Comments on: Bad TARP Side Effects

By: Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:25:59 +0000

Don’t blame me, I voted for Xenu…

As far as Libertarians for Barry: maybe squishy ones like myself, who believe that in the real world folks need an impartial government to set and adjudicate rules among market participants. Presumably the hard libertarian POV would be to simply declare _caveat emptor_ and let the market decide, but that dog just won’t hunt in the real world, monsignor..

I do wonder about anarchists though, which is IMO the logical end state of hard libertarians.. Need we all gun up? Because, to me, surviving anarchism is all about having the best arsenal and least compunction to deploy it…

By: FrancoisT

FrancoisT — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:39:14 +0000

I second that Grumpy: my grandpa came back from WWI and he was OK during the day…but the nights…that was horrible.

By: FrancoisT

FrancoisT — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:33:50 +0000

Congress just can’t help itself. They HAVE to insert some tax breaks here and there for the hell of it.

Mark Twain said it well: “No citizens’ assets are safe while Congress is in session.”

By: Onlooker from Troy

Onlooker from Troy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:30:29 +0000

Amen grumpy, amen.

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links for 2009-06-26 « Overton’s Arrow — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:36:43 +0000

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By: grumpyoldvet

grumpyoldvet — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:39:34 +0000

DL @ 2:31

Want to know the real cost of war…Ask the loved ones of those who didn’t make it back, ask those that came home missing limbs as they try to adapt to a “normal” life again; ask the loved ones of those who came back with scrambled brains.

I still jump when I hear a loud “BANG and I left the battlefeld 45 years ago.

War has many more coststhan pure Dollars & Cents.

By: jc

jc — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:08:32 +0000

redrum,redrum,redrum

Diagio welfare is bloody murder

By: jc

jc — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:07:34 +0000

1, 10 or 100 years from now our invasion & occupation of Iraq will be seen as a colossal mistake – and immoral too. The next year or two could be a real bloodbath there, the surge merely kept the lid on a simmering pot

By: SplendidMarbles

SplendidMarbles — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:49 +0000

This should be no surprise at all. Legislators live for moments of crisis because they are allowed to sneak in perks and giveaways to their constituents. Look at the economic stimulus package; how many irrelevant boondoggles are being funded under that banner?

By: sst3d

sst3d — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:58:57 +0000

This is off the top of my head on a Friday afternoon, but….as I recall Goldman Sachs owns a big chunk of Burger King that, is not limited to but includes a benefit to employees invested in its non-liquid asset portfolio.. Correct me if I have that wrong, but if I’m right it’s another example of the TARP benefitting GS, and may in fact be the reason BK got the TARP funds in the first place…

Scott in Chicago