarizes…

Mr. Bush has squandered the hard-built paternity of 40 years. But so has the party, and so have its leaders. If they had pushed away for serious [...]

A New Party

I think the Republican party is done.  Stick a fork in it.  Not because the people who make up the party are done or that their ideals are no longer valid, but because what’s left of the party leadership has been deaf for the past, oh say 10 years.  In fact, since the Contract with [...]