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New Jersey Validates The Laffer Curve
There was a story on NPR today that validates the much maligned Laffer Curve and this is a problem for Obama and the rest of his tax and spend Liberals. The Laffer Curve (shown below) states that the amount of … Continue reading
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Focus Like A Laser
I have no doubt that you have heard a politician or someone at work say that they are going to “focus like a laser” on some particular area but for someone who understands the actual workings of a laser, that … Continue reading
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A Social Security Reform Plan
This is the first in a series of periodic investigations into so called “entitlement” programs which include Social Security, Welfare, Medicare, Medicaid and Unemployment Insurance. I hope to address each one in a separate post and answer such questions as … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Entitlement Programs, politics
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Take That Eric Holder
If Eric Holder didn’t like South Carolina’s Voter ID law, he’ll really hate this new law that is moving through the Palmetto state legislature. A Bill has moved forward in the South Carolina Senate that will change the conditions under … Continue reading
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Education Is The Tide That Floats All Boats
Over the past two decades we have seen an economic paradigm shift where more of the lower paying manufacturing jobs in the US moved to countries like Mexico, China and India and this is exactly what the Free Market predicted … Continue reading
Posted in education, politics
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My Tribute to a 20 Year Old Hero
Today my family had two monumental ‘firsts’: My son played his first organized church league basketball game and about 2 hours later my kids saw their father cry for the first time. Yes, today was one of those days I’ll … Continue reading
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What Would Obama Be Saying Now?
Remember that Obama announced his plan to bring down Unemployment in September 2011 and called it the American Jobs Act (AJA). The AJA was really just a sequel to the Stimulus 2009 and the bill would not have helped unemployment … Continue reading
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Calm Down Conservatives
It was a tight race in Iowa and Romney squeaked out a win over Santorum by 8 votes! Now Conservatives all over America are in full suicide watch mode and gnashing their teeth at the thought of Mittens as the … Continue reading
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Eliminating the Penny
The Penny is one of the most useless items we have in America right now. Most stores have a jar at the cash register where you can place pennies that you get as change so that other customers can use … Continue reading
A Messenger From The Future
How many times have you thought that it would be nice to have a message from the future so that you could avoid mistakes? Would the executives at Coca-Cola benefited from hearing from the future about the lunacy of changing … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, politics
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What Really Frightens Me
I’m not scared of people like Barrack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. They are the equivalent of political prostitutes – bought and paid for by wealthy Liberals – and they are ignorant of the destruction that their actions bring … Continue reading
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Obamacare – Destroying Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
I have already written earlier how Obama and his henchmen (and henchwomen) are not only killing business but also killing American Citizens and just a few days ago came a new report from the DesMoines Register showing the damage that … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, Over Regulation, politics
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My Favorite Christmas Present
I received many wonderful presents for Christmas but my favorite was from my son and it came a couple days after Christmas. We went on our first “guys trip” yesterday and saw my alma mater (University of Louisville) play football in … Continue reading
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A Graph on CO2 Absorption
The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult is dead wrong about CO2 driving our climate and the graph below reveals their mistake. The top portion of the graph shows the electromagnetic radiation that is both downgoing (from the Sun shown in red) … Continue reading
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Problem Solving 101
You can’t offer solutions until you completely define the problem. To those who have analytical minds, this is common sense and you can look at any collegiate Engineering curriculum and you won’t find a class on this topic. But there … Continue reading
The Star of Bethlehem
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in … Continue reading
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NLRB Redefines Business Practices in US
The Economist published an article about the latest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) involvement in Boeing’s decision to expand in South Carolina and they show that the recent ruling by the NLRB sets a dangerous precedent that will lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Over Regulation, politics, unionthugs
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Political Disconnect and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
I was reading an article from The Economist, The Faith (and Doubts) of Our Fathers, and the last two paragraphs were very telling of our current political climate and they appear below (emphasis mine). “There is a great irony … Continue reading
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A Broken Arm and an Indian Hospital
Last night my daughter broke her arm and after the whole situation was over and she was resting comfortably in bed, I again realized what an amazing medical system we currently have in the US and what we’ll lose … Continue reading
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Nikki Haley Report Card – 2011
Recently, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been in the national news after she endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee. Romney lags Gingrich in SC polls and this endorsement might provide the momentum to give Romney the boost … Continue reading
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