Author Archives: Highvoltage
Wisconsin Union Smack Down
The primaries were held in Wisconsin tonight and there were 5 Democratic candidates competing to earn the right to take on current Governor Scott Walker in the 05-JUN-12 Recall election. The stakes for the Leftists were high and you couldn’t … Continue reading
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We Get The Government We Deserve
Outside of 3 weeks in July when the world’s best cyclists compete in the Tour de France, I don’t pay much attention to what happens in that country but something happened in France today that everyone in America should know. … Continue reading
Classic Obama
Obama is faced with a high probability that the Supreme Court will overturn his signature initiative “Obamacare” (aka The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) and he is now lobbying the Supreme Court to think twice about striking this law … Continue reading
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Kentucky Derby Week
As someone who was born in Kentucky, graduated from the University of Louisville and lived in that great city for 10 years, this time of year is special to me. Since my wife is also from the Bluegrass state, we … Continue reading
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Let Them Come
One of my favorite movies, Kingdom of Heaven, depicts the story of the reluctant hero Balian of Ibelin, played by Orlando Bloom, as he defends Jerusalem between the 2nd and 3rd Crusades against the attacking Muslim army led by Saladin. … Continue reading
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Paul Krugman Loves Him Some Keynes
On NPR today, Paul Krugman gave an interview and talked about how the US is experiencing more than just a difficult recession but instead he equated the current US economic situation to the Great Depression. The two paragraphs below … Continue reading
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An Obamanomics Recovery
The Federal Reserve Board (the FED) recently released their estimates for GDP growth for the next three years and the summary chart is shown below. Even though we have come out of one of the worst recessions in recent memory, … Continue reading
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A Conservative in Favor of Government Student Aid
Recently, Obama trotted out another one of this emotion tugging memes that won’t have any effect on the economy – Keeping new Federal Student Loan rates low. This is just another ploy similar to the Buffett rule or the whopper … Continue reading
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Time to Reform Welfare
In a previous post I took a deep dive into Social Security and showed how we are on an unsustainable path but I offered a solution to get us into a more fiscally conservative position. Now I’d like to tackle … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Entitlement Programs, politics
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Political Judo
I am not a fan of Leftist hero Saul Alinsky but I did find value in reading one of his books – Rules for Radicals. This book not only reveals the playbook of Team Obama (and every other Liberal) but … Continue reading
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Obama is the George Costanza of Economics
Remember in September of 2011 when Obama pushed for passage of his American Jobs Act (AJA)? There was nothing in the AJA that would actually create jobs so the AJA was just a political ploy and I mused that the … Continue reading
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Climate Models Fail Again
We have yet another example where the climate models of the Anthropogenic Global Warming cult don’t match reality. There was a post on WUWT showing predictions of the global surface temperatures made in 1998 from the Hadley Center climate model. … Continue reading
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The Left’s War on Moms
Today on AC360, Hilary Rosen made the following statements about Ann Romney (Mitt Romney’s wife): “What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying, “Well, my wife tells me what women really care about are economic issues.” And, … Continue reading
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Our Very Large Universe
Even when we read about our vast cosmos or peer into binoculars/telescopes to glimpse distant nebulae or galaxies, it is still hard to fathom the true size of the Universe. A wide field picture of a small part of our … Continue reading
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The Sad State of Journalism
I don’t know how the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin episode will end but I do know who is already being convicted – The Main Stream Media (MSM). Once 911 audio and police surveillance video were released the media went into full … Continue reading
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Liberal Predictions Proven False
In January of this year, Obama was faced with a decision on whether to allow the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and he denied that construction. At that time, Conservatives railed at … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, politics
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Detroit aka Little Greece
We have watched over the past few months as Greece has come to grips with its decades of living beyond its means and with its debt now equal to 170% of its GDP, the country has reached a tipping point. … Continue reading
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The Meaning Of Life
There are questions that are as old as time itself. Why are we here? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? There have been untold variety of answers to these questions and my hope with this post … Continue reading
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An Example Of Liberal Tactics
I saw a tweet from @ChicoDelainky that stated George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin, was a member of the Tea Party. This is absurd and in reality George Zimmerman is a registered democrat as shown by the following … Continue reading
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Biden The Economic Wizard
Vice President Joe Biden spoke in Iowa today and claimed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a history of offering consistently wrong remedies for the US economy. “Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday accused Republican White House hopeful Mitt … Continue reading
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