Jindal Is Wrong – Expanding State Unemployment Insurance Is Temporary

I’m really curious about this whole thing of some Republican Governors not accepting part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 a.k.a: stimulus package:

Jindal to refuse some stimulus money – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Friday that he will decline stimulus money specifically targeted at expanding state . . . → Read More: Jindal Is Wrong – Expanding State Unemployment Insurance Is Temporary

America on Center Stage

Op-Ed Columnist – Paging Uncle Sam – NYTimes.com

This is a Thomas Friedman (“Hot Flat and Crowded”) piece. He is writing it from Asia. There are many, many Americans who often feel embarrassed by their country and fellow countrymen. One reason is because we are so self-obsessed that we hardly acknowledge there are . . . → Read More: America on Center Stage

The Path Of Success Is Paved With Failure

The Path Of Success Is Paved With Failure

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My Prejudice

I fight with a known prejudice I have concerning this whole economic thing.

But I know I’m not the only one who does this. Factcheck.org points out an important fact:

Why all the uncertainty among first-rate economists? Well, for one thing, economists have very little data with which to work. There are plenty of . . . → Read More: My Prejudice

de Gaulle

“The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.”

Obama Declares War On Winter

February 6, 2009

WASHINGTON  – U.S. President Barack Obama has announced that war against Winter has begun.

In his address at 0315 GMT Thursday, Obama said:

That every effort would be made to spare the lives of innocent civilians, But the campaign will be “broad and concerted” and will use “decisive force. No outcome . . . → Read More: Obama Declares War On Winter

George S. Patton on Winning a Battle

“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired . . . → Read More: George S. Patton on Winning a Battle