Daily Archives: March 8, 2009
Obeisance is the new patriotism -
Remember “speaking truth to power?” That turns out to mean saying mean things about Dick Cheney and George Bush. Now to criticize the president is an act of treason and Wikipedia is having none of it.
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Can OPEC really drive oil back to $50 a barrel?
That’s what the oil traders are betting, but I wonder how the Arabs can do it if the world economy is truly headed for collapse. Someone’s right here, the traders and Arabs or the dour economists. It will be interesting to … Continue reading
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Dissent, the highest form of patriotism
Well it used to be. Now it’s treason! (Hat tip, Insta pundit)
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There goes the market for North Street mansions
Russian oligarchs choke on debt, Putin lining up to take back their assets. Mr. Putin seems more interested in hunting trophy tigers than trophy Greenwich real estate. So who’s left?
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Warning: drowning men can pull down their rescuers
Or so I learned in Boy Scout life saving. This op-ed in the Times on the woes of eastern Europe sounds the same sort of alarm. The debt crisis in Eastern Europe is much more than an economic problem. The … Continue reading
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Soaking the Rich
As explained in the San Francisco Chronicle Even if Congress accepts all of Obama’s tax increases, deficits would remain near $1 trillion for three years. The national debt will rise from 40 percent of the nation’s output to 67 percent. … Continue reading
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AIG Bailout – something for every banker
And a poke in the eye for us taxpayers. But not to worry; the boys who brought you this mess, like former Merrill guru Sylvan Chackman on Vineyard Lane are doing just fine. According to the gossip column in GT, … Continue reading
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Return of the Youngbloods – I blame Hillary
Obama’s too young to remember them but our Secretary of State must: Love is but a song we sing, fear’s the way we die You can make the mountains ring, or make the angels cry Though the bird is on … Continue reading
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Chris Dodd, Scoundrel (cont.)
Dodd’s Tax Haven The details of Chris Dodd’s dealings keep coming, but not, of course, from the Senator himself who is as silent about his financial matters as Teddy Kennedy is about Chappaquiddick. Here’s the latest from the Hartford Courant. … Continue reading
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Spec condos
I’ve been watching those $3.5 million condos going up on Sound View Drive and wondering whether they’re going to sell. One went to contract last June but since the buildings aren’t completed, it hasn’t closed, and if I were the … Continue reading
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