Archive for September, 2008
Countdown to Economic Disaster
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman correctly observed, “There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.” Congress, throughout several administrations starting with Jimmy Carter‘s Community Reinvestment Act in 1977, urged financial institutions to make home loans affordable to [...]
Barack’s Technology Blunder
Barack Obama has edited his official website on many issues, including a huge revision on the technology page. Strangely it seems net neutrality is no longer as important as it was a few months ago, and the swaths of detail have been removed and replaced with fairly vague rhetoric. Many technologists were alarmed with the [...]
Barack Obama–Lying Rabble Rouser
Barack Obama–Lying Rabble Rouser Friday, September 19, 2008 In an appearance in Nevada, anti-gun presidential candidate Barack Obama told his followers: “I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want [...]
